Day 20 in  #BookSpine365 . Visit a title a day from my bookshelf. I forgotten all about this title on my shelf. I read it such a long time ago, I would have to refresh myself again with the characters. What I do remember is it being an "ok" book; Della's House Of Style is an anthology with four different authors, after all. One may be better than the other, but I found the normal clichés found within romance fiction. They all centralize on the theme of being within the hair salon, with Della as the protagonist. You'll have to read the book to see what it's about. The book is in quite bad shape, with multiple tears and wrinkles; even the spine has taken curling and lifting from the bottom corner. Mass paperback books can have some longevity when care is given, but I have no clue what happened to this copy. It really has been through the wringer. The pages are still crisp, nothing dogearred or out of place. The smell is quite lovely. The bookish scent hits yo...

Day 18 in  #BookSpine365 . Visit a title a day from my bookshelf. If You Want Me is written by Kayla Perrin. She has many titles besides this one under her belt, but I purchased this one for the classic romance story. Girl was a ugly duckling growing up. Had a crush. Crush breaks her heart. Sees guy years later after she is now a hot shot movie star, with a new name. He still looks great, they rejuvenate their relationship, only with a few sprinklings of drama thrown in throughout the plot. Simply put, this is a overused concept thoughout many books. I own a few, then got quite bored with the entire novelty: memories past are someone's "true" love, so enter the happy ending or I need something more exciting to challenge my brain. It's a fast read at 359 pages, but it had me personally desiring something more. Sure, you can see the author can clearly put a book together-but romance fiction leaves a lot to be desired if it's disappointing. The condition of my...