September Spectacular!

September Reading Challenge is being hosted by Steph at The Thoughts of a Book Junky.       

Click to sign-up.

• It will start September 1st and go on through September 30th.
• There will be a 5 book reading challenge, ( one book a week) that you will have to read. Which books? Any 5 you want. Its your choice... Easy huh. At the end of that week you will post your review on your blog and add your link to the Mr. Linky at the bottom. ( If you don't have a blog you can either post a comment, letting everyone know what you think about the book or sent me an email with your review) * Sep first starts on a Wednesday so you can start your first book on Sunday the 29th if you want.
• At the end of each week a giveaway will be posted. That's 5 giveaways!! The only thing you have to do to enter is, link your review on that weeks Mr. Linky. Plus get an extra entry if you add the September Spectacular button to your post or sidebar! ( Open Internationally)

I am planning to read:

Manifest by Artist C. Arthur

Werelove Dusk Conspiracy by J.D. Hollyfield

and Falling, fly by Skyler White

The Hunted of 2060 by Ami Rebecca Blackwelder

The Holy Reaper by Mark Sherony

Ultimate Reviewers Challenge!

Ultimate Reviewers Challenge

Addicted 2 Novels, For What It's Worth, Tiger's All-Consuming Books and Karen's Addictions are hosting an event called the Ultimate Reviewers Challenge. Basically, throughout the month of August, they invite ALL bloggers to post as many reviews as possible. Consider it a "back-to-basics" contest!

I am loving this idea! I am so far behind on my reviews and have been planning on sitting down to write up a bunch as soon as my company leaves - and now I have great incentive! Go check it out!

Reading Update!

I am attempting to read 100 books in 2010 and this is how far I am:

