Ogres & other Dating Dilemmas by T.J. Nichols (Kickstarter) !!!

Hiya Everyone!!

If you have time, please check out T.J. Nichols Kickstarter for Ogres & other Dating Dilemmas!

It's a side story for their Mytho Investigations Series, that originally followed Jordan & Edra in their exciting journey. 

Goodreads ➤ Ogres and other Dating Dilemmas

KICKSTARTER Link → https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tjnichols/ogres-and-other-dating-dilemmas-mm-paranormal-romance-novel

I'm honestly so super excited to get this book. 

I love this world and I'm hoping we get to reach the stretch goal of 5k so we can get another extra novella! lol...  >w<

If you've read this series and also love Edra & Jordan please consider helping fund the kickstarter! 💖  

Korean BL Novels

 I just found out that a new publisher is translating BL Novels! 

They're called "WordExcerpt": https://wordexcerpt.com/

HAHA I know it's a little plain. I thought so too and didn't think they were real but they sure are! lol. Only it's not Japanese BL. This time, it's Korean Yaoi/BL Novels!

They're not "Light Novels". The difference is that 'light novels' have illustrations. These are just full on 'novels' that are just words and no illustrations. I think only Japanese have Light Novels because not even the Chinese novels that I've read have illustrations. I'm not sure though. Do let me know if I'm wrong about that assumption. 

Anyways, I am so thrilled and just.... ahh!! Overjoyed that someone else has taken an interest in BL Novels! 

They seem to be a little like J-Novel club. They have novels available chapter by chapter through a subscription service and then put the novel up on Amazon, Barnes & Noble...etc once completed/compiled into a full volume. 

The two fully published Yaoi Titles so far are: 

(BE WARNED! THEY ARE BOTH ON-GOING)

Kiss Me, Liar (Volume 1) ebook

Amazon

Kobo

Barnes & Noble

Look At Me (Volume 1) ebook

Amazon

Kobo

iBooks

Barnes & Noble

Kiss Me, Liar AUDIO BOOK:

Audible

Amazon

iBooks

Those are the links to purchase the ebook (& the one audio) and you can go to their site HERE

To get the paperback/hardcover versions! ☺

But they have more BL! Not just these. 

You can go here to see what else they have: https://wordexcerpt.com/genre/bl/

I only mentioned those two more because they're the only two, SO FAR, that have a full volume complete. Like I said, they're sort of a chapter subscription service. Once a volume is complete is when they sell on Amazon and other ebook retailers. 

Anyways, yeah, go forth! lol... Check out their site and spread the love! Tell your other fujo-friends and buy some more BL! 

REVIEW: Too Close to the Flame by Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood

Can he ever learn to trust again?

Brandon Weber’s old boyfriend almost beat him to death. Brandon survived, but still bears the emotional scars. Eighteen months later, he has withdrawn into himself, convinced he’ll never be able to trust another man.

Devin Macadam, fresh out of law school, has an exciting new job. He is also on the lookout for just the right guy, someone to take care of and love.

When Devin shows up for the first day of work at his new office, he meets Brandon, a legal assistant there. Sparks fly, but Brandon is paralyzed by fear and isn’t about to give another man the power to hurt him again. Devin, never one to give up easily, doesn’t want to take no for an answer. Both men feel the magic, but can their relationship ever get past the friend zone?


Too Close to the Flame is a dark-to-light, sweet romance featuring out and proud gay men, lots of feels, steamy love scenes, and a wonderful happy ending. The book is approximately 86,000 words.

Trigger Warning: Too Close to the Flame contains specific memories of physical & Sexual abuse.



Author: Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood
Genre: Contemporary, Romance

Purchase Links:
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Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 

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REVIEW: Ghoulish (The Alpha Chronicles #1) by Joel Abernathy

Colt Jager has always found his best friend mouthwatering, just...not the way he does now.

Out of all the ways Colt thought he’d be spending his twenty-fifth birthday, sinking his teeth into a random stranger definitely wasn’t on the list. Neither was falling headfirst into a hidden world of superhuman beasts who claim he’s one of them.

Awakening as a ghoul is like going through puberty all over again. Mood swings? Check. Raging hormones? Check. Awkward physical transformations? Check. Blurred lines between bloodlust and lust of the good old-fashioned variety?

That last part might be uniquely ghoulish, but if he doesn’t figure it out, his next dinner date with Jason might be the last. Then there’s the family of elite ghoul-eating ghouls who want to put a permanent end to his second life. As if he needed another reason to hate birthdays.

