tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51573477841101661602024-03-19T10:48:18.459+02:00Book Girl of Mur-y-CastellBook Review BlogBlodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.comBlogger4429125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-83480593357718491482024-03-18T18:02:00.003+02:002024-03-18T18:02:43.354+02:00Carole´s Monday: Witches Get stuff done<p> </p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div></div></div></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1683589665i/128154834.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1683589665i/128154834.jpg" width="214" /></a></div>Author: Molly Harper</div><div>Narrator: Amanda Ronconi, Teddy Hamilton</div><div><div>Title: Witches Get Stuff Done</div><div>Series: Starfall Point #1</div><div>Genre: Paranormal Romance, Fantasy</div><div>Format: Audiobook</div><div>Published: September 5, 2023</div><div>Where I got It: Audible</div></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""><b><i>Summary: <br /></i></b></span></span></span></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Juggling newfound witchy powers, a house full of ghosts, and verbal battles with the handsome local librarian is almost too much for a new witch to manage. A new witch with a coven, however, can get so much more done...</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>From the moment Riley Everett set foot in Starfall Point, magic bubbled inside of her. But with only her late aunt's journals and a cantankerous live-in ghost butler to instruct her on all things witchy—including her newly inherited Victorian haunted house—Riley seeks out a coven for sisterhood and support. The last person she expects to be drawn to is the town's frustrating, yet ridiculously attractive head librarian.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Edison Held knows almost everything there is to know about Starfall Point, but Shaddow House was always off-limits, thanks to its elusive owner. If he can convince the new owner, Riley, to let him take a peek inside, there's so much he could learn. But as he gets closer to Riley, he's fascinated by her dazzling wit and fiery spirit. Edison will do whatever he can to help Riley keep her family legacy alive, especially if it means spending more time with the captivating new witch in town.</b></span></div></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Review:</div><div>I knew I had to get my hands on this. Witches, Ghosts, Molly Harper, and Michigan????? YAS. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here we follow Riley and Edison. Riley finds herself inheriting a very haunted Victorian house after her Aunt passes away. Riley has these new powers and new responsibilities with only her aunt's journals and a cranky ghost butler to help her on this new journey. And there is that frustrating but ridiculously attractive head librarian....Edison. Edison hopes he can convince the new owner of the Shaddow House to let him take a peek inside the mysterious house. </div><div><br /></div><div>This was simply adorable. I loved, loved, loved this story. Maybe I'm biased since it is set in Michigan and it made me giggle whenever a Michigan reference was given. eeee. Plus...Molly Harper is always fun.</div><div><br /></div><div>Loved our characters. Edison is a sweetie. Riley is a gem. Her two new friends? Loved them too and I can't wait to read Caroline's book which is next in the series. Awwww and that butler was adorably grumpy and fatherly. Cute. Now....my only issue was how quickly Caroline was onboard with everything. At least Edison fainted! Caroline was oddly....okay. Did seem realistic. Granted, magic is involved but still. Too quick. </div><div><br /></div><div>The narrators are always fun. We have two narrators here. One for Riley's POV and one for Edison's. His voices for girls are always just okay, but he has such a deep voice so it's hard I'm sure. Her voices are always good. I wish she changed up her female voices a bit more. </div><div><br /></div><div>All-in-all, so much fun. This was adorable. Fun setting, fun characters, fun concept. And that house is amazing even with ALL the ghosts. Can't wait for book 2! In the end, I'll give this 4 stars. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjmuTMjfFT_8lXMXdyQ1seycxcqNpMDlMDXv_GmkSu3kL-FnhFddRSrB2O2_V_sfE_q3zQG5PPzMmxo-yfce5Oe_gbyVL5YP6iUA2V0OmlRnwdU6ovw4ZbM_JJ-mW0EIjWIrSLeH4MuCLYUsp1aOU4FSC3IozhpszIF9vG4FaqoFj4stl0yTCzPI5K5Sf/s213/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="213" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjmuTMjfFT_8lXMXdyQ1seycxcqNpMDlMDXv_GmkSu3kL-FnhFddRSrB2O2_V_sfE_q3zQG5PPzMmxo-yfce5Oe_gbyVL5YP6iUA2V0OmlRnwdU6ovw4ZbM_JJ-mW0EIjWIrSLeH4MuCLYUsp1aOU4FSC3IozhpszIF9vG4FaqoFj4stl0yTCzPI5K5Sf/s1600/4.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #181818;"><b>Challenge(s):</b></span><br />- Audiobook #14</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">- Romance Reading Challenge #10 (Witch/Warlock) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-34759151792844692382024-03-15T21:59:00.001+02:002024-03-15T21:59:04.046+02:00The warrior by Stephen Aryan<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/lDS1ABp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="254" height="272" src="https://i.imgur.com/lDS1ABp.jpg" width="173" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Series: Quest for Heroes (#2)</b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>379 pages, Paperback</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Published: August 23, 2022 by Angry Robot</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Fantasy/own</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Book 2. The last one ended with him marrying a princess and becoming king. Now we fast forward a bit. They have an heir, they have grown apart a bit. The Church is still trying to take over the world. Stupid Church. And someone from Kell´s past asks for help.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">One part of the story is about Kell in a strange land plagued by monsters. He truly has moved from coward to hero in this one.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The second part is about his wife at home and her trying to deal with that damned Church. A war is coming.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am just gonna make it short. I enjoyed it. It felt light in its style even if it was about monsters, war and people dying.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The story of Kell Kressia continues in Book II of the gripping fantasy duology. Kell, two time saviour of the Five Kingdoms, is now the King of Algany. He has fame, power, respect, and has never been more miserable...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bound, by duty and responsibility, Kell is King only in name. Trapped in a loveless marriage, he leaves affairs of state to his wife, Sigrid. When his old friend, Willow, turns up asking him to go on a journey to her homeland he can't wait to leave.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Malice, a malevolent poison that alters everything it infects, runs rampant across Willow's homeland. Desperate to find a cure her cousin, Ravvi, is willing to try a dark ritual which could damn her people forever. Journeying to a distant land, Kell and his companions must stop Ravvi before it's too late. While Kell is away Reverend Mother Britak's plans come to a head. Queen Sigrid must find a way to protect her family and her nation, but against such a ruthless opponent, something has to give...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-7244480522522720562024-03-13T13:00:00.001+02:002024-03-13T13:00:00.145+02:00Audio: Tastes like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/gKxpkK1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="229" src="https://i.imgur.com/gKxpkK1.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>By: Nisha Sharma</b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Narrated by: Soneela Nankani, Fajer al.Kaisi</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Series: If Shakespeare Were an Auntie, Book 2</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Release date: 11-28-23</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Publisher: HarperAudio</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Contemporary romance/storytel.fi</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So I listened to this cos my audio site told me that a certain narrator I like was narrating, well that was not the case. Hey, audible said the same now..weird. But I am glad I picked it anyway. Because I did like book 1.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this one we have Bobbi who is a wedding planner etc. She truly dislikes a certain Benjamin after he said all the wrong things at a certain time. She is not looking for love, she is just trying to put together the best wedding ever for her bestie.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Benjamin is not looking for love either. He is busy with his restaurant, and works too much.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">But this dang wedding keeps putting them together. Someone is also trying to sabotage the wedding.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">They were fun together. When they finally got over their hostility towards each other. But they have some stuff to work through.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">And the aunties are back! Gotta love the aunties.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Soneela is awesome, I always loves her narration. If it is romance, or fantasy, she is great at it. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The male narrator was new to me but he did well with his chapters.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bobbi Kaur is determined to plan a celebration to remember for her best friend’s wedding. But she has two problems that are getting in her way:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1. The egotistical, and irritatingly sexy, chef Benjamin “Bunty” Padda is supposed to help her with the menu since he’s the groom’s best friend, and</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2. Someone is trying to sabotage the wedding.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With aspirations of taking over her family’s event planning business, Bobbi knows that one misstep in managing the Kareena Mann and Prem Verma (#Vermann) party, along with the other weddings on her plate, will only give her uncle another reason not to promote her. That means Kareena’s big day and Bobbi's future career are on the line.