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Before I begin:
Donโt know much about this book (if it wasnโt for SBU and #baileyblizzard). But once I heard baker and broadway (both I โฅ๏ธ)โฆ + itโs on KU, therefore paid for already ๐
Monday: Chapter 1 – 5
Reese finds herself in a pickle ๐คจ ๐ค Lorna graciously encouraged Reese to stay in NY to pursue her dream (and expand the story). The attraction between Leo and Reese ๐ makes me excited for more of them ๐ฅฐ Reese has 2 major lies: 1. Approaching Leo and 2. Omission with Lorna ๐คฌ Not big fan where lying is concerned ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ but part of plotS ๐ง so I tolerate it.
- Tessaโs writing is fun ๐๐ฝ Canโt say I love Reese yetโฆ but I love Leo! I get why Leo didnโt enter the story until Chapter 3 ๐ค Leo sees a red flag ๐ฉ: Reese is a dancer. Excited for more dirty talk ๐
- Because of the way I read the thread (a lot of copy & pastung) Iโm unable to react to specific posts FYI but Iโll summarize what resonates๐๐ผ Pikachu ๐๐ฝ๐คฃ Winnie the Pooh ๐คฃ๐คฃ Dancing is cutthroat ๐คฌ (loved Center Stage ๐). I can see the parallels of being a business owner ๐ง
- Didnโt want us to forget that ๐
- I have this on my wall!
- Good timing โฑ
- Apartment hunting in generalโฆ ๐คฌ
Tuesday: Chapter 6 – 9
Done! โ ๐๐ฝ Finally caught up with todayโs chapters!
Reading is going slow ๐ข ๐ โฅ๏ธ that Leo seeks out Reece ๐ and I think itโs cute Leo refuses to take โnoโ for an answer ๐ ๐ฝโโ๏ธ We learn more why Leo questions ๐โโ๏ธ dancers ๐ฏโโ๏ธ If I were him, I would too ๐ค The way Leo convinced Reese to go out with him ๐๐ฝ ๐ &๐ฑWell done Leo ๐ Reese agreed to a lunch date ๐๐ฝ ๐ Awwwโฆ. Leo is like a teddy bear ๐งธ โฅ๏ธ Leo is so excited for his lunch date! Tadโs curiosity is a testament to Leo as a boss ๐ค
Social awkwardness, get why Leo is ๐ค Reese is a foil for Leo in that way ๐
- Still reading todayโs chapters, but can and will respond to more posts from yesterday ๐
Fictionalized NY apartment renting ๐ค
- Acting out of character/boldly ๐ฑ Scary if you ask me. But, in a fictionalized story, itโs entertaining ๐๐ผ so I canโt complain. The chapter lengths are good ๐๐ฝ I can see how it can be likened to Gettaway Girl. Because Leo seeks Reese out, less peeved about the lie of omission. But like Reeseโs awareness of it. Like the mix of sweetness (in abundance ๐๐) and spice (๐ค๐ผ anticipated).
Wednesday: Chapters 10 – 14
Awwwโฆ Leoโs so excited ๐ to have Reese in his apartment ๐ Surprised (but glad Reece agreed ๐๐ฝ ). Leoโs suspicions, not helped by Reeceโs behavior ๐ค I like how Leo posed for selfies instead of ๐คฌ I feel it shows him rising ABOVE ๐๐ฝ Took me awhile to read these chapters, so starting on tomorrows ๐
- Havenโt heard of/from Lorna ๐ค People watching ๐๐ผ Fun to give them stories ๐ ๐ก Reece stays in NY and helps Leo! 1 day to get to NY ๐ฑ Influencers are influential! Dinner ๐ฝ Tate and being all over each other ๐
- Nap date ๐ Childhood insecurities and scars are valid. Very sweet indeed ๐ caretaking doft heroes ๐๐ฝ Courtship as sweet as Leoโs desserts ๐ง Timeline is bonkers/insta-lovey but funNY ๐ The screen rotations keep making me lose my spot ๐คฌ๐๐ฑ๐
Thursday: Chapters 15 – 18
Touching Reese sgows Leo her dancing ๐๐ฝ The walk home ๐ก then kiss ๐ โพ๏ธ This story is so sweet, I love it โฅ๏ธ Reese is still lying to Leo ๐ฑ know thatโll come back to haunt us. But enjoy seeing how enamoured Leo is by Reece ๐ฅ Hint at the end of 15 that the truth will come out ๐ฑ Valentineโs hangout and Bernard reveals Reeseโs lies ๐ฑ
Still reading ๐ but vestibule-alcove sex ๐ฅ Foreshadow at the end of 15 that the truth ๐ฑ will come out ๐ค โฅ๏ธ to โฅ๏ธs with Pikachu Lies are undesirable ๐ง Not to act like a moral compass ๐งญ but a good rule of thumb. The guilt Reece is feeling is a direct result of lying.
