15 Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – April 28th 2017

TGIF!!! I’m so ready for the work week to be over and get to some of these goodies here.

Oh my goodness…that is a list of delicious must haves!!

Who brought the coffee and croissant?

*hands bev a chocolate croissant with a latte* Would you like any flavor in your coffee m’am?

smart ass….the bev is…

I just read somewhere that “Olive Juice may be short, but…” That’s the whole reason I hadn’t one clicked it already. His books are usually long and I don’t have time for long, so yay!!!

Oh Maryse….FB…Hint hint…

*peeks* I’m alive. I’m sorry I didnt check in when I got home yesterday. I felt like absolute sh*t. I still kind of do, but… Yeah, 😆 Thank you for all the prayers, I wub all of you.

Still reading Dr. OB, I didnt get very far… More like read a page and passed the eff out *giggle*

Ooooh Tasha – I added Allegedly to my TBR pile. Good to know it was as amazing as it sounds!!!

I tried that but that too goes through messenger…

Just a reminder. If you want want to play the pick for me challenge again, or if you missed it the first time, go sign up at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18581533-pick-for-me-challenge—may-2017?page=2.

Like Tessa said it’s hard to decide what’s more fun, seeing what someone else picks for you, or picking for someone else. 🙂

That’s because we rock! 😆

Maryse you are making it very hard for us to stalk you.

Now if your long lost Aunt Gladys talks about her boy Simon alot it’s cause she is so proud.
And if her sister, your long lost Aunt Gert, SHOUTS ALL THE TIME, it’s just cause she is hard of hearing.
It is not really Ela and I trying to stalk you. Really it’s not.
Just accept the friend request.

Why not. I just got home and want to veg in the couch for a few.

Spring or Summer?
Spring

Pie or Cake?
Cake

If you had to dye your hair one of these colors: pink or turquoise?
Turquoise

Gold or silver?
Silver or white gold

Precious or semi precious gems?
Both

If you had to move: Wyoming or Wisconsin?
Neither

House in the mountains or house in the desert?
Shoot, these are hard. Both again.

Mastiff, beagle, or a hairless cat?
None

If you had to name said pet Gus, Gert, or Jane? (Middle name of your choosing)
Gus, if I must.

Favorite pizza?
Don’t like pizza. But if you skip the sauce I’ll have a pepperoni slice.

Sixteen Candles or Pretty in Pink?
Other than the titles, I don’t remember either one.

Last book you bought?
Born of Vengeance

Last line you read that you had to read twice just cause you liked it so?
Can’t remember one.

Maaaaan. I sucked the big toe on these.

buzzzzz – FAIL

Thanks for clarifying the FB snafus! FB needs to make it easier for us to get pertinent info to you. I’ll use the status thingy or email it to you on here. I think most of the stuff I tagged you in I mentioned above.

Fabi seriously? *rolls eyes and lack of John Hughes love*

We should totally call R, Pip now.

Outstanding. Just outstanding. I absolutely LOVED The Gravity of Us! More than a handful of moments that made my eyes watery…but the best books always give me all kind of feels. Loved the slow burn of it. Good gravy but I absolutely LOVE the cover!!! I mean it is Stu…my all time favorite cover model. Swooning here….

Oh…definitely a 5.5 star read for me….just saying

Spring

Used to be cake, but now pie.

Turquoise

Silver

Semi precious love the colors and R makes a good point. However, would never say no to precious.

Wyoming after reading a book set there and watching Longmire. Though Wisconsin has snow and cheese.

Mountains. Snowy mountains.

Mastiff.

I shall name him Gus. He will turn his nose up at PiP and Fabi.

Peperoni, mushrooms, and olive. Little extra parm on top.

Sixteen Candles. Jack Ryan was hot.

All For You by Laura Florand.

“In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them. Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness. Her raven boys.”
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

But good call. Darian cannot. *replaces brow with brows*

LOL R!!!! Glad I could help. And lucky Bri.

