by hollandrae | Apr 17, 2019 | Audiobooks, Romance Novels
‘I don’t know how you can listen to that stuff,’ my roommate said, as she stepped into the kitchen. That stuff was a paranormal romance novel audiobook that I had sitting on the counter as I stir fried my dinner. Nothing like a little sizzle to go with my sizzle. I...
by hollandrae | Nov 26, 2018 | Audiobooks, Characters, Feminism, Industry, Musings, Reading, Reviews, Romance Novels, Women, Writing
What We Can Take Away From Books That Just Don’t Get it Right Last week, I quit a book. I’m terrible at quitting books. Mostly, even if the narrator grates up my spine or the main character sounds like something out of a PBS special, I’ll keep listening or...
by hollandrae | May 21, 2018 | Audiobooks, Musings, Romance Novels
Asking which book medium is my favorite is a little like asking me to pick my favorite child. (In theory, I don’t have children…) I saw the inspiration for this week’s post and, I’m not joking, my back got tense! I don’t want to pick, I love them all. To be totally...
by hollandrae | Dec 26, 2017 | Audiobooks, Heroines, Historical, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Regency, Research, Reviews, Romance Novels, Series, Women, Writing
I can’t believe that we’re already at the end of the year! 2017 has been pretty tough for me personally and professionally, and I’ve leaned a lot on the stories I love to get me through the challenging times. As of writing this, I’m three books away from my 100 book...
by hollandrae | Jun 5, 2017 | Audiobooks, Characters, Heroines, Industry, Reviews, Romance Novels, Series, Writing
You know that series? The one you’ll talk to anyone about, the one where you rant and rave about the characters and the plot twists, the one you miss immediately after you finish it? The Hard Ink series, by Laura Kaye, will make you do all of those things. Over the...
by hollandrae | Jan 3, 2017 | Audiobooks, Harlequin, Heroines, Historical, Industry, Romance Novels, Uncategorized
Woo hoo! Happy New Year and good luck to everyone embarking upon new reading and writing challenges! I just scraped by with my exactly 50 books for last year, and thought it would be fun to look over the titles I read in 2016! For 2017, I’ve doubled the challenge, and...
