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Happy Holidays Updated April 2025

Wickedly Romance Issues & Christmas Giveaway

Dec. 24, 2021

Talk about the site that wanted to be seen! I have been working and planning this site for a little while. It was not scheduled to change over under February 1, 2022. None of the work here was meant to be seen yet. I have been slowly moving older posts from Wickedly Romance over here….

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Overcoming a Reading Slump updated for 2025

The BBC Big Read

Dec. 20, 2021

In April 2003 the BBC began to search for the nation’s best loved novel, and thus the public was asked to nominate their favorite book. The list below is the result of that search and I thought I would do my best to read through as many of these book this year as I possibly…

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December 2021 Featured Author Susan Stoker updated 2025

December 2021 Featured Author: Susan Stoker

Dec. 02, 2021

It’s the beginning of a new month which means time for our newest Featured Author! This month we are showcasing Susan Stoker. I am a huge fan of hers and will reread her books pretty often throughout the year. She writes some of the best heroes ever. At least in my opinion she does. My…

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Happy Thanksgiving updated for 2025

Thanksgiving 2021 Giveaway

Nov. 08, 2021

Welcome to the Thanksgiving 2021 Giveaway! If you follow me over at Rita Reviews then you already know that I will be one one of these giveaways each month for the rest of the year. This month the big holiday we are celebrating is Thanksgiving and I will admit for me this month is all…

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November 2021 Featured Author Eve Langlais updated 2025

November 2021 Featured Author: Eve Langlais

Nov. 01, 2021

It’s the beginning of a new month which means time for our newest Featured Author! This month we are showcasing Eve Langlais. When I selected her I thought of all her books I had read and wanted to share with you. Now that it is her turn I realize I have actually only read one…

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10 Favorite Paranormal Other Books + Giveaway Updated 2025 (1)

10 Favorite Paranormal Other Books + Giveaway

Oct. 29, 2021

I promised y’all that I would be sharing my various favorite paranormal books over the course of the month and this week we are all about the other. You know the witches, demons, devils, and all that other stuff that didn’t fit into one of my other categories. Once again I have a few authors…

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Wickedly Romance to Become Storied Conversation!

Oct. 24, 2021

Hello fabulous readers and book lovers! If you have been following me for a while over at Wickedly Romance you already know that I write about books. One thing that happened though is that I ended up blocking myself in when I came up with the name and more. It is romance and mystery books…

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10 Favorite Time Travel Books + Giveaway Updated 2025

10 Favorite Time Travel Books + Giveaway

Oct. 22, 2021

I promised y’all that I would be sharing my various favorite paranormal books over the course of the month and this week we are all about the time travel aspect of them. This is another one of those where I tend to stick with only a handful of authors. I find that I enjoy their…

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Halloween Updated 2025

Halloween 2021 Giveaway

Oct. 15, 2021

Welcome to the Halloween 2021 Giveaway! If you follow me over at Rita Reviews then you already know that I will be one one of these giveaways each month for the rest of the year. Since it the big three holidays I figured why not. I enjoy them and so do y’all. I had planned on…

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10 Favorite Alien Books + Giveaway Updated 2025

10 Favorite Alien Books + Giveaway

Oct. 15, 2021

I promised y’all that I would be sharing my various favorite paranormal books over the course of the month and this week we are all about the aliens. Although I will admit that I tend to stick with only a handful of authors when it comes to this particular subgenre. The biggest reason is because…

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