Wednesday, February 28, 2018

[Wrap Up Post] Bookish Bingo: Winter 2017 - 2018

These are the books that I read in the month of DEC that crossed some of the spots from the bingo:
These are the books that I read in the month of JAN that crossed other spots from the bingo:
And lastly, these are the books that I read in the month of FEB that crossed some of the remaining spots from the bingo:

I tried, guys. I wanted to fill the whole card, but I couldn't. Still, I'm proud to have done some bingos! Till next time, I hope there will be a next one.

Waiting on Wednesday [130]

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:
The Trials of Apollo #3

THE BURNING MAZE

by: Rick Riordan
Publication Date: May 1st, 2018

 

The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos. In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. But he has to achieve this impossible task without having any godly powers and while being duty-bound to a confounding young daughter of Demeter named Meg. Thanks a lot, Dad.

With the help of some demigod friends, Lester managed to survive his first two trials, one at Camp Half-Blood, and one in Indianapolis, where Meg received the Dark Prophecy. The words she uttered while seated on the Throne of Memory revealed that an evil triumvirate of Roman emperors plans to attack Camp Jupiter. While Leo flies ahead on Festus to warn the Roman camp, Lester and Meg must go through the Labyrinth to find the third emperor—and an Oracle who speaks in word puzzles—somewhere in the American Southwest. There is one glimmer of hope in the gloom-filled prophecy: The cloven guide alone the way does know. They will have a satyr companion, and Meg knows just who to call upon. . . .

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

[Release Blitz] Baby Daddy, by: Kendall Ryan


BABY DADDY

by: Kendall Ryan
Publication Date: TODAY
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Humor, Adult

We met in a trapped elevator.

Emmett was on his way to work, sophisticated and handsome in his tailored suit and tie.

I was on my way to the sperm bank. Awkward, right?

At thirty-five, my life hadn’t taken the path I thought it would and I was tired of waiting—I wanted a baby. And I was ready to take matters into my own hands to make it happen.

After our ill-fated elevator encounter, Emmett insisted on taking me to dinner—he also insisted on something else—that I ditch my plan involving a turkey baster and let him do the job. He would be my baby daddy. He was a wealthy and powerful CEO with little interest in diapers or playdates. And since he didn’t want kids, I’d be on my own once his bun was in my oven, free to go my own way.

But once his baby was inside me, it was like a switch had been flipped, and I got a whole lot more than I ever bargained for.

This full-length standalone contains a hot, swoonworthy hero, lots of playful banter and some hot baby-making s-e-x! Enjoy.

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AUTHOR 


A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen titles, Kendall Ryan has sold over 2 million books and her books have been translated into several languages in countries around the world. Her books have also appeared in the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists more than three dozen times. Ryan has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek, and InTouch Magazine. She lives in Texas with her husband and two sons.

Visit her at www.kendallryanbooks.com for the latest book news, and fun extras.

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Top Ten Tuesday [72]

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookis in June 2010 and moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week they will post a new Top Ten list that one of their bloggers over at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join! This week Top Ten is...

Top Ten Books I Could Re-Read Forever

FIFTY SHADES
 

THIS MAN
 

HASHTAG
 

GEARSHARK
 

TEMPTATION
 

What's your Top Ten?

Monday, February 26, 2018

[Review] Toad, by: Cambria Hebert

Public Enemy #2

TOAD

by: Cambria Hebert
Publication Date: January 29th, 2018
Read Date: February 24th, 2018
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Music, New Adult
Format: Kindle Edition
Pages: 322

 

Aerie Boone is a toad.
At least according to every news outlet and online hater imaginable.

