July Challenge Update: Nora Roberts

 Total Books: 51

2022 Goal: 12

Currently Read:  16

January: 1/ May: 6/ June: 9 / July: 

 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:

Donovan Legacy:

• Entranced
• Charmed & Enchanted

Key Trilogy

• Key of Light
• Key of Valor CURRENTLY READING
• Key of Knowledge 

Dream trilogy

• Daring To Dream
• Holding The Dream

Three Sisters Island Completed July 2022

• Dance Upon The Air
• Heaven & Earth
• Face the Fire 

Bride Quartet

• Vision in White
• Bed of Roses
• Savor The Moment
• Happy Ever After

Guardians Trilogy

• Bay of Sighs

Chesapeake Bay  Completed June 2022

• Chesapeake Blue
• Rising Tides
• Inner Harbour

Night Tales: COMPLETED

• Nightshade/ Night Smoke
• Night Tales: Night Shift/ Night Shadow/ Night Shield

1. From the Heart
2. Truly Madly Manhattan 
3. Summer Deserts
4. Lawless
5. Hot Rocks
6. Birthright
7. Forever
8. Table for Two
9. The Villa
10. A Little Magic
11. O'Hurley's Return
12. The Law of Love
13. Public Secrets June 2022
14. Treasures
15. Hot Ice
16. All The Possibilities
17. Honest Illusions
18. Sweet Rains
19. Mysterious
20. Irish Hearts
21. Big Jack
22. Playing The Odds
23. Temptation
24. Treasures Lost Treasures Found
25. Tribute
26. Stars
27. Love by Design 
28. High Noon
29. Dangerous

I had to remove the following titles because they are bind ups of single titles on the list 

1. The Quinn Legacy 
2. The Quinn Brothers

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.  

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!!

See you in the next one

Happy reading my loves

  

2020 Jennifer In July Challenge

Hi my loves

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.

Last Year's Stats
Physical TBR: 31 

Ebook TBR: 7

Total To Read: 38

Completed in 2019: 8

Completed in 2020:
Physical TBR: 24
Ebook TBR: 5
To Be Read: 29

Jennifer L Armentrout ( All the Series Starters)

• Midnight and Sins 
• The Darkest Star
• The Return
• White Hot Kiss
• Stone Cold Touch
• LUX

Jennifer  Lynn Barnes:

• Raised by Wolves
• Trial By Fire (A Raised by Wolves Novel)

Jennifer Bernard

• The Fireman Who Love Me (Book 1)
• Hot For Fireman (Book 2)

Jenna Black

• Glimmerglass

Jennifer Brown

• Torn Away (ARC)
• Thousand Words

Jennifer Cruise:

• Agnes and the Hitman
• Faking It

Jennifer Donnelly

• Deep Blue
• Rogue Wave
• These Shallow Graves (Physical ARC)

Jennifer Greene

• Where Is He Now??
• Blame It on Paris

Jennifer  Haymore

• The Rogue's Proposal (ARC)

Jennifer Holm

• The Fourteenth Goldfish (ARC)

Jennifer Mathieu

• The Truth About Alice (ARC)

Mary Jennifer Payne

• Since You've Been Gone (ARC)

Jennifer Probst:

• Searching for Always
• Searching for Disaster

Jennifer E Smith

• The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight
• The Geography of Me & You (ARC)
• Hello Goodbye and Everything in Between (Physical ARC)

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. 

2019 Books Read:  8          Books Earned from Wishlist: 1
2020 Books Read:      Books Earned From Wishlist:

Would you like to participate with me?? Share what your list looks like and we can motivate each other on twitter, facebook or instagram.

Happy Reading my loves,

July 2020 To Be Read Pile

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:

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.

Key:
Blue means the book added during the month. 
Red= DNF (Did Not Finish) 
Black= Original Titles at the beginning of the month.

