Before the Romance Takeover Readathon, I was reading Then Came You and From Lucav With Love. During the Romance Takeover Readathon, picked up My Darling Duke. All of 👆🏼 are unfinished, so this week I’ll resume My Darling Duke, Then Came You and From Lucav With Love.

🤞🏼 by doing these weekly reading blogs, I feel less pressure to finish a book 📖 Physically reading with my eyes 👀 is slower…⚠️

Monday

My Darling Duke

Before

Alexander, Duke of Thornton reappears at the Sanderson Ball 😱

♥️ to ♥️ between Alex and Kitty 🤨 ⚾️

Tuesday

Then Came You

Lily getting kicked out of Raiford Park 😱 Lily talking to George 🥲 Henry comes home 🏡 and takes Henry to Craven’s 😂

Wednesday

My Darling Duke

Chapter 6 = check-in 🙋‍♀️ Alex plans to call on Kitty. Proposes friendship. Alex requires Kitty attend Lady Carnforth’s summer ball and spend 1-2 weeks in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thursday

My Darling Duke

Alex intrigued by Kitty 🤔 Never noticed before 🤷🏽‍♀️ About to leave for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 😱😊😏 Mates ♥️

Witched Get Stitches

Got the audiobook! Getting reorientated to the story (reread: https://listenwirhprecious.com/2021/10/31/witches-get-stitches-reading-blog/) Since this is a reread, just experimenting it 😋 (not taking notes)

Friday

Witched Get Stitches

Listened more 🎧 Violet’s seer powers deterring her from pursuing Nico 🧐 😏😉 ⚾️⚾️⚾️x 2 😂 (17 magic closet, 18 1st date) Violet’s list 😏

My Darling Duke

Kitty and Alex otw to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⛈ 🛁 only 1 bed 😏 Chapters >1 hour 🧐

Then Came You

Lily invites Henry to stowaway in her carriage 😏 Transition between Lily’s POV and Alex’s POV 🤔

Saturday

Witched Get Stitches

⚾️ ⚾️ 20 😏 ⚾️⚾️⚾️ 🧙‍♀️ ⭕️ Nico’s 🐺 brought to surface 🧐 Empress Ink opening 👏🏽 Edible 😏 Violet tells Nico about her misreading Henry Blackwater & Clara 😏 Shane crashes 😱 Violet taken 😱😱 New Moon Werewolf (NMW) Serum 🧪 Enspelled tattoos 🙌🏽 Garth Clearwater & Livvy ♥️ Mateo, Nico, Sean, and Henry 🦸‍♂️ Violet did tattoos 👍🏽 😊 Nico & Shane talk 🗣Injustice for too long ✊🏽 Nico & Ty talk 🗣Mobilize witches (seers & enfourcers) to help 🐺 ! Valentines Dat ♥️ Sapphire river 🎶 From Nico, to Violet ♥️ Evie pregnant 🤰🤢😂😂🤣 Limericks 😍

My Darling Duke

Kitty & Alex wake in the same bed 🛌 Kitty wakes before Alex 😴 Alex divulges what happened 😮 (10) Castle 🏰 on 🔥 😮 Jump out window 🪟 Kitty dreams of acting 🎭 and see the 🌎 😍 😘 ⚾️ x 4.

Then Came You

Alex overhears Penelope crying 😢 Penelope admits to loving Zachary ♥️ henry tries to convince Lily to like Alex 😉 Trap for Raiford 😏 Lily knocks out Alex 😱 😘 ⚾️ Zachary will take Penny to Gretna Green

This series is still ongoing! This series has reaffirmed my love for Paranormal Romance 🙌🏽This series has become a comfort read 👍🏽

1. Wolf Gone Wild
   1. Friends to Lovers
   2. Evie Sovie ♥️ Mateo Cruz
   3. Content Warnings: 🤷🏽‍♀️
   4. 3-word summary: Hex draws them (together)! 😂
2. Don’t Hex And Drive
   1. Enemies to lovers
   2. Isadora Sovie ♥️ Devraj Kumar
   3. Content Warnings: Being hit by a car 🚗
   4. 3-word summary: Fun times with (a) vampire 🧛‍♀️
3. Witches Get Stitches
   1. Friends to Lovers
   1. Violet Sovie ♥️ Nico Cruz
   2. Content Warnings: 🤷🏽‍♀️
   3. 3-word summary: Enspelled tattoos FTW

