Devil In Winter ❄️ Reading Blog

Check-ins/Updates:

Before I begin:

By this point, I’m invested in the series. It’s just an added bonus it’s Sebastian and Evie’s love story β™₯️ The end of It Happened One Autumn πŸ‚β€™s epilogue alluded to this pairing. And with what I’ve heard from Romancelandia, it’s going to be epic πŸ‘πŸ½πŸ‘πŸ½

Prologue – Chapter 6

Idk πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™€οΈ if it’s because this is the 3rd book but I feel well acquainted to the story’s set up πŸ‘πŸ½ I liked the early utilization of sex, especially since I liked St. Vincent all the way back to It Happened One Autumn πŸ‚ 

Chapter 11 – Chapter 16

Felt Daisy, in this section was really real. This book has a lot of meat to it πŸ€” With ΒΎ wallflowers married, it’s understandable Daisy may feel out of place πŸ€” Enjoyed seeing Cam and Daisy on page together! πŸ‘πŸ½ The celebacy pact between St. Vincent and Evie πŸ‘πŸ½ After Jenner’s passing πŸ₯² St. Vincent is really there for Evie ❀️ Alot happened in this section πŸ€” I feel that, at this point in the story, Evie and St. Vincent are steady. They know of each other’s shotcomings, but it’s ok πŸ‘ŒπŸΌ which I feel makes a relationship stronger πŸ’ͺ🏽 

Chapter 17 – Chapter 22

Jumping between books, needed to refresh my memory πŸ˜‚πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ 

Evie and St. Vincent are πŸ”₯ This book’s premise isn’t too out there but Evie and St. Vincent make like candy 🍭 🍬 It’s just so good and so fun! πŸ€—

This book does deal with dark themes, which was unexpected but juxtaposed with the awesome love line, it never gets too dark πŸ‘πŸ½ So, in that sense, the story seems to give you a goid reading experience πŸ‘ŒπŸΌ!

End of book πŸ“–

Not too plot heavy, but contained some darker moments within a lovely friend group with lots of ❀️ This story is a pleasant mix of light and cute βœ… with still some meat πŸ‘πŸ½ Going into this, expected to enjoy it, but didn’t expect how I felt while reading it. Like going home 🏑 Exciting yet nothing too exciting (just normal 😁) That may not be what everyone looks for but I eat it up like 🍬! The family dynamics in here πŸ€” It was a spectrum.

Life Update 10/3/21

Like I said in https://listenwirhprecious.com/2021/09/30/in-the-works/, postings a little less this week (if y’all care πŸ˜‚) Can’t promise next week won’t be the same, but for sure sundays at 10 am πŸ˜‰ πŸ€—

To make up for a sparser week πŸ‘‡πŸ½ + tried to bulk up the post!

Note: Talk to me in the comments! (Keep it + πŸ™πŸΎ ) New highlight on IG!

https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTMwMjkwMDYwNjg0ODEy?utm_medium=copy_link

Mood: Steady

Currently Reading: witches Get Stickers by Juliette Cross and I started Dark Needs At Night’s Edge by Kressly Cole πŸ˜‰ and Between The Devil And Desire by Lorraine Heath

Walk it out: Will go on a walk today πŸ˜‰

Events I’m excited for:

1st birthday πŸ₯³ week of my goddaughter!

1st birthday πŸ₯³ party 😁

Something good :

Still loving doing book reviews!

Conversations with authors of well-loved series 😁❀️

Readathons to get me in the Halloween πŸŽƒ spirit! πŸ‘‡πŸ½

#loveinthenight

#BangInTheNightBingo

#PNRReadathon

Already know I’ll be blogging πŸ‘†πŸ½πŸ˜‚ Already drafted the posts πŸ˜‰

Something bad:

Woke up early AGAIN

Keeping secrets 🀫 🀐

Something great 😁:

A bookish FB group admin told me more about they’re weekly reading zoom!

New highlight ❀️ Good vibes πŸ‘πŸ½ (Link πŸ‘‡πŸ½)

https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTMwMjkwMDYwNjg0ODEy?utm_medium=copy_link

Updated highlights!

