Happy release day to In Every Chapter , the second book in the Reluctant Romantics series by Morgan Taylor Giesbrecht ! Amnesia stories always make me wonder what memories I would lose and whether it would be possible to recover them. Paisley goes through such an experience, with her story taking us on an emotional roller coaster ride of feeling lost and arriving home. Many thanks to the author for providing a complimentary copy of this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Content to be aware of : past domestic violence Book Synopsis Like my favourite bookish heroines, I found the love of a lifetime, except I can’t remember how… Paisley: My summer plans were simple. Kiss my husband, snuggle my dog, and create an elite reading list for the library. Losing seven years' worth of memories after near-death by window artistry, thanks to my klutzy nature? Absolutely not part of the plan. In one short day, I went from stealing kisses with Greyson to waking up in the hos...
I have to give credit to Joomi Kim, a secular BookTuber, for first alerting me to one of her challenges with contemporary novels (see timestamp starting at 22:25 ) where she notes that many of the books she has read are about authors or those in academia. While I found her entire video to be thought-provoking regarding contemporary literature, I seldom read enough secular books to be able to comment on them as a whole, so this isn't a commentary on what she has presented. The secular books I read are ones that usually serve a cultural purpose or are interesting enough for me to pick up, which is more rare when my TBR of Christian books keeps expanding. I've also chosen not to focus on those books on my blog or social media; although I try to keep up-to-date with broad trends on my own time, I'm not well-versed enough to add my perspective to that discussion on here. Rather, this is a springboard into the one point that she raised about authors writing what they know. It see...