Accusations of lip-syncing.
Rumors of being dropped by my label.
Reports of celebrity feuds and rivalries.
And then there’s my personal favorite…
The pending annulment of a marriage I can’t even remember agreeing to.
When you’re the sweetheart of country music, being a headline is a given.
Living the headline is more of an uninvited surprise.
I’m barely recognized for the massive success I’ve had.
Now I’m famous because people love to hate me.
I’m a public enemy, but no one knows my side of the story.
I’m beginning to think it doesn’t even matter.
I’m burned out, hurting, and everyone thinks I have warts. Ew.
Becoming a shut-in is exactly what the doctor ordered.
Too bad my label has other ideas.
They send me a solution…
In the form of a red-haired, green-eyed man who wears sarcasm like armor.
I don’t want a stranger in my house.
I don’t want Nate.
All I want is to go back to a time when I wasn’t a toad.
When I was country music’s princess.
But going back is impossible.
Moving forward will change everything.

my rate


No secret that Cambria Hebert hooks me up whenever I start a book of her, no matter how predictable might be. I just love it and even though sometimes I know what might happen, it surprises me how she writes things and gives everything life of its own.

Public Enemy is a series that I hope that grows even more. For now, this is the second book and I just want more. Everything she writes a new protective man, I just fall right straight in love. Nate was not the exception. I know him from book one and I just knew he was such a sweetheart under all that sarcasm, which I totally love.

Aerie is in deep shit, no kidding and Nate might be the only person who can actually help her, but she refuses to trust another person because a lot of them have let her down. Nate have the toughest job, make her trust him. He wants her, bad and for good. These two cancel each other out in the most perfect way. She's totally serious when he is always kidding. She is totally reserve when he is totally out there. But both of them are way talented and their music is the best. The world might think she's a toad, but for Nate, she will always be his princess.

The story is super sweet. I might have early diabetes of how many sweet things I read overall. Cambria Herbert is a good damn author, so I recommend this book... I mean, the whole series and of all her other series.

last review


Saturday, February 24, 2018

[Review] Butterfly, by: Cambria Hebert

Public Enemy #1

BUTTERFLY

by: Cambria Hebert
Publication Date: November 3rd, 2017
Read Date: February 24th, 2018
Genre: Romance, Music, College, New Adult
Format: Kindle Edition
Pages: 296

 

Drunken brawls. One-night stands.
No-show interviews. Toilet-papering my hoity-toity neighbor's house.
Insulting my fans. Trashing hotel rooms.
What's it take to become public enemy number one?
I just told you.
I've done all that and more.
My poor conduct got me on the Celebs Behaving Badly list
and ultimately ruined my career.
From the world's number-one popstar to world's most hated.
That's me. Ten Stark.
Go underground, they said. Stay out of the spotlight.
Most importantly, stay out of trouble.
Everyone loves a good comeback story.
For once, I listened.
I met someone who didn't know my name,
my face, or the bad behavior that defined me.
She taught me I wasn't who everyone thought I was--everyone including me.
Then someone whispered my name and things got messy, as they always do.
Now I want her back.
I'm not a caterpillar, but a butterfly.
My wings are in full color, not just black and white.
But first, I have to shed my cocoon and fly.

my rate


Cambria Hebert is the authors of one of the series that I can't get enough even though is done and everyone had their happy ending (Hashtag/GearShark series), so I keep rereading them. It was time for me to move on and read newer stuff she was coming out with. I regret nothing. I love how she writes her characters, so I fell in love with Stark from page 1.

Reading a story about a celebrity might not be something I would be into, but reading about this guy who is a fuck up and this girl changes him completely.... that, I am into. Stark is a jerk, but a good one. Violet is an under the radar girl that loves what she's studying, art. These two cannot be more for each other because that's impossible and even then, they are more perfect for each other. Art is something that connects them, but their lives are not easy.

Stark lied. Well, he hid the truth. But he was still himself. Violet struggles every day with an invisible sickness (most of the time invisible). But he made her feel stronger than before. She made him feel the real him, not Ten, but the real Stark. They were good for each other, so the happy ending was a given. Now, it was too fast. I wanted more happiness, but I'm content that I might see more of them in the upcoming books.