Note: This is an MM Urban Fantasy series with romance elements unfolding over the course of the series, not an MM romance.

Author: Joel Abernathy

Genre: MM Urban Fantasy, Horror

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Day 88...? — What I've been doing this whole time.... Lots of Stuff

Interesting times, huh? Just reminiscing what has been going on and what I've done these past few months during quarantine. I've been playing pokemon go again. More frequently anyways. Even though I can't go out and do huge raids and do community day like we used to. It was fun being out with big groups and such but this new way is alright. Like... doing it from home. Definitely don't get that much or that many shinies but, eh... It's another thing to pass the time during quarantine. But alas. It looks like the world is starting to slowly go back into motion... 

Malls and most if not all stores are opening this week, all with restrictions, of course! Protocols they need to follow and such.. It's just weird. Really strange settling into this new normal. I honestly don't wanna go back to work yet, mainly because It's a theme park. Where people from ALL OVER THE WORLD come. So for me, that's kind of a scary thought. I don't want to open myself to this sickness. ~sigh~

I mean, they say all of us getting it is inevitable but, obviously, I'm scared what that might mean for me. I could die from it if exposed...

So yeah.. scary morbid thoughts on this. Happy it's almost over but scared because there is no turning back or running away from this what so ever.

As of right now I'm still being paid by work. Though now it's only 50% of my regular pay. It went from 100% to 80% in May and now to 50% in June. Honestly, I'm still grateful for that because as most know, not everyone is being taken care of by their employer like this. Since the moment we closed, we were paid our full pay. Then in May, around the 3rd I think it was, It was cut to 80% for all employee's. And It's only recently that they cut it because of the extended time in which the park as been closed. Which again, I'm not too mad about. I'm so grateful to even be getting that. 

So, my point in bringing this up, I have had a little bit more spending money since I don't have to waste on food and public transport SO.. I treated myself these!

⬅️ That's an Evangelion clear file of Shinji and Kaworu. ❤️ There on the bottom is a Cardcaptor Sakura Pin. It's her first wand & a Kero strap/keychain. 

Kingdom Hearts shoes➡️ 

From Hot Topic. :D

Also got some cute masks and lots of pins and keychains from a seller on etsy. lol... I mean, I had to treat myself just a little right? I still made sure I have enough for rent so, for now I'm good. xP

I have only received  these so far. I have yet to receive the masks and other pins. Hopefully they'll arrive soon. :D

To help keep myself sane through all this, I really got back into my video games. Especially the recently released Final Fantasy VII REMAKE. It's so fucking amazing!! Of course, there are people that hated it, purists, lol... that didn't like how they changed from the original but I honestly love it. It's REMAKE. Not REMASTERED. I love the original so much, so very much. It's tied into so much of what my childhood was but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the new one. At it's core it's still the original story. So many lines were classic and exact it was so nostalgic and beautiful! lol

Also one cool thing that came out of this, I guess? Is that the Author Richelle Mead finally reappeared! LOL... I was a little concerned because she just vanished without a trace or word. Not that she needed to tell us readers anything really, but as she was in the middle of a book tour and then just... left-- I couldn't help but be concerned. I know she was a new mom and all that but most author's still post something you know? for almost 2 years she was just gone and there were so many fans that asked and asked but no one knew anything so, seeing all that I also grew concerned until May when she had a video chat. A live on FB I think it was... so now that I know she's just enjoying motherhood, I'm glad she's okay.

Other things I've done during this, was read. A LOT. I read so many manga, FINALLY!!! I feel, like because it was just, work, rest, sleep--work, rest, sleep, for these past few years that I never got to enjoy too much anymore. Especially since I take public transport, I was always just waiting or getting up extra early to get to work that i never felt I had time or energy to do anything but rest and sleep for the next day. So happy I got to rest as much as I did for this lock down. lol. Read lots of Manga, Yaoi, and just gay novels in general. 

Sadly one of my favorite hetero author's fell into a horror novel of her own. Her Husband and his mistress were poisoning her and tried to kill her. Also, the fucker is now suing her for her rights to all her books. I'm sure you know who I'm talking about. If not, It's Sherrilyn Kenyon. Now Sherrilyn McQueen. As she went back to her maiden name to try to escape a little something from the monster she married. He's trying to take away all of her babies, her books and characters and... man... it's just a sad story. I'm sure you can find the article somewhere. I'm not gonna get into it other than mentioning it like this...