Read So Far This Year: 

63

TBR Pile 

225

TBR Balance:
162

Lemonade Syllabus:

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Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Spencer's Forbidden Seduction Brenda Jackson 
• Beverly Jenkins
• Coel's Red Hot Pursuit by Brenda Jackson
• Bane by Brenda Jackson
• One Night with the Wealthy Rancher by Brenda Jackson
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Black Out Challenge:

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Erotica books:

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Non Fiction Books:

1. Religious Book
2. Religious Book
3. 
   

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

Happy Reading

May 2020 TBR

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:

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.

Key:
Blue means the book added during the month. 
Red= DNF (Did Not Finish) 
Black= Original Titles at the beginning of the month.

Read So Far This Year: 

47

TBR Pile 

225

TBR Balance:
178

Lemonade Syllabus:

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2. .

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Brenda Jackson 
• Beverly Jenkins
• Brenda Jackson

Finish Series Challenge:

• Panther Prowling by Yasmine Galenorn ✓
• Yasmine Galenorn ✓
• Sylvia Day Georgian series
• Christine Feehan Shadow Riders: Published 2020
• Christine Feehan Water Bound (Book 1)
• Air Bound by Christine Feehan
• Earth Bound by Christine Feehan  

ARC

• Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai ✓
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Black Out Challenge:

• The Right Swipe Alisha Rai ✓
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Erotica books:

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Non Fiction Books:

1. Religious Book
2. Religious Book
3. Finance Book
4. Social issues Book
5. Personal Interest Book

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

Happy Reading

April 2020 TBR

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:

Key:
Blue means the book added during the month. Red= DNF (Did Not Finish) Black= Original Titles at the beginning of the month.

Read So Far This Year: 

39

TBR Pile
225

TBR Balance:
186

Brenda Jackson Challenge:

• Westmoreland Book
• Steele Book
• Bennett Book

YA/ New Adult Challenge:

1. The Fight by L Divine
2. Jacqueline Woodson
3. Nic Stone
4. Walter Dean Mosley
5. Brave by Tammara Webber ( my final unread book by her) 
6. Losing It by Cora Cormack
7. Slammed Colleen Hoover
8. The Edge of Never by J.R Redmerski

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Christine Feehan
• Sylvia Day
• A. R Torre'
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Finish Series Challenge: ( YA/ NA Books) 

• Forged by Fire by Sharon M Draper
• Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon M Draper
• Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally
• Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally
• Racing Savannah by Miranda Kenneally
• Holly Black Title 
• Holly Black Title

ARC

• Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson
• How To Love Your Elef by Kerrelyn Sparks
• Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai
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Black Out Challenge:

• Panic by Sharon M Draper
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Erotica Books:

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Non Fiction Books:

1. Religious Book

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

Happy Reading

February To Be Read

My goal this year is 225 books, if I break that down it comes out to 19 books per month, with 5 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:

Last month I really just focused on setting up my planners, my vision board and my new year. I barely read anything. Plus, Scribd limited what I could listen to just 2 TWO books. I'm still salty about it.  It's a new month and I'm willing to forgive them because I'm only paying $8.99 a month and getting access to so much, but I'm still side eyeing them.

Key:
Blue means the book added during the month. Red= DNF (Did Not Finish) Black= Original Titles at the beginning of the month.

Read So Far this Year: 3

TBR Pile 

225

TBR Balance:
223

Mocha Girl Reads Book Club:

• We're Going To Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union 

Nora Roberts/ JD Robb Challenge:

• Black Rose ✓
• Red Lily ✓

Brenda Jackson:

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Perpetual Author Challenge:

• "Second Time Sweeter" Beverly Jenkins
• Beverly Jenkins
• Christine Feehan
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Finish It Series:

• Night Huntress by Yasmine Galenorn  ✓
• Demon Mistress by Yasmine Galenorn
• Bone Magic by Yasmine Galenorn 
• Harvest Hunting by Yasmine Galenorn 
• Shadow of Night (All Souls Book 2)
• The Book of Life (All Souls Book 3)