Friday: Chapters 19 – Epilogue
Leo showed some serious strength going after Reese ๐ then sending cake ๐ง pops ๐ Glad Reese got the Chicago chorus line role! Got some good ๐ quotes about pursuing your dreams ๐ญ Canโt wait for Reece and Leo to meet again ๐ How will it happen? ๐ค The Cookie Jar expansion ๐๐ฝ Happy for Leo ๐ Makes me want to watch Center Stage ๐ Having Leo come to her show ๐๐ฝ ๐ก Kiss ๐ โพ๏ธ
End of book ๐
Epilogue 18 years later. Reece 8 year dance career ๐ Daughter (Lily) ๐ง Mentors in Manhattan โฅ๏ธ
Appreciated the epilogue and this story wasnโt about an age gap ๐๐ฝ Donโt know author works well enough to know if itโs typical ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ SBU is particularly helpful there! Reece is dramatic ๐ฉฐ๐ Liked the epilogue ๐๐ฝ Remembering Save The Last Dance โLive Your Dreamsโ โ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ Definitely worth rereading!
Week 6 SBU Reads
Created a separate post(trying to avoid ACCIDENTALLY spoiling anything ๐๐พ
Book: The Sweetest Fix
Friday
Started today because Iโm reading the ebook (usually listen to an audiobook) so I thought ๐ญ the more time I give myself, the better ๐ Reese performing ๐ Performing starting to lose its luster ๐ฅฒ

Saturday
1st chapter set the stage ๐๐ฝ Chapters are reasonable ๐๐ฝ 20-+ minutes โ๏ธ landed in Pittsburgh ๐ got a flat ๐ฑ๐ฑ



Meet Leo Chapter 3. Leo intrigued by Reeseโs voice ๐ค๐๐ Seek Reeseโs opinion. Leo find out Reese is single ๐ Cherry ๐ bomb โฅ๏ธ Biscotti ๐ Leo invites Reese to his workstation ๐ Reese attracted to Leo (feeling Reese flirting ๐ Leo sees a red flag ๐ฉ Reese runs out ๐ฑ Perfect kiss ๐ โพ๏ธ Reese staying in NY. Marie LaRou ๐ Cori
Monday
Tuesday – 3 days after the kiss ๐ Leo goes to theatre district ๐ Sees Reese ๐ Leo shares Tate experience ๐คฌ The Sweetest Fix personalized cake pops ๐ค ๐๐ฝ The perfect bite ๐๐ผBut Reese refuses ๐ Feed the pigeons ๐ฆ
Reese finds herself in a pickle ๐คจ ๐ค Lorna graciously encouraged Reese to stay in NY to pursue her dream (and expand the story). The attraction between Leo and Reese ๐ makes me excited for more of them ๐ฅฐ Reese has 2 major lies: 1. Approaching Leo and 2. Omission with Lorna ๐คฌ Not big fan where lying is concerned ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ but part of plotS ๐ง so I tolerate it.
Tuesday
Read but donโt remember what notes I took ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Done! โ ๐๐ฝ Finally caught up with todayโs chapters!
