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The Tortured Poets Department. An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time - one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure. This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted. This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it.

And then all that’s left behind is the tortured poetry.

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT is out now.

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My March Books

Hi! Everyone these are the books I have read this month, there are 8 of them. As you can see most of them are romances short stories, and a mystery. As always I have the Goodreads links for you to check out:

Snowed Inn (Freedom Valley#6) (Erin Branscom): The last installment of this series had glimpses of our couples from the previous books and introduced us to a new one with great chemistry and a love for food. Holly was funny, spunky, and a great cook and Beau was the perfect example of a grumpy exterior and soft interior protagonist with a painful past. I also loved the side characters of Hank, Beau’s brother, and Ophelia, Holly’s best friend, and their respective romance. I want a short story of their relationship after this book so that I can return to Freedom Valey. I liked that this book was in the winter and the Golden Gable Inn and the scenes with Sasha, the cook, and the igloos in the yard. I recommend all the series. You can only read this one but the whole series is amazing.

Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (Hannah Swenson #4) (Joanne Fluke): I like this series of cozy mysteries as I love Hannah Swenson and her family in Lake. I like the recipes the author gives every five chapters or so. I like that the mysteries are easy and if you think a little you can help Hannah solve them. I loved in all of them to see how Hannah’s relationships with her neighbors are faring, especially those with Mike and Norman. I loved her little sister Michelle whom we were introduced to in this one. Overall, it was a delightful book to read.

The Undercover Santa (Spying on Love #1) (Jo Davies): That was a fun short story with a double point of view and a fun open ending. I read both in the same morning on my commute to work, so it was a great and fun start for me.

The Undisclosed Panda (Spying on Love #2) (Jo Davies): The second part of the previous story with a happy ending and unexpected twists, but not too many for a six-chapter short story, to the story's mystery. It was a great detour of the tea district in Shanghai too, as the two go there to solve the mystery and have their first date.

Pardon My French Press (Coffee Loft #2) (J. P. Sterling): The second short story of the Coffee Loft series was based in New York City, which I loved as it was a good development of the characters and the shop itself. I liked the personalities of the two protagonists, Portia and Christian, who have a sense of humor with lots of sarcasm. I loved the relationships of the two protagonists with their families and neighbors. It is a classic enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance in a coffee shop in New York something that made it special to me as one of my films, You’ve Got a Mail. I will recommend it to someone who is searching for something small to it.

A Pinch of Salt (Lucy Marin): This retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set in a Canadian cooking show was pretty good and has the preceptive of many of the characters, especially those who participate in the competition. I loved that the author did not include the affair between Lydia and Wickham but had their characters as close to them as she could in these circumstances. It also has the main themes and the personalities of the characters are the same as the original. It was really with good description of the food and the emotions of the two protagonists. It was a good modern retelling of a classic.

The Sitcom Star (Chu’s Restaurant #1) (Jackie Lau): This was a cute novella with two former classmates who reacquainted and started to spend time together. The difference in the novella is that the female protagonist is a famous star of an Asian- American sitcom which she produces and writes the script. I loved the fun and cute moments the protagonists had with each other, their friends, and their families too.

The Reluctant Heartthrob (Chu’s Restaurant #2) (Jackie Lau): This cute novella and second story of this series surrounds the male protagonist of the series who is a grumpy Shakespeare-loving actor. The female protagonist is a data scientist who might have autism but she hasn’t had a formal review, so she doesn’t know for sure. I loved the representation in this one and the relationship between them as I love the grumpy/ sunshine type of books.

#my reading #books #freedom valley series #jo davies #spying on love series #joanne fluke #hannah swenson #coffee loft series #pride and Prejudice retelling #lucy marin #a pinch of salt #chu's restaurant #jackie lau

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Pre-order the new edition of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT with an exclusive bonus track for a limited time on my website now

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Emma Stone as Bella Baxter in 'Poor Things' (2024) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

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Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me.

