Sunday, August 31, 2014

August Wrap up

What I've read in August

1.      In the Field of Grace by Tessa Asfhar
2.      Wildflower by Alecia Whitaker
3.      Through a glass, deadly by Sarah Atwell
4.   To Scotland with love by Patience Griffin
5.      The Women of Duck Commander by Kay Robertson
6.      Breathe, Annie, Breathe by Miranda Kenneally
7.      The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E Smith
8.      The Year of Chasing Dreams by Lurlene McDaniel
9.      A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
10.  Single Dad Cowboy by Brenda Minton
11.  The Double wedding ring by Clare O’Donohue
12.  Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
13.  Forever with you by Robin Jones Gunn
14.  Splitting Harriet by Tamera Leigh
15.  P.S. I love you by Cecelia Ahern
16.  A Side of Faith by Krista Phillips

17.  Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon

Friday, August 29, 2014

Reading this week

Finished
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Forever with You by Robin Jones Gunn
P.S. I love you by Cecelia Ahern
Splitting Harriet by Tamera Leigh


A Side of Faith by Krista Phillips

Currently reading
The Redemption by M.L. Tyndall
Grimm’s Complete fairy tales by Jacob Grimm
Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon
Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich

Non-fiction reading  
American Sniper by Chris Kyle
Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody

Getting ready to read
Love’s Fortune by Laura Frantz
The Red Siren by M.L. Tyndall
Mafia Girl by Deborah Blumenthal
The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston
Made to Last by Melissa Tagg
Take Me on by Katie McGarry
The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson
Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody
Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer
Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Lousie
Five Glass Slippers by Elisabeth Brown
Blue Ridge Reunion by Mia Ross
Small-Town Homecoming by Lissa Manley
Austenland by Shannon Hale

Classics
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Reviewing
Rival Hearts by Tara Randel


Devotional reading
Bible through in a year
The Girl’s still Got it by Liz Curtis Higgs

Did Not Finish




Reviews Posted this week 

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Surprise

I got a surprise in the mail when I got home from work yesterday.  It was from Baker publishing and it was an author gift a book from one of my favorite authors.










the surprise was this

Now I can start reading it without waiting for my copy  I pre-ordered from Amazon to ship. 

That makes for a happy reader, and fan 


Review of Breakfast Served anytime

Breakfast Served AnytimeTitle: Breakfast Served Anytime

Author: Sarah Combs

Series: no
 
Chapters: 17

Pages: 261

Genre: teen

Rating: 4 stars
                   
     Breakfast served anytime was a cute summer read. About four teens at a summer program at a college in their state. That at the end will give them a scholarship to the flagship University of that State. ]

     The thing that I liked most about this book was that it took place in my home state. That state just happens to be Kentucky. I thought that it was cute quick read. It was also one of those books about finding out who you are. 

Monday, August 25, 2014

Review of Full of heart

Amazon.com: Full of Heart: My Story of Survival, Strength, and Spirit eBook: J.R. Martinez, Alexandra Rockey Fleming: Kindle StoreTitle: Full of Heart

Author:  J.R. Martinez

Series: no
 
Chapters: 14 plus prologue

Pages: 238

Genre: memoir

Rating: 4 stars


JR tells his story of being a solider that was injured in combat. As well as how he overcome. 

Friday, August 22, 2014

Reading this week

Finished
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Single Dad Cowboy by Brenda Minton
The Double wedding Ring by Clare O’Donohue

Currently reading
The Redemption by M.L. Tyndall
Grimm’s Complete fairy tales by Jacob Grimm
Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Forever with You by Robin Jones Gunn


Non-fiction reading  
American Sniper by Chris Kyle
Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody
Getting ready to read
Mafia Girl by Deborah Blumenthal
The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston
Made to Last by Melissa Tagg
Take Me on by Katie McGarry
The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson
Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody
Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer
Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Lousie
Five Glass Slippers by Elisabeth Brown
Blue Ridge Reunion by Mia Ross
Small-Town Homecoming by Lissa Manley
Austenland by Shannon Hale

Classics
Reviewing
Rival Hearts by Tara Randel


Devotional reading
Bible through in a year

Did Not Finish




Reviews Posted this week 



Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Review of Raptor 6

Ronie KendigTitle: Raptor 6

Author: Ronie Kendig

Series: Quiet Professionals 
 
Chapters: 56 plus epilogue

Pages: 351

Genre: Christian suspense Military

Rating: 5 stars

Another great read by Ronie Kendig. If you love military action. I am never disappointed when I pick up one of her books. They keep me on the edge of my seat the whole time that I am reading them. I love the abbreviations at the beginning of the book. As a teen I got a lot of texts with the abbreviation for return to base. Reminding me that it was time to come all the joys of being a military brat. I guess that’s why I always love Ronie’s books about military heroes’ is because my hero’s since I was a little girl have been military personal.
I received an e copy from netgalley in exchange for an honest review. 

