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@RoseyLittle @SquirtleSquad @MissNMTX @DaddysCosmicBunny All badges should be awarded now!! Thank you to ypu 4 for sticking with me and making this group amazing. It was a joy to read with each of you and I hope to see you in the next.

Hello all Pigtail book wurm extraordinaire here! Yesss you heard me right! It is finally time to vote for our next read! Below is the official list of those involved. If you arnt on this list I am unaware that you want to read with us so please get in contact. If you are not on this list please do not vote as I only count votes from those joining us. If you are on the list and changed your mind please let me know. The list: @RoseyLittle @Ricky H @SarBear55 @littlegala @Baby.M @DaddysCosmicBunny @SquirtleSquad @MissNMTX @innerchildtml So this time yall we are doing a contemporary read! I try to switch it up so all can enjoy. Per usual there are 5 options. you only have one vote so choose carefully! I have given a good variety but if these arnt for you we will see you on the next one. Each book has a description below and a picture attached. if you are sensitive to triggers or material I encourage you to do a deeper dive looking into your choice but what I give should be enough for most folks to choose. I will save my vote till the end in case a tie breaker is needed. This pole will be up for one week so please make your vote ASAP so we can start immediately. After yall choose I will immedietly make the topics for the read available. These include: General Discussion/Chat, Important Posts - Questions and Announcments, Question Answers, Quotes, and several Activity topics. If you have questions or need help please reach out to me at any time. I will be making a quick How to Navigate topic for our group reads so see that as well for help. Alright here are your options: Option 1: 📖📖📖📖📖 Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire Contemporary Romance - Good Girl/Bad Boy Triggers: Violence, Toxic/Possesive relationship,Emotional Manipulation, Gambling;ing/Addiction Blurb: Abby tries to start fresh at college, but Travis Maddox, a campus heartthrob and fighter, bets he can make her fall for him. If he loses, he must stay abstinent for a month; if she loses, she must live with him for a month. Pages: 432 📖📖📖📖📖 Option 2: Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham Contemporary Romance/Psycological Thriller Triggers: School Shooting, Gun Violence, Depression, Suicide/Self Harm, Mental Illness/Schizophrenia, Drug Abuse, Loss Blurb: It follows journalist Claire Campbell, who returns to her South Carolina home to confront the 22-year-old mystery of her sister’s disappearance, only to discover terrifying new clues at a local vineyard. Pages: 325 📖📖📖📖📖 Option 3: Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young Contemporary Romance - Friends to Lovers Triggers: Ableism, Abortion, Cancer, Death of Parent, Toxic Relationship, Greif Blurb: A contemporary romance focusing on Winnifred "Win" McNulty, a fiercely independent woman with a limb difference who becomes unexpectedly pregnant after a one-night stand with Bo, a charming man she meets at a party. The story follows their journey as they navigate friendship, co-parenting, and blossoming romance. Pages: 397 📖📖📖📖📖 Option 4: Wilder by Rebecca Yarros Contemporary Sports Romance - Close Proximity Triggers: Graphic Car Accident, Death, Panic Attacks, Blood/Injury Details, Grief, Fire Injuries, Suicide Attempt Blurb: A high-octane new adult romance following Leah Baxter, who is stuck tutoring Paxton Wilder—a reckless, tattooed 22-year-old X Games champion—on a nine-month college cruise. As they travel the world, Leah must get Pax to take his studies seriously, or lose her scholarship, while navigating his dangerous, stunt-filled world. Pages: 416 📖📖📖📖📖 Option 5: Enemies With Benefits by Roxie Noir Contemporary Romance - Rom/Com Rivals to Lovers Triggers: Bullying, Alcohol Use Blurb: a high-heat, small-town romantic comedy following childhood rivals Eli Loveless and Violet Tulane. Forced together as co-workers, their decade-long feud turns into a steamy, no-strings-attached arrangement that challenges them to keep their intense feelings from getting in the way. Pages: 434

1. Do you prefere a stand alone or could it be the first of a few books? I am happy with either, though I love a good series! 2. Do you prefer witty and funny or a little more serious and heavy emotional hitter? I prefer the darker emotional hitters filled with sarcasm and wit in the snappy dialogues. So a mix of both? 🤣 But I honestly just love reading so anything is great. 3. Would you prefer a longer or shorter read? I prefer a longer read to settle into the fullness of the world. But short and sweet can make for good romps too! Thank you for all the organization for ur reads!

