Blog | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books | Romance Novel Reviews | News, romance reviews and humorous commentary for smart readers that can't get enough of the romance genre. We just talked about book budgeting, so now, let's talk about what we're reading and tempt everyone around us with more book purchases! Makes total sense, right? Right now, I'm reading Big Sky Country by Linda Lael Miller, thanks to the sale last weekend and the continued sale this week (eek!). I don't know why I haven't read Miller before, but so far, I'm enjoying it, particularly because she sets up the conflicts and the characters very quickly, and doesn't spend a lot of time convincing me that Parable, Montana, is the best small town that ever was small and also a town in the history of small or smallish towns and townships.
The place is sort of established through the characters - and there are five so far: a hero and heroine for this book, plus a future hero and heroine for the next book, and a heroine for the third book. I really like character-driven contemporary, especially… read more » This week's Friday video comes from James, and it's pretty amazing. Link! Read more » [music]
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