Freshman Series Challenge:

• Freshman Dorm (Freshman 1) 

Men Made In America Challenge:

• Call It Destiny (Alabama) by Jayne Ann Krentz 
• Borrowed Dreams (Alaska) by Debbie Macomber

ARC:

• Awaken The Dragon by A.C. Arthur
• A Cowboy To Remember by Rebekah Weatherspoon
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Black Out Challenge:

• Tears of the Tiger Sharon Draper
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Erotica Books:

• Under His Kilt by Melissa Blue ✓
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Non Fiction Books:

1. Religious Book

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

Happy Reading

January 2020 To Be Read:

My goal this year is 225 books, if I break that down it comes out to 19 books per month, with 5 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:

Read So Far this Year: 1

TBR Pile 

225

TBR Balance:
224

Mocha Girl Reads Book Club:

• Sula by Toni Morrison 

Nora Roberts/ JD Robb Challenge:

• Connections In Death ✓
• Vendetta In Death ✓

Brenda Jackson:

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Perpetual Author Challenge:

• "Second Time Sweeter" Beverly Jenkins
• Beverly Jenkins
• Christine Feehan
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Finish It Series:

• Night Huntress by Yasmine Galenorn 

Freshman Series Challenge:

• Freshman Dorm (Freshman 1) 

Men Made In America Challenge:

• Call It Destiny (Alabama) by Jayne Ann Krentz 
• Borrowed Dreams (Alaska) by Debbie Macomber

ARC:

• Awaken The Dragon by A.C. Arthur
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Black Out Challenge:

• Sharon Draper
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Erotica Books:

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Non Fiction Books:

1. Religious Book

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

Happy Reading

December 2019 To Be Read

Welcome my loves it's December 2019 the end of the year is right around the corner. With the end of the Gregorian calendar, I'm looking at the resolutions I made at the beginning of the year and I'm so happy about how close I am to making my goals.

And my November was a fantastic month of reading.  not just in the number of books I read, but also in the quality of books I read. I had a lot of 4 and 5 stars reads and I'm hoping this month will also be the same. This month I came closer to my

My goal this year is 150  books, if I break that down it comes out to 13 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:

Read So Far This Year: 144

TBR Pile 150

TBR Balance: 6

Monthly Goal: 13

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Brenda Jackson 
• Beverly Jenkins
• Nora Roberts/ JD Robb  Festive In Death #39, 

Finish Series Challenge:

• Sylvia Day 

Top 19  List

• Jan Read: Shifting (haven't finished yet)
• April Read:
• May Read:

Black Out Challenge:

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Erotica Book Selection: 

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Book Club Book: (This month I'm skipping this one since it's not a title I own, however, I'm listing it so I know what the book was for this month at the end of the year).

• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

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

Happy Reading

November 2019 To Be Read

Hi my loves,

It's my birthday month and I can't wait!!! It's also the Bookoutlet Black Friday sale, as well as the month Frozen comes out, incidentally ON my birthday!!!!!
I'm so freaking excited.  It's also time to decorate for Yule and now that I'm in my own space?? Girl you best believe I'm going even more ham than before. I so excite!!!

It's time for holiday books and holiday movies, soup, crockpot dinners and cozy fall days. The last few months have been amazing in reading for me and I'm so close to my goal for the year. This month I hope to finish it out strong.

My goal this year is 150  books, if I break that down it comes out to 13 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:

Read So Far This Year: 133

TBR Pile 150

TBR Balance: 17
Monthly Goal: 13

Non Fiction November Challenge: Can be found on Goodreads and Booktube hosted by The Book Olive. Video can be found here.

• Design.
• Sport
• True
• Voice

Holiday Reading List Can be found in the link. I have a whole slew of books to read and I will also be watching and enjoying a ton of Yule movies. I'll be sharing my thoughts and opinions with you as well on those. Make sure to share your favorite movies below so I can check them out as well. Of course Holiday book recommendations are always appreciated as well.

