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A Year of Less?

Usually, in a new year, we make resolutions of things to do that are ostensibly meant to make us better people. For the last few years, I have made no resolutions or goals. Honestly, just surviving was enough for me. But now, a few months in, I have a resolution of sorts to proclaim. A…

Workplace Dominance

I should have known to expect a hefty dose of emotional turmoil in an Adriana Anders book. It may look all cute and rom-com on the surface, but just beneath the humor and the grumpy/sunshine workplace banter is a depth of self discovery and realization of boundaries and how to learn how to say “no.”…

Magic Most Hunted

Graceless Heart is historical fantasy set mostly in Florence in the time of the Medici’s. In this version, there are witches and fae and a seemingly immortal Pope set on eradicating magic. There is also a mysterious immortal family tasked with protecting the Medici legacy. And thrown into the middle of everything we have Ravenna.…

Who is Scijess? And why does she read?

A California girl in my soul, I hail from the Sequoia Forest area of the Golden State. I currently reside in TX. I am an introverted Enneagram 5 Capricorn (if you believe in those things). My idea of a good time is curling up with coffee and a book, and getting all snuggled up with cozy blankets and squishmallows. This is a place to share my love of reading, books, and other life things. Welcome!

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