Tag: #st.martinspublishing

  • I know, I know, I said earlier this year I’d cut back on the reading. I didn’t reach a thousand, but I clearly didn’t stick to my goal. I blame the economy for not giving me a job to fill my time. Currently stands at 839 Any who, reading is better than drugs and I…

  • Lola de La Peña yearns to be free from the societal expectations of a young Mexican lady of her station. She spends her days pretending to be delicate and proper while watching her mamá cure the sick and injured with sal negra (black salt), a recently discovered magic that heals even the most mortal sicknesses…

  • I read Adler’s Going Bicoastal a few years ago (go look into the tags for my thoughts on it) and since it was fine, and since she pops up on so many of my bookstagram stories, I decided to give the rest of her YA catalogue a try. Perfect since she’s just released another one…

  • Yep, we’re already on the next book of the month. It was a quick read thanks to Armstrong’s exciting cliffhangers and short chapters that make one want to keep going, and going until it’s 2 in the morning and the mystery is revealed. The titular Hemlock Island is owned by author/writer, Laney. Well the cabin…

  • Well readers, here’s the last misadventure of Bobbie Faye. Six months after her near death experience, she is happily engaged with her FBI man, Trevor albeit still struggling with a few nightmares since MacGreggor escaped custody. When Trevor goes out for a supposedly simple three-day mission and leave Bobbie Faye with a babysitter (!!!) in…

  • Bobbie Faye returns with her unique brand of bad-luck chaos much to the mental break down of insurence adjusters everywhere. And this time it’s a family affair!

  • Not That Kind of Ever After by Luci Adams This fun debut brings single life and fairytales into one frothy mash-up. Utter romantic Bella Marble has been a fed a steady diet of Prince Charmings and happily ever afters, partially inspired by her own parents’ fairytale marriage. She just wants one of her own, but…

  • Someone to Love by Melissa de la Cruz Almost a companion to Something in Between, readers may remember Royce’s much nicer younger sister Olivia “Liv” Blakely. Now it’s four years later and the sweet kid is dealing with a tumultuous personal demon. Bulimia and cutting. The former is her way of making sure she’ll always…

  • Debating Darcy by Sayantani DasGupta While I’m usually iffy with Pride and Prejudice adaptations since they’re everywhere, there’s always one that manages a new spin to it that makes me enjoy the story all over again. It helps that the protagonist, Elizabeth is a musical nerd so I immediately connect with her as she sings…

  • Originally this was goung to be a review but how can you review a memoir. They’re personal, and heartfelt and also helpfully co-written so they’re usually articulated and well-structured.