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December Book Haul!

Hello, friends! It has been a while since I was able to get on here without other chores/errands getting in the way. In the meantime, I went home, had a lovely holiday season, then came back and worked a ton. I also had a birthday last weekend, so that was fun! And I bought more books, naturally :D

Physical Books:

An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan: Pride and Prejudice trilogy from Darcy’s perspective. Gotta say, I am 1 chapter in and I ADORE it already. Aidan managed to capture the spirit of Austen’s writing and characters while maintaining her own idea of what it is Darcy does when he is not with Elizabeth.

Heartless and Silent Melody by Mary Balogh: Mary Balogh is one of those authors I will automatically buy from. These two are linked, with each heroine being related to each other (I think they are sisters), and are fan favorites!

The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After and Brighter Than the Sun by Julia Quinn: I need these to round out my collection of Quinn’s Lyndon sisters series and her Bridgerton series.

Somewhere I’ll Find You by Lisa Kleypas: This one sounded interesting! A married couple who have never set eyes on each other seeking divorce start to fall in love. AND the heroine is an actress!

Gentlemen Prefer Curves by Sugar Jamison: Another married couple, this one estranged for 5 years after (I presume) a misunderstanding. This is the second book in Jamison’s Perfect Fit series. There is a 5 year old girl named Ruby and she is adorable!

The Seduction of the Crimson Rose and The Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig: I have been DYING to get my hands on these two books, numbers 4 and 8 in her Pink Carnation series. I now own the complete set, and I finally finished Orchid Affair! She is every bit as hilarious and deliciously witty as I remember her to be, and it makes me happy.

Finding Fraser by KC Dyer: On the cusp of turning 30, a woman who loves the Outlander series goes to Scotland for her own adventure. I bought this for each person in my friend group, and we are reading it for our book club!

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho: I am a sucker for fantasy novels, so I am excited about this one! Victorian Britain, and a black man is the new Sorcerer Royal *gasp* who finds a woman who might be a more powerful spellcaster than any man in history *double gasp*. On top of being written by a person of color, Courtney Milan has lent her support for this book and I trust her judgement.

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell: I originally purchased this book for my dad, then a friend overheard me say I was going to read it before I gave it to him and she gave it to me for Christmas! History book about one of my favorite historical figures, the Marquis de Lafayette by a hilarious writer and his involvement in the American Revolution.

Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter: A gift from my equally Hamilton-obsessed cousin, the Hamiltome features not only the libretto from the musical but essays about New York during the revolution, Hamilton’s life, politics, you name it. AND pretty pictures of the show!

E-Books

Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid: This series made me laugh outloud! 6 brothers in Tennessee, talented and lovable in their own individual ways, and all bearded. I especially loved Cletus’s book, Beard Science.

That is it for now, friends! I got a giftcard from a friend to a local bookstore that I will definitely use sometime in the near future, so I will hopefully have more! Although, where I am to put any of my books is a good question....

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Book Review: Seeds of Time by KC Dyer

★★☆☆☆

Let's be clear: Seeds of Time is not a bad book. It's just an okay book.

Honestly, it has a lot of potential. Unlike ever U.S.-centric novel, this book is set in Canada at a summer school. Our protagonist is a disabled girl who is very honest about how her prosthetic foot affects her life. Neatest of all is that this story involves time travel to medieval Scotland!

However, overall the writing is lackluster. The pacing is very fast, considering it spans an entire summer, there is no subtlety to the themes of the story. It's clear that Darrell is intended to have a character arc and that the story is anti-ableism and anti-racism (all good things!), but it's so obvious and blatantly told to the reader instead of being shown that it loses its nuance. If delivered with a less obvious touch, all of this could have been impactful, but unfortunately it falls flat here.

Darrell is not a really likeable protagonist. Her downer attitude is on purpose to set up an emotional arc, but it also makes it really hard to connect with her as a reader. Even after her redemption, I was struggling to understand her as a character. Her friends are also fairly one-dimensional characters, and it's hard to understand why they put in effort to try to befriend her.

The Scotland plot was interesting from a historical detail angle, but it came in a bit too late for me to care too deeply.

Seeds of Time isn't the most stellar novel in the world, but if you're looking for a quick novel and have a keen interest in medieval Scotland, this might be a good read for you.

[booksbeyondimagining]

The irony of that line...

[thereadingcafe]

REVIEW - GIVEAWAY - AN ACCIDENTAL ODYSSEY by KC Dyer "wonderful trips and scenery"

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Finding Fraser - K.C. Dyer

Read: August 2016

So this was a cute book. The basics of it are an almost 30 year old woman sells off her life in the USA and hoofs off to Scotland. The main character is inspired to do so because of her favourite book series: The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon (a real book series). She’s searching for a real life Jamie Fraser, one of the main characters in the Outlander Series. The main character is fairly relatable, unfortunately, and gets into some mishaps that made me shake my head. I wouldn’t know how to classify this book much beyond fiction though, it’s a bit romance, a bit travel, and a bit about a woman on a journey. I enjoyed very much that the woman who starts the journey isn’t the same when it ends. The romance part of it kind of drove me insane though. From the readers perspective you can see all the times the character turned left when she should have turned right in her romances. But I guess that’s fairly true to life, you can’t see clearly out of your romances all the time, even when other people can. Though the main characters romance wasn’t the only one in the book, she makes a gay friend who does rope himself a Scot. I definitely enjoyed that and by the close of the book they were off to Canada to get married! So cute, even if it did seem a bit uhaul-y haha.

The book did make me wonder why I’m sitting here in Canada when I could be off crazily exploring Scotland like the main character. But then again I’m not on a desperate search to rope me a Scotsman. Though when I think about men in kilts... Anyways it did make me want to go to Scotland, so hopefully in the future I’ll get to make that happen. 

Info: Berkley, 2015.

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Well, come on.  Where do you go when your heart is broken?  This is not a rhetorical question.  Some people hit the bar.  Some throw themselves into their work.  Some just leap into the arms of the first non-homicidal-looking person they find. Me?  I go to the bookstore.

kc dyer, Finding Fraser

[kmsullivan52]

I just finished reading a wonderful book called Finding Fraser by kc dyer. It’s the perfect book for those of us who have fallen in love with fictional characters and want some adventure in our lives. I’ve now added Outlander to my ever growing reading list and wish I was able to leave my life behind and travel and find my Jamie....💕 But I’m only 21, I have plenty of time for that

This book reminded me that your Jamie, or your perfect man, may be right under your nose without you even realizing it. Love will come to you when you aren’t looking for it. And learn to appreciate the little things, like friendship 💕

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Exclusive: Outlander author Diana Gabaldon and KC Dyer talk Finding Fraser

Emma Sheridan, heroine of KC Dyer’s new novel Finding Fraser, falls hard for Outlander character Jamie Fraser–just like the rest of us.