Boudica Marginalia

Reading, writing, and other things

Category: Romance

  • The Death House

    The Death House by Sarah Pinborough Published 2015, Gollancz This is one of the free books I picked up at FantasyCon 2015. I’ve not read anything by Sarah Pinborough before…


  • Marked

    Marked, by Sue Tingey Published 2015 by Jo Fletcher Books First read of the books acquired at FantasyCon 2015 is Sue Tingey’s Marked, book 1 of the Soulseer Chronicles. It…


  • Stupid Cupid

    Still on the search for a romance I can enjoy… I ran out of book while I was at work so went raiding the book drop. I wasn’t feeling that…


  • The Big, Not-so-Small, Curvy Girls, BBW Romance Dating Agency

    It turns out I don’t like writing reviews of books I really didn’t enjoy. (Even though I do it a fair bit). I’ve been putting this one off for some…


  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog

    This is a funny little book and I’m not sure what it’s about. In The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (translated from French by Alison Anderson) a concierge,…


  • Tiger of Talmare

    Tiger of Talmare by Nina Scott is a novella that I stumbled across while I was browsing Amazon for contemporary science fiction written by women. Mel is a space pirate…


  • 100 Books in 2011: No Place for a Lady

    Somewhat disturbingly, I rather enjoyed No Place for a Lady by Louise Allen. I’ve grown so used to not enjoying Mills & Boon that at first I wondered if my…


  • 100 Books in 2011: New Moon

    The second book of the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer is New Moon. In this part Edward leaves Bella, for her own good natch, and she goes into a big…


  • 100 Books in 2011 challenge: Bride of the Solway

    More short books! Bride of the Solway by Joanna Maitland is a Mills & Boon (and yes, I still have more of them on book mountain). Our heroine, Cassie, is the prisoner…


  • 100 Books in 2011 Review: A Noble Captive

    I try to read as widely as possible and sometimes that means reading things I don’t think I’m going to like. Things I don’t think I’m going to like include…


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