As Much As I Ever Could by Brandy Woods Snow

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As Much As I Ever Could

by Brandy Woods Snow

**Cover Designer: Jena R. Collins / JRC Designs**
***Pub*****lisher: Filles Vertes Publishing**

Blurb:

Seventeen-year-old CJ Ainsworth doesn’t drive—not because she can’t, but because she won’t.

She’s been living with the guilt of being the sole survivor of the head-on collision that claimed her mother’s and sister’s lives. It’s the reason she refuses to get behind the wheel. It’s the reason her father has nearly abandoned her. It’s the reason she’s sent to piddle the summer away at her estranged Memaw’s house in Edisto Beach.

All CJ wants to do is isolate herself and make it to the trial at summer’s end, where she’ll testify against the stranger who couldn’t keep his car in its own lane. She doesn’t expect to fall for a boy, especially not Jett Ramsey, a hotshot racing champion destined for greatness on the NASCAR circuit.

CJ’s resolve crumbles when she loses a bet that puts her squarely in Jett’s driver’s seat. While he patiently reintroduces her to driving, they confide in each other, and CJ learns she’s not the only one silently suffering through a loss.

As their connection deepens, Jett’s focus on the track is called into question. CJ can’t be the cause of another car crash, but her heart is

broken either way. Can CJ learn to put her heart in drive? Or will she throw it in reverse?

CHAPTER 1

A summer away at Memaw’s can’t rectify everything that fell apart in a single minute, but that won’t stop my dad from forcing it on me.

My fingers wrench tighter around the handle grip of Dad’s Ford Explorer as he hugs the center line, tires thumping over golden reflectors in waves and shooting vibrations through my seat. I glance over my shoulder to make sure the door lock is crammed to its neck into the tan vinyl interior. Not that it’d make a difference if he were to flip this thing head-over-end into the muddy goop of tidal flats along either side of the road. If a body’s going to exit a car in a hurry, it sure as hell won’t wait for an unlocked door.

These kinds of thoughts never shoved their way into my brain before the accident. Now they circulate like a washing machine stuck on the spin cycle.

I sigh and yank my phone off the dashboard. 4:15 PM. Only ten more minutes to get my summer of hell underway.

A notification blinks on the home screen. One new email from Trent Casey and all I can see of it is “CJ, things have changed so much this last year that I think…” Inbox preview cruelty at its finest. A little sneak peek of my on-again, off-again boyfriend kicking me to the curb because I’ve been too screwed up to screw him the past year. Not that I’d screwed him before, or anyone else for that matter.

I toss the phone in the cup holder and stare over at my dad in the driver’s seat, his eyes fixed and hooded as if in a trance. He hasn’t spoken in over a hundred miles, but I’ve strategically coughed from time to time to make sure there’s at least a reaction to the noise,

and he’s not comatose or something. Plus, it’s easier than actually talking, and it warrants no response from him. Win-win.

Dad flips on the blinker, its dink-doonk, dink-doonk, dink-doonk signaling a right turn. Into where I have no idea, and unless Memaw has taken up living in a dilapidated open-air shack, he’s seriously misguided. He pulls into one of the ten open parking slots, demarcated by rows of conch shells instead of actual painted-on lines. How beachy of them.

Dad lets the engine idle, sliding his phone from the pocket of his polo and pecking out a text message without so much as a word or glance in my direction. I unlatch my seatbelt and open the door, easing out onto the hot, gritty sand, which creeps into my sandals and scratches at the skin.

“Where are we?” When he doesn’t respond, I step beside the open door, banging my hand on the window. “Dad, where are we?”

“Edisto Island, of course,” he mumbles, never looking up from his phone, his fingers still moving furiously over the screen.

I point to the rectangular banner draped atop the entrance with what looks like a hand-stenciled Welcome to Edisto Beach, SC! in blue paint. “No shit. I mean, what is this place?”

“Watch your mouth, CJ. I’m still your father.” He finally looks up long enough to glare across his steering wheel at the banner, squinting as if it’s written in some foreign language before looking back at me. He waves his hand around. “We’re obviously at the market.”

