Bookish Q&A

 

 

 

1. Currently Reading

 

 Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City by Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J. Anderson

Vampire Interrupted by Lynsay Sands

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

Thunder in the Mountains by Lon Savage

Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King & Owen King 

 Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales 

 

2. Last book read

 Finished Vampires are Forever by Lynsay Sands recently. It is a book in the Aregenu series of paranormal romances that feature a family of Immortals (they're vampires...) finding their Life Mates. This book focused on Thomas and Inez. I adore Thomas. And Inez is fun. Whole book was a fun read.

 

3. All-time favorite book/series

The Riordan-verse books. I am counting them all as one big series and you can't stop me.

 

4. An author I always recommend

Lynsay Sands - if you like romance books

Rick Riordan - if you like Young Adult

Anne Rice - if you want to know what kind of buttons are on the jackets the characters are wearing

 

5. A book/series I DNF'd

 I never finished the Hollows series by Kim Harrison. I actually only got a few books in. A character I liked got killed off and I just noped out of there. I should give it another chance... But... I loved him. I should give the books another chance... But...

 

6. A fictional place I'd like to visit

 The Jedi Academy on Yavin 4.

 

7. An OTP I love

 Henry and Alex from Red, White, and Royal Blue

 

8. My fictional bf/gf

 No.

 

9. Favorite book cover owned

 I don't really have one. There are plenty of covers I like, but none stand out in my mind as being my favorite.

 

10. Last disappointing read

I started a book of Norse mythology that I didn't realize was apparently written for young children. It was super disappointing. Not entirely the book's fault.. It is some of the book's fault.

 

11. A trope I love to see

There are so many tropes I love. Found Family, Fake Dating... I have now forgotten every trope in existence...

 

12. A trope I can't stand

Love triangles. I am just so fucking tired of them. 

Oh, and miscommunication for drama if it is too drawn out. Miscommunication for humor is fantastic though, need more of that shit.

 

13. My favorite MC

*forgets every main character in every book I ever read*

Uh... Percy Jackson? 

 

14. A fictional character that reminds me of myself

 Shikamaru Nara. I'm not as smart, but I am that lazy.

 

15. A highly anticipated book/series release

 The Court of the Dead by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro

 

16. A novel on my TBR

 Just one? There is so many... Ummm... Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

 

17. My comfort read/character

 Fan-fiction.

 

18. My favorite side character

 Nico di Angelo. So proud of him for becoming a main character.

 

19. My favorite book to movie adaptation

Jurassic Park. Even though it does stray from the book on occasion. Still a great movie.

 

20. A villain I love to hate

Capitalism. I mean...  

 

21. My favorite reading spot

my bed. 

 

22. Latest book haul

 Got all but the first two books of the Dorothy Must Die series. I think those were the last books I bought. I read the first book years ago and really enjoyed it, but never finished buying the rest of the books. Decided to do that recently.

 

23. Longest book read

 The Stand by Stephen King or The Witching Hour by Anne Rice. Not sure which one is longer and I am too lazy to look it up. But both are over 1000 pages.

 

24. Shortest book read

 I assume a Berenstain Bears or Little Critter book when I was a child (or when my child was younger).

 

25. My bookish goals for the year 

I have none. Had none. Will have none next year.

An Update

 *in Obi-Wan voice* Hello There.

So, I accidentally made myself important at work. And that is taking a bit more mental power right now. So... Reviews on here will be on hiatus again.

I know I haven't posted much in the past year, but I miss rambling about books, movies, TV shows and video games. So, I have went around and collected a bunch of those "30 Day _________ Challenge" and Bingo Cards and things like that which I can just sort of answer questions or something. Things like this. It just takes less brain power to answer questions or fill in blanks or whatever than to remember details (or remember to take notes about details) enough to write a proper review. Which sucks.

Oh. I wanna do some more tier lists as well. K-pop related tier lists because I am still in that hyper-fixation era. As well as some non-K-pop related things. 

And that's it, really.

I am important at my job.

Reviewing things takes too much brain power.

I wanna ramble about nerdy things, so I found a way to do that that requires minimal amount of brain power.

Go me.

Also, follow me on the socials and such.

Donations and sacrifices in my name appreciated.

 

 

 

A Bite to Remember by Lynsay Sands

A Bite to Remember

by

Lynsay Sands

Rating

Mature

Fandom

vampires

 

Relationships
Vincent Argeneau/Jackie Morrisey

Characters

Vincent Argeneau

Jackie Morrisey

Tiny McGraw

Marguerite Argeneau

various side characters


Additional Tags

vampires 

romance 

Big Guy Named Tiny

Meddlesome Aunt

Mystery

Mind Control

Dubious Consent (not between main pairing)

Pedophile Vampire

age gap (cause vampires)

Series

Book 5 in the Argeneau series


Summary

Jackie Morrisey is a private detective hired to find the person who has been sabotaging Vincent Argeneau's company. But things grow more complicated when Jackie begins to see Vincent as more than just a client.

