Last weekend, ABC Family (yes, I know it is #Freeform now, but I just can’t call it that) aired a “Throwback Weekend” showing movies that were 10 or more years old (Clueless is 21, yikes!). Personally, I think they were looking for a reason to air High School Musical and took advantage of the fact that …
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Remembering Book It!
Yesterday, I went shopping and found myself at a Pizza Hut Express. Those breadsticks were calling my name. While I sat at one of those tables, eating my breadsticks, a woman came in with her two little girls. That little family reminded me of those days I spent at Nativity, trying to read enough books …
Why I Mostly Read Historicals
Many people ask me why most of the books I read are historical and not contemporary romances and until recently I never really thought why that is. What I have come to realize is that when it comes to contemporary books and contemporary heroes in specific, I have higher standards than I have for historicals. …
The Fiction Vixen–Back from the Dead…Again
Hi, all. I know I’ve been gone for a REALLY long time, yet again, and there are not enough words in the English language to come close to apologizing for leaving you high and dry for a second time. The truth is that I’ve been dealing with a lot of stuff in my non-internet life …
My Favorite Holiday Traditions
Whenever you read a Christmas themed book or watch ones of those ubiquitous specials, there are always happy families getting together for a big dinner, usually consisting of a roast turkey (or in an historical romance a goose or maybe pheasant) and to me that’s just not what Christmas is. Yeah, there are a lot …
Binging: Books, Television, and Movies
There was a time when binging was considered a bad thing–and in certain circles it still is, but with the over availability of digital content, whether that content is a book, movie, or television show, binging has taken on a whole new connotation. I’m one of the many people that like to over dose on …
All the Paranormals…
It seems that October is paranormals month. Maybe it has to do with Halloween being this month, but all I seem to want to read are paranormals. I started out with older Kay Hoopers (Out of the Shadows, Whisper of Evil) and then moved onto her newer books. To be honest, I had all but given …
Guilty Pleasure Books
I was watching the newest episode of The Goldbergs earlier today and it featured the song The Safety Dance, which as far as I know has never been a cool song. It is one of those songs that everybody knows, but no one ever admits to liking. It was the Mmbop of the day (I will admit …
My First Romance Novel
One of my neighbors died this morning. I didn’t know her very well, despite living across the street from her for almost 14 years. I did know that she liked to read Harlequin romance novels. I know this because she is the person who gave me my first romance novel. Actually, she gave me a …
Staying Consistent Throughout a Series
I am currently re-reading J.D. Robb’s Naked in Death for what is probably the fourth or fifth time and I am noticing things in this re-read that I haven’t before–things like Roark’s net worth and his relationship with Summerset, but also things like Eve’s POV–things that aren’t quite the same in this first book as they …