How it started How it's going Almost 5 years ago Mandi DM'ed me to ask me if I ever wanted to write a review for Smexy and I did. I wanted it so bad. Little did she know- I'd been an avid Smexy reader for quite some time. I knew that if Mandi, Tori, or Sheena loved a contemporary, I was going to love it too. And they asked ME to join the crew. To say I was excited was an understatement!Mandi and Tori taught me so much about blogging and reviewing. They were both adamant that we be honest Continue Reading
Kini’s Favorite Books of 2020
2020 brought us many, many challenges. But the one thing that remained a constant reprieve for me from the challenges were books. I didn’t read as many as I hoped. I didn’t love as many as I usually do, but still the books were there when I needed them. I had a hard time coming up with this list for many reasons. The list doesn’t represent the “best” books but rather the ones I loved the most because they brought me joy and happiness while I read them. In no particular Continue Reading
Top Ten November 27, 2020
Friends, we made it to Friday. If you celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday, I hope it was everything you needed it to be. It was super low key at my house. My son smoked some chickens on the smoker and it was delicious. Here are some fun/silly/cute/interesting things I found on the internet this week. 10. I am certain I have shared this before, but it is too good to not use again. 9. This family appears to be having a lot of fun. I love that several generations are in to it. 8. This Continue Reading
Did Not Finish Friday
Here's a round up of books that I started but didn't work for me. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade - I was so excited about this book. The cover is gorgeous. And I am 100% here for fat people finding the love they desire. But this book was a terrible let down for me. I made it 40% and I just felt so disconnected from the story. For me, the beginning being so steeped in the world of fan fiction, particularly a fictional version of Game of Thrones, which I don’t watch. For me, this was a Continue Reading
Joint Review: Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone
Melinda and I are Cara Bastone fan girls so I thought it would be fun for us to do a joint review of Bastone’s latest release- Call Me Maybe, An Audible Original. Kini: The whole premise is that Vera, the female main character, calls tech support and starts an hours long call with Cal, the male main character. I love these kinds of set ups. When I first started this story I wasn’t sure I was going to love the male narrator’s voice. It was stronger and deeper than I had imagined. Continue Reading
Tell Us What You’re Reading Wednesday!
This is not an original idea - I've seen several people post this including my friend Ели aka @e_savova. Also my friend Thien-Kim (@msthienkim) usually asks this in her Bawdy Bookworms group. But we'd love to hear what you are reading! I'm re-reading Paradise Cove by Jenny Holiday. I loved it the first time around. It is a heavy book with themes of grief and sadness. I love grief books though. It is also VERY sexy. Tell us in the comments what you're reading! Continue Reading
Review: Well Played by Jen DeLuca
I read Well Met when it was released and I liked it but didn’t love it. I do LOVE the Ren Faire setting in this series. Plus they take place in Maryland, where I live and I love to see how it is depicted. I was intrigued by the secondary characters from Well Met so I was excited to see that Stacey was getting her story told in Well Played (out 9/22). I mistakenly thought Stacey was going to be paired with Mitch, so shame on me for jumping to conclusions. Once I refreshed myself on the Continue Reading
Top Five Reasons to watch Teenage Bounty Hunters
I saw Rebekah Weatherspoon tweeting about this Netflix show and it piqued my interest. But I am notorious for saying I am going to watch something and then I never do. I think I have said before that I am a terrible tv/movie watcher. Anyway, shortly thereafter in our Smexy books chat, Angela mentioned that she watched it and really enjoyed it. I had to watch it. I really enjoyed it. Here are some reasons that I think you might enjoy it. Basic premise- two, wealthy, privileged teenaged Continue Reading
Smexy’s September TBR
Angela: Happy September everyone! One more month closer to cooler weather and a new year! I am ready. There are a ton of great books releasing in September and I'm excited. The Deadly Hours by Susanna Kearsley, C.S. Harris, Anna Lee Huber, and Christine Trent 9/1, Historical Fiction/Historical Mystery: I grabbed an early copy of this as soon as I saw Susanna Kearsley and C.S. Harris were contributers, but I'm also looking forward to getting a taste of a couple of new to me authors as well. Continue Reading
Kini’s Monday Morning Musings
Happy Monday Friends! I am trying to tackle this week by making some #jefamoves (aka #bossmoves). If you've read You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria you may remember that Jasmine talks about #jefamoves a lot. It really resonated with me. I am starting with a list of things I want to get done this week to hold myself accountable. Some of my goals for the week are that I want to walk/run 15 miles this week. Also, I want to get caught up on reviews. I've read/DNFed several books and I want to Continue Reading