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Monday early birds & some HIGHLY anticipated preorders going live at midnight!!!

June 6, 2016 By Maryse 81 Comments

<— Okay so tomorrow is gonna be AWESOME!!!! There will be some serious squirreling going on, ’cause there are at least FIVE books on that list that I had been dying to read, let alone the ones that I still have to explore the blurbs for!

Taylor Jenkins-Reid (my FAVORITE!), Cara McKenna (my FAVORITE), Tracey Garvis-Graves (my FAVORITE), Stephen King (my FAVORITE) Tee hee…. I could go on and on, ’cause tomorrow’s list is LOADED in our favorites (including T.M Frazier <— surprise pre-order!!! AND Nicole Jacquelyn which is my read for tomorrow). read more

Book Review – Killing the Sun Part 1 by Mara White & K. Larsen

June 5, 2016 By Maryse Leave a Comment

Killing The Sun: Part 1 (COMING OUT ON TUESDAY!!!)
MAFIA ROMANCE (DARK ROMANCE?) LOVERS!!! Guess what? I went ahead and taste-tested the first part of a new serial (a little over 100 pages) coming out in just a few days. Three parts in all, each one super-bargain priced, and not much of a wait between each installment.

I enjoyed it! I experienced a touch of thrill, as I “lived in” a relationship with a potentially dangerous man (via the newly opened eyes of his girlfriend). Sure, it ends on somewhat of a cliffhanger, but it doesn’t have that killer-edge that serials like to torture us with, so I’m feeling… comfortable. While it wasn’t necessarily unputdownable, and the ending didn’t make my jaw drop, I was still intrigued by where it was going. It’s a quick read for a little psycho-thrill reading break. read more

10 Questions based on our TBR lists – Amy’s List:

June 4, 2016 By Maryse 17 Comments

It’s Amy’s turn on the TBR-LIST hot seat! And she’s sweatin’ it!

(P.S. For those just tuning in, bev posted a fun “TBR LIST QUIZ” that we can answer, to help us decide what to read next, and to help us decipher why these books are still on our TBR lists, in the first place! 😉 )

Amy: Really, Bev? As if I didn’t have enough stress…*sigh* Oh well, you know I can’t resist your polls and “question lists” so I’ll be answering it. Y’all know I have over 2000 unread books, and obviously it’s hard to remember and list the many that could be answers to Bev’s questions…so I’ll just list the first ones that pop in my head… read more

Book Review – The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

June 3, 2016 By Maryse 19 Comments

The Butterfly Garden
Oh yes, you can bet that this creepy, beautiful (yes yes! In a way… beautiful), dark, subtly terrifying story pushed all my psych-thriller buttons, without a doubt. It had everything I fear, and then it had something that chilled me to the bone. I was HOOKED.

From waking up realizing you’re kidnapped, to acclimating to a new “life”, bonding with new people (because even in dire times, humans need to connect), to fearing a monster. Or two. Terrified and adjusting, hoping and praying for rescue or the chance at an escape… and then the truth is revealed. read more

Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations

June 3, 2016 By Maryse 148 Comments

<— TRAVIS ALERT BIG NEWS FIRST!!!! Look what’s going live on my birthday!!!!!!! A Beautiful Funeral: A Novel by Jamie McGuire <— *thud* MY. BELOVED. TRAVIS. It’s about HIM!!!! And this book will be so mine, and I’m just gonna marathon read the last two going into this one, (plus her freebie on Wattpad) ’cause apparently there’s a big secret that’s going to be revealed in this. I think I know what it is, but still. MIBE MINE, MY ALL MINE!!!! *squeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!* (and here it is on Amazon UK) read more