Apartment Life # 291

 

This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 25 years that I've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 25 years here in a weekly blog post.  

I saw this on the sidewalk and thought I had found $40. lol But as soon as I picked it up, I could tell it was counterfeit money. If the feel of it didn't give it away...

The while paper looking middle sure did. It was too think, felt like paper and had a while middle. I will say whoever made this made it look real if you didn't pick it up and feel it. Damn. lol I thought it was my lucky day. 

I heard sirens and at first didn't know where they were. But saw people looking into the Cal Ranch parking lot so I walked that way and sure enough there were a few police cars over there. This parking lot is right next door to me.

More police. I think Cal Ranch might have been robbed. But I couldn't find anything on the news about it. So who knows.

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A neighbor 2 doors from me was locked out of his apartment Thursday night when he got home. I found out that maintenance had come to unclog his sink because he put in a work order. But they said they didn't have a key to his apartment so instead of waiting or making another appointment, they drilled out the lock, changed the lock and when they were done, they locked the door.

Because he wasn't home, they couldn't give him the new key. But they didn't leave a note on his door to let him know. He called the maintenance emergency number at 6pm. He was outside so I heard the conversation when he was on the phone. They apparently told him he would have to wait until the next day to get the new key and that's when he started yelling telling them that they were going to get him in his apartment that night that he wouldn't be sleeping in his car. 

He kept calling them back every 15 minutes for 2 hours and they stopped answering his calls. So he started calling every number he could find on Google for this management company and he must have gotten a hold of someone because that person called our manager who called maintenance and they came out 30 minutes later. It took 3 hours for this guy to get back in his apartment. At one point I asked him if he wanted to sit in my apartment but he declined. I also told him he should just break a window and get in that way but he didn't do that. He was big mad though. 

The high this week was 80F/26C

The low this week was 49F/9C

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

Favorite Song of the Week

 

Jeris Johnson- When The Darkness Comes

I found this guy on TikTok a couple of years ago and this is my favorite song from him to date. I like his other stuff but this is just the best one to me. I hope you enjoy.

More Halloween Pictures

 

Since I didn't receive any freebies this week again, I thought I would share some of the Halloween night pictures.

My daughter and son in law took my grandson Trick or Treating and this house was decorated with big skeletons in the yard.

That skeleton standing next to the house is taller than the house.

Creepy.

My grandson looking like a depressed executioner. lol 

His Halloween costume was called fade in, fade out executioner because the lights for the eyes faded in and out.

This is cute.

I hope you all had a nice Halloween.

Book Review: Demon Bound by Eve Newton

 

Book Description

A Seductress Demon, a cute Reaper, a hot Angel & the Devil himself

They are tested to their limits, but will love conquer all?

Imprisoned by the Devil for crimes committed on Earth, I suddenly find myself the center of his attention. He wines and dines me, but something sinister lurks under his intentions.

When the hot Reaper who can't resist me, helps me escape, an intriguing Angel decides to risk everything for me.

Will I manage to flee the pits of Hell with my Reaper to meet the Heavenly creature who claims he can save me? Or will I be stuck in the Devil's idea of happily-ever-after?

My Review

Axelle is a demoness seductress who was on Earth inhabiting the body of a female for too long. Demons are only supposed to inhabit a human body for a couple of months and then move on so the human doesn't start to realize what's going on. Axelle is known for breaking out of hell and coming to the surface a couple of times but the devil himself imprisons her when she is sent back to hell this last time. He doesn't plan on letting her get away again so he keeps her in a cage to teach her a lesson for a while and then he let's her out and gives her a job.  But Luc (Lucifer) starts to show her more attention and Axelle doesn't know what to make of it until he tells her he's picked her for a special task and one where she'll have to get through several trials, each one being the one that could end her existence if she doesn't get through it. 

When Axelle finds out what the end result will be after getting through the trials, she's horrified and with the help of an angel and a reaper, she escapes hell once again. 

