tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64864696490659377562024-03-12T00:53:05.333-04:00Bewitching Bibliophile Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.comBlogger889125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-48908454731764548282023-07-18T00:00:00.089-04:002024-02-13T16:43:17.410-05:00Book #Review: Resonance Surge by Nalini Singh #ResonanceSurge #NetGalley<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Pc-c6V_f_B9a-HwXCq503PvQfw66LMYa6qdfOU8IxVVvj5djO6obJlSExQZkRjoz5xkJpiyEKM5xX7MOXN_nd-LkH-QkMvrtJOzmVYzHJ_tfXVMiVdnGfD3WD0le7EeRCD1sIvW_W3dcnsJRUwdaEH3TJsxazjUBFuBH29BZIGScG1IDFkRKTYUMyWnQ/s385/Resonance%20Surge.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Pc-c6V_f_B9a-HwXCq503PvQfw66LMYa6qdfOU8IxVVvj5djO6obJlSExQZkRjoz5xkJpiyEKM5xX7MOXN_nd-LkH-QkMvrtJOzmVYzHJ_tfXVMiVdnGfD3WD0le7EeRCD1sIvW_W3dcnsJRUwdaEH3TJsxazjUBFuBH29BZIGScG1IDFkRKTYUMyWnQ/w265-h400/Resonance%20Surge.png" width="265" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Book Title: </b>Resonance Surge Psy-Changeling Trinity Series Book 7</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Author:</b> Nalini Singh <b>|<a href="https://nalinisingh.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/NaliniSingh" target="_blank">Twitter</a>| <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorNaliniSingh/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/authornalinisingh/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>| <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/nalini-singh" target="_blank">Bookbub</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/71688.Nalini_Singh" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher: </b>Berkley Publishing Group</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><b>Genre:</b> </b>Paranormal Romance</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Series/Standalone: </b>Psy-Changeling Trinity Series Book 7</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Format: </b>Kindle, Audiobook, Hardcover</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><b>Cost:</b> $28.00</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><b>Pages:</b> 432</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><b>How I got it:</b> </b>Advanced copy via Netgalley</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><b>Purchase: </b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Resonance-Surge-Psy-Changeling-Trinity-Nalini/dp/0593440706?keywords=resonance+surge+nalini+singh&qid=1671593174&sprefix=resonance+sugre,aps,254&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=petunia7-20&linkId=d5ec51f35535fe5fad9fcdec9c5c3cd5&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/resonance-surge-nalini-singh/1142562800?ean=9780593440704" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Resonance-Surge-Audiobook/B0C8VCFQPQ" target="_blank">Audible Audiobook</a>} <a href="https://nalinisingh.com/books/psychangeling-trinity-series/resonance-surge/" target="_blank">Author Links</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><b>Publication Date</b><b>: </b> July 18, 2023</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63200679-resonance-surge?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=SEwoznHbsJ&rank=1" target="_blank">Add To Goodreads</a></b></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><b>Synopsis</b>:</b></div><div><b><blockquote style="background-color: #674ea7; border-radius: 15px; padding: 10px;"><span style="color: white;">Where are the broken? That is the propulsive question that unleashes a world of secrets in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s Resonance Surge . . .<br /><br />
StoneWater bears Pavel and Yakov Stepyrev have been a unit since birth, but now Pavel’s life is veering in a new direction, his heart held in the hands of Arwen Mercant, a Psy empath—and the only man who has ever brought Pavel to his knees.<br />
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This is it. A point of irrevocable change. For Pavel . . . for Arwen . . . for Yakov . . . and for another pair of twins whose bond has a far darker history.<br />
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A low-Gradient Psy, Theodora Marshall is considered worthless by everyone but her violently powerful twin, Pax. She is the sole person he trusts in their venomous family to investigate a hidden and terrible part of their family history—an unregistered rehabilitation Center established by their grandfather.<br />
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Places of unimaginable pain designed to psychically wipe minds, leaving the victims shells of their former selves, the Centers are an ugly vestige of the Psy race’s Silent past. But this Center was worse. Far, far worse. And now Theo must uncover the awful truth—in the company of a scowling bear named Yakov, who isn’t about to take a Marshall at face value . . . especially a Marshall who has turned his dreams into chilling nightmares<br />
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Because Yakov is the great-grandson of a foreseer . . . and he has seen Theo die in an unstoppable surge of blood. Night after night after night . . .
</span></blockquote></b><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F7adhmvl6KI/UX9Sq-bOwQI/AAAAAAAAEPw/G-mzMe4swlM/s1600/reviewtag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F7adhmvl6KI/UX9Sq-bOwQI/AAAAAAAAEPw/G-mzMe4swlM/s1600/reviewtag.jpg" /></a></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I mentioned in my Sunday post that I returned to school and literally have only been re-reading this series. I have favorite characters and so many side characters that I can’t wait until she writes their stories. I have loved this series from the beginning and this installation is no different. The world we are now in, is the post-Council world and the different races are working to save not just themselves but to come back from the brink the Psy have brought their people to. Once again the horrors of what was done to keep the few alive is finally being shared with the world. And it's a horror show. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Theo has spent her life fighting to survive the family she was brought up into, had she not been linked to her twin brother Pax the more powerful Psy she wouldn’t be here. Pavel a Stonewater Bear has some of the Psy talent he's inherited from his Grandfather which has given him dreams since his childhood and they all star Theo. Theo has come to Russia to find out just how far and deep into the Council structure did her Grandfather go, and how much is her family truly liable for what happened to the broken Psy who didn't meet the exacting standards of the Council & why was her name on partially deleted files?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The dance, the way the story is woven together, I was absorbed from the start, I loved seeing Arwen and the glimpses of the family including Silver and Valentin, There is so much in the story ad so much more we need. I absolutely loved the little sprinkling of intrigue we got at the club, I can’t wait to see more. I loved how they talked about the unique earthquakes (IYKYK) in the area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">These stories have been my comfort zone in the crazy world we live in currently and I can’t stop reading. There are a few moments where I had to stop and breathe because if I could jump into the book to go after some people, baby gear up. I would </span>definably<span style="font-family: inherit;"> bring tissues, and be prepared as there are some triggering subject matter in the form of flashbacks. The fact that these people think they are the best of the best and not realizing that the very </span>definition<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of a perfect Psy was a psychopath. So many people hurt because the Council lied and so many more in danger because the Scarab Queen would rather seize power than save their race. I can’t wait to see how this all comes out. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">The way she ended the story I’m going to be annoyed for a whole year until we get the next installation because why??!!!!! I need it now!!! There were so many beautiful moments that made the book amazing to read, and I can’t wait to get my physical copy to display on my shelves. I will also be listening to the audiobook version because Angela Dawe has a way of narrating the story that is just so amazing, they bring the story to life. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Have you read this series yet my loves?? I picked it up because every time without fail whenever Sylvia Day is asked what books she recommends she always says Nalini, and I can say I have never enjoyed a recommendation more. </span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5HYBxmXtPbQ/UX9T3w6hbWI/AAAAAAAAEQM/8rUKA8I_GpU/s1600/rating.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5HYBxmXtPbQ/UX9T3w6hbWI/AAAAAAAAEQM/8rUKA8I_GpU/s1600/rating.jpg" /></a></b></div></div><b><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">★★★★1/2☆</span><br /><blockquote style="background-color: #674ea7; border-radius: 15px; padding: 10px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">Series In Order</span></div></blockquote><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW161981301 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">RECOMMENDATIONS</span></b></div></blockquote><div><ul><li><div class="SCXW161981301 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW161981301 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW161981301 BCX0" paraeid="{ff2102a0-edd2-4ebe-9ce7-c68b342592d9}{115}" paraid="895973056" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW161981301 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter Series</span><span class="EOP SCXW161981301 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW161981301 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"></div></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW161981301 BCX0" paraeid="{ff2102a0-edd2-4ebe-9ce7-c68b342592d9}{115}" paraid="895973056" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW161981301 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Lora Leigh’s Breeds Series</span><span class="EOP SCXW161981301 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></li></ul><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you can't tell I highly recommend, this book, the series and most of Nalini's work (the one's I've read so far are good) Have you read the series?? Let me know what you thing, and of course if you have other recommendations, don't forget to drop them in the comments.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy Reading my loves, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SEi2TT3kyYU/WJFlrKjWQWI/AAAAAAAAhcs/_hEFtBxBIbIwVEBTvdzieGMxKUUoYvIrwCPcB/s1600/Aisha2017.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="103" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SEi2TT3kyYU/WJFlrKjWQWI/AAAAAAAAhcs/_hEFtBxBIbIwVEBTvdzieGMxKUUoYvIrwCPcB/s200/Aisha2017.png" width="200" /></span></a></b></div><p></p><p></p>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-3592985551721283872023-07-16T00:00:00.019-04:002024-03-07T22:15:19.601-05:00Recap of Reading In 2023 So Far<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwhQCDxlAQPBeUZI219V-JFQPBw9NX1shqgEo4SbV16_7B-OuXbJRzPQmBxUOXdHZq-7w-6Hxxzk2SkxXc4VQSmqiiL6Ix-FV5ohirgVdqrUlQNOa_-d0XUmr00PRAjRHb8eJChhjOyHNxT-_8wJ49Ro4Q35LoOx2pwtjCB7EK6pxF3h6cazzMsVO5Lu-/s2240/Read%20in%202023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwhQCDxlAQPBeUZI219V-JFQPBw9NX1shqgEo4SbV16_7B-OuXbJRzPQmBxUOXdHZq-7w-6Hxxzk2SkxXc4VQSmqiiL6Ix-FV5ohirgVdqrUlQNOa_-d0XUmr00PRAjRHb8eJChhjOyHNxT-_8wJ49Ro4Q35LoOx2pwtjCB7EK6pxF3h6cazzMsVO5Lu-/s320/Read%20in%202023.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hi my loves</p><p>Long time no see. I wanted to come back so many times but life has been lifing (is that even a word?? but you know what I mean) so I have had to prioritize staying afloat and being mentally well versus the pressure I put on myself to read and share and make posts. </p><p>I actually haven't really been reading any books for pleasure this year, as I for some reason decided I had a goal and a dream to complete a degree I started so many years ago, that I now have to repeat some of the courses because they are too old and science has moved on since I took them last. </p><p>While in school to help me destress I have found that I have been re-reading some favorites, right now I have re-read the entire Psy-Changeling series by Nalini Singh so many times ( probably an unhealthy amount of times, but seriously is there ever too many times to read a book?? ) , and I love more each time I do. Luckily it's available on audiobooks so I've been able to just pop my headphones in when I need time to relax, or play it in the car and unwind. </p><p>I've been obsessed with the series and really have been re-listening because the voice actress is phenomenal. Also because a lot of my favorite paranormals aren't available in audiobook format, and I wish people realized just how much that sucks for those of use with vision impairments. </p><p>While the world has been burning around us (literally, I live in New England and we got hit by the smoke from the Canada fires for days) and figuratively just watching as fascism rolls it's way through American politics, I have found myself retreating to books as a safe place. While I haven't been on the book streets and haven't been paying attention to all the drama, I happened to see that some authors have been acting out and really honestly it's almost like clock work now. </p><p>While I was gone from the blogging world I have been working on purging my shelves and got rid of a few problematic authors works from the shelves, I haven't found too many people jumping at taking linda howard's collection though, which tells me that the word has spread about her toxicity. I'm going to donate them to the local friends of library book sale so hopefully they can get rid of them Even with doing that my shelves are still packed and I still have five bookcases at my parents house. I'm going to work on more purging down of authors. I pulled all my Julia Quinn books that I hadn't read and went ahead and traded those out as well. Beyond the books I love from the Anita Blake series and the beginning of the Merry Gentry series, I went ahead and pulled the trigger on getting rid of Laurell K Hamilton as well. </p><p>There are just some authors I have grown away from and others who have shown their ass. Comments they have made about why they don't write black people in their series but willingly had black people casted in their shows, while sitting next to the queen of historical black books was just wild and crazy to me. The Anita books fell off for me after Harlequin but like an impulse I couldn't stop would make me buy them and I no longer needed them so off they go to someone else who will love them. </p><p>Working in healthcare and surviving this pandemic has made me a little more brutal about what I'm willing to keep and what I'm still willing to allow in my space. </p><p>How have y'all been?? Getting any reading done?? What have you been doing to entertain yourself ?? Any good books you recommend??</p><p>Love & Light </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFwlkLbzkH6B2lEQfOJxk5IAvQcr5AYYGpMm_f-aQcyFPwp6BuuQR5NLaAg8SA1dawmGve456_vrwlSlKpz6ijnDxbZmC-qyc03TvLr-GhStz7Wz73JWATNyea33M_vQjI5DyoqV70bzInqONuNxZ0713ZWukxu1G56z6gij2bIpZJcWjMQMPt4GQszoQ/s1984/Aisha2017.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1984" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFwlkLbzkH6B2lEQfOJxk5IAvQcr5AYYGpMm_f-aQcyFPwp6BuuQR5NLaAg8SA1dawmGve456_vrwlSlKpz6ijnDxbZmC-qyc03TvLr-GhStz7Wz73JWATNyea33M_vQjI5DyoqV70bzInqONuNxZ0713ZWukxu1G56z6gij2bIpZJcWjMQMPt4GQszoQ/w152-h78/Aisha2017.png" width="152" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-40319468207194095582023-01-01T12:37:00.005-05:002024-03-07T22:18:34.403-05:002023 Happy New Year <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwidNAeJtqaOchBwwdfTSTM4NyhL6T8-NnHtGvbLqgbnjyAiJ8kPCNrMz_L817gx0u_Kq6LGpEJehljIvqrFtWG2vMRQIyFcDygNl_6aLrIE-xj2DUBzTcrfPpTL1cyYb_xxWgQtXUe9gzHs1cHdjObL9gmg6_HbILo0K_J3e_ALG3lWkZyLnFtkta5Q/s2240/happy%20new%20year%2023%20blog%20banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwidNAeJtqaOchBwwdfTSTM4NyhL6T8-NnHtGvbLqgbnjyAiJ8kPCNrMz_L817gx0u_Kq6LGpEJehljIvqrFtWG2vMRQIyFcDygNl_6aLrIE-xj2DUBzTcrfPpTL1cyYb_xxWgQtXUe9gzHs1cHdjObL9gmg6_HbILo0K_J3e_ALG3lWkZyLnFtkta5Q/s320/happy%20new%20year%2023%20blog%20banner.