BR Josy and Simone

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Our last BR for this year, Josy. I hope you are up for it and this book will be a perfect ending for our BR season. ;-)

[Christelle]

Hey you : time for you to pick up your reading skills and for Karen and me our stalking skills ;)
See you this evening !!!

[Josy]

Simone wrote: "Our last BR for this year, Josy. I hope you are up for it and this book will be a perfect ending for our BR season. ;-)"

OMG!! Don't make me cry before we even start reading, lol!!
I can't believe the year is over already... Where did the time go?? This will be my 28th BR this year!!

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Christelle wrote: "Hey you : time for you to pick up your reading skills and for Karen and me our stalking skills ;)
See you this evening !!!"

Hey back! :) I'm so ready! Oh, sh*t, no... Arghhhh, I have to charge my Kindle!!!! Glad we talked about it. LOL. See you later! :)

[Christelle]

OMG : Josy, you're counting your BR ?!?
I have no idea how many I did so far, but what a rush :-)
btw, I have entered a reading challenge and "in the blood" is on my list, so, if you have time by the end of this month,.....

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Josy wrote: "Simone wrote: "Our last BR for this year, Josy. I hope you are up for it and this book will be a perfect ending for our BR season. ;-)"

OMG!! Don't make me cry before we even start reading, lol!!
..."

No, no, no, don't cry! There will be lots of BR's next year and considering 'next year' means four weeks from now... God! Time flies... LOL.
For me this will be my 11th BR this year. Well, if my bookkeeping is correct, that is. LOL.

[Josy]

Christelle wrote: "Hey you : time for you to pick up your reading skills and for Karen and me our stalking skills ;)
See you this evening !!!"

See you later! You know we love our awesome stalkers ;)

[Josy]

Christelle wrote: "OMG : Josy, you're counting your BR ?!?
I have no idea how many I did so far, but what a rush :-)
btw, I have entered a reading challenge and "in the blood" is on my list, so, if you have time by ..."

Yup, I'm counting ;)
As of today: 27 BRs, 46 re-reads, 114 audiobooks
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
What challenges are you doing? I will see how it goes but I can't promise anything right now. The rest of the month will be very busy for me :/

[Josy]

Simone wrote: "No, no, no, don't cry! There will be lots of BR's next year and considering 'next year' means four weeks from now... God! Time flies... LOL.
For me this will be my 11th BR this year. Well, if my bookkeeping is correct, that is. LOL. .."

LOL! I can't help it. I always get a little teary-eyed at the end of the year :)

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Josy wrote: "Simone wrote: "No, no, no, don't cry! There will be lots of BR's next year and considering 'next year' means four weeks from now... God! Time flies... LOL.
For me this will be my 11th BR this year...."

I have every intention to cheer you up tonight. ;-)

Oh, and you are very organized, btw. LOL. I'm glad I think of keeping track by adding everything to my shelves. LOL.

[Christelle]

Josy wrote: "Christelle wrote: "OMG : Josy, you're counting your BR ?!?
I have no idea how many I did so far, but what a rush :-)
btw, I have entered a reading challenge and "in the blood" is on my list, so, i..."

I'm doing the monthly reading challenge from the MM romance group for the 2nd time. My December list includes an "action" MM and I selected "in the blood" for this category :-)
I will reach out to you before Christmas to see if you want to join me (no release before the 18th anyway !!)

[Josy]

Christelle wrote: "I'm doing the monthly reading challenge from the MM romance group for the 2nd time. My December list includes an "action" MM and I selected "in the blood" for this category :-)
I will reach out to you before Christmas to see if you want to join me (no release before the 18th anyway !!).."

I'm only doing some of the yearly challenges but I wanted to try to do some more next year. I don't know how successful this will be because it seems I can't even finish the yearly ones this year, lol!
Thanks! You know how scattered my brain is, lol! I will see what I can do with the BR but like I said, I can't promise.

[Christelle]

Simone wrote: "Josy wrote: "Simone wrote: "No, no, no, don't cry! There will be lots of BR's next year and considering 'next year' means four weeks from now... God! Time flies... LOL.
For me this will be my 11th ..."

And here I am, thinking I was organized, LOL. Never thought about having a BR shelf :-(

[Josy]

Simone wrote: "I have every intention to cheer you up tonight. ;-)

Oh, and you are very organized, btw. LOL. I'm glad I think of keeping track by adding everything to my shelves. LOL. ..."

YAY!! :)
LOL! With my books, I'm more organized than with anything else ;)

Now I have to get back to (read: start) work, lol! Talk to you later!

