11/27 is my rebirthday, or the anniversary of my 1st stroke 🥲 But choose to commemorate it, turning a life changing thing to a positive one 😂
As a gift, for anyone who cares, I’ve been putting together a podcast (with some help ❤️) 😉 I thought we can base it off blog posts, transforming my compute-based 👩💻 blog into a 📱 podcast 😁😇 My cohost is my partner (of 13* years 😏). We”ll eventually have guests 😉 Please bear with us as we work out the kinks! 🙏🏾
Ahared on my Instagram stories! @listenwithprecious 😉 Things look to be in order! Excited for it! 😁😄 This project is not just me! My friend Casey Gin has kindly been helping me as the sound engineer 👨💻 👏🏽
I’ve been hearing about this series for a while, so I’m excited to finally read it 👏🏽 On the surface, based off the description (from Amazon), there’s going to be a marriage of convenience, which I like 🤗 I guess I’ll know more in time ⏱
After reading the st chapter, think I remember this story more 🤔 It’s so much more than I can read on Amazon.
Chapter 6
Still have a fair amount of questions 🤔 But I ♥️ Farah & Dougan! 😍 Sure, their love was young, but it was beautiful
This book has unexpected darkness 😱 I know I should’ve been warned beforehand but 🤷🏽♀️
Chapter 17
Idk 🤷🏽♀️ if it’s me or my current mind space, but not enjoying this book like I anticipated. Maybe because I heard the hype 🤷🏽♀️ There are parts I enjoy 😊 The whole Dougan arc 👏🏽😍 I’m definitely intrigued 🤔 Her relationship with Blackwell is a little insta-lovey (which I usually dislike). The book is the typical length of a book, but it’s running a little slow 🐢 At this point, I’d normally anticipate a 3rd act conflict, but I still have so many questions 🤔 Namely, who is Farah Leigh Townsend?
End of book 📖
Still trying to establish some kind of procedure 😂 Like structure and order 🤓😂 So far, coincides with my Instagram stories 😂
For a potentially dark story, light ending 😁 and, seemingly mundane, epilogue 🤔 But makes me intrigued by the series 🧐😂🤓
Pandemic is still here and a booster for the vaccine 💉 was synthesised. Side effects after getting it are the same as the vaccine 💉 (see Vaccine 💉 Update
As with the vaccine 💉, anxious about how my body will react 🤔 But I know I have to get it 🙏🏾
Felt slightly late to the show here, but thinking 🤔 of getting it Friday through my city. But better late than never!
Been hearing most people just encounter arm soreness, but side effects can be the safe as the vaccine 💉. So I’ll be following a similar care regimen as the vaccine 💉
Just to reiterate 😉
1. Drink lots of water 💧
2. Keep moving my arm. Arm rotations have helped me A LOT! 👏🏽
3. Take Vitamin D and C.
Getting the booster Saturday 🤞🏼
Getting my booster through my city 🌃🙌🏽 Seemed like an efficient system and setup! The booster is 1/2 the vaccine 💉 dose!
Injection caused limited bleeding 🩸😁 Started doing arm rotations right away 👍🏽 Really just have 🤞🏼 a sore arm. Feels heavy and it’s sensitive to touch.
Note: Copying and pasting is proving to be more different 🙏🏾
Check-ins/Updates:
Before I begin:
Girl from the wrong side of the tracks 🤔 I’m intrigued. Turns out Cassandra has conned (and successfully charmed) the Duke of Greyland 😂 She needs his help, years later 😂 For, what looks like a good 👍🏽 time 😁😂😇
Prologue – Chapter 4
How everything is being set up promises to be a fun story 👏🏽 Not information dumping but informative! From the beginning they’re brought together again 😂
Martin gives me evil villain 🦹♂️ vibes. Cassandra wants to be good 😊 but, as commonly happens in life, hardship can lead to poor decisions 🤔 Can’t blame Cassandra but wish she’d find another way 🤞🏼
In the last book, we noted names of gaming hells 🤔 What’s the name of Martin’s gaming hell?
Quotes 👇🏽 from my reading that I reacted to! Also, I will try to summarize the last scene in the section!
