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Marie Force knows romance! I just finished book 2 in her McCarthys of Gansett Island series, Fool for Love, which is Joe and Janey's story. I just loved it. Marie has such a great talent for introducing secondary characters, and weaving all the story threads in such a way that you not only get the happy, satisfying ending for the hero and heroine, but the ending leaves you wanting more and seeing what's next. Can't wait for book 3 - Luke and Sydney's story. Her books make me wish Gansett wasn't a fictional place!

xoxo,

bex

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In keeping with my new Kindle love, I have also been keeping with reading books by my successful self-published friend, Marie Force. We have talked so often of the McCarthys of Gansett Island that I was very eager to get started on the first in the series, Maid for Love. And yes, I was hooked, and yes I have read them all much more quickly than I would have liked. As with any great series of books readers can make their way through them much faster than the author can write them. The McCarthys are no exception. You'll see in my next few entries that I have all the released McCarthy books read and archived in my Kindle. Hooray for Mac and Maddie. Up next: Janey and Joe.

xoxo,

bex

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I took a dip back in the YA pool to read a book that has been in my TBR pile for forever. I am so happy to have finally had the chance to read E. Lockhart's The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. I love stories set against the private school backdrop and I enjoy smart, spunky heroines. Frankie is one who both wants to shake things up and fit in at the same time. It is an interesting read about legacies and privilege and how things don't always turn out the way you want them to.

xoxo,

bex

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My Kindle has me thinking all things Marie Force these days, so my next ebook was none other than The Fall. Loved it! The excerpt at the back of True North hooked me right away, and it seemed like the right next book in my Marie progression. Marie makes the writing look so easy, and as I try to start my next new book in this new year, I am reminded how good writing is anything but easy. Marie has worked so hard to create these books and I am so glad I now have the right apparatus on which to read them.

xoxo,

bex

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The boyfriend got me a Kindle for Christmas and I admit that I have been very slow to come around to this kind of reading experience. But, as more of my friends as well as other authors are opting for the independent publishing route, I am more open to giving the Kindle a try. Needless to say, I was so excited when the boyfriend showed up with a Kindle for me this holiday season. My first Kindle read was written by my friend, Marie Force entitled, True North. And it's funny that around Christmas time a year ago she and I had met for lunch and she mentioned that she had started seriously thinking about putting her work out there on her own. As she has said many times, rejection has been her friend. Without it, she would not have opted to publish her books herself, she would not have amassed as much success, and she would not have gotten so many good books into the hands of her readers . . . who constantly clamor for more. I loved True North (yes, there are readers who want to read about a supermodel looking for love) and am so happy she took the chance and put her work out there in what was, a year ago, a very unconventional distribution method. Now she is one of the leaders on this new frontier and I wish her continued success!

xoxo,
bex

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I limited the boyfriend to buying me just one book for Christmas this year. He likes to find me books that are outside my normal reading area, which is great because I do enjoy doing that but it's hard, too, when there are so many new books in my genre that I want to read to stay current of what is being published in the area where I want to be. I just don't have enough time to read as much as I want to! So this year's book was The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown, which was a decent pick since the book is about three sisters raised by an academic and his wife in a college town - all of whom almost always have their noses in a book. What's not to like about a family of readers? There is more to the story than that, of course. When the mother falls ill, the book hits a little close to home so there were some issues in the book that felt very personal to me and were, at times, tough for me to wrestle with. All in all though, I enjoyed the book and think the boyfriend did a good job with his gift selection. Unless, of course, there is some subliminal meaning in the title. My sister and I aren't weird at all!

xoxo,
bex

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I am reading more romance and women's fiction these days, though over the Christmas break I hope to get back to some YA. In the meantime, I found a book by one of the authors I first started reading way back when, Jude Deveraux. This one was a contemporary romance set in a small town in Virginia - a book in a series that takes place in Edilean. Scarlet Nights lacked some of the sweeping aspects that I remember from some of her earlier books, but I still liked the story. Romance, intrigue, a little mystery, and some contemporary Scottish heroes in kilts . . . there is a lot to recommend this book!

xoxo,
bex