Quarter 3 Wrap Up : July/ August/ September 2022

 Hi my loves

Let's take a look back at the last three months and see how far in our goals we have gone. 

Goal For The Year: 175

Books Read Total: 190

Books Read in Quarter: July: 16/ Aug: 16 / Sept:  15

Updated Goal for Quarter 4: 225

Click this link To See all the books read for each month

Let's look at what's left on the 2022 Goals list to be completed. Black= Original tasks/ Blue= updated tasks/ Red = Completed

1. Reading Goal for the Year: 100  COMPLETED!!! Updated on July to 175 August to 200, End of September updated to 225
2. Read 15 books minimum per quarter 
3. Participate in 2 book clubs each month, along with book discussions
4. Complete 7 of the Challenges I have given myself
5. Read 75 owned books Currently @ 90
6. 25 Non-Fiction books
7. Return to the daily reads for my spiritual books
8. One religious monthly read per month. 
9. Use Scribd/ Hoopla & Libby to make sure I'm reading all that I can and utilizing all my resources
10. Increase Black authors on the books shelves
11. Work on the 7 most unread author's shelves
12. Maintain a purge a list and make sure to list books on paperbackswap, after three months donate to local library.
13. Work through the ARCs on my shelves and purge down duplicates and titles I am no longer interested in.  

Lemonade Syllabus Challenge 

Goal:12,

Achieved: 1

Balance: 11

Complete:

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Brenda Jackson Challenge:  Complete  2 of the family sagas, and maintain the current place in the  Westmoreland series  COMP[LETED

Goal:12,

Achieved: 17

Series Completed: 2  (Steeles) & Bachelor Series 

Over All Balance: 0

Series Balance: 0

Nora Roberts Challenge: COMPLETED

Goal:12,

Achieved: 38

Series:8

Balance: 0

Christine Feehan Challenge:

Goal:12,

Achieved: 1

Balance: 11

New Author Challenge:  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)  COMPLETED

Goal:12,

Achieved: 14

Balance: 0

1. Michele Grant
2. Sharon M Draper
3. Zuri Day
4. Mia Sheridan
5. Nalini Singh
6. Lutisha Lovely
7. Bernice McFadden
8. Octavia Butler
9. Stephanie Jones
10. Reese Ryan
11. Melissa Blue
12. Rachel Smythe
13. Nella Larsen
14. Kwana Jackson

Med Made in America Challenge: I used a random number generator to help pick the states I was going to read.  I got the following 

Goal:5

Achieved: 0

Balance: 5

• #2 Alaska Borrowed Dreams by Debbie Macomber
• #16 Kansas: A Time To Keep by 
• #41 South Dakota: For Old Times Sake by Kathleen Eagle
• #43 Texas For the Love of Mike by Candice Schaler
• #47 Washington: The Waiting Game by Jayne Ann Krentz

ARC Challenge: Read a few of the books I have on my ebook and physical shelf to clean up my numbers somewhat.

Goal:12,

Achieved: 1

Balance: 11

Incomplete Series Tracker: Work on finishing some of the series I'm aware I'm reading books in.  

Goal:12

Achieved: 7

Balance: 5

Completed:

• Modern Love by Alisha Rai
• Brown Sisters by Talia Hibbert
• Dreamers Series by Adriana Herrera
• Thunder Point by Robyn Carr
• Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
• Bachelor In Demand by Brenda Jackson
• Women Who Dare by Beverly Jenkins

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. 

Love You lots

Happy Reading and see you later

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

  

Quarter 1 Wrap Up: Jan 1 to March 31, 2020

Hi my loves

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:

Year Goal:225

Current: 39

 Balance: 186

Series Completed: (Number of Books Read)

• Inn Boonsboro Trilogy by Nora Roberts (2) 
• In The Garden Series by Nora Roberts (2)
• In Death Series by J.D. Robb (Current) 
• All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness (2)
• Forbidden Hearts Trilogy by Alisha Rai (3)

Series Started & Caught Up On:

• Blessing Series by Beverly Jenkins (Book 9)
• Brooklyn Brujas by Zoraida Cordova (Book 1) 
• MacKade Brothers by Nora Roberts (Book 1) 
• Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon by Yasmine Galenorn (Books 5-13)
• Westmoreland Legacies by Brenda Jackson (Book 3) 
• Heirs of Hansol by Jayci Lee (Book 1) 
• Bliss Colorado by Lexi Blake ( Book 1) 