We don't see much of the angel and the reaper isn't very likable but Luc was an interesting character for a while. Until we see what he actually wants and how many demons he's willing to sacrifice to get it. Axelle is not a likable character but yeah, that's because she's a demon and isn't nice. She likes chaos and bloodshed like a good demon would. None of these characters really snagged my attention because they are all so selfish and horrible, only out to get what they want. 

But my main problem with this book is how it just ended on a cliffhanger. Yes it's book 1 of a 3 book series but a little closure would have been nice. 

I give this book 1 out of 5 stars. 

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Everyone Has A Story, Here's One of Mine

 

I've been thinking of writing an autobiography or memoir but it just never comes together for me but I figured if I write one story at a time and post it on my blog maybe once a month, I can do that. Maybe one day I'll pull all the stories together and put them in a book but for now I'll just share some stories with you about my childhood. Some of the stories will be happy, some sad and some horrific because that was my childhood. But they will all be real, things that actually happened. If it seems like something that people enjoy reading maybe I'll keep it going. These stories will not be in any kind of order, I'll just write them as they come to me.

Being known as the girl who fainted on stage in middle school.

Back in the 70's and 80's when I was in elementary and middle school we still did plays for the different holidays where the entire class would be up on stage in the cafeteria or auditorium and we would sing songs for whatever holiday it happened to be. When I was 8 years old and in the 3rd grade, my class practiced for weeks for the Christmas play and we were singing all kinds of Christmas songs for the school and our parents. 

The day of the show we all had our costumes on, everyone was packed into the very large cafeteria where the stage was and the large overhead lights were on us so we could be seen better. It was warm and I was nervous with everyone staring at us and my mom being there watching. But we started singing and holding up the different Christmas props that we had to hold up for the different songs and I started to feel weird. Lightheaded and dizzy. The other teachers and the school Principal were in the chairs right in front of the stage and they were pretty close to the front of the stage. In front of us kids on stage was one of those really tall, heavy, metal microphones on a stand that was broadcasting our voices to the speakers in the cafeteria. 

I was in the middle of all the kids and just happened to be standing right in front of the microphone so when I fainted, I fell right into it and sent it tumbling over the stage where it hit the Principal right in the head. He ended up having to go to the hospital where he had to get a few stitches in his head. The paramedics checked me out for fainting and my mom was already there in the audience but I was fine. The paramedics said I probably just got over heated which combined with the nervousness caused me to faint. 

I was known for years as the girl who fainted on stage. The funny thing is when I was in 8th grade we had a chance to join the school choir and I joined and was in the school choir until the 12th grade. We traveled to Children's hospitals during the Holidays and sang for them. I liked being on stage even after that first incident. 

QUESTION: Since it's near the end of the year I thought I would ask if you would like me to continue these posts each month next year? If you find them interesting or like reading them, let me know. 

Links to past stories. 

January 2023

February 2023

March 2023

April 2023

May 2023

June 2023

July 2023

August 2023

September 2023

Book Review: The Alien's Allegiance by Calla Zae

 

Book Description

"She arrived on this new planet with two hot suns, but it was this blue warrior who burned away all her doubts."

As Captain of the Norakian warriors, Kazstrom anticipates the upcoming competition that can promote him to be the next General of his legion. But a poisonous wound threatens to eliminate his dream. The hunt for a cure leads him to Earth, where he encounters an alluring human female who not only possesses the moonstone he desperately needs, but she also ignites something deep within him. Intrigued, he is compelled to protect her from enemies who are after the same moonstone.

Teegan, a second-grade teacher, is drowning in debt and doubt after a failed engagement when a stunning star-being asks her to go to his planet and heal him. With nothing to lose, she decides a mini out-of-this-world adventure with Kazstrom is the exact escape required to alleviate her life’s issues. But her heart has its own plans and tosses her into an escalating romance filled with danger that will leave them both shattered if they are not careful.

As Kazstrom battles his worst enemy to protect his starmate, Teegan must find her warrior spirit to defend the star-being she has come to love.