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Brenda Jackson 
• Beverly Jenkins

Finish Series Challenge:

• Sylvia Day 

Top 19  List

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Black Out Challenge:

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Erotica Book Selection: 

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Book Club Book: (This month I'm skipping this one since it's not a title I own, however, I'm listing it so I know what the book was for this month at the end of the year).

• There There by Tommy Orange 

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

Happy Reading

October 2019 To Be Read

Hi my loves

It's October and officially my favorite month of the year. We've been kicking ass on our goals so far this year and I'm loving my reading. This month I want to work on the books from the paranormal shelf, which I have been severely neglecting so far this year. Listed below are a few of the authors I want to read this month.

My goal this year is 150  books, if I break that down it comes out to 13 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:

Read So Far This Year: 117

TBR Pile 150

TBR Balance: 33
Monthly Goal: 13

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Brenda Jackson 
• Beverly Jenkins

Finish Series Challenge:

• Diana Madden Series by Alessandra Torre': If You Dare, Don't Disturb

Clean Up my Unread Friday Reads:

• The Witches by Roald Dahl 
• The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

Black Out Challenge:

• .LA Banks 
• .L.L. McKinney A Dream So Dark 
• Rebekah Weatherspoon " Xeni A Marriage of Inconvenience" 

Rewind Books:

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Erotica Book Selection: 

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Book Club Book: (This month I'm skipping this one since it's not a title I own, however, I'm listing it so I know what the book was for this month at the end of the year).

• The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy

Spooky Reads for the Season:

Authors:

• L.A. Banks 
• Heather Graham & the Krewe of Hunters series
• Gena Showalter
• Nalini Singh
• Yasmine Galenorn
• Maggie Shayne
• Shiloh Walker
• Katie MacAlister
• Jennifer L Armentrout
• Holly Black
• Lilith Saintcrow
• Natasha Preston
• Christine Feehan
• Alice Hoffman

These are some of the authors who write within the paranormal genre I have a few books I want to buy and wish to read. If you have any favorite authors in the genre let me know and I will definitely add to them to my TBR list to check out.

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

Happy Reading

September 2019 To Be Read

Hey my loves, with Fall coming I love looking back at the year and seeing how I have done so far, this year I decided to look back at previous Septembers and seeing how my numbers look.

I have been going back over the past few years worth of tbr videos & lists shared here on the blog.  I decided I wanted to look at the books and prompts that I missed and see what I can add on my tbr for this year.What i found is I have missed 43 prompts in the last few years and 44 actual book titles that I shared. This year I wanted to grab a few books from these prompts and lists for this years reading lists.

My goal this year is 150  books, if I break that down it comes out to 13 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:

Read So Far This Year: 105

TBR Pile 150

TBR Balance: 45
Monthly Goal: 13

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Brenda Jackson 
• Beverly Jenkins

Finish Series Challenge:

• Sylvia Day 

Black Out Challenge:

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Erotica Book Selection: 

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Book Club Book: (This month I'm skipping this one since it's not a title I own, however, I'm listing it so I know what the book was for this month at the end of the year).

• Educated by Tara Westover 

2013 to 2018 Prompts and Titles I want to check out this year:

Banned Books Week TBR:

• The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison
• Beloved Toni Morrison
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Prompts:

• Christine Feehan book ( new one coming this month so I will read that one) 
• 10 books from shelves
• A little Night Magic by Lucy Monroe 
• 3 L. A Banks books: Crimson Moon Series 
• Krewe of Hunters by Heather Graham
• Gena Showalter
• Cheyenne Mcray
• Holly Black
• Nora Roberts Black Rose
• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
• Faerie Tale
• Alice Hoffman title
• YA horror/ paranormal
• NA horror/ paranormal
• Paranormal titles 5

These are the ones I want to work on this month. Plus I will be putting up my Spooky TBR for the entire fall season.  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

Happy Reading

August 2019 To Be Read

Welcome my loves it's August 2019. And my July was a fantastic month of reading; not just in the number of books I read, but also in the quality of books I read. I had a lot of 4 and 5 stars reads and I'm hoping this month will also be the same.