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> Welcome the new year my loves</p><p>I hape you had a happy and safe new year. Let us hope 2023 will be gentle with us and that we can have a good reading year, a blessed and safe year of kicking our goals in the butt. </p><p>Happy New Year my loves</p><p>& Happy Reading </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCkcxlEj_A1u59pqjjMsZUPA93pB59K1x3lcDFBokAz3uKW-4tMbJgJ16G8x84vg9SVik44CxmS24qBRjeoyKn2MonZd9XewVzpxbYr8rYxmGwtRnYlY7UYUkTiWxSDtPP-mptfRp5bysE-WqVN7aU9PwiDJPUOxxT53AneEOxFZQbRkQESQtjtNPsw/s1984/Aisha2017.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1984" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCkcxlEj_A1u59pqjjMsZUPA93pB59K1x3lcDFBokAz3uKW-4tMbJgJ16G8x84vg9SVik44CxmS24qBRjeoyKn2MonZd9XewVzpxbYr8rYxmGwtRnYlY7UYUkTiWxSDtPP-mptfRp5bysE-WqVN7aU9PwiDJPUOxxT53AneEOxFZQbRkQESQtjtNPsw/s320/Aisha2017.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-30651726424418250872022-11-14T05:00:00.012-05:002022-11-14T05:00:00.190-05:002022 Yule Reading Challenge TBR <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheh2h9dV1LYgGv82rNJm0pRnRLYWHPTDRPLAHBKU2kmZpWJmngS_oNxjaSVjCDPSmMtY46Vv5OgYcYxiZEDcSQ1kq9qSXuavSkPTctJ-dap4mvx7JG54rOZfKGhRe0b7Cz1pVI_Sq08e6U4OLhrOtDlFIzFAKV8XdVhom67cFApJDN3-tzDz2YJj0kAw/s320/yule.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="320" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheh2h9dV1LYgGv82rNJm0pRnRLYWHPTDRPLAHBKU2kmZpWJmngS_oNxjaSVjCDPSmMtY46Vv5OgYcYxiZEDcSQ1kq9qSXuavSkPTctJ-dap4mvx7JG54rOZfKGhRe0b7Cz1pVI_Sq08e6U4OLhrOtDlFIzFAKV8XdVhom67cFApJDN3-tzDz2YJj0kAw/s1600/yule.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">November 15 to January 15th 2023</p><p>Hi my loves,</p><p></p><p>This is going to be a purge post, meaning if these books aren't read by the end of this challenge they are all going up on paperbackswao and whatever isn't claimed by the end of quarter 1 of 2023 will be donated to my local library. If you've been around for any length of time you have seen most of these titles on here. This is their last chance. No more after this.</p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: philosopher; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><b>Books From the Stockpile</b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: philosopher; font-size: 15.84px;"><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Naughty or Nice by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Friends</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">A SEAL Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">A Bride For Christmas by Heather Graham and Friends</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">This Christmas by Jane Green and Friends</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Under The Mistletoe by Stephanie Bond</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The Secret Life of Mrs. Claus by Carly Alexander</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Christmas on Mimosa Lane by Anna DeStefano</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Three Days on Mimosa Lane Anna DeStefano</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">@Home For The Holidays by Meredith Efken</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Jingle Bells Rock Anthology Lori Foster, Janelle Denison & More</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Mistletoe Games Jaci Burton</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Dating Mr. December by Phillipa Ashley (re-Read)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Christmas Star by Roz Denny Fox</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Yule Be Mine by Lori Foster</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">I'm Your Santa Anthology Lori Foster & Friends</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Holiday Temptation Donna Hill, Farrah Rochon & K.M. Jackson</li></ul><div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The Holiday Inn (Anthology)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Mistletoe & Molly by Janet Dailey</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Santa in Montana</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Searching For Santa</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The Gift by Nora Roberts</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">First Impressions by Nora Roberts</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Winter Nights (Anthology)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "philosopher"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;">Once Upon a Cowboy Christmas by Soraya Lane</span></span></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Secret Prince's Christmas Seduction by Carol Marinelli</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">It Must Be Christmas by Jennifer Crusie, Donna Alward & Mandy Baxter</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Merry Sexy Christmas Anthology by Beverly Jenkins (exempt from the purge decree)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">A Kiss At The Mistletoe Rodeo by Kathy Douglass (also exempt since it's new)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Tied With a Bow Lora Leigh, Kimberly Frost Anthology (also exempt)</li></ul><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ARCs That I Need To Read:</b></div></b></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The Keepers Christmas In Salem Heather Graham </li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">A Last Chance Christmas by Vicki Lewis Thompson</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">A Christmas To Remember by Jill Shalvis and Friends</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Christmas With The Seal by Tawny Weber </li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Christmas With The Billionaire Rancher by Mandy Baxter</li></ul></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: philosopher; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: left;">That's my list for the next few weeks. What are you planning to read for the holidays my loves?? Any of the books on my list on yours as well??</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: philosopher; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: philosopher; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: left;">Happy Reading </div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: philosopher; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: left;">my loves</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzygQoIHtZD6iHCV129rQcBf7q0RurECPKeAWhPm1VWM72aHWYB_1FGldO9OMW9Cmz2j9fuKrGLI11KeoeBypF_5wdjd6xPZc-gvq2I_JQHoGqcWnKwfpSTmw2x8rMYFd6HLNL-ZDQkN3zLSBOwbzyFXeILnzSM4D2n-ccU4GAoLlgLorvfYs0cgfKQ/s1984/Aisha2017.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1984" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzygQoIHtZD6iHCV129rQcBf7q0RurECPKeAWhPm1VWM72aHWYB_1FGldO9OMW9Cmz2j9fuKrGLI11KeoeBypF_5wdjd6xPZc-gvq2I_JQHoGqcWnKwfpSTmw2x8rMYFd6HLNL-ZDQkN3zLSBOwbzyFXeILnzSM4D2n-ccU4GAoLlgLorvfYs0cgfKQ/w200-h103/Aisha2017.png" width="200" /></a></div></div>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-54340839706769493252022-10-01T05:00:00.004-04:002022-10-15T22:28:32.833-04:00Goals for Quarter 4 of 2022: October/ November/ December <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1CSaBXWtVKr75X5tkkY1EOgARys35ixQ3GVvueATFjXBg48k5l4kvRrhvvMFL4ek9cIB5q6CMk6Iz6ngnv1qE1Jg0WT9xfzR-mSklMHjHpBKG_itxtY6OaYqanLAxm1g_7k3QShh1OIf7Y-CoMGJIE8pF9aZjAKFk9UsDC2Bw-oUx6ZPkJlDzunl2Q/s1200/2022%20GOals%20&%20Objectives%20Check%20In.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1CSaBXWtVKr75X5tkkY1EOgARys35ixQ3GVvueATFjXBg48k5l4kvRrhvvMFL4ek9cIB5q6CMk6Iz6ngnv1qE1Jg0WT9xfzR-mSklMHjHpBKG_itxtY6OaYqanLAxm1g_7k3QShh1OIf7Y-CoMGJIE8pF9aZjAKFk9UsDC2Bw-oUx6ZPkJlDzunl2Q/s320/2022%20GOals%20&%20Objectives%20Check%20In.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hi my loves<p></p><p>Let's look at what's left on the 2022 Goals list to be completed. These are what I want to work on. I also raised the TBR Goal to 225. </p><p></p><div><ol><li>Participate in 2 book clubs each month, along with book discussions</li><li>Complete 7 of the Challenges I have given myself</li><li>25 Non-Fiction books</li><li>Return to the daily reads for my spiritual books</li><li>One religious monthly read per month. </li><li>Use Scribd/ Hoopla & Libby to make sure I'm reading all that I can and utilizing all my resources</li><li>Increase Black authors on the books shelves</li><li>Work on the 7 most unread author's shelves</li><li>Maintain a purge a list and make sure to list books on paperbackswap, after three months donate to local library.</li><li>Work through the ARCs on my shelves and purge down duplicates and titles I am no longer interested in. </li></ol><div>Completed:</div></div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Reading Goal for the Year: 100 <span style="color: red;">COMPLETED!!!</span></li><li>Read 75 owned books <span style="color: red;">COMPLETED</span></li><li><b>Nora Roberts Challenge: <span style="color: red;">COMPLETED </span></b><span style="text-align: center;">Goal:12, </span><span style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 29 </span><span style="text-align: center;">Balance: 0</span></li></ol><div><b>Lemonade Syllabus Challenge </b></div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 2</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance: 10</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Complete:</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler</p><p style="text-align: left;">Sugar by Bernice McFadden</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Brenda Jackson Challenge: </b> Complete 2 of the family sagas, and maintain the current place in the Westmoreland series </p><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 13</p><p style="text-align: center;">Series Completed: 1 (Steeles) </p><p style="text-align: center;">Over All Balance: 0</p><p style="text-align: center;">Series Balance: 1</p><div><b>Christine Feehan Challenge:</b></div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 1</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance: 11</p><div><b>New Author Challenge: </b> Goal to read 12 new authors for the year. One a month would be best but read them as I find them is better. (Mainly working from my shelves) </div><div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 10</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance: 2</p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Octavia Butler</li><li>Michele Grant</li><li>Sharon M Draper</li><li>Zuri Day</li><li>Mia Sheridan</li><li>Nalini Singh</li><li>Bernice McFadden</li><li>Washington Irving </li><li>Stephanie E Jones</li><li>Tasha L Harrison</li></ol><div><b>Med Made in America Challenge: </b>I used a random number generator to help pick the states I was going to read. I got the following </div><div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:5</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 0</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance:5</p></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>#2 Alaska Borrowed Dreams by Debbie Macomber</li><li>#16 Kansas: A Time To Keep by </li><li>#41 South Dakota: For Old Times Sake by Kathleen Eagle</li><li>#43 Texas For the Love of Mike by Candice Schaler</li><li>#47 Washington: The Waiting Game by Jayne Ann Krentz</li></ul><div><b>ARC Challenge</b>: Read a few of the books I have on my ebook and physical shelf to clean up my numbers somewhat.</div></div><div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 1</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance:11</p></div><div><b>Incomplete Series Tracker</b>: Work on finishing some of the series I'm aware I'm reading books in. </div><div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 6</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance: 6</p></div><div>Completed:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Modern Love by Alisha Rai</li><li>Brown Sisters by Talia Hibbert</li><li>Dreamers Series by Adriana Herrera</li><li>Thunder Point by Robyn Carr</li><li>Bridgerton by Julia Quinn</li><li>Adam harrison series by Heather Graham </li></ul></div><div>And that's where I am currently. What's going on with your challenges for the year?? Are you doing and tracking towards any big goals?? Let's chat in the comments. </div><div><br /></div><div>Love You lots</div><div>Happy Reading and see you later</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CgfAFhiemfk6r_MicGZzNipLaZYLCWCSZEsIsV49gR8zo0TtwaX7EqIJivQhHX12OswaM4UCMS1kIrLfLk1Hv2eLaFgvszQdaG9r14ssfNeQMyzHiYxXHVPy_a3suQ8aUclbwqHJvvLCaX7sVyyBcjMNdZBToOzKvHeTnSiJ_bGFFZilVizXvkxRBQ/s1984/Aisha2017.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1984" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CgfAFhiemfk6r_MicGZzNipLaZYLCWCSZEsIsV49gR8zo0TtwaX7EqIJivQhHX12OswaM4UCMS1kIrLfLk1Hv2eLaFgvszQdaG9r14ssfNeQMyzHiYxXHVPy_a3suQ8aUclbwqHJvvLCaX7sVyyBcjMNdZBToOzKvHeTnSiJ_bGFFZilVizXvkxRBQ/w200-h103/Aisha2017.png" width="200" /></a></div></div>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-63636887993123952912022-09-30T05:00:00.059-04:002022-10-16T00:02:39.067-04:00Quarter 3 Wrap Up : July/ August/ September 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oWUmXjGIhkDEmRSp_qA8oN6WF3QQukk49eo07mbcqVRNMJVcvE57Xb4xccvzphYEM1_Lbu2nhqshpCFhx_VyQKpHWEZqj1xZZDjAINjndBXCootYd1Lczt5mHdruUmpYV_Jt3McaJe4DmLm9dZfjpH2e7KFjdF60vnRicIkDy4tMyKuy39erRfeeyA/s2240/Quarter%203%20Wrap%20Up.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oWUmXjGIhkDEmRSp_qA8oN6WF3QQukk49eo07mbcqVRNMJVcvE57Xb4xccvzphYEM1_Lbu2nhqshpCFhx_VyQKpHWEZqj1xZZDjAINjndBXCootYd1Lczt5mHdruUmpYV_Jt3McaJe4DmLm9dZfjpH2e7KFjdF60vnRicIkDy4tMyKuy39erRfeeyA/s320/Quarter%203%20Wrap%20Up.png" width="320" /></a></div><p> Hi my loves</p><p>Let's take a look back at the last three months and see how far in our goals we have gone. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Goal For The Year: 175</p><p style="text-align: center;">Books Read Total: 190</p><p style="text-align: center;">Books Read in Quarter: July: 16/ Aug: 16 / Sept: 15</p><p style="text-align: center;">Updated Goal for Quarter 4: 225</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bewitchingbibliophile.com/p/books-read-in-2022.html" target="_blank">Click this link </a>To See all the books read for each month</p><p style="text-align: left;">Let's look at what's left on the 2022 Goals list to be completed. Black= Original tasks/ <span style="color: #0b5394;">Blue= </span>updated tasks/ <span style="color: red;">Red</span> = Completed</p><p></p><ol><li>Reading Goal for the Year: 100 <span style="color: red;">COMPLETED!!! </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">Updated on July to 175 August to 200, End of September updated to 225</span></li><li><span>Read 15 books minimum per quarter </span></li><li>Participate in 2 book clubs each month, along with book discussions</li><li>Complete 7 of the Challenges I have given myself</li><li>Read 75 owned books <span style="color: red;">Currently @ 90</span></li><li>25 Non-Fiction books</li><li>Return to the daily reads for my spiritual books</li><li>One religious monthly read per month. </li><li>Use Scribd/ Hoopla & Libby to make sure I'm reading all that I can and utilizing all my resources</li><li>Increase Black authors on the books shelves</li><li>Work on the 7 most unread author's shelves</li><li>Maintain a purge a list and make sure to list books on paperbackswap, after three months donate to local library.