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BAD BACHELOR by Stefanie London | Quick Hit Review
ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley 3 stars I usually love an enemies-to-lovers story, but I just didn’t buy the chemistry in this one… Bad Bachelor is a classic enemies-to-lovers story: Reed McMahon is Offender #1 on the Bad Bachelor app. He’s in PR, but his own reputation is going from bad to notorious as he racks…
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Hippie Food by Jonathan Kauffman
73 Years After Internment, Japanese-Americans Still Aren't Being Given Credit Where Credit is Due It's hard to imagine getting angry over tofu. But that’s where I found myself over the last week. The 76th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 fell on February 19. Each anniversary renews a complicated mix of anger, fear…
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BROOKLYNAIRE BY SARINA BOWEN | 4 star Review
ARC provided by the author's publicist for review The hero in Sarina Bowen's latest, Brooklynaire, is not your typical romance billionaire. Nate Kattenberger is not a type-A control freak, and you’re more likely to find him in a black hoodie than a bespoke suit. Granted, he may be wearing $800 sneakers. Though Nate made his…
falafel
How to Make Good Falafel at Home
Inspired by Sarina Bowen's Brooklynaire, which drops Monday, I went back into the archives to remake and reshoot a previous post on falafel. I opted for balls rather than patties as I did last time, but the recipe holds up. I tried using canned chickpeas knowing that some of you might want to take the shortcut,…
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SHE REGRETS NOTHING by Andrea Dunlop | 4 star Review
Dirty. Sexy. Money. ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley Andrea Dunlop’s latest, She Regrets Nothing, is gloriously glitzy and glamorous. Laila Lawrence, newly orphaned, is the estranged daughter of a crazy rich New York family. When her beautiful, wealthy cousins meet her at her mother’s funeral, she’s a 23-year old hygienist in Michigan,…
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AFTER THE STORM by Katy Ames | Review
After the Storm ARC provided by the author's publicist for review You know when you read a book and you want to jump up and down and wave your arms to get people to notice it? That’s how I feel about Katy Ames’ Seven Winds series, including her latest, AFTER THE STORM. Not every book…
hidden seams
Hidden Seams by Alessandra Torre | Review
ARC provided by the author for review Hidden Seams delivers a high stakes take on the enemies-to-lovers trope set in the world of high fashion. Marco Lent is heir apparent to Vince Horace’s fashion empire, and Avery McKenna is a woman on a mission to determine her paternity. With only a faded photo from LiveAid…