1. Search for the Flaming Chalice by Robert Shaw Kesler

2. Immortal: Love Stories with Bite by various authors

3. My Soul to Save (Soul Screamers #2) by Rachel Vincent

4. My Soul to Lose (Soul Screamers # 1.5) Rachel Vincent

5. Beautiful Creatures Kami Garcia/M. Stohl

6. Hearts at Stake Alyxander Harvey

7. Firespell Chloe Neill

8. Doomsday Can Wait Lori Handeland

9. Magic Under Glass Jaclyn Dolamore

10. The Iron King Julie Kagawa

11. Carter Finally Gets It Brent Crawford

12. Shift Rachel Vincent

13. Blood Lite Kevin J. Anderson

14. Deeper Than the Dead Tami Hoag

15. In Too Deep (39 Clues #6) Jude Watson

16. The Crossroads Café Deborah Smith

17. Soulless Gail Carriger

18. Unknown: Outcast Season Book 2 Rachel Caine

19. Crux: Southern Arcana Book 1 Moira Rogers

20. Must Love Hellhounds Ilona Andrews

21. Hex Hall Rachel Hawkins

22. Wolf Signs: Granite Lake Wolves #1 Vivian Arend

23. Wolf Flight: Granite Lake Wolves #2 Vivian Arend

24. Wolf Games: Granite Lake Wolves #3 Vivian Arend

25. Skin Deep: Laura Blackstone #1 Mark Del Franco

26. Male Call: Hot Zone book 1 Denise A. Agnew

27. Stopping Time: part 1 Melissa Marr

28. Stopping Time: part 2 Melissa Marr

29. Into the Mist: Falcon Mercenary Group #1 Maya Banks

30. Into the Lair: Falcon Mercenary Group #2 Maya Banks

31. Undone: Outcast Season Book 1 Rachel Caine

32. Crossroads: Southern Arcana Book 2 Moira Rogers

33. Cry Sanctuary: Red Rock Pass Book 1 Moira Rogers

34. Sanctuary Lost: Red Rock Pass Book 2 Moira Rogers

35. Sanctuary's Price: Red Rock Pass Book 3 Moira Rogers

36. Alpha Turned K.B. Alan

37. On the Edge Ilona Andrews

38. Dear Dumb Diary: Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jim Benton

39. Elphame's Choice P.C. Cast

40. Brighid's Quest P.C. Cast

41. Heartless Anne Elizabeth Stengl

42. Exposure Brandilyn Collins

43. Try Me Parker Blue

44. Run, Wolf: Nightfall Wolf Clans #1 Keith Melton

45. Tainted: Blood Lily Chronicles #1 Julie Kenner

46. Torn: Blood Lily Chronicles #2 Julie Kenner

47. Turned: Blood Lily Chronicles #3 Julie Kenner

48. Changeless Gail Carriger

49. Magic Bleeds Ilona Andrews

50. Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

51. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance

52. Once Bitten by Kalayna Price

53. Addiction by Sandra Marshall

54. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

55. Wings by Aprilynne Pike

56. The Mark by Jen Nadol

57. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

58. Even Money by Dick Francis

59. Short Stories from Red Rock by Moira Rogers

60. Sanctuary Unbound: Red Rock Pass Book 4 by Moira Rogers

61. 13 to Life by Shannon Delany


62. Leader of the Pack by Karen MacInerney


63. Pleasure Unbound: A Demonica Novel by Larissa Ione


64. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance


65. The Mark by Jen Nadol


66. Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts


67. Origin In Death by J.D. Robb

6 x 5 Challenge

The 6 x 5 Challenge is hosted by Mystee at A Moment with Mystee. 

This is a quarterly challenge.

1st: October 2010 -- 10.10-10.17

2nd: January 2011 -- Exact dates TBA

3rd: April 2011 -- Exact dates TBA

    4th: July 2011 -- Exact dates TBA

                            5th: October 2011 -- Exact dates TBA

During the dates, the goal is to drag out your reading pile and get caught up. Do you have reviews that need to get done? Books that you've really just wanted to sit and read? This is your chance.


Then for at least 5 of the listed dates {don't have to be in a row}, you set your goal to read 6 hours a day. You can post your daily updates on what you're reading and how many hours that you managed each day. Then when the challenge is over, you post up your final results. You do not have to manage to read 5 of the days nor do you have to manage the 6 hours each day, just do what you can. she decided on 5 days and 6 hours to try to make it so it was no pressure all around.

I am going to attempt this challenge!  I was unsuccessful at the 500-page book challenge in May because I just had too much to do for the end of the school year, but I think I can make this one fit in my schedule!  Books and reading dates will be listed later!

500 - page Challenge!

Paula at Tome's Devotee is having a 500-page challenge!  This is what she says:

"Now for the challenge. I hope to have a lot more followers eventually

so that these challenges will become fun, but for now I will be reading

a book with more than 500 pgs in May. Dragonfly in Amber is book

2 in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. Book 1 touched me so

very much, that I am looking foward to the next. I didn't get to it in

April, I know I won't be able to get through it by the 30th, so I

am making it my May Challenge. If you stumble onto this and would

like to join just link back to this post so others can join too, pick a

book that's 500 pgs or more and tell me what you're reading.

Feel free to copy the image to post on your blog if you'd like as well ; )"

I have not chosen my book yet - but I will be blogging about it here when I do!

Fangtastic Fiction Challenge 2010

Fangtastic Fiction Challenge

Despite what some might think, there is more to vampire fiction than Dracula, Interview With The Vampire and Twilight, and so, with a little help from Pam @ Bookalicio.us, I am hosting a vampire reading challenge!
Oh, and do forgive the puns.
Challenge Levels/Goals


The base challenge here (“Newly Turned”) is to read four books, one from each of the four categories below: classic, horror, romance and young adult. If a book can fit into two categories (or more), simply pick one category and then read another.

Once you have completed that, you can go wild with what books you read for your challenge list, so long as they have vampires in some form as a prominent part. For every additional four books you read, you go up a level. Where the base challenge is the equivalent of the first stages of a vampire, think of each four books as a century added onto their existence.

How old can you go?

First Blood
This is the category for vampire tales that were written prior to 1900. Examples of such books would be:
•Dracula – Bram Stoker

•Carmilla – Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Things That Go Bite In The Night
This is the category for works firmly entrenched in the horror genre. Examples of such books would be:
•Salem’s Lot – Steven King
•Let The Right One In – John Ajvide Lindqvist

Kiss Of The Vampire
This is the category for all books that have romance as one of its main genres/focusses. Examples of such books would be:
•Dead Until Dark (etc) – Charlaine Harris
•Jessica’s Guide To Dating On The Dark Side – Beth Fantaske
High School Is Hell

This is the category for all vampire books that fit in the young adult category. Examples of such books would be:
•The Vampire Diaries – L.J. Smith
•The Morganville Vampires – Rachel Caine

Bonus Challenge/Activity: Screams On Screen

As a bonus challenge/activity, why not take in vampires on the large and small screens as well? Keep track of how many movies or TV seasons you watch, whether it’s Buffy, True Blood or The Vampire Diaries on your TV, or Lost Boys, Underworld or any film adaptation of a vampire novel, and see how many you can total up during the year!

