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text 2021-08-17 08:10

Release Day - Love & Other Trouble

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Title: Love & Other Trouble

Author: Jackie Walker

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Release Date: August 17, 2021

Cover Design: Kim Bailey, Bailey's Cover Boutique

Photographer: Reggie Deanching of RplusMphoto

Cover Model: Aidan Stewart

I’ve always been textbook people pleaser with third-degree middle child syndrome.

Putting everyone else first with a smile on my face was working out pretty well for me when out of nowhere, Archer Bliss — a growly single dad — drops a bomb on my carefully constructed happy life.

It seems my boyfriend has been cheating on me with Archer’s girlfriend. Even worse? She’s my coworker and secret archnemesis.

The old me would have forgiven them and wished them the best.

But the new me has had enough.

So, I do the (ir)rational thing and dump my lunch all over the backstabbing cheaters. Then I plant a kiss right on Archer’s very kissable lips right in front of both of them.

That’s right — I started a war by serving up a dish called revenge, which is best served with lips and lo mein.

And now, I’ve somehow teamed up with this hunky beast of a man to get even with our cheating exes.

At least it started that way, but now it’s an excuse to spend time together… some of which is horizontal.

The catch? He’s got three kids who need him, and I’m still trying to figure out who I am. Starting a romance with each of us fresh out of a messy breakup is only asking for trouble.

But the new me likes trouble.

And Archer Bliss is trouble with a capital T.

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One day during the COVID quarantine (a.k.a. the dark time), Jackie was reading yet another laugh a minute rom-com by Lucy Score or Pippa Grant, and she thought to herself - hey, I can do that. And so, she did and it turned out even better than even she thought possible.

Jackie is a fresh face on the romance author scene destined to shake things up with her signature blend of light-hearted comedy, over the top characters and romantic heartwarming moments. A voracious romance reader herself, Jackie writes stories featuring the four S's: Snark, Swoons, Steam and Sarcasm. Her heroines are bad-ass and her heroes are easy on the eyes and heavy on the charm.

When she is not writing funny stories about swoony heroes and the women who get to play with them, she is reading all types of romance novels or taking care of her army of cats and her teenage son (who also speaks fluent sarcasm).

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review 2018-12-31 00:16

Yessss!

Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

The Batman Who Laughs #1 - Jock,Scott Snyder

This is a Batman who has all the memories and skills of Batman, but is also the Joker. It's a whole huge thing that I'm like "I don't know" because I haven't read Metal, but I also wanted to read this on a whim and I saw it and I picked it up.

Which was an excellent choice. Good on me. This was an excellent book.

It's fun, it's a little gruesome and it's full of surprises. I absolutely am going to continue with this series.

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text 2017-11-21 21:40

16 Tasks of the Festive Season: Square 8 - Hanukkah - and Square 3 - St. Martin's Day

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books

An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro

A Darker Shade: 17 Swedish Stories of Murder, Mystery and Suspense Including a Short Story by Stieg Larsson - John-Henri Holmberg

Tasks for Hanukkah: Light nine candles around the room (SAFELY) and post a picture. –OR– Play the Dreidel game to pick the next book you read.

Assign a book from your TBR to each of the four sides of the dreidel:

נ (Nun)
ג (Gimel)
ה (He)
ש (Shin)

Spin a virtual dreidel: http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/chanuka/dreidel.htm
– then tell us which book the dreidel picked.

OK, here we go:

נ (Nun)     = James D. Doss: The Shaman Laughs
ג (Gimel) = Michael Jecks: The Devil's Acolyte
ה (He)      = Kazuo Ishiguro: An Artist of the Floating World
ש (Shin)   = John-Henri Holmberg (ed.): A Darker Shade

Alright -- Ishiguro it is. And this will also give me my book themes for St. Martin’s Day (square 3): Read a book set on a vineyard, or in a rural setting, –OR– a story where the MC searches for/gets a new job. –OR– A book with a lantern on the cover, or books set before the age of electricity. –OR– A story dealing with an act of selfless generosity (like St. Martin sharing his cloak with a beggar).

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review 2017-01-30 05:31

Inspector Hobbes and the Bones by Wilkie Martin

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Inspector Hobbes and the Bones: Cozy Mystery Comedy Crime Fantasy (unhuman) (Volume 4) - Wilkie Martin

Inspector Hobbes and the Bones by Wilkie Martin is an intriguing cozy mystery with comedic overtones.

Because of a tree falling on his apartment, Andy Caplet needs to move back in with Inspector Hobbes and Mrs. Goodfellow. His wife as gone on an archaeological dig. In her absence, Andy goes on many adventures with Dregs and Inspector Hobbes. I gave it five stars because it made me laugh out loud on several occasions.

I received a complimentary Kindle copy from The Witcherley Book Company and NetGalley. That did not change my opinion for this review.

Link to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Inspector-Hobbes-Bones-Mystery-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B01NA94ZFH

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review 2016-12-02 08:16

Trailer Trash, With a Girl's Name by Stacey Roberts

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[(Trailer Trash, with a Girl's Name)] [By (author) Stacey Roberts] published on (February, 2014) - Stacey Roberts

Trailer Trash, With a Girl's Name by Stacey Roberts is a supposedly humorous biography. I wanted to like it. I tried several times to read it. I just couldn't finish it. I gave it two stars.

I received a complimentary Kindle copy from Sons of Joy and NetGalley. That did not change my opinion for this review.

Link to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615933882

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