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Peace washes over me..

Indigo Sky…only for you I am no longer Shy

When Janis Joplin Lit Up the Grateful Dead: Lovelight & Legacy

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Janis Joplin's version of Lovelight electrified the Dead's early shows. Her raw power on that song pushed Pigpen and the band to an intensity they had never reached before.

More demon OCs! These are Ikarus’ parents.

Business Casual by B.K. Borison. Rating: 4 stars.

Read from October 7th to 9th.

The Lovelight series is at an end for me and I don't know what I'm going to do without all of these characters. I'm so glad I decided that this year was the year to continue with the series. I had read Lovelight Farms in 2023 for Christmas in July. Then I've read all of the other books in the series in their proper season this year. Which is completely the way to go in my opinion. (Maybe at some point I'll reread Lovelight Farms in its proper season.) I'm just sad there isn't anything else to read in this world.

This is a sort of opposites attract, friends to lovers romance that I really bought into. Nova is a tattoo artist setting up her shop in her hometown while Charlie is an investment banker from New York who is covering for his sister at work while she goes on her honeymoon. They've been friends for years, even flirty at times, but they never took it further than that. And then they do. I like how they both went into it thinking they were just going to do it once to get it out of their systems and then immediately failed. I was so into their romance. I think they're both just really softies on the inside. I like Nova but Charlie may actually be my favorite. He has such a vulnerability that I don't see much in male main characters. The settings, as always, are immaculate. I want to live in this tiny and picturesque town. It's like Stars Hollow but more realistic. I also feel like this book does a great job with miscommunication. There wasn't some big miscommunication that leads to a third act breakup, but there were moments in the story where he would shut down or pretend everything is fine and Nova would have to pull whatever it is out of him. Which feels so realistic. No, we don't want a giant miscommunication in our books, but it's also unrealistic to expect your characters to be open and honest 24/7. This book does a good job of walking that fine line.

I want to start the less positive section of the review by saying that I know all migraine sufferers are different. I know we all have different triggers and different amounts of migraines we get and different kinds...etc. etc. However, there's a scene where Nova gets one of her once every few months migraines (which, goals, if we're being honest) and in that scene she can't get her medication herself and has to rely on Charlie to get it for her because her migraines are ocular so she can't see clearly. As someone who suffers from migraines and never gets an ocular migraine, I have my migraine meds in one specific location and separated out from everything else. I get real stupid when I have a migraine and I need it to be impossible to miss so that I can take my meds in a timely manner and not be sorting through a bunch of medications. Is this a dumb thing to get hung up on? Yes. Also, everyone is different. (But tell me why Charlie thought Gatorade and fruit are the go-tos for migraine sufferers. Are you all not telling me something? Am I missing out? I go for greasy food as soon as my migraine is gone.) The other thing bringing the rating down for me is that I felt like we didn't get enough time on the farm. If we're really going to go with that ending, I need to see more on the farm. Them on the farm. Him on the farm. I just needed to see how they exist in the outside world.