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bunty will do anything for his best friend, even though he has his hands full in finding a new location for his next restaurant while also playing mediator between his brother and father, the celebrated Naan King. When Prem asks Bunty to help with the wedding menu, he agrees, especially since it puts him in close proximity to the delicious Bobbi Kaur. When a mystery shaadi saboteur starts leaving threatening notes, and cancelling cake orders, Bunty and Bobbi have no choice but to call a truce and face the volatile attraction they have for each other.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Through masquerade fundraisers and a joint bachelor-bachelorette trip to Vegas, this chef and wedding planner explore their growing connection all while trying to plan a wedding at Messina Vineyards in a time crunch. But once the shaadi saboteur is caught and the wedding is over, will their love story have a happily ever after?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With the return of the meddling aunties (who are scary good at finding information) and a lot of hilarity and hijinks, Bobbi and Bunty’s romance is an event you don’t want to miss.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-81945814144191972882024-03-12T14:30:00.001+02:002024-03-12T14:30:00.149+02:00TMST <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzuqdkS7l3U/X4MJk2EUGJI/AAAAAAAACpc/t6K18drutj42xR4MwxP3oQxwebW1Y9O8gCPcBGAsYHg/s750/Tellmesomethingtues.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzuqdkS7l3U/X4MJk2EUGJI/AAAAAAAACpc/t6K18drutj42xR4MwxP3oQxwebW1Y9O8gCPcBGAsYHg/s320/Tellmesomethingtues.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. 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Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. Feel free to leave your links in the comments if you are participating.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are interested in participating in TMST or receiving periodic emails that list the upcoming TMST topics and questions, please fill out this <a href="https://forms.gle/ZYEZqJE3KWV2dv6J8">GOOGLE FORM. </a>Participation is optional and never required.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p></div></div>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-69906847536627450632024-03-11T22:39:00.001+02:002024-03-11T22:39:24.468+02:00Carole´s Monday: Baby Teeth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1625279008i/58476184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="306" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1625279008i/58476184.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><br />Author: Zoje Stage</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Title: Baby Teeth</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Genre: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense</div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>Format: ebook</div><div>Pages: 314</div></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial;" trbidi="on">Published: August 9, 2018</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial;" trbidi="on"><span><span face="">Where I </span></span><span>Got It: Borrowed from library</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial;" trbidi="on"><span><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial;" trbidi="on"><span><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial;" trbidi="on"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Summary: </span></b></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Sweetness can be deceptive.</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Meet Hanna.</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and all Hanna wants is to live happily ever after with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good.</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Meet Suzette.</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>She loves her daughter, really, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. As Hanna’s tricks become increasingly sophisticated, and Suzette's husband remains blind to the failing family dynamics, Suzette starts to fear that there’s something seriously wrong, and that maybe home isn’t the best place for their baby girl after all.</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>From blazing new talent Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth is a story about a perfect-looking family, and a darling little girl who wants nothing more than to kill her mother.</b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;">Review:</div><div style="font-family: arial;">Yayyy book club book. My friend has been wanting us to read this for a while, but she kept putting it on the backburner. She finally decided it was time for us to check this out. </div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;">Here we have a family that looks perfect. A dad with a great job. A mom who decided to stay home and take care of their child. However, things are not what they seem. Their little girl, Hanna, hasn't uttered a word since she was a baby, but is extremely smart. Hanna doesn't want to go to school so she keeps finding ways to get expelled and stay home. She doesn't want her mother, Suzette, around anymore. Suzette is plain exhausted, but things are looking dark as it seems Hanna has plans to get rid of her. </div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;">This was pretty dark. Hanna has her dad tricked and blinded to her true intent. She doesn't want to go to school and she doesn't want her mom around. Along with her side kick...aka imaginary friend....or not? Who knows....she plans to get rid of her mom for good so she can have her father to herself. </div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;">Suzette isn't perfect, but I felt so bad for her. She didn't deserve to have a monster of a child or a husband who doesn't believe her. So cliche that the man doesn't believe their wife but it made me chuckle when Suzette called that out when talking to the therapist. </div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;">This was intense and I had no idea what was going to happen. Hanna was a monster and oddly smart for her age. I still don't understand WHY Hanna hated Suzette so much. I don't think Suzette did anything terrible. Sure, she isn't winning Mother of the Year anytime soon but she wasn't abusive or evil or mean? But Hanna does seem to have some mental illness issues and can't really see reality for what it is. She thinks Suzette is a witch and evil, etc.</div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;">I went down a path on reddit and Goodreads to see what others thought of the book. It seems to be truly divided. Some like this a lot...some hate it with a burning passion. It's very interesting, honestly, reading the reviews/thoughts. </div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;">This book was weird but good. I really enjoyed it but it does get dark in some spots so be aware of that. </div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;">Th ending? Mmmm. I have gone back and forth with my feelings on it. It wasn't as satisfying as I wanted it be. It was good, don't get me wrong, but I have so many questions. </div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;">All-in-all, this was a weird read, but I enjoyed it. I think it is a very good book for book club. I have SO many things to say that I couldn't here (avoiding all spoilers) and I have SO many questions for the girls when meet up. 4 stars from me.</div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;">One word summary: Weird</div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAukN4PBxNYUjdz-xgjagoG_IgzHslDg2ros22yjB2UcMswRo4tFm-ZLAyk81OZdEgms-jVqGpKvx6mweQEjCu0SLtqasACzc0utAlnfSUWz5AqxOZQCy4utwI72DrUdtadRuyJ_UdlVIaLzQGtVByb5XadKxnQHZaKsxSVz_DYjODe_zaQmlrJx0T0tpy/s213/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="213" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAukN4PBxNYUjdz-xgjagoG_IgzHslDg2ros22yjB2UcMswRo4tFm-ZLAyk81OZdEgms-jVqGpKvx6mweQEjCu0SLtqasACzc0utAlnfSUWz5AqxOZQCy4utwI72DrUdtadRuyJ_UdlVIaLzQGtVByb5XadKxnQHZaKsxSVz_DYjODe_zaQmlrJx0T0tpy/s1600/4.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #181818;"><b>Challenge(s):</b></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">- Cloak and Dagger - #8</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">- Library Love #7</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div></span></div>
Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-3734332703457224362024-03-06T12:30:00.001+02:002024-03-06T12:30:00.247+02:00The Heart principle by Helen Hoang<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/J9gkwxD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="208" src="https://i.imgur.com/J9gkwxD.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Narrated by: Brian Nishii, Natalie Naudus</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Series: The Kiss Quotient Series, Book 3</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Release date: 09-02-21</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fiction romance /storytel.fi</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This was not a contemporary romance. Yes there is romance, but also so much more and with a focus on Anna falling into darkness.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anna fell apart after a viral video and she feels like she cant play the violin anymore. Then her boyfriend says he wants an open relationship. Her shrink tells her she thinks Anna is on the spectrum. And she just goes all I will have a hook up and that will be it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">But a hook up is not as easy as it sounds. Quan has his own demons after having had surgery. He is starting to fall for Anna and the hook up that never happens. Anna is torn between her failed relationship, her strained relationship with her family and this new budding feeling for Quan who is just so right.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">And there is like I said so much more. Anna´s depression, her feelings of having to say yes to everyone and everything. To sacrifice herself for family as something happens. She is falling to pieces and that is there it goes from contemporary romance to something else. Very deep and sad, and with some real issues.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I liked it a lot and I rooted for these two even in the darkest hours. Quan was lovely and I really wanted Anna to put herself first.