Other Information
This challenge runs the entire length of 2010, so from January 1 to December 31.

Fangtastic Fiction Challenge 2010

These are the four catagories: classic, horror, romance and young adult.

These are my Fangtastic Fiction Challenge picks:

Classic:  Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (reading this on-line)

Amazon Product Description

The vampire novella "Carmilla" set in Austria is one of Le Fanu's best tales and greatly influenced Bram Stocker, who published Dracula 25 years later. This is definitively a great book and a must for the lovers of horror tales.

Horror:  Already Dead by Charles Huston

From Bookmarks Magazine

Already Dead is not for the squeamish. Even so, it surprised even critics who had never thought themselves fans of Count Dracula. Huston portrays a noirish, gritty, alter-Manhattan world, with political rivalries comprised of all sorts of vampires, even "revolutionary" gay and lesbian ones. The terse, hard-boiled prose and characters contain shades of Raymond Chandler, Hunter S. Thompson, and Quentin Tarantino, but are wholly original. Despite the novel’s sophistication, it’s not for everyone. "Huston deserves hardcover publication and will get it soon enough, but it’s probably true that this book’s core audience is among the young, the cool, the hip, and the unshockable" (Washington Post).

Romance: Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris - - - finished reading 6/14/2010

Amazon Product Description:

The #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series- the basis for HBO(r)'s True Blood-continues!

After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Faery War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she's angry. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he's under scrutiny by the new Vampire King because of their relationship. And as the political implications of the Shifters coming out are beginning to be felt, Sookie's connection to the Shreveport pack draws her into the debate. Worst of all, though the door to Faery has been closed, there are still some Fae on the human side-and one of them is angry at Sookie. Very, very angry...

Young Adult:  Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up—Nightshade, CA, is downright strange and full of the unexpected. When the girl-to-be, cheerleader Samantha Devereaux, begins the school year with a completely new look, Daisy Giordano gets suspicious. The fact that Samantha appears dead doesn't seem to bother anyone, and before long looking dead becomes the rage. Being dead takes on a whole new meaning when a girl is mysterious attacked and turns up in the morgue, and other cheerleaders are stricken with seizures. Daisy and her psychic sisters get to work investigating the goings-on and learn that the culprit is really a vampire, and Daisy is determined to get to the bottom of things. This is the witty and humorous first installment in a series; it provides romance, mystery, friendship, adventure, and the supernatural all rolled up in a fast-paced, plot-twisting story. Readers will identify with Daisy and her struggle to accept and appreciate who she really is and what she has to offer. The slapstick humor and tough attitudes mixed with the occult make this an entertaining choice for teen libraries.—Donna Rosenblum, Floral Park Memorial High School, NY

Awesome Author Challenge 2010

Alyce from At Home with Books is hosting this challenge.

I am signing up at the Easy level:  My three authors are:

Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, and P.C. Cast

I have been hearing about these authors from students, staff, and friends.  I have been waiting for each series to finish (or at least that is the reason I am using to keep them on my TBR pile - really my pile is just too big!)

This challenge is the perfect opportunity to get these books to the top!

The books I am planning to read from each are listed below:  I will note when I have finished each.

I will read at least one book from each author ~ hopefully will finish each series, but no promises.

Kelley Armstrong

The Summoning

The Awakening

The Reckoning

Melissa Marr

Wicked Lovely - read July 2010

Ink Exchange

Fragile Eternity

Radiant Shadows

P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

Marked, Betrayed, Chosen, Untamed, Hunted, Tempted, Burned, and in 2011 - Awakened

Awesome Authors Challenge 2010

Alyce from At Home with Books is hosting this challenge! The concept and rules are below:

Welcome to the Awesome Author Challenge!
The idea behind this challenge is to read works by authors who have been recommended to you time and again, but you haven't gotten around to reading them yet. These are the authors that everyone else tells you are awesome, thus the "Awesome Author Challenge" title.

The Rules:
The challenge starts January 1, 2010 and ends December 31, 2010.
Crossover from other challenges is allowed.
Choose the level at which you would like to participate, post about it and come back and leave a link to your post in Mister Linky.
Titles and authors do not have to be predetermined, and can change at any time.
Books can come from any genre or reading level, the only requirement is that you have heard great things about the author, but haven't yet read any of their works.