Read 2 of the books in Bang In The Night

https://listenwirhprecious.com/2021/11/02/bang-in-the-night-%f0%9f%8c%83/

https://youtu.be/08SUBhzLsJ4

https://youtu.be/2GC8JYdQVYY

1:30 1/14/22 – 1/17/22

• Follow the hosts
• Attend a reading sprint/live show
• Host recommendation
• 5 star prediction – My Darling Duke
• POC author – My Darling Duke
• Disabled characters – My Darling Duke
• Ronance you didn’t get to in 2021 –
• Historical Romance – My Darling Duke
• Read an audiobook – Then Came You

Friday

Finished a book for a book club (Getaway Girl by Tessa Bailey) Just finished a live show. Preparation for this more last minute than usual.

1. My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid

Reread. Read it via audiobook

On BookTube, saw ebook may be better than audiobook. Initial read via audiobook, determined to do this with the ebook. Didn’t take notes the 1st time. Will have a reading blog and book review this time 😏 Still looking forward to rereading it! ♥️ this book 😁

Sinful wallflowers meet 👇🏼

Kitty need to secure sisters’ marriages 🤔 Meet the characters 😇 Nicolas Ives 🤔 Earl. Scoundrel. Kitty’s plan concerning the Duke of Thornton 🤔

Saturday

Kitty shares her plan with Maryann 🤔 Includes Lady Gamble. On this reread paying more attention to the Sinful Wallflowers – Kitty’s book 1, Maryann’s book 2, and Ophelia is book 3 🧐 2/3 books are rereads, but faintly remember the story 🤔 I’ll be taking notes 🗒 this time!

https://listenwirhprecious.com/2021/03/21/her-wicked-marquess-by-stacey-reid/

https://listenwirhprecious.com/2021/03/21/my-1st-read-along/

The plan: Kitty will claim to be the Duke of Thornton’s fiancée, to secure her sisters good matches 🤔 It’s about to go awey 😏😂

Kitty divulges of her engagement to Momma and her sisters after 2 weeks 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️ Meet Thornton’s solicitor 😏

Thomas Biddleton, inform Alex of his engagement 😂😇

Sunday

Alex’s steward then solicitors tell him about Kitty 🤔 Alex tells Penny 🙈 Alex enlists Mr. Pryce to send him articles about Kitty 🧐 Penny’s wagers 😏 Alex plans to go to London 😏

Monday

Not goong to finish this TBR 🥲 but I’ll finish My Darling Duke. Nonethless 😋 There will still be a reading blog and book review 😉

Get more of Alex’s history: scarring debilitating accident 😱 Alex admits to his godmother the truth about him and Kitty 🧐 Alex reaappears 😱

I’ll end here for now and resume tomorrow 😉

Check-ins/Updates:

Before I begin:

Admittedly, not super interested in reading this… But, my book club, which is, is one I really enjoy and trust! Love that is uses the readalong format! The discussions are really good 👍🏽 They catch, and point out, details I miss, all the time! So based on that I’ll join in 😉 

Based off the Amazon summary, there’ll be a jilter groom, which sounds fun 🤔 Its friends to lovers, which I love ❤️ 

Got the audiobook through Anyplay so that’s how I’ll read it!

Chapter 1 – 6

This follows pretty well after Window Shopping 🛍 The butt scene was hilarious 😆😂 Didn’t really feel until after that Elijah was so affected by Addison until after that scene 🧐 This does read well 👍🏽 I, also, didn’t know much going into this, so I’m unexpectedly impressed 👍🏽 Elijah or Aiden? What romance reasons am I missing? 🤷🏽‍♀️ Might have to reread the ornament scene 🤦🏼‍♀️ Don’t remember listening to it… Aiden’s resilience 👏🏽 Him being jilted make wonder 💭 🤔 WHY? Like that Neomi isn’t villainized 🦹‍♀️

Not sure I understand getting an ebook on my kindle through the library… Help please? 🙏🏾

