tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71632696157098955982024-03-05T23:37:57.896-08:00This Bookish Endeavor<center>A bibliophile prone to bouts of fangirling with a dash of snark. Reading books, and writing reviews...oh my!</center>This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-46092956041379823682018-03-05T10:29:00.000-08:002018-03-05T10:29:12.935-08:00Review: Stay Hungry by Sebastian Maniscalco<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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3 1/2 - 4 Stars<br />
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I've been a big Sebastian Maniscalco fan for years and was super excited to find out he was writing a book. One of the main reasons i love his comedy so much, is that he comes across as so relatable. He talks about his dysfunctional Italian family - a subject i completely relate to - a lot, and I challenge you to find a more visually funny comic around (watch one of his Showtime specials, or just one of his clips on You Tube and you'll see what i mean). Having said all that, i was slightly worried how his brand of humor would translate into a book. The answer to that is, while not exactly seamless and perfect....it still ended up being a funny, charming look at his life and career.<br />
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Probably the best parts from this book were the tidbits about his life he never talks about in interviews, or in his act (his parents sudden divorce after almost 40 years of marriage, the 2 miscarriages he and his wife endured before the birth of their daughter). In those sections, while not told in great detail, he shows a different side of his personality that his fans rarely if ever see. The fact that this was written more as a memoir than just as a typical collection of essays also worked in his favor, since SM is a born storyteller.<br />
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My only issue with the book, were the times Maniscalco came off sounding more cocky and arrogant than just the larger than life comedian we see onstage. Possibly these sections just didn't translate to the page as they would have if he had just been working them into his act. But they did pop up, especially towards the end, and were distracting.<br />
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Would i recommend this to people not already familiar with his work? Not really. I would instead suggest watching one of his specials, or even better....seeing him live on stage, to watch him truly shine.<br />
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Overall, this was an enjoyable look into the life and mind of one of the best comics out there.This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-8912857749623720642018-03-04T10:13:00.001-08:002018-03-04T10:13:59.010-08:00Review: Grunt by Mary Roach<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1a7Ns6wdp2DvHjGBrFMX7DfqfKOafHMXwy_cugh49ndIVhJKOgQLQN9U36zHzeXE_3GB1w6zq7J_cRa6odoGLczAc83hSEsgA4tVHRQHVUsK9Vg2yOYVEM-WUyTLXphvKgn9iph1cXUo/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1a7Ns6wdp2DvHjGBrFMX7DfqfKOafHMXwy_cugh49ndIVhJKOgQLQN9U36zHzeXE_3GB1w6zq7J_cRa6odoGLczAc83hSEsgA4tVHRQHVUsK9Vg2yOYVEM-WUyTLXphvKgn9iph1cXUo/" data-original-width="" data-original-height="" /></a><br><p><br></p><p>šššš 1/2 stars<br></p><p>I am so thankful I stumbled across Mary Roach. I never would have thought I would enjoy a non fiction book about science...let alone one involving the military. But she has this way of making the most complicated subjects approachable, and so, so fascinating. </p><p>Roach gives readers a glimpse at the science and humanity behind the people who go to war, instead of the war itself. </p><p>I just love her to pieces. In fact, I may be developing a bit of a nerdy girl crush on her. #noshame. </p>This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-51744773629479723752018-03-04T07:55:00.001-08:002018-03-04T07:55:42.377-08:00Book Haul Goodness<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtlIuCnYryzhTnS9SBrGaMtbqAvAeKSTpXrv6W5DMDx_mmJDTCYhO8f3hfsxzlFyLiSJZfYJmhawnQRdg-O4QV9ZW6UAB5Ruo1XnsFzSdqZ7S8EMlDZPQ-B_Z4oNSnHXaTt6FGm8WyoE/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtlIuCnYryzhTnS9SBrGaMtbqAvAeKSTpXrv6W5DMDx_mmJDTCYhO8f3hfsxzlFyLiSJZfYJmhawnQRdg-O4QV9ZW6UAB5Ruo1XnsFzSdqZ7S8EMlDZPQ-B_Z4oNSnHXaTt6FGm8WyoE/" data-original-width="" data-original-height="" /></a><br><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUrXBz-bs6Alt69BH5LJcipz22lLXsj6AKeOuJaMD6WWT92k8e4Pf7YpZnOKR3U7EVaEfE-7Pz8Owvbdo5wYdSvGnxdaOOnWf32VilsKPbmX9T5H0-FENvp8B95SJujMaQdD5TSpndFc/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUrXBz-bs6Alt69BH5LJcipz22lLXsj6AKeOuJaMD6WWT92k8e4Pf7YpZnOKR3U7EVaEfE-7Pz8Owvbdo5wYdSvGnxdaOOnWf32VilsKPbmX9T5H0-FENvp8B95SJujMaQdD5TSpndFc/" data-original-width="" data-original-height="" /></a><br></p><p>I don't have a problem. You have a problem. </p><p>ššššššššš</p>This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-40173598175988612552018-03-02T08:46:00.001-08:002018-03-02T08:46:49.054-08:00Fierce February Reading Wrap-up!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbF-JhyphenhyphensZedk7p8gRRwk-NsMj_XKfvcgJh-XJ1vyxbaM1vb6hDY-zJy0uGoIKA7cdhW2e_2B5GSfs-WenZy12Pd6snqZ84M2cLSza1Qf-cfr0PHxhyCLCW3FvBGCmYzkhyphenhyphenzOLhRFijdk/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbF-JhyphenhyphensZedk7p8gRRwk-NsMj_XKfvcgJh-XJ1vyxbaM1vb6hDY-zJy0uGoIKA7cdhW2e_2B5GSfs-WenZy12Pd6snqZ84M2cLSza1Qf-cfr0PHxhyCLCW3FvBGCmYzkhyphenhyphenzOLhRFijdk/" data-original-width="" data-original-height="" /></a><br><p>Kind of a ho-hum month, to be honest. Only 2 or 3 real stand outs. </p><p>Here's to a Magical March!</p>This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-82190482998535437542018-03-01T15:34:00.001-08:002018-03-01T15:34:00.937-08:00I'm back...Stay tuned....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrTXCoxWkmUpDAPCDBl5wRlZur5jXhxvJmXiitJTb7VE2j2fDROi2FPhqXlm0hBnkeL_3M52CLMorFqevzYRFyJa2ksBVH49EH1K4zfDDPCR9P85lgbtM8fl0mWLAAr1FRUybKgNBLV4/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrTXCoxWkmUpDAPCDBl5wRlZur5jXhxvJmXiitJTb7VE2j2fDROi2FPhqXlm0hBnkeL_3M52CLMorFqevzYRFyJa2ksBVH49EH1K4zfDDPCR9P85lgbtM8fl0mWLAAr1FRUybKgNBLV4/" data-original-width="" data-original-height="" /></a><br>This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-43101665708879367342017-07-28T07:29:00.000-07:002017-07-28T07:29:08.594-07:00COVER REVEAL! K Webster - The Wild<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy #CoverReveal to K Websterā! Coming August 7th.</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">Synopsis</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">I brought them to the wilderness because we couldnāt cope with our reality.