Finished my Edgar Allen Poe summer piece! Thought some Edgar Allen Poe fans on here might like to see the light effect! I thought it was cool 🙃

I'm Netgalley approved for the sequel to her Blackthorn and Grim series AND I'M SO EXCITED. Ahhhhhhh.

This is book, I dunno 15? 16? They've all been great, but pretty much the same. But this? This book is A MASTERPIECE. The accent, the character, the plot. I'm not someone who cries at books, but I cried the whole way home while this was playing in my car and I keep putting this on pause SO I DON'T KEEP CRYING. 😭😭. It's SO good. I'm dyyiing, guys. Send chocolate.

🦄 Mom used to call me Meglett, like Piglett from Winnie the Pooh.
🦄 Mozzarella Sticks
🦄 Saturday is my Bridal Shower and I'm so excited!
🦄 English & Italian

#FriYAYIntro @howjessreads

This was so amazing I read it in a day. 😍 So many good things, only one/two bad things. Open bisexuality, positive gender queer rep, amazing world building, flawless smashing of traditional setups and regency plots. Ten stars, would recommend to anyone. I'll comment my minimal issues to mark spoilers.

Shout out to @Owlizabeth and @CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian for putting this in their spotlights ♥️

Meet my new baby 😍😍 #primedayguilt It's my you're so stressed, you need a present! gift to myself. Yay me. 🤯

LOOK AT THE SHARKS!!! AHH. @mreads my bag is amazing!

Thank you so much @mreads for everything! I love the bag, but more than anything I'm obsessed with that book cover. I've shown it to everyone I've seen since this morning. ♥️♥️ @LibrarianRyan

@mreads I LOVE everything in my #makerswap package. I'm doing multiple posts because I can't express how much I love everything! I had to post this first, because look at the butterflies!!!

@LibrarianRyan

🦄 Classic favorite is Tortall, by Tamora Pierce, adult favorite is Signal Bend Saga by Susan Fanetti.
🦄 Relish is gross
🦄 No hardcore fears, but i absolutely hate walking up water slide stairs. Freaks me right out.
🦄 2 cute little brothers
🦄 Hi, my littens♥️

I love these so much. They're formulaic, brain numbing, adorable, actiony, fantastic books I haven't stopped listening to. I hope she doesn't lose her mind around book 10.

This was an instant click for me, because it took place in Borgia Italy and that's so rare! But it was a try way to hard dissapointment because it belonged in YA. The main girl was "headstrong" in a way that was trendy, stupid, and foolish and she never really learns from it in any meaningful way. She asks for his help, then tries to escape out a window ?. Great premise, awful execution.

Tagged by @Lynnsoprano Thanks for thinking of me ♥️♥️
? Nothing this year has really struck me as something I can't live without, I feel like I'm searching.
? I've run into a really high number of "absolutely not, nope", more than usual.
? The new Strange Practice comes out this fall ?
? Read. My. Damn. Shelves. (I'm actually all caught up on Audible, but my bookshelf isn't speaking to me).
? @IamIamIam @CoverToCoverGirl @LaurenReads

I LOVE THESE SO MUCH, PLEASE DON'T HURT ME NALINI SINGH 😭😭♥️ May have bought the next three. 😍

@mreads Thank you! My package is safely in from my porch ♥️ I'll keep it hidden till July, promise!

@LibrarianRyan #makerswap

As a teen, I read big authors and loved them, like Christine Feehan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and JK Rowling. In my 20s, all three of them (at least to me) have tried to single handedly ruin their franchises. So, I've stayed away from big time authors in fear of heartbreak around book 15 or so. But I'm going back today. Here's hoping!!

Help! I read on my phone on my Kindle app though sometimes you do see me with an actual book. Do i need an actual Kindle? I can't decide. Is it different on your eyes? Let me know your Kindle opinions!♥️

I don't even know what to do with this. 20 hours of audio and I just 🤷‍♀️. Narration and writing were excellent, Nicholas Bolton went from English to French to Italian perfectly. But the fmc didn't say one nice thing to the man who left exile to help her for 19 hours and honestly, even the last hour is doubtful. The mmc was decent, lots of depth, but he failed me in the last two hours. I'd read this author again, but this was...something.

I love this woman ❤️💙 #guysiwantacastle

"so politely I could've punched him in the mouth". I'm crying, I'm laughing so hard. I'm not a teacher, but I definitely get that ?? #blessedaretheteachers #iwasalsothathorrid #imsorry

Audiostitching a bunch of little projects this evening!! One of these days, I'm actually going to do a 4 in 24 lol Impressed with all the posts today!

Up next in print on my for the love of God read everything on your damn shelves, child read-a-thon that'll last as long as it takes lol 😜😂

And now onto the one that makes my heart hurt. From the end of Changeless to the middle of Blameless, I just want to cry. 😭😭😭

In which the reading voice for Alexia is so fabulous, the terrible voice she does for Lord Macon is forgiven.

This book is terrible. Everyone involved with this book is terrible. I cannot. They've been squabbling for at least six minutes over where the main characters should get married WITHOUT SPEAKING TO THEM. Not to mention that they're both terrible, terrible characters who refuse to acknowledge their own failings. It's getting returned. Tell me what to use my credit on instead, I am going to scream.

I hate this main character guy. I get that he's horribly damaged too and stuff, but Jesus Christ. He just told this mother of three that if she disappeared for a few weeks, no one at all would miss her. 😡😡🤬

I'm middling on this Westcott. Not as bad as the first, not as good as the third. Camille is a horror in the first one and no one actually likes her. She realizes that's because she has no personality. (Bonus points if Mom realizes that was her fault in Book 4). She makes a solid 180 with Joel's help, but he's so wishy washy about her, the story feels like he settles on marrying her when he doesn't want her to leave. Cute. 🙄 On to their Mama.