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Great narration. I am not sure if I have listened to these two before, but they were both good. Each told their POVs well and I liked how it all worked together.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. And when her longtime boyfriend announces he wants an open relationship before making a final commitment, a hurt and angry Anna decides that if he wants an open relationship, then she does, too. Translation: She's going to embark on a string of one-night stands. The more unacceptable the men, the better. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">That’s where tattooed, motorcycle-riding Quan Diep comes in. Their first attempt at a one-night stand fails, as does their second, and their third, because being with Quan is more than sex - he accepts Anna on an unconditional level that she has just started to understand herself. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">However, when tragedy strikes Anna’s family, she takes on a role that she is ill-suited for, until the burden of expectations threatens to destroy her. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anna and Quan have to fight for their chance at love, but to do that, they also have to fight for themselves. </span></p>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-79823945152916540842024-03-05T14:00:00.002+02:002024-03-05T14:00:00.223+02:00TMST <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzuqdkS7l3U/X4MJk2EUGJI/AAAAAAAACpc/t6K18drutj42xR4MwxP3oQxwebW1Y9O8gCPcBGAsYHg/s750/Tellmesomethingtues.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzuqdkS7l3U/X4MJk2EUGJI/AAAAAAAACpc/t6K18drutj42xR4MwxP3oQxwebW1Y9O8gCPcBGAsYHg/s320/Tellmesomethingtues.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. 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The wallflower wager<p> </p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div></div></div></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1552950403i/40972652.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="379" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1552950403i/40972652.jpg" width="187" /></a></div>Author: Tessa Dare</div><div>Narrator: Mary Jane Wells</div><div><div>Title: The Wallflower Wager</div><div>Series: Girl Meets Duke #3</div><div>Genre: Historical Romance</div><div>Format: Audiobook</div><div>Published: August 13, 2019</div><div>Where I got It: Borrowed from library</div></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""><b><i>Summary: <br /></i></b></span></span></span></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>They call him the Duke of Ruin.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>To an undaunted wallflower, he's just the beast next door.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Wealthy and ruthless, Gabriel Duke clawed his way from the lowliest slums to the pinnacle of high society—and now he wants to get even.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Loyal and passionate, Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldn’t take into her home and her heart.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>When her imposing—and attractive—new neighbor demands she clear out the rescued animals, Penny sets him a challenge. She will part with her precious charges, if he can find them loving homes.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Done, Gabriel says. How hard can it be to find homes for a few kittens?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>And a two-legged dog.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>And a foul-mouthed parrot.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>And a goat, an otter, a hedgehog . . .</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Easier said than done, for a cold-blooded bastard who wouldn’t know a loving home from a workhouse. Soon he’s covered in cat hair, knee-deep in adorable, and bewitched by a shyly pretty spinster who defies his every attempt to resist. Now she’s set her mind and heart on saving him.</b></span></div></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Review:</div><div>ONE WORD SUMMARY: Adorable</div><div><br /></div><div>More Dare! *fist pump*</div><div><br /></div><div>He is the Duke of Ruin and she is an undaunted wallflower with a heart of gold. Lady Penelope never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldn't take in and smother in love. Gabriel Duke has clawed his way from the bottom and he enjoys destroying those rich when he can. Penelope is tasked by her aunt and Gabriel to clear out and find homes for all of her animals. Gabriel promises to help. How hard can it be? </div><div><br /></div><div>This was adorable. Absolutely adorable. </div><div><br /></div><div>Penelope is a darling. It made me sad learning what happened to her when she was young!!!!! Sobs!</div><div><br /></div><div>Gabriel is all gruffy and angry, but all he needs is love and someone to be patient with him. He had a terrible and poor childhood. The coin thing...when he explained....broke my wee heart. </div><div><br /></div><div>So many animals!</div><div><br /></div><div>So many laughs!</div><div><br /></div><div>So many conversations!</div><div><br /></div><div>And so much love. I loved watching them go from neighbors...to partners....to friends with lust....then to lovers. They are perfect for each other. He is honest and down-to-earth. She has the heart the size of the world. </div><div><br /></div><div>There was little drama...just a spat and what was done was done out of love and misunderstanding. I'm glad it was a simple convo and that made me happy.</div><div><br /></div><div>The narrator was fantastic. I'm glad it was the same person. She is utterly perfect. I hope she does the last book!</div><div><br /></div><div>In the end, I really enjoyed this. I loved this couple and watching them fall in love. Another winner for Dare. 5 stars. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCt_ueFsypR7WcwkFlsYePMxJLmGkglsXP8DZh56FGVqzvcGdts9dMLoUdVEs_hzi2uVYJjJjZW1enFfCdzLZGdUP9iN2la_VHBmnazn5STsXtApH0iAK-I5_kKFuDertAAZRsknlUaiwfiwYIfRIPsrphfoqx9dfBJ4qX0rSq4rxoV5spIn2CR8032gJF/s208/5%20stars.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="208" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCt_ueFsypR7WcwkFlsYePMxJLmGkglsXP8DZh56FGVqzvcGdts9dMLoUdVEs_hzi2uVYJjJjZW1enFfCdzLZGdUP9iN2la_VHBmnazn5STsXtApH0iAK-I5_kKFuDertAAZRsknlUaiwfiwYIfRIPsrphfoqx9dfBJ4qX0rSq4rxoV5spIn2CR8032gJF/s1600/5%20stars.png" width="208" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #181818;"><b>Challenge(s):</b></span><br />- Audiobook #12</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">- Library Love #8</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-28570972065820995622024-03-01T19:42:00.003+02:002024-03-01T19:42:39.688+02:00Best of February<p> </p><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeZlRMpGL807Jv3QVXw3B9akx8kSGxme79uAJcqrt0yu4xWsUk1ctC8BS7P0etQWABMfp-2qIfETjzxsOaLv4NIb9-NnNJer6UmCr3KyxqT0ivUEesjkpL3EA5GwaVi8GTpKZOlx_FIpRJ6QhxAljkQUW0npp2JjiBYwI9YgHDf-jYbTQ-Oh8-IicORpd/s2376/feb2024.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2376" data-original-width="2096" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeZlRMpGL807Jv3QVXw3B9akx8kSGxme79uAJcqrt0yu4xWsUk1ctC8BS7P0etQWABMfp-2qIfETjzxsOaLv4NIb9-NnNJer6UmCr3KyxqT0ivUEesjkpL3EA5GwaVi8GTpKZOlx_FIpRJ6QhxAljkQUW0npp2JjiBYwI9YgHDf-jYbTQ-Oh8-IicORpd/w265-h301/feb2024.png" width="265" /></a></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">Feb flew by! 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<span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Blodeuedd - Nadda this month</i><i></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"I am not gonna give a best book. Because they were all good, but none of them was better than the rest."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both;"><span><i>Carole - <a href="http://www.caroleraesrandomramblings.com/2024/02/audiobook-review-governess-game-by.html">The Governess Game by Tessa Dare</a></i></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span>"Dare is always so much fun. This was extra fun. Loved it so much."</span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594593376i/36111620.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594593376i/36111620.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Best Movie of the Month:</u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Carole </i><span style="font-family: arial;">- <a href="http://www.caroleraesrandomramblings.com/2024/02/movie-review-haunting-in-venice-2023.html">A Haunting in Venice (2023)</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"Gotta love a good mystery. This was a mystery in everyway. Loved it! I want more of these movies!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/A_Haunting_in_Venice_(2023)_poster.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="259" height="384" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/A_Haunting_in_Venice_(2023)_poster.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="clear: both;"><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Blodeuedd - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22016156/">The Abyss (2023)</a></i></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"I watched this one and it worked in places, but all I am saying the Swedes can not bring the emotions the Norwegians can. Pretty boring at times too."</span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.filmihulluleffakauppa.com/35230-superlarge_default_2x/avgrunden-2023-dvd.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="636" height="320" src="https://www.filmihulluleffakauppa.com/35230-superlarge_default_2x/avgrunden-2023-dvd.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br /><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>