</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">The plan was to make a new life that didnāt include heartache.</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">No people. No technology. No interference.</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">Just us.</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">A chance to piece together what was broken.</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">But the wilderness is untamed and harsh.</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">Brutal and unforgiving.</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">It doesnāt give a damn about your feelings.</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">Tragedy lives there too.</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">No escaping the truths that wonāt let you go.</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">All you can do is survive where love, no matter how beastly, is the only thing you can truly count on.</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">Confusing. Wrong. Twisted. Beautiful. Sick.</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">Love is wild.</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">And weāre going to set it free.</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">Warning:</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">The Wild is an extremely taboo story. Most will find that the themes in this book will make you incredibly uncomfortable. This book is only for the brave, the open-minded, and the ones who crave love in even the most dismal of situations. Extreme sexual themes and violence in certain scenes, which could trigger emotional distress, are found in this story. If you are sensitive to heavy taboo themes, then this story is not for you.</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">About the Author</span><br />
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">K Webster is the author of dozens romance books in many different genres including contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance, and erotic romance. When not spending time with her husband of twelve years and two adorable children, she's active on social media connecting with her readers.</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">Her other passions besides writing include reading and graphic design. K can always be found in front of her computer chasing her next idea and taking action. She looks forward to the day when she will see one of her titles on the big screen.</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">You can easily find K Webster on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Goodreads!</span><br />
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Calibri;">Website: www.authorkwebster.com</span><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1934945483">1 of 5 stars</a><br />
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<b>What it's about:</b> The story revolves around a woman named Quincy, who was the lone survivor of a mass murder in a cabin in the woods when she was a teenager. Quincy has blocked out most of the memories from that night, and is now a baking blogger living with her boyfriend in the present day. Then she finds out one of the other 'Final Girls' (what the press has dubbed Quincy and others sole survivors of killing sprees) has killed herself and another suddenly shows up on her doorstep, desperately trying to make Quincy remember what happened that night in the cabin.<br />
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<b>My thoughts:</b>First of all, I'm never a fan of writing negative reviews. But, sometimes a book is just so disappointing and makes me so frustrated that i have to get my thoughts out, no matter how much of an unpopular opinion it may end up being.<br />
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**WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD**
<br />I hated this book. Hated. It.<br />Which makes me sad, since this was one of my most anticipated reads of 2017. I've had it on pre order for months and i was squealing like a deranged fangirl when i received an ARC through netgalley. I was so excited that i dropped the other two books i was reading in order to dive right in to this one.<br /><br />It started out promising enough. In fact, for the first 50-60 pages i was all in. It kept my eyes glued to my kindle and i was excited to see where the story was going. <br /><br />Right around the time Quincy and Sam decided to be vigilantes in Central Park...my eyes started to roll. Then Quincy's behavior begins to spiral and i get the whole 'unreliable narrator' (a trope that is VASTLY overused and very rarely works) vibe and my spidy senses start to kick in that i might end up having a few issues with this book. <br /><br />Damn those pesky spidy senses.<br /><br />I don't even know where to begin delving into all the ways this story ended up falling apart.<br />It had nothing to do with the over the top nod to 80's slasher movies. I loved that. In fact, that was part of the reason i was dying to read this. Instead my first problem with this story was something i keep running into in thrillers; an unlikable protagonist and cast of equally irritating supporting characters. Quincy was a selfish asshat. Period. She only cared about herself, and what she went through...not about any of the other victims, both in the cabin and her fellow Final Girls. Sam was just a crazy beyotch, and the fact that after knowing her all of 5 minutes Quincy allowed her to come and live with her and her boyfriend and repeatedly took her side over said bf? Just another reason not to like Q OR the direction this book was heading in. Other characters, like boyfriend Jeff, intrepid reporter Jonah, all the victims from the cabin.... are all flat, cardboard characters. Even the only somewhat interesting character, hero cop Coop, comes off as someone plucked out of 50 random horror movies. We don't actually know very much...if anything...about these people. In fact, so non-fleshed out were they that it wouldn't have surprised me if they all turned out to figments of Quincy's imagination.<br /><br />Most of the time...the behavior and actions of these characters Make. No. Sense. None. I understand the need for a heavy dose of suspension of belief here, but COME ON!!!!!<br />That is especially true of the final 25-30 pages of the book. The backstory given to explain the motives behind everything that happened was out and out absurd. Even a bad 80's horror movie would have handled the climax better than this mess.
