Saturday, December 30, 2017

Stacking the Shelves: December (4)

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page! Stacking The Shelves now has a new host and check out that new image!!

Proving I need to just read my bookshelves and update my book buying list here are a few duplicates that I picked up for 0.50 each for the large books and 0.25 for the mass market books. Hey at least I'm consistent right?? I used to love these series and really want to get back to them. 

Decadent by Shayla Black

And Then She Fell by Stephanie Laurens

Elite  by Rachel Van Dyken


Bound & Determined  by Shayla Black ** This one is signed & hast the newer sexy cover, so I'm keeping this one.

Beautiful Oblivion Jamie McGuire

For the non duplicates I picked up:

The Last of the Mohigans by James Fenemore Cooper. A classic and one of my fave movies with that great method actor in it.

The Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens

Veil of Shadows (Veil 2) by Shiloh Walker . I have the first book in this series o why not snag the second??

Beautiful Bombshell by Christina Lauren

If Someone Says "You Complete Me" Run!! by Whoopi Goldberg. Because she is a great comedian and actress.
Pledged by Alexandra Robbins  This has been on my wishlist for years, I finally found it at the local charity shop.

And that's it. LMAO I should probably stay out of charity shops from now on. And now I need to go catalog my entire library because my gawd that was scary how many duplicates I picked up.  What'd you get in your haul this week?? Share in the comments down below and I'll see you next week.

Happy Reading & Haulin' my loves


2017 Yule Reading Update: December

Yule Reading Challenge
November 1, 2017 - January 6, 2018

Welcome back to another year of the Yule Reading Challenge, here I attempt to read all the Yule/ Christmas books listed on my shelves and any ARCs I might have.  Last year I did this list and really enjoyed reading some of the books I owned.  This lead to me falling in love with a few new authors and adding them on to the TBR Pile but also made me aware of the awesome stories already sitting on the pile from those authors as well.

November Update, what I've read so far will be highlighted and crossed out, if there are any reviews I will have them linked.  

December Reads will be in Red and same as before any reviews will be linked. 

Books From the Stockpile
  • Carolyn Brown's Cowboy Boots For Christmas (Cowboy not Included)
  • Holiday Fantasy by Donna Hill and Friends
  • Naughty or Nice by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Friends
  • A SEAL Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear
  • A Bride For Christmas by Heather Graham and Friends
  • This Christmas by Jane Green and Friends
  • Under The Mistletoe by Linda Howard and Stephanie Bondh
  • The Secret Life of Mrs. Claus by Carly Alexander
  • Christmas on Mimosa Lane by Anna DeStefano
  • Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
  • Three Days on Mimosa Lane Anna DeStefano
  • @Home For The Holidays by Meredith Efken
ARCs That I Need To Read:
  • The Keepers Christmas In Salem Heather Graham 
  • Christmas Brides by Suzanne Enoch and Friends Nov 2017
  • A Last Chance Christmas by Vicki Lewis Thompson
  • A Christmas To Remember by Jill Shalvis and Friends
 We're almost there, just a week left of reading and I can't believe I've done as well as I have.  How about you my loves?? Doing well, can you believe the year is almost over?? A new year with new challenges will be up before you know it.  I can't wait, can you??
Happy Reading 


Saturday, December 23, 2017

Stacking The Shelves December (3)

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page! Stacking The Shelves now has a new host and check out that new image!!

This haul went a little out of hand, my gawd did I shop, all at the local charity shop and dollar tree of course, no full price for me.  .


Mine to Hold by Shayla Black.  another duplicate pick.  This will be a trade away.

Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover. I'm thinking I need to just read this one, This is the third time I've bought this. LOL This will also be on Paperbacksap

Non Duplicate Books:


As Good As Anybody  by Richard Michelson  I remember hearing about this before it was published, it looks awesome so I snagged a copy for myself and another for my mom. 

This as a pick simply because it's about Mandela. Good Morning Mr. Mandela by Zelda La Grange. 


This one is because she's a bad-ass and that's all I needed to know. I'll Never Write My Memoirs by Grace Jones
Another Memoir is Mo' Meta Blues by Questlove

Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore

What They Found by Walter Dean Myers. Because he is an amazing writer and I don't have this one on my shelves.
Empire by Robert Ham, because I loved the show when it first came out & I need to catch up. 

The Dollar Tree has been getting some awesome books just about everything I'm hauling in this post is from them.  What'd you get in your haul this week?? Share in the comments down below and I'll see you next week.

Happy Reading & Haulin' my loves

Saturday, December 16, 2017

Stacking The Shelves December (2)

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page! Stacking The Shelves now has a new host and check out that new image!!

I have been picking up a few more books at the local charity shops, they are super cheap and sometimes have 1/2 price days so even better. Here's what I've gotten so far.

Wanted by J Kenner A new series by her, I figured I would start wit the first book and see where ti goes from here.

I have the first books and my Sylvia Day books that are unread are starting to run low, I was happy to snag this one.  Eve of Chaos 

Another of the books in this series, I scooped one last week and couldn't make myself skip this one.  Beautiful Beginning by Christina Lauren

A booktube favorite of mine shared her love for this one so when I saw it I had to have it.  Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown. 
I have the other two books in this series and kinda need this to finish the series.  Burn by Maya Banks, plus she's an auto-buy author for me. 


I love this author's work and I must own everything. This is one of the only books I don't own so now I do!! The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts, I've been collecting her for years.
 
Blindfolded Innocence by Alessandra Torre. I have this on my kindle and can't seem to get into it, so I'm switching mediums. 

And that's my haul for this week.  What'd you get in your haul this week?? Share in the comments down below and I'll see you next week.

Happy Reading & Haulin' my loves

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Stacking The Shelves: The Bookoutlet Black Friday Edition

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page! Stacking The Shelves now has a new host and check out that new image!!

I know I have been gone for a while, even though I haven't been sharing I have still been hauling.  One of my goals for the new year will be to purchase fewer books.  I'll be allowing myself 18 books for the year, and those include pre-orders.  I'm trying to get them all in now because come Jan 1 if it's not on the 2018 highly anticipated list?? It's not getting bought.  With that in mind here are some of the books I have purchased in the past few weeks.

Non-Fiction & Memoirs:

On the Shoulders of Giants by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love by Kathleen Collins. I got snagged by the title. 

Welcome to My Breakdown by Benilde Little Total cover buy do you see that hair?? and yeah there's that. 
Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston  Because it's Zora, that's all I needed to know

Lies and Other Tall Tales by Zora Neale Hurston & Christopher Myers


Fiction/Romance

Up In Smoke by Tessa Bailey

Jennifer Probst
Mistletoe Games Anthology by Jaci Burton


With Every Breath Maya Banks

 Francis Ray:
Snapped by Tracy Brown
Until I Saw Your Smile by J.J Murray

Michele Grant:


Any Man I Want

Losing To Win


Beverly Jenkins
  • Topaz a historical romance, girl I can't wait
  • A Second Helping Funnily enough I actually own the first book in this series as well.

Bebe Moore Campbell

Yep I got quite a bit this time and less than $80.  I'm so excited for so many of them. I can't wait to share with you my reviews.  What'd you get in your haul this week?? Share in the comments down below and I'll see you next week.

Happy Reading & Haulin' my loves