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Kill the Queen After barely surviving the massacre of her royal family, Evie falls in with a gladiator troop — and learns how to fight back. Read by an Audie Award–winning narrator, this enthralling listen is “the d...

#FYI The audiobook for KILL THE QUEEN, book #1 in my Crown of Shards #gladiator #romantasy series, is on sale for $5.40 at Chirp Books: www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/k...

The audiobook is narrated by the awesome Lauren Fortgang. Get it if/while you can! 😎

#audiobook #audio #audiobooks #books

The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time Buy The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time: Read Books Reviews - Amazon.com

#OnSale $1.99 The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time by John Kelly #Nonfiction #MedicalHistory #BlackDeath #Plagues
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Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers - Kindle edition by Fraser, Caroline. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers.

#OnSale $1.99 Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
#TrueCrime #Nonfiction #eBookSale
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a screenshot of zoom with an arrow pointing to "settings"

a screenshot of zoom settings with "my account" highlighted and a circle around "view advanced features"

zoom on a web browser, with an arrow pointing to "AI Companion" and the first 3 of many AI features listed

PSA to my fellow Zoom users -- it's automatically turned on a bunch of A.I. features without asking you✌️

to turn all 32 of them off, go to "Settings" --> "My Account" --> "View advanced features"

it'll open up your browser and list a SHITTON of A.I. features, many of which will be on (scroll!)

Black and white photo of a medium haired, tabby, cat sitting up and seems to be meowing a little bit towards the camera. The background is in focused, but the cat is a little blurry.

Black-and-white photo of a medium hair, tabby cat it is sitting up on a cement, stoop of some kind of wooden structure probably a house

Black-and-white photo of a medium haired, tabby cat sitting up on the cement, stoop of what seems to be a wooden house. The cat looks towards the camera and it is blurry, but you could still make out its expression. The wall behind it is sharply in focused.

Black-and-white photo of a medium haired, tabby, cat lying, relaxed on the cement scope of what seems to be a wooden house. The cat is not in focused, but the wall behind it is.

I recently got this set of four shots of an adorable tabby. None of them are in focus and honestly I don’t really care. ☺️ I started collecting cat photos primarily because of the love they represent, if they’re technically nice too that’s just a bonus. Ca. 1950s.

A large, solid black bird (looks like a blackbird) occupies the left and bottom portions of the frame, facing right. A grey bird (pigeon-like) is inverted and nestled within the curve of the black bird's neck and back is the head of the grey bird, facing left. Had an interlocking composition which has yin and yang style to it. Title of the piece is Night and Day, I think.

Hello Wednesday.
🖼️ Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz

Bear in wooden rocking chair with tea cup on tree stump And bird perched on his toes, illustration.

The Three Bears, Feodor Rojankovsky, 1967.

Illustration from Jugend: three stylised foxes in a row with black foliage design between them.

From Jugend.

ICYMI: Last week, over on the blog, I shared Garrick’s POV of the scene where Riela snoops through his office and then accidentally on purpose kisses him when she gets caught. Happy month of love! <3

Review: Vampires Totally Suck by C. Rochelle Title: Vampires Totally Suck Author: C. Rochelle Series: Trinity of Blood #2 Pages: 171 4 stars – It was really good After reading the previous book, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this because…

Review: Vampires Totally Suck by C. Rochelle
#TrinityOfBlood #ParanormalRomance #QueerRomance #MFMRomance #VampireRomance
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Chinese scroll painting of two horses

Chinese scroll painting of a horse

Chinese scroll painting of two horses

Chinese scroll painting of a horse

For #lunarnewyear, a silk painting (ca. 1300) attributed to Zhao Mengfu, depicting the eight faithful horses who took King Mu, “son of heaven”, on his mythical journey to the Kunlun Mountains to meet the Queen Mother of the West: publicdomainreview.org/collection/e... #horse #firehorse

Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.

#BrutalButAccurate

Review: Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy Title: Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus Author: Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy Pages: 287 4 stars – It was really good “It is the most fatal virus in the world, a …

Review: Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
#nonfiction #rabies
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Review: Reaper of Souls by Jordan L. Hawk Title: Reaper of Souls Author: Jordan L. Hawk Series: SPECTR #3 Pages: 135 4 stars – It was really good In this one, Caleb and John are dealing with an incubus murdering allies of an anti-paranorma…

Review: Reaper of Souls by Jordan L. Hawk
#SPECTR #UrbanFantasy #QueerRomance #MMMRomance
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ARC Review: Touched by Magic by Anna Lowe Title: Touched by Magic Author: Anna Lowe Series: Château Nocturne #3 Pages: 349 Released: Feb. 12, 2026 3 stars – I liked it Genevieve “Gen” Durand has finally arrived at her family’s …

ARC Review: Touched by Magic by Anna Lowe
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A heart made from papier-mâché showing the veins and arteries in blue and red.