The Levels:
Easy: Choose three authors and read at least one title from each author.
Moderate: Choose six authors and read at least one title from each author.
Challenging: Choose ten authors and read at least one title from each author.
Over-Achieving: Anything over ten authors.

Post links to your reviews on the review posts: Jan/Feb, March/April.
Please leave a direct link to your challenge post in Mister Linky.

I am planning to sign up at the easy level - commit to only three authors.  That way I can be successful at the challenge and read additonal books and authors if time allows.

Read Your Name Challenge 2010

This challenge is really cool!  Go to Read Your Name Challenge to sign up!  I am participating and will be using Bev At The Wormhole as my name and the books I will be reading are:

B: Brighid's Quest by P.C. Cast (this is the sequel to Elphame's Choice and absolutely had to be read immediately upon finishing Elphame!  It too was great! finished 4/25/10)

E: Elphame's Choice by P.C. Cast - - finished April 23, 2010

V: Viper's Nest (39 Clues #7) by Peter Lerangis - finished August 11, 2010

A: Alpha Turned by K.B. Alan ----- finished April 16, 2010

T: Tainted by Julie Kenner - - - -finished May 18, 2010

T: Touch the Dark by Karen Chance - - - finished 6/10/2010

H: Hidden Queen by Alma Alexander - - finished 7/12/2010

E: Even Money by Dick Francis - - finished - 6/20/2010

W: Wings by Aprilynne Pike - finished 6/15/2010

O: Once Bitten by Kalayna Price - - - finished 6/11/2010

R: Run, Wolf: Nightfall Wolf Clans #1 by Keith Melton - - - finished 5/15/2010

M: Mind Games by Carolyn Crane - - - finished 6/8/2010

H: Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl - - - finished 5/8/2010

O: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - - finished April 18, 2010

L: Leader of the Pack - Karen MacInerney - - - finished July 2010

E: Exposure: A Novel by Brandilyn Collins - - - finished 5/4/2010

TOP 100 YA List - how many have you read?

April at Good Books & Wine has compiled a list of the top 100 YA books - you can check out more about the list here.  I have highlighted the ones I have read. Only 26 - I can't believe that I have just added SOOOOOO many more books to my TBR stack.

100. Hate List by Jennifer Brown


99. Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix

98. A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

97. Among The Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix - have read this entire series.

96. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Claus

95. Forever by Judy Blume

94. The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

93. Tithe by Holly Black

92. Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

91. Wings by Aprillynne Pike

90. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

89. Angus, Thongs And Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

88. Marked by PC And Kristin Cast

87. Maximum Ride series by James Patterson -  I have just picked up a copy of FANG. The first one in this series is one of my all time favorite books!

86. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

85. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

84. I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak

83. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

82. The Mediator series by Meg Cabot

81. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

80. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

79. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

78. Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen

77. Evernight by Claudia Gray

76. If I Stay by Gayle Foreman

75. Life As We Knew It series by Susan Beth Pfeffer

74. Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston

73. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

72. Alana: The First Adventure series by Tamora Pierce

71. Stardust by Neil Gaiman

70. Unwind by Neil Shusterman

69. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

68. Paper Towns by John Green

67. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

66. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith

65. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

64. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time by Mark Haddon

63. The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

62. Blue Bloods series by Melissa De La Cruz

61. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

60. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

59. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

58. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

57. Eragon by Christopher Paoloni

56. Morganville Vampires series by Rachel Caine

55. The Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith

54. Fallen by Lauren Kate

53. The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

52. The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot

51. Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke

50. Number The Stars by Lois Lowry

49. Lord Of The Flies by William Golding

48. The Maze Runner by James Dashner

47. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares  - have read only the first one.

46. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

45. The Summoning series by Kelley Armstrong

44. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

43. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

42. Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card

41. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

40. Wake series by Lisa McMann

39. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

38. Are You There Good? It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume

37. Looking For Alaska by John Green

36. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

35. A Great And Terrible Beauty series by Libba Bray

34. His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman

33. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

32. Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare

31. The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

30. Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr

29. Forest of Hands And Teeth by Carrie Ryan

28. Holes by Louis Sacher

27. The Outsiders by SE Hinton

26. The Catcher In The Rye by JD Salinger

25. The Princess Bride by William Goldman

24. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

23. The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

22.Uglies series by Scott Westerfield - (I have read everything else by Westerfeld!)

