Black Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 11-29-2024

I LOVE THIS LIQUID EYELINER!!

I've tried a ton of them, and struggle to make a perfectly controlled and yet thin line close to my eyelashes, and this one (out of all the brands I've tried including being a apart of Ipsy for years!!) is the only one that goes on right, the first time.

I have it in black (of course), blue, and this super-dark green one here (almost looks black but just a hint of color) and I'm going to get the brown one next.

LIVE!! THE LATEST BY ABBI GLINES!! FORBIDDEN LOVE W/ A PRIEST!! P.S. Holy moly this author is on a roll!

"...We weren’t religious people. I’d been born into a family of organized crime. The day I walked into the catholic church seeking… forgiveness, closure, something…anything to find the girl I had once been, I hadn’t expected him. The man ordained by God to lead his people to salvation. Well, that man in the sky so many believed in made a grave mistake allowing a man who looked like Jude, or rather Father Jude, to wear that white collar.

I could lie and say I found what I was looking for standing in front of the altar, staring up at the crucifix, but even those with tarnished souls have their limits. I found something alright, but it wasn’t forgiveness..."

THE LATEST BY ABBI GLINES IS LIVE!! HE'S OBSESSED WITH HER

"...Our story began with my immediate infatuation. Lies, deception, obsession, and undying devotion made it as complex as a Shakespearean tale. Unlike the characters in William’s story, not even death could have kept me from her.

And it would end with her by my side, in my bed, no matter what lengths I had to go to in order to keep her. My reason for being had begun rotating around my little doll long before I even realized the power she held over me."

Imagine a mystical book promising eternal life. Would you dare to open it?

"In Amazon bestseller, The Immortal's Secret, art collides with magic as Dr. Benjamin Mann, a cancer survivor and Louvre curator, embarks on a perilous quest to find his missing grandfather, Josiah. Hidden behind a Renaissance masterpiece lies a golden book—a treasure Josiah spent a lifetime chasing.

From Paris to Venice to the Sinai desert, Benjamin uncovers secrets of immortality, confronting enigmatic figures and his own haunting regrets. A story of mystery, redemption, and the seductive allure of eternal life—The Immortal’s Secret is an unforgettable journey into the unknown."

HOLY MOLY BLACK FRIDAY SUPER-BARGAIN!! THE STUDENT-TEACHER SCANDAL...

"...Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…

Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye..."

BLACK FRIDAY SUPER-BARGAIN, BLURB JOLT and ---> One of our fellow readers, Lena, included it in her TOP 5 of 2023!!

"...It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live.

From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy..."

Lena: Top 5: hello beautiful, remarkably bright creatures, romantic comedy, wish you were here, the measure, the seven year slip

SUPER-SALE!!! "For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus"

Maria: Remarkably Bright Creatures is on sale ...a good deal!

Mo: My favorite book this year was, Remarkably Bright Creatures. It was just a great story of love, loss, miracles, hope, and second chances

Maryse: That's the second time I've heard that one mentioned as a favorite. I'm going to have to read it!! Thank you!!

Lena: Top 5: hello beautiful, remarkably bright creatures, romantic comedy, wish you were here, the measure, the seven year slip

Paula: Remarkably Bright Creatures! And then Lessons in Chemist followed by West with Giraffes. I read them all in a row and they were the best books I have read in years.

NOT SURPRISING THAT THIS ONE IS IN AMAZON KINDLE'S TOP 50!!!

"Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens.

But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia...."