Reading is going slow ๐ข ๐ โฅ๏ธ that Leo seeks out Reece ๐ and I think itโs cute Leo refuses to take โnoโ for an answer ๐ ๐ฝโโ๏ธ We learn more why Leo questions ๐โโ๏ธ dancers ๐ฏโโ๏ธ If I were him, I would too ๐ค The way Leo convinced Reese to go out with him ๐๐ฝ ๐ &๐ฑWell done Leo ๐ Reese agreed to a lunch date ๐๐ฝ ๐ Awwwโฆ. Leo is like a teddy bear ๐งธ โฅ๏ธ Leo is so excited for his lunch date! Tadโs curiosity is a testament to Leo as a boss ๐ค
Social awkwardness, get why Leo is ๐ค Reese is a foil for Leo in that way ๐
Wednesday
Awwwโฆ Leoโs so excited ๐ to have Reese in his apartment ๐ Surprised (but glad Reece agreed ๐๐ฝ ). Leoโs suspicions, not helped by Reeceโs behavior ๐ค I like how Leo posed for selfies instead of ๐คฌ I feel it shows him rising ABOVE ๐๐ฝ Took me awhile to read these chapters, so starting on tomorrows ๐
Thursday
The next morning (Sunday) ๐ Reese in NY 7 more days Call Lorna (home) ๐ฑ Reese feels homesick ๐ฅฒ.Link the Pikachu
Reese texts Leo about a 2nd nap date ๐Bringing sandwiches tomorrow ๐ฅช Reese texts Leo about a 2nd nap date ๐Bringing sandwiches tomorrow ๐ฅช Reese texts Leo about a 2nd nap date ๐Bringing sandwiches tomorrow ๐ฅช Leo offers to watch the front. Group of teenagers. Reese scantily clothed at Leoโs door ๐ช Nap date #2 ๐ Leo happy to open his door ๐ช ๐ โพ๏ธโพ๏ธโพ๏ธ (17) โพ๏ธโพ๏ธ nap for real ๐คฌ Fix for Norma: Maple syrup + macDamian nut ๐ฐ Leo imagining Reese pregnant ๐คฐ Reece at a Chicago audition ๐ Didnโt get it ๐ฅฒ Valentineโs group hangout with Leo, Jackie, Tad, and Reese. Chicago audition call ๐ฑ Leo talking to Bernard Bexley ๐ฃLeo learns the truth ๐ฑ From Bernard
Friday
Should finish this book today. There will be a book review when Iโm done!
Leo regretting not hearing Reese out ๐ฅฒ Leo sees how Reece has been living ๐ฑ Leo rushes to Port Authority to stop ๐ Reece from leaving ๐ฅฒLeo asks Reece yo move in ๐๐พ Reece leaves ๐๐พ 3 weeks after NY ๐ Cake ๐ pop care package ๐ฆ
Life Update 2/27/22
Mood: Steady
Currently Reading: A Scoundrel In Her Arms, Siege And Storm. Neon Gods.
Walk it out: ๐ ๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Events Iโm excited for:
Birthday ๐ฅณ ๐ parties
Ability Expo!
Something good :
Enjoying my current reads
Something bad:
Covid
Something great ๐: ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Just taking you on my reading ๐ #9
๐ Note: include my personal reading notes ๐๐พ so ๐๐ผ may be longโฆ โ ๏ธ
Sunday
Reborn Yesterday
Ginny is about to embalm, who she affectionately refers to as Dreamboat ๐ when he comes alive ๐ฑ
Siege And Storm
Alina with Darklingโs old etherealki ๐ค Alina seeing Darkling? ๐ฑ
Monday
Reborn Yesterday
Evening stroll ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ถ๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Long weekend ๐ Spent watching Game Of Thrones in bed ๐
Tuesday
Reborn Yesterday
Behind in the readalong chapters ๐๐พ
Learn more about Ginny, Larissa, and P. Lynn Funeral Home ๐ง Jonas in Ginnyโs room ๐ค
Thursday
Reborn Yesterday
Read the chapters from Monday. Got the audio!