My Review

Several aliens come into Teegan's shop looking for the stone that she is wearing around her neck in a necklace. Kaz keeps the other aliens away and she agrees to go with him in order to keep her safe. After learning that he was told the moonstone can heal his wound, she tries to help but the moonstone which talks to her at times, doesn't help heal him. Instead the moonstone tells her that there is another way for his wound to be healed and they set off to outer space to find a healer who he thinks might be able to heal the wound. Along the way they encounter some interesting aliens and danger but the romance between them fell kinda flat for me.

The moonstone has its own mission though and uses Teegan and Kaz to get it done but for a good reason. Now this story starts off really good and the story had promise to be really good but after the first couple of chapters is slowed down and the engagement just wasn't there for me anymore. While the ending was good and I liked how it ended, it took a while to get to that point and I found myself bored and putting the book down several times. I'm glad I finished it but it wasn't as good or as entertaining as I had hoped it would be when I first started reading it. 

I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. 

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Happy Raturday!

 

 "I'm just counting down the days until Halloween."

*All picture this week are courtesy of www.martymousehouse.com*

Apartment Life #290

 

This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 25 years that I've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 25 years here in a weekly blog post.  

Update on my neighbor who had her car towed: 

She told me that she hasn't paid rent in 2 months, ever since her car was towed. She said that the manager keeps coming to her door asking her when she's going to pay rent and she keeps telling them she's not until they reimburse her the $800 she paid to get her car out of the towing place. I don't see that happening. 

I asked her why she doesn't just register her car and go to DMV and get her own plates? She said because if she did that she would have to take her car to a mechanic so that her car would pass the smog check because it won't right now. And if she did register it she would have to pay each year to get another smog check and if it didn't pass, more work done at the mechanics and pay more money for the registration sticker each year and she doesn't want to pay the money. It's just that simple. 

So she would rather steal registration stickers off of other peoples cars and steal a license plate from another car that looks like hers so she doesn't get pulled over while driving. She said if the judge makes her hand over the license plate she has, she'll just get another one. Oh and the manager never came by to do an apartment inspection and no other door locks have been changed. So they gave her a line of bull so they could change her locks. 

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I looked out my bedroom window and saw this woman sitting here right out in the open hitting the crack pipe. I really don't know for sure what kind of drugs she was smoking but probably meth or crack. I took this picture from my bedroom window and you can see she was across the street. I watched for a few minutes because I had a feeling she was going to pass out there on the sidewalk and I was right. 

A few minutes later she just sorta fell over. A police car drove right by her and didn't stop. Like I've said before, there's no need to call the police, they won't do anything. She slept there for about 30 minutes.

Then two of her junkie friends came along on their bicycles and woke her up. She was having a really hard time standing up but she did eventually gather her stuff and walk away with them. It's not unusual to see people passed out, high, or doing drugs right out in the open around here. I want to reiterate that I don't take or post pictures of these people to make fun of them but rather to show people what it's like to live around here and what I see on an almost daily basis. 

The high this week was 83F/28C

The low this week was 47F/8C

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

Favorite Song of the Week

 

Dark Divine - Cold

I love the lead singers voice and the band's makeup just fits with them for some reason. I really enjoyed watching the video and listening to them quite a bit. Enjoy. 

Freebie Friday!/ Halloween Pics

Since I didn't receive any freebies this week I thought I would share a few more Halloween pics. This is outside our door. 

Falcor wearing his Bat Wings.

They are the perfect size for him. When he runs they flaps in the wind which I find hilarious. 

The window. 

It's not all scary, here's something cute. 

Eyeball candle.

Some of the stuff on the shelves light up at night.

My daughter added some lights to some of the shelves.

Years ago when I had rats ( I don't have any rats right now) I may have posed them with some props. This was Lucky. 

Scribbles.

Flower.

Book Review: Wyoming Proud by Diana Palmer

 

Book Description

A sudden romance leads to betrayal and a shocking secret…

It takes one night for Erianne Mitchell to fall heart-first for dashing architect Ty Mosby. They work together and have friends in common—and a searing attraction that seems far too good to last.

