Waiting on Wednesday #315, May 24th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

Look Behind You by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen
Expected Publication: July 18th, 2017
From Goodreads:
A serial killer is on the loose in San Diego, and he has a most unusual M.O.: With each kill, he leaves behind objects with unclear meanings. Most of the recent killings are centered near Kendra Michaels’ home and office, so it comes as no great surprise when the FBI shows up at her door. The investigators soon make a startling discovery: the left-behind objects are actually souvenirs of other unsolved serial murder cases in various U.S. cities. And the new cases feature “holdback” characteristics of the other murders unknown to the general public. 

Kendra realizes that the killer has come to challenge and taunt her. The investigators become his newest targets, even as Kendra slowly begins to suspect that one of them may be the killer himself. She must find the killer as the body count rises, and to do so she relies on her own ”dream team” of agent-for-hire Adam Lynch and private investigator Jessie Mercado. They must risk everything to defeat a psychopath whose terrifying plan is years in the making. 

Oh, wow, this was an amazing book that I really enjoyed, and I can't wait for it to come out! What about you guys? Happy reading!

WWW Wednesday #319, May 24th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?

Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme!

I'm currently reading Silver Silence, and yeah, it's absolutely wonderful! Loving it! Bears!

I'm also reading Before the Dawn, and yeah, it's creepy and awesome!

I read Sister, Sister, and yeah, it was so twisted and awesome! Loved it!

I'm going to be reading This Darkness Mine, and I can't wait, it sounds and looks so great!

Sorry for my silence, I've been working on a project that's taking up a lot of time, so I haven't been reading or blogging much. But it's almost done!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

Teaser Tuesday #319, May 23rd

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Today's teaser comes from nowhere, because I'm not reading anything today! What about you guys? Happy reading!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #311, May 22nd

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #310
Teaser Tuesday #318
WWW Wednesday #318
WOW #315
Will the Time Come #309
Third Sentence Thursday #300
Random Reads #286
First Lines Friday #314
The Reward Challenge Update #296
Follow Friday #288
How Well I Stuck to It #139
Wrote that Review Update #145

Week 20 Reviews:
Secret Life of a Vampire
The Scandal of It All
Discovering You
Shadow Reaper
Sister, Sister

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge:
Update 10
Update 11
Update 12

OK, so I got 22 posts in 7 days, so yeah, a pretty good week! Can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Dare You.

Wrote that Review Update #145, May 21st

If you want to participate, set a certain amount of reviews to write, and once you make that goal, you can get a reward!

My reviews to reward is writing all of the reviews of the week, and I motivated myself to write my review for Secret Life of a Vampire, The Scandal of It All, Discovering You, Shadow Reaper, Sister, Sister, so I have 5 of 5 reviews written!

And as always, I want to review this week's reviews!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

How Well I Stuck to It #139, May 21st

So I decided that I should have accountability on sticking to what should be in a week, so I'm doing How Well I Stuck to It every Sunday, because my schedule should be fixed in by now!

Week 21:
Dare You by Jennifer Brown

Tour Books: NA.

Review Books: NA.

NetGalley: NA.

Edelweiss: 1. Check.

Meme Books: NA.

Rereads: NA.

New Books: NA.

So yeah, a short week, but yeah, can't wait to read it! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Week 20 Review: Sister, Sister

From Goodreads:
From the bestselling author of The Girl Who Lied

Alice: Beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar.

Clare: Intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous.

Clare thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life.

Alice thinks Claire is jealous of her long-lost return and place in their family.

One of them is telling the truth. The other is a maniac. Two sisters. One truth.

My Review:
I really enjoyed reading this book! The synopsis is short and hooking, and I just had to know what was going to happen! It's a rare book that doesn't take place in the US, so yeah, that was just really a great part of this book!

Clare grew up with her family split-staying with her mom, and her dad taking her sister to the US, and then basically losing contact. And then Alice comes, and things are thrown around, because Alice being lost to the family was kinda a big deal.

The dynamics of this family were a big part of this book, the whole, who was telling the truth, and who was being a manipulative liar. Of course, things were much more complicated than that, but those dynamics were really interesting to read about!

The ending was pretty fantastic! After all the twists, turns and second guessing, it came to a head, and that was just a little chilling! And yeah, that ending was more than just a little creepy! But it fit so well with the book, and I loved reading it!

This was a really great, fantastic, enjoyable book!

