2017 Witches & Witchcraft Challenge:

Once again I will be participating in the Witches and Witchcraft Challenge hosted by Melissa over at Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf. All the information can be found down below.  My level will be the CRONE level.

See all the information listed down below.  

Welcome to the 6th Annual Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge!

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015  & 2016 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenges! I hope you all had as much fun as I did!

RULES

• Low commitment…you can sign up to read just ONE book as an INITIATE!!!
• Participants who choose to link up reviews will be entered for the end of year prize!!

Challenge Rules:

• This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017. Link up a sign-up post (below).
• Reviews: I will be handling this slightly differently than previous years. There will be only one post in January of 2017 to link all the years reviews rather than a monthly link up.  (Note: You do not have to review the books to participate, but only those who link up reviews will be entered for the prize)
• Grab the reading challenge button (code & button below) and post this reading challenge on your blog to track your progress. Please include a link back to this sign-up post so others can join the reading challenge too. You do not have to be a book blogger to participate- you could track your progress and post reviews on Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, etc.
• Any full length book that includes a witch as a main character or includes major witchcraft elements counts. They may be fiction or non-fiction. However, they should not be reference books which are not read cover to cover-I will leave this to your discretion.
• Books can be any format (bound, eBook, audio).
• Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.
• You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.
• When you sign up in the linky put the direct link to your post about joining the 2017 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge, not just a link to your blog.
• You can move up levels, but no moving down.
• Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2017, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
• Have some Witchy Good Fun !!!

THE LEVELS:

Initiate: Read 1 – 5 Witchy Books
Maiden: Read 6 – 10 Witchy Books
Mother: Read 11 – 15 Witchy Books
Crone: Read 16 – 20 Witchy Books

THE PRIZE:

Witchy book of choice up to $10 from The Book Depository!

Participants who have officially signed up by linking up a sign-up post declaring their level will be given one entry for every review they link up. The more reviews you write and link up, the more entries in the contest! Link up your reviews on the Review Link Up Post. Winner will be chosen on Jan 13th 2018 to give everyone a chance to link up their end of year reviews. The Review Link Up Post can be accessed from my menu bar under my header!

How about you my loves, are you looking to join in on the fun?? Make sure to swing by and sign up and let's motivate each other to knock some of our books from the To Be Read pile. 

Happy Reading and see you tomorrow my loves

2017 Challenges: 52 Books in 52 Weeks: Introduction

As a way to clear my shelves I'm trying to only read what I own.  As such, here are the 52 books from my shelves that I want to get read.  Mostly these are my non fiction and religious books that have been severely neglected.

Jamaica Kincaid:

• Annie John
• See Now Then
• Lucy

Tony Morrison:

• Song of Solomon
• Beloved
• Paradise
• Sula
• Tar baby 
• Jazz

Maya Angelou:

• Me & Mom & Mom & Me
• The Heart of a Woman
• Letter to my daughter

Clarissa Eses

• Women Who Run With Wolves

Cliff Seruntine

• Seasons of the Sacred Earth 

Carol Christ

• Womanspirit Rising

Diahann Carroll

• The Legs Are The Last To GO

Lama Surya Das

• Awakening To The Sacred
• Awakening The Buddha Within

The Dalai Lama

• How To Practice
• An Open Heart
• How to see Yourself as you really are

Debren Jackson Gandy

• Sacred Pampering Principles

Dawn Marie Daniels

• Souls Reveled

Alex Kotlowitz

• There are no children Here

I will be adding more to this list as the year goes along.  These are the ones I'm looking for now. One each week is the goal.  I wan to clear some of my mostly neglected genres and I need to get some more religious books back into my life.  

Are there any books on this list that you have read or want to read?? Share in the comments down below.  Thanks so much, and see you next post.

2017 Lora Leigh Reading Challenge:

Updated as of February 2017:

I would like to read the two major series by Lora Leigh that I have on my shelves. I have read several of the books within each series as I own several books from all her series; I thought this would be a great way to motivate myself to get reading and to catch all the way up.  Down below are the books in each series that I wish to read.  As you will see I have over 17 that I need to read *that is the count so far for all the ones I own, I'm still checking my shelves to see if there are any hidden gems as well*

The Breed Series:

Reading Order From LoraLeigh.com

Blue - Have the book  *will skip until I can get a used copy somewhere  Recently Purchased