For not wanting him.
It hurt his puppy heart.

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Bahahaha. I didn’t even catch beagle and have never heard of mastiff, so I assumed they were all cats! I’ll take a beagle!

I am either really tired, really LOVE some of the questions to have multiple answers or I just suck when trying to copy the questions and it picked up more than I meant for it too…let’s just go with I am tired…

Oh no, beagle for sure. I need cat-sized dogs.

Gus the bus wears little sweaters?

I didn’t see that coming.

It could be a she and be forever called Gussie!!!! Pink sweater and pearls…

Spring or Summer?
Spring

Pie or Cake?
Pie

If you had to dye your hair one of these colors: pink or turquoise?
Pink

Gold or silver?
Silver. Except more like white gold/stainless steel bc I don’t like to clean it

Precious or semi precious gems?
Precious

If you had to move: Wyoming or Wisconsin?
Wisconsin

House in the mountains or house in the desert?
Mountains

Mastiff, beagle, or a hairless cat?
Mastiff. I actually used to have one, he was a big baby and he drooled everywhere, I had to carry a towel around for protection. Lol. I have a beagle mix also and he’s a barker and in his younger years was a runner.

If you had to name said pet Gus, Gert, or Jane? (Middle name of your choosing)
Gus. I had a Gus, too! Jane is my Momma’s name and Gert sounds like something that grows between your toes. Unless you know a Gert, and she’s a very sweet lady….it’s a beautiful name! 😉

Favorite pizza?
Hawaiian

Sixteen Candles or Pretty in Pink?
Sixteen Candles

Last book you bought?
After the Break by Andrea Joan

Last line you read that you had to read twice just cause you liked it so? No idea. Most of my reads are library and they’ve been returned so I couldn’t check if I wanted to.

OMG, bev! You read my mind! I just read this line about 30 min ago and was thinking…’I wish bev would post 20 questions and ask for a quote’!

Spring or Summer?
Spring

Pie or Cake?
Pie, any cream/custard pie–chocolate, chess, buttermilk–yum!!

If you had to dye your hair one of these colors: pink or turquoise?
turquoise

Gold or silver?
silver

Precious or semi precious gems?
semi-precious

If you had to move: Wyoming or Wisconsin?
Wyoming–hubs and I have decided that the ONLY places we’d move to are Florida, Alaska, Wyoming or Australia

House in the mountains or house in the desert?
mountains

Mastiff, beagle, or a hairless cat?
beagle

If you had to name said pet Gus, Gert, or Jane? (Middle name of your choosing)
Gertie Mae

Favorite pizza?
Not a big pizza fan, but if I have to choose…Mexican with extra cheese

Sixteen Candles or Pretty in Pink?
Pretty in Pink

Last book you bought?
preordered Somebody Else’s Sky (Something in the Way #2)
by Jessica Hawkins

Last line you read that you had to read twice just cause you liked it so?
“Macy, queen of my universe, I beseechingly request you place your sweetest of lips upon my manhood and make it your lollipop.”
Leave Me Breathless by Cherrie Lynn

Spring or Summer?
Summer. Spring here is stupid. It starts with snow then too much pollen.

Pie or Cake?
Mmmmm…love both but pie if I have to choose.

If you had to dye your hair one of these colors: pink or turquoise?
If I were younger, I’d love hot pink streaks.

Gold or silver?
SILVER

Precious or semi precious gems?
I love them ALL, but semi precious is more my thing.

If you had to move: Wyoming or Wisconsin?
Neither, I want west coast Florida or southern CA. But Wyoming if I MUST.

House in the mountains or house in the desert?
Arizona looks beautiful..but a house with mountain view sounds nice, so…mountain.

Mastiff, beagle, or a hairless cat?
None! But if I MUST, I’d pick the cat just because they are the least amount of work.