The entrance isn’t a single open-close door but one of those garage-style deals that pulls down from the ceiling. Oyster shell wind chimes tinkle in the breeze. I take a deep breath, the briny air expanding in my lungs and coating my skin, and somehow start imagining myself as one of those slugs we used to find on the back porch at home and pour salt over. Almost immediately, their slimy little bodies would foam up and implode, turning into a dried-up crispie we’d flick off in the grass the next day. Maybe that’ll happen to me, and I can simply shrivel up and disappear.

Dad gets out and lifts the back hatch, and I walk to meet him, giving an extra foot shake on each step to loosen the stowaway sand from my sandals.

“But why are we here?”

“This is where Memaw’s picking you up.” He hauls out my two large suitcases and sets them under the overhang. “She’s running late, but she’ll be here within the next twenty minutes.”

“And you’re just gonna leave me here?” I thumb over my shoulder.

He stares at me as if I’ve just asked for an explanation on the meaning of life, standing like a statue except for the front flip of his thinning auburn hair that tousles with the breeze. That hair, along with his chocolate brown eyes and freckles, are the only things we even share anymore. Everything else is gone. Evaporated.

“Don’t be dramatic, CJ. I have a long drive home.” He slams the hatch, walks to his still-open driver door and slides in behind the wheel. The passenger window rolls down part-way. “I’ll see you at the end of summer. Bye.” The words scarcely exit his lips before the window’s rolled up and he’s peeling out of the parking lot on two wheels as if he’s off to a five-alarm fire.

Wow. Truly heartfelt. I think he might miss me. I lock my jaw, forcing my quivering stomach back in its rightful place. Part of me loathes him for just dumping me here. The other part understands, though. He hates me for what happened and wants me gone too.

I can’t blame him for that.

Author Bio:

Brandy Woods Snow is a Young Adult author, journalist, wife, mama of three, Christian, and proud Southerner. Born and raised in the area of Greenville, South Carolina, she still resides in the rolling foothills of the Upstate region, though she plans to one day retire to the state’s famous Grand Strand. Brandy has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Writing from Clemson University. While creative writing pursuits have always held her heart, she’s built a career as a journalist and editor. Brandy has more than 19 years’ experience and a strong platform that includes articles and columns published in Delta Sky Magazine, Greenville Business Magazine, Columbia Business Monthly and Home Design & Décor Magazine (Charlotte and Raleigh). Currently, she also works as the Marketing Manager and an Acquisitions Editor for Filles Vertes Publishing.

Her first novel MEANT TO BE BROKEN was published by Filles Vertes

Publishing in May 2018, and she has a short story featured in FVP’s LOVE ON MAIN anthology, forthcoming in February 2020. When Brandy’s not writing, reading, spending time with her husband or driving carpool for her three kids, she enjoys kayaking, family hikes, yelling “Go Tigers!” as loud as she can, playing the piano and taking “naked” Jeep Wrangler cruises on twisty, country roads.

Author Social Media:

Facebook: @BWSnowWrites Twitter: @brandy_snow Instagram: @snowbrandy Website: www.brandywsnow.com

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Awards, Recognition, and Reviews for As Much as I Ever Could:

Second Place, YA Contemporary – NEORWA’s Cleveland Rocks Romance Contest

Second Place YA Contemporary – Music City RWA’s Melody of Love Contest

“A swoonworthy summer read with a hopeful lesson about how to move forward without fear.” – Kirkus Reviews

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And of course thank you all for reading

Your EXCITED Book Worm

-Nichole

COVER REVEAL – Lyrics and Curses by Candace Robinson

LYRICS AND CURSES

Book #1 in the: Cursed Hearts Duology

by Candace Robinson

𝐿𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝐸𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑜𝓏𝒶 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝒾𝒸—𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝒽𝑒’𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝑜 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝐻𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓎, 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓎-𝓁𝑜𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝓌𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇-𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒-𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝐵𝑒𝓉𝒽, 𝓌𝒽𝑜’𝓈 𝓈𝓊𝒹𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝓂𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒹𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓈, 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑜𝒶𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓅 𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝑒, 𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑜𝒻𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎. 𝐹𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒸𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝐿𝒶𝓇𝓀, 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓉 𝐵𝓊𝒷𝒷𝓁𝑒’𝓈 𝒪𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝓇𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓊𝓉𝑒 𝑔𝓊𝓎 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀𝓈 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒱𝒾𝓃𝓎𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓅 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇—𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝓁𝓎𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓈.