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It is honestly impossible for me to sit here and try to be calm while writing this review. Because it truly made me angrier than anything else i've read in a very long time. Gone Girl pissed me off....so did The Girl On The Train. But this one was far more disappointing to me considering how promising it seemed in the beginning.<br />
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This ARC was kindly provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.<br />
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This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-88693368850839406192016-10-29T17:38:00.003-07:002016-10-29T17:38:50.749-07:00The Devil Of Nanking ~ Mo Hayder<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18052005-the-devil-of-nanking" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Devil of Nanking" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1374654064m/18052005.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18052005-the-devil-of-nanking">The Devil of Nanking</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/74876.Mo_Hayder">Mo Hayder</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1794980775">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
6+ rocket ship to the top of my all time favorite book list, stars.<br /><br />If ever there were a book that i could describe as life-changing...it would be this one.<br /><br />Is it for everyone? Absolutely not. <br />There are sections of this book that are brutal. That are intensely hard to read. And there are themes throughout the book that might be triggers for some people.<br /><br />But, for me this was easily one of the most beautifully written books i have ever come across in my life. I literally ran out of my trusty small post its due to all the sections I marked. <br /><br />I am still trying to process my thoughts after finishing this several hours ago, but i do hope at some point to be able to come back and write a proper review to try and express just how much this book effected me. <br /><br />These characters and this story will stay with me for the rest of my life. And i feel fortunate to have decided to take a chance on a book so far outside my comfort zone.<br />
<br />This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-89007198382793829142016-10-26T11:46:00.001-07:002016-10-26T11:57:48.070-07:00Head Full Of Ghosts ~ Paul Tremblay<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23019294-a-head-full-of-ghosts" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="A Head Full of Ghosts" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1415678368m/23019294.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23019294-a-head-full-of-ghosts">A Head Full of Ghosts</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/648612.Paul_Tremblay">Paul Tremblay</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1793449183">1 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I'm kind of at a loss as to how to start this review/rant. <br />
For the first half of this book, i was completely blown away by how much i was enjoying it. It takes a lot...A LOT...to freak me out/make me uncomfortable while reading a book, and this book...in the beginning at least, did both those things big time. <br />
Around the 50% mark though, i started to get a weird feeling. A feeling that told me that this book was possibly going to start to go down a path I was not happy with. One that would have left me feeling both annoyed and have me rolling my eyes at the sheer predictability of it all. Well, what i ended up feeling by the end of this book was out and out anger. Angry at the fact that the book showed so, so much promise, only to have it turn into this massive, silly train wreck that made me feel like pounding my kindle into a wall when i turned the last page.<br />
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Okay, i might sound a bit melodramatic here, but honestly....there is nothing i love more than a good, scary read. And because i am a huge horror movie fan, and have basically grown up watching any horror movie i come across, i tend to be more cynical when it comes to horror/suspense fiction. I can count on one hand the times i have considered myself to be unsettled by a book...and have yet ever really find myself being scared by one. But, the beginning chapters of Head Full Of Ghosts knocked me on my butt with how well the author set a genuinely creepy tone. There are scenes early on (especially between the 2 sisters) that were so well done, that i nearly had to stop reading because i felt like it was a bit too unnerving to take in all at once.<br />
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As i mentioned above, around the half way mark i started to get the idea that the story was going to take a turn i would have been very disappointed in. But, I was still enjoying the overall story so much that i tried to put it out of my head, and just kept going. It's worth mentioning that all of my issues with the book actually started around the time that the family started to film their reality tv show. I thought that might be an interesting aspect to the story, but it just came off as gimmicky....which might or might not have been intentional.<br />
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With the exception of one scene, the entire last 25% of the book turned into a completely ridiculous hot mess. It is almost mind boggling to me how much of a complete turn around this book took in my opinion. It's hard to get into the specifics of what happened that drove me crazy without giving away huge plot elements, so....<br />
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First off all....I got the impression that it was going to turn out that Marjorie faked being possessed. Which was the first thing that i wasn't happy about, because the book was so much more effective when it seemed like all the supernatural elements were true. Once the idea of her pretending started to creep into the story, it lost a lot of it's punch.<br />
Also, it was VERY obvious that Merry had a lot of emotional and psychological problems. And it wasn't surprising in the least that she ended up being this mysterious blogger who posted her cynical observations on the authenticity of the reality show and the supposed exorcism. Unfortunately, that entire sub-plot of why Merry acts the way she does...why she seems almost childlike in her manner of speaking and the way that she interacts with the woman hired to help write her book....just ends up being one of the many loose ends that the book throws at us.<br />
The actual ending of the book...the last 20-30 pages...is where i have my biggest problems. I'm okay with an author deciding to leave a book open ended, or up to interpretation, but this was just a case of a sloppy, poorly constructed conclusion. In fact it didn't even feel like any kind of conclusion...open ended or not. It felt like the author got to the end of a sentence and said, "You know what? I think that's a good enough place as any to end this." Are we to assume that Merry made up a lot of her story...the parts that didn't air on the reality show at least? That she in fact was the one who poisoned her family and it was just more convenient to let her poor, mentally unstable sister (or father) take the blame for it? Based on the reaction of the writer after she listened to Merry tell her "true" account of the story, i am also wondering if the writer herself wasn't a figment of Merry's imagination as well. <br />
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I am truly sick of the "unreliable narrator" trope being used these days. Very rarely, if ever have i come across a story that actually works well when this device is used and i for one hope to never find myself reading something along those lines again.<br />
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I hardly ever write reviews that are this negative, and i realize i have an unpopular opinion based on all the glowing reviews this book has received. I wish things had turned out differently. I wish this book had stayed on the course i thought it would...or would have at least found a way to resolve SOMETHING by the end of the book. I feel both cheated and angry that a book that showed such promise ended up being so cliched and so melodramatic .<br />
<br />This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-74731528540501765252016-06-16T13:27:00.000-07:002016-06-16T13:27:02.016-07:00The Fiery Cross ~ Diana Gabaldon<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/685376.The_Fiery_Cross" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388197382m/685376.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/685376.The_Fiery_Cross">The Fiery Cross</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3617.Diana_Gabaldon">Diana Gabaldon</a><br />
