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The Witch's Daughter    by Paula Brackston Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fiction My rating: ★★★ ☆ ☆ I downloaded this book on Audible this past January. I believe I was taking a break from another series at the time and decided this looked like a really good book based off of the cover and description. The audiobook is a 13 hour 26 minute listen and the narrator is alright, not the worst I've listened to. I HATED her voice for the antagonist and she succeeded in sending shivers up my spine every time I heard him say "Bessss". About the book:  Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith, a 384 year old witch, is  essentially being stalked and harassed by a warlock who expects her to pay him for saving her life. The book is a series of stories that are all based off of Anne's past lives as she is telling her life story to a teenage girl, Tegan. Anne is continuously on the run from Gideon, the warlock, and kind of reinventing herself in different locations and periods in time beca

Daughters of the Glen Series #1-3    by Melissa Mayhue Genre: Romance/Science Fiction - Time Travel/Fantasy My rating: ★★★★☆ Last year I was in a thrift store and I came across these 4 Melissa Mayhue books for super cheap. I decided to pick them up based off of the description on the back which includes things like "fae prince, faerie magic, time travel, and SCOTLAND". Yes, I was filling the Outlander size hole in my heart! The only deterrent for me was the romance aspect.. I'm all for cute tid-bits of romance but full on steamy romance... ehh not my thing. I thought about Outlander though, and there are some steamy love scenes in that series, so I gave Melissa Mayhue's books a try and discretely hid the back cover pictures while in public 😳. I've read 3 of the 4 books I own and there are actually 8 books in this series. I'll give you my review of the first 3 books and then I'll get into what books are included in the series and so on. Book 1  Thirt

Permission To Screw Up   by Kristen Hadeed Genre: Business My rating: ★★★★☆ I enjoy listening to business books on my way into work because they rejuvenate me and get me pumped to be a good leader. I highly recommend Permission to Screw Up on audio because it's a quick listen, 5.5 hours, and is narrated by the author herself. This book will have you shaking your head and cringing all while delivering to you that you're not perfect and it is ok to screw up. Own it, learn from it, and move on! A snip from the book that describes what the premise of the book is all about: " Permission to Screw Up dismisses the idea that leaders and organizations should try to be perfect. Through a brutally honest and often hilarious account of her own struggles, Kristen encourages us to embrace our failures and proves that we'll be better leaders when we do." This book is definitely one of my favorite business books I've listened to thus far and, just like It's Ok