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Review + Giveaway | A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean

Let's just start by acknowledging that I am woefully behind on reviewing the Sarah MacLean books I have read and loved, which is to say all of them . The thing is, I am simply not overstating things when I say that reading Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake changed my life. And it is a truth universally acknowledged that both A Rogue by Any Other Name and One Girl Earl Deserves a Lover hold pivotal places of honor on my Beloved Bookshelf. As such, I'm beginning to think that her books are so important to me that when it comes to articulating precisely why , I can run into a bit of a struggle. But. I am going to attempt to begin to rectify the situation by reviewing her latest novel and the second installment in the wonderful Scandal & Scoundrel series. I reread the first book in the series in preparation for the sequel, and I am happy to report it was just as delightful the second time around. Lillian Hargrove's world has just been shattered, and by the o

It's Not You, It's Me, or the Top Ten Eight Books That Have Been Languishing on my TBR Since Before I Started Blogging

Top Ten Tuesday is a bookish meme hosted @ The Broke and the Bookish This topic caught my eye because, you guys, I have been blogging a long time now and I found I actually wanted to know which books I've been putting off that long, but that I still hold out legitimate hope of getting around to one day. I figured it would wind up being a rather select group, as I have gotten pretty good these days at periodically (and ruthlessly) culling my TBR bookshelf that sits in my bedroom and stares at me judgmentally every evening. A couple of them I actually have reasons for not reading yet, while others I simply have no excuse whatsoever. My eccentricities aside, here are the tenacious few. And really, if you've  read and loved any of them, would you be so good as to send along a little encouragement? If they've hung around this long, they really do deserve better from me than languishing away on my dusty shelf.