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Happy Halloween!! Who’s in the mood for some real life ghost stories?

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It’s time for our yearly Halloween post 🎃 👻 , and my absolute favorite is when we tell our own ghost stories/creepy stories. OUR VERY OWN BOOK CREW have their stories for us (below) and I am creeped out!! YAY!!!

I LOVE watching ghost hunter shows, and my favorite horror movies are ghost stories and possessions and anything demon-related (with or without exorcisms). LOL!!

You can blame my mom for that… I’m catholic and went to catholic schools all my life, so these subjects were always so taboo and scary for me… and of course, she let me watch The Exorcist as a kid, and while I was terrified, I was completely captivated (and have watched it a million more times). Other movies that are unforgettable to me that I always recommend: read more

Reader Confession – What funny expression do you use, that you actually first heard in a book?

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Fun book-ish question that just popped into my head a few days ago, so I brought this one to our crew on my Maryse’s Book Blog Facebook page, and now I bring it to you!

What funny expression or word do you use regularly, that you actually first heard in a book?

For example: I’m always saying “Gah!!!” now, when expressing my gasp-worthy shock or silly turmoil. I first heard it from Sherrilyn Kenyon (I found it adorable when her heroine said it), and I could swear it was from her book “Born of Night“. <— P.S. Here’s my review of Born of Night and I think she was exclaiming GAH!! ’cause the bad-ass hero was trying to cover up his dimples. 😉
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Why the Twilight Saga means so much to me…

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THE TWILIGHT SAGA <—-THE SERIES THAT STARTED IT ALL FOR ME. It’s not news how much I love this series and that it was the catalyst to my extreme book reading (and of course, what inspired me to start my blog). I’ve mentioned it via posts and comments over the years. I always feel a need to post an ode to the start of it all. I ALWAYS feel this need to explain it to those that haven’t read these yet, what I felt. How deeply I felt.

I always feel a need to thank the Stephenie Meyer, the characters, the story, my mom (for introducing me to it, and reading overall) and for that matter, the entire book world for existing. I was 100% able to connect to and become one with, this series, and I have continued to connect with so many books since then. read more

Reader Recommendations – Our favorite foods, recipes, & cooking tools!

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I’m a huge Outlander fan (and I love to cook!), so I was thrilled when I received THIS cookbook —> Outlander Kitchen: The Official Outlander Companion Cookbook!! It’s proudly displayed in my kitchen. P.S. I took that photo!! 😀

Okay so… I know we’re not a “cooking blog” but we often go off the book-rails in our comment section talking about life in general. And over the years, we’ve shared (and enjoyed) each other’s recipes, cooking ideas and favorite foods. Yep. We are TOTAL foodies here.

And since we’re heading right into our mega-comfort food cooking season, with the requests of our book crew, I’ve searched back through our comments and gathered all of our cooking highlights to share with the world. 😀 read more

Reader Confession – My strange book listening vs. reading realization…

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So you know how I always say I can’t listen to audiobooks (or I’ve tried and can’t quite get them)? Well, I just realized (yet again) that… that’s not true at all! I just remembered… I listen to audiobooks all the time. BUT!! There’s a caveat:

Maryse: Strange book realization… I have a hard time listening to fiction audiobooks. I need to READ them. Yet, I struggle to read self-help & financial books. I need to LISTEN to them. *hrmph* 😑😒😏 So. Weird. read more