cornerofmadness

I long ago stopped giving up things for Lent. Sometimes I take a stab at charity work or other self bettering projects. I think this year I should give up running my big fat mouth when I'm angry. I say things I KNOW can bite me in the ass and yet here I am again, wishing I had been silent. My brain is spiraling around with the what ifs and why can't I just STFU? Ugh.

In better news, if you saw my concern yesterday about the stent. I peeked at the lab report, it's fine.

I got two story rejections this week. One they actually bothered to tell me but the one story I was really proud of, the math horror, I checked on the publisher to find out the book is out in two weeks. Yeah guess I ain't in it. Sigh. You know I can handle the rejection but this newish thing of NOT telling anyone they've been rejected (while we sit on stories and lose out on other open calls) really fucking sucks.


And let's have some Wednesday books on thursday and since I haven't finished anything let me give you this meme lifted from Sanguinity, who got it from BookwormAdventureGirl and HDunnReadsandWrites on YT

Put one to four books for each of the following categories, and say a little bit about why they fit.

Be Mine - Queer Romances

These Haunted Hills by Jana Denardo. Hey it's MY book. It's out in 3 days. I think it's one of the best things I've published as Jana. It's set here where I live. It's about ghosts. I can't even give away the arcs but hey, it's better than that would indicate. Give it a try if you'd like.

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell It's romance adjacent. It's decent. It's a Harry Potter rip off and that is intentional.

Raincheck by Sarah Madison Want to see a gargoyle in love? Here you go

Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens Honestly this author is the closest to what I write only, you know, more successful at it. Snarky characters, clueless characters. It was fun



Meet Cute - a book you want to read again for the first time

Hmm, the early Harry Dresden books by Jim Butcher before things got weird...and then creepy

I'm rereading Agatha Christie's books right now. I am enjoying them though the time period prejudices can be rough

I'm also reading Fullmetal Alchemist which is SO worth it.

You know what Travis Baldree's Legends & Latte and Bookstores & Bonedust fit the above prompt too and even though I just finished them, I wouldn't mind rereading them.


Enemies to Lovers - Books you didn’t think you’d like, but ended up loving

Making It So: A Memoir by Sir Patrick Stewart. I dislike memoirs but this was so worth the read. He's not perfect by any means but I would like to be Sir Pat's friend.


The Break Up - Books you DNF’d

I don't keep track of my DNFs so I'll give you these three from this year's popsugar challenge that I would have DNFed if not for it

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman

K-pop Confidential by Stephan Lee

The first two I SHOULD have loved. 80s era witches? historical mystery? YES! No... and I was bitterly disappointed. K=pop put me off the genre entirely.