Valerean

I usually get myself a birthday gift every year, but this one was the #65 milestone, so I wanted something especially fun. I invested in a Blind Date with a Book gift box from Fama Collections . Book gift boxes aren't for everyone, but I love them. I've gotten several over the years, particularly when I needed cheering up. This assortment of treats and little luxuries along with a mystery book is just perfect. I thought I'd let the Universe pick my read so I specified any genre. Let's see what I'll be reading. Ah, New Adult. Been a while since I was one. :) Should be fun.

While I was wrapping up the spring cleaning I found not one but two blind date with a books that I was unable to gift to the intended recipients. Since those two folks are now out of my life I could have donated them, but where's the fun in that? These became my reward from the Universe for finishing the spring cleaning. :) Here's the first one, which was the Christmas paper wrapped bline date. Bit of trivia: one of the first novels I wrote was set in a carnival, and like haunted house stories I've always liked them. So, definitely looks interesting. And the second -- now I understand the brown paper wrapping. :) I love a good farce, especially if it's spicy romance, so this one should be fun to read. Thank you for my surprises, Universe!

To cheer myself after the social media incident I went to one of my favorite antique malls and invested in four blind date/mystery items. Two are blind date with a book bundles ($8.00 each), one is a bag of mystery bracelets ($10.00) and the fourth is just a big mystery box of something green ($2.50 because the booth was having a half off sale.) The first blind date with a book bundle was labeled cozy mysteries, which I enjoy. I have not read either author so this was a nice surprise. I also got a bookmark, hand cream, tea, and stickers that were tucked in the folds of the wrapper. The second blind date bundle. I have read this author before, who pretty much writes the same story over and over, and I really don't care for that. But that's the gamble with blind dates. To be fair I'll read these anyway. The mystery bag of bracelets was the most expensive item, so I was hoping to be wowed. And I was! I don't have a lot of silver bracelets, so I...