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<span face=""><i>Blodeuedd - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7678620/">Bluey (s1-s2)</a></i></span></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Pretty sure I finished something, but eh. I watched a lot of Bluey, without watching, but at every third watch of an ep I had seen it all. Yeah I know them.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">"</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71bFA1QbZkL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="573" height="320" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71bFA1QbZkL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""><i>Carole - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2467372/">Brooklyn Nine-Nine</a></i></span></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""><i>"Decided to re-watch all of this after the actor, Andre Braugher, passed away. He was my favorite on this show so I felt like I needed to re-watch. Such a good show. Def binge-worthy.</i>"</span></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzVkYWY4NzYtMWFlZi00YzkwLThhZDItZjcxYTU4ZTMzMDZmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODUxOTU0OTg@._V1_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzVkYWY4NzYtMWFlZi00YzkwLThhZDItZjcxYTU4ZTMzMDZmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODUxOTU0OTg@._V1_.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><span face=""><b><u><br /></u></b></span></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><span face=""><b><u>Best Cover of the Month:</u></b></span></span></span></div><br /><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1583344644i/52087895.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="496" height="400" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1583344644i/52087895.jpg" width="248" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carole's pick</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1635586246i/59484729.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="516" height="400" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1635586246i/59484729.jpg" width="258" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blodeuedd's pick</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span><i style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></i></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><br />
Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-87418110227727567642024-02-28T13:30:00.001+02:002024-02-28T13:30:00.145+02:00Audio: Sunbolt by Intisar Khanani<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/yQ6eNKS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="182" src="https://i.imgur.com/yQ6eNKS.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">By: Intisar Khanani</span></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Narrated by: Soneela Nankani</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Series: Sunbolt Chronicles, Book 1</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Release date: 01-30-24</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Publisher: Tantor Audio</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">YA Fantasy / to review</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hitomi is a thief. She is nice, and does her best to survive. She is also a part of a organization trying to help since the island is going to hell. They got one of those evil mages, you know how it is. Drama, wickedness, revolution is coming...or not.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We do not get that much of the world. Hitomis worldview is narrow, the city, best places to hide from soldiers, best places to hide from anyone. I would like to learn more though, cos there are other lands, the whole mage thing and so on. Oh and a map, I love those. But this was an audiobook after all.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the story some people needs protection . Things go badly. And a twist too that I did not expect.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And then even more things happen and Hitomi does not have it easy at all.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">BUT, it does not end with a cliffie, the ending is one of those all good for now, but soon you are in trouble again. One of those look the sky is blue, we are happy, but oh oh, you missed those dark clouds at the horizon......I look forward to getting more from this story.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Good narration, but then I always enjoy her narrations. She has a great voice, and she is wonderful when it comes to fantasy. She really gets the characters and the overall feel of the story.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The winding streets and narrow alleys of Karolene hide many secrets, and Hitomi is one of them. Orphaned at a young age, Hitomi has learned to hide her magical aptitude and who her parents really were. Most of all, she must conceal her role in the Shadow League, an underground movement working to undermine the powerful and corrupt Arch Mage Wilhelm Blackflame.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When the League gets word that Blackflame intends to detain—and execute—a leading political family, Hitomi volunteers to help the family escape. But there are more secrets at play than Hitomi's, and much worse fates than execution. Betrayed and captured along with her charges, it will take everything Hitomi can summon to save them—and herself.</span></p>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-31598031367405272182024-02-27T10:31:00.001+02:002024-02-27T10:31:32.921+02:00TMST <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzuqdkS7l3U/X4MJk2EUGJI/AAAAAAAACpc/t6K18drutj42xR4MwxP3oQxwebW1Y9O8gCPcBGAsYHg/s750/Tellmesomethingtues.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzuqdkS7l3U/X4MJk2EUGJI/AAAAAAAACpc/t6K18drutj42xR4MwxP3oQxwebW1Y9O8gCPcBGAsYHg/s320/Tellmesomethingtues.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. Feel free to leave your links in the comments if you are participating.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><b>2/27/2024 Which books are you looking forward to reading this Spring? (Mar-May)</b></span></p><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/WwzVC3x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="234" src="https://i.imgur.com/WwzVC3x.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh no, this question! No idea what is coming out, but what I do know is that my TBR pile is GROWING</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. Feel free to leave your links in the comments if you are participating.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are interested in participating in TMST or receiving periodic emails that list the upcoming TMST topics and questions, please fill out this <a href="https://forms.gle/ZYEZqJE3KWV2dv6J8">GOOGLE FORM. </a>Participation is optional and never required.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p></div></div>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-3167540269052847632024-02-26T22:15:00.001+02:002024-02-26T22:15:17.939+02:00Carole´s Monday: The Governess Game<span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div></div></div></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594593376i/36111620.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594593376i/36111620.jpg" width="208" /></a></div></div>Author: Tessa Dare</div><div>Narrator: Mary Jane Wells</div><div><div>Title: The Governess Game</div><div>Series: Girl Meets Duke #2</div><div>Genre: Historical Romance</div><div>Format: Audiobook</div><div>Published: August 28, 2018</div><div>Where I got It: Borrowed from library</div></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""><b><i>Summary: <br /></i></b></span></span></span></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>He’s been a bad, bad rake—and it takes a governess to teach him a lesson</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>The accidental governess.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>After her livelihood slips through her fingers, Alexandra Mountbatten takes on an impossible post: transforming a pair of wild orphans into proper young ladies. However, the girls don’t need discipline. They need a loving home. Try telling that to their guardian, Chase Reynaud: duke’s heir in the streets and devil in the sheets. The ladies of London have tried—and failed—to make him settle down. Somehow, Alexandra must reach his heart... without risking her own.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>The infamous rake.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Like any self-respecting libertine, Chase lives by one rule: no attachments. When a stubborn little governess tries to reform him, he decides to give her an education—in pleasure. That should prove he can’t be tamed. But Alexandra is more than he bargained for: clever, perceptive, passionate. She refuses to see him as a lost cause. Soon the walls around Chase’s heart are crumbling... and he’s in danger of falling, hard.</b></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Review:</div><div>I needed some Dare in my life!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Chase has become the heir to a Dukedom after many tragedies. Along with that....two young girls become his wards and they need a governess. He wants no attachments so he needs to get them trained up and sent to a school as soon as possible. Enter in Alex. She accepts the role after her livelihood literally slips through her fingers. She is tasked with the near impossible to transform two unruly girls and ignore her feelings for Chase. </div><div><br /></div><div>Why is Dare so dang good? There is romance and some darkness, but there is comedy too. She did such a great job with balancing everything. </div><div><br /></div><div>I also love that you don't HAVE to read in order. However, I do recommend book 1 first because the couple does show up here and it makes it more special knowing the past. But again...it would do fine as a standalone. </div><div><br /></div><div>Alex, Chase, and the girls have their sad pasts but they need each other. I loved this.</div><div><br /></div><div>The girls were great. </div><div><br /></div><div>Alex was great. </div><div><br /></div><div>Chase was great even though I was SO mad at him at one part. GRR! Alex should've made him sweat some more.</div><div><br /></div><div>Always a blast. I can't wait to read book 3. </div><div><br /></div><div>OOO. The narrator was fantastic. Perfect voices for everyone. </div><div><br /></div><div>All-in-all, this was a joy. I needed a nice HR. 5 stars from me. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0VXQvk38-lVpuDDzNIadOXVy0Wi6k_pjSbWtBnDOHuJpSK_DGiEdotgCcXs54AIPVtONVyQFssZ0mEUtYN87YWP1oqxyVatCo7yomjVNHV4Cg_CJY3DUUQSZuIf9rv3gQO_c7e39C7e4p34jvEP7DQzF9zaYJD9IO1N7Nthw447Y974Y5HRXmd88vS9k/s208/5%20stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="208" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0VXQvk38-lVpuDDzNIadOXVy0Wi6k_pjSbWtBnDOHuJpSK_DGiEdotgCcXs54AIPVtONVyQFssZ0mEUtYN87YWP1oqxyVatCo7yomjVNHV4Cg_CJY3DUUQSZuIf9rv3gQO_c7e39C7e4p34jvEP7DQzF9zaYJD9IO1N7Nthw447Y974Y5HRXmd88vS9k/s1600/5%20stars.png" width="208" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #181818;"><b>Challenge(s):</b></span><br />- Audiobook #11</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">- Romance Reading Challenge #7 (borrowed from library) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-48322810425976960272024-02-23T14:30:00.001+02:002024-02-23T14:30:00.168+02:00The wind in the willows<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/t0OpFjI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="303" height="277" src="https://i.imgur.com/t0OpFjI.jpg" width="177" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Format: 192 pages, Paperback</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This version.Published: January 1, 1993 by Wordsworth Editions</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Historical fiction / own</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am a horrible evil classics reviewer. But it was just so boring. I was sadly not in the mood for fun animals beings friends and all of that.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Also my mind went dark. Too early for that considering when it was written but I imagined a atombom wiping out most of the world, and animals got as big as humans and lived their lives apart. But still around. ...no?</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger, and the preposterous Mr. Toad (with his 'Poop-poop-poop' road hogging new motor-car), have brought delight to many through the years with their odd adventures on and by the river, and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grahame's book was later dramatised by A.A. Milne, and became a perennial Christmas favourite, as Toad of Toad Hall. It continues to enchant and, above all perhaps, inspire great affection.</span></p>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-34326957077423527972024-02-21T12:30:00.001+02:002024-02-21T12:30:00.140+02:00Reaping demons by Eve Langlais<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/LFMXxZt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="178" src="https://i.imgur.com/LFMXxZt.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>By: Eve Langlais</b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Narrated by: Tieran Wilder</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Series: Scythe and Souls, Book 1</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Release date: 02-22-24</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Publisher: Tantor Audio</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Urban fantasy/to review</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Yes I listened to yet another Eve Langlais book. They are always fun, and different from each other.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sadie is 40+. Yes, an older heroine! She doesn´t have any friends anymore, just her work. No man. And then suddenly she sees freaky demons, and what the heck. What is going on?! I liked that she hid, I mean who wouldn´t! She says she is a coward, she says she can´t fight, and she is right. She is real. It will not be easy.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So Sadie can see demons. They are real. There is a weird guy with a scythe killing demons. She seems to have magic, and she needs to learn to handle it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">People are really dying left and right in this one. These are some freaky demons. Creepy and small, and deadly.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It ends sort of well. I mean all hell is about to break loose, but that is for another day.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Actionfilled, and maybe maybe some romance lurking...or at least passion? Who knows about the future.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Good narration. She kept a good pace and did action and other parts well. She also got the feel of Sadie and I felt i was there with them</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Turns out there are monsters in the world. Why couldn't my midlife crisis involve a new hairstyle? I went from ordinary working gal to demon killer. Sounds exciting? Not really, seeing as how I got fired from my job, my apartment was trashed, and the cops think I'm involved in something shady.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Especially that cute detective who keeps questioning me . . .</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pity there's no time to flirt, what with all the demons that keep emerging from sewer grates and subway tunnels. Something has to be done before they overrun the city. If only that something didn't involve me!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I never asked to be a heroine, but apparently, I've been chosen and now I must reap what fate has bestowed before chaos is sown. </span></p><ul class="bc-list
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Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. Feel free to leave your links in the comments if you are participating.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>2/20/2024 What is your favorite type of candy?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/SOIJgzS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="198" src="https://i.imgur.com/SOIJgzS.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I am as Nordic as one can be. My answer is licorice and salty licorice. Obviously I LOVE chocolate too, I mean who does not. But for me chocolate is in a league of its own. And therefore my fav candy is licorice.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2/27/2024 Which books are you looking forward to reading this Spring? (Mar-May)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. Feel free to leave your links in the comments if you are participating.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are interested in participating in TMST or receiving periodic emails that list the upcoming TMST topics and questions, please fill out this <a href="https://forms.gle/ZYEZqJE3KWV2dv6J8">GOOGLE FORM. </a>Participation is optional and never required.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p></div></div>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-78938559272386866922024-02-19T23:03:00.004+02:002024-02-19T23:03:45.213+02:00Carole´s Monday: The girl who lied<p> </p><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1692121536i/193661459.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="518" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1692121536i/193661459.jpg" width="207" /></a></div>Author: Shannon Hollinger</div><div>Narrator: Amelia Sciandra</div><div><div>Title: The Girl Who Lied</div><div>Series: Chief Maggie Riley #1</div><div>Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction</div><div>Format: Audiobook</div><div>Published: August 2, 2023</div><div>Where I got It: My shelf (Audible)</div></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""><b><i>Summary: <br /></i></b></span></span></span></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Rain hammers the earth and a vicious wind rattles the trees. Then lightning strikes, the flash illuminating a young girl staggering out of the woods, her brown eyes wide with fright, a silent scream on her lips…</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>There’s a storm approaching the tiny Maine town of Coyote Cove when Chief Maggie Riley comes across the body of a man, blood seeping from stab wounds into the damp forest floor. As she desperately struggles to secure the evidence before the rain hits, Heather , a local teenage girl, emerges from the woods, shivering and unable to talk.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Maggie, once a high flying big-city detective, lost everything when her four-year-old brother went missing five years ago. Heart-broken, she’s never stopped searching for but now she is plunged back into the world she left behind.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>The victim, Maggie discovers, knew secrets about everyone in isolated Coyote Cove. It seems there are more local suspects in this case than people she can rule out. And with Heather still traumatised, Maggie struggles to unravel her strange appearance at the crime scene. Until, following a faint, bloody trail deep into the forest, she’s horrified to unearth what the terrified girl’s been hiding…</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>But when Heather is kidnapped, the battle to identify the killer becomes a race to save an innocent girl’s life. And with the whole town terrified, Maggie is shocked to uncover that this twisted killer is much closer to home than she’d ever imagined. Battling her own demons and memories of her missing brother, how far will Maggie have to go to save Heather? Or will another innocent young life be lost forever...?</b></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Review:</div><div>Didn't realize I was selected to read this book in Netgalley. Strange...normally I get an email but I missed the boat so I wasn't able to download it. Since I was still strongly interested in this, I used my audible free credit to download it there. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here we follow Maggie who is the Chief of police in this small town. She wanted and needed to get away from her old life so this was the perfect town to slip away to. She has secrets and wants to keep them buried. Turns out she isn't the only one in this small town who has secrets. When Maggie discovers a dead body on the side of the road, she soon finds out there are more local suspects in this case than people she can completely rule out. And when Heather stumbles out of the woods during the discovery of the body and is traumatized, things get even more complex. </div><div><br /></div><div>This had a lot of twists and turns and a lot of players on the board. </div><div><br /></div><div>We have multiple POVs here. We follow Maggie for the majority of the time, but we also get to see Heather's, Murphy's, and Steve's POV. Lots of characters running amuck, but the author did a good job keeping it clean and easy to follow along. </div><div><br /></div><div>Dang...so many secrets. So many lies. I feel like this town would not be a fun and cute small town to live in. Everyone seems.......off. Creepy in some ways. Some are endearing like the lady that owns the motel but from what we have seen so far.....I don't trust any of them including our two big mains: Maggie and Steve. Don't get me wrong I do like those two, but they have a lot of secrets and have been lying to everyone....including each other. </div><div><br /></div><div>The ending wasn't shocking for me because that character was SUPER sus the whole time. I had my doubts of course, but yeah.............that was the only way that made any logical sense for me. Nice though with the red herrings and all the seeds of doubt. Nice try author ;) </div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes the inner monologues seemed to drag on and on. </div><div><br /></div><div>I also thought some of the drama with Murphy was a little........much. </div><div><br /></div><div>The narrator was pleasant enough. Nice variations of voices. Her voice for Heather was a hair grating for me and she made her sound too young. Everyone else worked. </div><div><br /></div><div>All-in-all, I did like this in the end. Some nice twists and a creepy, small town with loads of secrets hidden everywhere. Pretty good narration. Some OTT parts, but overall an interesting ride with an intense ending. I'll stamp this with 3 stars. I would be interested in book 2!