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BEST READS OF 2019
Hello you all, and Happy New Year to everyone!
Here we are at the beginning of 2020, and at the end of 2019, so I analyzed my last year in books.
2019 was a really good year for me, my blog turned 1 year old *YAY*, I found many new authors, listened to more audiobooks, and just read many amazing books. So let's see what my 2019 looked like.
Monthly favorite reads - I'm glad I picked them at the end of each month, because now I couldn't choose one so easily.
January:
Open Mind – Luna
David, Morningstar Ashley
audio: The Princesse, The Prick and the Priest – Ella Frank,
Charlie David
February:
Halo – Ella
Frank, Brooke Blaine
audio: Love Me Whole – Nicky James, Adam Gold
March:
You Will Bow Down-
Nicholas Bella
audio: Teacher Wanted- Susi Hawke, Piper Scott, Nick J. Russo
April:
If We Could Go Back
– Cara Dee
May:
Return- Rowan Shaw
audio: Viper – Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine, Charlie David
June:
Heal With You –
Nicky James
audio: Top Secret – Elle Kennedy, Sarina Bowen, Christian
Fox, Teddy Hamilton
July:
Under His Heel –
Adara Wolf
audio: Circle of Trust – Aimee Nicole Walker, Nicholas
Bella, Joel Leslie
August:
Future Ex-Enemy-
Kate Hawthorne, EM Denning
audio: Bond- Piper Scott, Lynn Van Dorn, Michael Ferraiuolo
September:
Secrets &
Lies – Nicky James
audio: Owl’s Slumber – Nicky James, Adam Gold
October:
A Thousand
Lifetimes – Kate Hawthorne
Lil Harvest- Meraki P. Dark
November:
A Pebble for
Lewis- Amy Bellows
A Very Merry Krewmas- Nicky James
audio: The Weight of it All – N. R. Walker , Joel Leslie
December:
What Works For
Us – Colette Davison
Rebound- Rowan Shaw
audio: For Real – Alexis Hall, Paul Berton, John Hartley
Best book of the first half of the year :
Heal With You - Nicky James
Best book of the second half of the year:
Secrets & Lies - Nicky James
Best author of 2019:
Nicky James
Best series of 2019:
Under His Heel - Adara Wolf
Best narrator of 2019:
Michael Ferraiuolo
Best shifters of 2019:
A Pebble for Lewis - Amy Bellows
Penguin/Polar Bear shifters
Biggest surprise of 2019:
A Thousand Lifetimes - Kate Hawthorne
Favorite new authors I found:
ADARA WOLF - AMY BELLOWS - ROWAN SHAW
I read 220 books (170 ARC. 20 novella, 30 picked by me) listened to 30 audiobooks.
Found new authors: Sloane Kennedy, Jacki North, Rowan Shaw, Meraki P. Dark, Adrienne
Wilder, Amy Bellows, Adara Wolf, E.M. Lindsey, Meg Harding, Nero
Seal, J.I. Davenport, K. A. Merikan, Kora Knight, J.P. Sayle
Went to London to RARE19 and met some amazing authors - bought 30 books from them.
My biggest dream came true - celebrated my birthday in Paris. And a BIG THANK YOU to Rowan Shaw, who helped me organize my trip and gave me tips for traveling in Paris. ♥
Started reading the Temptation series and finally met Logan and Tate! Holy hell, I love those two!
I got nominated in two categories - favorite blog ; reader who always has the best book recs to share
I was far from winning in either category, but the nomination was the best prize to me, so thank you!
I'm very thankful for this last year because I met so many amazing people on the internet because of books. Authors and readers too. But mostly authors, because I'm still an introvert, but when it comes to authors, I don't know...my english is like I speak and use this language full time and my anxiety is non existent.
Thank you for those who gave me ARC copies and thank you for those who's reading my reviews.
Darker themes are still my favorite. And daddy kink (with or without age-play). Menage. Teacher/student. BDSM. Taboo. Shifters. Mpreg.
And loooove the cute ones too so basically anything.
I have only two categories I don't like as much - cowboys and historical. I read books in both themes, but not my cup of tea.
Thank you for reading and authors, thank you for writing!
Can't wait to see what 2020 will bring.
Saturday, January 04, 2020
Friday, January 03, 2020
~ A Fluid State ~ BLOG TOUR
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Book Title: A Fluid State
Author: Rob Browatzke
Publisher: Self Published
Cover Artist: Alexandria Corza
Release Date: January 3, 2020
Genre/s: Contemporary M/M Romance
Trope/s: Gay for You/Out for You
Heat Rating: 5 flames
Length: 70 000 words/272 pages
It is a standalone book.
