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Review – The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold

Posted December 19, 2025 in review

Review – The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold

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QOTD: What are your favorite features in special e

QOTD: What are your favorite features in special editions?⁣
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Alternative covers are cool, sprayed edges are gorgeous, and special end papers are beautiful, but what I really love in special editions are bonus content.⁣
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I love a nice extended epilogue or short story, especially if they aren’t available anywhere else.⁣
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What are some of your favorite fictional couples?⁣
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[Image description: Barnes & Noble exclusive editon of the romance novel, One for My Enemy by Olivie Blake.]⁣
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QOTD: How was your January reading?⁣ ⁣ Mine was su

QOTD: How was your January reading?⁣
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Mine was surprisingly decent. I’m on track to hit my goal, but it kind of feels like I’m cheating a bit, since 5 of the 6 books I read were rereads.⁣
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They were also all audiobooks too, which was interesting.⁣
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What are you hoping to read in February?⁣
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QOTD: Do you take notes while reading?⁣ ⁣ I’m usua

QOTD: Do you take notes while reading?⁣
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I’m usually too engrossed in the story to take notes while I read, so I usually just brain dump into my reading journal afterwards.⁣
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But even then, it’s usually just my thoughts.⁣
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But for the Guild Hunter series, I’m trying to jot down a “short” summary about what happened.⁣
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I have a goldfish memory and it’s a long series (soon to be 18 books!)… I don’t always have time to reread them all in order to remember what happened.⁣
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And I wouldn’t have to reread 16 books if I’d kept detailed notes from the first time I read them.⁣
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Not that I’m not enjoying rereading them, it’s just a LOT of books to reread - almost 25% of my 2026 reading goal.⁣
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How do you prepare for an upcoming sequel?⁣
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QOTD: Is there an author you’d like to read more o

QOTD: Is there an author you’d like to read more of?⁣
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I’m hoping to read more of Ali Hazelwood’s books this year.⁣
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I read Deep End near the end of last year and it became one of my favorite reads of 2025.⁣
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Which was a bit surprising since I was in a bit of slump at the time (and I had mixed feelings about Bride 🙈) but once I started Deep End, I couldn’t stop. I stayed up until 4am reading it, even though I had work the next day.⁣
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What’s the last book you stayed up late reading?⁣
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[Image description: A paperback copy of the romance novel, Deep End, by Ali Hazelwood.]⁣
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QOTD: What’s the weather like where you are?⁣ ⁣ We

QOTD: What’s the weather like where you are?⁣
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We’re expecting a huge snowstorm here. 🥶⁣
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Which is annoying, since we still have snow on the ground from last week.⁣
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When I was a kid, I used to love snow since it was fun to play in. Not to mention, we used to get a day or two off school because of it.⁣
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But now, snow days aren’t a thing since I’m an adult who can work remotely and I’m responsible for shoveling it.⁣
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It still makes for a good photo op though!⁣
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I promise no (new) books were harmed in the taking of this photo. The dust jacket was protected by an old library dust jacket cover and the book used already had water damage. And since the snow was powdery, it really didn’t get that wet.⁣
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[Image description: The young adult fantasy novel, Graceling by Kristin Cashore covered in snow.]⁣
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QOTD: What were you doing in 2016?⁣ ⁣ 2016 was a p

QOTD: What were you doing in 2016?⁣
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2016 was a pretty big year for me. Between the last few months of high school and graduation, saying goodbye to childhood friends, and starting college, I had a lot going on.⁣
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All while trying to post every work day and publish a blog post every week.⁣ 😅
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It’s kind of crazy how much can change in 10 years.⁣
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On another note, the upcoming winter Olympics is making me want to reread Being Sloane Jacobs - it’s a story of two Sloanes, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, who meet by chance and decide to trade places.⁣
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Do you have a favorite sports romance?⁣
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QOTD: How’s your reading going this month?⁣ ⁣ Mine

QOTD: How’s your reading going this month?⁣
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Mine has been going slowly, and I’ve definitely made zero progress on my physical tbr.⁣
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I’m completely out of shelf space to the point where I’m kind of concerned my shelves might collapse, but I have such a hard time unhauling books I haven’t read.⁣
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And such a hard time reading books I already own. 🤦🏻‍♀️⁣
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I think part of it is that there’s no urgency, so I’d rather focus on upcoming releases or my expiring Libby holds, that books on my shelves have become a bit of a low prioity.⁣
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That’s going to change this year, though!⁣
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(I hope).⁣
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Here’s to shelf improvement!⁣
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Do you have any tips on how to work through your physical TBR?⁣
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