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3 1/2-4 stars. <br /><br />As with the previous Outlander books, there were aspects that I loved, and some that I didn't really care for. <br /><br />Pros: <br />I loved that the focus was on Roger a lot of the time. He is such a wonderful character and it was nice to see him shine a bit. <br />I loved the quiet moments between Jamie and Clare. I never get tired of their love story, and the love scenes, while fewer in number in the last couple of books, are always just the right mix of sweet and steamy.<br />The return of a beloved character...did my heart good. <3 br=""><br />Cons:<br />I have stated this before and will probably say it again after reading the rest of the books in the series....but DG seems to take an absurd amount of pleasure in torturing her characters. And in this book, the main object of her wrath was Roger. How many horrible things can happen to one character over the course of ONE book?<br />Some sections...especially towards the end...seemed dragged out to the point where i nearly started skimming. The cat and mouse game involving Bonnet is taking far too long to conclude. Although i really enjoyed the bit of revenge that Bree managed to get on him this time around.<br />Other readers have mentioned this in other reviews, but i can't help but throw my hat in the ring as well....the constant descriptions of Bree needing to breastfeed Jemmy. Of her leaking breastmilk....of changing Jemmy's diapers. It was all too descriptive and repetitive. Just...too much. DG seemed intent on making sure the readers understood how much a wee brat baby Jemmy could be. Message. Received. <br /><br />This obviously wasn't my favorite book in the series. But, even with the issues that i have with certain aspects of the story...the Outlander universe is still one of my all time favorites. </3><br />
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This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-88248007598028919792016-06-09T07:13:00.000-07:002016-06-09T07:13:14.405-07:00Untouched ~ Alexa Riley Release Day Blitz!!!! <b style="font-weight: normal;"><p id="docs-internal-guid-835f2762-2ae3-bc0a-d3d1-99c42710cebc" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"></span></p><br><br><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><img width="600" height="960" style="border: currentColor; 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line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><img width="624" height="195" style="border: currentColor; transform: rotate(0rad); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border-image: none;" alt="AP new - synopsis.jpg" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/lwWzORHl_GF3Tn1_ZwDMntY3cppkR_bhvrkwr_p6j3K2NxNSbe6L2NO6BCCt_IaG-ORFK-jrdTj066XEP-nF_RFy8SDSWgOAJLmRQDG73Ve2p5U3mnsq7bacDYcWIEmMHXrsqnuJ"></span></p><br><br><br><br><br><br><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 2.2254; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">When Alexander buys the land for his new airstrip, he never imagines the home on it is still occupied. But after he lays eyes on Liliana, he decides sheās his property now.</span></p><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 2.2254; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Eighteen-year-old Liliana has been tucked away her whole life. After her grandmother dies, sheās left alone with only her romance books to keep her company. Sheās been surrounded by females her whole life, but when Alexander walks in the door, she knows heās there to save her.</span></p><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 2.2254; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Heās claiming her, no matter how untouched she is.</span></p><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 2.2254; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Will Liliana fight or let Alexander have his way? Will Alexander keep her locked away or set her free? Will there be enough steam in this book to start your own sauna? Only one way to find out!</span></p><br><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 2.2254; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Warning:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.33px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Are we still doing these? This is Alexa Riley. You should know the drill by now. This is going to be</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.33px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> over-the-top dirty</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.33px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> with all the sticky bits you like. Get in here already!</span></p><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><img width="624" height="195" style="border: currentColor; transform: rotate(0rad); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border-image: none;" alt="AP new - excerpt.jpg" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/IHPvrLOdRshaeY7QQWtKsbeXRo3q6BZwC3Ra3JRM9hX5wh9O9wYUvh-bWt3mL2ksUjSq2wKVIUUCvDt92kZvcVclHl8KJ5RUO2KnNcNF_OzxZsOh3-ChkJ_CEWhXyTJYsrxmElvv"></span></p><br><br><br><br><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(23, 54, 93); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 36px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Chapter 1 *Alexander*</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āI just want it torn down,ā I tell Matt, the agent I bought the estate from, as I exit the car. I toss my suit jacket into the back seat, then roll up my sleeves. The house</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Ā¾</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">if you can even call it that</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Ā¾</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">looks like a fucking castle. It sits twenty miles outside of Chicago, and itās the perfect spot for my planned private landing strip for the Boeing 747 I bought last month. I like privacy and this will give me that. The fewer people I have to deal with, the happier I am. I like to go to work and back home, but sometimes travel is unavoidable.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Thereās enough space here to build the landing strip and keep the house, but thereās no need for it. Iād just have to hire people for its upkeep and Iād never use it. Might as well rip the thing down. Not like I have a need for a place like this. Itās breathtaking with an old-school feel, but my condo in the city is all I need. I live alone and Iāve never met a woman who tempted me to change that.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Iām doomed to be alone and Iāve settled into that. Work is my life. The thoughts of ever having a family of my own are long forgotten, though my mother still thinks thereās hope. I canāt even count how many times sheās told me the story of when my father found her working in some small coffee shop and practically picked her up and carried her out and heād never let her go. Which is true. He has her tucked away on a nice little island right now, enjoying retirement.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āI thought maybe you should look inside first. You bought the whole estate as is, and Iām guessing there are still a lot of personal items inside. Maybe even art.ā</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">I glance around the property. I hadnāt even looked at a single picture before I bought it. Just found out the land size and purchased it unseen. But looking around now, I can tell the place has a history to it. A stone wall surrounds the home, which is located in the center of the property. It looks like a fortress. Itās beautiful, but more than one man would ever need.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">I run my eyes along the front, counting the windows and sizing up just how big it might be on the inside. Then I catch something out of the corner of my eye. Movement.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āItās empty?ā I ask, looking back over at Matt.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āYes. There had been some staff still servicing the property, but they were informed that yesterday was their last day,ā Matt says.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āI saw it, sir,ā Black, my head of security, says, coming to stand next to me.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āLetās go find our trespasser then.ā</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">We head for the front door, my interest now piqued. Might as well take a look around if Iām going inside. Iāve already come all this way, and I cleared my morning schedule for this little trip.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āSir, maybe I should</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Ā¾</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">ā</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">I cut Black off by just holding up my hand as I continue walking towards the front door. He might be my head of security, but I still do what I want, even when he advises otherwise.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āKeys,ā I snap, turning a little for Matt to throw them to me. I catch them and slide the key into the lock and the door pops open with a loud creak.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Then all the air leaves my lungs at the sight before me.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Standing at the top of the stairs is a young woman. The sunlight streaming in through the open door hits, and it creates a halo of light around her. Her hair is dark as chocolate and such a contrast to her creamy white skin. And even from this distance, I can see she has the brightest blue eyes Iāve ever seen. Her full, lush lips part just a little as she stares at me. My eyes travel down her body to the white nightgown that looks transparent in the light, showing off all her curves.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">I feel myself harden at just the sight.