I wish the best for her. Seriously hope she wins this lawsuit. It's so awful....

But yeah. That's all I did these past few months. Watched lots of crime stuff on YouTube and Documentaries on Netflix and HBO, watched lots of movies and shows. Read a lot of books and Manga. Played lots of video games.. I think I can look back on these days as a fond memory... I think. Aside from the Murder of George Floyd that is. Even though his Murder is recorded and all out with no arguments, with this corrupt justice system it's likely to give the white men that killed him a simple slap on the wrist as there is, once again, no real justice in the country anymore. 

I'm glad that his murder sparked a real movement and awareness. It's divided the country more but some people actually had their eyes opened to the brutality of police. Lots of change is needed and I think when history books look back on this point and time. It's going to be how this was the beginning of the end of the United States of America as we know it... or.. knew it. Shitface in the Oval Office has destroyed this great nation. This point in time when he called the Armed forces on her very citizens, it was the beginning of the end of this Country. I don't know if anyone can fix our relations with other countries ever again. It's a scary thought. Also to think where we will all be in 20 years from now. To see how much irreparable damage was dealt.

 Anyways, It's again, scary to think we're all going back to mingle with stupid idiots who don't care about the dangers to others and still won't cover their mouth when they sneeze or cough.. I just hope whomever gets covid-19 because of them survives. 

Lots of morbid thoughts. A little excitement, but mostly trepidation. 

DSP Debacle

I honestly never thought they would turn into one of the asshole publishers that they saved so many books from. They were there for Silver Publishing, Ellora's Cave and many other publishers that turned rancid on the inside and stole thousands from authors.

And now they become one of them.

I am just so very sad about that. I really am. I don't even know what to really say or feel other than feel so sad and betrayed by them. And that's just me as a READER I can't begin to imagine how the Author's published through them must feel. It's really just the worst thing to have happened to one of the, if not the real last giant MM Romance publisher.

One thing I have been really hating more than what they did is watching author's that have left berate and ridicule those that have decided to stay. What everyone does in this situation is their own business and reason. And they don't have to justify it to anyone but themselves.

So all those bitches out there that claim to be on all authors' side, how about you not shame those that stayed. okay?
Again, mind your business. You have no idea what was their reason for staying AND they don't need to tell anyone. It does NOT mean they're the only ones getting paid or made a deal or whatever, it was just a choice they felt was the best for them. So again, FUCK OFF.

Now... I don't think Dreamspinner Press will ever recover from this. Unless someone else takes management of this and they kick out Elizabeth North, I don't know if there will be a comeback. Even if there is a resurrection. No one will trust them again. Maybe it's something deeper and not Elizabeth North, but who knows... I'm only seeing what people are assuming and not what the real shit factor was.

In any case, it's indeed just a sad view to see. This publisher that saved homeless books from rotten publishers ultimately become one of the very same rotten apples.

Stuck in a genre ༼☯﹏☯༽

Well, first post of 2020 with a bit of a dilemma. lol...

I find that lately my taste in books has really changed.
Like, I've only been reading shifters and mpreg for a while now and although I LOVE it very, very much, I've been wanting to take a break and read something else but, I simply just can't seem to get out of it.
There are a few re-reads that are contemporary and I can easily fall back into those but when I try to read anything new, I just CAN'T seem to start it without getting bored.

I have such a huge list on my "To be read" pile on goodreads and I wanna knock some down! lol, but then, I also add more mpreg and... so... it's just an endless cycle! lol~~

Ugh, I mean, It's kinda frustrating but also, like I Love shifters and mpreg so... whatever? lol..
I don't know, I feel I need a break but also, I want to read so many more mpreg titles. Again, It's hard to describe. Very contradictory but I want a break from it. I wanna read something else but again, even when I try to read another, regular novel, I just can't seem to get into it. It doesn't pull me in at all. It's best to describe it as.. well, yeah, I just get too bored, set it aside and pick right up where I left off in the paranormal /mpreg novel I was reading. lol.

I guess I'm just going to have to force myself to stop a bit and at least go into a contemporary from a favorite author. Maybe I'll get back into Marie Sexton or Mary Calmes. They're such huge favorites maybe they can break me away. It's not that I'm bored or tired of mpreg and paranormal it's just.... I don't know....

I WANT to move on too... you know?

What happened to ______???

Authors that have vanished....

There have been some great and amazing authors that sadly, seemed to have vanished from the gay romance writing community.
All of which, I LOVED and sorely miss...