Finish up with my thoughts 💭 at the end of each section too!
You always want, what you can’t have 😉
Expectations are added pressure 🤔
Caught!
True!
Is that really honorable though? 🤔
No one wants things half finished 😏
Complement in an insult? Reminds me of Bridgeton 🤔
Sad realities 🥲
Last scene: Alex decides, while talking to Ellingsworth, he’d marry Cassandra
The groundwork was successfully lain 👍🏽 Quotes that really resonated with me were related to roles and expectations, which are a major driving force for everyone
Chapter 5 – Chapter 8
True to his word, Alex is there for Cassandra ♥️ From paying staff to taking Cassandra in (future cohabitation 😏) to helping her search for Martin. Underandanly, people are mistrustful and skeptical 🤨 But you can see Cassandra is trying! She has her faults but wouldn’t do anything like this 😱 Alex is very honorable in this section (but when isn’t he?)
Last scene: Meet Mrs. Rose Donavan
🥲
Truth
🙌🏽
🥲
Ouch 🤕
Sometimes you just want to
Being pensive 🤔 🧐
😱🥲
The suspence can just eat away at you
Evedence of Alex’s unlovability 😱🥲
It’s like yelling 🔥 in a crowded theatre 🤔
A subject that needs to be address, sooner than later
I understand Cassandra…
Another way of saying “You don’t know my life!”. 🤔
Ouch 🤕
Avoidance.
Capitalism is alive and well!
I feel for Cassandra’s circumstances, BUT I, also, understand Alex’s feelings. With his low image of his lovability (not saying it’s wrong but unfortunate).
Only had quotes if I read them in my ebook! Read the audiobook too 😂 Exercised restraint 😏 Waited until we caught up on the chapters!
Chapter 9 – Chapter 13
Alex and Cassandra are in full pursuit of Martin, learning more about each other, in the process 😏 But their attraction is UNDERSTANDABLE 🤗 Not going to name specifics, but this section is fun-(NY 😂).
Last scene: Orchid Club shindig over. In the cold 🥶 morning, Alex hugs Cassandra to keep her warm 🤗
Again, refraining from posting as I read (like usual) so I don’t accidentally spoil anything 😂 Been told I do that 😂
Quotes to come! 😂
Chapter 14 – Chapter 17
This section really amps up the story! Feels more Cassandra-centric 🤔 Trying not to give too much away 🤷🏽♀️ But the quotes might fo that 🤦🏼♀️😇 You’ve been warned! ⚠️😂
Quotes 👇🏽
Including them in my book club discord is too hard, but they’ll be here! Only chapters I read on my ebookare included 😉
This is an expected trajectory for the plot 🤔
Last scene: Cassandra, Lacey, and Lacey’s 2 lackeys at Walden Gardens
Chapter 18 – Epilogue
Alex saves her 😍 Was that really a question?
Cassandra is a relatively independent (yet dependent) character 🤔 She believes its her against the world 🌎
Alex came for her 👏🏽 Liked Ellingsworth and Langdon’s involvement to help make them happen 😁
End of book 📖
Not overly deep but satisfying 👍🏽 No plot holes I’m aware of. The story was relatively light with likeable characters. Liked the untraditional epilogue 👏🏽, where it highlights happy endings aren’t just marriage ank kids (it can be, but not the only outcome)
Check-ins/Updates: Before I begin: Girl from the wrong side of the tracks 🤔 I’m intrigued. Turns out Cassandra has conned (and successfully charmed) the Duke of Greyland 😂 She needs his help, years later 😂 For, what looks like a good 👍🏽 time 😁😂😇 Prologue – Chapter 4 How everything is being set up promises to be a fun story 👏🏽 Not information dumping but informative! From the beginning they’re brought together again 😂 Martin gives me evil villain 🦹♂️ vibes. Cassandra wants to be good 😊 but, as commonly happens in life, hardship can lead to poor decisions 🤔 Can’t blame Cassandra but wish she’d find another way 🤞🏼 In the last book, we noted names of gaming hells 🤔 What’s the name of Martin’s gaming hell? Quotes 👇🏽 from my reading that I reacted to! Also, I will try to summarize the last scene in the section! Finish up with my thoughts 💭 at the end of each section too! You always want, what you can’t have 😉 Expectations are added pressure 🤔 Caught! True! Is that really honorable though? 🤔 No one wants things half finished 😏