Squeaking in under the wire! 😬

Read the rules.

Just sent you the dm.

Welcome! If you are interested you will need to DM me so I can fill you in and whatnot.

Trying to find new books to read, so why not. See what everyone finds. 1) either works. 2)both are good topics to choose from. If it more books in the series, hopefully it the first, but some times the middle is where it starts then it goes to the first. 3)long better seen most normal (300 pages) are short for me so either or works.

Thanks! 1.) Either is fine with me! 2.) I like all different types of books! 3.) I love to read so any length works for me!

@SarBear55 This is the othercone I needed your comment on please! Thank you this helps me keep track of everyone.

I’ve read and agree to the rules!

Thank you my friend!!!! Yesssss quotes I LOVE it. The first one is chefs kiss. Awarding your well earned badge now!

I’d like to join the next read. Series or stand alone is fine for me. The same goes for the length of the book. But I try to go to less emotional themes. I’m willing to read what the club reads and keep an open mind as long as it’s not scary.

I've read the rules and agree 🙂

@Baby.M You will want to read the first post here and comment too.

I'd love to join! 🙂 1. A series is fine although a standalone is personally preferred 2. Witty and funny sounds awesome 3. Either is fine

@Baby.M If you are interested feel free to DM me!

Thank you friend for joining us!!! It was a fun read and kudos to you for sticking with us! I agree it wasnt my usual but I always like a mystery romance sp very much liked that. I will be awarding your badge tonight!

1. I'm open to both! 2. I'm down for witty and funny this time around. ☺️ 3. Either is good. Looking forward to what our options will be next week! 🤗

Nocticadia Questionnaire Number of Stars (1-5): 3.5 ⭐ Based on the intro of the novel, I thought it was leading to being a paranormal read. I was a smidge disappointed it wasn't. Another thing was the science lingo 😵‍💫 I did not feel smart enough to fully understand, but I definitely got the importance of it. Lastly was the professor/student trope. It's not one of my well-liked so the back and forth between them in the beginning was a bit of an ick. It faded away after Lilia became a research partner. Aside from that, I really like the mystery of the b-plot and I feel it all tied together amazingly. Favorite Main and Minor Characters: Devryk would be my favorite main character. He was snarky and easily irritated by other characters to my liking. Spencer would be my second favorite because I feel so bad for his character. He was a scapegoat for nearly everyone and he was genuinely trying to be a good guy. 🥲 Favorite Quote: I wish I had one, but nothing comes to mind. If I'm allowed to swap this for a favorite scene, I'd say Angelo's punishment. I'm glad they did not go easy on him. 👿 If this book were a fancy drink what would it be: I don't really know. With the cover as inspiration and the contents of the book, I feel something with a midnight blue coloring to it. Kind of like contrast of the black butterflies with the blue hue in the pics we made earlier. 🦋Also, something mixed with vodka definitely feels appropriate. What does your imagined furniture for our main couple look like: Given the setting, old academic and old money type furniture. Something that is gothic and antique and definitely dark. It would have a scholarly feel to it. I'm thinking like a grandpa's old study with large wood bookshelves and Edwardian desk and chairs. 🧐 Colors would be deep greens, blues, with some browns. Tell us one thing that suprised you about the book: Definitely finding out who actually had beat up Spencer. For a while, I thought Devryk was bluffing about not doing it. Then, who really drugged Lilia. I really thought it was Spencer. 🥲 Another thing was the affair between Spencer's dad and Mel. Like, ew. 🤢 Did you enjoy this read? Will you join the next one and if so what things would you like to see? I did enjoy this read! Depending on the next pick, I might join again. Something fantasy or paranormal would be fun, but not mandatory.

Make sure yall comment on the new book post if you are joining me in the next one!!!

Yay!!! Thank you friend! As soon as you finish your questionaire I will apply your badge. Thank you for joining me again you are a joy to have.

Amazing thank you friend! I think you were an amazing person to read thia with and would happily have you for the next one! You should be much proud you were able to hold ypurself back and stay paces with us. Your badge has been given 💚

1. I don’t mind either way. 2. Witty and funny would be nice! 3.either is fine!