Remember last night ๐
- Powerful vampire spotted! ๐ฎ
- Seemore Black
- Ginny puts herself in danger โ ๏ธ ๐ฎ
- Threat resolved
- Jonas decides to clear Ginnyโs memory
- Danger related to the king ๐คด
- Old vampires canโt make silenced
- Birthday ๐ฅณ kiss ๐ โพ๏ธ
- Jonas agrees to 1 ๐ Thigh
- โพ๏ธ (11) โก๏ธ dry humping Lost ๐ FOUND ๐
- Jonas undressing Ginny
- Blood spilled Mate ๐
- Ginny still has her memories
- Roksana ๐ฏโโ๏ธ trying to keep Ginny preoccupied
- Slayer bar
- Girls night
- Ginny and Roksana
- LuthorDouble slaying? ๐
- Elias and Tucker come when Ginnyโs in pain
- No Jonas ๐ฅฒ
- At JonasโMate ๐2nd
- Heart beats again
Made a serious dent ๐๐ฝ

Friday
A Scoundrel In Her Arms
15 years 6 months later
- Marchioness of Shelton
- Opheliaโs father expected to make a full recovery
- Was on deathbed 2 weeks ago ๐ฑ๐ฅฒ๐ญ
- Opheliaโs biological mom
- Sally Martin
- Singer too ๐ถ
- Ophelia has questions ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
- Find Sally Martin
- Olivia with the Marchioness of Shelton over the years ๐ง
- Sally Martin
Pov change
- Devlin ๐ค
- Mystery ๐ค girl
- Highborn
- Attacked ๐ฑ
- Devlin recognizes her hair ๐ฑ Fifi ๐
- Riordan and Devlin talk ๐ฃ
- Devlin moved to London to become a man good enough for Fifi ๐
5 months later
10,000 pound bank note
Letter: A song from you to me ๐ค
Olivia rummaging through Papaโs desk
- Unpaid bills ๐ค
- Can use the noteโฆ
- Past due >1 year ๐ฑ
Ophelia knows of mother 5 months now
- Unanswered questions ๐คฌ ๐โโ๏ธ
Ophelia confronts mama and papa
- Financial difficulty
- No dowry ๐ฑ
- Lady O rumors
- Her Wicked Marquess hasnโt happened yet
- Mary Ann
- Fanny – disguise herself in an Earlโs home to avoid marriage
- After My Darling Duke
- Kitty
- Ophelia writes a letter for Russell Square
Neon Gods
Picked this up for #ostbcauthorchat ๐ The book weโll be reading ๐ Electric Idol โ๐ฝ
Persephone and Psyche at a party
- Get context
Zues flirting, Persephone ๐คฎ๐คข
90 days until Persephone can access her trust
Zuesโ announcement
- New Hera
- Persephone ๐๐ฑ
Psyche and Ppersephone escape
Audiobook +1 chapter
Zues finds Persephone running away ๐ฑ
- Near River Stix
Stranger ๐๐พ
- Run to stranger
- Being chased ๐ฑ
- Hades!
- Change POV
- Recognizes Persephone
- Hades knows Zuesโ enforcers
- Hades catches Persephone
- Crossing the bridge rare
Bad blood ๐ฉธ between Hades and Zeus ๐๐ผ
Hermes and Dionysis ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
- Hermes a ๐ง
Persephone learns sheโs with Hades ๐ฎ
- Persephone to marry Zues
Persephony ๐ค๐ฆถankle
Change POV again. Believes Hades was imaginary
- Hades caring for Persephoneโs ankle
- Extract glass
Hades myth ๐ค
- Bad reputation
Persephone calls home ๐ก
- Looking for Persephone
- Zues knows where she isโฆ
- Persephone wants to leave Olympus
More Hermes and Dionysis ๐
- Demeterโs daughters ๐ฃ
- Play room ๐
- Captive
- Persephone hides in her tub ๐ ๐
- Slept in a bathtub
- Help each other
- Persephone attracted to Hades ๐
Treaty or war ๐๐ผ between Upper and Lower City ๐ ๐
Zues killed Hadesโ parents ๐ฑ
Deal offer: Use Persephone โ
- Trust fund access when Persephone turns 25 yo
- April 16
- 3 months then leaving Olympus
Tarnish me ๐
Public sex
- Safeword: Pomegranate
- BDSM
Kiss ๐ baseball (7) to seal the deal
Hades and Andreas ๐ฃ
Phone rings๐ฑfrom Zues
- ๐คฌ
- Calls for return
๐ฅ 30 years ago kill ๐ชฆ Hadesโ parents ๐ฑ
โพ๏ธโพ๏ธ asking for permission (8)
- Naked
- Enjoy being on display
- Ask to cum ๐ ๐๐พ
- Cums ๐
- Carry Persephone out
- Persephone offers to suck Hades ๐
- โNoโ
- Submissive ๐ค
Wound care
- Persephone negligent so Hades claims her body for his
- Pushy ๐๐ผ
- Snoozed between 6-9
Persephone curious of being with Hades ๐ค
- 2nd orgasm ๐๐พ
- Brat ๐
BDSM with dom-sub but equal
Dress ๐ removal ๐
- Dirty talk
- โพ๏ธ โพ๏ธ Bargain by touching themselves x 2 (10)
- Touch me ๐๐พ
- Hades rubs against her
- Hades cleans Persephone up
Switch POV
- Hades feels protective over Persephone