𝒜𝓊𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝐸𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓉𝓈. 𝒟𝑒𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓊𝓃𝓉-𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝒹-𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃’𝓉 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈—𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝓊𝓅 𝒶𝒻𝒻𝓁𝒾𝒸𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇’𝓈 𝒾𝓈𝓈𝓊𝑒𝓈. 𝒟𝑒𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓁𝓎𝓇𝒾𝒸-𝓁𝑜𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐿𝒶𝓇𝓀, 𝒜𝓊𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝓀𝑒𝑒𝓅𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝓂’𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝓉𝒽 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝓉𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶 𝓅𝑒𝑒𝓀 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓈.

𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝓇𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝓃, 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝓇𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈, 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝑜𝒷𝒿𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒 𝒻𝓁𝓊𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝓊𝓃𝑒, 𝐿𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒜𝓊𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓃𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓈𝒽𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝒸𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝓊𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒. 𝒩𝑜𝓌, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒷𝓊𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒻𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇. 𝐼𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎’𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓎𝑜𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎.

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙊𝙣𝙚

𝙏𝙤 𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙠: 𝙇𝙮𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 “𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚” – 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣, 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙚

“𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙆𝙞𝙨𝙨” 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙠’𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠. 𝘼 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙’𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙡𝙙-𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙞𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘.

𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙛𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙬𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧

𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙟𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙-𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙣. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙣, 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙’𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙙.

“𝙎𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮, 𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮.”

𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙗 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨.

“𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩” 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙚, 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙙. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙯𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞’𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠.

𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 “𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚” 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙’𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚.

𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚—𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙄𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩’𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣’𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮. 𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙠, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙮.

𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙫𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙮-𝙖𝙣𝙙-𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡. 𝘼 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙗𝙗𝙡𝙚’𝙨 𝙊𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙨𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙗𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙧, 𝙅𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙤, 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙊𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚’𝙙 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙗𝙗𝙡𝙚’𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣.

𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.

𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮, 𝙨𝙤𝙖𝙥𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙯𝙞𝙡𝙘𝙝—𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨.

𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙮 𝙠𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙥’𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬, 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙒𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚, 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚. 𝙉𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡. 𝘼 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜.

𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙟𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜—𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙩, 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩.

𝘽𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙥, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙩. 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧. “𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩,” 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙.

𝘽𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙗𝙗𝙡𝙚’𝙨, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙙. 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢. 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝙝𝙚𝙧

𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠—𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙥𝙞𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙨𝙠𝙞 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙠, 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨.

Author Bio:

Candace Robinson spends her days consumed by words. When she’s not writing stories, she Googles all things nostalgic. Her life consists of avoiding migraines, admiring Bonsai trees, and living with her husband and daughter in Texas—where it can be forty degrees one day and eighty the next.

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And of course thank you all for reading

Your EXCITED Book Worm

-Nichole

BookTuber Group Read for March: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Love BookTube!

This is my first BookTuber group read and I am so excited to be taking part.

In the month of March, we will be reading:

ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕔𝕒 𝕓𝕪 𝔻𝕒𝕡𝕙𝕟𝕖 𝕕𝕦 𝕄𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕣

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again …Working as a lady’s companion, the orphaned heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to his brooding estate, Manderley, on the Cornish Coast, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers …Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity.

*** Please note these are not my official reviews, I have taken the synopsis’ from amazon.ca for the purpose of this post.

I have heard so many great things about Rebecca, or just any of Daphne’s writing in general.

If you would like to read along that would be awesome. I would be happy to discuss our findings directly through here or any of my other bookish platforms.

You can find me on Instagram, Twitter or even YouTube.

Instagram: @nichi.i_readpastmybedtime

Twitter: @NicholeTiffin

YouTube: I_ReadPastMyBedtime

If you have already read Rebecca please leave a comment. I would love to hear your thoughts.

Just please, NO spoilers!

And of course thanks for reading

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

Book Cover Buys

I know every book lover has heard the term “don’t judge a book by its cover”.. right?

Can you honestly sit there and say you have never done it?

We all have, I am pretty sure of that. How can you not, some covers just pull you in with their beauty. Isn’t that what the cover is there for, to give some sort of preview of what’s on the inside.