Blackout Challenge Books:

• Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo
• American Street by Ibi Zoboi
• Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

Statistics Time:

Total Read: 39

Physically Owned: 29

2020 Purchased/ Hauled: 2

Owned (From my Shelves inc ebooks owned): 32

Unowned/ Borrowed From Library/ Subscription service) : 3

ARCS: 4

Reading Format 

Ebook: 8

Audiobook: 31

Physical : 0

Haul (From Jan to March)

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:

ARCS: 11

• American Sweethearts (Dreamers # 4) by Adriana Herrera
• A Cowboy to Remember  (Cowboys of California # 1) by Rebekah Weatherspoon
•  Four Days of You & Me by Miranda Kenneally
•  Girl Gone Viral (Modern Love # 2) by Alisha Rai
•  How to Love Your Elf (Embraced/ Embraced by Magic #1) by Kerrelyn Sparks
•  My One True Cowboy (River Ranch # 4) by Soraya Lane
•  Dr. Wangari Maarthai Plants a Forest by Rebel Girls
•  Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson
• Seduced by a Steele (Forged by a Steele)  by Brenda Jackson
• The Bachelor (Duke Dynasty 2) by Sabrina Jeffries
• Temporary Wife Temptation ( The Heirs of Hansol # 1) by Jayci Lee

Pre-Orders: 4

• Temporary Wife Temptation ( The Heirs of Hansol # 1) by Jayci Lee
• Blame It On The Billionaire (Blackout Billionaire # 3) by Naima Simone
• The Arrangement by Sylvia Day
• On the Corner of Hope & Main (Blessings # 10)  by Beverly Jenkins

Dollar Tree & Paperbackswap: 

• A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom
• Manners & Mutiny ( Finishing School # 4)  by Gail Carriger
• Odd One Out by Nic Stone
• Bounce XO ( Boomerang # 3) by Noelle August 
• Inked (Anthology) Yasmine Galenorn
• Never After (Anthology) by Yasmine Galenorn
• Contact Yoga (Tabletop Book) 

Unhaul:

While I have been bringing in a few titles I have also gotten rid of a few. through my paperbackswap listing. (Check me out if you want to trade books as well) 

1. Tangled Threat by Heather Graham. I had two copies and since this wasn't a book I saw myself re-reading I traded them both. 
2. Jesus Through Pagan Eyes.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. 
3. Awakened 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.  

And that's where we are so far.  I'm loving my progress so far this year, it's going great. I've read quite a few books from all the different shelves in my library and I'm excited to see where we end up next quarter.

How are you doing on your challenge this year so far?? Read anything interesting this quarter?? What are your goals for next quarter??

February 2020 In Review:

Good Morning my loves,

It's the end of the month and it's time to account for our recent accomplishments and failures. How did you do this month?? I did pretty well actually. First I ended up being able to read 5 audiobooks before Scribd limited me again, but that's ok because I finally was able to gain access to Hoopla from my previous library card (it had expired I know *shock*) and they had so many more good books on audio that I just had to gobble up.

I felt so motivated to read this month and enjoy myself so let's look at what happened when that worked out:

Book Hauls:
 I had a few pre-orders come in, however, I'm going to do a quarter haul ( January to March)  since it's not a lot of books.

Reviews on the Blog This Month:
I'll be honest I wasn't as prepared as I should have been for the past two months, lots of reading but no motivation to write reviews, so no reviews. Sorry.

Read So Far This Year: 3

Books Read This Month: 21

Yearly Goal: 225   

Monthly Goal:   13

 Balance: 201

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

Mocha Girl Reads Book Club:

• We're Going To Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union UNREAD I don't own it and wasn't able to borrow it in time. 