 

Stephy Thoughts

If I remember correctly, this was the first book I ever read in this series. And because of it, I refused to stop reading this series. I just really like Lynsay Sands' writing. She mixes angst, humor, action and romance really well and makes her books all enjoyable. And this book was no different. I also like that you can pick up any book in the series and it can stand on it's own as a simple paranormal romance. Reading the entire series in order gives you more, but, like I said, I think this was the first book I read in the series, and I wasn't lost or confused about what was going on, or who was who.

But enough about the series. I'm here to ramble about this book.

Lovely book. 

Characters are all fun and interesting. I like that Marguerite graduated from meddling mother to meddling aunt. I love Marguerite and her meddling, honestly. It's fun. Tiny is a massive trope. Big guy named Tiny that likes to cook? Yeah. That's a trope. But it's one I like, so no complaints from me. Jackie has some nice character growth. And Vincent is the right amount of brooding vampire that it doesn't become annoying. 

The spice is light. While there is some mild sex scenes, the book is more focused on the emotional side of the romance. 

All in all, great book. Great series. Great author. Highly recommend if you like paranormal romance.

 

6 Things That Won't Get Their Own Blog Post

Oh my. It has been awhile.

It took me awhile to adjust to the new job thing. And when I finally did, shit went to hell at work. And it has been a roller coaster of hell since. But hey! I have done some things besides work. So here is a post! A short one, but it is a post.

 

Hillbilly Diner's Omega 

by Corie Rosling

I should have predicted the West Virginia connection after the three paragraphs about pepperoni rolls. Which... Those three paragraphs were the best part of the entire book.  It was just... not good...

Single White Vampire 

by Lynsay Sands

This book was going to get its own post. I swear. Got it in the drafts folder and everything. But, I finished it around the time I started my new job... Three months ago [it's been almost a year now... I have been really slacking on my online presence. Whoops.]. So, I have forgotten most the details. Especially since I started the next book in the series already. Let's see what I remember...

Lucern Argeneau is a writer, he started with non-fiction but recently transitioned into paranormal romance novels. Which are re-tellings of his siblings finding love. Okay. Weirdo. Kate Leever is his editor who wants him to do some publicity. Which Lucern doesn't want to do because he's a grouchy vampire. 

Lucern finally agrees to doing a convention thanks to his meddling mother. And while at the convention, Lucern and Kate fall in love.

As always, enjoyed this one. Love this series.

 

Five Nights at Freddy's

I don't feel like I know enough about the franchise to give this a worthy blog post. So, here it is. As someone who knows very little about the games, I thought the movie was pretty good. Just a fun little horror movie about animatronics that come to life and murder. That murder cupcake is fucking adorable by the way. Also, I love Matthew Lillard. Dude is just fantastic.

Unveiling Korean Mythology

by A.S Mason

I wanted a book on Korean mythology. This one was okay. But not great. Instead of just telling the stories, this book summarized the stories, which was kind of annoying, in my opinion. 

 

 

The Radium Girls 

by Kate Moore

This book was really good. But really heartbreaking. It was about a group of women who got radiation poisoning and their fight to get the help they deserved. I recommend it if you want to know more about the subject.

 

 Tall, Dark & Hungry 

by Lynsay Sands

Another book in Lynsay Sands' Aregeneau series.  In this one Bastien Argeneau meets his future sister-in-law's cousin. Who is in town for Kate and Lucern's wedding. Oh, and they fall in love, of course. I love this series and I love this book. 

Okay. That's all for this one. 

I got a few more in the drafts. And am also working on a new book review format (might also use it for movies and video games, still deciding). No idea how it will work for me, but we will see.

Stephy Plays Animal Crossing: New Horizons

 

I shook the trees. I found bees... What sort of goodies are those, Isabelle?

I cannot remember what he sent me...

I love Celeste. I miss making constellations for her...

 

My brother was like that as a kid. He was constantly tearing things apart to see how they worked. And then forget how they went back together.

I love my monster statue... Who watches over my island.

It's freaking me out, too. Stop saying it...

Oh, I need that gold cat...

That's all for this one.

Also, as anyone who still pays attention to my ramblings on here, I haven't been posting weekly as I used to. Real life is kicking my ass. So, until further notice, instead of a new post every Wednesday, I'll just post whenever I have something ready to go.

If you're cool you can come follow me on Tumblr, where I am sort of vaguely a bit active. But only if you're cool. Non-cool people can find me on Facebook or something...

 

Stephy Plays Animal Crossing: New Horizons

 Last time on Hades:

Got a new room on my house.

Just a note, the formatting went a bit wonky on this one and I am too mentally exhausted to figure out how to fix it. Sorry?

Oh, Gullivarrr...

 

This villager lives in a laundromat apparently...

I always feel so bad for startling Wisp...