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

I'm back

I took a blogging break over the summer. I actually hadn't planned on taking the break, but then I decided it was for the best. I spent the summer celebrating graduating from college. Finally! As well as looking for a job in which I can use my degree Criminal Justice that I actually want. Still no luck there. Spent time working on a short story for a contest almost done. As well as working on three novels that I have in progress.

More importantly I spent the summer spending as much time with my baby sister before she left for college last week. But in the next few weeks I will be back to blogging me. I have some stuff planed.

I will hopefully have a book review posted tomorrow, and be back on the normal book review schedule next week. 

Friday, August 15, 2014

Reading this week

Finished
To Scotland with love by Patience Griffin
Breathe Annie, Breathe by Miranda Kenneally
The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith 
The Year of Chasing Dreams by Lurlene McDaniel
The Women of Duck Commander by Kay Robertson
Didn't get much time to read this week, wanted to spend time with my sister before she leaves for college. 

Currently reading
The Redemption by M.L. Tyndall
Grimm’s Complete fairy tales by Jacob Grimm
Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Basil Instinct by Shelley Costa
The Double wedding Ring by Clare O’Donohue


Non-fiction reading  
American Sniper by Chris Kyle

Getting ready to read
Mafia Girl by Deborah Blumenthal
The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston
Made to Last by Melissa Tagg
Forever with You by Robin Jones Gunn
Take Me on by Katie McGarry
The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson
Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody
Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer
Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Lousie
Pane of Death by Sarah Atwell
Five Glass Slippers by Elisabeth Brown

Classics
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Reviewing
Rival Hearts by Tara Randel


Devotional reading
Bible through in a year

Did Not Finish




Reviews Posted this week 


Saturday, August 9, 2014

How a Star Falls Cover Reveal

   

About the Book


How does a star fall?

Quickly. Completely. Unexpectedly.

Derrick Knolane escapes to Trinidad Head most evenings, avoiding his apartment and planning for the day he’ll break free of Humboldt County. Working in a music store might be fine for a while, but it’s far from the goal he had in mind when he got his college degree. Not to mention the fact that his roommate is a jerk and his family won’t stop trying to run his life.

Then Brielle falls into his world.

She claims to be a star. Not from Hollywood, but from heaven. He thinks she’s crazy. Certainly delusional. Yet, he can’t just leave her alone on the cliffs. So he takes her home.

And his whole world falls apart.

A heartfelt and fanciful contemporary romance novella, How a Star Fallsexplores the uncertain season of new adulthood and shows that sometimes the worst inconveniences make for the best miracles of all.


Amber Stokes Author   Amber Stokes works as a content writer for Harvest House Publishers and writes inspirational fiction depicting the seasons of life and love. Her passion for books compelled her to earn a bachelor's degree in English and to run her own freelance editing and publicity business for over a year. Happily, the next step in her career lies in the Pacific Northwest—a part of the world she's always considered home. Learn more about her indie-author adventure atwww.SeasonsofaStory.blogspot.com.

Amber Stokes Author

About the Cover Designer


Lena Goldfinch writes fantasy and romance for teens and adults. She's a sucker for a good old-fashioned romance, whether it's a novel, novella, or short story, young adult or adult, fantasy or realistic, contemporary or historical. Elements of romance, fantasy, and mystery have a way of creeping into her writing, even when she's writing something light and contemporary. Learn more about Lena, her books, and her cover designs atwww.LenaGoldfinch.blogspot.com.












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Friday, August 8, 2014

Reading this week

Finished
In the Field of Grace by Tessa Afshar
Through a Glass, deadly by Sarah Atwell
Wildflower by Alecia Whitaker

Currently reading
The Redemption by M.L. Tyndall
Grimm’s Complete fairy tales by Jacob Grimm
Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon
Breathe Annie, Breathe by Miranda Kenneally
The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
To Scotland with love by Patience Griffin

Non-fiction reading  
American Sniper by Chris Kyle
The Women of Duck Commander by Kay Robertson
Call the Nurse by Mary J Macleod

Getting ready to read
The Stepsister’s Tale by Tracy Barrett
Mafia Girl by Deborah Blumenthal
The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston
Made to Last by Melissa Tagg
Forever with You by Robin Jones Gunn
Take Me on by Katie McGarry
The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson
Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody
Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer
Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Lousie
Just Like the Movies by Kelly Fiore
The Year of Chasing Dreams by Lurlene McDaniel 
Classics
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Reviewing


