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Hold Me
Hold Me | Courtney Milan
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xicanti
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Throwback to breakfast, when I started HOLD ME while I ate buffalo eggs for the first time in ages. The book‘s great so far. I‘m excited to really wallow in it this evening.

writerlibrarian I loved this one. Really looking forward the next one in the series when ever that is. (edited) 2y
xicanti @writerlibrarian I‘m hard into it. It‘s killing me I haven‘t been able to sit down with it yet today. 2y
writerlibrarian @xicanti it's an interesting plot and good characters. Smart, worthy. She hasn't written in that series in a few years. I'm not complaining because most books from her are quite good. 2y
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Lauren_reading
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This is a great enemies to lovers book with some secret identity and academia drama thrown in. I loved how Milan developed characters with such depth of pain and trauma and brought them to life. Maria was kicked out of her home at 13, but still has a close relationship with her brother and grandmother. She sees love as conditional with good reason.

Lauren_reading Jay is a professor and is dealing with his own issues when he takes one look at Maria and sees a woman that cares about her appearance and denies the possibility she‘s also intelligent. He quickly realizes his error, but it takes them both learning and growing to overcome first impressions. 3y
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Liatrek
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I‘m really enjoying the Cyclone series so far. Maria and Jay were complex, smart and deeply wounded characters that have a lot to resolve to find there happy beginning. I‘m really impressed with this authors books and can‘t wait to read more.

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writerlibrarian
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The two characters make their journey through emotions, fears, past and future.
Love this series especially this book.
#MOvember. #expressyourself
@Cinfhen

Cinfhen 🎶You don't need diamond rings or eighteen karat gold
Fancy cars that go very fast, you know they never last no, no
What you need is a big strong hand
To lift you to your higher ground
Make you feel like a queen on a throne
Make him love you 'til you can't come down🎶
4y
writerlibrarian @Cinfhen How much do I love this month music 🎶 challenge.. this much 😍😍 4y
Cinfhen Hahahahah😘😘 4y
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Nessavamusic
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1. Tagged book on #audiobook, “Rafe: a Buff Male Nanny” -crazy title, the book is fun, “The Sleeper & the Spindle” & “Shrill”
2. It‘s a tie for me between “Indigo” by Beverly Jenkins & “Educated” by Tara Westover
3. “Time” by Penny Reid, “Storm of Locusts” by Rebecca Roanhouse, “Grave Destiny” by Kalyana Price
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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ScientistSam
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Courtney Milan is now officially one of my favorite contemporary romance authors. This is a fantastic enemies to lovers romance, and I swear Courtney Milan has either gone through grad school in the sciences or had someone near and dear to her do so. Some of the things she writes about it are just spot on.
5💖
#romantsy
(Kindle cover)

Heretherebedragons Same. I love that about her books. 👩‍🔬 And yes, you are correct. She does have a background in the sciences. She did an interview a podcast a while back and mentioned something a grad degree in theoretical chemistry, I think. So cool. 5y
jpmcwisemorgan I don‘t know about a science background but she was a lawyer. 5y
jpmcwisemorgan @Heretherebedragons I‘m was curious so I went to check out her bio on Twitter and yes, she has a Masters in theoretical chemistry to go along with her law degree. That explains a lot! (edited) 5y
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writerlibrarian
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Milan does make me feel giddy and good as a reader. She's my bulletproof. This contemporary, geeky science, emotion filled romance was really good.

The main strenght is how the two characters make their journey through emotions, fears, past and future.

This is set in the Cyclone series. It can easily be read on its own. Maria is an amazing character, so is Jay.

#romansty

mcipher This sounds really interesting! 5y
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writerlibrarian
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It's cold 🥶 outside. Winter came so early.
Today's To-Do List
1. Run dishwasher ✅
2. Do laundry
3. Prepare crockpot diner✅
4. 🧶
5. 📚✅
6. 📀
7. 🏒

MelissaSue81 My to do list today is sooo long, but yet here I sit on the couch. 5y
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writerlibrarian
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14 🏒 games tonight. Will watch 🍁 in Raleigh. I'll keep an 👁 on 🐧 vs ⭐️

I found myself 😆 while reading Milan's Hold me during lunch. I'm gonna sit by the 🔥, it's going minus 20 C this evening, read and cheer for Toronto while hoping Sud and the 🐧 bounce back.

writerlibrarian 2 quick 🚨 from the 🐧 87 adds another 🚨 welcome back Sid. Another totally insane 🚨it's now 5-0 and goalie change for the ⭐️ (edited) 5y
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writerlibrarian
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So many games tonight. Pans at home vs Buffalo. 🍁 in Toronto vs Blue Jacket and ⭐️ are in NY vs King Henrik.
Milan's romance is wonderful. I'm pass 30%.

#readingandwatchinghockey

writerlibrarian 2-1🐧 after 1 period. Things are tough in TO. 2-0 Jackets. Nothing in NY. Abs boy 🚨 in NY. JakenBake 🚨 but it's challenged. So half price🥛 shake or no half price🥛 shake. Good goal. Half price Jake's shake🥛 in Pittsburgh tomorrow. https://www.themilkshakefactory.com and we are back at a tie with less than 8m to go. ⭐️ ☹️ 🍁😃 🐧 go to OT. 🐧 ☹️ (edited) 5y
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writerlibrarian
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Sunday To Do List

Start 🧺 ✅
Post office ✅
Gaz up 🚙 ✅
Get this done by 13 h ✅
Watch ⭐️ 🏒
Read new 📚
🧶

writerlibrarian Almost puck drop. 🏒. Almost midway, 2-1 ⭐️. 4-1 ⭐️ after 2 periods. Less than 10m to go 6-2 ⭐️ (edited) 5y
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bibliocurl
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First book with a trans MC! 😍😍😍

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writerlibrarian
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Milan's book is the only one I can recommend. Beatles lyrics make good book titles. 😁

#heyjune
@Cinfhen
@GypsyKat

Cinfhen That‘s brilliant😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🧡 6y
GypsyKat Clever! 😁 6y
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Beata
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Interracial romance with queer characters. Whaaaaaat? So in love with this series. Please write the rest of them soon!!! 👍👍👍👍👍 5 thumbs up!

RaimeyGallant Sounds great! And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
Beata Awesome! Thanks so much @RaimeyGallant! 6y
BookwormAHN Welcome to Litsy 😸 6y
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Beata @BookwormAHN Thanks! 6y
CoffeeK8 Welcome to litsy... 💖 Milan‘s books! 6y
theresidentromantic Omg it's not too often I get to welcome a fellow Ravenclaw who reads Romance!! I can tell we're going to get along great ❤❤ Welcome to my favorite place on the internet! 6y
Beata @theresidentromantic 🤜🤛 Horray Ravenclaws! 🦅 6y
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theshrinkette
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I just read the first two books of the Cyclone series and am absolutely in love. Courtney Milan writes witty banter that has you yelling things at the book. Book 1 is about Tina and Blake trading lives- also deals with poverty, eating disorder, drug use. Hold Me ( trans Latina MC, BI MC interracial POC romance, anxiety, sibling death) is about Maria and Jay and is SO well-developed, not just the romance, but their characters itself. 😍🙌🏽

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Dragon
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A contemporary #romantsy , a You Got Mail, type story.: Maria writes an apocalypse scenario blog ,anonymously, Jay is a fan of the blog, but not a fan of Maria. This is la lovely #diverseread .

[DELETED] 57804897 I 💛 Courtney Milan! 6y
Dragon Thanks @Ostaff1 I‘m going to have to read more of her books. I really liked this story. 6y
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EllieDottie
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Last year I realized that I hadn't read very many (or really any) romance novels in my life and I wanted to fix that so in 2017 I committed to reading 4 (1 per quarter)! So far I have read Sarah MacLean, Beverly Jenkins, and Eloisa James, and I really enjoyed all of them, but they were all historical so for the last quarter I figured I had to pick up a contemporary and I've heard good things about this one! #modernlove #septembowie

Cinfhen It's nice to mix things up!!! I find I lose patience with #romantsy 🤷‍♀️ 7y
Leelee.reads The Hating Game is great if you are looking for more contemporary titles. Super cute, sexy and fun. 7y
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lacyliteracy
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Literally the best Romance ever. READ HOLD ME!!

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Mc_cart_ny
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Book two of Cyclone Series,Maria and Jay meet and immediately despise each other. He makes a stupid split second judgement based on her appearance (beautiful=dumb) and their 'relationship' devolves from there. However, they know each other online by pseudonyms and have been secretly texting and falling in love for nearly two years and once they learn their secret identities it's hard to move forward.
I loved this book about evolving relationships!

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Mc_cart_ny
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Setting aside Song of Achilles for a little while to read these #ebooks that just became available to me!!!

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JenicaDawn
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Y'all... Today is the one year anniversary of NC's HB2 and also the best day to shove this book in everyone's face. Maria is a trans woman who has this blog that everyone loves about the apocalypse. She's also girly and wonderful and Jay is super judge-y. But then he realizes she's Em. READ THIS RIGHT NOW ALL OF YOU. #romantsy

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earlgreyediting
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With February now over, the Read My Valentine challenge is wrapping up. I didn't read as much as I would have liked, but I was pretty happy with the range of romance I covered.

Find my full report at http://earlgreyediting.com.au/2017/03/01/read-my-valentine-2017-wrap-up/

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BookThingo
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My holiday is almost over. Hold me... 😭 #romantsy

Chachic Hahaha 😂😂😂 7y
BookThingo @Chachic Courtney Milan was in my room!!! *fangirl squeeing* In a totally appropriate way, of course. 😍 7y
Chachic I can imagine the kilig factor! 7y
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earlgreyediting
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I'm not a huge fan of contemporary romance, but HOLD ME by Courtney Milan was brilliant. It touches on issues of sexism, gender identity and workaholism in a way that was sensitive and funny. Highly recommended.

See my full review at http://earlgreyediting.com.au/2017/02/06/hold-me-by-courtney-milan/

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helgagrace
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Burning questions!

Bookzombie 😂 I never really thought about that. 7y
Smrloomis 😂👍🏽 that's hysterical 7y
alanacristin I like that attempt at conjugation ??? It's like "sheep" but if they're personified maybe if could become "edamametachi" ??? though my Japanese husband would groan if I suggested such things ? 7y
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Books_Wine_Repeat Edamamus! 😂👍 7y
alanacristin Oh wait, we were thinking singular 7y
bates_barb Fun fact, for the most part, Japanese does not use a plural form for nouns. There are some exceptions, mostly for pronouns, but the singular of "edamame" is "edamame". 7y
LindsayReads 😂😂😂😂 Love it when word nerdery goes too far! 7y
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helgagrace
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Waiting for them to discover that they know (and dislike) each other in real life is reminding me of the tension in Unspoken by Sara Rees Brennan and Shop Around the Corner/In the Good Old Summertime/You've Got Mail

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helgagrace
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Looking forward to reading this follow-up to Trade Me, which features Maria! Getting a trans character and characters of color from a mainstream romance author is way more rare than it ought to be.

leslieisreading I ❤️Courtney Milan so much! 7y
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leslieisreading
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Thank you vacation for allowing me to read a whole book in less than 24 hours! And thank you Courtney Milan for writing the kind of books that I just don't want to put down. I fell in love with her historical romances, and now I'm really enjoying her first contemporary series. I was a little nervous about the hero, who I heard started as mostly an asshole. True, but the evolution and payoff was very satisfying.

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leslieisreading
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Stay-cation book and brunch. I recently found my pretty e-book cover that I had swapped out for a more utilitarian one ages ago.

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leslieisreading
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So excited to dive into the new Courtney Milan!

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BookThingo
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This book is on my #TBR. I picked it up, realised I wasn't in the mood for it, and decided to save it for another day. Mood definitely affects how I read my books. In case you're wondering, the steak was meh, and the rosé was good in the sense that I'm slightly tipsy. Now I need a siesta... #romantsy #booksandwine #ebook

Chachic The steak looks good but sad that it was meh. At least the wine was good? I read Trade Me and it was just so-so for me so not sure if I should pick up this one. 7y
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AliBG
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Squeeeee! How about a romance to die for with a trans heroine whose trans-ness is just taken for granted. Yes yes yes. All the this. It's hot. It's nerdy. And I bought this one so I OWN it. #romance #contemporary #weneeddiversebooks

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TaraTLK
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I imagine this dedication being said in the most perfect deadpan.

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mischa
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This is super nerdy romantic awesomeness. For those of you familiar with Trade Me, this is Maria's story.

More importantly, there is math flirting. MATH FLIRTING!

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mischa
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IT HAS ARRIVED! 🎉🎉🎉

*tosses all partially read books aside*

EloisaJames Is this her first contemporary? I didn't know! 7y
mischa @EloisaJames Second! First was Trade Me and it was excellent. Had the same kind of quirks that all her books have that make them extra appealing. If you like comte 7y
mischa @EloisaJames Dammit! Accidentally hit the wrong button. What I was going to say is, if you like her historical a and enjoy contemporaries, I recommend it highly. 😃 7y
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mischa
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*squee*😝😝😝

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