If you had to name said pet Gus, Gert, or Jane? (Middle name of your choosing)
I’d call this fictional ugly hairless cat: Grumpy Gus

Favorite pizza?
Feta, olive & spinach

Sixteen Candles or Pretty in Pink?
Sixteen Candles!! Love Jake and Long Duk Dong.

Last book you bought?
180 Seconds

Last line you read that you had to read twice just cause you liked it so?
“It’s hard to relax when a stranger is touching my—” Graham’s eyes widened. “Yup, that’s my penis. You are actually touching my penis,” ― The Gravity of Us

I’m pretty sure hairless cats were bred with naked mole rats. Eek!

Mixed Up is sounding kind of yummy. Hate to love, one of my faves! And he’s a chef, so all the Opposite of You thing can just keep going, right?

SUMMER – I’m off!
CAKE – no pie crust!
TURQUOISE – my son did this last year & it looked surprisingly good.
SILVER – I’m obsessed with Alex & Ani
SEMI PRECIOUS – love peridot
WYOMING – saw it on house hunters!
DESERT – would love mountains, but drive scares me
MASTIFF – big, but gentle
GERT – “Gertie”
MUSHROOM & SPINACH
PRETTY IN PINK – Duckie!
THE MAN I LOVE – eBook

Ooh, I love question day. Hang on, I’m in, I’m sitting at a track meet and I swear it is sleeting out here and I’m not supposed to be taking a shower. Ha!

Spring or Summer?
~I love spring…new growth and life and all the beauty that we witness each and every year… It gives me tingles, but I get summers off now, and that is a pretty powerful motivator too, ha!

Pie or Cake?
~Pie, Blackberry…Peach…Cherry. I make the most delicious fudge pecan pie…. *drool*

If you had to dye your hair one of these colors: pink or turquoise?
~pink

Gold or silver?
~white gold

Precious or semi precious gems?
~All. I’ve never met a bauble I didn’t like. 😆 Actually, that’s not really true, I don’t wear jewelry as a rule… With the exception of my engagement ring and wedding band.

If you had to move: Wyoming or Wisconsin?
~why am I moving? This sounds like a Tarryn Fisher plot and I am not a victim…

House in the mountains or house in the desert?
~yes. 😀

Mastiff, beagle, or a hairless cat?
Or. Oh… That wasn’t a choice? ~Hairless cat.

If you had to name said pet Gus, Gert, or Jane? (Middle name of your choosing)
~Gert. Her middle name is Rude. I use her instead of wearing my own RBF all the time and she’s highly effective. She’s also friends with Walter…the cat in Tapping the Billionaire by Max Monroe. They trade secrets.

Favorite pizza?
~ Favorite Pizza?! That’s blasphemy! Kind of like picking your favorite child. Shh, it’s OK, pizza darling… Mama loves you all equally. *whispers* it might be pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms. Or maybe BBQ chicken. Or fruit dessert pizza… Nope, I really can’t do it. All of the pizzas are my favorite.

Sixteen Candles or Pretty in Pink?
~Pretty in Pink

Last book you bought?
Dr. OB by Max Monroe

Last line you read that you had to read twice just cause you liked it so?
~ I closed my eyes and let the moment be my home. ‘The Butterfly Project by Emma Scott’

Thanks bev, I love these!

Tasha & Tessa I have a song for you now. My phone does not want to link but it is:

FIRST DAY OF MY LIFE by Bright Eyes.
I just love it.

weird and random Fabi making an appearance…

I’m not that interested in meeting authors IRL. I’ve never wanted to meet an actor or a singer either. Logically, I know that what these artists portray in their work is not real life. I don’t like the clash between the art I’ve internalised and the RL person who created it.

Perfect example. That girl who played in Twilight. Kristin or something? I saw some interviews on YouTube or TV or something and I was shocked at her RL persona. Totally opposite of the character she portrayed.

Reading and knowing too much of an author’s personal life distracts me while I’m reading their book. I keep trying to match up the story and characters with what I know about the author’s life. Sometimes (most of the time with excellent authors), the two have no real relation.