For #ValentinesDay, I'll be posting #HistoricalHearts. Let's start with this life-size papier-mâché heart by the French anatomist Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux from the 19th century. Photo: Alex Peck.

Weekly Wrap Up | February 14, 2026 This year I want to change things up on my blog, so I have decided to stop doing WWW Wednesdays, and instead will be doing weekly wrap ups on Saturdays. I have always felt weird about doing wrap up…

Weekly Wrap Up | February 14, 2026
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Review: Atonement Sky by Nalini Singh Title: Atonement Sky Author: Nalini Singh Series: Psy-Changeling Trinity #9 Pages: 399 4 stars – It was really good Justice-Psy Eleri Dias knows the end is near and is determined to atone for past …

Review: Atonement Sky by Nalini Singh
#PsyChangelingTrinity #ParanormalRomance
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Review: Beast Business by Ilona Andrews Title: Beast Business Author: Ilona Andrews Series: Hidden Legacy #6.5 Pages: 214 4 stars – It was really good It’s been four years since the last Hidden Legacy book came out, so I was so excited t…

Review: Beast Business by Ilona Andrews
#HiddenLegacy #NewRelease #UrbanFantasy #ParanormalRomance
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Review: The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown Title: The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Author: Daniel James Brown Narrator: Michael Prichard Pages: 10 hours 57 min 4 stars – It was really good This book follow…

Review: The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown
#Nonfiction
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ARC Review: Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett Title: Muscles & Monsters Author: Ashley Bennett Series: Leviathan Fitness #1 Pages: 304 Releases: February 10, 2026 5 stars – I loved it! This is the revised and extended version of this…

ARC Review: Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett
#LeviathanFitness #NewRelease #ParanormalRomance #MonsterRomance
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A completed #SnowInLoveBingo board.

#SnowInLoveBingo complete. I kind of forgot about this challenge for a few weeks, but I still was able to complete it!

Queen of Foxes Queen of Foxes

#MondayMorningMailbag.

Question: What is QUEEN OF FOXES?

Answer: QUEEN OF FOXES is book #1 in a brand-new romantasy series I am writing for Entangled: Red Tower Books. Woot! Woot! 😎

1/ #books #authors #romantasy #RobinHood #specialedition #comingsoon #romance #romancebooks #fantasy #epicfantasy

Review: Master of Ghouls by Jordan L. Hawk Title: Master of Ghouls Author: Jordan L. Hawk Series: SPECTR #2 Pages: 113 4 stars – It was really good Caleb Janen is trying to deal with being possessed by the vampire spirit named Gray. He want…

Review: Master of Ghouls by Jordan L. Hawk
#SPECTR #UrbanFantasy #QueerRomance
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This is the cover for Zomromcom by Olivia Dade.

TODAY ONLY! ZOMROMCOM by Olivia Dade is only $1.99! I really enjoyed this fun take on the zombie apocalypse with an awesome fat heroine and a vampire hero. You don't want to miss this deal! 👀

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Weekly Wrap Up | February 7, 2026 This year I want to change things up on my blog, so I have decided to stop doing WWW Wednesdays, and instead will be doing weekly wrap ups on Saturdays. I have always felt weird about doing wrap up…

Weekly Wrap Up | February 7, 2026
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Painting, frog sat at table with coffee in floral cup.

Friday plans:
🖼️ Clare Hulfish #FrogForFriday

END THE SHIT SHOW IMPEACH THEM ALL

overpass in Seattle rn. LED lighting ftw

Review: The Long Game by Rachel Reid Title: The Long Game Author: Rachel Reid Series: Game Changers #6 Pages: 453 4 stars – It was really good After reading Ilya and Shane’s first book, I will admit I was a bit apprehensive about star…

Review: The Long Game by Rachel Reid
#GameChangers #ContemporaryRomance #SportsRomance #HockeyRomance #QueerRomance #MMRomance
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Review: Out Cold: A Chilling Descent into the Macabre, Controversial, Lifesaving History of Hypothermia by Phil Jaekl Title: Out Cold: A Chilling Descent into the Macabre, Controversial, Lifesaving History of Hypothermia Author: Phil Jaekl Narrator: Matt Kugler Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins 4 stars – It was really goo…

Review: Out Cold: A Chilling Descent into the Macabre, Controversial, Lifesaving History of Hypothermia by Phil Jaekl
#Nonfiction #hypothermia
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