For August besides my usual prompts, I'm going to be doing ARC August as well as Austen In August. Find our what I plan to read for those down below.

My goal this year is 150  books, if I break that down it comes out to 13 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:

Read So Far This Year: 87

TBR Pile 150

TBR Balance: 63

Monthly Goal: 13

I actually am doing VEDA (Vlog every day in August) this year and I made a TBR video as well, I'll link it here.

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Brenda Jackson Star of Hi Heart, Stranded with a tempting stranger
• Beverly Jenkins

Finish Series Challenge:

• Don't Tempt Me Sylvia Day 

Top 19  List

• Jan Read: Shifting (haven't finished yet)
• April Read:
• May Read: A Princess Theory by Alyssa Cole
• June: Second Time Sweeter Beverly Jenkins
• July: Souls Revealed by Dawn Marie Daniels & Candace Sandy

Black Out Challenge:

• Jambalaya by Luisah Teish
• .A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

Kimberla Lawson Roby:

• A Taste of Reality
• A Deep Dark Secret
• The Perfect Marriage
• Best Friends Forever
• One in a Million
• Copycat

Erotica Book Selection: 

• The Exhibitionist by Tara Sue Me 

Book Club Book: (This month I'm skipping this one since it's not a title I own, however, I'm listing it so I know what the book was for this month at the end of the year).

• Murder with Fried Chicken & Waffles by A. L Herber

ARCs

• Color Me In Natasha Diaz
• Last Night Karen Ellis
• A Map Of the Dark Karen Ellis
• Highland Crown May McGoldrich
• The Perfect Date Evelyn Lozada
• Kingdom of Exiles Maxiym Matineau
• No Other Duke But You
• The Long call Ann Cielves
• Never Day Duke Erica Ridley
• Feels Like Summer Time Tammy Faulkner
• Ferocity Summer 

2018 ARCs Only:

• Dare to Fall Estelle Maskame
• The XY Virginia Bergin
• Kiss the Girls Tara Sivec

Leftover Books: Books from other months TBR that I didn't conquer.

• Valiant by Holly Black
• The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
• That Summer by Sarah Dessen

Non Fiction Reads:

• The Principles of Druidry by Emma Restall Orr
• Seasons of the Sacred Earth by Cliff Seryntine

So this is a pretty ambitious TBR, but I think I can knock some of these off easily.  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

Happy Reading

July 2019 To Be Read

Welcome my loves it's July 2019. This month's theme is going to be Jennifer July, Originally the Jennifer challenge was about reading Jennifer L Armentrout's books from my shelves, this year I want to read all the Jennifer authors I have on the shelves.  I'm also pulling any authors with "jen" in their names, like Jenna/Jenn and such.

My goal this year is 150  books, if I break that down it comes out to 13 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:

Read So Far This Year: 79

TBR Pile 150

TBR Balance: 71
Monthly Goal: 13

June Left Over:

1. With The Fire On High Elizabeth Acevado
2. This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas
3. Long Way Home Katie McGarry
4. On The Come Up Angie Thomas
5. The Darkest Part of the Forest Holly Black
6. Valiant Holly Black

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Brenda Jackson 
• Beverly Jenkins

Finish Series Challenge:

• Sylvia Day 

Top 19  List

• Jan Read: Shifting (haven't finished yet)
• April Read:
• May Read: 
• June: Second Time Sweeter Beverly Jenkins

Black Out Challenge:

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Erotica Book Selection: 

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Book Club Book: (This month I'm skipping this one since it's not a title I own, however, I'm listing it so I know what the book was for this month at the end of the year).

• Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen

Jennifer In July Reading List:

Jennifer Cruise

1. Anyone but you 
2. Hot Toy (ARC)
3. Agnes and the hitman
4. Faking it

Jennifer Probst

1. Searching for Perfect
2. Searching for Beautiful
3. Searching for always
4. Searching for disaster
5. Searching for Someday
6. All or nothing at all
7. The marriage bargain
8. Everywhere & Everyway
9. All the Way
10. The marriage trap

Jennifer Donnelly

1. Deep Blue
2. Rogue Wave
3. These Shallow Graves

JLA

1. Lux Beginnings
2. Origin
3. The Return
4. White Hot Kiss
5. Stone Cold Touch

Jennifer Brown

1. Thousand Words

Jenn Murgio

1. Forest of Whispers

Jen Greene

1. Where is he now
2. Blame it on Paris

Jennifer Morey

1. A Rancher's dangerous affair

Jennifer E Smith

1. The Statistical Probability of love at first sight

Jennifer Stevenson

1. The Velvet Chair

Jen Bernand

1. The fireman who loved me
2. Hot for fireman

Jenny B Jones

1. Save The Date

Jenn Lynn Barnes

1. Trial by Fire
2. Raised by Wolves

Jenna Black

1. Glimmerglass

Jenn Colonita

1. VIP I'm with the band

This gives me a whole variety of books I can read from so I won't be bored. 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

Happy Reading

June 2019 To Be Read:

Welcome back to another round of goals for June 2019. This month I'm going with a theme since summer officially starts in June I want to read all the summer books. All the fun lighthearted reads for summer especially the romances. I'm also going to read the books with Summer in the title.

My goal this year is 150  books, if I break that down it comes out to 13 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:

Read So Far This Year: 

TBR Pile 150

TBR Balance: 94
Monthly Goal: 13

Summer Reading Lists:

I'm talking all the books on my shelves with the title "Summer" in there:

• How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles
• The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry
• Suddenly Last Summer by Sarah Morgan
• Secrets of the Lost Summer Carla Neggers
• Blazing Midsummer Nights by Leslie Kelly
• Big Sky Summer Linda Lael Miller
• Summer Days Susan Mallery
• Endless Summer Nights Anthology with Donna Hill, Grace Octavia Delaney Diamond
• Last Summer with Maizon Jacqueline Woodson
• Ferocity Summer by Alissa Grosso

I also want to read books that are considered summer reads from my shelves. Books that take place during the summer, books that are always listed on summer reading lists on goodreads, especially mermaid books. (I physically own all of these, so these will count to my Read My Shelves goal for 2019)

Sarah Dessen Catalog (I Own these):

1. Along For the Ride
2. Keeping THe Moon
3. Someone Like You 
4. The Truth About Forever
5. Dreamland
6. Just Listen

Random titles:

• Excuse my fins by Tera Lynn Childs
• Since You've Been Gone Morgan Matson
• Nantucket Red by Leila Howland
• Beautiful Day Elin Hilderbrand
• Three Sisters (Blackberry Island 2) Susan Mallery
• This is What Happy Looks Like Jennifer Smith * If I don't get to this for June I'll add it into Jennifer July*
• Waiting For You Susanne Colasanti

Nora Roberts:

1. Whiskey Beach
2. Rising Tides
3. Inner Harbor
4. Chesapeake Blue
5. Homeport 
6. Seaswept

Books I'll Borrow: These are titles I need to read to be able to read the books I actually own, due to them being the second or third in a series))

• Nantucket Blue
• Barefoot Season (Blackberry Island 1) by Susan Mallery

Book Club Book: (This month I'm skipping this one since it's not a title I own, however, I'm listing it so I know what the book was for this month at the end of the year).

• The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde

Non-Summer Reads (not necessarily on theme, but I want to get read anyway)

Nora Roberts:

• Northern Lights
• Hot Rocks
• Tribute
• High Noon
• Honest Illusions
• Public Secrets 

These are some of her standalone titles and I want to clean up that shelf, because I may have ordered more of her books from paperbackswap, and of course, in July the big annual library book sale is going to happen so I need space on this shelf.