Nora Roberts/ JD Robb Challenge:

• Black Rose ✓
• Red Lily ✓

Brenda Jackson: NONE THIS MONTH.
20 Books To Read in 2020:

• Hate To Want You (Forbidden Hearts #1) Alisha Rai

Perpetual Author Challenge:

• "Second Time Sweeter" Beverly Jenkins ✓
• Beverly Jenkins
• Christine Feehan

Finish It Series:

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

Freshman Series Challenge: INCOMPLETE

• Freshman Dorm (Freshman 1) 

Men Made In America Challenge: INCOMPLETE

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

ARC:

• Awaken The Dragon by A.C. Arthur INCOMPLETE
• Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
• The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
• Temporary Wife Temptation by Jayci Lee

Black Out Challenge:

• Tears of the Tiger Sharon M. Draper INCOMPLETE
• Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
• American Street by Ibi Zoboi
• Second Time Sweeter by Beverly Jenkins

Erotica Books:

• Under His Kilt by Melissa Blue ✓
• Honor Bound by Joey W Hill (RE-READ

Non-Fiction Books: INCOMPLETE

1. Religious Book

Book Reviews To Look Forward to Next Month:

Everything I read this month.  I had an amazing reading month and can't wait to share my thoughts on the books.

TV Shows Binged:

All three seasons of The Good Place. Wow what a show. I loved it, it took me a few episodes to get into it, but once I did???!!!

checkout the preview:

What'd you read this month?? Share in the comments down below and let's discuss. Good luck with your goals next month!!

January 2020 In Review

I've never been this happy to see the back of a month the way I'm happy for January to go. Sweet Gods this month was like 90 days in a month, the amount of foolishness that kicked off. I can't deal.

For those not aware of RWA imploding starting in December right before Christmas and then falling apart in the new year. There is so much foolishness that started this and it's ridiculous that people are willing to let their racists feelings matter more than the feelings of Black and other authors of Color. Then of course the press got the information wrong like always.  

Then let's talk about Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan having to leave the royal family due to all the racism aimed at them. 

Then tons of personal things as well and January can kick jagged rocks in flip flops. 

I got only three books read this month because I ended up watching tons of tv to deal with the foolishness in my life.

I literally marathoned Sabrina Chilling Adventures in two days. I have been re-watching GRIMM because Nick and Adalind are so cute together and this was one of the best endings to a series I have seen in a long time.

Book Hauls:

• Stacking The Shelves ( First Edition of 2020)

Reviews on the Blog This Month:

• Audiobook Review: Connections In Death ( In Death #48) by J.D. Robb
• Audiobook Review: Vendetta In Death ( In Death #49) by J. D. Robb

Books Read This Month: 3
Yearly Goal: 225   Monthly Count: 13   Balance: 222

• Re-Read: Velvet Ties by Susie Charles (ebook)
• Connections In Death by J. D Robb ( audiobook)
• Vendetta In Death by J. D Robb (audiobook) 

That's it. Scribd limited my audiobooks for the month and as I'm having more difficulty with my vision I wasn't able to read on the kindle as much this month so no real reading went on.

Book Reviews To Look Forward to Next Month:

It's Black History Month so I will be featuring some of my favorite romance writers and their works. And the Black Romance Author Feature will make it's return 

How'd you do?? Did you have a better reading month?? Share what you read in the comments down below and good luck in February with your reading goals. 

October 2019 In Review:

This has been one of the better months this year. Not only did I read quite a bit and read widely too, I also had good audiobook experiences. I'm so hooked to them now. I shared my deep dive into a new favorite author's catalog, Seressia's work really pulled me out of the start of a slump and jumpstarted the month.  Checkout below to see what else I read this month

Also I'm going to have a separate post about my adventures at KissCon in Mohegan Sun this past Saturday October 29th, 2019. It was awesome, I will also have a haul from there as well.

Book Hauls:
Stacking The Shelves # 24: The NetGalley Edition
Stacking The Shelves # 25: The Library Book Sale
Stacking The Shelves # 26: Harlequin Haul

Weekly Wrap Up Post:

Check out the wrap up here

Reviews on the Blog This Month:

Part Two:

1. Dark Illusion by Christine Feehan Review
2. Sleep with the Lights On by Maggie Shayne Review
3. Dream of Danger by Maggie Shayne Review
4. Shadow Blade by Seressia Glass Review
5. Shadow Chase by Seressia Glass Review
6. Shadow Fall by Seressia Glass Review
7. ARC Wake To Darkness by Maggie Shayne Review
8. Innocent Prey By Maggie Shayne Review
9. Deadly Obsession by Maggie Shayne Review
10. ARC Xeni: An Marriage of Inconvenience by Rebekah Weatherspoon Review
11. Seducing The Jackal by Seressia Glass Review
12. Hunting The Jackal by Seressia Glass Review
13. Claiming The Jackal by Seressia Glass Review
14. Audiobook Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn Review
15. Audiobook Love In Catalina Cove by Brenda Jackson Review
16. Audiobook Forget Me Not by Brenda Jackson Review
17. ARC Finding Home by Brenda Jackson Review