Book quotes βœ… https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTU4NjY4ODYzNDcxMDQ3?utm_medium=copy_link

TBRs/readathons βœ… https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTA3NzkxMjY2ODc4NDEz?utm_medium=copy_link

Collaborations with friends πŸ˜‰ ❀️

Paranoid Romance Readathon πŸ‘»πŸ§›β€β™€οΈπŸΊπŸ˜±

October 8 – 10, 2021

#PNRReadathon

This overlaps nicely πŸ‘πŸ½ with Bang In The Night! A lot of my books πŸ“š overlap and count πŸ‘πŸ½

Had my TBR on my story (find it here! https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTA3NzkxMjY2ODc4NDEz?utm_medium=copy_link) πŸ˜‰ but it’s just Dark Needs At Night’s Edge by Kressly Cole! πŸ˜‚

Note: See Bang In The Night, and posts for my Reading Blog and Book Review at https://listenwirhprecious.com/blog-posts/ for more information for Dark Needs At Night’s Edge!

Friday

Just realized #PNRReadathon started today πŸ€— Do restarted Dark Needs At Night’s Edge by Kresley Cole, which I started on audiobook September 30 and got through Chapter 17 (according to my notes πŸ“) but just thought to start over πŸ˜‚ Already noticing new details πŸ˜‚

Saturday

Finished the chapter in Witches Get Stitches before switching over to Dark Needs At Night’s Edge.

Went dress shopping πŸ› for 2 upcoming weddings πŸ’’ Found my dresses at #ariel Driving to hang out with friends, probably listen 🎧 to Dark Needs At Night’s Edge πŸ˜‚

Already picking up new details πŸ€”

Last scene: Nèomi fascinated by the Wroth brothers story

Sunday

Woke up and read 😁 Last day of the readathon 🀞🏽 I can finish πŸ™πŸΎ

New posts today πŸ€— https://listenwirhprecious.com/blog-posts/

Really don’t know πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™€οΈ how feasible I’d finish but I will try πŸ˜‚

Not going to get my bingo πŸ₯² but it would’ve been this πŸ‘‡πŸ½

Last scene I remember: Conrad trying to convince NΓ¨omi to get him a key πŸ”

Halloween Boo Reading Blog

Nod to Hocus Pocus πŸ˜‰

Novella so short and sweet βœ…

Definitely put me in a Halloween-y mood!

Check-ins/Updates:

Before I begin:

Loved Hocus Pocus ❀️ So excited for a retelling of it! The premise is intriguing πŸ€” A ghost falls in love with a human and crosses over on Halloween πŸŽƒ Sounds promising 🀞🏽 and fun 😍 Not good with horrer though (I’m a scaredy cat πŸ˜‚)

End of book πŸ“–

The twist with Zac was unexpected, but, with all romance (or how they’re supposed to be), we get a happy ending πŸ‘πŸ½ It resolves nicely and leaves you feeling content and happy πŸ€— Like all novellas, you leave wishing there was more! If there was, I’d definitely read it! πŸ‘πŸ½

Apoligize πŸ™πŸΎ for the shorter blog post! Shorter book, shorter blog post πŸ˜‚

Life Update 9/26/21

Mood: Steady

Currently Reading: His Turncoat King by Michelle Diener

Walk it out: Current πŸ₯΅ wave πŸ₯² still between therapies

Events I’m excited for:

Anniversary with my partner ❀️

Day trip Saturday 😁

Something good: Found a new podcast I like πŸ€—

Something bad: Prefer not say, prefer being (+)

Something great 😁: the Romancelandia book community ❀️ love how I can ask bookish Facebook groups questions πŸ€—

Halloween Boo Book Review

My content warnings:

  • Hospital scenes/hospitalization
  • Cheating 

My biases:

  • Can’t stand overt, blatant, and obvious rudeness

Halloween Boo by Sarah Spade 

#1 in Holliday Hunk

Read: September 22, 2021

Star Rating (of 5): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • Novella, so harder to rate πŸ€” 
  • Low angst πŸ‘πŸ½
  • Cute couple 😍

Enjoyment πŸ€—: πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—

  • If you’re looking for something short, fun, sweet πŸ˜‰ 

Heat: πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

  • Due to the length, only 1 scene
  • Enjoy them on page together πŸ‘πŸ½

Intensity (1 to 100): 60%

  • Demerits for quantity

Predictable? (Predictability): N

  • Get a curve ball ⚾️ 

Content warnings: πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™€οΈ

  • None that I saw

Prevalent Tropes: πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™€οΈ

Tropes I like! 😍

  1. Caregiving/sick bed
  2. Fake Dating 
  3. Friends to lovers
  4. Found family
  5. Single parent
  6. Bodyguard 
  7. Marriage of convenience 
  8. Disability rep
  9. Forced proximity 
  10. Wallflower 
  11. Bookish heroine
  12. Only 1 bed πŸ›
  13. Teaching 🏫 
  14. Roadtrip Romance 

How it’s used…

πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™€οΈ

Smutty times πŸ˜‹:

  • 18: Right before midnight 

3-word Summary: Ghosts can love (too!)

