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Archives for December 2015

Maryse’s 2015 Top Ten Favorite Books List

December 31, 2015 By Maryse 85 Comments

Happy New Years Eve everyone!!! I can’t believe a new year is already here, and I’ve still got my enormous TBR list to conquer (YAY for conquering books – that’s my favorite, ’cause it’s so fun!!) 😀 AND! I have a NEW TBR that I’m building from 2016’s pre-orders. OMG there are SO many I’m highly anticipating that I can’t help but think 2016 is going to be a HUGE, book-wise! I’ll post it, soon. 😉

But 2015 was DARN good, too! In fact… I experimented this year, you guys!!! While I normally stick within the contemporary romance genre (with my past focus especially on new adult angst and my beloved bad boys), I dove into all sorts of new-to-mes, and even jumped back into my old-school love of paranormal, horror AND an autobiography or two! read more

Filed Under: Book Recommendations Tagged With: reader favorites, readers best 2015

Archiving the December 2015 Book Releases

December 31, 2015 By Maryse Leave a Comment

DECEMBER 2015 ➜ Check out all of the DECEMBER 2015 romance book releases up for pre-order on Amazon Misconduct by Penelope Douglas <— December 1st 2015 Watch Me Fall by Cherrie Lynn – December 1st 2015 Sweet Ruin (Immortals After Dark Book 12) by Kresley Cole <— December 1st 2015 Blood Kiss: Black Dagger Legacy by J.R. Ward – expected release date December 1st 2015 #Holiday: A Hashtag Series Short Story by Cambria Hebert – December 3rd 2015 The Year of Falling in Love (A Sunnyvale Novel Book 2) by Jessica Sorensen – December 7th 2015 Dirty Billionaire (The Dirty Billionaire Trilogy Book 1) by Meghan March – December 8th 2015 BROKEN PROMISES (Trystan Scott Novel) by H.M. Ward – December 7th 2015 Before (The After Series Book 5) by Anna Todd – December 8th 2015 The Final Move (Hometown Players) by Victoria Denault – December 8th 2015 Capture Me (A Twist Me Trilogy Spin-Off) by Anna Zaires – December 8th 2015

Iniquity (The Premonition Series Book 5) read more

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Sophie Jackson – A Pound of Flesh Series Reading Order

December 30, 2015 By Maryse Leave a Comment

<— Forbidden and risqué alert!! Plus he’s a BULLY! He’s in prison and she’s one of the prison teachers… AND!! Book #3 will be out in just a few days. :D!!

Cindy: The latest one i read was A Pound of Flesh. Such a great book but Wes Carter definitely starts out as a bully!! It’s a must read… Great story, writing, angst… The whole package!! Another great super angry prison book that I thought was very very good.. oh the angst!!! It’s all about the angst! read more

Filed Under: Reading Order Guide: Tagged With: contemporary romance, prisoner, teacher-student

Reader Favorites – Amy’s Top 13 Reads for 2015

December 30, 2015 By Maryse 36 Comments

Our resident goof-ball, make-up advisor, and angsty-pain loving fellow reader, Amy ALSO has a list of 2015 favorites, to help us with our countdown to 2016!! Amy is one of my frequent buddy-readers, ’cause we love the same kind of books, with the same kind of tear-your-heart-out twists and we’ve been known to enjoy a shocking ending, or two. 😉 Tee hee!!

That said, I’m not the best buddy-reader due to my squirreling… poor Amy. She’s thrown a few peanuts at my head, ’cause of that. LOL! Sorry Amy! One of my New Year’s resolutions is to be a better buddy-reader to you. read more

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Reader Favorites – Michelle’s Top 18 Reads for 2015

December 29, 2015 By Maryse 47 Comments

Countdown to 2016 bring us Michelle’s list! Yes, we have two Michelle’s in our group (and probably more, LOL!!!) which is why we can differentiate with the extra initials. 😉 She’s another fellow book-stalker from our “peanut gallery” :P, and all around great-taste-in-books reader and what I love is that she recommends so MANY genres, and we’re just LOVING them!

Here’s Michelle’s list of 2015 favorites, and she gives us some great book quotes, too! read more

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