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āShit,ā I hear Black say from behind me in awe.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">It makes blood rush to my ears and jealousy course through my body like Iāve never felt before. It wraps around my heart, making me clench my fists.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Mine.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">The word pounds though my head. Iāve bought the estate and everything in it. As of yesterday itās all mine. That makes her mine, too. I canāt stop the irrational barbaric thought from forming.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āOut!ā I shout to the room, making Matt jump and Black pull his eyes from the girl and take a step back. āOut.ā I growl it this time, and both turn and step out of the door. I slam it shut and click the lock back in place.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">I canāt bring myself to turn around. She looked like a fucking angel. Maybe she isnāt real. She looked too perfect to be real. The thought makes the air leave my lungs again. Slowly, I turn, and this time sheās closer than before, having come down the stairs. Her head is cocked to the side like sheās studying me.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">I find myself taking the ten steps to get closer to her, stopping at the bottom of the stairs. It brings us eye level with each other. She just stares at me. Her eyes seem so big and bright now, her long black lashes giving her a doe-eyed look.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Her hand comes up, reaching out and touching my face. She runs it along the stubble on my jaw, and her mouth parts a little as her tongue comes out, wetting her bottom lip. It takes everything in me not to groan at the simple action. I want to taste her plump bottom lip for myself, then push my tongue into her mouth.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āYou came,ā she says, her voice filled with wonder. The sound is soft and sweet.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āI came?ā I ask, not understanding what she means. She just nods her head, her dark curls bouncing with the movement. I canāt stop myself from reaching out and grabbing one. She doesnāt flinch like a lot of people do around me. Iām a big guy and my size can be intimidating. The scar running from the top of my left eyebrow down to my jaw doesnāt help, but she doesnāt seem scared at all. No, sheās looking at me like Iām looking at her. Iām no angel, far from it. But I like her eyes on me.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">āLike in my books. You look just like I thought,ā she says. Then she throws herself at me. She wraps her arms around my neck, taking me by surprise.</span></p><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><img width="624" height="624" style="border: currentColor; transform: rotate(0rad); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border-image: none;" alt="Untouched_Teaser1.jpg" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a5cjziMqCyyBLU4T_Z6TGKKzOZZJW10yscoOBC-y-M_3pVThrZlOW9aRuqliAZmoM2YcyxWKnCXURanRi5Rg4oPW-GJ1mL23YHnaRIUdGzbzI-4U0Ls0aVUao_YIzKdNcMyQF2Zh"></span></p><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><img width="624" height="624" style="border: currentColor; transform: rotate(0rad); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border-image: none;" alt="Untouched_Teaser2.jpg" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9NBQ1Bga2OQYAsXIzE0uZjYYnnwp5UMOTpJs-AIOK4ExlX2LLY3fKbfKOUPc0XiZ03YiXaC55lpWg3_eyL0tDfDxsR516N5L4684JQz29SWrh4yEx4NMjcZpWVwQuQb4N1Z22Zl2"></span></p><br><br><br><br><br><br><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><img width="624" height="624" style="border: currentColor; transform: rotate(0rad); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border-image: none;" alt="Untouched_Teaser3.jpg" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/AI9md0dfbB6PDXrOkG0mwWrb30lygtV4YTmYhVNiiD-ZL9CDlt14_Oxlz5BnIsRZkBldeGRvYje5xxP5Atjygo8X1b0IceRcxGlvB-Z2AEoGJagfnpQHDm4KY2g9Dy14k_Qgzz8I"></span></p><br><br><br><br><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><img width="624" height="624" style="border: currentColor; transform: rotate(0rad); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border-image: none;" alt="Untouched_Teaser4.jpg" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/uj7pqEdJqxwlmV11ARGw_DwnGd1pjKqOJtaE8VjAjprv2LoomeoaFMyLm4SHvymjpIQR-5onTyLXfSxPZmqeVlexuL7av1VXRIhsv0tpWE9oNB9vd3_qZTrPPPRwpLPk5uTTVsMP"></span></p><br><br><br><br><br><br><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><img width="624" height="195" style="border: currentColor; transform: rotate(0rad); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border-image: none;" alt="AP new -about the author.jpg" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/JzKLLocil5rRzikt5CjgLjw2ufzPwc35gccL10X9t8zIATeBLk10dbRn82FML105Sokiwod7gjVP81l9HN44VyimI3wapbhZVH-XL_EJjRZ8KtwKRAJTJBZLefFfxJHIBimHxc2g"></span></p><br><br><br><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Alexa Riley is two sassy friends who got together and wrote some dirty books. They are both married moms of two who love football, donuts, and obsessed book heroes.</span></p><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">They specialize in insta-love, over-the-top, sweet, and cheesy love stories that donāt take all year to read. 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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Retiring from the military was the right decision for Beckett Fitzgerald. Heās landed the girl of his dreams, the ring is on her finger and the only other mission heās interested in is putting a baby in Promiseās belly by the time they get back from the honeymoon. Simple, right?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Swept off her feet by Beckett, with his scarred face and Monet blue eyes, Promise is finally learning that true love isnāt just for fairy tales. With her brother finally free from the horrors of foster care and her own personal hero hell-bent on teaching her all the magical ways her body belongs to him, her once-in-a-lifetime feels so real.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But, before their honeymoon suitcases are packed, a knock on the door and a best friendās betrayal threaten to tear them apart. Beckett will cross oceans and leave a path of destruction behind to protect what is his, but when promises are broken, and the truth is revealed, will their all-consuming love be enough to carry them through?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Authorās Note</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You receive both books</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cherish</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is the conclusion to the best-selling, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Promise</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> which is also included here as </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">free</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> bonus content so you can read Beckett & Promiseās story from beginning to end. This book will give you a sweet happily ever after, an insatiable head-over-heels in love alpha hero, panty melting yumminess and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">no cheating</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">God, Beck, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">please</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, thatās enough, I canāt cum anymoreāā My voice breaks and cracks when I try to say his name one last time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As soon as the words leave my lips, I know itās a mistake. Beckett halts his movements for a moment and I can almost hear the cogs whirring inside his head. His eyes raise to look at me, and I realize Iāve just challenged him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One finger, then two push deep inside me, slipping easily in and out with the slick juice heās created between my legs. I can feel it running down the insides of my thighs, pooling on the white duvet below my butt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The tension between us tangles until itās like weāve melded together. My pleasure is his pleasure. He moans into my folds, sounding lost in the moment, just like me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I look down just as he looks up. This is the moment that always slays me. Seeing the desire in his face. His desire to watch me; to know heās giving me pleasure is enough to push me over the edge again.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The tension gathers low. I keep my eyes on his as he locks them onto mine. His tongue spins around my clit. Then down. Then back. Fingers moving faster and faster, ramming in my cunt until the tingling tightness starts. The last thing I see before my eyes close is the hint of his smile. A flash of that chipped front tooth and then Iām lost again in a climax that jerks my thighs together, slapping and trapping his face between my legs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I make sounds Iāve never made before. Like an animal in the midst of some perfect torment, a sensual pain that elevates me to something above this plane of existence.