Chapter 7 – 12

In this section, we get the 1st sex scene. Listening to the audiobook… Was worried about it, but it wasn’t that bad… Officially into ‘it’s complicated’ territory 😱 Not sure this can be entirely categorized as friends to lovers 🤷🏽‍♀️ but they pine/long for each other 🧐 🤨 Got glimpses of Addison and Elijah are territorial with each other 😂 Elijah acknowledges they’ve been drinking, want to talk about it, which I 100% agree with 👍🏽 Maintaining a healthy relationship as friends after sex 🤔 Interesting a house swap is thrown in the mix 🤔 Addison decides to let Elijah go 🥲

I enjoy blogging my reading, so I have 2 seperate places where I put them 1) MY reactions to the reading and 2) response to the thread 👆🏼😉

This is part of why I love surrounding myself with pictures 🕵️‍♀️ Not saying it can lead to sex, but it was 🔥 then 😂 Sick bed/caretaking scenes ♥️♥️♥️ Elijah masturbation inspiration 👍🏽😂 I feel freedom is commonly explored as a theme 🤔 Seeing how characters are billionaires, rock stars, etc. privacy is constantly explored 🤷🏽‍♀️

Chapters 13 – 18

This section was 🔥 and explores the line between lovers and friends 🤔 Understand Addison’s insecurity, hard to tell being a rebound to the real thing, Addison and Elijah put in work (and have more sex 😏) But I think that’s where romance gets it 👍🏽 the sex scenes move the story forward 🧐

Granted got lost on the thread 😱 so things may be unaddressed 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Elijah is the opposite of what I look for, but I like him 😂

Didn’t know this was TB’s favorite amongst her books 🤔

That’s why I thought I’d like contemporaries less 👆🏼, but I find I like them 😂

Kayaking in memory of her grandmother felt unexplored…

Appreciate how there’s no rape or sexual assault in TB’s books 😁👏🏽

The dome metaphor 👆🏼 I admit I didn’t get it until I saw your comments 🤦🏼‍♀️

Chapters 19 – 24

Understand Elijah’s worry. Fearing the safety of lives ones is understandable. In a way, I find it nice 😊 Neomi back in town, knew it would happen 🤔 Preston’s existence in this story is to serve as plot device 😂 Uses Elijah’s jealousy 😤 There are a good amount of sex scenes 🔥 On a desk, against a cabinet 😂 The “I love you” scene was heartbreaking 💔 Feel for Addison. She’s already insecure about Neomi… this too?! Don’t think Elijah doesn’t care for her deeply, but that scene…

• Understand Elijah’s worry. Fearing the safety of lives ones is understandable. In a way, I find it nice 😊 Neomi back in town, knew it would happen 🤔 Preston’s existence in this story is to serve as plot device 😂 Uses Elijah’s jealousy 😤 There are a good amount of sex scenes 🔥 On a desk, against a cabinet 😂 The “I love you” scene was heartbreaking 💔 Feel for Addison. She’s already insecure about Neomi… this too?! Don’t think Elijah doesn’t care for her deeply, but that scene…
• Revisiting the role of public opinion 🤔 Understanding love languages 👍🏽 I agree ☝🏽 Neomi needs to explain. Elijah, being a politician, makes it impossible to keep their relationship just them.

Chapters 25 – Epilogue

End of book 📖

That was a pleasant read 😁 Lots of sex 😂 The river scene made for a good 3rd act conflict 👍🏽 The truth between Addison and Neomi 😯 Good segway into book 2 🤔 Elijah proposing in the epilogue 👏🏽 This book wasn’t too deep, which I enjoyed 😄

Fore warning ⚠️ having a hard time finding where posts from today’s reading is…. Good rule of thumb 😊 BOLD chapter summaries please 🙏🏾

Sunday

Resumed From Lucav, With Love

4 year age gap between Jasmine and Ivan 🤔 Meet Jasmine’s family

Media (shoes, movies 🍿, music 🎶):

Skating ⛸ 🍿 🤔 Cutting Edge, Miracle, Mighy Ducks 🦆

Monday

Resumed From Lucav, With Love

Jasmine tells her family 😂 This was a long chapter >2 hours Chapter 3 & 4 >2 hours 😱 POV doesn’t change with each chapter (long chapters make reading slower and less enjoyable) 👇🏼

Jasmine tells her mom

Started Getaway Girl

Enjoy getting a handle on a new story! Chapters alternate POV- Addison & Elijah 🤔 Takes Elijah to her apartment 😏 Take Elijah in 😏 Elijah back to life… New love interest 💡Elijah and Addison on page together 😍 cohabitation factor 😏 Know Addition is into Elijah, is Elijah?! 🤷🏽‍♀️ Is it based on how many chapters I’ve already read?!