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

Happy Reading

May 2019 To Be Read:

Welcome my loves it's May 2019. And my April was a fantastic month of reading.  not just in the number of books I read, but also in the quality of books I read. I had a lot of 4 and 5 stars reads and I'm hoping this month will also be the same.

My goal this year is 150  books, if I break that down it comes out to 13 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:

Read So Far This Year: 42

TBR Pile 150

TBR Balance: 108
Monthly Goal: 13

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Brenda Jackson A Brother's Honor
• Beverly Jenkins 

Finish Series Challenge:

• Sylvia Day Crossfire Series
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Top 19  List

• Jan Read: Shifting (haven't finished yet)
• April Read:
• May Read:

Black Out Challenge:

• Beverly Jenkin's Capture
• Beverly Jenkins Wind Sweet Love

Erotica Book Selection: 

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Book Club Book: (This month I'm skipping this one since it's not a title I own, however, I'm listing it so I know what the book was for this month at the end of the year).

• S.J Sindu  Marriage of A Thousand Lies

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

Happy Reading

April 2019 To Be Read:

And Spring has officially sprung and we are into a new month. It's a fresh new start and we have a chance to kick this quarter's goals in the butt. So let's go!!!

We are going to put in the reading work and achieve 150 books read.  Watching my pattern from the past few years, during the fall I don't get much if anything read, so I'm changing up the plan of attack. 

My goal this year is 150  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:

Read So Far This Year: 30

TBR Pile 150

TBR Balance: 120
Monthly Goal: 20

Lemonade Syllabus:

1. Jan Read: Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillian
2. April Read: 

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Brenda Jackson A Brother's Honor

Finish Series Challenge:

• Sylvia Day Crossfire Series

Top 19  List

• Jan Read: Shifting ( haven't finished yet)
• March Read: Pushout (haven't finished yet)
• April Read:

Black Out Challenge:

• Beverly Jenkin's Sexy/Dangerous
• Beverly Jenkin's Capture
• Beverly Jenkins Wind Sweet Love

Book Club Book: (This month I'm skipping this one since it's not a title I own, however, I'm listing it so I know what the book was for this month at the end of the year).

• The Fifth Season by N. K. Jeminson

These are a few of the known books I'm going to read and then everything else will be mood reading. 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

Happy Reading

March 2019 To Be Read:

Welcome to March of 2019 my loves, we're three months in and I'm kind of slacking on the reading goal, however this month I really want to put in the work and knock down the 18 books I want to read.

Put in the reading work and achieve 150 books read.  Watching my pattern from the past few years, during the fall I don't get much if anything read, so I'm changing up the plan of attack. 

My goal this year is 150  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:

Read So Far this Year: 

18

TBR Pile 

150

TBR Balance:
132

Lemonade Syllabus:

1. Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan 
2. Watch the movie adaptation
3. Shifting by Charisse Jones

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• Brenda Jackson A Brother's Honor
• Christine Feehan

Finish Series Challenge:

• Monica Murphy Savor & Intoxicated.

Men Made in America (two titles per month)

• Jan
• Jan
• Feb
• Feb
• Mar
• Mar

Black Out Challenge:

• Like Water for Chocolate~ Book Club read
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Sylvia Day

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• .