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I lose complete control over my muscles. My body jerks and my hips gyrate on his face. My fingers pull at his hair and my brain completely shuts off.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Just the way he planned.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">āMy pussy. My cum. My good girl.ā</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He talks into me like this often. At first it felt strange.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Heās talking into my pussy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But Beckett is so unflinchingly confident. So unaffected. So completely alive in every moment. I find it beautiful now, and it makes me feel incredibly cherished. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Besides, it just feels good. Those low baritone vibrations spoken into my soaking girl parts are not without their own sort of tingle.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My eyes begin to focus as he crawls up on top of me. I turn to melted butter at the mere sight of his magnificence. My hands were born to be on his body. I love the contrast of his smooth, soft skin over a hardness that radiates pure physical power. The way the burned skin feels slick, different from the rest.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He is a man in ways I didnāt understand until I met him. Power does not come from bravado nor arrogance nor boisterous frat boy stupidity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Beckett</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">power. A true, masculine power that is as loud as it is silent. His calm, unflappable countenance draws me to him like light into dark. I want to tuck myself under his wings, to crawl inside him and feel the peace that he brings me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">His body bridges over me. My hands draw up from his shoulders. I feel the movement of each tendon under sweat slick skin as the head of his enormous cock presses upward between my legs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">āOpen,ā he demands. āSpread your legs, babe. Open those knees and show me whatās mine. Only mine.ā</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I do as Iām told, the tingling tightening into a knot in my core as he rears back, licks his lips and shakes his head, looking at my open snatch.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">āThatās my horny cunt, isnāt it?ā He licks his lips and waits for my nod. āThatās right.ā He sinks two fingers into my dripping opening in one solid movement and brings them, soaking wet, to his lips. āYouāll never get wet for anyone but me. Only me.ā</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I lay open for him, and after a long silence he shifts down lower. I raise my own body, wanting him inside me even after heās made me cum at least four times with his mouth. Wanting him fully. Completely.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">His brow knits together as he brings his face down to mine. I feel the warmth of his breath on my lips before he takes my mouth. Tasting my own arousal on him makes my belly flutter. I let out a whimper into our kiss.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He pulls back, his face intense, those eyes that could melt candles lock onto mine and my hands cradle his cheeks while his cock dances at my opening.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I want him inside me, more than I want my next breath. But somehow he holds steady, watching me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">āWhat?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Please. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I want you, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">now</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.ā I whine and wiggle my hips up toward him but he counters backward and I whimper in frustration.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I smell the hint of his clean aftershave as he brings his lips down to my ear.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">āDo you have any idea how much I love you?ā</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00000a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He pushes forward. The first brush of his cock sends electricity pulsating over my skin. I draw in a sharp breath and he glides inside, spreading me, pushing his cock slowly where I want all of him right now.</span></div>
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Tapping The Billionaire is hands down one of my favorite reads of the year, and in a few short weeks the follow up novella, Tapping Her will be unleashed upon the world....and to celebrate the occasion....we get to unveil the gorgeous cover!!!!<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Release Date:</b> June 21, 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Title:</b> Tapping Her</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Series:</b> Billionaire Bad Boys Book 1.5: A Novella</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Luxurious and private, their overwater bungalow in the South Pacific is the perfect backdrop for fun, sun, and enough sexiness to necessitate a dip in the clear water to cool down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Submit your "love-themed" stories for a chance to win a $250 Gift Card and signed a paperback of Tapping Her. </span></div>
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This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-16001713872161230072015-08-15T05:35:00.003-07:002015-08-15T05:35:59.460-07:00Voyager ~ Diana Gabaldon<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10987.Voyager" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Voyager (Outlander, #3)" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388191457m/10987.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10987.Voyager">Voyager</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3617.Diana_Gabaldon">Diana Gabaldon</a><br />
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So...I seem to always have the unpopular opinion.<br />
For me, the previous book, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5364.Dragonfly_in_Amber__Outlander___2_" title="Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) by Diana Gabaldon">Dragonfly in Amber</a> was a much more interesting read for me. I preferred all the quiet, emotional moments in DIA than the seemingly over-the-top adventures in the second half of Voyager. Not to say I didn't still devour this book like a starving man. <br />
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As with the first book, I found myself being extremely frustrated with Claire throughout Voyager. Constantly doubting Jaime when he has proven himself time and again to her. Yes, the situation <a class="jsShowSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7163269615709895598">(view spoiler)</a><span class="spoilerContainer" style="display: none;">[ LegHair <a class="jsHideSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7163269615709895598">(hide spoiler)</a>]</span> was messed up. BUT....she was gone for 20 flipping years!!! He wasn't supposed to have a life without her? It's not like her life didn't continue when she left him. And while she was admittedly far from happy with FR...it is extremely selfish of her to just assume that if Jaime did survive that he would remain alone forever. But...I digress. That is obviously a sore subject for me, Claire's double standard way of thinking....so I will leave it alone now.<br />
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Anyway, I liked the addition of the new characters...especially LJG. I for one think John Grey is in incredibly interesting addition to the series, and while I realize that fans either love him or hate him...i personally love him, and am even more excited to read his side books that tie into the main series.<br />
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So, to wrap up....I enjoyed Voyager quite a bit. Was it without bumps in the road for me? No. Did I find myself wanting to punch Claire in the face at times? Yes. But, the overall world that Gabaldon has created here is addictive and well written enough to keep me coming back for more.<br />
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<br />This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-85788622764182284502015-06-26T13:59:00.000-07:002015-06-26T14:03:37.202-07:00Fire Inside ~ Kristen Ashley<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17257990-fire-inside" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Fire Inside (Chaos, #2)" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1419970980m/17257990.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17257990-fire-inside">Fire Inside</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2958084.Kristen_Ashley">Kristen Ashley</a><br />
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Definitely not my favorite KA book.<br />
I found myself skimming sections of the book towards the end just so i could finish it, which is something i rarely do with KA. <br />
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While i grew to really like Hop, Lanie on the other hand is hands down one of the most frustrating and unlikable of KA's leading ladies. There were several times....SEVERAL....when i was so annoyed by her behavior or by something she said, that it took all i had not to slam my Kindle into a wall. <br />
