Book #Review: Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan

Book Title: Dark Slayer ( Dark Carpathian )
Author: Christine Feehan

Publisher: Berkeley Hardcover
Format: Hardcover

Cost: $10.38 (amazon) $25.95 (market price)

Pages: 416

How I got it: Library

My Rating:★★★★★
Erotica Rating: ★★★
How To Purchase: Amazon
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Synopsis:

A rumor has persisted in the vampire world of a dark slayer—a woman—who travels with a wolf pack and any among the vampires who meets her is slain. Mysterious, elusive and seemingly impossible to kill, she is the one hunter who strikes terror into the hearts of the vampires. Ivory Malinov is that woman, betrayed by her own people, by her family, by everyone she held dear and she hunts during the night with only her pack to sustain her sanity. She has not spoken to or been with any other person for a hundred years other than to feed from or slay. She stumbles across a body on her way back to her lair and discovers—her lifemate. He is Razvan, branded a hated criminal, detested, feared and loathed by all Carpathians—he is also a dragonseeker of one of the greatest lineages of all Carpathians Held captive nearly his entire life by his grandfather, the Carpathians bitterest enemy, he is seeking the dawn to end his terrible existence. This is a story of two people, horribly betrayed, wounded in spirit, fighters to the death, who must struggle to unite against a common enemy.

For the first time ever, the woman is the hunter (at least in the ones I have read so far) this book comes after Dark Curse; where they discuss the issues associated with female hunters. hilarity ensues when Gregori opens his mouth, but it's well worth reading.

Ivory survived something that would have killed the average Carpathian & she did it in the most unique way.  She then creates wolves for herself to run with a pack, she is KICKASS with a capitol K.    Ivory endured when others would have died and she made something of herself that encompassed & changed her world.  Raz arguable the most hated Carptathian trapped by his own family & left for dead he finally makes his way to freedom to the cleansing sun & his lifemate finds him (always at the nick of time that these men are found).

I love the role reversal the two have, that she is the one he must learn from. That she has the experience he lacks as a warrior & yet he despite his experiences has the emotional balance she needs.  I love that they balance each other out.  I love that they needed each other & that they fit together without a great struggle & he didn't try to control her from the get go.  they worked well & I loved their dynamic.

I particularly loved that it wasn't physical strength. Razvan possessed in abundance that drew her to him it was sheer strength of his character, the absolute well of determined spirit deep inside him.  He was so steady, a rock for her. Check out page 235, the scene there was emotional.

I love this book it has become my all time favorite Carpathian novel.  Razvan is an amazing man; his zen like approach to life just drew me in. I love that Ivory was the physically stronger one but still needed him emotionally.

It's a definite must read. Either purchase or check your local library to see if they have a copy. However you do, make sure get this one it's well worth the time to read.

                          

Book #Review: About Last Night by Ruthie Knox

Book Title: About Last Night
Author: Ruthie Knox | Facebook | Twitter | Website | Goodreads

Publisher: LoveSwept, Random House Digital
Format: ebook

Cost: $2.99

Pages: 248

How I got it: NetGalley

My Rating:★★★★1/2
Erotica Rating: N/A
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Synopsis:

Cath Talarico knows a mistake when she makes it, and God knows she’s made her share. So many, in fact, that this Chicago girl knows London is her last, best shot at starting over. But bad habits are hard to break, and soon Cath finds herself back where she has vowed never to go . . . in the bed of a man who is all kinds of wrong: too rich, too classy, too uptight for a free-spirited troublemaker like her. Nev Chamberlain feels trapped and miserable in his family’s banking empire. But beneath his pinstripes is an artist and bohemian struggling to break free and lose control. Mary Catherine—even her name turns him on—with her tattoos, her secrets, and her gamine, sex-starved body, unleashes all kinds of fantasies. When blue blood mixes with bad blood, can a couple that is definitely wrong for each other ever be perfectly right? And with a little luck and a lot of love, can they make last night last a lifetime?

Repost From my old blog. Updated and edited.

I'll be honest, I didn't get much work done yesterday because of this book. It was slow at work so I read while I should have been doing 'busy' work, you know the crap that normally doesn't get done during a regular week, you do when there is nothing left. Yeah I said screw that & stuck my nose to the phone screen so I could read this book.

I was totally engaged and engrossed I almost didn't get any sleep trying to finish this book.  I knew I loved this book within the first chapter when Cath had me laughing out loud on a crowded bus.  Cath is witty, sarcastic, funny and the kind of woman I could totally be friends with, so I loved her as a character.   Plus she works with the arts, like knitting and the awesomeness of history and knitting, yeah I was all over that.

City, good gawd City, can I have one of him served up please??!!! What a guy, what a man. I just wow, He was everything awesome that scene with them after he blind date?? Especially when she said 'don't murder me" I was laughing and snorting so much on the bus, the guy next to me moved.  You could feel the chemistry from them, they were great from the first. Especially when you realized City liked her as much as she liked him

I really wanted them to get together, I just knew that the crap was going to hit the fan when he took her home.  I couldn't wait to read the fireworks between Cath & his mother, they were also awesome, especially when they went head to head, then Cath did what she does so well.  If I was Nev I would have kicked my siblings' a**, you not pulling this crap round here. Nope not going to happen sir..

It's a good engaging read. I had quite a few laughs at Cath's expense, I totally get that she doesn't want anymore mistakes, and Nev's answer to that just floored me.  I love them together, I really loved the ending, I personally loved that Cath had extensive tattoos and was such a buttoned up woman at work; & that Nev's job was so boring but he was such a passionate artist. Just goes to show you never know.

A definite must read, it was extremely fast and funny, & wasn't too outlandish like so many other romance scenarios now a days, which made it even more fun to read, because you could totally see this happening.

Have a fun time reading my loves.

                  

***FTC Rules require I state that I received this as a review copy from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review**** 

2017 Week 1 Wrap Up Jan 1-7

Hi My loves,
I wanted to start linking my videos here:


I'm so excited I did so well this week for reading. I'm so excited about all the books I managed to get read.  I literally flew threw my books and I'm loving the motivation it's creating.  Here is my Lora Leigh Challenge video showcasing the books on my shelves that I wanted to read.

So this week I managed to knock 5 books from the Lora Leigh challenge off the list. I read two of the books I actually had on my bookshelf and three books I purchased to read for the challenge.  These include :

I really enjoyed reading these and blew through them really quickly.  I absolutely loved this series I'm loving the transition from the Ellorascave series then the other books from Berkley.  I can't wait to follow the rest of the series which I have on my shelves.

Then because I really wanted to continue reading some of the books I had laid out in my tbr, I pulled Adoring Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan which comes out this month. I really enjoyed Holly's story and can't wait to share with you my full review.

And then because I wanted to know the story that was the background to the Adoring Ink book so I snagged Ink Endured and really enjoyed that one and needed to just read the rest of the series as well. (I now own all of them, and this is why my TBR is never going down. )

So there you have it I enjoyed my reading week with almost all my books being four star reads for me this weeks.  Enjoy the video where I share a little more about each and I will see you next week.

Oh Yeah I'm now down to 358 books to complete my yearly challenge.  I'm also now down from 28 books to be read in the  Lora Leigh Challenge to having only 23 left. Yeah I'm loving my progress this year so far!!!

Let me know how you are doing on your challenges and I can't wait to cheer o on.

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