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Patrick and Andrew find themselves faced with a chemistry they cannot deny
Blurb
Patrick returns from a tour of duty to find his son very different. Peter is dressing in girl's clothes, and his hair is too long, and he's obsessed with drag queens. None of that sits well with Patrick. Patrick then meets the drag queen Ann Moore, and starts to hang out with them.
Andrew is one of River City's best drag queens. As Ann Moore, he dazzles adults and children alike. When one of those children's fathers wants to find out more about what his son is enjoying, Andrew is happy to guide him. It doesn't hurt that Patrick is ridiculously hot. Hot and straight though.
The friendship that forms is unlikely, and even more unlikely, Patrick and Andrew find themselves faced with a chemistry they cannot deny.
My review:
First read of the new year, and what an awesome first read it was!
This author is new to me, so it's always a bit risky to read from a new-to-me author, but it was a good experience. This book was so good, I loved every page of it.
The characters were lovely and uique, I loved Andrew and his drag, Ann too. Loved Patrick and how open minden and cool was. Loved the relationship between Patrick and his son, Peter. Peter was a cool kid and loved his character too! But the best, the friendship, the attraction, the horniness and the LOVE between Patrick and Andrew.
Such a good love story. And what an amazing road was what Patrick took- from a straight army guy to this awesomness. LOVED LOVED LOVED it so much!
The chemistry was so good, I couldn't wait them to be together, and OMG the sex scene was super hot!
This book is a really good one. I am so happy that I picked this to read. Amazing story with cute love and romantic scenes. Just perfect.
HIGHLY recommend this!
Excerpt
“So,” Andrew said, when they were relocated back to the couch, sitting facing each other, beers in hand.
“So.”
“First off, let me, well, set you straight on something. Kent and I aren’t dating, so don’t feel bad about that.”
“Good,” Patrick said. “I’d hate to have some gay guy come at me for hitting on his boyfriend.”
“Is that what it was? You hitting on me?”
Patrick looked away. “Honestly, I don’t know.”
“Well, what’s going on in that head of yours?”
“You,” he said. “You’re going on in my head. You and only you. Ever since we met. I thought it was all about Peter, but no, it’s about me. You’ve gotten under my skin, Andrew, and I don’t know how to get you out of me.” Their eyes locked. “And honestly, I’m not sure I want you gone.”
“But you’re straight.”
“I’ve always thought that. I’ve never been attracted to a guy before this.”
“Never? Not even in school? Some guys experiment, you know.”
“Never. I’ve looked back and there’s never been anything to make me think I’d ever be into a guy.”
“So you’re into me?”
Patrick’s face turned pink and he looked away. “I don’t know. Yes. Yes, I am.” He swallowed hard and looked back at Andrew. “Look, I know this is out of the blue, and I know what you said at the pool, and-”
“What did I say at the pool?”
“That, you know, that you’re not attracted to me.”
It was Andrew’s turn to blush and look away. “Well, since you’re being honest, I guess I should be too. Patrick, of course I’m attracted to you. You... well, look at you. I just said that to set your mind at ease. I was enjoying hanging out. I am enjoying it. I didn’t want you to freak out thinking I found you attractive or worried that I was going to try to jump you.”
“And it ended up being me that jumped at you.”
Andrew looked at him and grinned. “Seems that way.”
“So.”
“So.”
“Here we are then, both attracted to each other. What do we do now?”
About the Author
Rob Browatzke has been writing for as long as he can remember, and is pretty darn excited for someone else to be reading his stuff finally! When it comes to gay bars and booze and drugs and drama, he knows what he's talking about. He came out in the mid-90s, and liquor and drama went hand in hand. He has 20+ years of experience working in gay clubs in Edmonton, Alberta, and you’ll always find his love for his other career permeating the stories he tells. Rob is now 9+ years clean and sober, although there's still a bit of drama once in a while, for old times' sake.
Rob loves the growing market for gay fiction and m/m romance. There are some incredible authors out there, and it's important to be able to see in print (or on the screen) stories about people just like us. Coming out, our relationships, the issues we face, we all have stories to tell. And this book is just one of the stories coming out of Wonderland.
Feel free to stalk him online. He’s on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @robbrowatzke.
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Thursday, January 02, 2020
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