[Christelle]

Josy wrote: "I'm only doing some of the yearly challenges but I wanted to try to do some more next year. I don't know how successful this will be because it seems I can't even finish the yearly ones this year, lol!
Thanks! You know how scattered my brain is, lol! I will see what I can do with the BR but like I said, I can't promise."

I totally failed the one for November, LOL. Which is ridiculous when thinking of the number of books I read. So, for this month, I made my choices more carefully ;) And anyway, there's no pressure : it's just a game :-)

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Christelle wrote: "Simone wrote: "Josy wrote: "Simone wrote: "No, no, no, don't cry! There will be lots of BR's next year and considering 'next year' means four weeks from now... God! Time flies... LOL.
For me this w..."

First thing I did when it was clear there would be more than one. LOL. You know me and my old-lady-brain syndrome... ;-)

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Josy wrote: "Simone wrote: "I have every intention to cheer you up tonight. ;-)

Oh, and you are very organized, btw. LOL. I'm glad I think of keeping track by adding everything to my shelves. LOL. ..."

YAY!! ..."

Tell me about it! LOL. I have no idea how I will get my work done, but I'm not really motivated either. ;-)

[Christelle]

Simone wrote: "Tell me about it! LOL. I have no idea how I will get my work done, but I'm not really motivated either. ;-) "

I cross my fingers I will find a job I'm excited about. We have to spend so much time at work : it's much better if it can be something interesting !! I guess that's why I started doing massages when the working conditions went south in my previous job !!

On a more joyous note, I found this pic and it made me laugh :

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Christelle wrote: "Simone wrote: "Tell me about it! LOL. I have no idea how I will get my work done, but I'm not really motivated either. ;-) "

I cross my fingers I will find a job I'm excited about. We have to spen..."

LOL. Awesome! :)
Yeah, what would I give if my job had something to do with my hobbies... :( That would be definitely more fun! :)
Well, at least I'm off here in half an hour. I forgot to pre-order my prescription yesterday in order to fetch it this morning from my gynecologist, and now I have to hurry to get there before they close for the weekend at 1 a.m. *sigh*

[Josy]

Christelle wrote: "On a more joyous note, I found this pic and it made me laugh :

.."

LOL!! ~high five~ ;)

[Josy]

Hi, Simone!!
I'm here and ready whenever you are :)

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Hey, Josy! :)

Give me two minutes to grab a coffee and then I'm all yours. :)

[Josy]

Take your time! I won't go anywhere ;)

[Josy]

This cover!! I just can't... Sorry, but the guy looks creepy and have you looked at his nether regions??? It looks like something is about to crawl out of his pants O_O ~shudders~

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Hahaha! Read my status update! LOL.

BTW, I'm here now and my coffee and I are ready to go. :)

[Josy]

Simone wrote: "Hahaha! Read my status update! LOL.

BTW, I'm here now and my coffee and I are ready to go. :)"

Hahaha!! We are off to a good start ;)

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Damn, sorry, it might be the wrong question, but did you read the blurb? I have no idea what to expect and that freaks me out. LOL

EDIT: maybe I should read it before we start, what do you say? ;-)

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Josy wrote: "Simone wrote: "Hahaha! Read my status update! LOL.

BTW, I'm here now and my coffee and I are ready to go. :)"

Hahaha!! We are off to a good start ;)"

LOL. We are!!! :) Just read the blurb and I knew there was a catch... LOL. BDSM, but I hope it's just light. ;-)

[Josy]

Simone wrote: "Damn, sorry, it might be the wrong question, but did you read the blurb? I have no idea what to expect and that freaks me out. LOL

EDIT: maybe I should read it before we start, what do you say? ;-)"

LOL!! Did you really just asked me? Of course I haven't read the blurb, lol! Read it if you want to. I will go in blind (again, lol!)

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Josy wrote: "Simone wrote: "Damn, sorry, it might be the wrong question, but did you read the blurb? I have no idea what to expect and that freaks me out. LOL

EDIT: maybe I should read it before we start, what..."

Yeah, thought so... LOL. One of us is prepared now... Not. And we'll see where this leads us. LOL

[Josy]

Oh? I didn't know it has a BDSM theme. I'm intrigued! It has been some time since I last read a BDSM themed book.
Are you ready to start?

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Josy wrote: "Oh? I didn't know it has a BDSM theme. I'm intrigued! It has been some time since I last read a BDSM themed book.
Are you ready to start?"

Same here. ;-) And oops, I already started, but I'm only on page 2... LOL

[Josy]

Okay, I will hurry, lol!

[Josy]

Should we know who Trevor Mackenzie is and what story there was?

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Josy wrote: "Should we know who Trevor Mackenzie is and what story there was?"