Author: Sue Fortin
Read: May 17th, 2017
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2017 Book!
Publisher: Harper Impulse
Published: January 6th 2017

5/5 Hearts

3.5/5 Books

4/5 Stars

Week 20 Review: Shadow Reaper

From Goodreads:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan returns to her scorching-hot series starring a Chicago crime family that has built its empire in the shadows... 

Billionaire playboy Ricco Ferraro knows no other life. Being a shadow rider is in his blood--but so is a haunting desperation stemming from the secrets of his dark past. His recklessness puts not only his life at risk, but also the future of his entire family. To save them all, he must find a woman who can meet his every desire with a heat all her own... 

Just when Ricco has given up hope, he meets her--a mysterious woman whose shadow connects with his. She's someone looking for a safe haven from the danger that has stalked her over the last several months. In Ricco's embrace, she finds one. But the darkness in which they so often find sanctuary can also consume them...

My Review:
Yeah, this book was just so great! This is only the 2nd book in the series, and it opened up to me, at least, the possibility of this book starring more than just the siblings of the Ferraro family and their significant others being the stars of future books!

It was mentioned Shadow Rider of Ricco's rope tying. I had to look it up, because I hadn't heard of it before these books. But that Ricco and Mariko together, as Rope Master and his subject, they both worked really well together!

They were both connected by an event that scared both of them, emotionally and physically, though she didn't actually remember, because she was a small child, while he was 14. And it's something that's dominated Ricco's life. So it was really great to open that wound up and let it heal properly in this book!

Who the bad guy was, well, guys, since there was more than one, was sad. I also wish it could've been a bit longer, because a great deal of time was spent focused on rescue, and identification as a means to the end, instead of the end itself. So we didn't really get to know the bad guys!

Really fantastic book, I enjoyed it so much, and I can't wait for more from this fantastic series!

Author: Christine Feehan
Series: Shadow Riders #2
Read: May 16th, 2017
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her books, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2017 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Jove
Expected Publication: May 30th 2017

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 20 Review: Discovering You

From Goodreads:
Can she ever trust another "bad boy"? 

India Sommers once had the perfect family—until an ex-boyfriend broke in and shot her husband. Not only did that cost her the man she loved, a respected heart surgeon and the father of her child, but she also feels responsible. Charlie died because of the people she hung out with before she had the strength to change her life. 

Just after moving to Whiskey Creek with her little girl, Cassia, to start over, she's learned that her ex-boyfriend's trial ended in a hung jury. He's getting out of jail; he could try to find her again. And that's not all that scares her. She's extremely attracted to her next-door neighbor, but Rod Amos is the handsome "bad boy" type that's given her so much trouble in the past. If she got involved with him, her in-laws would sue for custody of Cassia. 

India has to keep her distance from Rod—but the more she gets to know him, the more difficult that becomes. 

My Review:
Yeah, another fantastic book! And while I'm not sure if there's going to be another book since it's been so long since this book came out, and there's been a few other books that she's written since, but I still want more of this series! There's still so much that could happen in this series!

This is another book in the series where it doesn't really focus on the main group of friends, and there's been a few of those in the series, mainly Come Home to Me, that focus on other characters, the Amos brothers. A reason why I want more books in this series!

Cassia has had a hard time. She had an ex-boyfriend who came into her home, killed her husband and threatened her daughter. Plus her in-laws were, well, pretty awful. Plus, the trial didn't convict the guy, so he's still a problem. So yeah, loved Cassia and Rod together!

There was also some scenes developing another couple, which is yet another reason why I want an 11th book. Since they were step-siblings, well, they aren't related, but there's still some social stigma attached there. But things weren't resolved, and I want more!

This book was just so great, and I enjoyed reading it so much! More would be so excellent!

Author: Brenda Novak
Series: The Whiskey Creek #10
Read: May 15th, 2017
Source: Bought
Reason Why: Love this series and her writing, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2017 Book!
Publisher: Mira
Published: May 24th 2016

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 20 Review: The Scandal of It All

From Goodreads:

It takes two to make a scandal…

What kind of woman ventures into London's most notorious pleasure club? An outsider like Graciela, the Duchess of Autenberry, snubbed time and time again by society because of her Spanish roots. Ela longs to take a lover for a single, wild night, and within the walls of Sodom there are gentlemen to suit every forbidden taste. If only she were not so drawn to the smoldering Lord Strickland…a dangerous man who sees beyond her mask, and could ruin her reputation with a mere whisper.