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Pre-order the new edition of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT with exclusive bonus track “The Albatross”on my website now

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February Reads 2024

Hi! Everyone, that was a fun month with lots of romance and a young adult book. As you can see, I read only 7 books this month but I liked all of them in different ways. As always I will have the links in Goodreads for you to check out if you want:

Accidentally His (Designated Debutantes #3) (Sabrina Jeffries): I liked the series overall, especially this one. This one concerns the youngest sister Verity and her romance with Colonel Walford who just returned from the Napolean Wars in the Peninsula. We learn in the beginning that the truth is that he is a spy for the British and he has already been in the sister's events because of his work. It is hilarious and the bluntness of the protagonists makes it even better. I recommend it for everyone who likes regency romance as it has all the elements of a good one.

The Poisoned Prince (Once Upon a Prince #6) (Kristin J. Dawson): This retelling was good enough and I liked it. The Huntsman and the Princess/ Servant plot in this Snow White retelling was good, and the Snow and Max was a cute friends-to-lovers relationship with a perfect magical twist to tie it all together. So far, the books in this series have been amazing and I recommend them.

The Breakup Tour (Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka): That book surprised me at every turn as I didn’t expect it to be so good. I thought it would be a standard exes-to-lovers romance with a popstar plotline and songs in the mix. But it was so much more for me because it gave the emotions of the two main characters in such a way that made it unique. I loved the music part and would like to know the playlist that inspired this one because it can’t be only Taylor Swift but also the old standards that Max played in the retirement home he manages. The main characters were amazing Riley was witty and thoughtful in a way that made me both sorry and mad at her but also happy and I wanted her to believe in herself and the magic that her lyrics made and Max was emotional, sympathetic, and loyal in his believes that I wanted so much this book to have the happy ending it deserved. I recommend it to every Taylor Swift and music fan too. If you believe music is a memory like me, this book is for you.

The Takeover (Cara Tanamachi): This was a fun read and it was the first book I read from that author. Let me tell you something, ever since I remember I wanted to learn about Asian countries and their cultures, especially China and Japan. Even if this one is mostly about two Asian- American it has many things that help you learn about different cultures. It has many things about food, especially Ramen, and a really funny scene about it between the two protagonists, Nami and Jae. It was a good enemies-to-lovers romance who always competed in high school and later in their jobs. I loved the side characters like the employers in Toggle or their families. It was adorable.

The Silver Prince (Once Upon a Prince #7) (Lynsey Hall): I only know Barbie’s version of this fairy tale but love it, so I barely knew where I was going. I love this version even more of the two Princesses and their friends in a curse with everyone who tried to rescue them. I loved the characters of both Andres, Isadora, and Livia but also those of Amma, the historian, Gus, the gardener, and Dominic, the shoemaker. It has mystery because of the curse but also romance music and folklore between the two countries of the protagonists. I would recommend it to everyone because it is a book that if you like, you would read in one sitting like me.

The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2) (Rick Riordan): As many of you already know, I love Greek mythology and I have many versions over the years. This version of Jason and the Golden Fleece was good and a modern version of it has many differences but is also an adventure story for teens and young adults. It didn’t have much of Grover in it as it was also a saving mission for him except for Percy’s dream sequences which were both terrifying and funny. It had the same humor as the first one but also more battle sequences, as it was in the sea, and especially the Bermuda Triangle was in the sea. We also learned more about Percy’s prophecy and his connection with Cronos. It was a good and fun to read.

#my reading #pjo books #rick riordan #once upon a p rince #designing debutantes #the breakup tour #emily wibberley #austin siegemund broka #cara tanamachi #the takeover

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percy: 🤔 → 😊

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My January 2024 Reads

Hi everyone, as every month I would like to review the books I read this month was such a fun one because it had everything from demigods and monsters to fantasy stories and romances and I liked most of them. Also, I finally found two books of one of my favorite series I read last year and I am very excited to talk about them here. There are nine of them so let’s start I will leave also the Goodreads link for you to check them out if you want.

