#TGIT Recap Season 2 ~ Week 2

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TGIT was amazing this week!  So many big things happened: New Chief of Surgeries, Affairs going public, and attempted murders grow into something more!  Here's your recap of last week's amazing episodes!


Chief Miranda Bailey: Day 1

Grey's Anatomy

Walking Tall

It's official!  Dr. Miranda Bailey is Chief of Surgery at the hospital!  In an effort to make it the most perfect first day ever, she fails miserably.  By the end of the day, she has a heart-to-heart with Richard, who gives her advice on making the next day better.  The Nazi cannot rule the hospital and make it successful.
Other Important Things:

• April has a rash on her back, so she's contained in the bubble for the duration of the episode
• She talks to Jackson and says she's willing to fight for their marriage
• Amelia tries to figure out her relationship status with Owen and goes to talk to April
• Richard has a hard time with Bailey not coming to him looking for advice, so he goes to talk to April
• Callie is flaunting her new relationship, which bothers Arizona, who talks to April about it
• Bailey dumps all of her old responsibilities on Meredith, who has Edwards help her do it all
• Bailey tells her it's because she's promoting her to Chief of General Surgery!
• In their heart-to-heart, Richard gives Bailey the stethoscope he received on his first day of residency

"Olivia Pope! Are you the President's mistress?"...

Scandal

Yes

There really isn't much that actually happened in this episode because it mainly focused around fixing the allegations of the Olitz affair and Olivia hiding from the press.  In the end, after everything was settled, she told the same group of reporters crowding her apartment from the season two finale (that moment still gives me goosebumps when I watch it!) that she was indeed the President's mistress!
Other Important Things:

• It was Liz who leaked the photos to Sally Langston!
• Abby uses that to blackmail her way into an equal partnership between the two
• Abby goes to Cyrus looking for advice to fix the situation at the White House 
• As a result, she's got power and Mellie is back in the picture
•   Quinn doesn't believe that Jake has fixed Huck, who is trying his best to work out his problems
• Before Olivia got out of the car at the end of the episode, she listened to a voice message from Fitz, telling her he and Mellie were going to deny the affair

The story progresses...

How to Get Away with Murder

She's Dying

We start the episode where we ended last week: Wes running from the mansion where Annalise was shot.  The narrative changed a little bit though because he runs to Michaela and Laurel.  Where's Connor? He's with Annalise... applying pressure to her wounds!
Other Important Things:

• After a questionable preliminary hearing, Nate is free from his charges
• The rich Hapstall siblings lied about the brother's whereabouts on the night of their aunt's murder and Annalise ripped them for it
• Annalise's lesbian lover chick left after a night of doing adult things
• Nate sees them kissing on Annalise's front porch (from his car because he be creepin'!)
• Oliver got HIV after Connor cheated on him (he wanted to get him back)
• Connor feels guilty about it because he's the one who put him in that position
• At the courthouse, Michaela and Connor run into a guy that Connor tells her to go for, which she does later on in the episode
• It's pretty safe to assume he is Eggs 911 
• The annoying lawyer chick on the accusing side of Nate's case is taking on the opposing side of the Hapstall case
• At the end of the episode, we find out that, two months later, she's dead on the ground in front of the mansion

Excited?  Now you're ready to watch #TGIT tonight starting at 8/7c on ABC! DO NOT MISS IT!

Waiting On Wednesday ~ Breakout by Aven Ellis

"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly event hosted by 

Jill at Breaking the Spine 

that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

While Texas is known for loving football, Lexi Stewart has always been drawn to the ice. Hockey is her passion, and she wants nothing more than to pursue a career in video editing for the home network of the Dallas Demons hockey team.

Lexi has an editing job for a corporate account, but it’s not fulfilling. Nor is her dating life, despite having the so-called help of The One Online Dating Service. Lexi knows there has to be more for her—on both fronts. She’s ready to take the next step, but it doesn't seem like it’s going to happen anytime soon.

Until a flying puck changes everything.

Niko Xenakis is the new Dallas Demons TV producer, and he’s looking to make his mark in his new role and hopefully work his way back to his hometown of Baltimore. But once he meets Lexi, he might just change his mind on what he wants for his future . . .

But the road to love is never easy, complicated by the fact that they both carry emotional baggage from the past in their hearts. Can these two “breakout”of the past to find love in the present?

Release Date for Breakout is 

November 4, 2015

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A Shattered Heart by Tiffany King ~ Review

From Tiffany King, USA Today Bestselling Author of A Shattered Moment, comes book 2 in the Fractured Lives Series.

A Shattered Heart is the story of Kathleen "Kat" Darby who discovers that although you can run away, you can never escape the ghosts from your past.

Physically, Kat Darby walked away relatively unscathed from the tragic car accident on the night of her high school graduation. Emotionally, her scars run much deeper from the loss of two of her best friends and her longtime boyfriend, Dan. Unable to face the constant reminders of the person she thought she would love forever, Kat leaves for twelve months to study art in France before returning home to start her life again.

Life in Florida proves more difficult than Kat anticipated with remnants of the accident still lingering. The only solace she can find is in her love for art until she runs into Brian, the younger brother of her deceased former boyfriend. Finding they can lean on each other, Kat and Brian find comfort in their emotional common bond. When an unexpected romance develops, Kat must decide if she is willing to face the ghosts from her past in order to love again.

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A Shattered Heart was a very emotional journey for me.  I read it back to back with the first book, A Shattered Moment, and I absolutely loved every page of both books. Tiffany King, being one of my favorite authors, has a way of letting you feel what the characters are feeling as you read. You hurt when they hurt, you love when they love, and these characteristics are easily found in A Shattered Moment.

I really loved Kat mostly because she was a tough girl on the outside, but soft on the inside. I am a lot this way.  I like to hide my emotions on the outside even if I'm being torn to shreds on the inside. This is what made Kat easy to relate to for me. She was going through a really tough time emotionally and after all but running away for a year after the accident where she lost two of her best friends, she has such a struggle getting back to "real life" and finding herself again.

I loved watching Kat and Brian's relationship change throughout the book. They share so much emotionally in the loss of Dan, but as with everyone, you deal with loss differently but they are able to help each other and learn to care about and love someone else again.

As this book is in a series, but you can still read each bokk as a stand alone, you get to know the other characters so much better throughout the book.  I would recommend reading A Shattered Moment before just for the fact that there is so much to see in the progress of all of the friends effected by the accident and how close their relationship really was throughout the entire story.

Needless to say I would recommend A Shattered Heart to anyone high school age and up.  I found it to be a wonderful journey for both Kat and Brian and look forward to the next book in this series.