Books Read This Month: 

Yearly Goal: 150   Monthly Count: 15   Balance: 16

Part Two: 

Book Reviews To Look Forward to Next Month:

These are just a few of the books I've read recently that I want to review and share my thoughts on with you. I also have a video and a small haul from a recent author event I can't wait to share withy ou as well. How did your October go??

What have you read recently that I should check out??  Thanks for stopping by and seeing the progress my loves.

Month In Review: July 2018

Wait, how can it already be the end of the month??? That's so crazy. Summer is almost gone, y'all gone!! Well since it's gone here are the books I have read, the reviews I have written and a recap of all the awesomeness that came my way.

Waiting on Wednesdays: The Books coming out this month that I would love to get my hands on. What are you lusting for??

• WOW: A Duke By Default by Alyssa Cole
• WOW: Pale As Death by Heather Graham
• WOW: The Impossibility Of Us by Katy Upperman
• WOW: Small Town Rumors by Carolyn Brown

Book Hauls:

1. Stacking the Shelves (17)
2. Stacking the Shelves (18) The Strand Edition 
3. Stacking the Shelves  (19) The Ebook Edition
4. Stacking the Shelves (20) Thriftbooks & The Dollar Tree

Reviews on the Blog This Month:

• Out of this World Marriage by Maggie Shayne
• Revealed: A Prnce and A Pregnancy by Kelly Hunter
• The Billionaire's Pregnant Mistress by Lucy Monroe
• Contracted a Wife For the Bedroom by Carol Marinelli
• The Obsession by Nora Roberts
• Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts
• Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

• Monday Movie Review: Set It Up 

• Monday Movie Review: Everything, Everything

Books Read This Month: 12

Yearly Goal: 150   Monthly Count: 12   Balance: 67

These are the prompts I was using to complete my monthly TBR.  Blue means I filled them in during the month.  Black are from the beginning TBR. 

Lemonade Syllabus:

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Perpetual Author Challenge:

• 2-3 Brenda Jackson Books
• Ming Game & Night Game Ghostwalker Series by Christine Feehan
• The Obsession by Nora Roberts ✔
• Cross Breed by Lora Leigh.(ARC) ✔

Finish Series Challenge:

• Fifth Grave Past The Light by Daryna Jones
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ARC

• Crossbreed by Lora Leigh ✔
• Dagger's Edge by Lora Leigh ✔ 
• Surviving Adam Meade by Shannon Klare✔
• The Breakup by Erin McCarthy ✔
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Black Out Challenge:

• Between The World & Me by Ta-Nahisi Coates ✔
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevado ✔
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• .
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Erotica books:

• Decadent by Shayla Black
• .
• .

Non-Fiction Books:

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

Summer Reading Challenge Books:

• Out of this World Marriage by Maggie Shayne
• Revealed: A Prince and A Pregnancy by
• The Billionaire's Pregnant Mistress 
• First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen

Book Reviews To Look Forward to Next Month: I read a few books as ARCs that are coming out this month, I can't wait to share my thought with y'all.

• Dagger's Edge by Lora Leigh

• The Breakup by Erin McCarthy

• Surviving Adam Meade by Shannon Klare

These are just a few of the books I read this month and I have audiobook reviews to share and I just am so proud of how well this month went. 

And that's a wrap!!! I was very excited once I started to put this together and realized what a productive and fun month I had. I can't wait to see how I do next month!!! I hope you're doing well in your challenges as well. Have you read any of these?? What's on your accomplished for the month list?? Share down below so we can pat each other on the back about a job well done and I'll see you tomorrow.  

Month In Review: June 2018

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.

