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Review of 'Manly Appetites' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out how to read this (both right to left in pages and in panels). It was cute and I've already checked out the next one from the library but I'm interested to see if there's any acknowledgment that this is m/m or if they're both just never going to address why Minegishi likes to feed Otsu and why Otsu gets flustered by Minegishi.

Review of 'Their Dubai Marriage Makeover' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

this was awful. I read it only because I wanted to revisit Dubai but this could have been set anywhere, with one mention of the burj khalifa and a sandstorm out in the desert. More than it not really highlighting dubai, I realized I don't like romances where both characters are fighting with each other the entire time. Sometimes divorce is ok! You don't always have to make it work! The H/h were both really cold to each other and I wasn't convinced by their love story even at the end.

Less Is Lost (Hardcover, 2022, Little, Brown and Company) 3 stars

A reverse Lolita across the southern edge of the U.S. in pursuit of money, the …

Review of 'Less Is Lost' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

With [b:Less|39927096|Less (Arthur Less, #1)|Andrew Sean Greer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524491811l/39927096.SY75.jpg|52588011] I wasn't sure I liked it until I got to the end. This one, I'm still not sure I liked it, even after finishing. I think it didn't capture the same magic Less did, which I guess is fine, but sort of disappointing when Less won the pulitzer and this was just ok.