- Hermes in Hadesโ closet
- House more full
- Message from Demeter
- Return Persephone or sheโll cut off the lower city ๐ฑ
- 13 abuses theyโre power
- Persephone free to go whenever
- Hermes notes message
Olympus city structure: upper and lower city
- Walking ๐ถ๐ฝโโ๏ธ ๐ถโโ๏ธ Tour
- Juliette – Heraโs dressmaker
- Hades stays for fitting
- Lingerie ๐
- Invitation needed
How Hades meet Hermes and Dionysis
Persephone faints
- 3 days ๐ฑ
- Hades ๐คฌ
- Brings food ๐ฅ
- Persephone eats then sleeps ๐ด
- Persephone ๐คฌ
Tempt Hades ๐๐
- In Hadesโ bathroom ๐
- Hades watches Persephone shower ๐งผ ๐ฟ
- Princess Leah ๐
Hadesโ party
- Bring Persephone out ๐๐
- Show ๐
- Hades will touch Persephone now โพ๏ธโพ๏ธ (14)
- Have an audience
- Top from the bottom
- Breasts exposed ๐ฑ
- DO YOUR WORST ๐
- โพ๏ธโพ๏ธโพ๏ธ at the show ๐ (14)
- Siren ๐จ not princess ๐ธ
- Persephone likes being on display
- 1st time
- Hades watching her ๐
- Persephone cums hard
Playing court
- Eros sees
- Not what Hermes and Dionysis meant by loosening up
Tired ๐ฅฑ ๐๐
- Persephone humanizing Hades
- Carry Persephone
Saturday
Neon Gods
Hades gooey center
Demeterโs ultimatum ๐ฑ
- Withhold food to the lower city ๐๐ฑ๐ฅฒ
- Hades prepared
- Supplies from Triton ๐งโโ๏ธ
- Posidonโs man
- Supplies from Triton ๐งโโ๏ธ
Kiss ๐โพ๏ธ (16) by bed ๐
- Hades cuts off Persephoneโs clothes
- โพ๏ธโพ๏ธ ๐
and ๐ค๐ฝ (16)
- Persephone goes ๐๐
- Hades has scars ๐ฑ๐ฑ
- โพ๏ธโพ๏ธโพ๏ธ (16) wrap it upa!
- No audience
A Scoundrel In Her Arms
Ophelia goes to Kensington Gardens ๐ชด to meet Cosima
- Cosima-Ophelia meeting orchestrated by Devlin
- Devlin influential in london underworld
- Protectionism ๐๐ผโ๐ฝ allows Ophelia to ask questions ๐โโ๏ธ about Sally Martin
- Luton, Bedfordshire, singer ๐ค, mistress of Marquess of Shelton, vanished,
- Use Devlinโs name
- Protectionism ๐๐ผโ๐ฝ allows Ophelia to ask questions ๐โโ๏ธ about Sally Martin
- Devlin influential in london underworld
Ophelia suspects bank note is from Devlin Byrne
- Ask Cosima ๐โโ๏ธ
- Cosima wants Devlin
- Uselessly flirts with Devlin
- Cosima claims theyโre just friends
- Cosima wants Devlin
- Never met Devlin ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
- Meant to entrap/lure Ophelia
Ophelia determined not to accept money ๐ฐ
๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ Uhtred Ealdorman, Ubba, Brida, Earl Ragnar, Young Ragnar, Father Beocca, King Alfred, Kjartan, Aethelwold, Guthrum, Uncle Scar, Young Odda, Leofric, Iesult
๐ Ealdonman ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, Bebbanburg, East Anglia, Wessex, Winchester, England
Then Came You Book Review
My content warnings:
- Hospital scenes/hospitalization
- Cheating
My biases:
- Canโt stand overt, blatant, and obvious rudeness
Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas
#1 in Gambler Of Cravenโs
Read: May 2021 – February 2022
Star Rating (of 5): โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
- Not too angsty
- Alex reminds me of Marcus
- Liked Alex & Lily โฅ๏ธ
Enjoyment ๐ค: ๐ค๐ค๐ค
- Fun story ๐
- Excited for Dreaming Of You ๐ฅฐ
Heat ๐ฅ : ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
- Like Pringles ๐
- Once you pop, the fun donโt stop ๐ ๐
Intensity (1 to 100): 70%
- In private ALWAYS
- Not super memorable
Predictable? (Predictability): Y
Content warnings: Missing children, nightmares, death of a loved ๐ฅฐ one
Prevalent Tropes: Enemies to lovers
Tropes I like! ๐
- Caregiving/sick bed
- Fake Dating
- Friends to lovers
- Found family
- Single parent
- Bodyguard
- Marriage of convenience
- Disability rep
- Forced proximity
- Wallflower
- Bookish heroine
- Only 1 bed ๐
- Teaching ๐ซ
- Road Trip Romance
How itโs usedโฆ
Lily wants to prevent her sister, penny, from marrying Alex
Smutty times ๐:
- 8: Bet ๐๐ฝ
- 8:.#2 ๐
- 9: Masked ๐ท assembly
- 11: Revenge ๐๐คฌ
- 14: Resolution ๐
3-word Summary: โYoungโ, wild, (and) free
Representation: ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Thoughts ๐ญ:
- Prejudices ๐ค