Book Haules:

• Stacking the Shelves (13)
• Stacking the Shelves (14)
• Stacking the Shelves (15)
• Stacking the Shelves (16)

Highly Anticipated Reads:

• Waiting on Wednesday: Copycat by Hannah Jayne
• Waiting on Wednesday: Moonlight Seduction by Jennifer L Armentrout
• Waiting on Wednesday: Even Money Alessandra Torre'
• Waiting on Wednesday: 

Reviews On THe Blog This Month:

• Swipe Right To Mate by D. J Bryce
• All I Need by Suzanne Colasanti

This month I completed the 13 books and have now moved up to the following statistics

Read So Far this Year: 

71

TBR Pile 

150

TBR Balance:

79

KEY: ✔ Read / Section Completed, Blue _ title added in during the Month   Red- Books read from the original TBR list

Lemonade Syllabus Books:

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Perpetual Challenge Books:

• 2-3 books from Brenda Jackson's Westmoreland Series
• Judgement Road by Christine Feehan
• The Next Always Inn Boonsboro Trilogy Bk 1 Nora Roberts

Finish Series:

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ARC:

1. Swipe Right to Mate by D.J Bryce

Non-Fiction Books:

1. Financial Book
2. Religious Studies Book
3. Religious Studies Book

Erotica Romance:

1. Their Virgin Mistress by Shayla Black & Lexi Blake  RE-READ

Black-Out Challenge Books:

• Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
• Something Old Something New by Beverly Jenkins
• A Wish & A Prayer by Beverly Jenkins
• Crystal Clear by Beverly Jenkins
• Heart of Gold by Beverly Jenkins
• For Your Love by Beverly Jenkins
• Stepping into a New Day by Beverly Jenkins
• Chasing Down a Dream by Beverly Jenkins

Non Challenge or Category Books:

• Convicted Wife for The Bedroom by Carol Martinolli RE-READ

I picked up so many good books this month almost all of them where 3 stars or higher. I was able to read very quickly this month and despite having two weeks where I wasn't really reading I still got my numbers in. I love it.

What did you read this month?? Share down below and we can encourage each other this month.  

Happy Reading

Month In Review: February 2018

Wait, how can it already be the end of the month??? That's so crazy. The month is already gone, y'all gone!! Well since it's gone here are the books I have read, the reviews I have written and a recap of all the awesomeness that came my way.

Book Hauls:

• Stacking The Shelves 3
• Stacking The Shelves 4
• Stacking The Shelves 5
• Stacking The Shelves 6

Highly Anticipated Reads:

• Waiting On Wednesday 5: Best Laid Plans by Brenda Jackson
• Waiting On Wednesday 6: Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Reviews on the Blog This Month:

• Blindfolded Innocence by Alessandra Torre'
• Delaney's Desert Sheikh by Brenda Jackson 
• A Little Dare by Brenda Jackson 
• Forbidden (Old West 1) by Beverly Jenkins
• Bring On The Blessings by Beverly Jenkins
• Masked Innocence by Alessandra Torre'
• Mr. Fixit by Crystal Hubbard
• Beast by Pepper Pace
• End Of Innocence by Alessandra Torre'
• Switch It Up by Sara Brookes
• Collision Point by Lora Leigh
• Best Laid Plans by Brenda Jackson

Read So Far this Year: 

13

Read This Month:

TBR Pile 

150

TBR Balance:

138

KEY: ✔ Read / Section Completed, Red Books added on and read beyond the challenge prompts

Lemonade Syllabus Books:

• Sugar by Bernice McFadden
• Brothers & Sisters by Bebe Moore Campbell
• Black Pain by Terrie M Williams
• All the Joy You Can Stand by Debrena Jackson Gandy
• Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyami (Audiobook)✔

Perpetual Challenge Books:

• 2-3 books from Brenda Jackson's Westmoreland Series:✔

1. Thorn's Challenge ✔
2. Best Laid Plans ARC✔

• A Second Helping by Beverly Jenkins
• Shadow Game by Christine Feehan
• Nora Roberts

Finish Series:

• Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones
• Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh ✔

ARC:✔ COMPLETED

1. Masked Innocence by Alessandra Torre'
2. Switch It Up by Sara Brookes
3. Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh
4. Collision Point by Lora Leigh

Non-Fiction Books:

1. Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
2. Financial Book
3. Religious Studies Book
4. Religious Studies Book

Erotica Romance:

1. The End of Innocence by Alessandra Torre'✔
2. .
3. .

Black-Out Challenge Books:

• Afeni Shakur  The Evolution of a Revolutionary by Jasmine Guy
• Let's Get it On by Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson & Francis Ray
• A Certain October by Angela Johnson RE-READ
• Beast by Pepper Pace
• Mr Fix-It by Crystal Hubbard
• My Painted House, my friendly chicken & Me by Maya Angelou
• The Last Summer with Maizon by Jacquline Woodson

And there you have it. I made my way through a few books and I currently have so many on the reading pile and I'm going to have to step back and really take a breath then dive back in.  What'd you read this month?? What's on your list of books to complete?? Share in the comments down below & I'll see you next month. 