But when a devastating mistake tears them apart, Erianne flees to Wyoming with a secret, one she hopes Ty never discovers. She did nothing wrong, and she’ll never ask Ty to forgive her. She'll support herself…and the baby growing inside her. How can she be with a man who doesn’t trust her?

Ty knows exactly what he’s lost and he’ll do anything to beg for her forgiveness and win back her trust. When he finds her, she’s just as proud as he remembers. Is it too late for him to make amends…or is destiny about to test them in an even bigger way?

My Review

This is book 12 in the Wyoming Men series by Diana Palmer and I have been enjoying all of these books. I love the characters, the storylines and how so many people know each other in these small towns. So many of the previous characters seem to pop up in the books and I like being able to see what they've been up to. 

Erianne/Erin has been friends with Annie and her brother Ty for a long time. They are like family and Erin has been working for Ty at his company for a long time. When a bid goes wrong and Ty finds out that someone went behind his back and betrayed him, he hires a detective agency to find out who did it. When they tell him it was Erin, he doesn't go digging to see if they were right, he just fires her and tells her not to contact his sister again. That was a little shocking seeing how they have all been friends for so long and he is easily able to believe that she could do that.

Poor Erin has a really hard time of it and Ty just keeps making things harder for her. She loses everything and ends up leaving town to live with a distant cousin when she finds out she's pregnant with Ty's baby. After what he did, I wouldn't have even told my cousin who the father really was because he never would have seen me again. She was down and out and he just kept making things harder for her. I thought this guy was a total jerk for the longest time and smiled when he realized what he lost and how heart broken he was. He deserved that and more, for a longer period of time. I don't see how she'll ever trust him again but she's made of stronger stuff than I am because she loves him even after he hurt her emotionally when she was already hurting. 

All these bad things kept happening to Erin and I kept expecting to see her fall apart but she never did, she just took it all in stride and kept going. 

There were a few deaths in this book and that was sad to see. But I loved this book and will definitely be reading more of this series when the books come out. 

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Disclosure: I was given an e-ARC of this book via NetGalley but all thoughts and opinions are my own. 

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Book Review: Bound By Her Blood by Mara Leigh

 

Book Description

A newly-turned female vampire joins four hot males with dark secrets to battle an evil vampire king

Book 1 in a fast burn paranormal romance series.

"Unputdownable!"

I was alone as a human, and as a newly-turned vampire I'm trapped and tormented. But I will not give up--I will never give up. And I refuse to let my past define me.

Held in the dungeons of an evil vampire king who's determined to make me his bride, I escape and meet Rock, a protective giant who's hiding dark secrets, and Grayson, a mysterious and handsome vampire.

With their help, I recover, become stronger and I'm introduced to a world of passion and wealth. But my safety is threatened by Colton, a hunky, vampire-killing cop, and I’m pursued by Pike, a terrifying vampire who won't rest until he claims me as his own.

Bound by Her Blood is the first book in a Paranormal Romance series where the heroine has more than one love interest and does not have to choose.

My Review

Selina is a vampire who was held hostage by the vampire king who wanted to make her one of his brides but she wouldn't or couldn't cooperate. It wasn't as easy as just agreeing to do it and when he doesn't get his way, the evil king throws her in the dungeon where she's abused and tortured. If she had been a human, it would have killed her. It was only her vampire healing abilities that saved her from death but that just meant that they could torture her more and for a long time, which they did. The torture was completely over the top and gruesome.

Once she escapes, she runs into Rock who is a gentle giant, not human but he doesn't know what he is. It was a good mystery but one that I wish we had some closure to. Rock has had his own torture in his past and because of that he refuses to have sex. But when Rock offers Selina a safe place to stay because he knows she's in danger, she feels things for Rock and takes it personally that he won't have a sexual relationship with her. She keeps pushing at him which really irritated me. Once he said no, she should have backed off. The fact that she had been sexually abused and then turns around and is really pushy with this guy just made me not like her at all. We are to believe that because of her vampire nature that she really can't help it but if that's true then the vampire characters in this book are going to be less than likeable. 