Although I don’t always believe judging a book by its cover is a bad thing. A lot of books I picked up just for their beautiful covers became some of my all time favourite reads. I have also found new favourite authors this way as well.

I will say there are some types of covers that turn me away from the book, causing me not to pick it up. This I need to get over, who knows what amazing adventures I may be missing out on.

What are some cover buys you picked up? I would love to know, maybe I need to add them to my never-ending… slowly taking over the world list.

And of course thanks for reading

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

#backofthebookshelfbc

Why have I not thought about sharing this on here?!?!?!….

Mid January I reached out to my fellow Bookstagrammers to see if anyone was interested in taking part in a book club through Bookstagram (Instagram). I had such amazing feedback and now we are one large book club family!

Our name …Back Of The Bookshelf Book Club! — One heck of an awesome group, if I do say so myself.

The first book we chose was for February’s read. Giving everyone a chance to get their hands on the book if they didn’t already own it.

We are currently reading The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. This incredible read will be completed by the end of February.

Our group breaks the book up by chapters, reading so many chapters each week. Carrying the book throughout the full month. Each week we jump on Bookstagram together and discuss that weeks chapters.

The discussions sure can get heated, in the best way possible. Just shows how passionate we are about what we are reading.

We have already picked our read for March!!!… The Lost Girls of Paris by the amazing Pam Jenoff.

If you are interested in reading along… please do! And please let me know you are, so I can be sure to discuss the book with you as well. If you are interested in joining our group you can find me on Instagram. My handle is nichi.i_readpastmybedtime. You can also use the hashtag #backofthebookshelfbc on Instagram to find us.

Look forward to seeing you! And I will come on here each month and share our next read.

And of course thanks for reading!

Your Fellow Bookworm

-Nichole

Thank you HQN Books

A Huge Thank You to Harlequin Books (HQN Books)

HarperCollins Harlequin team (HQN Books) sent 3 new romance novels my way. That are all coming out so very soon!

*** Please note these are not my official reviews, I have taken the synopsis’ from amazon.ca for the purpose of this post.

Flare Up (Boston Fire) by Shannon Stacey

Published by Carina Press on January 29, 2019

Nursing a broken heart while everybody around him seems to be drowning in happiness has Grant Cutter wondering whether staying with Engine 59—or even Boston Fire—is in his future. It’s tempting as hell to pack up what fits in his Jeep and hit the road. But then a 911 call brings the woman who shattered his heart back into his life, and he knows he won’t ever be able to fully leave her in his rear-view mirror.

For a few months, Wren Everett had thought the nightmare of her past was behind her and she might live happily ever after with Grant. Until she got the phone call letting her know the time her ex had spent in jail for assault hadn’t cooled his temper or determination that she belonged with him. Cutting ties with Grant was the hardest thing she’d ever had to do, but it was also the only way to keep him safe.

Now that Grant is back, he’s not letting Wren push him away again. And even with the trust issues between them, Wren dares to hope she and Grant might have a future together after all…if they’re willing to fight for it.

The Object Of Your Affections by Falguni Kothari

Published by Graydon House on February 19, 2019

Two best friends rewrite the rules of friendship, love and family…and change everything they thought they knew about motherhood

Paris Kahn Fraser has it all—a successful career as an assistant district attorney, a beautiful home in New York City, and a handsome, passionate husband who chose her over having a family of his own. Neal’s dream of fatherhood might have been the only shadow in their otherwise happy life…until Paris’s best friend comes to town.

Naira Dalmia never thought she’d be a widow before thirty. Left reeling in the aftermath of her husband’s death, all she wants is to start over. She trades Mumbai for New York, and rigid family expectations for the open acceptance of her best friend. After all, there isn’t anything she and Paris wouldn’t do for each other.

But when Paris asks Naira to be their surrogate, they’ll learn if their friendship has what it takes to defy society, their families and even their own biology as these two best friends embark on a journey that will change their lives forever.

Stroke Of Luck (Sterling’s Montana) by B.J. Daniels

Published by HQN Books on February 19, 2019

He’s hoping to bury the past. She’s ready to settle the score.