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYG2xlOYrc2c9S4Dw5Gi4Ibh8gkzEOu_qXNtUk9mOhaIZwxMTyZmYeW0bjZE_YoQNEeQ5jXNbdKE0zK3YtahsBYeZhR8XIV1VEeuNfkb_ZSpgSaTPA46bH5qoPTxV2OssM3BwxU1uBn5SFibF5R0QGf34qsyf11UgAzxeFkRme48kDJmBscIRiswmpXZEr/s208/3%20stars.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="208" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYG2xlOYrc2c9S4Dw5Gi4Ibh8gkzEOu_qXNtUk9mOhaIZwxMTyZmYeW0bjZE_YoQNEeQ5jXNbdKE0zK3YtahsBYeZhR8XIV1VEeuNfkb_ZSpgSaTPA46bH5qoPTxV2OssM3BwxU1uBn5SFibF5R0QGf34qsyf11UgAzxeFkRme48kDJmBscIRiswmpXZEr/s1600/3%20stars.JPG" width="208" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #181818;"><b>Challenge(s):</b></span><br />- Audiobook #10</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">- Cloak and Dagger - #5</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-33654453362397015082024-02-15T14:30:00.001+02:002024-02-15T14:30:00.257+02:00TMST where I forgot about Tuesday <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzuqdkS7l3U/X4MJk2EUGJI/AAAAAAAACpc/t6K18drutj42xR4MwxP3oQxwebW1Y9O8gCPcBGAsYHg/s750/Tellmesomethingtues.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzuqdkS7l3U/X4MJk2EUGJI/AAAAAAAACpc/t6K18drutj42xR4MwxP3oQxwebW1Y9O8gCPcBGAsYHg/s320/Tellmesomethingtues.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. 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(Mar-May)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. 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I had 2 hours left of my Book site subscription and short ones are hard to find so I went with Agatha Christie.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I do seem to prefer the Miss Marple shorts than Poirot. She is clever in another way.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Not much to say, it was a short one. A woman took her own life or did she? And if not then who did?</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Good narration</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Inspector Japp summons Poirot to a London house where Guy Fawkes Night fireworks appear to have drowned out the noise of a young widow shooting herself through her left temple. But the pistol is in her right hand, and the police are convinced that this must be a case of murder....</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-18441092234261063812024-02-12T23:07:00.001+02:002024-02-12T23:07:12.755+02:00Carole´s Monday: A haunting in Venice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><span face=""><b style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/A_Haunting_in_Venice_(2023)_poster.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="259" height="384" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/A_Haunting_in_Venice_(2023)_poster.jpg" width="259" /></a></div></b></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Title: </b>A Haunting in Venice</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Length: </b>1h 48m</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Released: </b>2023</span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Genre: </b><span face=""> Crime, Drama, Horror</span><br /><b>Rating: </b>PG-13<br /><b>Where I Got It: </b>Hulu </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">SUMMARY:</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b><i>In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRCKIP5paEU"><b>Trailer</b></a></div></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><br /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><br /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">REVIEW:<br /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">Oooo! Another Poirot!! I hope they keep making more. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is post-WWII. Poirot is now retired and hiding in Venice. He is forced, to help a friend, by attending a séance to try and debunk this Medium. When one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to uncover the killer. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gotta love Poirot! He is a gem. An arrogant gem, but he has really earned to not be humble. However, this case will be one of his toughest. Is the haunting real? Who did the murders? There is a lot on his plate and he is not doing okay. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">What a freakin' amazing cast. This series has done an amazing job of getting some pretty good folks to join. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ooo this was spooky and intense. I loved it!!!! Even if there isn't a ghost, that house is creepy AF. *shutters*</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">The big reveal was good. I had zero idea. I thought I did and I was partially right but the big reveal...damn. You got me there. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think what I love about these movies is that you can truly watch them in any order. Sure it is better to watch in order, but you can totally get away with watching them out of order. I do suggest maybe watching #2 before this one, but it's fine. It works!</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">All-in-all, I really enjoyed this. This would've been amazing to see on the big screen. Damn. 5 stars. 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</div>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-77666063716109207532024-02-10T20:03:00.002+02:002024-02-10T20:03:31.039+02:00Audio: Dating the Duke by Emma Hart<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/oriHRCc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="206" src="https://i.imgur.com/oriHRCc.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>By: Emma Hart</b></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Narrated by: Will Watt, Shakira Shute</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Series: Aristocrat Diaries, Book 2</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Release date: 05-10-22</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Contemporary romance/From storytel.fi</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I tried this one after my first Emma Hart book, but I did not feel like this one was as good. It was still good, but not as funny or cute. The romance was lacking somehow.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Adelaide is tutoring the daughter of a Duke. But then Adelaide moves in the same circles so she know Alexander.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I felt the book was more about her becoming a part of the family. How she and Olympia, the kid, forms a bond. I wanted more of the crochet circle cos they sounded fun. Alexander´s mum´s antics. More Alexander. I think the problem was in a way that it was Hers and His parts and for me it did not hit me as it should have.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">From the blurb I thought one thing, but it was not like that at all to be honest.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Still it was good. I do wonder is it her sister´s book next? It sounds interesting if so. But I wanted the laughs of the one I read first.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sighs, this sounds bad! It was good! I just wanted the laughs from that other one.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I liked the female narrator, the male was good too, but...dunno, something. Not as good</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My name is Adelaide Astley, and if there was anything remotely exciting about me to tell you, I would. Sure, my uncle is the Duke of Leicester, and my mother bucked family tradition to marry “below” her and open a hotel, but I’m nothing but an aspiring author with a Tudor era obsession. Oh, and I’m spending the summer tutoring the daughter of the current Duke of Worcester—who happens to be a regular in my highly inappropriate midnight dreams. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thirty-year-old Alexander Winthrop-Bentley is so not my type, but hours of chess games and arguments over Tudor dynasties mean we’re thrown together more often than we should be. And when he shares with me that he needs a date for a charitable event, my mouth betrays me by offering myself up for the evening. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">How I find myself naked in the library is another matter entirely. Ahem. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When the society papers declare us an item, neither of us have the heart to tell our families the truth. Only my twin sister and best friend know the truth, but they both agree we need to keep up the charade, even if only for the summer. But when the end of August comes and my return home beckons, I have to ask myself a question: Is it only his daughter who’s stolen my heart, or has Alexander done the very same thing?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-39075528022021314592024-02-07T22:47:00.001+02:002024-02-07T22:47:36.329+02:00Discussion: System Collapse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<span face=""><span face="">Title: System Collapse</span></span><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Series: The Murderbot Diaries #7</div></span>
<span><span face=""><span face="">Genre: SciFi, Fantasy</span></span><br />