Rock is friends with a few vampires and through them she meets Grayson who is also a vampire. Right from the start Gray and Selina seem to feel something for each other which confuses her and makes her feel guilty because she also feels something for Rock and doesn't want to make him feel bad. But She and Gray can't seem to keep their hands or fangs off each other which makes her feel bad but Rock is happy for them since Gray seems to be able to give her the sexual relationship that he cannot. He still loves her and wants to be in her life but things get complicated. 

I was trying to like this story even with the problems that I mentioned but the characters are just not likable. I knew this was going to end on a cliffhanger because of the reviews I read and I could have overlooked that if the story and characters had been better.

I give this book 2 out of 5 stars. 

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Book Review: Dark Prince by Callie Rose

 

Book Description

My new billionaire boss is hot as sin. He also happens to be the devil himself.

And there’s only one thing he wants…

Me.

I never meant to get caught stealing a priceless artifact from Lucas Hale, Los Angeles’s most notorious playboy billionaire. And I definitely never expected him to offer me a job as a way to pay off my debt.

But if it keeps me out of jail, I can play the role of assistant to this cocky, gorgeous man. It can’t be that hard, right?

Even if the chemistry between us is so intense that just being in the same room with him makes my blood heat.

Even if I accidentally walk in on him “taking care of himself” during my first week in the office… and I swear I hear him groan my name.

Even if I don’t quite understand how he moves so fast when he saves me from a psycho who tries to attack me on the street.

On second thought, maybe I’m in over my head with this new job. Because I’m starting to get the feeling there’s a lot more to Lucas Hale than meets the eye. A darker, more dangerous side of him than anyone knows.

And the most terrifying part?

That’s the side of him that tempts me.

Dark Prince is a steamy paranormal romance where the villain gets the girl. It's the first book in the Chosen by Lucifer trilogy.

My Review

When I saw that this was book 1 in a trilogy I read some of the reviews to see if this would end in a cliffhanger and some reviews said that it did, so I knew that going in and still decided to read it. The premise was just too much fun not to give it a try. 

Sophia has to get her sister out of a jam that her jerk of an ex put her in. Her sister is innocent of the crime the gang thinks she is responsible for so Sophia goes to the leader gang member to see what she can do to get her sister out of this jam. All she has to do she's told is steal an artifact from a very wealthy man, a man that Sophia met recently when he saved her life. Should be easy to get in to see him then, right? Stealing the artifact, not so much. 

Lucas/Lucifer is a billionaire businessman, he's also a demon, the prince of hell. After he goes against his better judgment and saves Sophia from getting hurt or killed in an accident, he's a little surprised that she comes to see him at work. She thinks she can get away with something that belongs to him but he catches her because she has no idea who he really is. He's so mad that someone tried to steal from him that he almost kills her on the spot but when she tells him she only did it to get her sister out of trouble with some gang members, he tells her he will pay off the gang leader but Sophia has to come work for him as his personal assistant to pay off the debt. It's not like she has a choice. 

Lucas is obsessed with her and doesn't know why and he knows she feels kinda the same way about him. So them working closely together is all it takes before they are acting on their feelings. But when someone close to him betrays him in ways he can hardly believe and puts Sophia in danger, she gets more than an eye full of supernaturals. Good grief, this was so good. The twist this took, the different demons and supernaturals that come out of the woodwork was great. The action, danger, romance and steamy, naughty scenes between these two were great. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this trilogy now. I can't wait to see what happens next. 

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

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Happy Raturday!

 

*All pictures this week are courtesy of www.martymousehouse.com*

Apartment Life #289

 

This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 25 years that I've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 25 years here in a weekly blog post. 

This past Sunday the police helicopter was flying over my apartment complex for a couple of minutes and then made a wider circle over the next street over as well. 

Then this police car sat here for a second and sped off around the corner. Something was happening one street away from mine but I don't know what. I heard a few police sirens headed that way but this was the only police car I saw on my street. 

