#mimsyhale

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My first ever in-person book signing! Sure, it was only one copy--but it still felt pretty darn amazing!

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Ahhhhhhhhhh look what arrived!!! Thanks, interludepress!!!

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Hale’s characters are complex and compelling.  Both men are very young, but each has been uniquely damaged.  The road towards a real relationship is as terrifying as the road towards the rest of their lives after college.  I like the fact that neither man is entirely good, or entirely selfless.  I love the years of shared history that Hale has wrapped around the men like a fading quilt they are carefully unpicking and re-stitching together.

Inked Rainbow Reads on 100 Days

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On the Road with 100 Days

Roll up, roll up, one and all!  For starting tomorrow, myself and my boys are going on a virtual book tour--and with twenty-one stops in fourteen days, it’s almost as jam-packed as the boys’ road trip ;)

Here’s where you’ll find us over the next two weeks:

07 April: The Kimi-Chan Experience // Cathy Brockman Romances // Book Reviews, Rants, and Raves // The Hat Party // My Fiction Nook

08 April: 3 Chicks After Dark // Bayou Book Junkie // Molly Lolly

09 April: Hearts on Fire // Cate Ashwood // Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews // Book Reviews and More by Kathy

10 April: Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words // Prism Book Alliance (1 of 2)

13 April: Amanda C. Stone // Parker Williams

14 April: Carly’s Book Reviews // Velvet Panic // Inked Rainbow Reads

15 April: Boys on the Brink Reviews // Wake Up Your Wild Side // BFD Book Blog

16 April: Divine Magazine // Prism Book Alliance (2 of 2)

17 April: The Blogger Girls // Love Bytes

20 April: MM Good Book Reviews // Rainbow Gold Reviews // Dawn’s Reading Nook

Can’t wait to see you all there--and don’t forget to leave comments and kudos on these darling bloggers’ sites!

[kanadabiscuits]

MIMSYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

So today, although the skies are grey and the rain is cold, the slightly warmer weather is finally beginning to wear down the mountains of snow that have become our unwanted fortress against the oncoming spring. Inside, the fires are roaring, the lamb roast is ready to go into the oven to fill the house with the heady scents of meat and garlic and rosemary and lemon, and I am in Delaware with Jake and Aiden on their epic road trip and I am just as in love with them now as I was in their first iteration. Possibly more. No, definitely more. 

I have just received notice that my physical copy of 100 Days has shipped, so the race is on. I was fortunate enough to be given the chance to read an ARC of this beauty and rave about my love for Mimsy and the IP book I most want to see turned into a movie, and I finally have a chance to bury myself in an avalanche of imagery and feels. So... Onward to Maryland!!!

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On the Magic of Titles

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On Transcending Time and Being Overwhelmed by Love

I've always been a night owl. Ask my best friend, Danii (to whom I've chosen to dedicate 100 Days, considering all she put up with during the writing of it) and she'd tell you that I'm not unlike Jake Valentine. "You open your eyes in the morning and all I see is fire, pitchforks and death," as Aiden Calloway puts it.

But for me, the night is inescapable; I'm most myself in the darkened hours, when it feels like I'm the only person in the world that's awake. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Being on the road isn't unlike that. You can be heading down the highway surrounded by other vehicles, and still it feels as if you're the only person for miles around that is heading toward your next destination. It doesn't matter how long you've been driving, how long you've been away from home, how much time has passed since you last hugged your loved ones--it all bleeds into the asphalt until nothing is left apart from a sense of freedom as you watch the landscape slip by. It greets you warmly, and forgets you as soon as you've passed.

Lots of things in my life have overwhelmed me lately, not least of which the death of my beloved pink laptop. Gone are days of sitting in and binge-watching Netflix, and shopping online with ease (though let's be honest--my lack of a bank balance has been the main factor in deterring the second one).

The main thing I've been overwhelmed by lately, however, is love.It sounds cheesy, I know. But for the last few weeks, I've been acutely aware of all the love in my life. It has come from a few wonderful readers who have received advance copies of 100 Days. It has come from my friends, who for the last couple of weeks of February, kept me fed when I was broke. It has come from a charming, handsome, dorky man who makes me feel as much myself during the daytime as those transcendent hours of nighttime.

This is the overwhelming love I'm talking about--and the kind of overwhelming love that I experienced all through the eyes of Jake and Aiden. Familiar, deeply-rooted, intimate, not-without-its-complications, foundation-shaking love. It's the kind of love that I always want to stumble across while exploring the universes inside my head, and the kind of love that I was lucky enough to stumble across with these two beautifully flawed boys.

It feels like so long since their journey ended, but for the world at large, it's yet to begin. Since we're on the subject of being overwhelmed, I'm starting to vibrate with excitement at how close they are to getting (back) on the road and taking along a whole bunch (I hope!) of new road-trippers for the ride. I'm beginning to realise that, in more ways than one, it's true: the road never runs out.

On April 7th, the journey begins! 100 Days is available for pre-order via interludepress, and if you want to be in with a chance of winning a copy, follow the links in my right-hand sidebar for more information!

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100 Days - the novel

So I finished reading an ARC copy of Mimsys' 100 Days about a week ago now, but I had to refrain from reviewing it right away for fear of it being (in the best possible way) a gibberish mess of words and expletives. I was that blown away by it. But now I think I'm ready. First and foremost, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to you, Mimsy, for both creating, and allowing me to read this, your labour of love. It was an absolute privilege to do so. I only hope I do this book justice with what I'm about to say. Incredible, is the first word that comes to mind when describing 100 Days. Literally, when I got to the end, I said, (out loud at that) "HOLY COW, this IS incredible". Then I took a moment to digest everything I'd just read. I felt like I had to. Because of just how damn well written and crafted it was. I couldn't stop thinking about it for days after either. The journey that Aiden Calloway and Jake Valentine embark and take readers on, isn't just one of miles, states and sights, but one of discovery - both within themselves, as individuals, as best friends, and potentially more. Mimsy writes in such detail and depth, I just got them. Inside their heads. Inside their hearts. Or maybe they got inside mine. Every thought, every hope, every dream;  Their vulnerabilities and fears - laying themselves bare - every emotion you can possibly imagine was conveyed through Aiden and Jakes eyes on this road trip, in this book, and as a reader, I wholeheartedly, ultimately, continually felt that. Simply put, from the opening scene, to the closing credits, I loved, was deeply engaged in, and moved by 100 Days. It literally had everything I could have ever hoped for to be included, and so, so much more. And I really hope (hint, hint) there's more  to come of them, Mims. I cannot recommend it highly enough to other readers. And I'm excited to get my own copy, for sure!

Congratulations, Mimsy. *hugs from my corner of the world*