- Oh, boy... 😂 Yeah, I'm 1/3 through the 3rd book. I'm not sure I'm liking it for one simple reason. I'm not happy with how fast she turned from Jackson to Hudson. It just seemed to happen so fast considering how "in love" she was with him. IIt's just not sitting well with me. I understand the reasoning behind the plot point but I wish she'd taken more time with it then she (the author) did. :) What do you mean by "dark?" I've read some dark stuff before so that doesn't really bother me. ;) The real question is, did you enjoy it regardless of the darkness? :D

So in the 5th book it will explain why that is! I swear it's not as bad as it seems 😂 I was also bothered by that too and was like um hello what about Jaxon???? It's almost got torture aspects in the second book, which made me slightly uncomfortable lol But I did end up giving them both 4 stars.

- I think she tried to explain it in the 3rd book by saying the one bond was the bloodletter's doing. It still didn't sit well. lol XD I'm just the type who wants everyone to have a happily ever after even if it's not in the cards. lol XD Well, torture isn't the best thing to have in a book but if it advances the plot then it's acceptable. If it doesn't, and is gratuitous then it's not acceptable. That's the rule of thumb I follow. :) I have entirely too many books to read and so little time. o.O

That's so funny but it is true!!

It takes forever to train a pet up. And that's a great idea with the auto-train sessions. Here's my battle pet Tian Shi's stats: Level: 3452 Strength: 7121 Defense: 6570 Health: 11420 Speed: 6075

It's been a busy week but after tomorrow I have 4 whole days with only chores to do. Things getting back to normal around you yet?

- XD omg, my pet is no where the level of your pet. She's like level 521 and the rest of her stats are in the 1200s. It'll take me years to get her to your pet's level. XD

Just don't get over-whelmed and keep on it! I use to battle so much and now a bit lazy with it. Though it really is fun having a pet that's half-way decent!!

good luck finishing!

our need for validation being satisfied, we can indulge the creative principle once more, Maslow in action 😆

There's more explanation in the 5th book, I don't want to spoil anything for you though so I'll let you find out when you get there (: The torture part is in the spicy scenes. I'm not sure you can really call it that but I got that vibe while reading it lol. I'm right there with you! I have so much to read 😂 But I've definitely made a big dent in my books this year! Even though I've definitely added to my pile too 😂

4 days niceeee! :O Hopefully you don't have too many chores though? It is! It's pretty much normal here now (: Harper's bday is this weekend and her party is tomorrow, plus we are going to trunk-or-treat too. So I'm going to be really busy tomorrow 😭 But other than that, it's normal! LOL!

- To be honest, I don't battle much. It's really boring for me. I generally only battle if I need it for an achievement or have nothing better to do. lol :P

- Thank you! :)

- I finished the 3rd book last night. Not sure how I feel about it. I'm now on the 4th. :) Oh, well, that's gratitious if you ask me because scenes like that rarely neeed to be in a book. XD Yeah, me too, although I tthink I've added more then I've read. XD

I kind of followed your discussion about your free set of Crave books with Colorful, glad you got them free, they don't really sound worth money but kind of entertaining despite? heh

saw the thing you were talking about where you were listening to a recommended album every day and reviewing it, that's really cool. I don't like music anywhere near enough to stuff like that, but if you are into music it sounds really neat

- Well, I got the first 3 free. Today was the end of their being free and now they're back behind a paywall. It is entertaining once the main character stops navel gazing and lets the action unfold. So, I've bought the 4th one with one of the credits I have stored up. I'm very curious how the author will pull everything together because right now, the whole thing is a hot mess. I'm also tired of Audible yelling at me for having credits stored up. You'd think I was stealing all the freebies they throw at us but it's their own fault I have more then enough to read witout spending a credit. 😂What are you reading? Find anything good as I remember you were on a search for a good book. :D

My weekend went suddenly crazy. We were planning on have our crawl space cleaned out the 14th of next month and the owner of the business called yesterday and asked if they could come today. And since we can't run the heat while they're here better to do it asap while it's not as cold out yet. Then a dear old friend messaged me yesterday and said she wanted to come visit us tomorrow. Probably still not as crazy as Harper's birthday weekend and party will be. And trunk-or-treat sounds like a lot of fun too!!! And yes I somehow managed to accomplish a lot today. But I may be deaf now as their air compressor is super loud.😛

Battle is so boring!!!! I can't express enough my disdain for it - but only until I get some cool prizes.

sorry it's this Maslow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs and thanks!

not yet, been busy with work and hobbies instead, more time to read will arrive soon in the holidays

- Oh, no, I completely understand. At least you get cool items. I get junk that no one wants, not even me. x.X

Very interesting and I plan to read more about Maslow's hierarchy of needs. I love learning about new areas of psychology! 👏

And especially the junk that is Challenger Loot as you can't even frag it. 🙄

- Oh, the hectic holidays. I hope you find a good book to sink into when they come around. :D

- I just throw that stuff in the Donation Corner as it's pretty useless. :/

I do too or delete it when Drills tells me to delete items.

- I didn't think of doing that. I've been deleting pumpkins for the achievement that requires you to delete 1000 of the darned things. I'm only up to 400-something. XD

And that's why I don't care that much about achievements.😝 Our cable, TV and Internet is out and I'm cranky! Mostly as it throws Liz off so much when something isn't her usual.

- Deleting the pumpkins is tedious but it gives me a goal to work towards. I like that because just doing quests and pricing my shop get boring after a while. It's nice to have some kind of goal. :) Sorry your cable is out. Any idea why? :/