Lord Strickland never permitted himself to fantasize about the sultry, off-limits lady, but then he never expected to find Ela in a place so wicked, looking for what he's more than too happy to give. She may not be to the ton's taste, but she suits him perfectly. First, however, he must convince her to trust in this dangerous desire—and in the promise of forever unleashed by one wild, scandalous night.

My Review:
This book was lot of fun to read! I really enjoyed the first book, and it was so great to read about this group of characters some more! Plus, Sophie Jordan's writing is just fantastic! This was such an enjoyable book!

Let's face it, starting a relationship with your step-son's best friend, is pretty weird. But Ela is pretty young, and it's not like either of them are related. It would've been worse if she'd started that relationship with her step-son!

I really enjoyed the dynamics with Ela and Strickland. Sure, it wasn't conventional, and they both initially didn't want anything permanent or with each other. But that's not how things worked out! And that was so great!

Loved how things worked out! Yes, there was drama and angst, but it worked out. And I'm hopeful for a 3rd book, because it would be really great to spend more time with these characters! Plus, more of them deserve happy endings!

Fantastic, wonderful book, and I really hope we get more, whether a 3rd book in the series, a novella, or another spin off series!

Author: Sophie Jordan
Series: The Rogue Files #2
Read: May 14th, 2017
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love her writing, and it's a Historical Fiction 2017 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2017 Books and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Avon
Expected Publication: July 25th 2017

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 20 Review: Secret Life of a Vampire

From Goodreads:
Lara Boucher will do whatever it takes to get that coveted promotion to detective. She knows that something strange was happening at the incredibly handsome Jack's party. Working that out will have to take a back seat to discover why so many college girls have gone missing. But the last thing she expects when she goes undercover at the so-called 'spa' is to run into Jack again - or to feel such a strong attraction. The last thing Jack wants is to become the kind of man his father was. But that's just what's required if he's going to bring down this latest ring of Malcontents. Drawing on his legendary Casanova lineage, Jack works his way into the group. But will he be able to show Lara the man he really is without jeopardizing their mission? And can Lara ever trust a man with so many secrets?

My Review:
Yeah, another fun book in this series! A lot of fun, and it started right at the beginning, with a bachelor party that had the police called in! So hilarious, and it just kept going! Plus there was the mystery of the missing college girls! Lots going on!

I enjoyed these characters! Lara was a beauty pageant contestant because of her mom-and when she's in a horrible accident, it starts her on a path to be a cop. Jack is the son of legendary Casanova, but he fears his skills are at the same level as his dad's. Both wonderful characters!

Of the first 6 books in this series, 3 have had where one member of the couple didn't know about vampires, the 1st, the 4th, and this book. And that dynamic is so fun to read, because there's keeping the secret, and all the shenanigans that can happen! So awesome!

What these bad vampires did in this book, was pretty horrible. Making them think that they were on another realm, making them servants, giving them the possibility to become Goddesses, but the way that they were treated? Oh, yeah, killing is totally uncool when the person is innocent/self defense!

Loved reading this book, and I can't wait to read more!

Author: Kerrelyn Sparks
Series: Love at Stake #6
Read: May 14th, 2017
Source: Bought
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2017 Book!
Publisher: Avon
Published: March 31st 2009

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Follow Friday #288, May 19th

Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Follow Friday is hosted by 2 hosts, Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs! For more rules and how to participate, visit one of the hosts. Now for this week's question:

The Post Prompt: Another week, another nothing! What about you guys? Happy reading!








Any or all. I'm not too picky, there's options!

The Reward Challenge Update #296, May 19th

The Reward Challenge is almost the complete opposite to a book buying ban as you'll end up buying lots of new books throughout the challenge but only after you've completed a certain amount of reading. It was hosted by Good Golly Miss Holly, so thanks to her for starting it!

OK, so I read Secret Life of a Vampire which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2017 Book, The Scandal of It All which counts 5 times as a Edelweiss Book, Historical Fiction 2017 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2017 Books and a WoW Book, Discovering You which counts 3 times as a NetGalley Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2017 Book, Shadow Reaper which counts 4 times as a NetGalley Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2017 Book and a WoW Book, Sister, Sister which counts 3 times as a Edelweiss Book and a SAC 2017 Book.

So I have 17 counts which translates to $8.50 this week! I'll use it to buy a book!

