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Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a comfort read for me. “Nobody’s Baby But Mine” is a book I have recommended to SO many people and is one of the quotes on my GoodReads page is from it and I still giggle over. “I married a damned cereal killer” – Best petty revenge ever! This Heart of […]
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I started in October 2025… At some point, I made an effort to really read/finish a chapter at the dinner table. It did not work but still, I got here somehow. I resolved to actually write down what I liked about each and every one of these dang chapters so I can better remember it […]
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Oh, 2025. You hurt me in a lot of ways. It wasn’t a huge reading year for me. I did reach 55 yesterday! That is still pretty freaking awesome. I feel like some of the podcasts I listen to could legit be marked as books but anyway… I did not have twelve “5 Star” books […]
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Okay. I need to cleanse my palate a little so I’m going to write about the book I just read. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. My first 5 star book of the year and it’s August. WTF, how is it August. Sammie leaves so soooooon. So, I went into this book blind. I actually got […]
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I read 62 books last year! Less than last year but not by much. I think I’m slowly becoming accustomed to not being the person who reads over 150 books a year. I feel a little sadness for not reading all those books that I’m missing out on but I’m appreciating the slower pace and […]
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I wanted to do a longer review of my favorite books but it’s Jan 16th now and I give up. The quick version… OMG, I only read 64 books. I also did some amazing things so I won’t wonder for too long on all the various reasons why… Seven Year Slip – Time travel? Angst? […]
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I’m surrounded by free will skeptics! I had to laugh when a friend sent me the Armchair Expert podcast interviewing Robert Sapolsky. He has a new book out called Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will. I ended up listening to it because I’m determined to have a podcast discussion club with some friends […]
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Here is a list of my top books of 2020. I’m closing out the last week with 188 books read and over 20 top five recommendations. Obviously, I continue to be heavily in the romance, paranormal, urban fantasy genres but I continued to work on my non-fiction, self-help, and memoir categories! I can’t say enough about Sarah […]
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I’m reading about the same themes from 2012. There has been a lot of nostalgia from the 2011-2012 indie days because this year has been so fraught with… nastiness. Luckily, I’ve been able to stay away from most of it. From 2012, I wanted to ‘star’ my books a little better. Meaning, not give everything […]
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** Buy The Red Bikini today! Amazon * B&N * GoodReads ** I was blown away by Ms. Christopher’s debut novel, The Red Bikini. A woman who was suddenly divorced her husband, was taking a break in beautiful “Sandy Cove” (Southern Californian’s will recognize this town!) at her sister’s place, and while she is taking some time […]
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Julia Quinn is one of my favorite authors. My favorite book, of course, is Romancing Mr. Bridgerton. I adored that book and didn’t think that anything could compare but then she came out with Ten Things I Love About You and I laughed and laughed and did a happy sigh at the end. It wasn’t […]
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In 2012, my New Year’s resolutions were to cook a turkey (by myself – not that hard, but still!) and to log every single book I read in 2012 in GoodReads.com. I achieved both! Woohoo. I set a goal to read 250 books in 2012 and around July, I was on track to hit 300 but I […]
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Yep, call me book crazy. I think anyone who knows me at all, or has visited this site, already knows that though. Earlier this year I was selected to be an “Avon Addict” which meant I got early access to amazing books, the ability to chat with other book lovers, and a community of awesome […]
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Mastro’s. Newport Beach. Dry ice martinis. This was the setting of the Avon Romance Publishing party. I walked in and was immediately welcomed SO warmly by Jessie, and they brought me to Pam. Seriously, they were so nice and amazing to me. It was reiterated several times how 8,000 people applied to be Avon Addicts […]
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I am rereading Hunger Games for the upcoming movie (SQUEE!) and hopefully I should be done by tomorrow because the new Suzanne Brockmann comes out! It looks fantastic and the reviews look great too. Yipee!
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