Top 19 Books:

1. Jewel Beverly Jenkins
2. .

Book Club Picks:

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

I know this doesn't have a lot of books listed but I'm leaving myself the room to pick up books based on mood. I'm also trying to stick within each of the topics.  I have a few books that have rolled over from last month that I need to pick up and complete. 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

Happy Reading

ARC Book #Review: One Tough Cowboy by Lora Leigh .@LoraLeigh_1

Book Title: One Tough Cowboy
Author:  Lora Leigh |Website| Twitter| Facebook|

Publisher: St. Martin's Press/ Romance
Genre: Romance
Series/Standalone: Series 1
Format: ebook, Mass Market

Cost: $7.99

Pages: 304

How I got it: NetGalley

Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Publisher
Publication Date: January 29, 2019
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Synopsis:

LAW AND ORDER.
For as long as Samantha can remember, Hunter—a man as strong as steel, with a heart of gold—has been her hero. It came as no surprise to Samantha when she found out that the ranch-hardened cowboy who always protected her from bullies went on to become the town’s sheriff. What does surprise her is how incredibly hot he still is. And how much she still wants him…

PRIDE AND PASSION

And, lo and behold, Hunter still has feelings for Samantha. The long-smoldering heat of their innocent flirtation has grown into a full-raging fire. But when tragedy strikes, and their small-town community is shattered, Hunter vows to do everything he can to keep his childhood sweetheart safe. But can Samantha trust that Hunter has her best interests at heart…and that, after all these years, his love is true?

Ok, y'all know I have been a fan of Lora's writing for years,  of course, I snagged this one once I had a chance and I'm so glad I did.  This is a second chance romance and apparently, it's the start of a new series?? Heeyyyyy!!!

Let's look at the setup, Sam returned home to the small town that captured her heart. She's also back for the man she has idolized since she was younger. A veteran police officer in her adopted city she's visiting to put her grandmother to rest, and to carry out her will.  I absolutely loved that Hutner and Sam had a history but were always 1 to 2 steps away from each other. Just a little out of sync.  One of my fave lines was "Sam, we're in a cornfield right now". I cackled for a good fifteen minutes.  They had good chemistry and flowed together well.

I was intrigued by the mystery of the town and wondering what the mayor was up to. I loved how the mystery behind the town drew Sam in and put her in the position of wondering if she should move back home.  This also put her back in Hunter's crosshairs as they hadn't synced before and yet here they are now, she's grown and capable and they have the opportunity that they never had before.

I was horrified at the end during the woods scene because like Hunter I knew it would have broken Sam.  The idea that people would be so careless and greedy is always so shocking (and yet if we only look to the news now we can tell this is something that really happens) . I have to say as the story unfolded and the villains became known, I had to wonder at people's motivations. I especially had to wonder about the people in each of their lives, like her ex showing up and putting himself in the mix of things and expecting her to be happy about it. UGhhh.

I want to know more about Hunter's mystery friend and his team especally the woman that gave Hunter the peep show. Cackling at that scene by the way.

A few cons I noted was each time that Sam started to show some skill as a police officer, to question things, Hunter shut her down by seducing her. Now I don't know if he meant to do that each time, but whenever they were alone and should be working on the case they just ended up having sex. It was erotic and steamy but at times I was like Right now?? You think right now is the time for this??

As erotica, it flowed well and was very erotic and kept you turning the pages to get to those scenes, however as erotica that's supposed to have a mystery suspense angle they spent way too much tie having sex (I Know shock I said that. Lmao). Lora herself has written the Breed series which balances this at times good and sometimes they end up like this where the story kind of gets buried beneath the romance and erotica aspects.  I felt like necessary scenes were either too short or kind of rushed so that we could get back to the romance, and I wanted more of a balance.  Don't get me wrong I still enjoyed the story and can't wait to see more from Hunter's friend, but I'm hoping there is more of a balance from the second novel.

Have you read it?? Let me know what you think in the comments down below.

 ★★★★☆

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Sierra Cartwright's Danger Zone ( Contemporary- Military) 
• Lauren Dane's Undercover (Sci-Fi Erotica)
• Kaitlyn O'Connor's Clone Wars: Armageddon (Sci Fi Erotica)
• Forbidden Pleasure by Lora Leigh ( Contemporary Erotica-- Romantic Suspense) 
• Jory Strong's Inked Magic (Paranormal Suspense~~ Menage) 

Happy Reading my loves,