Scrapbook Saturday – Baseball
Katie 
Various baseball layouts from the past few years
Scrapbook Saturday – Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake x2
Book Review: The Intimacy Experiment
Naomi Grant used to be a porn star. She has now started a sex-positive website called “Shameless” and is looking to do in person classes. She goes to a meeting to try and network and ends up meeting Ethan Cohen. He is a rabbi looking to get more people to his synagogue and wants to hire Naomi to teach classes to try and get more people interested. At first Naomi says no, but her friend ends up convincing her to give it a try. They both have feelings for each other they are afraid to admit due to their new working relationship, but after Ethan asks Naomi for help finding a girlfriend for him, things take off a bit. As does their course.
This book got off to a bit of a slow start to me, but in the end I thought it was pretty cute. Not your typical love story.
I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review for NetGalley. I was not otherwise compensated.
About the Book
Naomi and Ethan will test the boundaries of love in this provocative romance from the author of the ground-breaking debut, The Roommate.
Naomi Grant has built her life around going against the grain. After the sex-positive start-up she cofounded becomes an international sensation, she wants to extend her educational platform to live lecturing. Unfortunately, despite her long list of qualifications, higher ed won’t hire her.
Ethan Cohen has recently received two honors: LA Mag nominated him as one of the city’s hottest bachelors and he became rabbi of his own synagogue. Low on both funds and congregants, the executive board of Ethan’s new shul hired him with the hopes that his nontraditional background will attract more millennials to the faith. They’ve given him three months to turn things around or else they’ll close the doors of his synagogue for good.
Naomi and Ethan join forces to host a buzzy seminar series on Modern Intimacy, the perfect solution to their problems–until they discover a new one–their growing attraction to each other. They’ve built the syllabus for love’s latest experiment, but neither of them expected they’d be the ones putting it to the test.
Scrapbook Saturday – April 2019
Neil Patrick Harris and 2Cellos
Book Review: Played by the Rockstar
The “Rockstar Romance” is one of my favorite sub genres, but this book just didn’t really do it for me. This was my 50th book to read for the year – but it took me nearly 2 weeks to make my way through it when nearly everything else I read I devoured in a couple of days. The book was very slow in ramping up for me and once things did seem to start happening, the book was done. I also have trouble when the characters don’t have common names, I’m not entirely sure why but it makes it harder for me to picture them. While our leading lady, Becca, had a name that was common, no one else really did. Our rock star is named Linx, and the rest of his band all have names ending in X as well.
I think if the first 25% of this book weren’t as slow for me, I would have enjoyed it more – as I finished the second half of the book much quicker than the first – but for me this one kind of fell flat.
I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review, I was not otherwise compensated.
About the Book
A rock star walks into a bar…
Certified behavioral counselor (and former band groupie) Becca Forrester needs a break. Taking a leave of absence from her job, she moves into the apartment over her parents’ garage, and clinches a gig waitressing at a dive bar known for bringing in big name musicians.
Cedric “Linx” Lincoln is a certified rock star. Bassist for the hugely popular rock band, Dimefront, he’s in Denver while the band is on hiatus a-freaking-gain. He’s looking for something—anything—to keep him occupied until they can all get back to making music. When he saunters into his friend’s bar, he finds the perfect diversion.
Becca’s presence is a breath of fresh air. The sizzle she ignites in him is precisely what he needs. Bonus: no-stress, no-strings hookups are his specialty. But when things between them tip toward serious, his band implodes, and Becca’s leave of absence ends, they’re forced to decide what their “real” lives should look like. Maybe there’s room for an encore…
Scrapbook Saturday – March 2019
Florida & Kelly Clarkson (aka anything from March that isn’t Australia)