<span face=""><span face=""><span face="">Published: </span><span face="">November 13, 2023</span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i><b>Summary</b></i>:</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.</i></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.</i></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize.</i></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>But there’s something wrong with Murderbot; it isn’t running within normal operational parameters. ART’s crew and the humans from Preservation are doing everything they can to protect the colonists, but with Barish-Estranza’s SecUnit-heavy persuasion teams, they’re going to have to hope Murderbot figures out what’s wrong with itself, and fast.</i></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Yeah, this plan is... not going to work.</i></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Discussion:</i></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-51c866bf-7fff-82c0-5aa0-1742f0615e9a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I am here and ready to [redacted]. ;)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Let´s get started. Murderbot time.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yayy! I’m glad we decided to give Murderbot another chance. I know there were a couple of meh ones. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For me they were so hard to get, so I seemed to have given up. But I did audio now and caught up with book 6 so we could get to 7. And I do like Murderbot. Though to be honest I preferred the 6 novella over this one.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">LOL I thought I had read 6 but certainly didn’t. I went back and had to re-read that too. Honestly….I feel the novellas are better. 6 was so much better. Don’t get me wrong…I did enjoy 7, but not as much as the last one. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yes, i feel that Murderbot works better in smaller versions. Because there we get more Murderbot. But in the longer ones there are more people and I am meh about the rest of the gang</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yeaah. I’m actually starting to like the human part of the gangs a lil bit BUT I do love seeing just Murderbot and ART. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I do care more about the non-humans. The rest are good, but they are just there.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I do fear they will betray Murderbot eventually or ART….because they are JUST bots. And I’m sure they may feel justified because it will save a fellow human. I am worried. Hopefully, I’m wrong and they do care about Murderbot and ART………..</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nooo, do not say that. That would be so sad :/</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I hope I’m wrong but I have a bad feeling. LOL. I just want Murderbot and ART to be happy and be useful forever. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">They def need to be happy. I could be fine with Murderbot solving crimes, oh like a TV show, lol. Murderbot does love shows. And around people who are not all judgey. Stupid humans. But then again who would not be afraid.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">That would be cute!! Which I just love the fact he loves our entertainment. He’s so adorable. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">But the book itself then? I liked it, but I had a hard time focus for some reason this time.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It did take a long time and a lot of build up. The first half I struggled but things got better around the halfway mark. I loved the scene with Murderbot and the humans working together on that….project? Yes, we’ll say the project to avoid spoilers. It was a unique scene and way to handle things. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I think that for me it would have been better to read this one, the novella worked well in audio, but this one, even if not long. My mind drifted somewhat. Sci.fi is hard in audio. Lots of tech talk.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">TBH I might start reading more instead of audio. Don’t get me wrong…the narrator is great….but I think SciFi is easier to read. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sci fi can be hard to read, but in audio it is worse. Yeah def reading next time. The voice of the narrator was so weird to hear too. Like not at all how I pictured Murderbot . </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I’ve done some of the story with the narrator and he’s good, but not the Murderbot I hear in my head. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sorry, but not my Murderbot. Funny how that works.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Agreed. So I’ve done some in ebook and some in audio…I think going forward I may stick to the ebook.</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There are sure to be more, so I will stick to that too.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There better be more!!!!!!! The way everything was left….there are so many questions I have. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Maybe a novella, and then a book again?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">That seems to be the formula. I hope for a novella.</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Same :) </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">But yes. I did enjoy this. The beginning was rough to get into, but I am excited for more. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I liked it, but I liked the novella more. And I look forward to more</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Agreed! Love you Murderbot and ART!!!!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The end?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yesss ma’am!</span></span></p><div><br /></div><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span></div></div></span></div>
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Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-11745466953951049862024-02-06T14:00:00.001+02:002024-02-06T14:00:00.262+02:00TMST <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzuqdkS7l3U/X4MJk2EUGJI/AAAAAAAACpc/t6K18drutj42xR4MwxP3oQxwebW1Y9O8gCPcBGAsYHg/s750/Tellmesomethingtues.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzuqdkS7l3U/X4MJk2EUGJI/AAAAAAAACpc/t6K18drutj42xR4MwxP3oQxwebW1Y9O8gCPcBGAsYHg/s320/Tellmesomethingtues.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. Feel free to leave your links in the comments if you are participating.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><b>2/6/2024 What's the last book you re-read? Did you like as much as the first read?</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">That would be *drumroll* Last Dragon standing by Rachel Aaron!! Surprise!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">And hell yeah. I always do! 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1313101691i/10879272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1313101691i/10879272.jpg" width="210" /></a></div>Author: Heather Lynn Rigaud</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Title: Fitzwilliam Darcy Rock Star</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Genre: Contemporary Romance, Retelling, New Adult</div></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>Format: ebook</div><div>Pages: 432</div></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Published: August 31, 2011</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span><span face="">Where I </span></span><span>Got It: My Shelf (Barnes & Nobles)</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Summary: </span></b></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>"Darcy's as hot as he is talented..."</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Fast music, powerful beats, and wild reputations-on and off stage-have made virtuoso guitarist Fitzwilliam Darcy's band into rock's newest bad boys. But they've lost their latest opening act, and their red-hot summer tour is on the fast track to disaster. Now Darcy and bandmates Charles Bingley and Richard Fitzwilliam are about to meet their match...</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>"But she's about to rock his world..."</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Enter Elizabeth Bennet, fiercely independent star of girl-band Long Borne Suffering. Elizabeth, her sister Jane, and friend Charlotte Lucas have talent to spare and jump at the opening band slot. Elizabeth is sure she's seen the worst the music industry has to offer. But as the days and nights heat up, it becomes clear that everyone is in for a summer to remember.</b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Review:</div><div>Been meaning to read this for a long, long, looooooooooong time. Finally decided to bite the bullet and use a B&N gift card I was given for Xmas to buy it. I bought this and two other books. Fun timessssss!</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay - here we have our beloved cast rocking the contemporary world in the music industry. Darcy, Charles, and Richard are the music industry's bad boys. Their summer tour is on the fast track to being derailed....they lost yet another opening act. They turn to an unknown band called Long Borne Suffering. Where we find Elizabeth, Jane, and Charlotte trying to make it. Together these two bands will make one heck of a tour, but the stage is not the only thing heating up. </div><div><br /></div><div>FIRST! I have to say...I totally ship Charlotte and Richard. Have I read this coupling before? Can Charlotte PLEASE leave Collins for Richard? Damn. I love them. However, their road is not easy here. </div><div><br /></div><div>Of course Charles and Jane hook up. And then EVENTUALLY Darcy and Lizzy. It takes FOREVER and even when they do drama ensues. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lots of drama here and lots of music. Also....lots and lots of smexy time. Dare I say.....too much smexy time? It was slightly obnoxious and for sure slowed the story down. Honestly - I think the author could've cut nearly 100 pages. Yes, I get we have three couples and whatnot but it felt like we were catching every single time they were making the beast with two backs. It got old and I'll admit...I skimmed after a while. Now - it's not like it was just a page of the exercise each time....sometimes it would be PAGES. Ugh. Smexy time is great and all but give me the drama. </div><div><br /></div><div>Oooo Wickham and Collins certainly were extra bad here and I was here for it. They are evil and bad and terrible. Yayy! </div><div><br /></div><div>But yes, this was entertaining and very dramatic. Sometimes a hair too much but it was entertaining. And seems legit for artists....they tend to be ones with the flair for dramatics. </div><div><br /></div><div>All-in-all, not too shabby for a P&P variation. It actually made me a Charlotte/Richard shipper! They deserve all the love. I'll give this 3 stars. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaQUN4nHYqwZWAAfqE35z0ckI0PKh9xzyWUBoZ0rXXAPK5PLKOpZXnwBzdy0Pus30VAsjPgwjuGlJDYlQ3xdICnmqNgU9UnMKbTeLGaifd4IqEz8oHTOz0PRocwCdgUF1lBJLnvn9f0faLM1XgvTSXW0e1YyfvmQnLNLdnRq2w__xj4zvs1rDUaZLIfUW/s208/3%20stars.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="208" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaQUN4nHYqwZWAAfqE35z0ckI0PKh9xzyWUBoZ0rXXAPK5PLKOpZXnwBzdy0Pus30VAsjPgwjuGlJDYlQ3xdICnmqNgU9UnMKbTeLGaifd4IqEz8oHTOz0PRocwCdgUF1lBJLnvn9f0faLM1XgvTSXW0e1YyfvmQnLNLdnRq2w__xj4zvs1rDUaZLIfUW/s1600/3%20stars.JPG" width="208" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #181818;"><b>Challenge(s):</b></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">- Romance Reading Challenge - #5 (Celebrity)</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div></span></div>
Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-12215736074169329852024-02-03T14:30:00.001+02:002024-02-03T14:30:00.215+02:00Best of January<p> </p><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Bx15i4zpH60r6eai2ViidZKuUSPxHJi9qmTsCZeiCE4HuL4UMWH-11PRMnsIZYgwD8oloxhpflfAc6gTfaSwzaFH23Udbt2-0cFgLQKheSgx3ZFouQ8E2UuDGdov8trQ9ISA8H9rZSm6sFG2XlwydKXL88Uf7eiuJR8sAv-lsi9-49i_fVJKzXF_hsdW/s3300/best%20of%20jan.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Bx15i4zpH60r6eai2ViidZKuUSPxHJi9qmTsCZeiCE4HuL4UMWH-11PRMnsIZYgwD8oloxhpflfAc6gTfaSwzaFH23Udbt2-0cFgLQKheSgx3ZFouQ8E2UuDGdov8trQ9ISA8H9rZSm6sFG2XlwydKXL88Uf7eiuJR8sAv-lsi9-49i_fVJKzXF_hsdW/w301-h352/best%20of%20jan.png" width="301" /></a></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our first bests of for the year! Let's gooooo!<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Blodeuedd - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12747748/">Leave the World Behind (2023)</a></i><i></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Best movie was Leave the World Behind. Chilling."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoqmY3OmSUqkNfs4ob1U0gjqgUvdfVlxX-sOjsq9lrqqiW1EBYxK9j5CLyp9xNWF7ZpQr_U7b8Aafyby2ySxR2zoPTDu2GM3LKfixbuh3vAyi2xhA-LtOXy0-H2K1uYm61GlnBj1-rfGVwneUZDCwsQmmbIKTNnVV1fIrG2kMCwkr_84xBvMECIsM_9Si/s1260/416421721_1145363013492375_5717447592351058831_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="840" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoqmY3OmSUqkNfs4ob1U0gjqgUvdfVlxX-sOjsq9lrqqiW1EBYxK9j5CLyp9xNWF7ZpQr_U7b8Aafyby2ySxR2zoPTDu2GM3LKfixbuh3vAyi2xhA-LtOXy0-H2K1uYm61GlnBj1-rfGVwneUZDCwsQmmbIKTNnVV1fIrG2kMCwkr_84xBvMECIsM_9Si/s320/416421721_1145363013492375_5717447592351058831_n.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both;"><span><i>Carole - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3104988/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_crazy%2520rich%2520as">Crazy Rich Asians (2018)</a></i></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span>"I only watched this and one other, so I have to give it to this even though it was a re-watch...so good. Can't stop. Won't stop."</span></div><div style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTYxNDMyOTAxN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDg1ODYzNTM@._V1_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTYxNDMyOTAxN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDg1ODYzNTM@._V1_.jpg" width="216" /></a></div></div><div style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Best Book of the Month:</u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Carole </i><span style="font-family: arial;">- <a href="http://www.caroleraesrandomramblings.com/2024/01/audiobook-review-wild-sign-by-patricia.html"><i>Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs</i></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"Chilling. 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Great!!!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594135430i/54325980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="530" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594135430i/54325980.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="clear: both;"><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Blodeuedd - <a href="https://books-forlife.blogspot.com/2024/01/white-oleander-by-janet-fitch.html">White Oleander by Janet Fitch</a></i></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Best book. So well written. And disturbing too."</span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/nLHkK1F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="496" height="320" src="https://i.imgur.com/nLHkK1F.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>
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<span face=""><i>Blodeuedd - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23735438/">Love is Blind Sweden</a></i></span></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"I was watching Love is Blind Sweden. I got hooked</span><span style="font-family: arial;">"</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://img6.fresherslive.com/latestnews/2024/01/love-is-blind-sweden-where-are-they-now-65b499aa29cf283774746-1200.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="180" src="https://img6.fresherslive.com/latestnews/2024/01/love-is-blind-sweden-where-are-they-now-65b499aa29cf283774746-1200.webp" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""><i>Carole - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13623580/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_reservation">Reservation Dogs (s3)</a></i></span></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""><i>"Ugh! I am so sad there won't be more. S3 was soooo good. All the feels man.</i>"</span></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://assets.fxnetworks.com/cms-next/production/6c5b90a4-1a3d-49cb-94c4-0c43a676536a.jpg?imwidth=600" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://assets.fxnetworks.com/cms-next/production/6c5b90a4-1a3d-49cb-94c4-0c43a676536a.jpg?imwidth=600" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><span face=""><b><u><br /></u></b></span></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><span face=""><b><u>Best Cover of the Month:</u></b></span></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><span face=""><b><u><br /></u></b></span></span></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1658375584i/60522597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="530" height="400" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1658375584i/60522597.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carole's Pick<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/416333081_356122007213316_8434920185389526188_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8cd0a2&_nc_ohc=Gqhq-LtJGJ0AX8E847Z&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.xx&oh=03_AdTLyt-RXPiY7pky-qnzIuMLnfkvY1oEck8ohXgQK6YAXw&oe=65E31399" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="318" src="https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/416333081_356122007213316_8434920185389526188_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8cd0a2&_nc_ohc=Gqhq-LtJGJ0AX8E847Z&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.xx&oh=03_AdTLyt-RXPiY7pky-qnzIuMLnfkvY1oEck8ohXgQK6YAXw&oe=65E31399" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blodeuedd's Pick</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span><i style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></i></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><br />
Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157347784110166160.post-86793284599750224092024-02-02T14:35:00.001+02:002024-02-02T14:35:00.140+02:00The lost metal by Brandon Sanderson<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/Fnytarr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="261" height="268" src="https://i.imgur.com/Fnytarr.jpg" width="176" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Series: The Mistborn Saga (#7), Mistborn: Wax & Wayne (#4), The Cosmere (#13)</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Format: 507 pages, Paperback</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Published: November 15, 2022 by Gollancz</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fantasy/own</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My love for Sanderson is dying. He turns out books like crazy, BUT, still there are years between books in a series so when I finally get to a book I do not remember anything. And if I had to re-read that is all I would do. I can not remember other books so all this Cosmere stuff is lost on me and there was so much.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It was good. But at the same time yes....I have stopped caring.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I do not even feel like writing anything. Too many projects man! Chill pill please.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ok so this is all negative, but I have just reached that point where I can not keep track of everything cos there is too much and too much time in between.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set—with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders—since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner, Wayne, find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead. Conflict between the capital, Elendel, and the Outer Cities only favors the Set, and their tendrils now reach to the Elendel Senate—whose corruption Wax and his wife, Steris, have sought to expose—and Bilming is even more entangled.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">After Wax discovers a new type of explosive that can unleash unprecedented destruction and realizes that the Set must already have it, an immortal kandra serving Scadrial's god, Harmony, reveals that Bilming has fallen under the influence of another god: Trell, worshipped by the Set. And Trell isn't the only factor at play from the larger Cosmere—Marasi is recruited by offworlders with strange abilities who claim their goal is to protect Scadrial . . . at any cost.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wax must choose whether to set aside his rocky relationship with God and once again become the Sword that Harmony has groomed him to be. If no one steps forward to be the hero Scadrial needs, the planet and its millions of people will come to a sudden and calamitous ruin.</span></p>Blodeueddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com10