It's Monday!

(I grabbed this button/pic from a blog - thanks so much for sharing - it's awesome!!!)

In My Mailbox: This weekly meme is hosted by The Story Siren

Mailbox Monday: 

Mailbox Monday is on tour this month at She Reads and Reads.

It's Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event now hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss our week of reading! 

This is what has been in my mailbox since my last post!

Bought from Amazon:  Masques by Patricia Briggs, 13 to Life by Shannon Delany

and the latest in Heather Brewer's Vladimir Tod Chronicles Twelfth Grade Kills.

Won:  Secrets by Danielle Steel from Hott Books, Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe from Down the Rabbit Hole, and both The Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Capture and Wolves of the Beyond: Lone Wolf by Kathryn Lasky from Jenn's Bookshelves.

Thanks so much for the great books!

What am I reading? 

I am currently reading Minder by Kate Kaynak

Amazon product description:  

Sixteen-year-old Maddie Dunn is special, but she needs to figure out how to use her new abilities before somebody else gets hurt. Ganzfield is a secret training facility full of people like her, but it's not exactly a nurturing place. Every social interaction carries the threat of mind-control. A stray thought can burn a building to the ground. And people's nightmares don't always stay in their own heads. But it's still better than New Jersey--especially once she meets the man of her dreams...

I am loving it so far - I have been super pressed for reading time and so I haven't gotten as far as I wanted to get, but I am just over halfway and am looking forward to finishing and getting to the sequel!

Next I will be reading Adversary by Kate Kaynak.  

September is Ending - W.W.W.

Just a quickie post to say thanks to all my followers for hanging in there while I have been so lax in posting lately!  I have been so incredibly busy - I haven't had time to even check out too much of the blogging world much less actually blog!  I didn't even successfully finish the Catch-Up Read-a-thon:(  

I am hoping that with any luck I will be caught up in my world and ready to get back to regular blogging!  Thanks again to all my followers - especially since this isn't the first time I have fallen behind!

I try to get all my real world things done before I take the time to blog - I may have to just suck it up and start scheduling my blog posts so I have time to go to all yours!!!     Happy reading!

I am currently reading Minder by Kate Kaynak.

Next I am reading Adversary by Kate Kaynak

Then I will go on to The Ways of Khrem by D. Nathan Hilliard

after that: From the Dead by John Herrick and The Kindling of Greenfyr by Mark Freeman

I just finished reading: Winter's Passage by Julie Kagawa, Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa, and My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking!

It's Friday!!!

It's Friday - I haven't done a Friday Hop or Follow in awhile - sorry I have been slacking!

I thought I would take a little time today on my lunch and try to hop around!

Friday Hop Question: When you write reviews, do you write them as you are reading or wait until you have read the entire book?

My answer: I wait until I have finished the book to write my reviews - which is probably why I am always at least 5 books back with them.  I do highlight and/or write down my favorite quote or something that I think was my "favorite" part - that kind of thing.  Looking at it to write this post has me thinking that I should be writing them as I read the book and then I would be ready to put the finishing touches on and then publish in a more timely fashion.

I am currently reading Minder by Kate Kaynak - loving it, but not getting a lot of time to read - I am reading it and two other books for the Catch-Up Read-a-thon, but so far I am not really catching up - just trying to stay afloat - I am sure I am not the only one!

My next read will be Adversary also by Kate Kaynak and then next will be The Ways of Khrem by D. Nathan Hilliard.

The last books I read were Winters Passage and Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa - amazing stories - can't wait for Iron Queen to come out!

My DROP EVERYTHING AND READ IT book will be Alpha: Shifters Book 6 by Rachel Vincent.

I just got a copy of Blameless by Gail Carriger from a friend and am also planning to try to get that to the top of my TBR in the not so distant future!

What are you reading?

Fall Catch-Up Read-a-thon! - - Update #1

This is my first update for the Fall Catch-up Read-a-thon!

Okay - I am not getting very far on my reading - I seem to keep running into more and more things that must be done and my reading time gets shorter and shorter, but I am still hoping to finish all three books that I planned to read.  I figure I will be reading all night Wednesday night - sleep is over-rated anyway right!!!

So...I am still reading Minder by Kate Kaynak - so far it is fantastic and I can't wait to have a few hours of uninterrupted reading time!  The next book I am planning to read is the sequel to Minder called Adversary!

Laurie Halse Anderson - Speak Poem - Speak Loudly

This is the author of Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson speaking up and speaking loudly in defense of not only her book - but all the victims out there who benefit from books like hers (Speak)!

Mailbox - - it's still Monday - for a few minutes yet!

I continue to be fortunate with my books!  This is what has been in my mailbox since my last post!

Minder and Adversary by Kate Kaynak
Thanks so much for the opportunity to read your books Kate!

Foresight by Sherry D. Ficklin

The giveaway was hosted by Jessica B at Booksake!

The prize package was mailed out from the author - she added the button, hand sanitizer, bookmark, pen, calendar, and the great bag!!!

Thanks so much  much to both Jessica and Sherry!

I also won:

Deadly Fear by Cynthia Eden (The Minding Spot)

Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt (from Bibliophilic Book Blog) and

The Moment of Truth by Mark O'Neal  (from Dollyca's Thoughts)

Must Love Hellhounds was a gift from my friend Kathy.

Dragons of the Valley by Donita K. Paul

August 2010 Early Reviewers Group Book

Poisons of Caux by Susannah Appelbaum

Thanks goes out to Liz at Cleverly Inked for this one!

Burning Up - - - thanks to Danielle at Romance Book Junkies!

Hero by Cheryl Brooks 

Thanks to Paranormal & Romantic Suspense Reviews!

This prize package is from Sharon of Sharon's Garden of Book Reviews!

Included in her prize package was:  the great bag you see in the background, and five books!  The books are: Mistress of the Game by Sidney Sheldon, The Breach by Patrick Lee, The Geneva Deception  by James Twining,  Lincoln's Sword  by James Twining, and the final book being added is A Groom of One's Own by Debra Doyle.

Thanks so much to everyone who had a contest or a giveaway!

Thanks for the great stories!!!