</li><li>Work through the ARCs on my shelves and purge down duplicates and titles I am no longer interested in. </li></ol><p><b>Lemonade Syllabus Challenge </b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 1</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance: 11</p><p><b>Complete:</b></p><p>Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler</p><p><b>Brenda Jackson Challenge: </b> Complete 2 of the family sagas, and maintain the current place in the Westmoreland series <span style="color: red;">COMP[LETED</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 17</p><p style="text-align: center;">Series Completed: 2 (Steeles) & Bachelor Series </p><p style="text-align: center;">Over All Balance: 0</p><p style="text-align: center;">Series Balance: 0</p><div><b>Nora Roberts Challenge: <span style="color: red;">COMPLETED</span></b></div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 38</p><p style="text-align: center;">Series:8</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance: 0</p><div><b>Christine Feehan Challenge:</b></div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 1</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance: 11</p><div><b>New Author Challenge: </b> Goal to read 12 new authors for the year. One a month would be best but read them as I find them is better. (Mainly working from my shelves) <span style="color: red;">COMPLETED</span></div><div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 14</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance: 0</p></div><div><ol><li>Michele Grant</li><li>Sharon M Draper</li><li>Zuri Day</li><li>Mia Sheridan</li><li>Nalini Singh</li><li>Lutisha Lovely</li><li>Bernice McFadden</li><li>Octavia Butler</li><li>Stephanie Jones</li><li>Reese Ryan</li><li>Melissa Blue</li><li>Rachel Smythe</li><li>Nella Larsen</li><li>Kwana Jackson</li></ol><div><b>Med Made in America Challenge: </b>I used a random number generator to help pick the states I was going to read. I got the following </div><div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:5</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 0</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance: 5</p></div><div><ul><li>#2 Alaska Borrowed Dreams by Debbie Macomber</li><li>#16 Kansas: A Time To Keep by </li><li>#41 South Dakota: For Old Times Sake by Kathleen Eagle</li><li>#43 Texas For the Love of Mike by Candice Schaler</li><li>#47 Washington: The Waiting Game by Jayne Ann Krentz</li></ul><div><b>ARC Challenge</b>: Read a few of the books I have on my ebook and physical shelf to clean up my numbers somewhat.</div></div><div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 1</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance: 11</p></div><div><b>Incomplete Series Tracker</b>: Work on finishing some of the series I'm aware I'm reading books in. </div><div><p style="text-align: center;">Goal:12</p><p style="text-align: center;">Achieved: 7</p><p style="text-align: center;">Balance: 5</p></div><div>Completed:</div><div><ul><li>Modern Love by Alisha Rai</li><li>Brown Sisters by Talia Hibbert</li><li>Dreamers Series by Adriana Herrera</li><li>Thunder Point by Robyn Carr</li><li>Bridgerton by Julia Quinn</li><li>Bachelor In Demand by Brenda Jackson</li><li>Women Who Dare by Beverly Jenkins</li></ul></div><div>And that's where I am currently. What's going on with your challenges for the year?? Are you doing and tracking towards any big goals?? Let's chat in the comments. </div><div><br /></div><div>Love You lots</div><div>Happy Reading and see you later</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CgfAFhiemfk6r_MicGZzNipLaZYLCWCSZEsIsV49gR8zo0TtwaX7EqIJivQhHX12OswaM4UCMS1kIrLfLk1Hv2eLaFgvszQdaG9r14ssfNeQMyzHiYxXHVPy_a3suQ8aUclbwqHJvvLCaX7sVyyBcjMNdZBToOzKvHeTnSiJ_bGFFZilVizXvkxRBQ/s1984/Aisha2017.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1984" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CgfAFhiemfk6r_MicGZzNipLaZYLCWCSZEsIsV49gR8zo0TtwaX7EqIJivQhHX12OswaM4UCMS1kIrLfLk1Hv2eLaFgvszQdaG9r14ssfNeQMyzHiYxXHVPy_a3suQ8aUclbwqHJvvLCaX7sVyyBcjMNdZBToOzKvHeTnSiJ_bGFFZilVizXvkxRBQ/w200-h103/Aisha2017.png" width="200" /></a></div></div>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-91894903108271182442022-08-05T06:00:00.016-04:002022-08-05T06:00:00.159-04:007 Series to Complete (Update) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzy6ruLpRe9cpVoFaH1VNbrnpUfZGC4U7LDlhX8gutzwHHYFDoJHjhMkT1DE2cuVAPWpOtvtDC9vPyg1XuQMSkSEFRmj0JgoE_k-QgPO9i7kbu0VPZyhED4cYCfrr42QFT2MWOLnxFh6zRM2Z3ceZsLJi2YyH9Kufc9miV8shnNtSTBzHUOuehxp8xQ/s2240/Incomplete%20Series%20Challenge.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzy6ruLpRe9cpVoFaH1VNbrnpUfZGC4U7LDlhX8gutzwHHYFDoJHjhMkT1DE2cuVAPWpOtvtDC9vPyg1XuQMSkSEFRmj0JgoE_k-QgPO9i7kbu0VPZyhED4cYCfrr42QFT2MWOLnxFh6zRM2Z3ceZsLJi2YyH9Kufc9miV8shnNtSTBzHUOuehxp8xQ/s320/Incomplete%20Series%20Challenge.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Hi my loves</p><p>I'm sharing about my previous challenges and where I am in those challenges I am working on. One thing I can say is when I love an author's writing I purchase everything it's one of the reasons you can see on each month's wrap up that an author's name is repeated every month. Which of course leads to so many series ending up on my shelves. As a way to clean that up I have been challenging myself to complete a few series. Here are the original five series I was supposed to work on. These don't include my perpetual author list. However since then i have added way too may other series to be completed. These are just a few of the books with the most books on the shelves or the ones I have been reading the longest. </p><div><b>Darynda Jones </b>Charley Davidson Series. I have a few of these left as well. I'm trying not to take this series too seriously because at times the characters are just. UGH </div><div><ol><li>Fifth Grave Past the Light <span style="color: red;">Currently Reading </span></li><li>Sixth Grave on The Edge</li><li>Seventh Grave & No Body </li><li>Eighth Grave After Dark</li><li>The Dirt On Ninth Grave </li><li>The Curse of Tenth Gave</li><li>Eleventh Grave in Moonlight</li><li>The Trouble with Twelfth Grave </li><li>Summoned to Thirteenth Grave</li></ol></div><p><b>Diana Gabaldon's </b>Outlander Series. I need to re-read this and catch up to the show and before the newest book comes out which is soonish.</p><div><ol><li>Outlander</li><li>Dragonfly In Amber</li><li>Voyager</li><li>Drums of Autumn</li><li>The Fiery Cross</li><li>A Breath of Snow & Ashes</li><li>An Echo In The Bone</li><li>Written In My Own Heart Blood</li></ol><div>Newest book <b>Go Tell The Bees I'm Gone</b> not sure when this one comes out, it doesn't show a date on the system. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Heather Graham</b>: Way too many to list, but I'm focusing on the romantic thriller series she has going. the Krewe of Hunters as much as possible, I do also own a few of er historicals but I have seen a few recent reviews that make me want to rethink reading those now as an adult. </div><div><ol><li>Heart of Evil # 2</li><li>Sacred Evil # 3</li><li>The Evil Inside # 4</li><li>The Unholy #5</li><li>The Unspoken #7</li><li>The Uninvited #8</li><li>The Night Is Alive # 10</li><li>The Night is Forever # 11</li><li>The Cursed # 12</li><li>Hexed # 13</li><li>The Betrayed # 14</li><li>The Silenced # 15</li><li>The Forgotten # 16</li><li>The Hidden #17</li><li>Haunted Destiny # 18</li><li>Deadly Fate</li><li>Darkest Journey</li><li>Dying Breath</li><li>Dark Rites</li><li>Wicked Deeds</li></ol><div>Cafferty & Quinn</div></div><div><ol><li>Waking The Dead</li><li>The Dead Play On</li><li>Bitter Reckoning</li></ol><div>Harrison Investigations:</div></div><div><ol><li>The Dead Room</li><li>The Death Dealer</li><li>Nightwalker</li><li>Unhallowed Ground</li><li>The Killing Edge</li></ol><div>Bone Island Trilogy</div></div><div><ol><li>Ghost Night</li><li>Ghost Moon</li></ol><div><b>Julie Garwood's</b> Renard- Buchanan Series I have read a few books in the series starting with book 8 to book 13 ( I didn't know it was a series when I started it) I need to read books the last two books which I also own:</div></div><div><div><ol><li>Fire & Ice</li><li>Wired (not owned but final book so far) </li></ol></div><div><b>Tara Sue Me</b> I've been reading this series for a while now I own a few of them that I haven't gotten to yet. </div><div><ol><li>The Master</li><li>The Claiming</li><li>The Exposure</li><li>The Flirtation</li><li>Mentor's Match (Novella)</li><li>The Mentor & The Master (Novella)</li><li>Top Trouble </li></ol><div><b>Miranda Keneally </b> The Hundred Oak series has been one I've been working on for a while. </div></div></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Jesse's Girl </li><li>defending Taylor</li><li>Breathe, Annie, Breathe</li><li>Racing Savannah</li><li>Things I can't Forget</li><li>Stealing Parker</li></ol><div>Since the original 7 series, I completed two and have now added on my <b>Gena Showalter</b> shelf, which includes several of her series. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Lords of the Underworld Series has 15 books I need to read: Called the Darkest:</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Night</li><li>Kiss</li><li>Pleasure</li><li>Prison</li><li>Whisper</li><li>Passion</li><li>Lie</li><li>Secret</li><li>surrender</li><li>Seduction</li><li>Craving</li><li>Touch</li><li>Torment</li><li>Promises</li><li>Warrior</li><li>King</li></ol><div><b>Jennifer Probst:</b> I only have three books left in this series, one I have started and put aside because I wasn't really into the characters. I'm going to work on finishing these this quarter. Normally I challenge myself with a Jennifer in July reading challenge to complete as many books by a Jennifer on my shelf, this year I didn't bother but I do have an extensive list for next year. </div></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Searching For Beautiful</li><li>Searching For Disaster</li><li>Searching for Always</li></ol></div><div>I can't wait to check in again at the end of the year to see how far we have come in each series. Have you read any of these series or books my loves?? Share with me down below. </div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Reading </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzygQoIHtZD6iHCV129rQcBf7q0RurECPKeAWhPm1VWM72aHWYB_1FGldO9OMW9Cmz2j9fuKrGLI11KeoeBypF_5wdjd6xPZc-gvq2I_JQHoGqcWnKwfpSTmw2x8rMYFd6HLNL-ZDQkN3zLSBOwbzyFXeILnzSM4D2n-ccU4GAoLlgLorvfYs0cgfKQ/s1984/Aisha2017.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1984" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzygQoIHtZD6iHCV129rQcBf7q0RurECPKeAWhPm1VWM72aHWYB_1FGldO9OMW9Cmz2j9fuKrGLI11KeoeBypF_5wdjd6xPZc-gvq2I_JQHoGqcWnKwfpSTmw2x8rMYFd6HLNL-ZDQkN3zLSBOwbzyFXeILnzSM4D2n-ccU4GAoLlgLorvfYs0cgfKQ/w200-h103/Aisha2017.png" width="200" /></a></div>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-92015468078373790642022-08-02T00:17:00.001-04:002022-08-10T20:48:01.610-04:00Welcome August 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisESX3m9yknHCD3msfpzVl4PU-FOo2sz5bVLPp7S_IimDV6576hKaE4rd8fRKMRQNru3lfD855oW8XG-PBgCM2iWRnw7M8UPuXMin5nG-vNNmKcpHHXgzYDeOdo5RbdAe7-qIymtwv77H9gAauN7gRehE_Il6YFXju3hKJcxEtxWgKPH65zrd-_H4WQ/s2240/welcome%20august%20blog.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisESX3m9yknHCD3msfpzVl4PU-FOo2sz5bVLPp7S_IimDV6576hKaE4rd8fRKMRQNru3lfD855oW8XG-PBgCM2iWRnw7M8UPuXMin5nG-vNNmKcpHHXgzYDeOdo5RbdAe7-qIymtwv77H9gAauN7gRehE_Il6YFXju3hKJcxEtxWgKPH65zrd-_H4WQ/s320/welcome%20august%20blog.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">Hi My loves, </span></div><p></p><p>It's been a while. I've been posting sporadically recently and just trying to share when I feel like sharing. This month I want to try to see if I can come back to blogging or if this is now in the past. I miss this actually and the community of book lovers. While I follow somewhat on twitter, it isn't the same really because there I'm interacting mostly with authors and not really with other big readers like myself. </p><p>With this new variant and the newest concerns in endemics and a new pandemic brewing I'm trying to stay clear of all the crazy by being home and reading. I work in healthcare so I'm freaking out but using reading to escape. My reading this year has been the best it's been in years. I have read some beautiful books, some that have broken me open and some that are a must read for everyone who calls themselves an ally to children and the black community. Today, August 1st in my faith is the first harvest, it's a day of celebrating what you planted in the beginning of the season and the start of putting away for the harsh winter ahead. It's also a time for introspection. During this season I want to focus more and study more about my faith, which means digging deeper into the non fiction books on my shelves. </p><p>I'm not going to share a big elaborate reading plan because I never stick to them. I want to keep reading like i have been, working on my challenges and taking on at least three of my spiritual books. I'm also hoping to share more about my reading with you this month. </p><p>Goals for the month:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>To Read: 15 books</li><li>Non Fiction Religious Goals: 3</li><li>Read daily</li><li>Blog at least once a week</li><li>List more of my purge books on paperbackswap</li><li>Update book planner pages</li><li>Update blog pages</li></ol><p></p><p>What goals and challenges do you have for the month my loves?? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPRzgBiUbMZq5fuX8afO7DU2glQVIr0pydZkrz3-BNW5whpyT-dGalZr98wts2KTxdmpaKUfcjhiU-0Y0z_vZvJYpnGb-z-FUmrgYaHU8ENdNfaoNBUWt78KtL4m4XPpbiQDyC7fYVUKbCLn3pW9CL_ZXz8GwQGMGva6cWzcg2ZN8dFwjaoQK3KA5Ow/s1984/Aisha2017.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1984" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPRzgBiUbMZq5fuX8afO7DU2glQVIr0pydZkrz3-BNW5whpyT-dGalZr98wts2KTxdmpaKUfcjhiU-0Y0z_vZvJYpnGb-z-FUmrgYaHU8ENdNfaoNBUWt78KtL4m4XPpbiQDyC7fYVUKbCLn3pW9CL_ZXz8GwQGMGva6cWzcg2ZN8dFwjaoQK3KA5Ow/w200-h103/Aisha2017.png" width="200" /></a></div>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-21614215177599805962022-07-01T00:00:00.070-04:002022-07-07T14:38:31.325-04:00July Challenge Update: Nora Roberts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZAg_djcaANhpASxLJQE5R5aqBvaDTW4Ml30YXsWM6cZRBWP8u3132vm3Vq5Mdr0HRlUEkg1o1_EjBHTpA8sgIV6CnHkkNi0v_YuuLTa8F-oqD1KMIep-15Xb-PEbcgnreb0gnGMNDGmke4FGDp3WbgEVoJQUee0AxdCLgbfzlMXUMSX3ayoaguDsqA/s2240/Nora%20Roberts%20challenge.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZAg_djcaANhpASxLJQE5R5aqBvaDTW4Ml30YXsWM6cZRBWP8u3132vm3Vq5Mdr0HRlUEkg1o1_EjBHTpA8sgIV6CnHkkNi0v_YuuLTa8F-oqD1KMIep-15Xb-PEbcgnreb0gnGMNDGmke4FGDp3WbgEVoJQUee0AxdCLgbfzlMXUMSX3ayoaguDsqA/s320/Nora%20Roberts%20challenge.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;">Total Books: 51</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">2022 Goal: 12</p><p style="text-align: center;">Currently Read: 16</p><p style="text-align: center;">January: 1/ May: 6/ June: 9 / July: </p><p> A few years ago I shared with you my most unread authors on my shelves. The queen of this list of course was Nora Roberts. Since December 2021, I have been working on really knocking out the books on this shelf. I'm going to share with you the books on the shelf that I still have to read:</p><p>Donovan Legacy:</p><p></p><ul><li><span style="text-align: center;">Entranced</span></li><li>Charmed & Enchanted</li></ul><p></p><div>Key Trilogy</div><div><ul><li><strike>Key of Light</strike></li><li>Key of Valor <span style="color: red;">CURRENTLY READING</span></li><li><strike>Key of Knowledge </strike></li></ul><div>Dream trilogy</div><div><ul><li>Daring To Dream</li><li>Holding The Dream</li></ul><div>Three Sisters Island Completed July 2022</div></div><div><ul><li><strike>Dance Upon The Air</strike></li><li><strike>Heaven & Earth</strike></li><li><strike>Face the Fire </strike></li></ul><div>Bride Quartet</div></div><div><ul><li>Vision in White</li><li>Bed of Roses</li><li>Savor The Moment</li><li>Happy Ever After</li></ul><div>Guardians Trilogy</div></div><div><ul><li>Bay of Sighs</li></ul><div><strike>Chesapeake Bay</strike> Completed June 2022</div></div><div><ul><li><strike>Chesapeake Blue</strike></li><li><strike>Rising Tides</strike></li><li><strike>Inner Harbour</strike></li></ul>Night Tales: COMPLETED</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><strike>Nightshade/ Night Smoke</strike></li><li><strike>Night Tales: Night Shift/ Night Shadow/ Night Shield</strike></li></ul></div><div><ol><li>From the Heart</li><li>Truly Madly Manhattan </li><li>Summer Deserts</li><li>Lawless</li><li>Hot Rocks</li><li>Birthright</li><li>Forever</li><li>Table for Two</li><li>The Villa</li><li>A Little Magic</li><li>O'Hurley's Return</li><li>The Law of Love</li><li><strike>Public Secrets</strike> June 2022</li><li>Treasures</li><li>Hot Ice</li><li>All The Possibilities</li><li>Honest Illusions</li><li>Sweet Rains</li><li>Mysterious</li><li>Irish Hearts</li><li>Big Jack</li><li>Playing The Odds</li><li>Temptation</li><li>Treasures Lost Treasures Found</li><li>Tribute</li><li>Stars</li><li>Love by Design </li><li><strike>High Noon</strike></li><li>Dangerous</li></ol>I had to remove the following titles because they are bind ups of single titles on the list </div><ol><li>The Quinn Legacy </li><li>The Quinn Brothers</li></ol><div>Truly I got most of this done because Nora's books are now on Scribd and they didn't throttle my reading this month so I knocked so many off the list and I'm loving it. I'm loving being able to clean up this shelf of books and can't wait to see what else I get done. I'm so excited to share with you my thoughts on these books especially because many are backlist books and from the late 80s and early 90s. </div><div><br /></div><div>How has your reading year been so far?? Getting anything done on your 2022 reading goals?? Share in the comments so we can all cheer you on!!