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I am not a fan of needless angst, and there was a truckload of it here. If there was even the slightest opportunity for Lanie to overreact to something, she ran with it. Talk about a drama queen! I can't believe that Hop put up with as much of her drama as he did. <br />
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This might sound harsh, especially considering i usually love how long and detailed KA's books are, but I truly feel like she could have edited out a good 100-150 pages. The majority of this book felt like filler, to be honest. Nothing really happened....except for Lanie to find more and more ways to act like a selfish, spoiled brat. I get that she lived through a horrible experience. But she used that incident as a crutch to play with Hop's emotions. Not cool in my book. <br />
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<br />This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-86756765819734018222015-05-27T07:45:00.000-07:002015-05-27T07:45:00.408-07:0011/22/63 ~ Stephen King<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10644930-11-22-63" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="11/22/63" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327876792m/10644930.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10644930-11-22-63">11/22/63</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3389.Stephen_King">Stephen King</a><br />
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When Garon gets the news heās about to be transferred to a new assignment, his entire world comes crashing down around him, for as a guardian angel, a new charge can only mean one thing.<br />
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Can he stand by and let her be destroyed? Or will he dare to do the unthinkable.<br />
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Dare to fall....<br />
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Jessica Martin doesnāt believe in happily ever after. Prince Charming is just a lie bought by starry-eyed women, and sheās far from that anymore.<br />
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No man has ever measured up to the one who lives in her imagination. With no real family, just temporary ones that came and went, sheās had few constants in her life, but the make-believe friend from her childhood has always been there for her. Always.<br />
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Too bad George isnāt real.<br />
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So when a mysterious man rescues her from danger, she canāt help but be suspicious. Her Good Samaritan is blond-haired, blue-eyed, and drop dead gorgeous, the complete embodiment of her perfect man, but heās more than what he seems. The strange familiarity in his eyes, his touchā¦it shouldnāt be there.<br />
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This was just the quick, hot read that i needed!<br />
Always a sucker for the Angel/Fallen Angel storyline, I was excited to read this take on the classic theme. <br />
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I really loved how devoted Goran/George is to Jessie. She is literally his entire world, and when he discovers that she is about to die, he sacrifices himself in order to save her. In the process, he becomes "human" and is given the chance to be with his Jessie for real.<br />
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This might sound like a sweet little fairy tale, and while it has some sweet, romantic aspects to the story....this is definitely first and foremost an erotic tale. And the author does a good job of bringing the heat. The chemistry is great and i could feel the attraction between these two. To be honest, i have never been a fan of the whole insta-love thing, and I would have preferred a bit more of a buildup in their relationship before the mind blowing sex starts filling the pages...but, i do appreciate how much of George & Jessie's story we get in a short novel.<br />
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Considering this is a debut novel, I am very impressed by the author's writing ability. It definitely doesn't read like a debut...everything flows together very well, and she paints a very vivid picture with her words....be it with Goran's struggle to make the leap from Angel to human, or with the sex scenes that, did i mention?... are H O T. I'm looking forward to the next chapter in Jennifer Leighton's career.<br />
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This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-37619165635481102972015-05-13T07:58:00.000-07:002015-05-13T07:58:11.928-07:00Play (Stage Dive #2) ~ Kylie Scott<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19095025-play" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Play (Stage Dive, #2)" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1393202794m/19095025.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19095025-play">Play</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6476625.Kylie_Scott">Kylie Scott</a><br /><br />My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1275167622">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /><br />5 Smile Like You Mean It Stars!<br /><a href="http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/ravingbookaddict/media/Ratings/5-stars_zpsc4obgfaa.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><br /> <img alt=" photo 5-stars_zpsc4obgfaa.jpg" class="escapedImg" src="https://p.gr-assets.com/540x540/fit/hostedimages/1431528086/14843471.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I really enjoyed the first book in the Stage Dive series, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983690.Lick" title="Lick by Kylie Scott">Lick</a>, but i absolutely freaking <strong>LOVED</strong> this one!!!<br /><br />I can honestly say that while reading the first 75% of this story, i laughed and smiled more than I have in quite some time. I actually can't remember the last time a book genuinely made laugh out loud, but this one did just that...several times. <br /><br /><img class="escapedImg" src="https://p.gr-assets.com/540x540/fit/hostedimages/1420128794/13177326.png" /><br /><br />Mal is a force of nature. His personality is larger than life and he is hands down one of the most endearing characters I have come across in ages. The banter between him and Anne (AKA Pumpkin) is pure gold and I think i ended up highlighting the vast majority of their early conversations.<br /><br />Anne is pretty much my idea of the perfect female lead character. She's sweet and can be vulnerable. But she's also stronger than she thinks she is, and knows exactly how to keep Mal in line without being overbearing. She's pretty much a badass. <br /><br />Let's be honest here; The plot was more than a little far fetched....Anne was completely on board with Mal deciding to move in with her after knowing each other for about 5 minutes, and she was incredibly blasƩ about the whole "Fake Girlfriend" aspect of their relationship. But, the beauty of this book was that even though there were certain elements that shouldn't have worked, or should have come off as silly and ridiculous.....the story still ended up being close to PERFECT in my eyes. Because i was able to suspend my belief system and just go on this journey with Mal and Anne and it was so worth it. <br /><br /><img class="escapedImg" src="https://p.gr-assets.com/540x540/fit/hostedimages/1431528700/14843566.jpg" /><br /><br />The last act of the book was a bit more serious, and while I missed the funny back and forth banter between Mal & Anne, the different vibe still worked and I found myself feeling the emotions pouring off the characters. The reasons behind Mal's sudden mood swings were more understandable, and I loved how completely supportive Anne was of him and his family. Kylie Scott really knows how to write about characters that make you experience all the feels. Just one of the many reasons to love this series....and this author.<br /><br />I am all geared up for Jimmy's story and can't wait to dive into <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19286623.Lead" title="Lead by Kylie Scott">Lead</a>. It will be a tall order to come close to topping Mal, but I can't wait to see where that story goes. But for now, I am still riding on the high that was Malcolm & Anne's quirky, sweet, and steamy love story.<br /><br /><img class="escapedImg" src="https://p.gr-assets.com/540x540/fit/hostedimages/1394929145/8925809.jpg" /><br /><img class="escapedImg" src="https://p.gr-assets.com/540x540/fit/hostedimages/1395943941/9066563.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br />This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-74631305831404676312015-05-09T06:45:00.000-07:002015-05-09T06:45:58.479-07:00Lick (Stage Dive #1) ~ Kylie Scott<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18873617-lick" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Lick (Stage Dive, #1)" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1429351487m/18873617.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18873617-lick">Lick</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6476625.Kylie_Scott">Kylie Scott</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/911279052">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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5 Second Chance Stars!!<br />