 

Then a couple of minutes later this ambulance headed that way as well. I have no idea what happened but something did. 

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There was also some drama here at my apartment complex. My elderly neighbor who lives three doors away from me had her car towed out of the alley last month. She does not have a license plate and it's not registered because she says that it's in her deceased husband's name and she just hasn't bothered to fix it. She has a license plate but she only puts it on her car to drive because it's not her license plate, she stole it. She's the same lady that a couple of years ago I told you she got caught stealing registration stickers off of somebody's license plate so I know this license plate is not hers she said that it's not hers cuz she hasn't registered the car in her name.

So the towing company came out towed her car. She called the office and the office told her that they have a contract with towing company and if anybody does not have a license plate on their car it gets towed away. She thought that she could make the management company pay to get her car out from the towing company so she didn't go down right away and when they refused to pay she went down and found out it was going to be $800 to get her car back from the towing company. Because they add on money for each day that they have your car.

So she got her car but she still hasn't registered it and she doesn't have a legal license plate on it. So she called legal aid and asked them if they would help her Sue the towing company and the management company for this apartment complex and they took her case. She had her first court case this past Tuesday and when her lawyer asked the towing company why they singled out her car and not the other cars in the alley who are not legal, they told her that 99% of the time including this time when they tow a car from the alley it's because someone from the management company has called them and told them to tow the car, and that was this case as well. So the managers here got caught lying to her when they told her that it's just policy that they had nothing to do with her car being towed.

I don't really think it matters that they got caught lying about how her car got towed though because it's not legal as in she doesn't have it registered and she did not have a license plate on her car so even though it's not listed somewhere in the lease or on a sign outside that you can't have an unregistered car, I still think because her car was not legal that she's not going to win this case. So I'm kind of surprised that legal aid took the case in the first place.

So on Tuesday the lawyer amended the lawsuit to include all of the managers for this complex because there are a few since none of them would come clean and say which one called the towing company and had her car towed so they are all being sued individually. So on Wednesday my neighbor had a notice on her door that she told me was a inspection notice and she's really mad because they singled her out for an apartment inspection which they usually do once a year and they do everybody's apartment at the same time over a period of 2 days.

The letter stated that sometime in the next 7 days they would come and inspect her apartment. Now every other inspection letter that we've gotten yearly they give us a 24-hour notice because legally that's all they're required to give us. So she called the apartment complex and talked to a manager and told them that they would not be coming into her apartment and that if they tried she would call the police. She also called her lawyer at legal aid and she's waiting for them to get back to her.

Now I don't know how it is in other states but in this state if you live in an apartment or a house and you have a manager or an owner, they are only required to give you a 24-hour notice that they are going to come in and inspect your apartment. So I don't think she has any way of stopping them from coming in and doing an inspection but it is awfully weird that they would single her out for an inspection, give her a 7-Day notice instead of a 24-hour notice that they are coming, and it happens right after the first court date that she had with them. That seems like quite the coincidence to me.

Then Thursday night at 8:30pm she knocks on my door and tells me that maintenance and the manager just came to her door and told her that the office was broken into and someone stole all of the master keys for the apartment doors as well as all the keys to the mailboxes and that they needed to change her locks and that the mailbox locks had already been changed for the most part and she would be getting a key tomorrow. So she let them change her locks because she believed their story but the thing is they didn't come to anyone else's apartment in this Courtyard to change their locks only hers.

 So when she came to my door I told her I think she just got snoockered and that they wanted to make sure that they could get into her apartment when they do the inspection. But she said she saw the police,  but she's known to lie and I had just been out there like 15 minutes beforehand with the dog and there were no police. But why would they only change her lock at 8:30 at night and not come to anyone else's apartment, not put any notices on anyone's door and I also went and checked my mail and my key still works so they didn't change my mailbox lock either. I could be wrong but the seems really fishy.