</div><div><br /></div><div>See you in the next one</div><div>Happy reading my loves</div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCkha3q0vxwwQ4dyo_mapc39tCkGMqwG16ABR3NLJCS_kZaQlp5llh7Za3X6MZxJ-J-CW-jADt4-lpbXlo97793c5RvjBIcjlnUk6eITUYdl8NCYhegGqYlcJwn0emxr5kxrebC44lFnA4e7U32awAX4O_H1QBLcMCqgqnG0QWCKLOO3XH4Hs88yWdA/s1984/Aisha2017.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1984" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCkha3q0vxwwQ4dyo_mapc39tCkGMqwG16ABR3NLJCS_kZaQlp5llh7Za3X6MZxJ-J-CW-jADt4-lpbXlo97793c5RvjBIcjlnUk6eITUYdl8NCYhegGqYlcJwn0emxr5kxrebC44lFnA4e7U32awAX4O_H1QBLcMCqgqnG0QWCKLOO3XH4Hs88yWdA/w139-h72/Aisha2017.png" width="139" /></a></div><br /></div>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-886762714532387662022-05-03T07:00:00.012-04:002022-06-17T00:56:04.685-04:00Most Unread Author Challenge: Nora Roberts <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZAg_djcaANhpASxLJQE5R5aqBvaDTW4Ml30YXsWM6cZRBWP8u3132vm3Vq5Mdr0HRlUEkg1o1_EjBHTpA8sgIV6CnHkkNi0v_YuuLTa8F-oqD1KMIep-15Xb-PEbcgnreb0gnGMNDGmke4FGDp3WbgEVoJQUee0AxdCLgbfzlMXUMSX3ayoaguDsqA/s2240/Nora%20Roberts%20challenge.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZAg_djcaANhpASxLJQE5R5aqBvaDTW4Ml30YXsWM6cZRBWP8u3132vm3Vq5Mdr0HRlUEkg1o1_EjBHTpA8sgIV6CnHkkNi0v_YuuLTa8F-oqD1KMIep-15Xb-PEbcgnreb0gnGMNDGmke4FGDp3WbgEVoJQUee0AxdCLgbfzlMXUMSX3ayoaguDsqA/s320/Nora%20Roberts%20challenge.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Total Books: 51</p><p style="text-align: center;">2022 Goal: 12</p><p style="text-align: left;"> A few years ago I shared with you my most unread authors on my shelves. The queen of this list of course was Nora Roberts. Since December 2021, I have been working on really knocking out the books on this shelf. I'm going to share with you the books on the shelf that I still have to read:</p><p style="text-align: left;">Donovan Legacy:</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="text-align: center;">Entranced</span></li><li>Charmed & Enchanted</li></ul><p></p><div>Key Trilogy</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Key of Light</li><li>Key of Valor </li><li>Key of Knowledge </li></ul><div>Dream trilogy</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Daring To Dream</li><li>Holding The Dream</li></ul><div>Three Sisters Island</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dance Upon The Air</li><li>Heaven & Earth</li><li>Face the Fire</li></ul><div>Bride Quartet</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Vision in White</li><li>Bed of Roses</li><li>Savor The Moment</li><li>Happy Ever After</li></ul><div>Guardians Trilogy</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Bay of Sighs</li></ul><div>Chesapeake Bay</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Chesapeake Blue</li><li>The Quinn Legacy</li><li>The Quinn Brothers</li></ul></div></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>From the Heart</li><li>Truly Madly Manhattan </li><li>Summer Deserts</li><li>Lawless</li><li>Hot Rocks</li><li>Birthright</li><li>Forever</li><li>Table for Two</li><li>The Villa</li><li>A Little Magic</li><li>Rising Tides</li><li>O; Hurley's Return</li><li>The Law of Love</li><li>Public Secrets</li><li>Inner Harbour</li><li>Treasures</li><li>Hot Ice</li><li>All The Possibilities</li><li>Honest Illusions</li><li>Sweet Rains</li><li>Mysterious</li><li>Irish Hearts</li><li>Big Jack</li><li>Nightshade/ Night Smoke</li><li>Playing The Odds</li><li>Temptation</li><li>Treasures Lost Treasures Found</li><li>Tribute</li><li>Night Tales: Night Shift/ Night Shadow/ Night Sheild</li><li>Stars</li><li>Love by Design </li><li>High Noon</li><li>Dangerous</li></ol><div>Ok considering when I did this it was originally 72 books on the shelf from her. I'm not doing too bad. My major problem was that I would finish books or series then go to the library book sale and buy more because they used to be so cheap. However, the panorama we are living through (yes I know it's called a pandemic but we have decided to call it everything but that) put a halt to the library book sale which means that I'm actually clearing more off the shelves than I am hauling. Currently, this collection has dropped down to one shelf instead of a shelf and a half. </div><div><br /></div><div>The goal for 2022 was 12 books, one a month was the plan. I have read a Nora Roberts book for the year so far however I actually didn't own it. I paused my read of Night Tales because the audiobook version I was reading became unavailable so I'll have to find if the library has the discs. </div><div><br /></div><div>Have you read any Nora Roberts?? I am aware of Books Like Whoa Reading Roberts Challenge, which echoes my Perpetual Author Challenge of reading Nora's entire catalog. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OnhZXTfIL_4" width="320" youtube-src-id="OnhZXTfIL_4"></iframe></div><br /><div>I'm excited to see what she has to say about the books she reads and shares her thought on them. I will of course be sharing my updates on my challenge and how I'm doing in clearing the shelves. I'm not adding any new books because I really need to work through this stuff first. Yes, much of it is backlist and older but I'm looking forward to seeing how she grows (grew because obviously, she's still cranking them out). My ultimate goal will be to knock these off them continue collecting the others I don't have and then go to her Inn. I want to stay in the Eve and Roarke room. </div><div><br /></div><div>What have you read from Nora??? Want to work on your Nora backlist with me??</div><div>Happy Reading</div><div>Love </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bAadYtiglHpE7MCyOi1E-SE-W8b_V3zemFlTKxp6dW2RguPbhYfeKRUSvL5HelrGXjJL4RW5-0tLnQjd65sAzmAkCr0y897JuYKWvL6nDwFnVOY-14-HcSlj0dmUjvrdtJJZfSxw_XUaoLrCSk3OSvXR31i_pxuxhEvGyRv9OpqFN3Bgk2LCveAwfA/s1984/Aisha2017.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1984" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bAadYtiglHpE7MCyOi1E-SE-W8b_V3zemFlTKxp6dW2RguPbhYfeKRUSvL5HelrGXjJL4RW5-0tLnQjd65sAzmAkCr0y897JuYKWvL6nDwFnVOY-14-HcSlj0dmUjvrdtJJZfSxw_XUaoLrCSk3OSvXR31i_pxuxhEvGyRv9OpqFN3Bgk2LCveAwfA/s320/Aisha2017.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p></div>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-64164748786564743692021-10-01T00:00:00.083-04:002021-10-02T23:46:20.762-04:00Welcome In October 2021<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zjFBwYwbYgM/YVkOFZvqw8I/AAAAAAAA_LQ/xjdUxOvAMWw6LoYMhK-T0wzg77ekzDiOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/October%2B1st.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="232" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zjFBwYwbYgM/YVkOFZvqw8I/AAAAAAAA_LQ/xjdUxOvAMWw6LoYMhK-T0wzg77ekzDiOQCLcBGAsYHQ/w232-h232/October%2B1st.png" width="232" /></a></div><p>Hello My loves</p><p>It's been a while. How has 2021 being treating you?? any good news?? Big changes?? How's the reading coming along??</p><p>For me there haven't been any big changes at least not yet. I went on vacation with my sisters this week to help bring us together. We haven't seen each other since December 2019 due to the pandemic. We have done plenty of zoom calls and have daily (sometimes multiple ) chats via text and phone calls, but there is nothing like seeing each other and cracking up. I'm going to share more on the vlog channel and the <a href="http://www.bythebroomstick.com/" target="_blank">By the Broomstick </a>blog (yes I know I haven't been on that one in a while either). </p><p>My reading has been going great for September, especially due to using the hoopla app and listening to audiobooks. I can't wait to share my wrap up with you.</p><p><b>What are the plans for October??</b></p><p>This month I'm hoping to blog everyday and share either on the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aishaoak13/" target="_blank">instagram</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QH8SBaFBpNgbu032VEAgg" target="_blank">Youtube </a>channel. For my reading I'm hoping to get 10 books done this month. Here's what I would like to get to this month:</p><p><b>Finish Reading:</b></p><p>These are hanging out in my currently reading list. I wasn't in the mood to read them at the time so I just put them aside to come back to when I feel more in the mood of reading something spooky. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PPTKNHNCxF8/YVkiXzaPyfI/AAAAAAAA_LY/fPArk2HvXfYQDUaFiGyPbasagcUPe8e7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Currently%2BReadingoct2021.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PPTKNHNCxF8/YVkiXzaPyfI/AAAAAAAA_LY/fPArk2HvXfYQDUaFiGyPbasagcUPe8e7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Currently%2BReadingoct2021.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Witches Steeping Gold Ciannon Smart</li><li>Awaken the Dragon A.C. Arthur</li><li>Bruja Born Zoraida Cordova</li><li>Crown of Darkness by Bec McMaster </li><li>Harvest Song by Yasmine Galenorn </li></ul><div><b>Books On the Shelf:</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury</li><li>Inked Anthology by Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M Liu, Karen Chance, Eileen Wilks</li><li>Valiant by Holly Black</li><li>The Witches by Roald Dahl</li><li>The Thirteen by Susie Moloney</li><li>Her Kind of Trouble by Evelyn Vaughn</li><li>Hot Spell by Emma Holly, Lora Leigh, Shiloh Walker, Meljean Brook</li><li>The Girl From The Well by Rin Chupeco</li><li>Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha</li><li>The Boy on The Bridge by M. R Carey</li><li>Healer's Choice by Lora Leigh </li></ul><div>I have so many ebooks to read as well. I'm not sure I will get to all of these but these are just a few of the ones I would like to read. I also have several new books that came out this year that I want to check out but we will see. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>This is what I'm looking at for now. What are you looking forward to this month?? Let me know if you're going to be reading any of these and we can motivate each other. Good luck for this motnh my loves and see you tomorrow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SEi2TT3kyYU/WJFlrKjWQWI/AAAAAAAAhcs/_hEFtBxBIbIHy_gDk23CJ0QKY2BUxQbEwCPcBGAYYCw/s1984/Aisha2017.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1984" height="85" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SEi2TT3kyYU/WJFlrKjWQWI/AAAAAAAAhcs/_hEFtBxBIbIHy_gDk23CJ0QKY2BUxQbEwCPcBGAYYCw/w165-h85/Aisha2017.png" width="165" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-84607305371144906822021-07-06T15:56:00.003-04:002021-07-06T16:09:41.790-04:00July 2021 & To Be Reads <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RC078wCQdhY/YOS4QGcBPtI/AAAAAAAA9eg/sNYqMezIqFUAC2Dqb4E69Lnh9cG0xW7eACLcBGAsYHQ/s2000/JUly%2B2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="317" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RC078wCQdhY/YOS4QGcBPtI/AAAAAAAA9eg/sNYqMezIqFUAC2Dqb4E69Lnh9cG0xW7eACLcBGAsYHQ/w395-h317/JUly%2B2021.jpg" width="395" /></a></div>Hi my loves<p>We are into July now and I'm still struggling to find what I want to read. To be honest I have started quite a few books but haven't gotten far in them because I'm just not interested. I used to bust through this by switching genres or reading formats from e-books to audio but I don't even feel like doing that. I'm just not feeling reading and it's honestly one of the worst feelings ever.</p><p>I've taken so many breaks from reading and it's depressing because I look at my shelves and want to read but nothing is holding my attention. I'm even faltering when it comes to my journaling and crafting. I know part of this is the procrastination brought on by seeking perfectionism; and the other is living through a pandemic and being "an essential worker" who deals with healthcare all day. Even within the healthcare setting, we have people who are spouting the foolishness from facebook and the goddamn qanon bullshit and I'm just so damn exhausted from it all. I know that I am in need of new coping mechanisms to get around it because what used to work isn't working anymore and I miss reading. </p><p>As a way to ease me back into reading I'm going to put 3 books on my list to read this month, and none of them I have to finish this month. I do however want to make serious headway in them. I'm going to cheat a little because I know I'm almost done with the first one, but that will be motivation to keep going:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e_8xoh5lg6U/YOSraUZrH2I/AAAAAAAA9eE/NvXFB3-w3qEIse0ucjFypRfPAL-FWZzaACLcBGAsYHQ/s475/dark%2Bsong.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e_8xoh5lg6U/YOSraUZrH2I/AAAAAAAA9eE/NvXFB3-w3qEIse0ucjFypRfPAL-FWZzaACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/dark%2Bsong.jpg" /></a></div><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51336084-dark-song" target="_blank">Dark Song </a>by Christine Feehan This is book 30 in the Carpathian series, and normally I fly through these but this one was heavy and I just couldn't consume it all at once. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EGnYKZeRlSA/YOSup4oC7oI/AAAAAAAA9eQ/Yf0NJJNJLB8i892ZW0ZJa8axbxgrn3W3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s467/they.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EGnYKZeRlSA/YOSup4oC7oI/AAAAAAAA9eQ/Yf0NJJNJLB8i892ZW0ZJa8axbxgrn3W3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/they.jpg" /></a></div><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40887375-they-were-her-property" target="_blank">They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South</a> by Stephanie E Jones- Rodgers. I'm pretty sure this is what kicked me into my reading slump. Like I grew up with the story of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Witch_of_Rose_Hall" target="_blank">White Wtich of Rose Hall </a> and was well aware of the cruelty of whites when it came to slavery, but some of the first accounts here just took me down. How people could be so cruel then raise children and have these mother fuckers in our faces today telling us to get over it. Reading this book?? It makes me look at white people as a whole in a very different way. If books like this and the concept of Critical Race Theory bother you, you're the mother fuckers I'm talking about. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vB5MHNxJzgE/YOSzGkhvrTI/AAAAAAAA9eY/gz29-Zb8O_kjCejKLwRECFgi7yEixw1pgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/witches.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vB5MHNxJzgE/YOSzGkhvrTI/AAAAAAAA9eY/gz29-Zb8O_kjCejKLwRECFgi7yEixw1pgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/witches.jpg" /></a></div><p>I've also started and want to finish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Witch_of_Rose_Hall" target="_blank">Witches Steeped in Gold</a> by Ciannon Smart. I was listening on audio, it was going great then one of the characters began to do too much stupid stuff for me and I had to step away. Like things were building so well, then she kept whining about what she's expected to be while at the same time glorying in using the magic that came from the role she was supposed to be. It got annoying so I took a step back. I'll go back in with the understanding that that is YA and as young kids, they don't have it all figured out yet and they are going to make lots of mistakes; so even if I want to side-eye them, I probably would have been right there with them making the <strike>stupid </strike> short-sighted choices as well. </p><p>That is going to be all for me this month What do you plan o get into? Have you read any of the ones I've shared? Let me know in the comments and I'll chat with you later. </p><p>Happy Reading my loves</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SEi2TT3kyYU/WJFlrKjWQWI/AAAAAAAAhcs/_hEFtBxBIbIHy_gDk23CJ0QKY2BUxQbEwCPcBGAYYCw/s1984/Aisha2017.