William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night follows a set of twins, Viola and Sebastian, after they are separated from each other when a storm destroys the ship on which they are traveling. Believing her brother dead and unable to find work anywhere, Viola disguises herself as a man named Cesario and takes a position in the house…
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Review: The Full Moon Bride
Soorya has spent most of her life alternately railing against and rolling her eyes at her family’s Indian heritage. But now that she’s hit 30 with nary a boyfriend in sight, she’s decided to get a husband the old-fashioned way: by letting her parents choose one for her. Trouble is, no man seems interested in…
Review: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
19th century China was not an easy place and time for women. They were useless to their parents, and could only become worthy by bearing sons for their husbands. Most of a woman’s life was spent above-stairs in her family or in-laws’ home, sewing and talking with the other women of the household. Some girls…
Teaser Tuesdays: Sex
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly event hosted by Should Be Reading. The rules are simple: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page (as well as the book’s title and author) Be careful not to include spoilers Even though it was a holiday, last weekend…
Discussion: Sex at Dawn
**This review contains adult language and discusses sex and sexuality in frank terms. You know, in case my review of The Mistress Contract didn’t weird you out enough.** A little over a year ago I confessed to my obsession with books about sex. This doesn’t mean that I read a lot of what my mother-in-law…