Friday morning no one was here changing anyone else's door locks, no notices were put out and none of the mailbox locks were changed. So they only changed her door locks and I'm sure it was to make sure they could get in her apartment to do the inspection sometimes next week. 

The high this week was 94F/34C

The low this week was 58F/14C

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

Favorite Song of the Week

 

ONI - "Aura" feat. Howard Jones & Josh Gilbert

This is my new favorite song. Ever since coming across it, I've been playing it on repeat all day. I'm sure at some point I'll get tired of it but not any time soon. Enjoy. 

Freebie Friday/Halloween Decorations

 

Since I didn't receive any freebies this week I thought I would share some of our Halloween decorations instead. 

Living room. There are so many skulls, skeletons, and reapers hanging in my apartment right now. 

Living room corner.

The shelves between the living room and kitchen.

The spice rack reaper. lol 

Here's my Camp Crystal Lake Cabin from the  Friday The 13th movies, along with Jason Vorhees. 

This is what my window looks like with the Halloween lights turned on. 

The window.

These are over both the doors. 

Oogie Booie.

Book Review: Crux by Kate Rudolph

 

Book Description

Prince Crux is in a bind.

When the Dragon King commands Crux find a proper mate, his days of carefree bachelorhood are over. One trip to a psychic matchmaker and he's on the path to his destiny. But it all comes screeching to a halt when he meets a human woman who lights his inner fire and makes him yearn.

She's got a pair of roller skates and an attitude.

Courtney is supposed to be putting the shambles of her life back together. Getting abducted by aliens isn't part of the plan. Neither is getting rescued by a scorchingly hot dragon that makes her think of an impossible future. But they have no chance together if they can't first escape a planet full of monsters intent on their destruction.

My Review

Courtney is abducted by aliens but the space craft she's on crashes on an alien planet so she has to use what she has on hand, her roller skates to knock out one of the aliens so she can escape from the craft and onto the planet. She finds herself not equipped to keep herself safe on this planet because of the monsters who would kill her but Crux is there and tries to make her see that she would be safer with him until they can get off the planet. 

Prince Crux is a dragon shifter who finds himself trapped on the same planet as Courtney. As he tries to find a way to communicate with his family and get them both off this planet, they find themselves getting closer. Crux is also looking for his mate before his father finds a female for him to mate with. At first he doesn't think Courtney could be his mate because she's human and he always believed when he met the right female to be his mate, she would be his own race but as these two spend time together and get closer, he knows he might be wrong because it's feeling more and more like Courtney is his mate. 

Once they are safe, they find themselves in even more danger when someone double crosses Crux and there's a twist in this story that I never saw coming. I love a good twist that makes the story double back around and go in a totally different direction. 

I really liked the ending although I would have liked a bit more story about what happened next with them. Maybe an epilogue or something would have been nice. 

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

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Book Review: Bodyguard Wolf Shifter by Keira Blackwood

 

Book Description

She deserves better, but fate doesn’t care.

I get the trash missions, the kind of crap any errand boy could handle. So when I’m called to do a transport, I’m not surprised. Until I see her.

She has class and curves, not to mention legs for days. Even on the run for our lives, it’s Alex who challenges me, who keeps me on my toes. This isn’t the mission I expected. It’s so much more. She’s more.

Alex is stuck with me as her bodyguard. But I know it’s more than that. Alex is my mate, or she will be if we can work together long enough to survive.

My Review

Alex is sent away from danger by her pack alpha who just happens to be her father. She's mad that he won't let her stay and fight along with her brother and the rest of the pack but she's a little less mad once she sees Reynolds who is there to escort her to safety and be her bodyguard in the meantime. Once they are on their way, they realize that the bad guys are following them and they want Alex. 

Reynolds lets his own pack know that they are in danger and even though they started out not wanting to be where they were, they have to work together in order to stay safe. While they are on the run and trying to get to safety, they fall for each other pretty quickly. It was nice to see what happens in the end for them. Both of them seemed to need someone so it was nice to see them find each other. I enjoyed this quick read. 

I give this 4 out of 5 stars. 

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