The Sterling Ranch’s season opening isn’t going so smoothly. With the ranch’s lodge full of guests and a Montana blizzard threatening, Will Sterling needs help—and he needs it fast. So when his childhood friend Poppy Carmichael agrees to lend a hand, he’s grateful for a second chance…and more enticed by the woman she’s become than he cares to admit.

For Poppy, it was supposed to be a retreat full of horse rides and hoedowns—with a side of showing Will what he’s been missing all these years. But as the snow deepens outside, the guests’ suspicion and mistrust turn sinister inside, catching Will and Poppy in the cross hairs.

Weathering the storm in each other’s arms is all too easy for Will and Poppy, but will a confrontation with a killer mean their reunion is short-lived?

Keep your eyes out for these reads, hitting shelves very soon!

Thank you again to HQN Books for sending these my way.

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

Book Shopping

Who doesn’t love Book Shopping?

Oh how it warms my heart.

My most favourite place in the world is Chapters Indigo (It is the Canadian Barnes and Noble.. hehe).

As soon as I walk into Chapters it’s like walking into a warm hug! I know that sounds sappy but it’s true. All the gorgeous books, colors, cozy items. It truly is heaven on earth. Not to forget it is a great place for the whole family to enjoy AND the built-in Starbucks is A…MA…ZING.

Grab a delicious, nummy, HOT coffee and browse the world of books…. Mmmm. As I said HEAVEN.

Now Chapters is my favourite bookstore alive and I love the buzz of buying new books. But I am constantly on the hunt for amazing used bookstores as well. The nostalgia of walking around a store with all the used books that have been so well-loved and now will be passed on to another fellow book lover. I also personally love giving used books a new home. Don’t forget the smell, I love the smell of older books. Yes I will proudly admit I am a Book-sniffer. Don’t you hide, yes you out there! I know you do it too…. Yes I am looking at you!

So far one of my favourite used bookstores I have found in my area is called Wee Book Inn. So adorable, and each store has an adorable, cuddly, loving, fuzzy..CAT. Soooo sweet.

Online book shopping!…Eeeekkkkk.

Very exciting! The suspense while you wait for your order to come in. Sometimes even forgetting all that you purchased and being surprised all over again.

Doesn’t matter where you are buying from, being BookOutlet, Book Depository, Amazon, Chapters Online, etc…. as the list is never-ending. Online book shopping is a wonder.

I mean the books come right to your door. Which means you don’t even have the put the book you are currently reading down in order to get more BOOKS!

It is like Christmas with each package that comes in!

Now who are my library lovers out there?

I adore the library… unfortunately my local library has next to nothing on the shelves, they are just so bare. I rarely ever see a newer released book there either. BUT! that being said my boys and I still go, I still renew my card each year and I use their audiobook app as well. library’s are so important to have and it is critical in my eyes that we bring our children and show them the world of reading. Getting to pick up a book, reading the words on the page yet create a whole story in our minds. I would be lying if I didn’t say every now and then I don’t find a true hidden gem at my local library.

Where do you buy your books from?.. Maybe you don’t and you just use the library.

Share with me as I would love to hear!

And of course thank you all for reading

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

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The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton

Advanced readers copy

“YOU’VE NEVER READ A LOVE STORY AS TWISTED AS THIS!”

Sweet Juliette loves Nate!

Nothing in the world will stop her from being with him. Not even Nate breaking up with her, 6 months ago….

I mean who does he think he is? Doesn’t he realise what he just gave up?

Juliette knows she has met the love of her life. She will go to any length to be as close as possible, at all times. She even started working as a flight attendant with the same airline Nate works for.

Nate is just clueless and Juliette will show him! He will be hers!

“Stick to the plan, fail to plan, plan to fail”.

5 out of 5 stars

Such an easy, brilliant read!

I cannot believe this is Karen’s fist novel. She was meant to write!

I know that Juliette is deranged and really you shouldn’t be rooting for her but Karen wrote her character so so well. I found at times I was feeling bad for her and the situation she was in. That is when you know you have discovered an amazing author, when they can make you feel, even for the “bad guys” in the story.