• Tempting the Beast *not available*  ✔ Jan
• The Man Within *same* ✔ Jan
• Elizabeth’s Wolf ✔ Dec 2016
• Temporarily not available - 4) Kiss of Heat  *same* ✔ Jan
• Temporarily not available - 5) Soul Deep *same* ✔ Jan
• The Breed Next Door ✔ Jan
• Megan’s Mark LIBRARY ✔ Feb
• Harmony’s Way  ✔ Jan 
• Tanner’s Scheme -✔ Jan 
• Wolfe’s Hope - ✔ Feb
• Jacob’s Faith ✔ Mar
• Aiden’s Charity ✔ Mar
• In a Wolf’s Embrace (in Beyond the Dark anthology)✔ Mar
• Dawn’s Awakening -✔ Mar
•  A Jaguar’s Kiss (in Shifter anthology) ✔ Mar
• Mercury’s War -✔ Mar
• Christmas Heat (The Magical Christmas Cat anthology) ✔ Dec 2016
• Coyotes Mate. - ✔ April
• Christmas Kiss,  (HOT FOR THE HOLIDAYS anthology)✔ April 
• Bengals Heart✔ April
• Lions Heat✔ April
• Styx's Storm-✔ April
• Primal Kiss in the Primal Anthology- ✔ April
• Navarro's Promise LIBRARY  ✔ June
• An Inconvenient Mate (Tied with a Bow anthology)- ✔ June
• Lawe's Justice- .LIBRARY✔ June 
• Stygian's Honor - . ✔ June
• Rule Breaker: ✔June
• Bengal’s Quest:  ✔ June
• Enthralled: The Devils Due: What’s Gideon been up to? ✔ June
• Wake A Sleeping Tiger Published 2017 ✔ July 

Other Books Not Apart of the Breeds series:

Black Jack

Nauti Intentions

Nauti Deceptions

Maverick

Nauti & Wild

2017 Monthly Reading Challenge: January

My goal for this year is to turn one of my bookshelves into a read book shelf and with that the goal of 365 books need to be read.  Since it's January and I want to start the year off right I have a few prompts down below to help keep me on track while making sure my all my reading habits are being explored.

These are a few of the books Im planning to read this month:

• Christine Feehan Book: Shadow Game ( Borrowed from the library) 
• Non Fiction Book: Season's of the Sacred Earth 
• J. D. Robb Calculated In Death
• Nora Roberts  Nightshade
• Erotica Challenge Book: 
• Book from my shelves: Let's Get It On Anthology with Francis Ray & Brenda Jackson
• YA Challenge Book:
• Paranormal Challenge Book: Darkest Night by Gena Showalter
• New Adult Challenge Book:
• Book from 52 Books in 52 Weeks Challenge:  Am Open Heart Dali Lama
• Ebook Challenge Books: 
• Lora Leigh Challenge 
• Brenda Jackson Challenge Book:  Quade's babies 
• Series Yearly Read-athon: Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood
• Randomly Selected Book (using random.org _ Sarah Dessen Lock & Key
• Witchcraft & Witches Challenge Book: 

Since I also need to read 15 more books than just these challenge ones I'm leaving those open to books I feel the urge to read.  And books series I wish to catch up on and any books series I plan to finish this year. 

What's on your tbr for January?? Share in the comments down below and we can compare and encourage each other.  

17 Books I'm Anticipating in 2017

Good Morning my loves,  how are you doing?? Me, I'm jumping in excitement over the following 17 books that are coming out this year. Most of them I've already pre-ordered because they are too awesome not to.  If you have other books that you think I should be on the look out for share down below and we can fangirl together:

Brave by Tammara Webber   Dates Unknown (Contours of The Heart Book )
Another addition in the awesome series by Tammara, I loved Easy so much and fell in love with her writing and I can't even begin to explain how much I'm looking forward to this book. I'm so ready for this book.

Riveted (Saints of Denver 3) by Jay Crownover. Feb 14th Grrl, you know I pre-ordered this the second the link went up right?? No hesitation, I have yet to be disappointed in a Jay book so yeah, basically this one was mine the second she said we could have it.

Salvaged (Saints of Denver 4)  June 20th Man listen it's the hot nerds' book.  Get out my way chick I need this.

Long Way Home by Katie McGarry.  Jan 31st No surprises here, I've been loving on Katie ever since I fell in love with Noah and Echo. My love for young adult comes from her and Susan Colasanti.  These two ladies make reading the genre fun, and I can't wait to explore more from Katie, now if we could only get more from the Pushing the Limits series I would be a happy fangiil.

The Rising by Heather Graham & Jon Land Jan 17th I almost screamed when I saw this. When I met Jon two years ago,  he mentioned that he would be working with Heather on a book and it's finally freaking here!!! By time you see this it will be in my hands just 14 days later ahhhhh!!

Wake A Sleeping Tiger (Breeds 31) by Lora Leigh March 30
I'm so excited to see that this is a continuing series.  I can't wait to read this book (damn this is 31 books??) . I'm loving the breed series so far and I'm really interested in seeing where this is going.


Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Date Unknown
No cover is provided yet. This is going to be a book in prose talking about the street violence. I can't wait to read this.

Echoes In Death by JD Robb 02/07
Goddamn I can't catch up, she's writing too many, I'm loving it though Eve and Roarke re two of my favorite people to read.  I can't wait to finally catch up.


Secrets In Death by JD Robb 08/07 No Cover Yet
It's another book in Eve's life, I'm so excited. She'll always be on my lists every year until this is a done series.   Just be aware.

Wired by Julie Garwood 05/22  The newest in the Buchanan-Renard series, this is the 13th installment and I can't wait to get this into my hands. I thought this was coming out in 2016 but it apparently not, either way I can't wait to get into new one.

A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrum  02/07 This is the second book by this author. I loved LOVED his debut work from last year.

Roman by Sawyer Bennett 02/21
I love dipping in and out  of this series, I'm so excited to jump into Roman's book and seeing how it plays out.

Safe Bet by Monica Murphy 02/21
I'm excited to get this book I loved LOVED all the books in this series and I can't wait to come back to it and read and see all of the characters that I love and really get lost in Monica's world.

Ever My Love by Lynn Kurland 04/04/17
I can't believe I didn't realize Lynn was still writing.  I can't believe she has been writing all this time and I didn't know. Girl I have so many books to read to catch up. This was one of my favorite time traveling series. I can't wait to get this in my hands and read it all.

Wicked Cowboy Charm by Carolyn Brown Jan 31st
Another down home cowboy contemporary story. Yeah I'm here for it.

Law & Disorder by Heather Graham 1/2017  It's Heather, she had to be on this list.  And that's that.


So many of my favorites aren't publishing this year, nothing coming out from Brenda Jackson, or any of the other major romance writers that I normally have on this list. However,  we gotta make sure we check in again later in the year maybe they will come out with something by then.   Most of these are coming out in the first half of the year.

What are you looking forward to in the beginning of the year?? What are your authors coming out with.  Share in the comments down below

Thanks for much for sharing and I will see you tomorrow

2017 Book Challenges: The Perpetual Reading Challenge

My goal this year is once again 365 books. Will I get there?? Goddess only knows, probably not, I haven't gotten close to my goal for he pas few years, however I'm hoping this year I can get back on my reading since I'm no longer in school and have the time, I just have to get my schedule set up so I can read and man oh man it's going to be on and popping.

Here are some of the challenges I'm looking forward to reading for:

JD Robb Perpetual Challenge

My List To Read:

• Calculated In Death
• Thankless  In Death
• Concealed In Death
• Festive In Death
• Obsession In Death
• Devoted In Death
• Brotherhood In Death
• Apprentice In Death
• Echos In Death Coming 2017
• Secrets In Death  Coming 2017

Novellas:

• Interlude
• Big Jack
• Haunted
• Eternity
• Ritual
• Missing
• Possession
• Chaos
• Taken 
• Wonderment

Christine Feehan Challenge:

This isn't a challenge everyone else is participating in; it's just an attempt to clean up my books that I own from Christine.  I caught up on the Dark series; I only have to read the newest one which just came out, now I have all the others that I'm trying to catch up on.  

Ghost Hunter Series:

1. Shadow Game
2. Mind Game
3. Night Game
4. Conspiracy Game
5. Deadly Game
6. Predatory Game
7. Murder Game
8. Street Game
9. Ruthless Game
10. Samurai Game
11. Viper Game
12. Spider Game

My next challenge is to read the catalogue of Brenda Jackson.  I have most of the Westmoreland Series on my shelves and I want to get them read this yer and work my way through all the other books by her that I own and haven't read yet.  

I know I personally own close to 75 books by her, but she's written like 200, so I want to get started on reading them, I know she will be on this perpetual list for a few years and I'm okay with that. Because there are so many books I'm going to link instead to her webpage with her Bibliography.  

These are just some of the challenges I'm taking part in this year. And You?? Oh there are going to be even more challenges I will be signing up for.  Let's share in the comments so we can continue to motivate each other.  Happy Reading and good luck with your goals this year my loves.  

2016 Yule Reading Update December

Hey My loves, this is me checking in. I've been doing great actually with this plan and I'm loving it. Here is the list with the books I have read crossed out. I plan to have reviews up soon.  How are ya'll doing on your monthly reading goals??

Books From the Stockpile

• Carolyn Brown's Cowboy Boots For Christmas (Cowboy not Included)
• Jingle Bell Rock by Jannel Dennison and Friends December
• The Magical Christmas Cat by Lora Leigh and Friends November
• Holiday Fantasy by Donna Hill and Friends
• Naughty or Nice by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Friends
• A SEAL Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear
• A Bride For Christmas by Heather Graham and Friends
• This Christmas by Jane Green and Friends
• Under The Mistletoe by Linda Howard and Stephanie Bond
• The Secret Life of Mrs. Claus by Carly Alexander
• Christmas on Mimosa Lane by Anna DeStefano
• Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
• Three Days on Mimosa Lane Anna DeStefano
• An Enchanted Season by Maggie Shayne and Friends November
• @Home For The Holidays by Meredith Efken

ARCs That I Need To Read:

• The Keepers Christmas In Salem Heather Graham 
• Christmas Brides by Suzanne Enoch and Friends
• A Last Chance Christmas by Vicki Lewis Thompson
• A Christmas To Remember by Jill Shalvis and Friends

Not on the Book List But Read: 

November:
Elizabeth's Wolf by Lora Leigh

December :

• One Winter's Night by Brenda Jackson (Westmoreland #24)
• Honky Tonk Christmas (Honky Tonk 4) Carolyn Brown
• Cowboys Fro Christmas by Jan Springer (new purchase) *Book Club read
• Their Wishlist (Soulmastes Book 1) (new purchse) *Book Club Read

Well that's it, I didn't read all the Yule/ Christmas books from my shelves, which means I will be doing this again next year. However,  I'm quite proud of the ones I did get read.  What are you reading this season?? Share in the comments down below.

Thanks so much for stopping by my loves and I'll see you tomorrow. 

Yule 2016 Update: November Reads

Hey My loves, this is me checking in. I've been doing great actually with this plan and 'm loving it.  Here is the list with the books I have read crossed out. I plan to have reviews up soon.  How are ya'll doing on your monthly reading goals??

Books From the Stockpile

• Carolyn Brown's Cowboy Boots For Christmas (Cowboy not Included)
• Jingle Bell Rock by Jannel Dennison and Friends
• The Magical Christmas Cat by Lora Leigh and Friends
• Holiday Fantasy by Donna Hill and Friends
• Naughty or Nice by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Friends
• A SEAL Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear
• A Bride For Christmas by Heather Graham and Friends
• This Christmas by Jane Green and Friends
• Under The Mistletoe by Linda Howard and Stephanie Bond
• The Secret Life of Mrs. Claus by Carly Alexander
• Christmas on Mimosa Lane by Anna DeStefano
• Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
• Three Days on Mimosa Lane Anna DeStefano
• An Enchanted Season by Maggie Shayne and Friends
• @Home For The Holidays by Meredith Efken

ARCs That I Need To Read:

• The Keepers Christmas In Salem Heather Graham 
• Christmas Brides by Suzanne Enoch and Friends
• A Last Chance Christmas by Vicki Lewis Thompson
• A Christmas To Remember by Jill Shalvis and Friends

Even though it wasn't on the list I picked up Elizabeth's Wolf by Lora Leigh and knocked that out in less than two days. I really think I'm going to love doing that challenge in the new year.  I can't wait.

What are you reading this season?? Share in the comments down below.

Thanks so much my loves

Vlogidays Day 6: November 2016

Vlogidays Day 6:

Good Morning my loves I'm here to share with you the books I got in this week for the frst part of the birthday haul.  I got my books from paperbackswap, and Thriftbooks.  

The first book I got in Brenda Jackson In Bed with Her Boss.  Part of my goal for 2017 is to read her entire backlog, which includes all the books I have on my shelves and the ones I'm going to be getting to accomplish that.  Challenge Post Link

KI got for free the Texas Bodyuards Proposal by Karen Rose Smith, the woman I traded with for Brenda's book sent me this as well.