I finished this yesterday. I usually buy a bunch of Mary Balogh books at a time, because her writing usually never fails. I have the first audio to this Westcott series and I hated it. Just absolutely awful. And then I was trying to listen to all the audible books (May Read the Shelf Challenge!) And this one was sweet and careful and so much character growth! You didn't need the first, though now I'm listening to book two. Seems book 1 was a fluke

This was good, just honest to goodness good. It's not up to her usual standard I don't think, but this is her first since being done with four amazing full series, so it's ok. It's about Ada, a woman who works as a pack librarian in rural Kentucky and how she carries the world to isolated people and finds loss and romance. It reads a lot like a modern Dear America and it's a bit of a pallet cleanser. Sweet.

**tagged book her first**

The best Mackenzie book yet! As always I listen to these on audio and Angela Dawe is a gift. Will and Josie are in the other two prequels and this finishes those, so now I'm worried about the health and safety of all if she does the childrens books and even more scared 10 will be the final Mackenzie number. I might have to read her shifter books...

So excited the new Mackenzie book is out on audio! It's been out in print for a few months, but I love all of Angela Dawe's accents and she has completely out done herself with all of Will's characters!! I expected no less ♥️ Teaching myself the eyelet stitch too, it's a good night!

It's an absolute thrill when an author replies! Ugh, I love this age of technology 😍 I hope this series is more successful!

My first book, after Sunshine, of my new read the shelf commitment to may was a DNF. I gave it 100 pages and just watched it get worse and worse and worse and when I left it in my car this morning instead of bringing it in the office, I knew I had to quit. #thankunext

I loved this and I hated it, but you definitely have to read it, if you like urban fantasy. McKinnley's vampires are an absolute must. They're a total breath of fresh air and a world I would love to continue exploring. There's not a love triangle because there really isn't a romance, it's on a different level. But the lack of information is a real issue and I had a few other fundamental issues with the book too. But it was a good end to April.

Whelp, I'm a very puddleish mess of ovaries. Gah.

I got this from last week's library dime sale and it's been calling to me all week from it's place on the bottom of my tbr pile. So on this peaceful evening by myself, I'm giving in 😂😂 I also find it so interesting that it was an adult novel in 2003, but it's very much YA, at least from the narrative so far. Let me know if you've liked this!

So the ending was rushed, like I thought it might be. But it was still good because Grim ended up happy and honestly the that's all I really cared about. I'm sad the publisher cancelled the series, but I can't say I don't get why. But he's so cute and loving and he just wanted her red haired babies 😭😭😭😭😭 And I guess there was a magic plot in there somewhere.

I think I screamed "YOU ALL SUCK, GRIM IS THE ONLY ONE OF YOU WORTH SAVING", enough times that my fiance hates this book series. But that's the summary. Gonna finish book 3, but really Blackthorn is so straightforward and the "maiden" they help in this is absolutely worthless. What I do like is that you have a 100 questions left over and so do they. There's no neat, tidy bow, just the aftermath, which fits the story.

This was pretty slow to start, I got it about a year ago and kept putting it down. But once it sped up a little bit, Grim was enough to keep me going. The prince reminded me of the character from Monty Python who requests rescuing from Lancelot, so he was generally terrible. But Grim is devoted and adorable and SHE COULD JUST BE NICE TO HIM FOR GOODNESS SAKE but it was a cute middle fantasy mystery that I enjoyed.

😭😭 Thank you @IamIamIam ♥️♥️ It was super nice of you to send this to me to read!! I'll finish up what I'm reading and get right on it! You're the best!

This is a sweet novella that takes a pretty common YA romance faerie pretense and makes it R rated. Sweeter than candy and worth a few lunch breaks. Triggers for spousal abuse (but sweet, sweet vengeance)

So in scrolling through my library, to see everything I've really neglected to review in my winter depression and my work schedule, I noticed that at least five of my books have the same couple and these two are right next to each other! It cannot be THAT hard to find original cover art, can it?!

I love Susan Fanetti, a lot, for her motorcycle series the Night Hoarde. And yet, I always seem to doubt her! It's a little rude of me, tbh. So I grabbed her new series without reading this one, the Pagano Family and I wasn't confused, but you need it. And you need it in your life. This little Rhody Italian family is dark, emotional, relatable, romantic, and beautiful. They walk the line between normal and mafia, but everything has a price. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tillie has a color coding system she explained on Insta and apparently her new series is gonna be a shade darker than the Hangmen 😍 (Also, GUYS SHE TALKED TO ME) @CoverToCoverGirl @CocoReads @LaurenReads @Daughter-of-words

@LibrarianRyan I really had to think about this, but this was a lot of fun to do! I also liked your tidbits about all the trouble with your name! I feel bad, but they definitely make for good story material. #20things

Cross stitch and audio books and I'm up wayy too late. Side effects of naps due to colds. It's ok, Vlad's here ♥️ #IloveTaviaGilbert

Thank you @Ingerella for my #xstitchxchange swap! I love every bit of it! The bookmark is my favorite thing, I couldn't love it more and your llama is perfect. Funny enough, the kit you sent? I got the finished product as my snarky xchange swap from FB 😂😂😂 I opened it because I have yours ready to send! Can you email me your address please? ladysalmalin@aol.com ♥️ @vkois88

My pretty Elsa nails!! I'm rereading Frost's Once Burned Dracula series on audio (because Tavia Gilbert is a goddess) so I thought having Ice Nails was a bit funny 😁 Working on my Xmas Cross Stitch Swap box today as my original plan went horribly wrong! 😁🙄