Author: firewhiskeyreader

  • May Wrap Up

    May Wrap Up

    This month we’re just doing a Wrap Up because my TBR is, um, well, beyond being out of control, also involves me trying to participate in entirely too many readathons so it needs a separate post. May was, ironically perhaps, a really not great mental health month for me. I did read a lot though.…

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  • #SpringIntoLoveBingo Wrap Up

    #SpringIntoLoveBingo Wrap Up

    I did #SpringIntoLoveBingo twice through from March through May and I’m really excited to share with you the books I wound up reading! If you didn’t know, Dani, Aarya, and I have these seasonal bingos that we host that mostly focus on romance, but you could really read whatever, I suppose. This particular installment began…

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  • ARC Reviews: The Bride Goes Rogue, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, and How to Fake It in Hollywood

    ARC Reviews: The Bride Goes Rogue, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, and How to Fake It in Hollywood

    I’m writing this post as an attempt to distract myself from emotionally dealing with the latest mass shooting because every time I open my social media, I find myself being confronted with the fact that in the U.S., we are literally not safe anywhere and the people in charge don’t seem to mind. So if…

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  • Most Anticipated Books of Summer

    Most Anticipated Books of Summer

    Do you ever have a list of so many books that are on your radar that when you start making a list of books to keep on your radar you get overwhelmed? That was a little bit me as I sat down to work on this post! Summer is admittedly not full of months like…

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  • ARC Reviews: Yerba Buena, A Rip in Time, and See You Yesterday

    ARC Reviews: Yerba Buena, A Rip in Time, and See You Yesterday

    It’s really odd to realize that I’m posting reviews of three May releases and not a single one of them is technically a genre romance. A very unusual post for me! But I’m really excited to talk to you about these three books today. A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong kicks off a mystery…

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  • Let’s Talk: Heavier Topics and Romance Novels

    Let’s Talk: Heavier Topics and Romance Novels

    This post is heavily inspired by my reading of The Heart Principle and the subsequent review I wrote and then also the additional mini rant I wrote in response to Nick’s comment on my review. One of the things I mention in my review is that I never really felt safe reading The Heart Principle…

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  • Backlist Reviews: The Dating Playbook, Happy Endings, and The Heart Principle

    Backlist Reviews: The Dating Playbook, Happy Endings, and The Heart Principle

    I will admit that this post is not exactly the post I meant to put up today. I was hoping to bring you three backlist reviews of ARCs I received and then just procrastinated reading for ages and ages. But unfortunately, I read The Dating Playbook and Happy Endings and my brain was like, “Hello,…

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  • Ranking the 32 2022 Releases I’ve Read So Far This Year

    Ranking the 32 2022 Releases I’ve Read So Far This Year

    I don’t know why I love to torture myself with forced rankings, but I really do seem to love it. These posts always wind up being so long though so I’m not going to spend much time introducing it. Essentially this is just the post where I compile all 32 of the 2022 releases that…

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  • Reviewing Three of My Most Anticipated Books of the Season/Year: Kiss Hard, Book Lovers, and Everything for You

    Reviewing Three of My Most Anticipated Books of the Season/Year: Kiss Hard, Book Lovers, and Everything for You

    I was fortunate enough to receive advanced copies of three of my most highly anticipated books of the year that came out either this past or this coming Tuesday and I’m so excited to share them with you! First we have Nalini Singh’s Kiss Hard, which is a truly fantastic installment in her Hard Play…

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  • April Wrap Up and May TBR

    April Wrap Up and May TBR

    Y’all, my reading groove is back. I think I really was just slowed down with my obsession with The Wheel of Time so it’s good to be back on reading a ton of books with some variety. I had a good reading time in April. As far as everything else, my nephew is my favorite…

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