This book was so intense! Just when I thought I had figured out where the story was going a twist was thrown in. This happened multiple times throughout the novel. Karen’s writing constantly had me stretching my brain, so many incredible shifts in the story! Yet even with the fast pace, exciting story I kept up throughout. Karen’s writing was so smooth and flawless.

I am excited to see what Karen creates next!

“I don’t believe that opposites attract; I’m sure it’s a myth”.

Thank you so incredibly much to HarperCollins Canada for sending this riveting read my way.

Publisher: Graydon House

Release Date: December 31, 2018

“Revenge is a dish best served cold, and mine is going to be frozen”.

“If you love someone, set them free. If they come back, they’re yours, If they don’t, make them”.

And of course thank you all for reading!

Your Fellow Book Worm

– Nichole

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”.

Stand-alone Books

Oh where or where are you?….

I recently uploaded a Bookish Thoughts video on my BookTube channel talking about stand-alone books.

Now please keep in mind these thoughts you are about to read are just my own. I may be completely off on my opinion. This is all in fun and I am just ranting my head off. Feel free to jump in with your opinion on the subject, perhaps you will make some strong points and will sway my opinion to the better. Maybe you agree?… Perhaps you will think I am crazy and just shake your head at me. It’s all good… as it’s all in fun!

Has anyone else noticed how so many books coming out are the 1st in a new series?… Is anyone else becoming over whelmed with their never-ending, slowly talking over the world TBR list?

I find myself searching more and more for stand-alone books. I don’t see them too often anymore especially when it comes to certain genres, such as Fantasy.

I understand that authors become passionate about the worlds they create and want to carry them on. Yet sometimes I just want to be able to consume a book, capturing the whole entire world and story line in just that one book, then hold it near and dear to my heart.

Now don’t get me wrong there are so many duology’s, trilogy’s and series that I love and can’t get enough of. Then there are some books I think one would have been enough… or why can’t more books that come out be just a stand-alone.

Now I honestly don’t know much of the author world or publishing world. Sometimes seeing so many new series being released makes me wonder if it’s the passion I talked about above with the world an author created or has it become more of a money hungry theme. Are authors pushing out books because they are excited to tell the whole story they have been building up in their head for years?, is it all about more money?, are they feeling pressure from publishing companies to carry on with it?…. Do you know? Because I don’t. Maybe it’s a mix of it all?….. Hmmm.

I also find a lot of books currently on my shelf that are the first in a new series are from book subscription boxes. Getting me hooked and wanting more, knowing I will need to pick up the second book. Where then the company will of course create a special edition box with the second book when it releases.

Just so many series to read!!!!!!…… Oh the anxiety … haha. Boy I sounds so dramatic.

Could it be the book community I am consumed in just doesn’t talk much about stand-alone’s and perhaps there are so many amazing ones out there I am missing out on?… Uh Oh .. I may be adding to that never-ending list again.

Thank you all for taking the time to read my crazy book nerd rant.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

Belle’s Book Sleeves

What bookworm doesn’t travel with a book at all times?…Well most of the time anyhow.

A book sleeve is one of the best inventions created.

Travelling with your book and knowing it wont get damaged is the best feeling. Especially when you have taken the dust jacket off your hardcover wanting to keep it in great shape but then you worry about the books naked body!

I recently came across this new, up and coming Etsy shop that knows where it’s at when it comes to handmade book sleeves.

“Belle’s Book Sleeves”

Kelly is killing it left and right and selling out fast.

With new gorgeous, vibrant fabric patterns, FUR book sleeves (sooo plush!), liner color option on particular sleeves AND even starting “blind date with a book sleeve”. This is one shop you don’t want to miss out on.

I also can’t get over the theme. I mean correct me if I am wrong but Belle’s Book Sleeves gives me all the Beauty And The Beast vibes.

Shop name Belle and then the fur sleeves … come on that completely makes you think of the Beast… right?

Don’t take my word for it, go and check out her site. All I can say is —STUNNING!

Website:

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/BellesBookSleeves?ref=shop_sugg

Instagram Account:

https://www.instagram.com/bellesbooksleeves/

Oh and while making your order.. because let’s be honest we all know your going to buy. You can use my code to save on your order.

Code: NICHI12 …You’re welcome!

And of course, thank you all for reading

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole