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Joanna is Currently Reading

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Twisted Games (Twisted, #2)

by Ana Huang (Goodreads Author)

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"lol watch him be the son of an eldorran aristocrat so the marriage law is null and they can have their hea" — Jul 24, 2025 02:33PM

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Alphas Like Us (Like Us, #3)

by Krista Ritchie (Goodreads Author)

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Joanna said: " While Lovers Like Us was a real disappointment to me, Alphas Like Us is the ultimate redemption. I have nothing but love for the authors, the books, and the characters in them. This book revived my love for the whole Addicted world.

I won't say anymor ...more "

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"DNF’ed rereading this, got a little bored I think." — Jul 18, 2025 04:56AM

Sep 14, 2022 07:57AM · see review

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Damaged Like Us (Like Us, #1)

by Krista Ritchie (Goodreads Author)

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read in June 2017

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Joanna said: " I am completely biased. I love the characters of this series too much to give a real review of the book and my rating probably doesn't reflect the essence of the book. Truth is, everything that comes to the Addicted core group is always going to swoo I am completely biased. I love the characters of this series too much to give a real review of the book and my rating probably doesn't reflect the essence of the book. Truth is, everything that comes to the Addicted core group is always going to swoon me and make me smile and happy. I loved reading about all the kids growing up, how they are now, what they're doing, if they're happy. They embody what family should be. Caring and loving to one another and strong together. I also loved the new characters, all the bodyguards. Akara and Oscar in particular, they are my new babies.

Although little details that bothered me while reading: the fact that I couldn't dissociate Farrow's POV from Moffy's POV and it was a little bit hard because they were always around the same people, the boydguards are all friendly to one another and to the families so it's hard to know whose POV it is; and the fact that Krista and Becca tend to skip a lot of events that I would have loved to read about, like meeting with Loren and Lily to talk about Luna - that's one thing I desperately wanted to read about. It's a bit sad. I know the book isn't about Loren and Lily but I just wanted to see more of them, more of Lily especially.

Anyway, I think the twins are trying hard to add diversity in their books and they will try harder in the next few books. I believe in them. And I won't ever stop reading their books because they have a beautiful writing style and amazing characters.

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I didn't like the ending, it was way too easy to be honest. Of course, there are gonna be more things to come in the next books but still. It wasn't as thrilling as I hoped it would be. I also think I know who Jane is going to date, and who Sulli is going to date. I don't really like the idea that the series is focused on the bodyguards because it's going to be a repeat of the same thing in every book of the Like Us series: forbidden relationships between bodyguards and client, angry family, blablabla. I hope the authors can work that out and makes things different for Jane and Sulli.

P.S.: Kinney Hale is so sassy, she's my new goddess. ...more "

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"Finished it again. I didn’t remember it that way, it was quite uneventful but it made me want to read a brand new bodyguard/client romance." — Jun 08, 2025 04:38AM

Sep 14, 2022 07:54AM · see review

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Joanna’s Quotes

“Accepting the face that you loved someone was much harder than falling for that person. It took time. And courage. But when I finally took that time, found that courage, when I finally let my guard down, I'd discovered something spectacular.”
― L.J. Shen, Vicious

tags: love, romance

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“If I doubt your intentions I will never trust your actions.”
― Carlos Wallace

tags: carlos-wallace, fake-christians, fake-friends, fake-love, fake-news, fake-people, fake-smile, snakes

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“Bullying has its root cause in the need for adoration. If adoration is not fulfilled, the bully seeks to control a group through deceit and punishment of the individual who is perceived as being Non-Conforming. Adoration is a form of comfort. Take away the comfort, you dis-empower the bully.”
― Deborah Bravandt

tags: adoration, bully, bullying, comfort, conform, control, deceit, disempower, non-conforming, punishment

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“Time is the most precious thing of all, and the easiest resource to waste if we aren’t careful.”
― Lauren Blakely, The Sexy One

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“But one has to ask: why do the big things at such a high cost? I chose the quiet life. I like the idea of being recognized by my field and no one else. This way I have a purpose, one I believe in, but I'm not burdened by the constant idea of putting on a public image, a view of myself the masses can accept. Nobody cares whether I'm fat or cheat on my taxes. It is not the only right kind of life, of course, but it is the honest life for me. What I'm saying is, I make the right choices for myself.”
― Jaroslav Kalfar, Spaceman of Bohemia

tags: fame, life, public-opinion, quiet-life

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