21. Beautiful Creatures by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia

20. Poison Study series by Maria V. Snyder

19. Book Thief by Markus Zusak

18. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carlson Levine

17. Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead

16. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

15. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

14. Anne of Green Gables series by LM Montgomery

13. The Giver by Lois Lowry

12. The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

11. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

10. Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis - I have read only the first one. 

9. A Wrinkle In Time series by Madeline L'engle

8. Graceling series by Kristin Cashore

7. Percy Jackson And The Olympians by Rick Riordan - have read only the first one.

6. Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

5. Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen

4. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

3. Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer

2. Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

1. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

Found it at the Hop! Spring Reading Thing 2010!

While I was hopping - I found this challenge!  Spring Reading Thing 2010

So I joined up! 

This will be my post for the list of books I am reading/planning to read for the Spring Reading Thing 2010.

Book List (black is planning to read - green has been read)!

Crossroads: Southern Arcana Book 2 by Moira Rogers
Crux: Southern Arcana Book 1 by Moira Rogers
Soulless by Gail Carriger
Changeless (sequel to Soulless) by Gail Carriger
Into the Mist by Maya Banks
Into the Lair by Maya Banks
Wolf Signs by Vivian Arend
Wolf Flight by Vivian Arend
Wolf Games by Vivian Arend
Must Love Hellhounds by Ilona Andrews
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Storm Born by Richelle Mead

Random Reading Activity Challenge

If you participated in or heard about the Holiday Break Reading Challenge and the Spring Break Reading Challenge you won't have any trouble catching on to what is going on at this site. Karin found she enjoyed hosting the challenge actvities and prize giveaways so much that she decided to set up a way for her to do it all during the year. So here is what she'll do:

•RANDOMLY, she'll post an activity challenge. You might want to look at some of the ones she did during the Holiday Break Reading Challenge and the Spring Break Reading Challenge for an idea of what to expect.

•You'll have a SPECIFIC amount of time to complete the activity.

•You'll post something on your blog with your completed activity challenge and come back to this site and link your blog post to MR. LINKY. (If, for some reason, there isn't a Mr. Linky available then just leave the link to your post in the comment section. Mr. Linky seems to be down as she's creating this post.)

•After the time period to complete the activity is up, she'll RANDOMLY choose a winner from the people on Mr. Linky.

• She'll post the winner and ask them to email her with their mailing address and prize choice. (Some challenges will be for SPECIFIC prizes, like this one.)

•YOU'LL WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE BLOG BY EMAIL OR RSS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF THE RANDOM ACTIVITY CHALLENGES.

So, are you ready for the first activity challenge? This is an easy one. The winner will receive YOU by Charles Benoit. It won't be available for purchase until August 24, 2010.

E Book Challenge 2010!

This is where I will be posting my E books!
My goal is to read as many E books as I can - for the sake of the challenge counter (I hope to put on my sidebar) I am going to set my goal at 40!  Wish me luck!

These are the E books I have read:

1. Soulless by Gail Carriger

2. Crux: Southern Arcana Book 1 by Moira Rogers

3. Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith

4. Wolf Signs: Granite Lake Wolves Book 1 by Vivian Arend

5. Wolf Flight: Granite Lake Wolves Book 2 by Vivian Arend

6. Wolf Games: Granite Lake Wolves Book 3 by Vivian Arend

7. Into the Mist: Falcon Mercenary Group Book 1 by Maya Banks

8. Into the Lair: Falcon Mercenary Group Book 2 by Maya Banks

9. Skin Deep: Laura Blackstone Book 1 by Mark Del Franco

10. Male Call: Hot Zone Book 1 by Denise A. Agnew

11. Stopping Time, part 1 by Melissa Marr

12. Stopping Time, part 2 by Melissa Marr

13. Must Love Hellhounds by Ilona Andrews
14. Unknown by Rachel Caine
15. Cry Sanctuary: Red Rock Pass Book 1 by Moira Rogers
16. Sanctuary Lost: Red Rock Pass Book 2 by Moira Rogers
17. Sanctuary's Price: Red Rock Pass Book 3 by Moira Rogers
18. Exposure by Brandilyn Collins
19. On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
20. Try Me by Parker Blue
21. Elphame's Choice by P.C. Cast
22. Brighid's Quest by P.C. Cast
23. Run, Wolf by Keith Melton
24. Tainted by Julie Kenner
25. Once Bitten by Kalayna Price
26. Alpha Turned by K.B. Alan
27. Mind Games by Carolyn Crane
28. Addiction by Sandra Marshall
29. Turned by Julie Kenner
30. Torn by Julie Kenner
31. Even Money by Dick Francis
32. Sanctuary Unbound: Red Rock Pass #4 by Moira Rogers
33. Short Stories from Red Rock by Moira Rogers
34. Leader of the Pack: Tales of an Urban Werewolf by Karen MacInerney
35. Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
36. Crossroads: Southern Arcana Book 2 by Moira Rogers

37. Hidden Queen by Alma Alexander

38. Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione

39. Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

40. Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione

41. The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston

42. The Beast in Him by Shelly Laurenston

43. The Mane Squeeze by Shelly Laurenston

44. The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston

45. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

46. A Safe Harbor by Moira Rogers

47. Hunting Season: The Gathering by Shelly Laurenston

48. Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston

49. Wild Card by Moira Rogers

50. Calling the Bluff by Moira Rogers

51. Ante Up by Moira Rogers

52. Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler

Spring Break Reading Challenge

Spring Break Reading Challenge #3 -
1. Title and author of the book you are reading.
2. Include the cover of the book.
3. Synopsis
4. What do you think about the book so far?
5. Does the author have a website or blog? If so, insert a link in your post.

Be sure to link to your direct post using Mr. Linky in order to be eligible for the book giveaway.


I am reading The Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith. 

Synopsis from Amazon:  "Cathy is on top of the world--beautiful, rich, a top movie star about to launch a new career as a cosmetics queen--when an unscrupulous photographer in search of a story causes her car to crash and burn, destroying her perfect body as well as her career and sending her scurrying for a place to hide her scars. Thomas, on the other hand, is still mourning the deaths of his wife and young son in the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center and is slowly drinking himself to death while sleeping in the bed of his truck in an isolated hamlet in the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. Together, however, they find they are stronger and better people, and they begin to take an active interest in the mountain community that has taken them both into their hearts, and into their kitchens."

So far I love this book.  I am reading it on the Kindle (my first ever Kindle book) and am very impressed, both with the Kindle and the story.  The author creates amazing characters - both human and animal.  I find myself not wanting to put the Kindle down.  The lives of those characters are well constructed.  I love the strong women and the references to the ideals and things in life that the people in the Crossroads charish.   I know that when I finish this story I will be looking for more books by Deborah Smith.  You can click on her name above and go to her website.

Spring Break Reading Challenge - 2010

This is my first blog post for the Spring Break Reading Challenge hosted by Karin Librarian! The Challenge runs March 12 - March 21, 2010.  Goals....that is the topic today.  Wow - this should be easy, but I don't want to be unrealistic and set some lofty "will read so many books" goal - because I realize that what I lack more than anything is time.  So, with that in mind...

My goal:
Simply to take the time to read EVERY day: before 10:00 pm. I usually end up taking time from the night (between midnight and 3 am) when I really should be sleeping.

2010 Thriller & Suspense Challenge

This is where I will be tracking and reviewing my books for the thriller and suspense challenge! This list is not in the order they will be read.

Here is my list:

1. Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag - 3/2/10: kept me turning the pages to the last - but I was hoping for the "happy ending" I had envisioned.

2. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs - - 

3. Storm Front by Jim Butcher

4. Turning Angel by Greg Iles

5. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

6. Dark of the Moon by John Sandford

7. The Front by Patricia Cornwell

8. First to Die by James Patterson

9. Impulse by Catherine Coulter

10. The Killing Ground by Jack Higgins

11. Rough Country by John Sandford

12. You've Been Warned by James Patterson

13. Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown

14. Beach House by James Patterson

15. Apocalypse Happens by Lori Handeland - - 3/25/10
16. Exposure: A Novel by Brandilyn Collins - - 5/4/2010
17. On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - - 4/18/2010 - - 4/18/2010
18. Even Money by Dick Francis - - 6/20/10
19. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting - - 6/18/2010
20. Mind Games by Carolyn Crane - - 6/8/2010
21. Origin In Death by J.D. Robb - - 7/2/10
22. Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts - - 7/8/10