POV: 3rd person dual

Thoughts πŸ’­:

  • Living on borrowed time 
  • Carpe diem

Movie/show rec:

  • Hocus Pocus πŸ§™β€β™€οΈ
  • Casper: The Friendly Ghost πŸ‘»

Gilmore Girls (GG): Year In The Life: Summer Watching Blog

Date: September 22, 2021

Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes

Rewatched after initial watch! so definitely rewatable πŸ˜‰πŸ‘πŸ½

Did a β€œseries” guide in a previous post! Will include characters and places not previously stated! πŸ‘‡πŸ½

https://listenwirhprecious.com/2021/09/11/gilmore-girls-year-in-the-life-watching-blog-orientation-guide/

Note: This series is an unofficial reponse to 

This is the podcast link for You’ve Been Gilmored πŸ‘‡πŸ½

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youve-been-gilmored/id1173332540?i=1000431361959

Key πŸ”‘ Players

Andrew – Star’s Hallower

Lane – Star’s Hallower, Rory’s best friend

Zack – Star’s Hallower, Lane’s husband

April – Luke’s daughter

Patty – Star’s Hallower

Jess – Rory’s ex-boyfriend, Luke’s nephew

Exploring πŸ€”

Being back πŸ˜‚/Regressing

Self-exploration

Gilmore Girls (GG): Year In The Life: Spring Watching Blog

Date: September 18, 2021

Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes

Rewatched after initial watch! so definitely rewatable πŸ˜‰πŸ‘πŸ½

Did a β€œseries” guide in a previous post! Will include characters and places not previously stated! πŸ‘‡πŸ½

https://listenwirhprecious.com/2021/09/11/gilmore-girls-year-in-the-life-watching-blog-orientation-guide/

Note: This series is an unofficial reponse to

This is the podcast link for You’ve Been Gilmored πŸ‘‡πŸ½

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youve-been-gilmored/id1173332540?i=1000431361959

Key πŸ”‘ Players

Claudia – Emily’s therapist, therapy Thursdays 10:30

Taylor Doses – Star’s Hallow grocery owner, Star’s Hallow town assemblyman

Sandy – owns an online publication (website- Sandy Says), trying to get Rory to work for her

Gypsie – Star’s Hallow mechanic

Kirk – Star’s Hallower

Neomi – topic of Rory’s biographical book, British

Michum Huntsberger – Logan’s father, works in publishing

Bebet – Star’s Hallower

Lulu – Star’s Hallower, Kirk’s lover

Tristan – Paris’ high school crush

Francie – went to high school with Rory & Paris, Puff

Headmaster Charleston – Chilton principal

Doyle – Paris’ husband

Notable places 🌎

The Dragonfly Inn – Lorelei, Michele, and Sookie’s inn

Exploring πŸ€”

Grief

Finding your place in the world 🌎

Secrets 🀫

More characters from the past 🀞🏽

Life Update 9/19/21

Mood: Steady

Currently Reading: The Turncoat King by

Walk it out: Got the ok πŸ‘ŒπŸΌ from insurance to continue PT πŸ‘πŸ½

Events I’m excited for:

Upcoming 9/23 πŸ˜‰πŸ€—πŸ˜ŠπŸ˜¬πŸ˜€

Something good:

Getting helpful critiques on my blog!

https://listenwirhprecious.com/

Still reviewing!

https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE4MjQ5OTA4MzE0MDM1MDMx?utm_medium=copy_link

Something bad (needs improvement):

Adapted from podcasts I enjoy πŸ˜‰ But prefer to be (+) so important

The path to improvement 😌 It’s filled with constructive criticism

Something great 😁:

Getting constructive criticism πŸ™ŒπŸ½

A friend’s πŸ˜‰ helping me put a suprise together 😁

My partner is in on the suprise! πŸ‘πŸ½