First Lines Friday #314, May 19th

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!

Well, I'm not reading anything today, so yeah, nothing to post today!

Random Reads #286, May 18th

Random Reads is a monthly meme (that I'm going to do weekly) hosted by I'm Loving Books to read some books that have been on our TBR piles for a long time. Using Random.org, I got 4326 which turned out to be Born of Corruption by Teri Brown! It's been on my TBR pile since February 6th, 2014, and I added it because the series sounded fantastic! Happy reading! 

Third Sentence Thursday #301, May 18th

Third Sentence Thursday is a weekly meme which likes to watch fireworks especially while eating a cookie!

1) Take the book you are currently reading and open it to a random page. Share the third full sentence on that page. (If there isn't a third one – like at the end of a chapter or a blank page – you can share the third sentence of the book or just choose another random page.) Feel free to share more than one sentence, if you feel the need to do so.

2) Review this sentence anyway you want (funny and silly reviews encouraged)

3) Post a link to your sentence at Words I Write Crazy (This Blog)

4) Visit one or two of the other blogs to check out their third sentences!

Nothing because I'm not reading anything today!

What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!

Will the Time Come #311, May 18th

Every Thursday I am going to list a book which I really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! Thanks to Jodie from Books for Company for this meme!

Want to Join?

-Pick a book you have been meaning to read

-Do a post telling us about the book    

-Link the post up in the linky  

-Visit the other blogs

From Goodreads:

After surviving a disastrous battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She’s determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she loves. Even if it means challenging Queen Red to a final battle of wills and wiles . . . and even if the only way to Wonderland, now that the rabbit hole is closed, is through the looking-glass world—-a parallel dimension filled with mutated and sadistic netherling outcasts.

In the final installment of the Splintered trilogy, Alyssa and her dad journey into the heart of magic and mayhem in search of her mom and to set right all that’s gone wrong. Together with Jeb and Morpheus, they must salvage Wonderland from the decay and destruction that has ensnared it. But even if everyone succeeds and comes out alive, can they all truly have their happily ever after?

Why the time hasn't come yet...
I don't know, maybe because I haven't read the 2nd book yet. But I want to read the whole series! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 12

Ok, so I read Sister, Sister, and yeah, now to read Before the Dawn! 

My Reading Journey:

Look Behind You by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen

Started On: May 3rd

Finished On: May 3rd, 9:14 AM 

Pages Read: 352

Death and Night by Roshani Chokshi

Started On: May 3rd

Finished On: May 3rd, 11:57 PM

Pages Read: 115

Can't Hardly Breath by Gena Showalter 

Started On: May 8th

Finished On: May 8th, 9:20 PM

Pages Read: 400

Bliss by Lynsay Sands

Started On: May 9th

Finished On: May 9th, 12:29 PM

Pages Read: 384

Dying Breath by Heather Graham

Started On: May 11th

Finished On: May 11th, 11:53 PM

Pages Read: 370

The Gathering Dusk by Cynthia Eden
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 12th, 6:41 AM
Pages Read: 62

After the Dark by Cynthia Eden
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 12th, 6:36 PM
Pages Read: 384

Grit by Gillian French
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 12th, 9:59 PM
Pages Read: 304

The Scandal of It All by Sophie Jordan
Started On: May 14th
Finished On: May 14th, 9:29 PM
Pages Read: 384

Discovering You by Brenda Novak
Started On: May 15th
Finished On: May 15th, 11:49 PM
Pages Read: 395

Shadow Reaper by Christine Feehan
Started On: May 16th
Finished On: May 16th, 11:51 PM
Pages Read: 480

Sister, Sister by Sue Fortin
Started On: May 17th
Finished On: May 17th, 11:15 PM
Pages Read: 364

Before the Dawn by Cynthia Eden
Started On: May 18th
Pages Read: 0 of 384

Books Read: 12

Goal: 25 Books

Pages Read: 3434

Waiting on Wednesday #314, May 17th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

The Savage Dawn by Melissa Grey
Expected Publication: July 11th, 2017
From Goodreads:
The sides have been chosen and the battle lines drawn. 

Echo awakened the Firebird. Now she is the only one with the power to face the darkness she unwittingly unleashed . . . right into the waiting hands of Tanith, the new Dragon Prince. Tanith has one goal in mind: destroy her enemies, raze their lands, and reign supreme in a new era where the Drakharin are almighty and the Avicen are nothing but a memory.