- Blackmail ๐ค
Worked Up Reading Blog
Notes:
- Duke Crawford – mechanic ๐จโ๐ง, 4 divorced sisters (Lโs) who live with him (oldest child), aka Goliath, limp, knows who Sam was, Luke to his sistersVaughn – best friend, works security at the factory River – wife
- Marcy – Vaughn and Riverโs daughter
- Sisters Luane – sister, generous
- Lorraine – sister
- Lisa – sister, organized
- Lacy- sister, hard
- Samantha Waverly – childrenโs book illustrator, from NY (from Manhattan), 25 yo, formerly engaged, brother owns the factory Duke works in (bossโ sister), recently single (3 years), art on wheelsRenner Bastion – Samanthaโs step-brother, lives in Hook, owns factory ๐
- Hudson – former fiance, jennerโs investor2 month courtship + 3 month engagement
- Hook – town Samanthaโs visiting, everything closes by 10 pmThe 3rd Shift – bar where Duke and Sam meet
- Atlantic City – casino ๐ฐ where concertis
- New Jersey
Check-ins/Updates:
Before I begin:
Admittedly, donโt know much about this book ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ but itโs the read along book pick for a book club I love โฅ๏ธ Otherwise, no idea what itโs about ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐๐
Wednesday: 1 – 7
Story light thus far ๐ค Samโs in Hook for a short visit, where she meets Duke ๐ง Like that weโve already interacted with Dukeโs world ๐ (sisters, etc) ๐๐ฝ Samโs story of how she got into illustrating childrenโs books ๐ ๐ค was due to a heart-warming reason ๐๐ฝ Havenโt encountered Duke-Sam much in a โsmuttyโ sense, but I find them sweet together ๐ Their dynamic of rich-working class I know will continue to be an issue.
Thursday: 8 – 14
Duke and Sam get to know each other better. Duke โพ๏ธ โพ๏ธโพ๏ธ as Samโs on the phone ๐ฑ ๐ Tell Renner they got married ๐ฎ Renner wants them to annul the marriage ๐๐ The conditions around their marriage ๐ค The annulment was heartbreaking ๐ Then Renner divulges with Rennerโs dad-Samโs mom divirced
Friday: 15 – Epilogue
Scare ๐ฑ but I knew Duke would be ok ๐๐ผ ๐ Just a moment that put things in perspective for Sam, which I think was needed. Got the impression Duke loved her more intensly and fervently, so this was a chance for us to see the depth of her feelings ๐ค
End of book ๐
Nice ๐๐ฝ story! Not too angsty. Light, fun, and cute ๐ Really โฅ๏ธ Duke! Sam had moments where I found her annoying.
Life Update 2/20/22
Mood: Steady
Currently Reading: A Scoundrel In Her Arms, Siege And Stirm, From Lucav With Love
Walk it out: ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Events Iโm excited for:
Annual physical (https://listenwirhprecious.com/2022/02/17/annual-physical/)
Birthday ๐ฅณ lunch
Family lunch ๐ค
Something good :
Annual physical (https://listenwirhprecious.com/2022/02/17/annual-physical/)
Episode 3 high of #listenwithpreciousthepodcast (https://audio.buzzsprout.com/qozp5p21g62tvjx7yngyx2p3b12g?response-content-disposition=attachment;%20filename=%27episode-3.mp3%27;%20filename*=UTF-8%27%27episode-3.mp3&response-content-type=audio/mpeg&client_source=small_player)
Something bad:
Covid-19 ๐ฑ
Omicron ๐ฑ๐ฑ
Kanker sores ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ
Something great ๐:
๐ฅฐ loved ones who continuously pick up my slack and support me โฅ๏ธ
Worked Up Book Review
Not made ๐๐พ
Just taking you on my reading ๐ #8
Sunday
๐ Note: Simultaneously working on Week 6 SBU Reads too (depends on what I read)
Siege And Storm
Crew curious about Alina ๐ง Leasons with Taekwr ๐ฉโ๐ซ (Tulia additionalq sa gresha). Arrive in Ravka ๐ข Morning smuggle. Flying ๐ฎ Going into the Fold ๐ฑ Hummingbird. Volcra ๐ชฆ Volcra nest ๐คจ See the Darkling. Out of the fold ๐๐ฝ Rough landing ๐ข Stermhan has a squalor and tailor ๐ค Sternhan in 1st Army (Nikolai Lancov) Punch Sternhan ๐๐ผSternhanโs marriage proposition ๐๐ Alina wants command of 2nd army. Sancta Alina. Alina the Just ๐๐พ
Game Of Thrones
Keep watching and listening ๐ง to the show and podcast ๐
Outlander
Listen to Outlander Cast!