Devotional reading
Bible through in a year

Did Not Finish





Reviews Posted this week 

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Books read so far this year January through July

January 
1.     Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
2.     Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
3.     Fearless fourteen by Janet Evanvoich
4.     Under a Blackberry Moon by Serena B Miller
5.     City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
6.     The Shadowhunter's Codex by Cassandra Clare
7.     The Husband Hunt by Karen Kirst
8.     The Rancher's Secret Son by Betsy St. Amant
9.     The Surgeon by Tess Gerristen
10. The Soldier's Sister by Debby Giusti
11. Buried in Bargains by Josie Belle
12. Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
13. Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
14. A Chance to die By Elisabeth Elliot
15. Murder and Marinara by Rosie Genova 
16. Forget Me Not by Amber Stokes
17.  You Cannoli Die Once by Shelley Costa
18. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanvoich


February

19.  Words with Fiends by Ali Brandon
20.   Bellflower by Amber Stokes
21.   If Bread could Rise to the occasion by Paige Shelton
22.  Racing Savannah by Miranda Kenneally
23.  Safe by the Marshal’s Side by Shirlee McCoy
24.  Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
25.  Also Known as by Robin Benway
26.  Once Upon a winter’s Heart by Melody Carlson
27.  Bellflower by Amber Stokes
28.  Finger Lickin Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
29.  Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
30.  Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich
31.  A Mad Wicked Folly by Sharon Waller Biggs
32.  The Heist by Janet Evanovich



March
33.  Princess Ever After by Rachel Hauck
34.   Roomies by Sara Zarr
35.  Salvation by Anne Osterlund
36.  Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
37.  The Art of Goodbye by Gwendolyn Heasley
38.  Haunting Joy by Lena Goldfinch
39.  Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
40.  Dare You To by Katie McGarry
41.  Smokin Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
42.  Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
43.  The Secret Diamond Sisters by Michelle Madow
44.  Something Like Normal by Trish Doller
45.  Kissing in Italian by Lauren Henderson
46.  Scandal in Skibbereen by Shelia Connolly
April
47.  Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
48.  The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry
49.  The Nurses secret Suitor by Cheryl Wyatt
50.  The Lonesome Young by Lucy Connors
51.  The Missing Ink by Karen E. Olson
52.  The Silence of The Library by Miranda James
53.  Destination Unknown by Amy Clipston
54.  Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evaonich
55.  Meant to be Mine by Becky Wade
56.  The Thousand Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas
May
57.  Growing Up Duggar by Jana Duggar
58.  Pretty In Ink by Karen E Olson
59.  Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
60.  Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
61.  Driven to Ink by Karen Olson
62.  Paige Turned by Erynn Mangum
63.  The Chase by Janet Evaovich
64.  Crash into you by Katie McGarry
65.  Ink Flamingos by Karen E Olson
66.  Murder in Murray Hill by Victoria Thompson
67.  Since you’ve been Gone by Morgan Matson
68.  Trinity by Ronie Kendig
69.  Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich
70.  God’s Daugther by Heather Day Gilbert
71.  The Message in the Hollow Oak by Caroyln Keene

June

72.   The Mystery of the Ivory Charm by Carolyn Keene
73.  Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
74.  Welcome to Last Chance by Cathleen Armstrong
75.  Raptor 6 by Ronie Kendig
76.  The Baby Rescue by Margaret Daley
77.  Full of Heart by J.R. Martinez
78.   Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
79.  I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
80.  Plots and Pans by Kelly Eileen Hake
81.  Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
82.  The Little House Guidebook by William Anderson
83.  A Cowboy Unmatched by Karen Witemeyer
84.  Lord Teach Us to Pray by Andrew Murray
85.  Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
86.  Breakfast Served Anytime by Sarah Combs
87.  An Unforeseen Match by Regina Jennings
88.  No Match for Love by carol Cox
89.   Tim Farmer A Kentucky Woodsman by Steve Flairty

July

90.  Remembering the Alamo by Alicia Willis
91.  The Chapel Wars by Lindsey Leavitt
92.  Meeting Her Match by Mary Connealy
93.  City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
94.  Bloom and Doom by Beverly Allen
95.  Top Secret Twenty One by Janet Evanovich
96.  Pros and Cons by Janet Evanvocih
97.  Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
98.  Return To Chocolate by Erynn Mangum
99.  Persuasion by Jane Austen
100.                      The Princess Bride by William Goldman
101.                      Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
102.                      Shunned and Dangerous by Laura Bradford
103.                      Somebody Like You by Beth K Vogt
104.                      The Cowboy’s Reunited Family by Brenda Minton

105.                      The Pickled Piper by Mary Ellen Hughes