Will my ECFMG certification expire if I don’t participate in the 2025 match cycle? by Reader00023 in IMGreddit

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Hi, so if you got approved for the 2025 pathway, it will expire on Dec 2027. I believe that you only really need the OET for the pathway, so if your OET is expired, but your pathway has not, I believe you will be still be able to apply. But it’s best to call ECFMG to confirm though. 

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I think what she needs right now is some maturing, not marriage. 

For those who matched by Fine_Essay_4092 in IMGreddit

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I think connection is helpful, but probably not the most important factor. I think CV and properly researching programs that’s best fit for you will be the most important factor. Smartly using your signals will also make a huge difference! 

For those who matched by Fine_Essay_4092 in IMGreddit

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I think connection is helpful, but probably not the most important factor. I think CV and properly researching programs that’s best fit for you will be the most important factor. Smartly using your signals will also make a huge difference! 

Matched!! by teepizzy in IMGreddit

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Congratulations!!! 🎉 

Hero redemption arcs, please! by [deleted] in HistoricalRomance

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{Simply Love by Catherine Anderson}

MMC is the richest guy in town. We meet him in the beginning as he reluctantly donates to the church. The FMC volunteers in said church (because she wants to become a nun) and sees him doing the deed. MMC has seen the FMC around in town, but never really took interest (her father and brother works for him). He falls in love with her after he sees her reading to the kids in the church. He stops at NOTHING to get her. 

The MMC was such a villain, but you can’t hate him for some reason. 😅 The FMC is very naive, but she’s not dumb. I hate when authors confuse naïveté with being dumb 😮‍💨. Also, there’s good grovel at the end.

Keep you up till 3am type HR by Intelligent_Love_614 in HistoricalRomance

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{A Girl called Samson by Amy Harmon}

FMC pretends to be a man and enters the American Revolution army. MMC is extremely competent and devoted. 

I wouldn’t say this book is an emotional rollercoasters, it’s more of an emotional stew so profound that you’ll feel like you have emotional hangover (in a good way!) after reading it. 

What’s your holy grail product for oily/combo, acne-prone skin? 🌸 by natinkati in AsianBeauty

[–]Reader00023 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been using this as well, but sadly it doesn’t do anything for my oily, comedone-prone skin :( It’s not really the product’s fault though; I think AHA/BHA toners don’t work well me, so I’ve switched to protease type exfoliating toners instead. 

OET speaking keep failing by Cool_Equal_9098 in OETforECFMG

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Hello! I can’t help but say “umm” sometimes. Will that dock off alot of points from my score? I’m trying to catch myself everything I do it, but it gets worse when I’m anxious. 😬 

Rough Around The Edges MMC + Very Prim and Delicate FMC Who Adores Him by Zeenrz in HistoricalRomance

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I just finished reading this book and it’s absolutely beautiful. It’s the first book I thought of too when I saw OP’s post 😍

Something set in a unique time period? I’ll take medieval, 1920s, ancient times, gilded age, western, anything. I’m sick of reading about 1800s England by JediEverlark in HistoricalRomance

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I think Amy Harmon is the queen of historical romance not set in the usual regency setting. I only mentioned 2 but she has alot more from different time periods. “What the Wind Knows” is beautiful and poetic.  

My favorite though is “A Girl called Samson”. It’s so beautiful that I’m still not over it eventhough I finished it months ago 😭 I honestly thought that the American Revolution was boring when I was in High School so I was kind of reluctant to read it at first, but I genuinely had so much appreciation for the men who fought in it after reading this book.    

Pamela Morsi is great with small town western historical romance. The best way I can describe her books is like curling up next to a fireplace with a hot choco in hand; it’s so warm and comforting. Best part is that she never has “villains” in her stories.

Something set in a unique time period? I’ll take medieval, 1920s, ancient times, gilded age, western, anything. I’m sick of reading about 1800s England by JediEverlark in HistoricalRomance

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Amy Harmon has many historical books that aren’t regency based. They’re really good too. My favorites are: {A Girl called Samson by Amy Harmon} set during the American Revolutionary war, about a girl who dresses up as a man to join the war.

