HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Today is my blog anniversary! Never Hollowed By The Stare is 12 years old!

To all my followers who have been with me through the years, I can’t say this enough:

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This little project started as a randomness post on Tumblr in 2011, evolved into a book blog in 2016, moved to WordPress in 2018, and became self-hosted in 2020. It has become a major part of my life, a therapeutic and satisfying pursuit where I can also promote MM romance authors, especially the indie and the self-published, so I can help keep the genre I love most alive.

The past year was quite a ride. We took a huge leap and launched a chocolate business! We know next to nothing about business, but we were so passionate about our unique recipes inspired by our favorite rock bands we said, what the hell. We’ll learn as we go along. So SHOOGAREEN was born and is happily thriving. The customer feedback has been awesome! They say our chocolates are ‘addicting‘!

After the first miserable years, work took a turn for the better. I’m finally getting the hang of my job and making fewer mistakes. The best part is that the company is sticking with the work-from-home scheme. We’re required to come to the office for only two days a month! My hikikomori soul rejoiced!

Shocker of shockers, I won an Apple smartwatch! It’s one of the major prizes at our company year-end party. It’s the first time I won anything in a raffle, so I’m super thrilled. I’m still deciding what to do with it. I never had a smartwatch or anything Apple before. Not sure if it would work with my Android phone, but yay, I got a brand spanking smartwatch!

The new year is off to a bangin’ start. Arctic Monkeys is coming to our shores in March!!!! My tickets are already booked!!! I’ve been listening to this band since their start in the 00s and watched them evolved through the years. Nothing short of Armageddon, or them cancelling, is going to stop me attending their concert!

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SONGS OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER & DECEMBER

SEPTEMBER READS

Cross – S.E. Harmon (4.5 stars) sci fi, action, suspense, amnesia, second chance, established couple, family, assassin, doctor, secrets, android, contemporary, crime, mystery
Lunatic – Onley James (4 stars) suspense, dark, humor, vigilante, billionaire, secrets, professional gambler, photographer, crime, enemies to lovers, age gap, found family, mystery, adoption, men over 40
The Doctor – C.S. Poe (4.5 stars) steampunk, urban fantasy, magic, mage, outlaw, mental health, historical, love triangle, paranormal, federal agent, law enforcement, action, adventure, secret identity, suspense, New York, established couple

OCTOBER READS

Like Father, Like Son – Quin Perin (3.5 stars) erotica, incest, age gap, daddy kink, forbidden love, family, crime, taboo
Exclusive – Ki Brightly & M.D. Gregory (3.5 stars) contemporary romance, model, mob boss, fluff, age gap, fashion, men over 40
Prince of Flowers – Nazri Noor (3.5 stars) paranormal, magic, forced proximity, fae, mage, royalty, humor, Greek gods, friendship, mystery, humor, enemies to lovers, quest

NOVEMBER READS

The Devil You Know – Morgan Brice (5 stars) urban fantasy, paranormal, magic, witch, family, brothers, established couple, grief, closure, action, suspense, quest, death, found family
They Call Him Levity – Davidson King (4 stars) contemporary romance, crime, mafia, poverty, fluff, family drama, forced proximity, sunshine, disability, autism, friendship, age gap
Real Hazard – Elle Keaton (4.5 stars) contemporary romance, single dad, children, first responder, firefighter, cook, friends to lovers, fluff, found family, motorcycle club, disability, bisexual, demisexual, suspense, bisexual awakening, crime, small town
Last Gasp – S.C. Wynne (4 stars) cozy mystery, murder, murder, contemporary, law enforcement, business owner, best friend’s brother, bullying, animals, small town, enemies to lovers, friendship, crime
Last Date – S.C. Wynne (4 stars) cozy mystery, murder, murder, contemporary, law enforcement, business owner, best friend’s brother, bullying, animals, small town, enemies to lovers, friendship, established couple, crime
Last Chance – S.C. Wynne cozy mystery, murder, murder, contemporary, law enforcement, business owner, best friend’s brother, bullying, animals, small town, enemies to lovers, friendship, established couple, thief, crime

DECEMBER READS

The Kite – N.R. Walker (4 stars) suspense, action, contemporary, assassin, enemies to lovers, crime, mystery, forced proximity, Middle East, hacker, ex-military, grumpy, sunshine, survival, on the run, thriller, violence
Savage Rivals – Becca Steele (5 stars) contemporary romance, sports romance, enemies to lovers, high school, football, friendship, rivals, new adult, bisexual awakening
P.S. I Spooked You – S.E. Harmon (4 stars) paranormal, police procedural, psychic, murder mystery, ghost, law enforcement, police detective, federal agent, second chance, workplace romance, opposites attract, humor
Principles of Spookology – S.E. Harmon (4 stars) paranormal, police procedural, psychic, murder mystery, ghost, law enforcement, police detective, federal agent, second chance, workplace romance, opposites attract, humor, established couple
Spooky Business – S.E. Harmon paranormal, police procedural, psychic, murder mystery, ghost, law enforcement, police detective, federal agent, second chance, workplace romance, opposites attract, humor, established couple, serial killer
The Spooky Life – S.E. Harmon paranormal, police procedural, psychic, murder mystery, ghost, law enforcement, police detective, federal agent, second chance, workplace romance, opposites attract, humor, established couple, wedding