Wednesday
Siege And Storm
King Alexander III killed by the Darkling ๐ชฆ Going to Little Palace ๐ก Nikolaiโs pointers ๐ก Nikolai getting bold ๐ โพ๏ธ Act ๐ Read at my โAnnual Physicalโ.
Friday
A Scoundrel Of Her Own
- Sinful wallflowers – all > 22 yo, 6 girls
- Miss Katherine Iphigenia โKittyโ Danvers – already โฅ๏ธ Alexander, need to secure sistersโ marriages, daughter of a viscount, out 4(2) seasons already, lives in Cheapside, has had 3 seasons, daughter of the deceased Viscount Marlow, 23 yo, raised in Herfordshire, dreams of acting ๐ญ and seeing the world ๐ My Darling Duke heroine
- Maryann Fitzwilliam – inciter ๐, Kittyโs best friend, wears glasses ๐ค, witty and vivacious, offered by (old) Lord Stanford ๐ฑ heroine of Her Wicked MarquessNicolas Ives – Earl. Scoundrel, Maryannโs love interest in A Scoundrel Of Her Own?
- Ophelia โOliviaโ Darby – Marquessโ daughter, no dowry, Lady Starlight, singer ๐ถRejected an offer by Peter Warwick, Earl of Langdon
- Charlotte Nelson – in love with Marques of Sands
- Emma Prendergast – 33 yo
- Fanny Morton – jilted at the altar
Lynmouth, 1807
- Ophelia being carried after carriage crashes when she was 8 ๐ฑ
- Vivid eyes ๐ in the boy who rescued her (12 yo)
- Cottage in the woods
- Officially introduce themselves; Ophelia & Naill
- Together 5 days
- Naillโs foot ๐ฆถ injury ๐ค
Torn between A Scoundrel In Her Arms and Reborn Yesterday ๐ค Might just read the first 5 chapters then decide ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Reborn Yesterday
Meet Ginny, an embalmer ๐ชฆ
Saturday
A Scoundrel Of Her Own
Epilogue of Ophelia & Naillโs initial meeting (her: 8, him: 12). Sheโs an Earlโs daughter, heโs a carpanterโs son
Lynmouth, 1807
- Ophelia being carried after carriage crashes when she was 8 ๐ฑ
- Vivid eyes ๐ in the boy who rescued her (12 yo)
- Cottage in the woods
- Officially introduce themselves; Ophelia & Naill
- Together 5 days
- Naillโs foot ๐ฆถ injury ๐ค
- Swollen
- Peter Warwick – Earl of Langdon
- Niall asks Fifi to marry him, Ophelia says yes ๐๐ฝโฅ๏ธ
- Naillโs foot ๐ฆถ injury ๐ค
- Figiโs token for Niell
- Man (Viscount Roderickโs groundskeeper)enters ๐ฑ
- Looking for Ophelia
- Ophelia goes to Viscount Roderickโs manor ๐๐ฝ
- Meet Opheliaโs mama & papa
- Think Niall isnโt good enough for Ophelia
Siege And Storm
Alinaโs guard pin. Mal & Alina kiss ๐ โพ๏ธ
๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ Uhtred Ealdorman, Ubba, Brida, Earl Ragnar, Young Ragnar, Father Beocca, King Alfred, Kjartan, Aethelwold, Guthrum, Uncle Scar, Young Odda, Leofric, Iesult
๐ Ealdonman ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, Bebbanburg, East Anglia, Wessex, Winchester, England