I have to admit that I liked this changed. I mean the change from a football/sports series to a celebrity/music one. I will always love how Cambria makes her male characters grovel, so I'll always read them. My favorite part is when the boys are possessive af, I just love it. The best plot twist was when she was also like that. The real touch was her having the disease, RA. It brought the most human part of this famous celebrity to come out and it made the whole story for "real" for the lack of words.

Overall, I loved the story and I can't wait for more of whatever Cambria wants to write.

Stalking the Shelves [28]

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, which is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. You can read more about the creation of this meme by visiting the official launch page here.

January 28th, 2018 to February 25th, 2018

READ THESE PAST WEEKS:
BOOKS BORROWED FROM LIBRARY:
  • The Last Star, by Rick Yancey
  • Snowmen All Year, by Caralyn Buehner
  • I Will Surprise My Friend!, by Mo Willems
  • The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
  • Scaredy Squirrel, by Mélanie Watt
  • The Lemonade Club, by Patricia Polaco
  • Chicken Sunday, by Patricia Polaco
  • Thunder Cake, by Patricia Polaco
  • Caraval, by Stephanie Garber
  • Babymouse, Monster Mash, by Jennifer L Holm
  • The Rose Society, by Marie Lu
  • Kristy's Great Idea, by Raina Telgemeir
NEW BOOKS IN MY PHYSICAL BOOKSHELF:
  • Wires and Nerves, Vol. 2, by Marissa Meyer
  • Renegades, by Marissa Meyer

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Swoon Thursday [10]

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag #YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the steamy button and share it on your blog. We want to know!
Chaos #5

ROUGH RIDE

by: Kristen Ashley
Read on February 19th, 2018

Rosalie Holloway put it all on the line for the Chaos Motorcycle Club.

Informing to Chaos on their rival club—her man’s club, Bounty—Rosalie knows the stakes. And she pays them when her man, who she was hoping to scare straight, finds out she’s betrayed him and he delivers her to his brothers to mete out their form of justice.

But really, Rosie has long been denying that, as she drifted away from her Bounty, she’s been falling in love with Everett “Snapper” Kavanagh, a Chaos brother. Snap is the biker-boy-next door with the snowy blue eyes, quiet confidence and sweet disposition who was supposed to keep her safe... and fell down on that job.

For Snapper, it’s always been Rosalie, from the first time he saw her at the Chaos Compound. He’s just been waiting for a clear shot. But he didn’t want to get it after his Rosie was left bleeding, beat down and broken by Bounty on a cement warehouse floor.

With Rosalie a casualty of an ongoing war, Snapper has to guide her to trust him, take a shot with him, build a them...

And fold his woman firmly in the family that is Chaos.

swoon worthy scene

     And he put it out there.
     "I fell for you when you were Shy's and if you think that now, when you need me most, now, when I finally, fuckin' finally got a clear shot, I'm givin' up, think again, Rosie. You're hurt and you're pissed and I get that. But I'm not givin' you up. I don't care what way I gotta take you, as mine or just havin' you in my life in a way you'd let me be there, but however that is, I'm not givin' up. Not ever, Rosalie. I'm not givin' you up. You're gonna be in my life and I'm gonna be in yours. Bank on it."
     He gave her that because he had to and she had to have it.
     But he didn't push her further.
     He reached up, kissed her forehead, straightened, grabbed his book...
     And walked away.
     For now.

I swear that I fell totally in love with Snapper from page one. You would too, so read the series because is a good one.

Thursday Tracks [79]

Ohhh! You know, and if you don't you'll know now, that I LOVE, love, LoVe music. Just as I live and breathe words, I live and breathe music. Those two things are just part of me as any other organ in my body. As you can see in my Music page, I hear music while reading! My Thursdays are dedicated to music thanks to this feature! Created to share what song, album, playlist, artist I got stuck in my head every week. 
Now, this week song is...

WHERE'S MY LOVE?

Artist: SYML

favorite part of the lyrics: If she ran away, come back home.

Hear me next Thursday!