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Reader Confession – Our very first intense book boyfriend crush… the one that had us daydreaming for days.

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READER CONFESSION? I wanna know your FIRST book crush where you truly fell hard for the hero for days and weeks and months after he was still on your mind… Mine is the 2nd book in that Nora Roberts “Born In” trilogy (though it has since been renamed to the “Concannon Sisters Trilogy“) —-> “Born in Ice” (yummmmmmmy!!!)

He was my very first (although not my last 😉 ). I had been reading horror and biographies for years so this never happened to me before. I was so confused because I knew he didn’t exist but he felt so real and I would day dream of the scenes, and of him. Constantly. Mid discussion, where I was supposed to be listening and paying attention… I’d drift off to my Grayson-land of grumpy love. *swooooooooon* I would think of him and imagining me instead of the heroine… as I drifted off to sleep. read more

Reader Favorites – Our favorite book quotes that have stayed with us to this day…

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So… I was inspired to start this blog post when my boyfriend and I were talking about certain videos online that we’ve watched (or that I was absolutely unable to watch, to this day). I told him I just couldn’t put myself through some of those because of the horrific nature of it, the stark reality, and how intensely some of those trigger me.

But then I was reminded of something Tarryn Fisher said, and, while I didn’t have the exact quote on me, I repeated the gist of it to him, and he agreed that it was profound and was a totally different take on a subject that most didn’t want to talk about. read more

Reader Confession – What was the very first book that "stayed with you" even to this day?

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NOTE: THIS IS A HUGE WORK IN PROGRESS… the response I received was over 150 comments/books deep!! I LOVE IT!!

SO… due to the overwhelming response, I’m currently immortalizing this into a post (and you are all welcome to comment on your favorite, and I will continue adding to this list). :D!!

After learning the awesome news that Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was going become a movie, I marveled about the very first books I read as a child and how I still remember them clearly to this day. ESPECIALLY that one. I re-read that one SO often it was crazy. read more

Reader Favorites – Jan’s 10 Books That Stayed With Her…

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We have a reader that has just joined us!! YAY Jan!! And she promptly jumped in with some of her very favorite books, now, and from years gone by. From paranormal, to historical, to indie contemporary, this reader is definitely one of us!!! And I already KNOW (and can pinpoint quite a few of us here) that will wholeheartedly agree with her picks. Including me!!!!

P.S. There are a few new-to-me on here (and one, that one up there to the left, that I JUST heard about a few days ago, regarding how awesome it was, and here it is, on Jan’s list, too). MINE!!!! 😀 read more

Reader Favorites – Dina’s List of “Ten Books that Stayed with Me…”

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This is a recent contribution by Dina, on an older list that I posted a few years ago, of the books that have “stayed with me” all of my reading life (and not just this most recent reading-frenzy books that I go crazy over now). These are the ones that “made” me a life-long reader.

You’re gonna see some oldies but goodies on these lists (today… and upcoming!!)

Maryse’s own personal note: Some sure-fire classics on this particular list (OMG the Thorn Birds BLEW MY MIND when I was… what? 7 or 8 years old?? Yes, I was allowed to watch that crazy drama on TV and was HOOKED and don’t even get me started on Flowers in the Attic. Again… another read that I read maybe wayyyyyy tooooooo young and maybe was a bit too much for a young teen, but that I devoured).  read more