The war that has been brewing for centuries is finally imminent. But the scales are tipped. Echo might hold the power to face the darkness within the Dragon Prince, but she has far to go to master its overwhelming force. And now she’s plagued by uncertainty. With Caius no longer by her side, she doesn’t know if she can do it alone. Is she strong enough to save her home and the people she loves? 

Whether Echo is ready to face this evil is not the question. The war has begun, and there is no looking back. There are only two outcomes possible: triumph or death. 

This Is How It Happened by Paula Stokes
Expected Publication: July 11th, 2017
From Goodreads:
Somehow I’ve become a liar. A coward. Here’s how it happened. 

When Genevieve Grace wakes up from a coma, she can’t remember the car crash that injured her and killed her boyfriend Dallas, a YouTube star who had just released his first album. Genevieve knows she was there, and that there was another driver, a man named Brad Freeman, who everyone assumes is guilty. But as she slowly pieces together the night of the accident, Genevieve is hit with a sickening sense of dread—that maybe she had something to do with what happened.

As the internet rages against Brad Freeman, condemning him in a brutal trial by social media, Genevieve escapes to her father’s house, where she can hide from reporters and spend the summer volunteering in beautiful Zion National Park. But she quickly realizes that she can’t run away from the accident, or the terrible aftermath of it all.

Incredibly thought-provoking and beautifully told, Paula Stokes’s story will compel readers to examine the consequences of making mistakes in a world where the internet is always watching…and judging. 

The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller
Expected Publication: July 11th, 2017
From Goodreads:
Matt hasn’t eaten in days. His stomach stabs and twists inside, pleading for a meal, but Matt won’t give in. The hunger clears his mind, keeps him sharp—and he needs to be as sharp as possible if he’s going to find out just how Tariq and his band of high school bullies drove his sister, Maya, away.

Matt’s hardworking mom keeps the kitchen crammed with food, but Matt can resist the siren call of casseroles and cookies because he has discovered something: the less he eats the more he seems to have . . . powers. The ability to see things he shouldn’t be able to see. The knack of tuning in to thoughts right out of people’s heads. Maybe even the authority to bend time and space.

So what is lunch, really, compared to the secrets of the universe?

Matt decides to infiltrate Tariq’s life, then use his powers to uncover what happened to Maya. All he needs to do is keep the hunger and longing at bay. No problem. But Matt doesn’t realize there are many kinds of hunger…and he isn’t in control of all of them.

Who's That Girl by Blair Thornburgh
Expected Publication: July 11th, 2017
From Goodreads:
This laugh-out-loud debut is filled with hilarious awkward encounters, a supportive LGBTQ organization, and too many cheesy lyrics to count—all with the compulsive readability of Audrey, Wait! and Boy Meets Boy. 

Junior Nattie McCullough has always been that under-the-radar straight girl who hangs out in the cafeteria with her gay-straight alliance friends. She’s never been the girl that gets the guy, let alone the girl that gets a hit song named after her. But when last summer’s crush, smoking-hot musician Sebastian Delacroix—who has recently hit the mainstream big-time—returns home to play a local show, that’s just what she gets. He and his band, the Young Lungs, have written a chart-topping single—“Natalie”—which instantly makes Nattie second guess everything she thought about their awkward non-kiss at that June pool party. That it was horrific. That it meant nothing. That Sebastian never gave her another thought.

To help keep her mind off of Sebastian and his maybe-about-her, maybe-not-about-her song, Nattie throws herself into planning the school’s LGBTQIA dance. That proves problematic, too, when Nattie begins to develop feelings for her good friend Zach. With the song getting major airplay and her once-normal life starting to resemble the cover of a gossip magazine, Nattie is determined to figure out once and for all if her brief moment with Sebastian was the stuff love songs are made of—or just a one-hit wonder.

Yeah, I like the looks of these 4 books! I really want to read them, though I have ARC's of a few of them! What about you guys? Happy reading!

WWW Wednesday #318, May 17th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?

Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme!

I'm currently reading Sister, Sister, and it's creepy and awesome! Really enjoying it!

I read Shadow Reaper, and yeah, it was such a fantastic sequel, I enjoyed it so much, and I can't wait for more!

I'm going to be reading Before the Dawn, and yeah, I can't wait, the first book was really great!

What about you guys? Happy reading!