Aw, Bev I’ve listened to that song almost every day, but I’ve not watched the video. It made me teary and I imagined tons of different stories/books for each couple. Though I can’t pinpoint a single book for you, sorry…I’m terrible at it! That’s why I ask all of you when I feel the need.
My particular boy (mastiff) was named Rambo Lincoln (Bobo for sort), but we used his middle name often. I spoiled him rotten and he was a stubborn dog, extremely loveable and playful. He was a lap dog, over 100lbs. He was always happy, thundered through a room, and loved to sit his nasty slobbery face in my lap. After he’d guzzle an enormous amount of water, it’d just hang. *cringes* He was a chewer, as all of mine tend to be, and I have one picture of him where I put a feather pillow (not thinking) in his kennel while we were out and we came home to the most guilty, adorable face in a cloud of feathers. I couldn’t even be mad. He didn’t know his own strength and he was a *whispers* humper. Even after he was neutered. He was only 2 when we had to get rid of him and I still think of him to this day, hoping he’s happy with a wonderful family. At the time, we had a houseful of pets and I had just had my first baby. I was terrified and seriously overwhelmed and we needed to downsize. I don’t regret it, it had to happen, but I was very attached to that boy and he, me.

I’ll listen when I get home. 😀

Bev, the (second) book that comes to mind is Come Away with Me (With Me in Seattle #1) by Kristen Proby. They meet when she’s taking pictures of the beach, and he thinks she’s taking pictures of him.

The actual first book that came to mind, he ends up being psycho. 😀

That’s a good price. I put it on my list, Jan. A good fun, light book is always a must to have.

Consolation (The Salvation Series Book 3) by Corinne Michaels is free.

Tasha–The Gravity of Us and The Air He Breathes are NOTHING alike. I FLOVED TGOU so much more!!

“If you had to move: Wyoming or Wisconsin?
Why?”

*snorts*

That was my thought too, Cheryl. It’s a long way from Australia……..

Guys!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s Nay’s birthday!! Woop woop!

I can give the audible for free to others as long as they have never accepted a loan before.

Other than that one the talk has been The Opposite of You and The Gravity of Us.
The Opposite if You I just started, reading time has been minimum.
The Gravity of Us probably won’t read as a previous book by the author didn’t really work for me.

Oh, and Thoughtless. That old chestnut.
Do. Not. Read. It.

Bev – do you have the actual eBook for Dante? Or just audible?

My favorite April read was The Sweet Gum Tree followed VERY closely by Sea of Tranquility.

I liked it better based on the angst alone, and I loooooooved Nick.

Nay, have a wonderful day and year 🙂

Thanks again! And bring on the strippers!!!

Yes it is interesting Tessa. I like both, for different reasons. I’m a bit of a closet geek and I love all the sciency stuff, like Alastair Reynolds’ Revelation Space series. Or Jack McDevitt’s ‘Hutch’ series. Wonderful stuff. BTW, a new Hutch book is coming later this year – The Long Sunset. Squeeeeee.

But then I go gaga over some fantasy books e.g. Ursula LeGuin’s Wizard of Earthsea series. It’s just ‘suspend your disbelief’ and go into that wonderful and mysterious world.

The thing about sci-fi books is that the technology needs to be plausible, but it doesn’t actually exist (yet!), so in a way it’s kind of fantasy as well. Just different overtones.

As a teen I really loved Ann McCaffrey’s Dragonflight series. It’s a really interesting case, because it reads like a wonderful gothic fantasy, with telepathic dragons etc. But as you read on in the series, it becomes more and more overt that it’s actually sci-fi, not fantasy. These are humans on another planet that lost touch with Earth aeons ago and have developed their own creatures (through science!) and created a new mythology.

Haha yes Tessa. Star Wars is sci-fi,but it follows the rules/structure of a fairy tale, so another interesting crossover.