Next I got Zadie Smith The Autograph Man, I'm trying to collect all of Zadie's work, and this is one of the highly acclaimed ones so I made sure to snag it.

These are from Thriftbooks:

The first one which I'm definitely telling them I don't want is Second Chance Boyfriend, by Monica Murphy. I absolutely loved this book when I first read it and have since re-read it a few times and still love it.  However this copy is not acceptable, so Nope won't be keeping this one.  My Review

Shipwrecked by Katherine Applegate  One of my favorite series when I was a teen the Ocean City seres was one I read mostly from the library.  I only ever purchased them when they were at the library book sale, I have so many fond memories of reading Katherine's writing I love both of her series I have read and I need them on my shelves for nostalgia as well as for my own children to read one day.

And finally I picked up a copy of One Week Girlfriend to have not just in ebook form.  This is the first book to the Monica Murphy series and I can't even begin to explain how much I absolutely love these books.  My Review

And that's it for now. I know for sure there will be plenty more as my fingers did a whole lot of clicking over the past few days, but hey it's my birthday present to myself.

What have you gotten in this month??  Share in the comments and I will see you tomorrow.

Happy Reading

2016 Yule Reading List: November 1st- December 31st,

Yeah soooo I don't celebrate Thanksgiving. After Samhain/Halloween I move right into Yule mode, I have my tree up (ok 1 of my trees up by November 15th) and then I go full Holiday mode after the 22nd which is my birthday. All of that is to explain why this list is going up so early.  And like the rest  of the world that doesn't celebrate a Thanksgiving I'm getting in the Holiday spirit by reading some new books and some faves.

Books From the Stockpile

• Carolyn Brown's Cowboy Boots For Christmas (Cowboy not Included)
• Jingle Bell Rock by Jannel Dennison and Friends
• The Magical Christmas Cat by Lora Leigh and Friends
• Holiday Fantasy by Donna Hill and Friends
• Naughty or Nice by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Friends
• A SEAL Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear
• A Bride For Christmas by Heather Graham and Friends
• This Christmas by Jane Green and Friends
• Under The Mistletoe by Linda Howard and Stephanie Bond
• The Secret Life of Mrs. Claus by Carly Alexander
• Christmas on Mimosa Lane by Anna DeStefano
• Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
• Three Days on Mimosa Lane Anna DeStefano
• An Enchanted Season by Maggie Shayne and Friends
• @Home For The Holidays by Meredith Efken

ARCs That I Need To Read:

• The Keepers Christmas In Salem Heather Graham 
• Christmas Brides by Suzanne Enoch and Friends
• A Last Chance Christmas by Vicki Lewis Thompson
• A Christmas To Remember by Jill Shalvis and Friends

Well those are what I plan to read this Yule Season as well as watch all the fun movies and indulge in all the Yule time activities. I can't wait/ Can you?? What are you reading this season?? Share in the comments down below.

Thanks so much my loves

VEDO 2016: Day 29: Stacking The Shelves Edition.

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

Hi again my loves it's another day in this challenge, and we are almost to the end.  Today I'm sharing a few more books I have picked up this month (this week).  I shopped from a few places these last few weeks including the Goodwill, books a Million, and online with Amazon, and trading for books as well. And even a few surprises found at the local Dollar Tree.

From Goodwill:

Come The Morning by Heather Graham, she wrote these historical romances under another name many years ago and I remember loving them. I saw it again and decided to get it back.

The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, another in this awesome series and I can't wait until the show catches up to this book.

From Books-a-Million:

The Iron Warriorby Julie Kagawa. Ohh gawds, it's the final book in this series and I don't know what I'm going to do when it's all done, but I must read it. I'm in the mood for some Fae.

In The Flesh by Sylva Day  this one will be a first time read for me.  I have most of Sylvia's books but haven't read any of the ones she's written under her pseudonym

Straddling the Line Jaci Burton.  This is book eight in the series about hot hunky athletes and the women who fall in love with them. I absolutely love it so far and I'm happy to have this one as well.

From Dollar Tree

A Beautiful Wedding I might have to re-read this one then continue to the last one.

Treachery In Death , Concealed In Death and Delusions In Death

Dark Wolf by Christine Feehan. I have already read this in ebook form. I wanted it for my shelves because this is Skyler's book.

And that's it.  These are all the books I found this month that I'm excited to have hauled. What'd you get this week?? Share in the comments down below and I'll swing on over.

Thanks for stopping by and happy reading