The Sunday Post #5: August Wrap Up

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. 

So what's going on at The Hottie Harem:

August Wrap-Up - The summer months have been slower in terms of reading despite being off until the beginning of the academic year. I read 13 books - mainly thrillers and romantic suspense with a couple of UF and PNR thrown in for good measure.

My favorite book for the month was The Dead Room by Chris Mooney and the worst was Against the Wind by Kat Martin although it was a 3 star read so not too bad.

Difficult choices for the best hunky hotties for August but I managed to narrow it down to Steele in Forged in Steele by Maya Banks with honorable mentions to Adam Hauptmann in Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs and David in Ill Wind by Rachel Caine.

The Anti-Hottie Hero award goes to Dell Connelly in Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis. His cavalier attitude toward women and his womanzing tendencies were too much for my tastes.

The best Kick-Ass Heroine was Karrin Murphy in Blood Rites by Jim Butcher and the special power that caught my eye was Jo Baldwin's ability to control the weather in Ill Wind.

Here are the reviews posted at the Harem this week:

Against the Law by Kat Martin
Immortal Rider by Larissa Ione
Midnight Secrets by Ella Grace

Not to mention some other fun stuff...

Monday Musings - Murder for Young Readers
Top Ten Tuesday - Memorable Secondary Characters
Hunk of the Week
Covers to Covet


And these are the books acquired this week:

Venom by Jennifer Estep (Audible)

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly (Audible)
Seductive Secrets by Colleen Connally (Amazon Freebie)
Endgame by Dee Davis (Amazon)
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn (Amazon)

Also won a $50 Amazon Gift Card from Nikki over at Book Pairing for the Bout of Book 8.0 Pairathon Challenge. Thanks so much Nikki, its already burning a hole in my book buying pocket!

So what have you been up to this week?