Complement in an insult? Reminds me of Bridgeton 🤔
Sad realities 🥲 Last scene: Alex decides, while talking to Ellingsworth, he’d marry Cassandra The groundwork was successfully lain 👍🏽 Quotes that really resonated with me were related to roles and expectations, which are a major driving force for everyone Chapter 5 – Chapter 8 True to his word, Alex is there for Cassandra ♥️ From paying staff to taking Cassandra in (future cohabitation 😏) to helping her search for Martin. Underandanly, people are mistrustful and skeptical 🤨 But you can see Cassandra is trying! She has her faults but wouldn’t do anything like this 😱 Alex is very honorable in this section (but when isn’t he?) Last scene: Meet Mrs. Rose Donavan 🥲 Truth 🙌🏽 🥲 Ouch 🤕 Sometimes you just want to Being pensive 🤔 🧐 😱🥲 The suspence can just eat away at you Evedence of Alex’s unlovability 😱🥲 It’s like yelling 🔥 in a crowded theatre 🤔 A subject that needs to be address, sooner than later I understand Cassandra… Another way of saying “You don’t know my life!”. 🤔 Ouch 🤕 Avoidance. Capitalism is alive and well! I feel for Cassandra’s circumstances, BUT I, also, understand Alex’s feelings. With his low image of his lovability (not saying it’s wrong but unfortunate). Only had quotes if I read them in my ebook! Read the audiobook too 😂 Exercised restraint 😏 Waited until we caught up on the chapters! Chapter 9 – Chapter 13 Alex and Cassandra are in full pursuit of Martin, learning more about each other, in the process 😏 But their attraction is UNDERSTANDABLE 🤗 Not going to name specifics, but this section is fun-(NY 😂). Last scene: Orchid Club shindig over. In the cold 🥶 morning, Alex hugs Cassandra to keep her warm 🤗 Again, refraining from posting as I read (like usual) so I don’t accidentally spoil anything 😂 Been told I do that 😂 Quotes to come! 😂
Chapter 14 – Chapter 17 This section really amps up the story! Feels more Cassandra-centric 🤔 Trying not to give too much away 🤷🏽♀️ But the quotes might fo that 🤦🏼♀️😇 You’ve been warned! ⚠️😂 Quotes 👇🏽 Including them in my book club discord is too hard, but they’ll be here! Only chapters I read on my ebook are included 😉 This is an expected trajectory for the plot 🤔
Last scene: Cassandra, Lacey, and Lacey’s 2 lackeys at Walden Gardens Chapter 18 – Epilogue Alex saves her 😍 Was that really a question? Cassandra is a relatively independent (yet dependent) character 🤔 She believes its her against the world 🌎 Alex came for her 👏🏽 Liked Ellingsworth and Langdon’s involvement to help make them happen 😁 End of book 📖 Not overly deep but satisfying 👍🏽 No plot holes I’m aware of. The story was relatively light with likeable characters. Liked the untraditional epilogue 👏🏽, where it highlights happy endings aren’t just marriage ank kids (it can be, but not the only outcome)
Received: 11/12/21 (Taking note helps me keep a record 😉)
Note:Attained 👇 information from the CDC, had to copy & paste information from the website to ensure there’re are no typos!
Got mines from a community pharmacy, made an appointment day of 👏🏽
Woke up feeling anxious about this 😂😅 because I felt this was something to get sooner. 🤷🏽♀️ But luckily I’ve just been home 🏡 Apparently people get it as soon as August 🤔
Always a little nervous with shots (on blood thinners, which can lead to prolongued and excessive bleeding). But 🤞🏼 my dosage is small 😁 Luckily, I saw no bleeding 🩸
The key 🔑 aspect of the flu shot is that a small-deactivated virus is injected into you (what all vaccines are) meant to get your immune response making antibodies that fight off germs (or pathogens)
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