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1984" height="76" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SEi2TT3kyYU/WJFlrKjWQWI/AAAAAAAAhcs/_hEFtBxBIbIHy_gDk23CJ0QKY2BUxQbEwCPcBGAYYCw/w147-h76/Aisha2017.png" width="147" /></a></div>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-63196362803145654632021-02-20T12:55:00.004-05:002021-02-20T12:55:47.447-05:00How It's Going so Far in 2021<p>Dear readers,( my loves) </p><p>Normally by now, we would be in the full swing of things here on the blog, I would have had my 30 days (ish) of posts about the new year and goals and objectives, I would have shared the fun challenges I'm giving myself t this year and all the books I want to tackle.</p><p>Last year (2020 as a whole) was exhausting, the need to stay on top of all that was happening in healthcare (it's my chosen career field and where I currently work) and staying abreast of all the abuses of power taking place in the world really knocked me for a loop. I couldn't find it in me to get lost in a book, I was in preservation/ survival mode. I didn't really come out of it until after January 20th and to be real I'll probably never be the same. As many of us will never be the same. We survived four years of gaslighting, four years of abuse, and trying to live in a panorama, it's beyond depressing.</p><p>I can honestly say if I hadn't gone to therapy and gotten some new techniques on how to handle trauma then I wouldn't honestly know where I would be and what kind of state I would be in. 2020 has been the first year since I've learned to read as a child that I can say I never read a pleasure book or any kind of book beyond work material ever. I've never not read for a whole year, I almost didn't buy any books last year either, I stopped using my planners, I stopped tracking everything, beyond March of 2020 I went into survival mode and focused on getting things done to stay ahead of what was happening and nothing more.</p><p>I want 2021 to be different. Already it is different. I have used my Scribd subscription I have borrowed books and listened and read them from the library. I've actually purchased books to have on my shelves (some of which were the ones from last year that I missed). I've actually gone back into my socials and am participating again. I've started filming for youtube again and here I am writing a blog post. It feels like coming out a fog, I'm not just focused on survival now, now I want to go back to living & finding ways in which to thrive. </p><p>I'm not setting some elaborate goals for the blog or the youtube channel. My goals this year are to get back into reading and enjoy it. 2020 really helped me realize with all the drama that was going on and all the people who kept outing themselves as trash authors that I don't want or need on my shelves anymore, 2021 is going to be a year of serious purging. I'm going to be getting rid of a few read & unread books by authors that are problematic and those that are just plain racist trash. Come along with me on this journey as I purge, curate, and purchase the kind of library I will love and hold onto. (until the next author outs themselves as trash.) </p><p>How has your year been??? Are you finding yourself struggling to get lost in a good book as well?? Or were you able to hide from 2020 between the pages??? Share some of your favorites with me cause boy do I need them. </p><p>Thank You for stopping by and taking to the time to read, & comment (if you do comment).<img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1600" height="103" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SEi2TT3kyYU/WJFlrKjWQWI/AAAAAAAAhcs/_hEFtBxBIbIHy_gDk23CJ0QKY2BUxQbEwCPcBGAYYCw/s200/Aisha2017.png" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #9966cc; font-family: philosopher; font-size: 15.84px; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></p>Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-82114771210519543072020-11-02T07:00:00.002-05:002020-11-02T07:00:01.142-05:00Yule Holiday Reading List 2020 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">A SEAL Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">A Bride For Christmas by Heather Graham and Friends</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">This Christmas by Jane Green and Friends</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Under The Mistletoe by Stephanie Bond</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The Secret Life of Mrs. Claus by Carly Alexander</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Christmas on Mimosa Lane by Anna DeStefano</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Three Days on Mimosa Lane Anna DeStefano</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">@Home For The Holidays by Meredith Efken</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Jingle Bells Rock Anthology Lori Foster, Janelle Denison & More</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Mistletoe Games Jaci Burton</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Dating Mr. December by Phillipa Ashley (re-Read)</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Christmas Star by Roz Denny Fox</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Yule Be Mine by Lori Foster</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">I'm Your Santa Anthology Lori Foster & Friends</li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Mistletoe & Molly by Janet Dailey</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Santa in Montana</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Searching For Santa</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The Gift by Nora Roberts</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">First Impressions by Nora Roberts</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Winter Nights (Anthology)</li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">A Last Chance Christmas by Vicki Lewis Thompson</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">A Christmas To Remember by Jill Shalvis and Friends</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Christmas With The Seal by Tawny Weber </li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "philosopher";"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "philosopher";"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;">Once Upon a Cowboy Christmas by Soraya Lane</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "philosopher";"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;">Secret Prince's Christmas Seduction by Carol Marinelli</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "philosopher";"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;">It Must Be Christmas by Jennifer Crusie, Donna Alward & Mandy Baxter</span></span></li></ul></span><div style="color: #333333; font-family: philosopher; font-size: 15.84px;">Let me know if you have read any of these and should I move them to the top. I'm sure I will find more in my kindle, but for now, these are the ones I would like to work on. The goal isn't to add any more books to this list but to clean up the books that have been waiting all year for me to read them.</div>
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Hi my loves since it's October, I thought I would challenge myself to read from the paranormal bookshelf that I have been severely neglecting so far this year. With so many choices I decided I didn't want to tie myself down to specific books because as we know the second I do that, I rebel and don't follow through so instead I have a few prompts that will aide me in picking a few good reads this month. <br />
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There is also a Samhain WitchAthon taking place from October 24th to the 31st. Here are the prompts:<ul>
<li> Samhain is a time for honoring your ancestors... so once again, pick a book that features your heritage.</li>
<li> This Sabbat is a time when the veil is thinnest, pick a book that features communing with the dead... (ghosts or mediumship or necromancy)</li>
<li>We are heading into the darkest part of the year... Pick a book that promises to be dark & twisted.</li>
<li>Witches often make offerings to spirit guides or gods... Pick a book that involves a pantheon of deities!</li>
<li>Dancing round the bonfire is a Samhain tradition... pick a book that has fire on the cover.</li>
<li>Many celebrate the Sabbat as Halloween and dress up, post a picture of your costume and tag the readathon!</li>
<li>Read Group book Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir <b>( I won't be doing this as I'm reading only books I own) </b></li>
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You can follow along on twitter with the hashtag #WitchAThon and the live show after the readathon is on November 1st at 6pm CST</div>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Heather Graham & the Krewe of Hunters series</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Gena Showalter</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Nalini Singh</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Maggie Shayne ( non ebooks only) </li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Shiloh Walker</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Katie MacAlister</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Jennifer L Armentrout</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Holly Black</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Lilith Saintcrow</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Natasha Preston</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Christine Feehan</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Alice Hoffman</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">The Witches by Roal Dahl </li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Fifth Grave by Darynda Jones</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">A Little Night Magic</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Thornjack (re-read) by Katherine Harbour</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Briar Queen by Katherine Harbour</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Nettle King by Katherine Harbour</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Julie Kagawa</li>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-77246843813528083062020-07-02T07:00:00.000-04:002020-07-02T12:49:52.944-04:002020 Jennifer In July Challenge <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi my loves<br />
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This is going to be my second year of doing this spin on the Jennifer in July reading challenge I give myself every year. Instead of reading just Jennifer L Armentrout I will be reading all the Jennifers/ Jens/ Jenna/ or variety of that name on my shelves. It's pretty extensive as well I can't wait to dive in. I have a varied list of books from several sub-genres of Romance and I'm so excited.<br />
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<b>Last Year's Stats</b><br />
Physical TBR: 31 </div>
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Ebook TBR: 7</div>
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Total To Read: 38</div>
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Completed in 2019: 8<br />
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Completed in 2020:<br />
Physical TBR: 24<br />
Ebook TBR: 5<br />
To Be Read: 29</div>
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Jennifer L Armentrout ( All the Series Starters)<br />
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<li>Midnight and Sins </li>
<li>The Darkest Star</li>
<li>The Return</li>
<li>White Hot Kiss</li>
<li>Stone Cold Touch</li>
<li>LUX</li>
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Jennifer Lynn Barnes:</div>
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<li>Raised by Wolves</li>
<li>Trial By Fire (A Raised by Wolves Novel)</li>
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Jennifer Bernard</div>
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<li>The Fireman Who Love Me (Book 1)</li>
<li>Hot For Fireman (Book 2)</li>
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Jenna Black</div>
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<li>Glimmerglass</li>
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Jennifer Brown</div>
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<li>Torn Away (ARC)</li>
<li>Thousand Words</li>
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Jennifer Cruise:</div>
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<li>Agnes and the Hitman</li>
<li>Faking It</li>
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Jennifer Donnelly<br />
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<li>Deep Blue</li>
<li>Rogue Wave</li>
<li>These Shallow Graves (Physical ARC)</li>
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Jennifer Greene</div>
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<li>Where Is He Now??</li>
<li>Blame It on Paris</li>
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Jennifer Haymore</div>
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<li>The Rogue's Proposal (ARC)</li>
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Jennifer Holm</div>
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<li>The Fourteenth Goldfish (ARC)</li>
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Jennifer Mathieu</div>
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<li>The Truth About Alice (ARC)</li>
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Mary Jennifer Payne</div>
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<li>Since You've Been Gone (ARC)</li>
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Jennifer Probst:</div>
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<li>Searching for Always</li>
<li>Searching for Disaster</li>
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Jennifer E Smith</div>
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<li>The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight</li>
<li>The Geography of Me & You (ARC)</li>
<li>Hello Goodbye and Everything in Between (Physical ARC)</li>
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Motivation: Every 5 books from the physical stack that I read I earn 1 (one) new book from my wishlist of books I have. Goal 7 new books. </div>
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2019 Books Read: 8 Books Earned from Wishlist: 1<br />
2020 Books Read: Books Earned From Wishlist:<br />
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Would you like to participate with me?? Share what your list looks like and we can motivate each other on twitter, facebook or instagram.<br />
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Happy Reading my loves,</div>
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My goal this year is 225 books, if I break that down it comes out to 18 books per month, with 3 to 4 books a week. Totally doable in my books, so as the proverb says, you can eat an elephant one bite at a time, so here are my first few bites:<br />
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To be real the last few weeks have been very trying and I haven't really gotten anything read. I start a whole bunch of stuff and DNF for now because I just don't feel the reading bug. Or the blogging bug or anything really, I'm just working on getting up and going to work on time. I do believe though if you fail to plan that you plan to fail so here is my obviously ambitious plan for the month, well see at the end where we are.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "philosopher"; font-size: 15.84px;">Blue </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "philosopher"; font-size: 15.84px;">means the book added during the month. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "philosopher"; font-size: 15.84px;">Red= DNF </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "philosopher"; font-size: 15.84px;">(Did Not Finish) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "philosopher"; font-size: 15.84px;">Black= Original Titles at the beginning of the month.</span><br />
