Sunday Post #12

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba at Caffeinated Book Reviewer. The purpose of this meme is to showcase new book acquisitions and interesting posts from the previous week. 

Its been a quiet week but I managed to read and review a few books, including:

When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy
Last Dragon Standing by G.A. Aiken
Like No Other Lover by Julie Anne Long
To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

*Click on titles to see reviews
   
Also got a couple of books:

On Thin Ice by Cherry Adair (Kobo)
Kissed by Darkness by Shea MacLeod (Audible)

Secrets for Seducing a Royal Bodyguard by Vanessa Kelly (Borrowed)

After the Storm by Maya Banks (Borrowed)   

So what have you been up to this week?

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Feature & Follow #11: Blogger Resolutions

Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop aimed at providing exposure for new bloggers and at expanding blog followers. The hop is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read and is a wonderful opportunity for making new friends and sharing your love for books and reading.
This week's featured blogs are: Dandelion Wine and Little Blog of Geek

Q: Resolutions: Put together your blogger resolution list for all of us to see!

A little while ago I created a blogging bucket list for the rest of 2013. Here is my updated list for 2014:

Abstract goals: 
* Enjoy blogging and make ensure it doesn't become a chore
* Work on developing interesting content
* Find great books to read and recommend

Numbers to reach by the end of 2013: 
* 150 Bloglovin followers
* 200 Twitter followers
* 650 GFC Followers
 
Book and review related: 
* Receive and review a DRC from Edelweiss
* Review one NetGalley ARC per month

Post/Event related: 
* Complete my Goodreads Challenge and post about it
* Write a street team post  
* Write a Series Wrap up post
* Write a guest post for another blog
* Join a giveaway hop

Design: 
* Create original blog button
* Create original blog signature 

Miscellaneous: 
* Go to a book reading/blogging convention (need to start saving up)  
* Make sure to comment back on blogs that visit

And what are your resolutions?

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Sunday Post #11: December Wrap Up (& 2013)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba at Caffeinated Book Reviewer. The purpose of this meme is to showcase new book acquisitions and interesting posts from the previous week. 

I am back from the Abyss!!! 

My father had an acute gallbladder attack and was in hospital for 5 weeks so what with working and running backwards and forwards from the hospital, and now oodles of pre-surgery doctors appointments, I haven't had much time left over for blogging. Hopefully things will improve once he has his surgery this month.

So here is my wrap up for December and a general note on 2013:

In December, I read 17 and completed my Goodreads challenge of 150 books with 186 read in 2013.

My favorite book for the month was Now You See Me by S.J. Bolton and the worst was Brighter Than The Sun by Julia Quinn. After finishing and loving the Bridgerton's series, I've been working my way through Quinn's backlist in 2013 and all I can say is she has definitely grown as a writer. Its like her earlier books were written by a completely different person - none of the wit and charm of the Bridgertons. 

New entrants into the Hottie Harem were Patrick MacCallister in Two Weeks' Notice by Rachel Caine  and Marc Joesbury in Now You See Me by S.J. Bolton.

No anti-hotties this month - happy to say :0)

The best Kick-Ass Heroine was Bryn Davis in Two Weeks' Notice

The special power that caught my eye was Mercy's ability to see ghosts in Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs. 
   
I got a few books this week as well:

The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris (Kobo)
When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy (Kobo)

Paradise Awakening by Jaci Burton (Amazon)
Wolf Bundle by Terry Spear (Amazon)

 

So what have you been up to this week?

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Feature & Follow #10: Favorite Books of 2013

Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop aimed at providing exposure for new bloggers and at expanding blog followers. The hop is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read and is a wonderful opportunity for making new friends and sharing your love for books and reading.
This week's featured blogs are: The Book Girl and Bookish Findings

Q: What were your favorite books of 2013?

Hmm... I read some great books in 2013 but here are my absolute favorites:

The entire Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean

Die for Me by Cynthia Eden

Lethal Rider by Larissa Ione

Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas

What were your favorites of 2013?

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Clean Out Your e-Reader Challenge: Goals

Hosted by Fantasy is More Fun and Because Reading is better than real life, the purpose of this challenge is to read some of the Freebies and ARCs that have been on your e-Reader since the beginning of time...

This challenge couldn't come at a better time as I have dozens of Kindle Freebies just waiting to be read. I'll be going with the Lightly Clean option and of course, I have already changed my mind about what to read from my initial sign up post. Here are the new possibilities (there is no way I will read them all but maybe I can knock off a couple):




Looking forward to your comments and stopping by the participating blogs!

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