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Monday Musts: Labor Day Edition

Monday Musts is a weekly event, started and hosted by Jessica @ Lovin' Los Libros , which asks you to highlight your must read, must listen and must see! MUST READ! Politically Incorrect  by Jeanne McDonald From Goodreads : Sex. Lies. Greed. Power. Scandal. Politics. Political strategist, Elizabeth McNeal has been called a lot of things throughout her career—bitch being at the top of the list—but she doesn’t let it get to her. She’s bold, she’s blunt, and she takes orders from no one. This is how she’s survived working in a man’s world. She’s the master of diversion, and her specialty is winning an election—no matter the cost.  That is, until she meets her new client, Democratic candidate, Congressman William Baxter. Kind, considerate, insanely handsome, honest, and ten years her junior, he’s a unicorn among politicians. He infuriates her. He challenges her. Most of all, he makes her see past the scandalous world of politics and helps her to disc...

Monday Musts: Natalie Ross' Narration, Sonic Youth & Catching up on Links!

Monday Musts is a weekly event, started and hosted by Jessica @ Lovin' Los Libros , which asks you to highlight your must read, must listen and must see! MUST READ! Up Close and Dangerous  by Linda Howard From Goodreads : Bailey Wingate's scheming adult stepchildren are surprised when their father's will leaves Bailey in control of their fortune, and war ensues. A year later, while flying from Seattle to Denver in a small plane, Bailey nearly dies herself when the engine sputters --- and then fails. Cam Justice, her sexy Texan pilot, manages to crash-land the aircraft. Stranded in the wilderness, and struggling to douse her feelings for the ruggedly handsome man by her side, Bailey begins to wonder whether this was a mere accident. Who tampered with their plane? Who's trying to reunite Bailey and her husband in the afterlife? Cut off from the world, and with little hope of rescue, Bailey must trust her life --- and heart --- to Cam, as th...

Monday Musts: Summer Sisters, Doyle Bramhall II, and LOTS of Links

Monday Musts is a weekly event, started and hosted by Jessica @ Lovin' Los Libros , which asks you to highlight your must read, must listen and must see! MUST READ! Summer Sisters  by Judy Blume From Goodreads : In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard's world changed forever—-when Caitlin Somers chose her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomed Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on Martha's Vineyard, a magical, wind-blown island where two friends became summer sisters... Now, years later, Vix is working in New York City. Caitlin is getting married on the Vineyard. And the early magic of their long, complicated friendship has faded. But Caitlin has begged Vix to come to her wedding, to be her maid of honor. And Vix knows that she will go—for the friend whose casual betrayals she remembers all too well. Because Vix wants to understand wh...

Monday Musts: The Blue Bistro, The Brian Jonestown Massacre & TONS of Bookish Links

Monday Musts is a weekly event, started and hosted by Jessica @ Lovin' Los Libros , which asks you to highlight your must read, must listen and must see! MUST READ! The Blue Bistro  by Elin Hilderbrand From Goodreads : Adrienne Dealey has spent the past six years working for hotels in exotic resort towns. This summer she has decided to make Nantucket home. Left flat broke by her ex-boyfriend, she is desperate to earn some fast money. When the desirable Thatcher Smith, owner of Nantucket's hottest restaurant, is the only one to offer her a job, she wonders if she can get by with no restaurant experience. Thatcher gives Adrienne a crash course in the business...and they share an instant attraction. But there is a mystery about their situation: what is it about Fiona, the Blue Bistro's chef, that captures Thatcher's attention again and again? And why does such a successful restaurant seem to be in its final season before closing its doors for goo...

Monday Musts: The Raven King, D'Angelo Kills Me & So Many Great Bookish Links

Monday Musts is a weekly event, started and hosted by Jessica @ Lovin' Los Libros , which asks you to highlight your must read, must listen and must see! MUST READ! The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4)  by Maggie Stiefvater From Goodreads : The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater. All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. She doesn't believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem, but as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore. Without spoilers, this series is EVERYTHING !!!!!!!!!!!! MUST LISTEN! D'Angelo ft. Princess - Sometimes It Snows In April (Prince cover) Favorite song, most beautiful tribute ever, ever. MUST SEE! This space is dedicated to my favorite book blog posts every week since I don...

Monthly Recap: March 2016

Number of Books Read I read (well, including two DNFs at around 50%) 19 books in March: Highest rating One book was a 4.5 Star rating! Lowest rating Two DNFs Best read of the month Book which surprised me the most Fictional crush of the month Three books I’m looking forward to reading next month I really could just say TRK but I can't wait for all of these!                    Monthly Recap Reviews The Passenger by Lisa Lutz In Real Life by Jessica Love Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop Save Me, Kurt Cobain by Jenny Manzer Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes Just Fall by Nina Sadowsky Li...