Tuesday

Resumed Getaway Girl

Read the chapters for today 👏🏽 Set up for today. I usually go on the discord thread and copy and paste its contents in messages, so I can use text to speech 😏 Do the reading then gather my thoughts 💭 and add it to the thread. ⚾️ but escalating ⚾️⚾️⚾️ Addison decides to let Elijah go 🥲

Resumw From Lucav, With Love

Mom supports partnership opportunity but questions it…

Jasmine’s conditions +1) equal responsibility (Jasmine will hive all) +2) guaranteed new partner

Wednesday

Resumed Getaway Girl

Kayaking Related to grandmother. Elijah follows Addison out 😏 DTR 😱 Knowledge Elijah-Neomi just broke up… Caviates 1) own rooms 😏 Back at mansion 😏 ⚾️⚾️⚾️ Addison’s post-sex thoughts 💭 Not wanting to get used to this…. Axe 🪓 into master 😱 ⚾️⚾️ ➡️ ⚾️⚾️⚾️

Resumed From Lucav, With Love

Jasmine 🙋‍♀️ coaching and choreography costs. Jasmine will cover her wardrobe and travel 🧳 Pre-partnership check up 👩‍⚕️ Partnership logistics 🧐 Start tomorrow 😬

Resumed Then Came You

Alex catches Lily 😱 Alex 😡😤🤬 Alex gets Henry 😉 Evidence of Henry’s floggings angry 😡😤🤬 Henry goes to Raiford Park. Lily orchestrates a kiss with Zachery in front of Alex 😯 Meet Henry 😱 Lily playing cards with Henry 😏 Play cards. Lily cheats 😏 Alex is good 😂🤣😊😇 Aunt Sally 🙋‍♀️ Alex dreamn of Lily 😏 Alex catches Lily slaap walking 🧟‍♀️😂 Nic 🥲 Alex tries to sooth Lily 👏🏽 ⚾️ See Caroline 😳 Lily humiliated 😤 Zachary goes to Raiford Park 🤔 Alex drunk 🥴 Alex asks Zachary about Lily 😂 Alex calls out Zachary 👊🏼 Kick Lily out. Pack her things 😤 😡

Thursday

Resumed Getaway Girl

Morning of bed destruction 🤯 Call from Elijah ❤️ New bed 🛏 Meditation room ➡️ ornament room 🙌🏽 ⚾️⚾️⚾️ Inauguration ⚾️⚾️⚾️ Addison says “I love you” 😱 Expectations and automatic replies 🤔 Addison leaves 😤 😡

Resumed From Lucav, With Love

The next day. Day 1 of practice. 4 hours into practice and Jasmine falls 🤦🏼‍♀️😱😂

Jasmine sees Galina and her new student. Ask Lina what She told Nancy about her 🤷🏽‍♀️

Resumed Then Came You

Lily leaving. Say 👋🏾 to Henry. Invite Henry to Craven’s 😉 Lily’s trap for Alex 😏 Bind Alex 😂 ⚾️ Lily stays on him ⚾️ Friction 😏 Letter 🤔 Count Giuseppe in London 😮 Giuseppe getting money 💰 from Lily 😱

Friday

Resumed Getaway Girl

Addison’s presence noticed 😱 Elijah regretful 🥲 Confront Virginia 👊🏼 Addison plans to leave 😱 Elijah comes home 🏡 Sees Addison’s taken her things. Neomi visits. Addison in a storm ⛈ Spread her grandmother’s ashes 🥲 Water getting rougher, island shrinking 😱😱 Kayak getting thrashed by waves 😱😱😱 Overturned kayak 😱😱😱😱 Find Addison 😉 Elijah tells Addison “I love you” ⚾️ Elijah proposes 💍

Resumed From Lucav, With Love

Resumed Then Came You

Saturday