Originally posted by delacruz at Livejournal, come on.

I've accepting working at the English academy for middle-school students that owns the academy for pre- and elementary school kids I work for. It turns out to be a little over 5 extra hours a week and I will have to stop going to my dance class on Friday nights, but I am extremely pleased because I will be making shittons of money. WHO NEEDS A SOCIAL LIFE WHEN I CAN DIVE INTO A POOL OF MONEY LIKE SCROOGE MCDUCK, I ASK YOU?

I also have fallen way way behind on my 52 Romances because I've been rereading A Song of Ice and Fire...and I am finally going to read A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons, haha. I love ALL the Lannisters ok, they are BAMFs and you should be jealous of their cunning and awesome. My biases also include Arya and Sansa, but Bran is boring ok. Everything just needs more Lannister, esp Dany's storyline. I want to have a giant AOIAF free for all once I've read all the books though...it's taking me forever to get through them. ;n; TOO MUCH WORK.

In other news, it was Nick and my 2 year anniversary last week...time has just flown! I'm excited to see where the next year takes us and where we'll be after March 2013. ^^

Hey guys, starlitshore is writing a H/D fic and it is awesome! Here is Part I, which I enjoyed a lot...sometimes it's so good getting back into a pairing I haven't read anything good of in a while. (I'm actually not sure if "of" is the right preposition there...grammatics, please help.)

That is all.

This is one of the weirdest books I've ever read, ok. So Virginia hates Gabriel because he was in the carriage racing accident that caused the death of her older brother, Roger. Who challenged who remains a mystery, but Virginia and her foster father are certain it was Gabriel's fault. When they meet in a crowded ballroom, Virginia finds she's attracted to him. On the other hand, Gabriel has decided he's going to marry her and a) solve Virginia's financial problems, b) solve his own financial problems, c) stop his sister from being forced into marriage by their crazy grandmother, and d) get LAAAAAID. Virginia of course finds out that he's marrying her to get money and is all pissed, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT HE MAY HAVE KILLED HER BROTHER. Can Virginia forgive Gabriel? Can Gabriel find the ability to fall in love? Find out for yourself in...To Wed a Wild Lord.

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Book Ten: Laird of the Mist by Paula Qinn
Book Eight: Princes to the Left of Me, Dukes to the Right by Kieran Kramer

Lady Poppy has a problem. It's not that she's an heiress, or that men from all ranks want tto get with her. It's that she's been using her engagement to the made-up Duke of Drummond to fob of potential (and eligible) suitors, much to the dismay of her father. Except the Duke isn't so made up after all, and now she finds she's engaged to a man she's never met. Who is also a spy for the English government and using their engagement as a cover. Can Poppy and Nicholas help each other out of this predicament? Do they want to?

This book was charming and hit all the criteria for a Napoleonic spies novel, but it was otherwise unsurprising. It wasn't even steamy. ㅠ-ㅠ If you're looking for a fluffy read, you'll definitely enjoy it though.

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Book Nine: To Wed a Wild Lord by Sabrina Jeffries
Book Seven: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean

I fell behind again but don't worry! There's more where this came from! ㄱ.ㄱ



I HATE reading a series out of order. I didn't even realise I was doing it when I read Ten Ways to be Adored When Landing a Lord. Then I kind of realised it when I read Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart. Each novel in Sarah MacLean's Love by Numbers trilogy is standalone, but there's progression. In the first novel, Nine Rules, we're introduced to the St. John brothers, who are lords and rakes and sexy as all fuck. And then in the first one, they are joined by their half-sister from Italy, who is also sexy as all fuck.

Anyway, this one is about chronic wallflower and spinster, Calpurnia, who overcomes the shackles of Regency society and takes her spinster reputation in her own hands! Although there are countless rules and strictures on her, she chooses 9 big ones to break. Helping her is the sexy Gabriel St. John, the Marquess of Ralston, who she of course falls in love with, but is he even capable of love? Spoiler alert: this is a romance novel.

MacLean's writing is charming and funny. I've enjoyed all her novels and sex secenes immensely and I'm looking forward to reading her newest, A Rogue By Any Other Name! If you're looking for a fun read, this one I definitely recommend.

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Book Eight: Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right by Kieran Kramer
Book Six: I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

Thank you so much for your comments on my last hair entry! I took silver_miko's advice and made my own sea salt spray and it turned out really well! (So far...) I have to give the curling iron back to my friend today, but I'm getting incredibly excited about this perm. And if it goes horribly awry....well, I have flat iron. ^.^

Not as catchy as Lovey-Dovey, but pretty sexy. I started off liking it and I like more each time I listen to it!

This movie looks incredible! SHE HULKED OUT OF HER DRESS. BAD ASS.