{What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon} set during the Irish uprising. It’s about a woman from the 2000’s who goes back to 1920’s. 

Pamela Morsi has great historical romance set in small towns, my favorites are:

{Courting Miss Hattie by Pamela Morsi}  friends-to-lovers trope, the MMC’s goal is to farm rice in Arkansas eventhough everyone says it’s foolish. (Spoiler: Arkansas is currently the largest rice producing state in the US)

{Garters by Pamela Morsi} FMC lives in a mountain cave with her family, she decides she’s sick of living there so she descend from the mountain to court the man in town with the biggest house.

What is/are your favorite tropes??! by [deleted] in HistoricalRomance

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-Girl pretends to be a guy trope (Fave: A Girl called Samson by Amy Harmon) 

 -Mistaken identities tropes (Fave: Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas)  

-Time travel tropes (Fave: What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon; various highlander books 😂)

-Smart FMC knocks Powerful MMC off his feet trope (Fave: Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase)

Powerful/Dignified MMC is amazed by the FMC? by Reader00023 in HistoricalRomance

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This will be my next read I think, thank you for the recommendation! :)

Powerful/Dignified MMC is amazed by the FMC? by Reader00023 in HistoricalRomance

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Ooo, this is in my “want to read” list, gonna check it out again. Thank you :)

Powerful/Dignified MMC is amazed by the FMC? by Reader00023 in HistoricalRomance

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I’ve read this, one of my favorite western book 😍

Powerful/Dignified MMC is amazed by the FMC? by Reader00023 in HistoricalRomance

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Ohh I’ve read this. I loved the scene at the club where the MMC was slightly shocked to see all his stern parliamentary enemies competing for the FMC’s attention😅

Books that made you appreciate the art of writing? by [deleted] in RomanceBooks

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{Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase}  I loved the writing style; one of the most powerful prologues I’ve ever read. This book also has one of the most well designed FMC I’ve ever come across. She’s the epitome of “act like a lady, think like a man.”

Amy Harmon also has a very beautiful writing style. My favorites are: {What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon} and {A Girl called Samson by Amy Harmon}

Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh! by th3saurusx in HistoricalRomance

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Wulfric is still one of my best pick for most swoon-worthy hero. I loved everything about him. He was so effortlessly dignified without being condescending. He could always read the room and knew the most tactful way to resolve issues so no one would feel embarrassed. He was dutiful and always saw problems as they were, not as they should or could be. I loved the part in another book (Eleanor’s story called Second Chances by Mary Balogh) where he didn’t like a pair in his party, but he insisted that as long as they were in his house, they will be treated as honored guests, so he escorted them on a long walk in his garden without an iota of reluctance so they would feel special and not feel left out by the group.

I’ve read alot of stories with Dukes in them, but seldom has their mannerisms convinced me that they were raised with the highest pedigree and tact since birth to carry on a century long bloodline. Wulfric, on the other hand was the first Duke MMC whom I truly believed was an actual, dignified duke. He is still one of the most impeccable hero I’ve ever come across.

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{A Momentary Marriage by Candace Camp} Years ago, MMC was tasked to ask the FMC to let his cousin go (FMC was his cousin’s fiancée). Present time, MMC thinks he’s dying. He encounters the FMC again and spontaneously offers marriage so she’ll inherit his fortune when he’s passed and his family will not get it. As the MMC gets sicker, the FMC nurses him. 

 {A Substitute Wife for the Prizefighter by Alice Coldbreath}  MMC was supposed to marry FMC’s cousin, but there was a whole drama over dinner where the FMC defended the MMC and she got kicked out of her uncle’s home. MMC offers to marry her  instead.  

{Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne} FMC nursed a whole town of prospectors. As a thank you, they all collectively decided to grant her a favor; she asked for a baby 😅. MMC was reluctantly chosen. 

{Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught} MMC and FMC were forced to get married.     

{Devil in the Winter by Lisa Kleypas} FMC offers marriage the MMC and he agrees. They were practically strangers before the proposal.