TLC Book Tour: How To Bake A Man

Author: Jessica Barksdale Inclan
Title: How To Bake A Man
Publisher: Ghostwoods Books
Publish Date: Oct 24, 2014
Buy: Amazon

Review Copy Provided By: TLC Book Tours
Book Blurb: 

When Becca Muchmore drops out of grad school, all she has left to fall back on is her baking. Ignoring her mother's usual barrage of disapproval and disappointment, she decides to start a small business hand-delivering her wares. A friend introduces her to an office of hungry lawyers, who agree to give her a try. Her lizard-booted neighbor Sal is happy to help out when he can, and almost before she knows it, Becca's Best is up and running.

Before she can settle into a routine, things get complicated. The office ogress could easily be Becca's sister and has absolutely no patience with cookies or other frivolities. Even worse, her boyfriend is the man of Becca's dreams--kind, funny, successful, and brain-meltingly gorgeous. As the dark undercurrents threaten to pull her down, Becca swiftly finds herself neck-deep in office politics, clandestine romance, and flour. Saving her business (and finding true love) is going to take everything she's got, and more.

Review: This is chicklit, pure and simple. That's not a put down, that's a good thing. Becca's story could very well be described as Bridget Jones meets the Cupcake Cafe. Becca is more neurotic over things that Bridget Jones ever was, but she's lovable.

There are several reasons to read this book.

1. It is a super cute romance. It makes you feel good.

2. It's a foodie romance too, which is awesome.

3. One word, recipes! You can't go wrong with a cute story and good recipes.

4. The descriptions of the baked goods that start each new chapter. Its impossible not to want sweets while reading this book.

5. The hero isn't quite who you think he is. (I'll say no more, as it might be a spoiler)

I think those are enough reasons. If not, you need to take some happy pills and then give the book a try. Life needs some light fluffy fun things to make the days go by faster, and this is one of those things.

I rate this book Y for Yummy!

Rating: 5 flowers

TLC Book Tours Book Review: Red Phone Box

About Red Phone Box: A Darkly Magical Story Cycle

Paperback: 368 pagesbr>
Publisher: Ghostwoods Books (November 30, 2013)br>
Book Blurb:Sinister forces roam London’s streets, skulking through the neon-lit rain. They are not alone. Haunted by memories of the man who abandoned her, Amber Goodman goes walking in the deep night. The phone box she enters takes her on a journey she could never have imagined, one in which the past and the future will be rewritten. Others follow in her footsteps, their lives intertwining, and the fate of the world hanging on their dance. Safran, pawn of unfathomable powers. Jon, who has lived and died and lived again. Gloria, who only intended to annoy her daddy. Cory, from a different world, on a desperate quest for allies. They and others will find themselves swept up as the playthings of gods who have managed to get along peacefully for millennia — until now.

Review: What to say about this book...what to say.

For starters parts of this book reminded me of Doctor Who...only you are time traveling with The Master instead of the Doctor.

This book is creepy....really creepy.

And I say that in a good way.

This isn't a book that you can easily read in a day. It takes a bit more time digesting. (It isn't like binge watching a whole series of Doctor Who)

OK, I can't really get away from Doctor Who with this book, and I don't know why..maybe its the whole box thing, though the Red Phone Box is quite a bit different from the TARDIS.

This is really a collection of 58 stories, some of them intermingle with others and there's more than one author involved, so that really makes this a different read. It isn't a collection of stories, but rather a story cycle.

Though it took me awhile to get through its pages, it definitely was worth the time it took to read it.


Oh no! I'm in the Red Phone Box



Rating: 5 flowers