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This just goes to show that just because you originally can't get into a book the first time you pick it up, doesn't mean it won't end up knocking your socks off in the future.<br />
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I attempted to read this one quite a while ago, and just couldn't connect with the story or the characters. So it ended up on my DNF shelf. Fast forward to a few days ago, and yours truly in yet another horrendous reading slump and i just decided to give it one more shot before deleting it off my Kindle for good.<br />
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And i am <strong>SO GLAD</strong> I decided to give this another shot, because it ended up being one of the most entertaining reading experiences I have had in a long time.<br />
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Anyone who reads my reviews, or just knows what my reading preferences are....knows i am not a fan of needless angst and melodrama. One of my major pet peeves is when i'm reading a story and it is obvious that the author decided to either lengthen the story or to just try and make it more interesting by throwing in one crisis after another for the H/h. A vindictive ex, meddling parents, or just a long string of ridiculous misunderstandings that manage to keep the couple apart until the very end of the book. I'm all for an emotional story, but when obstacle after obstacle magically pop up like christmas lights down main street, it gets to be rather frustrating. And i read to escape the frustrations of my daily life. So, when I find a book that is sweet, romantic, funny, steamy AND blessedly Over-The-Top-Angst free...i am a happy girl.<br />
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I've always been a sucker for a good Rocker Romance. The problem is that there are so many of them out there now, that it all feels like the same story. But Lick really does stand out from the pack. Call it insta-love if you want, but I loved the way David was all in right from the beginning. He knew after spending one night with Evelyn that she was the one. And instead of having "buyers remorse" the morning after spontaneously getting married by an Elvis impersonator in Vegas, David wants to try and make it work. Even when he realizes that Ev doesn't remember the obviously special night the two of them shared (as blurred by alcohol as it was). <br />
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Kylie Scott took what on the surface seems like an overly wacky plot, and injected so much humor and emotion and just plain FEELS into it, that i couldn't help but be swept away by it. David and Ev are perfect together, and even though they have issues to deal with...they always know that regardless of how odd the circumstances of their coming together were, that there is a real connection and real feelings between them. And i loved that it didn't take until the very end of the book for the two of them to accept that.<br />
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I am currently reading book 2 of this series (<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19095025.Play" title="Play by Kylie Scott">Play</a>...Mal is such a sexy goofball) and I am, so far, enjoying it just as much as the first. I'm definitely going to give books i have given up in the past a second shot after this experience.<br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/756210986">3 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Once upon a time a jaded book nerd discovered a story that stood out among the sea of carbon copy FSOG wannabes and proceeded to knock her socks off.<br />
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The first book in this trilogy, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20646604.Night_Owl" title="Night Owl by M. Pierce">Night Owl</a> was that book.<br />
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Now, this book nerd was more than a little picky when it came to her idea of the Perfect Leading Man. Broody, sensitive with a bit of possessiveness thrown in? Right up her alley. Throw in a dry sense of humor and one hell of a dirty mouth, and she was in heaven. Enter Matt Sky....and this humble book nerd was a goner.<br />
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Jump ahead a couple of years, and this same book nerd has decided it is FINALLY time to tackle the next book in the series. <br />
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After the first chapter, she remembered how much she had loved the first book, and sighed in contentment to be back inside the heads of these wonderful, unique characters. This feeling of contentment continued throughout the first half of the book.<br />
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And then....things started to go wrong.<br />
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The book nerd (i.e. Me) isn't sure the exact moment things began to fall apart. Maybe it was when Matt's being evasive turned into obsessively lying to cover his ass. Or, maybe it was when Hannah decided to not only start drooling over Matt's bother Nate (a good guy, and a likable character)...but also his OTHER brother, Seth (a broody musician who goes from being a totally douchey Alpha-asshat in the beginning, to having no balls whatsoever by the last act of the book). I guess Hannah is just SO IN LOVE with Matt that she can't control her hormones around any of the Sky men. If their father had been alive, I'm sure she would have started daydreaming about him as well.<br />
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There were just so...many...times...where Matt and Hannah's actions made little sense. Especially in the scope of the previous book. Yes, they went through some trust and lies issues in Night Owl...but the level of fuckery that was on display here was ridiculous. Matt has always been a loose cannon, he has real issues to deal with, and he definitely struggled here. But some of HANNAH'S behavior just boggled my mind. <br />
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**Warning: Spoil-filled rant ahead**<br />
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Adding "I slept with Seth" at the end of the note to Matt. That was just a childish Fuck You, and completely unnecessary. And the icing on the cake, as it were? Giving Seth a HJ. Um, really?! Why?! Because you're mad at Matt? Because you're hurt? How about because you're a narcissistic slut face. Okay...that might sound harsh, but that scene really pissed me off, and i felt like that whole aspect to the story was ridiculous and not needed at all. Drama for drama sake. In the same vain, the scenes with Melanie groping Matt in his car. Again....added nothing but angst and drama to the book where it wasn't needed. <br />
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Were the sex scenes still smoking hot? Hell yes. Was Matt's dirty mouth still on full display? Praise Sweet baby Jesus, it was. But....believe it or not, i need more than just great sex scenes to fully enjoy a book.<br />
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Considering the high ratings this book has gotten, i know these opinions are in the minority. And maybe my expectations were just too high for this book. But, this was one of the biggest let downs by a book I've had in a while. I almost feel like this was filler between the beginning and the end of Matt & Hannah's story. Maybe it should have remained a stand alone. I just wish i felt differently.<br />
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<br />This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-54128391547561936922015-05-06T06:39:00.002-07:002015-05-06T06:52:55.587-07:00The ReturnI have been away for a while.<br />
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Dealing with a lot of personal issues that have nothing to do with books or reading.<br />
To be honest, it's not easy for me to just jump right back into the swing of things, but I'm going to do my best.<br />
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I have read very little over the last few months, but I am hopeful that will change now that I am attempting to focus more on doing things i enjoy, rather than sitting and brooding over things i can't change.<br />
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We'll see how it goes.<br />
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To anyone who may be reading this, thanks for your patience, and for sticking with me through it all. <!--3-->This Bookish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272628868573846205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163269615709895598.post-14005024759790959302014-12-15T10:54:00.000-08:002014-12-15T10:54:00.107-08:00Addicted For Now (Addicted #2) ~ Krista & Becca Ritchie<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17969317-addicted-for-now" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Addicted for Now (Addicted, #2)" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1377835629m/17969317.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17969317-addicted-for-now">Addicted for Now</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7056935.Krista_Ritchie">Krista Ritchie</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/770860357">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
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