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) (Rick Riordan): I started reading because I started watching the amazing Disney adaptation of it and it was so worth it. The plot was amazing and had adventure, suspense, and everything. I loved the mythology of it. I liked the characters of the gods and the heroes, especially the three protagonists. I also liked learning about the world of the books. It was an enjoyable and entertaining read.

Percy Jackson’s Gods (Rick Riordan): I love Greek mythology and knew all of these stories as I read books about and attended a classroom as a child. I liked Percy’s versions and I loved the writing, how it was from Percy’s point of view and his perception of the gods. It was hilarious. I love that the main Olympians started from the ladies to the men with Zeus in the last place. I liked the illustrations in the electronic version I read too, they were really good. If it were a younger person reading it, the illustrations would carefully capture its attention.

The Wicked Prince (Once Upon A Prince #4) (Celest Baxendell): I loved the story of Robin Hood since I was a little girl and saw Disney’s version of the story as a child. It was a retelling of itself with animals as the characters and I loved it so much that I have seen it, plenty of times since. I liked this once, even if it was very different with the Rodin as a woman and Prince John as her suitor, and not as bad as all the other versions. I liked the protagonists' characters and backstories, especially how Robin went from Roberta to Robin and started poaching. I liked that John was caring and did so much for her like the painting of her parents. I would likely recommend it to someone to give it a try.

The Queen of the Sea (The Wheel of the Crowns #5) (Brandi Elledge): I liked this one as much as I liked most books in this series. They are fantasy, and romance books with a lot of action and plot twists. They have enjoyable characters, action scenes, and many fantasy elements; this was the same in all these departments. I liked Malakian and Sasha and their friends to lovers’ story as it was different from the rest of the series. It still had the keys and the portals but had a different kind of lore that I greatly enjoyed.

The Doomsayer Queen (The Wheel of the Crowns #6) (Brandi Elledge): I loved the last book of this series! I loved the protagonists and Jo was always one of my favorite characters. I also liked that I saw all of my favorite couples in the last chapters of this book, especially as they came together to help Jo who had helped them in all the other books and gave them their love stories. I found pretty funny the fact that she helped everyone else to find their mate and, in the end, she did not recognize he own. I also liked the last vision of the two children, I love the couple that has a child, Tamara, the Zombie Queen, and the Death, Wes, and also another woman that Jo helped. It was a good ending to the series and worth reading.

Spellbound in the Stacks (K. Iwancio): I liked this paranormal romance about a witch, who is a bookstore owner, and if in three weeks she doesn’t find her true love, she will become a cat for the rest of her life. It was a really funny book and it had great characters especially Faeline and Hera, her mother was really good as I had a very strenuous relationship. I loved Aidan too, the firefighter with the nerdy side to him, who is the love interest and hottie you don’t expect from his first appearance in the books, which is very grumpy. It was worth a read for someone who wants a new romantic fantasy to read.

Love at First Sip (The Coffee Loft #1) (Amy Stephens): It was a short story with not much of a plot about a small-town coffee shop owner and her former high school sweetheart. It had a cat that was in a funny scene and funny characters as the employees of the coffee who I would like to know more about if the book wasn’t so short. It was a good story to read if you want a non-complicated one with a happy ending.

The Midnight Prince (Once Upon A Prince #5) (Angie Grigaliunas): I loved this book so much that I finished it in one day. I loved the characters and the magic elements of the story. I loved the Cinderella retelling of it as it had the magic of the fairy godmother in the friend of Allia, but I also liked the mystery and the plot twists of the story that helped me not want to stop. I loved the fae magic, especially as it gave of the world building and to the story. It was a very enjoyable read.

The Naughty Donkey (Agatha Christie): I liked this retelling of a bible story with the donkey that had a character and then helped Jesus Christ. It has meaning to help people to see religion from a different point of view. It is a point that people that you don’t get with a Christie story.

#romance books #books #my ramblings #agatha cristie #short stories #books i read #pjo series #greek gods #once upon a p rince #the coffe loft #the wheel of the crowns #brandi eledge #rick riordan

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