It’s the first Whatcha Reading of 2017! And I’m sure we’re all diving into books for a variety of reasons – self-care, comfort, getting cozy in the winter weather, or maybe even using it to relax on a warm beach somewhere. We hope you’ve been reading something great, but if not, feel free to rant about it in the comments!
Sarah: I’m listening to Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach ( A | BN | K | iB ), which was an audible deal a week or so ago. It’s about accepting yourself (duh) as you are, but the part that has stuck with me so far is the idea that acceptance isn’t resignation. The point isn’t to give up, or presume one cannot change, but to accept yourself as you are so you can evolve and grow from the present moment. It’s good for listening while walking the dogs, like walking meditation, only with poop bags.
I’m reading Pretty Face by Lucy Parker, the follow up book to Act Like It, which you might have heard me talking about once or twice. The characters from Act Like It appear briefly, too. The heroine, Lily, is an actress typecast into a blonde bimbo role on an evening soap, and she’s cast as one of three female leads in a new and very prominent stage production of a play. The hero, Luc, is the director and theatre owner, and there are a number of barriers between them, including workplace boundaries (he’s her boss), age difference (He’s older), and her determination NOT to live up to her television role – which is further complicated by her own parents. Her mother had an affair with her father while he was married (and still is), and her mother was and is pretty well known for affairs that advanced her professional performance ambition. So it’s a pretty powerful attraction and emotional connection that surmounts (hur) those obstacles. Sometimes I’ve got my hand over my eyes reading between my fingers out of cringe horror (No, no, don’t do that this will not end well…), which is often not my thing, but Luc and Lily have wonderful, delicious chemistry. It’s hard to put down.
Elyse: I just started To Catch a Stolen Soul by RL Naquin ( A | BN | K | iB ). It involves a djinn searching for missing souls–and she opens a food truck. It’s delightful
Carrie: I just finished March by John Lewis ( A | BN | K | iB ) and am finishing Alexander Hamilton ( A | BN | K | G | ARe | iB ) and also The Glass Universe which is by Dana Sobel ( A | BN | K | iB ).
Amanda: I’ve been making a concerted effort to stop going to the library temporarily in order to make a dent on my Kindle TBR. So the two books I PLAN to read and I’m looking forward to are The List by Tawna Fenske. Computer repair hero, soil scientist heroine, and a sex list. It’s seems pretty cute.
Second, the Too Taboo erotic romance anthology ( A | BN | K | iB ). It has three stories, all of which seems pretty steamy. What initially interested me is the first story, which has a licensed sex surrogate. The concept of a sex surrogate was something I read about in Off the Clock by Roni Loren and my spidey senses immediately tingled.
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