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<b>Read So Far This Year:</b> </div>
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63</div>
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<b>TBR Pile</b> </div>
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225</div>
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<b>TBR Balance:</b><br />
<b>162</b></div>
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<b>Lemonade Syllabus:</b></div>
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<b>Perpetual Author Challenge:</b></div>
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<li>Spencer's Forbidden Seduction Brenda Jackson </li>
<li>Beverly Jenkins</li>
<li>Coel's Red Hot Pursuit by Brenda Jackson</li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Bane by Brenda Jackson</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">One Night with the Wealthy Rancher by Brenda Jackson</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></li>
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<b>Black Out Challenge:</b></div>
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<li><br /></li>
<li><b>.</b></li>
<li><b>.</b></li>
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<b>Erotica books:</b></div>
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<li><b>.</b></li>
<li><b>.</b></li>
<li><b>.</b></li>
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<b>Non Fiction Books:</b></div>
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<li>Religious Book</li>
<li>Religious Book</li>
<li><br /></li>
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How is this quarantine affecting your reading my loves?? What are you going to be reading my loves?? Share in the comments down below if you have read any of these and as always</div>
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Happy Reading</div>
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My goal this year is 225 books, if I break that down it comes out to 18 books per month, with 3 to 4 books a week. Totally doable in my books, so as the proverb says, you can eat an elephant one bite at a time, so here are my first few bites:<br />
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TO be real the last few weeks have been very trying and I haven't really gotten anything read. is tart a whole bunch of stuff and DNF for now because I just don't feel the reading bug. Or the blogging bug or anything really, I'm just working on getting up and going to work on time. I do believe though if you fail to plan that you plan to fail so here is my obviously ambitious plan for the month, well see at the end where we are.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "philosopher"; font-size: 15.84px;">Red= DNF </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "philosopher"; font-size: 15.84px;">(Did Not Finish) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "philosopher"; font-size: 15.84px;">Black= Original Titles at the beginning of the month.</span><br />
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<b>Read So Far This Year:</b> </div>
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47</div>
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<b>TBR Pile</b> </div>
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225</div>
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<b>TBR Balance:</b><br />
<b>178</b></div>
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<b>Lemonade Syllabus:</b></div>
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<b>Perpetual Author Challenge:</b></div>
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<li>Brenda Jackson </li>
<li>Beverly Jenkins</li>
<li>Brenda Jackson</li>
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<b>Finish Series Challenge:</b></div>
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<li>Panther Prowling by Yasmine Galenorn ✓</li>
<li>Yasmine Galenorn ✓</li>
<li>Sylvia Day Georgian series</li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Christine Feehan Shadow Riders: Published 2020</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Christine Feehan Water Bound (Book 1)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Air Bound by Christine Feehan</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Earth Bound by Christine Feehan </span></li>
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<b>ARC</b></div>
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<li><span style="color: blue;">Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai</span> ✓</li>
<li><b>.</b></li>
<li><b>.</b></li>
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<b>Black Out Challenge:</b></div>
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<li><span style="color: blue;">The Right Swipe Alisha Rai</span> ✓ </li>
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<b>Erotica books:</b></div>
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<b>Non Fiction Books:</b></div>
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<li>Religious Book</li>
<li>Religious Book</li>
<li>Finance Book</li>
<li>Social issues Book</li>
<li>Personal Interest Book</li>
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How is this quarantine affecting your reading my loves?? What are you going to be reading my loves?? Share in the comments down below if you have read any of these and as always</div>
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Happy Reading</div>
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Hi my loves<br />
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It's the end of March and end of the first quarter of the year. Here we are looking back at January 1st to March 31st and our accomplishments from our goals and objectives of this year. The first part of the year was a bit of a wash, I didn't have the reading bug and nothing seemed to make it appear so I stopped pushing and did other things. February though?? I really made up for it with March really helping me to move the needle forward and I'm so glad. I wanted to share how I've been doing:<br />
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Year Goal:225</div>
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Current: 39</div>
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Balance: 186</div>
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Series Completed: (Number of Books Read)<br />
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<li>Inn Boonsboro Trilogy by Nora Roberts (2) </li>
<li>In The Garden Series by Nora Roberts (2)</li>
<li>In Death Series by J.D. Robb (Current) </li>
<li>All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness (2)</li>
<li>Forbidden Hearts Trilogy by Alisha Rai (3)</li>
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Series Started & Caught Up On:</div>
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<li>Blessing Series by Beverly Jenkins (Book 9)</li>
<li>Brooklyn Brujas by Zoraida Cordova (Book 1) </li>
<li>MacKade Brothers by Nora Roberts (Book 1) </li>
<li>Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon by Yasmine Galenorn (Books 5-13)</li>
<li>Westmoreland Legacies by Brenda Jackson (Book 3) </li>
<li>Heirs of Hansol by Jayci Lee (Book 1) </li>
<li>Bliss Colorado by Lexi Blake ( Book 1) </li>
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Blackout Challenge Books:</div>
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<li>Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson</li>
<li>The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo</li>
<li>With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo</li>
<li>American Street by Ibi Zoboi</li>
<li>Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson</li>
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<b>Statistics Time:</b></div>
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Total Read: 39</div>
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Physically Owned: 29</div>
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2020 Purchased/ Hauled: 2</div>
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Owned (From my Shelves inc ebooks owned): 32</div>
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Unowned/ Borrowed From Library/ Subscription service) : 3</div>
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ARCS: 4</div>
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<b>Reading Format </b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">Ebook:</span> 8</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Audiobook:</span><span style="background-color: white;"> 31</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Physical</span> : 0</div>
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<b>Haul (From Jan to March)</b></div>
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Originally I was aiming for only 20 books for the year. Then this wildness kicked off and I needed something to get my mind off of the world imploding and me not being able to do anything about it so I dealt with my anxiety by shopping. I can always shop for books, there is always room for books so here we are:<br />
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ARCS: 11<br />
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<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51838029-american-sweethearts?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rhpgzoqNOE&rank=4" target="_blank">American Sweethearts (Dreamers # 4)</a> by Adriana Herrera</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46128399-a-cowboy-to-remember" target="_blank">A Cowboy to Remember </a> (Cowboys of California # 1) by Rebekah Weatherspoon</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51787873-four-days-of-you-and-me?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=xmTkjza7O8&rank=1" target="_blank"> Four Days of You & Me </a>by Miranda Kenneally</li>
<li> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44148565-girl-gone-viral?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Td386e6HU7&rank=2" target="_blank">Girl Gone Viral (Modern Love # 2) </a> by Alisha Rai</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46037670-how-to-love-your-elf?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=TWvrs3qXFn&rank=1" target="_blank"> How to Love Your Elf (Embraced/ Embraced by Magic #1) </a>by Kerrelyn Sparks</li>
<li> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45046633-my-one-true-cowboy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=iRZW3l59BF&rank=1" target="_blank">My One True Cowboy (River Ranch # 4) </a>by Soraya Lane</li>
<li> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49873916-dr-wangari-maathai-plants-a-forest?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Jz3BN8X2SV&rank=1" target="_blank">Dr. Wangari Maarthai Plants a Forest</a> by Rebel Girls</li>
<li> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51351884-real-men-knit?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=8qi03TL9HE&rank=1" target="_blank">Real Men Knit </a>by Kwana Jackson</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49842864-seduced-by-a-steele?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=GwfenOApsv&rank=1" target="_blank">Seduced by a Steele (Forged by a Steele) </a> by Brenda Jackson</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45427299-the-bachelor?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=pNvSSV4juE&rank=1" target="_blank">The Bachelor (Duke Dynasty 2) </a>by Sabrina Jeffries</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52223994-temporary-wife-temptation" target="_blank">Temporary Wife Temptation ( The Heirs of Hansol # 1) </a> by Jayci Lee</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52702772-blame-it-on-the-billionaire" target="_blank">Blame It On The Billionaire (Blackout Billionaire # 3) </a>by Naima Simone</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49887892-the-arrangement?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=eLywH7LUIb&rank=1" target="_blank">The Arrangement</a> by Sylvia Day</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46066910-on-the-corner-of-hope-and-main?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=NfKmumDAeH&rank=1" target="_blank">On the Corner of Hope & Main (Blessings # 10) </a> by Beverly Jenkins</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23460952-bounce?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=7d6OHQViGb&rank=1" target="_blank">Bounce XO ( Boomerang # 3) </a>by Noelle August </li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6432786-inked?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=EBbi1WlrBD&rank=1" target="_blank">Inked (Anthology)</a> Yasmine Galenorn</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6289939-never-after" target="_blank">Never After (Anthology)</a> by Yasmine Galenorn</li>
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While I have been bringing in a few titles I have also gotten rid of a few. through my paperbackswap listing. (<a href="https://www.paperbackswap.com/profile/index.php?nickname=aishau" target="_blank">Check me out </a>if you want to trade books as well) </div>
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<li><b>Tangled Threat </b>by Heather Graham. I had two copies and since this wasn't a book I saw myself re-reading I traded them both. </li>
<li><b>Jesus Through Pagan Eyes</b>.by Rev Mark Townsend I owned several copies of this book. I decided I didn't need three copies on my shelves so I traded one so far. </li>
<li><b>Awakened </b>by P.C Cast. I've had this random book on my shelves and before I moved I pulled a few I knew I wasn't ever going to actually get to and this was one of them. </li>
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My goal this year is 225 books, if I break that down it comes out to 19 books per month, with 4 to 5 books a week. Totally doable in my books. This month's theme is also going to pivot off my perfect reading TBR along with YA and NA being the major focus of the month. I have so many of these books on my shelf that I want to get read so I'm jumping in. As the proverb says, you can eat an elephant one bite at a time, so here are my first few bites:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Blue </span>means the book added during the month. <span style="color: red;">Red= DNF </span>(Did Not Finish) Black= Original Titles at the beginning of the month.<br />
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<b>TBR Balance:</b><br />
<b>186</b></div>
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<li>Steele Book</li>
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<li>The Fight by L Divine</li>
<li>Jacqueline Woodson</li>
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<li>Walter Dean Mosley</li>
<li>Brave by Tammara Webber ( my final unread book by her) </li>
<li>Losing It by Cora Cormack</li>
<li>Slammed Colleen Hoover</li>
<li>The Edge of Never by J.R Redmerski</li>
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<li>Sylvia Day</li>
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<li>Forged by Fire by Sharon M Draper</li>
<li>Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon M Draper</li>
<li>Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally</li>
<li>Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally</li>
<li>Racing Savannah by Miranda Kenneally</li>
<li>Holly Black Title </li>
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<li>Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson</li>
<li>How To Love Your Elef by Kerrelyn Sparks</li>
<li>Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai</li>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-68099325223560068012020-03-25T07:00:00.000-04:002020-03-25T07:00:09.620-04:00Audiobook #Review: An Honorable Seduction (Westmoreland Legacies Book 3) by Brenda Jackson <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> An Honorable Seduction (Westmoreland Legacies # 3)<br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 15.84px;">Author: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 15.84px;"> Brenda Jackson </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 15.84px;">|<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiNtIf99rTWAhVHxoMKHVcjBjkQFggoMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brendajackson.net%2F&usg=AFQjCNEhfCGsR_FSiVjBRwZu_m3a2VGLew" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Website</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/AuthorBJackson?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Twitter</a>| <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrendaJacksonAuthor/" style="color: #9966cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>|</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 15.84px;" /><b>Publisher: </b>Harlequin Desire<br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Romance, Interracial Romance, Military Romance<br />
<b>Series/Standalone: </b>Book 3<br />
<b>Format:</b> Audiobook, Mass Market Paperback<br />
<b>Narrator:</b> Brian Hutchison </div>
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<b>Audio Service:</b> Scribd<br />
<b>Hours in Book: </b>4 hours 50 mins<br />
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<b>Cost:</b> $20.00</div>
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<b>Pages:</b> 224</div>
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<b>How I got it:</b> Purchased</div>
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<b>Publication Date</b><b>:</b> May 08, 2018<br />
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<b>Synopsis</b>:<br />
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<span style="color: white;">This Navy SEAL is on a top-secret mission of seduction ...David Holloway is used to hard assignments. Now he faces his most difficult yet: cozying up to the soft curves of Swan Jamison. He wants to know the island beauty ... in every way. But romancing Swan as part of his SEAL team's mission tests his honor, even as his feelings become increasingly real. Soon he must make a choice: duty ... or desire? (</span></blockquote>
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<b>Overall:</b><br />
A military romance with mystery, intrigue, international espionage and sexy times. Where do I sign up?? Plus it's linked to the Westmoreland family sagas?? Yes, please.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Narrator:</b><br />
Brian Hutchison. This is the first time I've listened to anything read by him and I enjoyed his narration. The story flowed and he was able to make each character unique enough for a distinction between them and I was hooked because of how he read the story as well. Well done!!<br />
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<b>Story:</b><br />
I grabbed this recently after being at home due to recovering after emergency surgery. I didn't feel the urge to read but wanted something to keep me occupied while I was stuck in the bed. I decided I didn't want anything with crazy plot lines I wanted some good loving and great family dynamics and I was so glad I snagged this one.<br />
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Told using dual perspectives, we have the story of Swan & David. David known as Flipper to his friends is a Navy SEAL who is due for a vacation and is instead given the option for a top-secret mission., this mission is being asked of him by the top brass who he really respects and he decides to take the mission. Swan owns a boutique in her mother's hometown, where she not only sells unique designs she makes herself but also rents out part of her shop to a successful tattoo parlor. Unbeknownst to Swan, she's being investigated for her part in the selling of US intelligence secrets to the Chinese.<br />
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David gets to the island to investigate and is surprised that when he meets Swan in the flesh he's beyond attracted to her. He has to keep this professional not just because her Uncles are his Superior officers, but because he can't afford to be distracted on the mission.<br />
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As with all Brenda's books, the chemistry was off the charts and the couple were hilarious together. Both were being cautious, Swan because she had learned the harsh lessons of the past from her parents' marriage and how they were treated by their families. While her parents had a happy marriage after what happens to them Swan has made the choice to never date military and to be extremely cautious about interracial dating. David is trying to stay focused, finish the mission prove that Swan is innocent and get out of this mission without compromising his honor.<br />
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I really loved the story and it kept me intrigued, because not only did we have the mystery of who was selling the secrets if it wasn't Swan. I loved how they talked about what dating would look like and how they went slowly because David recognized that Swan needed the time and space to re-evaluate what was once on her never list. They are so many characters who could have been the ones responsible and some I didn't expect. Once we began to unravel the mystery and more information began to come out I was deeply hooked.<br />
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I enjoyed the mystery the romance and the final chapters. I loved how Swan reacted because honestly #Same, and I loved how Flipper got around her fears.<br />
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I skipped reading in order like I have been for the rest of the Westmoreland series, so I could read this. I didn't know all the characters David was connected to so I missed that "ahh" aspect when you read a series to the current books. However I still enjoyed the book, it wasn't necessary to know all the background of the characters as there was a brief description when needed. I loved this one especially because Flipper has such good friends. Now I'm going backward to go read those books.<br />
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<li>The Westmoreland series by Brenda Jackson</li>
<li>The Protector Series by Brenda Jackson</li>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-24545617311368371182020-03-24T07:00:00.000-04:002020-03-24T07:00:06.145-04:00Book #Review: Blame It on The Billionaire (Blackout Billionaires Book 3) by Naima Simone .@Naima_Simone #blackoutbillionaires <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> Blame It On The Billionaire (Blackout Billionaires Book 3)<br />
<b>Author: </b> Naima Simone <b>|<a href="http://naimasimone.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/Naima_Simone" target="_blank">Twitter</a>| <a href="https://www.facebook.com/naimasimoneauthor/?ref=bookmarks" target="_blank">Facebook</a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/naimasimoneauthor/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></b><br />
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<b>Publisher: </b>Harlequin Desire<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Romance, Interracial Romance<br />
<b>Series/Standalone: </b>Book 3<br />
<b>Format:</b> Mass Market Paperback</div>
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<b>Cost:</b> $3.99</div>
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<b>Pages:</b> 224</div>
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<b>How I got it:</b> Purchased </div>
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<b>Publication Date</b><b>:</b> Feb 04, 2020<br />
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<b>Synopsis</b>:<br />
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<span style="color: white;">A dramatic chemistry-filled contemporary romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Naima Simone.<br />
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She fell into his arms... now she’s falling for his trap.<br />
Will a blackout change everything for these unlikely lovers?<br />
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It was a night filled with secrets, lies…and soul-stealing passion. And now the blackout that turned lowly executive assistant Nadia Jordan and start-up billionaire Grayson Chandler into insatiable lovers leads to a proposal Nadia can’t refuse. As she steps into Grayson’s privileged Chicago world, will his matchmaking mother and vengeful ex destroy her dreams? Or will her fake fiancé make those dreams a reality?<br />
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What happens in the dark never stays in the dark... Don’t miss the family drama, secrets and passion in the Blackout Billionaires series:<br />
The Billionaire’s Bargain<br />
Black Tie Billionaire<br />
Blame It on the Billionaire<br />
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I was super excited to get this one. It's the final installment in the series and I wanted to know how Grayson's story would shake out. I was so hooked to this story that I was almost late to an appointment and when I left the appointment I sat in the parking lot and read until I finished the book. I was just so invested it was awesome.<br />
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We meet Grayson Chandler, the second son of the great Chandler family in Chicago, who with his best friend Gideon created a company that is making strides in the Tech world is at the same ball with Gideon and is currently trying to outrun his mother's matchmaking and his ex's machinations when he runs into Nadia Jordan, small-town transplant who happens to work for his company; she's at the ball on her day off because her boss an executive in Grayson's company needed a shirt to replace the one he spilled on. While trying to run the errand she runs in the CEO of the company and just when she didn't things could go more awry the lights go down and they are stuck together. When the lights are out it gives them a chance to drop their masks and not hide. They share details they wouldn't share with others and spend a night of passion they normally wouldn't indulge in.<br />
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The characters are well done and even the side characters are as well. I loved that even though the story really focuses on the growing relationship between Nadia and Grayson that their friends and family are seen a bit. I loved the sibling relationships that were shared and that they were loving and even when strained still filled with love. Both Grayson and Nadia where characters you could root for because they felt so real. When they faced issues they dealt with them realistically, even when it would hurt. I loved that. I loved the chemistry between them, and how even in the moments of passion neither took the other's consent for granted, but in fact enthusiastically sought and given. Even though both of them bore the scars of betrayal they still without really meaning to seek it in the other, even after they warned each other that this wasn't real. Ugh, that is my jam!! I loved the way the POV went back and forth between them allowing us to see the motivations that they each had and of course progressed the story as some scenes only included one of the characters.<br />
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I absolutely love how Naima writes her stories, her characters are well thought out, charismatic and they just flow so well. The chemistry, the realness of the conversations they should be having?!!! Just *chefs kiss* beautiful. I love how strong and yet vulnerable they both are. When Grayson finds himself in a tough spot he backs them into a bit of a corner and even though Nadia knows she's not from the same social stratosphere as the people in her new social circle she refuses to be cowed by it. She doesn't need to be rescued, she's got her own escape plan, but a partner in crime would be nice.<br />
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This is a modern romance, with a strong but vulnerable alpha who knows his privilege and power and doesn't abuse it. He, in fact, makes sure those within his employ never take advantage they shouldn't. A strong, vulnerable woman who knows her worth and isn't willing to settle for anything less than what she fully deserves. I loved how the story circled back to sacrifice and how no matter the social status some families require it. And what should sacrifice and happiness look like?? I cracked up because when I was reading I kept saying the "effing patriarchy" because the solution was RIGHT THERE and then, of course, our good guy figured it out!!<br />
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<li>The Billionaire's Bargain</li>
<li>Blacktie Billionaire</li>
<li>Blame It On The Billionaire</li>
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<li>Tempted by the Temporary Wife by Jayci Lee</li>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-45926567143055685012020-03-23T07:00:00.000-04:002020-03-23T07:00:08.127-04:00ARC Book #Review: Temporary Wife Temptation (Heirs of Hansol Book 1) by Jayci Lee #TemporaryWifeTemptation #NetGalley<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> Temporary Wife Temptation (Heirs of Hansol 1)<br />
<b>Author: </b>Jayci Lee <b>|<a href="https://jaycilee.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/authorjaycilee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3Aauthorjaycilee&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fjaycilee.com%2F" target="_blank">Twitter</a>| <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorjaycilee/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>| <a href="http://instagram.com/authorjaycilee/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></b><br />
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<b>Publisher: </b>Harlequin Desire<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Romance, Contemporary Romance<br />
<b>Series/Standalone: </b>Book 1<br />
<b>Format:</b> ebook, Mass Market</div>
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<b>Cost:</b> $5.25</div>
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<b>Pages:</b> 224</div>
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<b>How I got it:</b> ARC via NetGalley</div>
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<b>Publication Date</b><b>:</b> Feb 04, 2020<br />
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<b>Synopsis</b>:<br />
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<span style="color: white;">Harlequin Desire: Be transported to the worlds of oil barons, family dynasties, moguls and celebrities. Get ready for juicy plot twists, delicious sensuality and intriguing scandal.<br />
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Much more than he bargained for…<br />
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“You want me to find you a wife?”<br />
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“No. I want you to be my wife.”<br />
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Garrett Song is this close to taking the reins of his family’s LA fashion empire…until the Song matriarch insists he marry her handpicked bride first. To block her matchmaking, he recruits Natalie Sobol to pose as his wife. She needs a fake spouse as badly as he does. But when passion burns down their chaste agreement, the flames could destroy them all…</span></blockquote>
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This is one of my favorite tropes " the fake fiance/spouse" trope and Jayci executed this one well. For a debut author, the chemistry and the push/pull of the relationship is extremely well done. The chemistry between Natalie and Garrett was off the charts. Natalie is in a power struggle with an older couple to adopt her niece but being a single woman is working against her. Garrett's Grandmother won't turn over the reins of the family business until he marries the woman she's picked out for him. Garrett doesn't believe in marriage and happily ever after, so he makes a bid to outmatch his Grandmother by saying he already has a fiance. Natalie works as the HR rep for the LA office of the business Garrett's family runs and when she messes up the chance to have a promotion that would have increased her earning potential as well as allowing her to give the courts a better chance for her to adopt her niece she is willing to take Garrett's proposal. Except she has a crush on him and he finds her irresistible. They make a bargain to keep this platonic except they can't seem to keep their hands off each other.<br />