2017 Monthly Wrap Up: August

Stats:

Yearly Goal: 365   
Current Balance: 281

Monthly Goal:   30

Books Read This Month: 7

Balance:  274

So this was a terrible reading month for me. I got stuck in a godawful book and I didn't want to be defeated but eventually I had to DNF for my sanity, all though I was maybe 75 pages left I just couldn't do it.  I literally hated reading because of this book, so yeah took a while to get over that funk and move on so that's why my month sucked.

• Christine Feehan Book
• Non Fiction Book
• Lora Leigh Challenge Nauti , & Elite OPS
• J. D. Robb 
• Nora Roberts
• Erotica Challenge book Bound to Submit by Laura Kaye
• Book from my shelves: Chase The Moon Dinah McCall; Pride & Pleasure by Sylvia Day
• YA Challenge book All I Need by Susane Colasanti; So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti
• Paranormal Challenge book 
• New Adult Challenge Book
• Book from 52 Books in 52 Weeks Challenge
• Ebook Challenge Books Taming Lily by Monica Murphy; Just One Night by Kyra Davis
• Brenda Jackson Challenge
• Randomly Selected Book from previous monthly list
• Austin In August Reading Challenge
• Witches and Witchcraft Challenge book

Book Reviews On The Blog This Month

Click each image to be brought to the Review

Week One's Reviews:

Week Two's Reviews:


Week Three's Reviews:

Week Four's Reviews:

Stacking The Shelves Recap:

• Week 1: The Library Edition
• Week 2: An Ode To Ebooks
• Week 3: The Non-Fiction Edition

This month would have been a better reading month if it wasn't for the slump creator Just One Night this book was clearly not meant for me and I will be sharing in a review soon all the dang reasons why.

Share down below how your month, and reading year has been going and we can chat in the comments.  Happy Reading and good luck with all your goals this month. You can definitely make it happen.  

2017 Monthly Wrap Up: July

And that's a wrap, this month is over and I'm still not sure here the time went.  I'm looking forward to August and what's coming this month.  What have you read this month??

Stats:

Yearly Goal: 365   
Current Balance: 296

Monthly Goal:   30

Books Read This Month: 15

Balance:  281

These are a few of the books I'm planning to read this month:

• Christine Feehan Book
• Non Fiction Book
• Lora Leigh Challenge Nauti , & Elite OPS
• J. D. Robb 
• Nora Roberts
• Erotica Challenge book The Expose Books 1-4 By Roxy Sloane; Ask For More by Lilah Pace
• Book from my shelves Ask For It by Sylvia Day; Passion For the Game by Sylvia Day; Passion For Him by Sylvia Day, Don't Tempt Me by Sylvia Day
• YA Challenge book
• Paranormal Challenge book
• New Adult Challenge Book
• Book from 52 Books in 52 Weeks Challenge
• Ebook Challenge Books Wake A Sleeping tiger by Lora Leigh; Law & disorder by Heather Graham
• Brenda Jackson Challenge
• Randomly Selected Book from previous monthly list
• Jennifer in July Reading Challenge list 
• Witches and Witchcraft Challenge book

The Jennifer In July Challenge List:

The full written out TBR:

• The Return * a titan novel* a Covenant Series Spin off
• The Power 
• The Struggle
• Lux Series: Origin, Onyx, Obsidian, Opal
• White Hot kiss 
• Stone Cold Touch
• The Covenant Series
• The Gamble Brothers Series
• Forever In You✔
• Fire In You✔

I did great at the end of the month in July and I loved all that I was reading I can't wait to see what next reading month looks like.

Share down below how your month, and reading year has been going and we can chat in the comments.  Happy Reading and good luck with all your goals this month. You can definetly make it happen.