Who has to hurry up now??? LOL. I'm not even there, just saw the name popping up at the end of the page I'm on when you mentioned it. LOL. The name doesn't sound familiar, but I think it was mentioned that something happened so he left the Secret Service. I guess we'll get more details soon. :)

[Josy]

Uups ;) Guess I have to slow down a bit, lol!

Thank you!! You know I can't remember much so I wasn't sure if we were supposed to know already.

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Josy wrote: "Uups ;) Guess I have to slow down a bit, lol!

Thank you!! You know I can't remember much so I wasn't sure if we were supposed to know already."

Well, like Christelle you know me and my old-lady-brain syndrome... LOL. But it doesn't ring a bell so far... I don't have time to check with your speeding skills. LOL.

[Josy]

Here is the part where Trevor was mentioned in Every Breath You Take It was the only time but I don't know if there was more said about his past as a Secret Service agent.

(view spoiler)["That’d be good. Or you can all come by the bar. Drinks on me.” As soon as he said it, Randy knew it was a bad idea. Secret Service agents in his gay piano bar. Yeah, no. It was their discovery he was gay and that he kept that secret from his team and the agency for years that drove the final spike into his career. And let’s not forget Trevor and his contribution to my early retirement. Randy shook his head to clear it. Another day. (hide spoiler)]

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Josy wrote: "Here is the part where Trevor was mentioned in Every Breath You Take It was the only time but I don't know if there was more said about his past as a Secret Service agent.

[spoiler..."

You are a gem! :) I really didn't remember it, but with all the books we read that would have surprised me a great deal. LOL.

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Ahhh, so the same guy who sold him the canvas tried to buy it back from him? Hmmm, I think there's something rotten in Denmark... ;-)

[Josy]

Simone wrote: "You are a gem! :) I really didn't remember it, but with all the books we read that would have surprised me a great deal. LOL.."

I didn't remember either :)

[Josy]

Simone wrote: "Ahhh, so the same guy who sold him the canvas tried to buy it back from him? Hmmm, I think there's something rotten in Denmark... ;-)"

I have an idea: (view spoiler)[They thought that the painting was the work of a student of the artist Brousseau. I think it has been discovered that the artist himself painted it and that it could now be sold for a much higher price. Or... because it came out of a collection of the grandfather maybe he hid something in the frame. (hide spoiler)]

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Josy wrote: "Simone wrote: "Ahhh, so the same guy who sold him the canvas tried to buy it back from him? Hmmm, I think there's something rotten in Denmark... ;-)"

I have an idea: [spoilers removed]"

Smart girl! :) I have thought of it being of the artist himself as well, but you are right, there could totally be more to it. :)

[Christelle]

Hey girls :-) You've already started !!!

Simone, I'm surprised : you're going blind ?? Remember, your name is Spymama, not Josy, LOL.
As for BDSM...well, it's veryyyyy light. I would more call that kinky than BDSM, imho.

Enjoy this one. Sorry if there's no pic from me. I don't really remember the MCs. But, yes, Josy, everybody agrees that the cover is not the best (so many comments I do remember about that, LOL)

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Christelle wrote: "Hey girls :-) You've already started !!!

Simone, I'm surprised : you're going blind ?? Remember, your name is Spymama, not Josy, LOL.
As for BDSM...well, it's veryyyyy light. I would more call tha..."

Hey, Christelle!
That only happens when I don't have enough time... LOL. And it drives me nuts, so of course I had to go back and at least skim over the blurb. LOL.
Phew... I can totally live with light BDSM. LOL. The cover is absolutely awful, but the problem is, now I always have this visual for Randy and I don't wanna!!!! Gahh! LOL

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Starting with chapter 2 now. :)

[Josy]

Simone wrote: "Starting with chapter 2 now. :)"

I'm there, too, but I need 5 minutes to prepare something to eat real quick.

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Josy wrote: "Simone wrote: "Starting with chapter 2 now. :)"

I'm there, too, but I need 5 minutes to prepare something to eat real quick."

Okay, I'll go and search for a pic of Randy... I need something to take my mind of this creepy guy. LOL.

[Josy]

Christelle wrote: "Hey girls :-) You've already started !!!

Simone, I'm surprised : you're going blind ?? Remember, your name is Spymama, not Josy, LOL.
As for BDSM...well, it's veryyyyy light. I would more call tha..."

Hi, Christelle :)
LOL!! Seems like my habit to not read blurbs is contagious ;)
If I have the time, I need to look for another picture. I just can't stand the cover and like Simone, I always picture it in my head :(

[Simone - on indefinite hiatus -]

Since I totally love this guy, I'll go with him... ;-)