They have no internet presence or just any updates or any way to contact them. It's just...*sigh* Sad. I really wish, if they stopped writing, that they had said something instead of just leaving and letting us just wonder and worry if they're ok or if something happened to them. Which is what I think the majority of the time. That something happened and that's why they never showed their presence again.  I had just been wondering this lately because, I started re-reading a series from some of these vanished authors and can't help but think on it all over again. It's been YEARS for some... months for others...
Mostly.. YEARS without word...

I miss them and so, so wish that they're actually out there somewhere just.. under a different pen name that I didn't even know about. lol...

Taylor Ryan
Kady Stewart
Amylea Lyn
Mark Alders
Scarlet Hyacinth
Jana Downs
Gabrielle Evans
Marcus Atley
S.L. Armstrong
K. Piet
Jackie Nacht

.... there are so many more but for now this is my list. lol... Just something I wanna keep track of in case they ever come back. They're all in my insta-buying list because I love the worlds and characters they created but mostly I just wanna know if they're okay and/or just retired from writing... not that they owe me/us anything. It's just, I wish I knew, you know?

Books with HATEFUL formatting and NO COVERS

Isn't it annoying?

Ugh... That's one thing I don't like about purchasing from smashwords or ARe sometimes...

That the books end up coming out with no covers.
Smashwords especially has that. Which totally just... urgh!! It's irks me so damn bad. Almost always those self published titles have no covers.

Then there is ARe. The good thing about ARe is that the majority DO come with covers. Yay! But, You do get a good amount that don't.

Now, don't get me wrong here, I know it probably has NOTHING to do with ARe or Smashwords at all. It might all have to do with what the author turns in. They probably really have no control over how it comes out when put up for sale, And at least, if you submit a 'ticket' at ARe, they are likely to fix it....but still!! It's annoying!!!

Yesterday... or... I think it was actually the day before, I bought two books, First off, one was fucking HORRIBLY FORMATTED!!!!! Like seriously!! Fucking terrible. Jumbo fucking lettering and no pretty format at all. Like.. here... I'll give you an example.

No joke. This is real here... NO. JOKE.

Then, I got one with NO cover. Not only that, I thought, "Oh! Fine.. I'll just put it in my nook (the epub format) and Yay! I'll have cover and it'll be pretty so I won't mind..."

NOPE!

Not only does it NOT have a cover for that either BUT it has shitty formatting as well.

I mean.. I get that things get fucked up when formatting them into other formats. Sure, of course, it happens but... the fact that it happens so often is just too damn annoying. Like... I'm giving you my money... right? so, the least you can do is make sure that your book looks great when it comes out on the other side. Right? (in all formats! come on! please?!)

Some will say, "well it looks good on the mobi format"
Oh, well, good for you, BUT I DON'T FUCKING USE MOBI FORMAT!!
NOT EVERYONE USES STUPID MOBI/KINDLE FORMAT!!!
I really wish other formats would get the same 'loving' for what seems to go into the 'mobi' format.

I Hate buying books that look like shit. Which is why I often don't get self publishes books even if I WANT TO SO DAMN BAD!!
It's because they look hideous. So I buy just Publisher ones.

I mean, I can't be the only person who is so anal about pretty covers and nice formatting right? Am I the only one?

*sigh*

I could just look the other way and just READ it but I buy these books to keep and treasure... I really wish some of them would be as pretty as others for my collection....

Randomness on goodreads

So, I was just looking through books and such and I came across something weird on my page....

Those numbers right in between the books??.... Yeah, I have absolutely no Idea what the fuck that is...
Were those books deleted or something? Or.. what?
No idea... :: Randomness at 2:08am on a Saturday. fufu~

Now that we've finished watching "The Voice" and "Missing" ... I'm going to bed. lol... just wanted to share my randomness (especially since I've been neglecting my blogs again. ;A;//)

J.R. Loveless' Gorgeous Bookmarks!!!

YES!!
HOLY FUCKING HELL!!
YES!!!!

I GOT MY BOOKMARKS TODAY!! OH MY GOD!!!
A little while ago J.R. Loveless wrote on her blog that she had bookmarks made for her books and Eeeeeek!! well you know, she said give your address and she'd send them, and omg! I got mine today!! its all kinds of awesome and beautiful!! i totally can't get over it! REALLY!! Gah~ I can't get over how awesome it is!!

See??? ;A;/ They're just.... breathtaking Works of ART!!!

Thank You so much J.R. Loveless!! Thank You!! Today, You have made me the happiest girl in the world!! ;A;//