Category Archives: romance novels

My August Reading Log

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Nonfiction: Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction by John Rieder is highly recommended if if you’re at all interested in the subject. This book helped me make/clarify a plethora of mental connections between colonialism and Social Darwinism and racism … Continue reading →

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My February/March Reading Log

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

I’m finally caught up!!! Fiction: Mind Magic (Lupi Book 12) by Eileen Wilks introduces a new character, a teenager named Demi who has Asperger’s. She was involved in an illegal government project to boost the power of Gifted kids until … Continue reading →

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My September Reading Log

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee is space opera fantasy. From the plot description, I was expecting it to be a difficult read, but in fact the complex, fascinating, and unusual worldbuilding is really clearly presented, so I followed … Continue reading →

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My May and June Reading Log

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Wonder City Stories by Jude McLaughlin went along well with my recent comics reading. Wonder City is full of superheroes, and they all have stories: young superheroes just starting out, old superheroes who aren’t sure what timeline they’re in, … Continue reading →

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My February Reading Log

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Taking the Lead by Cecilia Tan is a contemporary romance with BDSM, first in a new series. The heroine and her sister have inherited their gazillionaire grandfather’s secret Hollywood BDSM club, and the hero is a rock star who’s … Continue reading →

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My December Reading Log

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: There’s Something About Ari by L.B. Gregg was novella length, I think, a m/m romance that never took off for me, though I did finish it. I picked up another in a long-running series. Obsession in Death by J.D. … Continue reading →

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September 2015 Reading Log

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: That Scandalous Summer by Meredith Duran is the first historical romance I’ve read in, it seems, forever. The characters are intriguing! The hero is a doctor whose brother is trying to bully him into marrying; the heroine is a … Continue reading →

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April 2015 Reading Log

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Lone Wolf (Bluewater Bay Book 4) by Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt is a male/male romance. I’d read one book previously in this series, which focuses on the creative personalities surrounding a series of werewolf books and the television … Continue reading →

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March 2015 Reading Log

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Bring On the Dusk by M. L. Buchman – I’d read and enjoyed a previous book in this series, but this one ended up being a DNF, despite having a female military helicopter pilot as protagonist. I liked the … Continue reading →

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February 2015 Reading Log

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Partner by Lia Silver, the sequel to Prisoner; I know this author, though mostly online. I got an advance copy and read it all in one evening, and my only complaint was that it was not longer (it didn’t … Continue reading →

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