About Nikki R

SAHM of 2, happily married bookworm, blogger and aspiring author. If I could read/write all day, every day, I would. Luckily I have a very understanding, and patient, husband who lets me get away with it as much as possible. Now if only the kids would understand my obsession, and the house would clean itself, then I'd be all set.

Here are my most recent posts

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A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin (Part two)

30 September 2014 Nikki R 0

Can I start by saying that it took me almost two months to finish Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin? I was reading every day but you wouldn’t know it! Why it took me this long has nothing to do with it being a boring or terrible novel. Oh […]

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Escapist Uncensored – RYOB Challenge

24 September 2014 Nikki R 6

I hereby create a RYOB challenge aka Read Your Own Books Challenge. Why? Because as I was starting the depressing decluttering of my library, I realized that I have tons of novels that I have either a) never read, b) read only once, or c) haven’t read in so long […]

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A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin (Part One)

16 September 2014 Nikki R 0

It’s true, A Clash of Kings has been super hard for me to read, but that does not mean it’s a bad novel – or series. In fact, it’s pretty damn epic, which makes my inability to read faster even more frustrating.  However, since it, and the rest of the […]

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Story Time: All about Brandon Mull

22 August 2014 Nikki R 0

Nikki and Jackie hope you’ll join them today for Story Time with Literary Escapism, a bi-weekly feature where they showcase various children books that fall directly in the fantasy & science fiction genres, as well as books they’re enjoying with their young children. They’re talking boardbooks, picture books, those books labeled as […]

A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

19 August 2014 Nikki R 0

Since I’m not one to follow trends, when I heard that A Games of Thrones (the TV show) was based on a book series, I shrugged them both off. It probably wasn’t that good, I told myself, just like most trends tend to be. But recently the hubs and I decided to give […]

The King by J.R. Ward

5 August 2014 Nikki R 0

After not enjoying the last two novels as much as I would have liked, I was hesitant about reading The King by J. R. Ward. I’m here to tell you, I worried for nothing! I could not put this down! I might have become possessed with the need to get […]

Lover at Last by J.R. Ward

2 July 2014 Nikki R 0

Blay and Quinn…about freaking time! Anyone else with me?! I swear it feels like decades that I have waited for Lover at Last by J.R. Ward to finally happen.  Because of that, I think I had higher expectations for this novel, and sadly it didn’t meet them. Boo. I don’t […]

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Escapist Uncensored: Taking Inventory Sucks

7 May 2014 Nikki R 0

These are the top two shelves of my one and only bookcase. Top shelf is for LE to-reads, second are my personal to-read collection. Clearly, this is only a small fraction of my to-read list. But since I have one bookcase I have to be picky of what goes on […]