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There are so many good moments within the story, from the moment when Garrett tries to rescue Natalie from his Grandmother and instead interrupts teatime?? I was cracking up. I loved that the fact that they were Korean played a big part in their romance and how their relationship along with the fake relationship was being shaped and shared. I loved that Natalie had a friend that had her back and was willing to teach her what she didn't know as well as help her out when she was feeling overwhelmed. I enjoyed the way the two interacted and how they worked their way from being wary platonic compatriots to lovers to are we or are we not in a relationship??<br />
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After getting married to help accomplish their goals Garrett distances himself and Natalie works on getting her niece since that was her reason for being in this relationship. While they fake it for the cameras and family, the chemistry builds for them and they eventually work to a personal relationship. I really enjoyed Garrett's family as well, his sister seems like an interesting woman and I can't wait for the developing stories in the series. Garrett has *as all the reluctant protags in these romances do* a few moments where he does the stupidest thing ever that risks the relationship and family. Natalie doesn't make it easy for him and I loved the grand gesture.<br />
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This is one of the first times I can personally remember reading a romance featuring two Korean characters and I loved it. I will definitely be adding Jayci into the rotation of must follow authors.<br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">Temporary Wife Temptation (Heir of Hansol 1) </li>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-51575563789868891132020-03-05T07:00:00.000-05:002020-03-05T15:12:43.677-05:00Audiobook #Review: Tangled Threat by Heather Graham #TangledThreat #NetGalley<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> Tangled Threat<br />
<b>Author: </b> Heather Graham <b>|<a href="https://www.theoriginalheathergraham.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/heathergraham" target="_blank">Twitter</a>| <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HeatherGrahamAuthor" target="_blank">Facebook</a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theoriginalheathergraham/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a></b><br />
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<b>Publisher: </b>Harlequin Intrigue<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Paranormal Romance<br />
<b>Series/Standalone: </b>Standalone<br />
<b>Format:</b> Audiobook/ Mass Market<br />
<b>Narrator:</b> Eva Kaminsky </div>
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<b>Hours in Book: </b>5 Hours<br />
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<b>Cost:</b> $3.99</div>
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<b>Pages:</b> 256</div>
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<b>How I got it:</b> ARC From NetGalley & Pre-order from Amazon </div>
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<b>Publication Date</b><b>:</b> August 20, 2019<br />
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<span style="color: white;">Some things you can’t forget.<br />
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A body hanging from the infamous History Tree unraveled their teenage love. Now Maura Antrim is again tangled up with Brock McGovern. Twelve years later, they’re back where that murder occurred—where Brock had been arrested and then released, where Maura had run, too scared to stand by his side. But with two women missing, and Brock now an FBI agent, Maura is determined to help. Together, they’ll have to confront a threat that never died and see if their passion has withstood the test of time.</span></blockquote>
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<b>Overall:</b><br />
As much as I love Heather, this was a very "meh" story. It just wasn't for me. I tried reading it as an ARC and wasn't hooked, then snagged a copy of the audio to listen to. While it flowed well, the story had too much history and not enough time spent on creating the tension in plot. There were supposed to be on the hunt for missing women and yet despite saying they were worried almost everyone seemed to just be blase' about it. Even a woman who would fit the description was a total idiot when being told to be careful. The characters were supposed to be hot and heavy teens with their who lives figured out and when they deal with a tragedy it changes them and yet when they meet up again there is this absolutely no tension about how things were left, no resentment, no anger about how they were treated no hurt, just a easy acceptance without there being any tension one would expect, it just falls in so easy ( like way too easy).<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Narrator: Eva Kaminsky</b><br />
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This is my first time with this narrator and she certainly tried to make the story flow well. Her inflections and narration helped to make the story much more interesting. When I expected something explosive it was truly based on the way she was reading the material, but when scenes fell flat it was because of the material.<br />
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For the first time in a long time with a Heather Graham book I was looking forward to the end and not because I wanted to get to the whole story, nope I just wanted it to end. This is a second chance romance and I didn't feel like the characters were interesting, and with all the potential the story was boring. There wasn't much chemistry, they barely talked and I don't know there wasn't any real tension about what her mother had done or how things were handled. The build up of the locations and the way the history was being talked about I expected way more than we got.<br />
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I learned more about Florida's history and frankly very little of what we learned aided in the story. It wasn't until the last ten pages that the tension of the book even manifested. The villains and their motivation were very weak and I honestly just didn't care at the end. Someone can only be so dumb before you want them to be one of the people who goes missing. The red herring we were giving would have been a better solution than the answer we were given.<br />
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When i started following along in the physical book and realized we were over half way through without the two star crossed lovers even really getting anytime alone I knew I was done. Everyone was acting like him spending one night in jail was supposed to derail his life ( considering he never even saw the judge and no charges were pressed against him, and his family money and influence made sure he never faced any consequences, not sure how that was supposed to happen). The idea that you loved someone so much that one night makes you turn away from them and neither of you show up to demand answers?? You followed your parents directive and made no attempt to reach out to the other person and then wondered why they didn't follow up???<br />
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For a couple that was supposed to be getting back together from a 12 year separation I didn't feel the heat of their relationship. they didn't really have any depth of feeling and While it only took 3 hours to listen to the story I wasn't hooked. When it ended I was like wait what that's it?? Where is the rest?? It felt unfinished.<br />
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<li>Heather Graham Krewe of Hunters series</li>
<li>Sizzle Julie Garwood</li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy Reading my loves, </span></div>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486469649065937756.post-31887660330566806962020-03-04T07:00:00.001-05:002021-10-08T02:26:05.805-04:00Audiobook #Review: The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy Book 3) by Deborah Harkness <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> The Book Of Life ( All Souls Trilogy #3)<br />
<b>Author: </b>Deborah Harkness <b>|<a href="https://deborahharkness.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/DebHarkness" target="_blank">Twitter</a>| <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDeborahHarkness/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/debharkness/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></b><br />
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<b>Publisher: </b>Viking Adult<br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Paranormal Romance<br />
<b>Series/Standalone: </b>Book 3<br />
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<b>Format:</b> Audiobook, Hardcover<br />
<b>Narrator:</b> Jennifer Ikeda</div>
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<b>Audio Service:</b> Penguin Audio via RTB App<br />
<b>Hours in Book: </b>25<br />
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<b>Cost:</b> $38.95</div>
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<b>Pages:</b> 561</div>
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<b>How I got it:</b> BEA 2014/ Audio via RTB App</div>
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<b>Publication Date</b><b>:</b> July 15th, 2014<br />
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<b>Synopsis</b>:<br />
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<span style="color: white;">The #1 New York Times bestselling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night<br />
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Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London to make a dramatic return to the present—facing new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home, Sept-Tours, they reunite with the beloved cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency.</span></blockquote>
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<b>Overall:</b><br />
A fantastic end to the series and I can't wait to see how they adapt this one as well. This eas so explosive and good. I did have a few moments closer to the end where I was annoyed that we essentially got closed door on what I thought would have been major blow out scenes and yet sometimes way too many pages on the mundane. The pacing was faster this time around and while we had moments of levity, there were a whole lot more unmasking moments within the book. So many things get revealed and I love the way in which Deborah takes the team on their search for the origin of the species. It's going to be hella interesting what they do with the results. I had originally skipped the novella Time's Convert but apparently, I shouldn't have and after this, I'm going to remedy that, because apparently a good amount of things happened, not enough that you can't follow along but enough you know that things happened off scene and you are missing a few minor pieces.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 15.84px;">Jennifer Ikeda.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 15.84px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 15.84px;">This is my second story with Jennifer as a narrator and she is phenomenal. She manages to make the whole cast of characters unique and carry the story along without losing any of the different threads. I loved how I could tell who the different characters were, including when she would switch languages and sing. Just amazing, she really brought the story alive. Her voice was pleasing and her inflections really made the story fly by. I read at 1.5x speed and this helped to make the storytime go by faster. Even sped up Jenn's voice really hooked you. I didn't want to stop listening at all.</span><br />
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The time has come for Matthew and Diana to return home and bring with them the knowledge of the Book of Life and once again attempt to beat out the others making a play for the book. There were so many good moments of reunions that Diana and Matthew both needed that brought them healing while giving them the necessary footing to be able to go into battle far more prepared than they were before.<br />
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Diana now knows the source of her magic and can control better than before, but she's come back with a few more gifts as well and now the clock is ticking on when and how she will be face the full wrath of the governing body of the species. She's sworn to get revenge for the battles that were waged when she wasn't there and she's coming for the witches who betrayed her and her mother. Before she can make good on that promise though she needs the pieces of the Book Of Life and she and Matthew need to decipher it before their enemies.<br />
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From the time they return to the end of the book Diana and her team were running against a clock. Beat their enemies to deciphering the unknown language of the book, get revenge for her mother an all the other witches; find out why the species is dying out, and prevent Matthew's older brother from fling Diana out of the clan. It's a whirlwind of unraveling secrets, learning new secrets and discovering something that will eventually turn their entire world upside down. There are new mates and partnerships that have formed while Matthew and Diana were away and now that they have returned they have to find their place within the new family dynamics.<br />
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I love that we learn what happened to some of the people Diana left behind; people we counted on before come through and some betray us. Relationships are fractured and the truth comes out in a big way. I loved the weaving of politics and the mythology of the Knights Templar into the story. The history and as new puzzle pieces were laid I was so excited to see how it changed the landscape they were navigating. I found myself angry at some characters, in love with others, laughing with Diana and weary with Matthew. The fledging sense of hope, the fear Diana felt as she made it past the loss and her fear about what the future meant for their people. Fighting the ingrained prejudice that many took as a precaution against being seen by humans, it's funny how even within the magical community it comes down to genetics.<br />
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I really want to go into more detail but this being the final book I won't spoil it for you. If you want to fangirl on twitter/ Instagram in the DMs then holler at me.<br />
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I'm hoping we're going to get more from the world because there are so many we need to learn about. When those final battle scenes were happening?? When they hunted for Matthew and the full-blown truth came out?? This is what happens when a person doesn't truly have faith but uses it to practice punishment. So many times others have pointed out that Matthew's piousness would come back to haunt him and it finally does. I was so hooked those final chapters and I was totally satisfied with the ending. I highly recommend it my loves.<br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bewitchingbibliophile.com/2019/04/book-review-discovery-of-witches-all.html" target="_blank">A Discovery Of Witches ( All Souls Trilogy 1)</a></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bewitchingbibliophile.com/2020/03/audiobook-reivew-shadow-of-night-all.html" target="_blank">Shadow Of Night (All Souls Trilogy 2) </a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">The Book Of Life ( All Souls Trilogy 3) </li>
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<li>Outlander by Diana Gabaldon</li>
<li><a href="https://www.bewitchingbibliophile.com/2013/08/book-review-blood-of-sorceress.html" target="_blank">The Portal Series </a>by Maggie Shayne</li>
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