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Likes: Humor, Scifi, Fantasy, YA, Romance, and, above all else, unforgettable characters. Dislikes: Unnecessary filler, gurus, tropes (except when I like them), and life advice in ten steps or less.

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Macho, macho man. I gotta be a macho man.

The Burnt Toast B&B (Bluewater Bay Book 5) by Heidi Belleau and Rachel Haimowitz

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CBR16 Bingo: Vintage Derrick is a screw up, or at least he thinks he is. Laid off from his logging job, he moved back home to his parents’ house, which is also a B&B in the small Pacific Northwest town of Bluewater Bay. Losing his parents in a car accident was devastating, and watching their dreams crumble beneath his incompetent fingers is too much to bear. Derrick barely maintains the B&B and relies heavily on Jim, his ex, for emotional support and occasional dog sitting […]

You’re the right kind of sinner to release my inner fantasy.

Here for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang

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“I don’t have to sleep with him on our Honeymoon,” Lauren says. “They actually encourage you to just spend the night, like, kissing. Talking about vulnerable stuff you wouldn’t want to discuss on-camera.” “Right. And there’s a lot of vulnerable stuff you need to tell him,” Damian says. “For instance, you need to tell him you don’t like guys.” ― Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang, Here for the Wrong Reasons She didn’t see rampant homophobia so much as she never saw a happy gay future […]

Everything is 100% off if you don’t buy it.

Don't Be Trashy: A Practical Guide to Living with Less Waste and More Joy: A Minimalism Book by Tara McKenna

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Buy for your real life: Remember those high-heeled boots I bought that were perfect for life in New York City? I didn’t buy those for my real life, unfortunately. Figure out what you tend to buy for your fantasy life, and face the reality that perhaps those things aren’t for you. ― Tara McKenna, Don’t Be Trashy: A Practical Guide to Living with Less Waste and More Joy CBR16 Bingo: Cult I have anxiety. Every time I unwrap something packaged in plastic, or when I […]

I’d need a nap, but hey, you do you.

Best Served Hot by Amanda Elliot

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“I want to keep things anything but professional,” he said, voice low. It thrummed somewhere deep in my stomach. “I mean, unless you want to keep things professional.” I traced my own thumbs over his palms. They curled reflexively up into my hands. “I want you to stop saying the word professional. And thinking it.” I swallowed hard. Once I said this, there was no going back. But I didn’t want to go back. “I don’t want to keep things professional. At all.” “Then we’re […]

Loving you isn’t the right thing to do.

Luca (Gentlemen of the Emerald City Book 1) by L.A. Witt

Reluctant Rockstar: Reluctant Rockstar #1 by Francis Fox

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CBR16 Bingo: Scandal Luca (Gentlemen of the Emerald City Book 1) by L.A. Witt Three stars It’s the start of the off-season and Ethan is lonely. As a professional hockey player for the Seattle Breakers, dating is hard. However, being one of the few out players on his team, his dating life is closely watched. Since he’s on the road most of the time, he doesn’t have time to date, let alone meet someone he actually wants to date. Touch-starved and depressed, he opens up […]

Now I’m craving scones, tea, and a nap in a cozy railcar

The Mimicking of Known Successes: The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti #1 by Malka Older

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CBR16 Bingo: Earth Day A man vanishes off the platform on the edge of the planet. No one saw him leave but his sudden disappearance is noticed by the small community of people who call this sparsely populated platform home. Mossa, an official investigator, is sent to find out what happened to him. After her initial search turns up nothing but a small lead, she travels to Valdegeld and seeks out Pleiti, a classical Earth researcher and her ex-girlfriend. The story is told from Pleiti’s […]



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