Waiting on Wednesday: The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine which spotlights eagerly anticipated upcoming releases! I LOVE Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series - it's one of my all-time favorite series and the fourth book in particular (Romancing Mr. Bridgerton) is one of my top 3 favorite...

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Sunday in Review

It’s update time again :) Below are the newest reviews I’ve written here and on Romance Junkies. The master list and categorical lists on the right-hand side are updated as well. Reviews for upcoming releases: - Crazy Thing Called Love (Crooked Creek, Book 3) by Molly O’Keefe (available 1/29/13) All other new reviews: - By Mutual Desire by Dalton Diaz - Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, Book 1)...

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Review: Crazy Thing Called Love by Molly O’Keefe

Crazy Thing Called Love by Molly O’Keefe Series: Crooked Creek, Book 3 Publisher: Bantam Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance ISBN: 9780345533692 Release Date: January 29, 2013 Buy it here: Amazon | B&N Madelyn Cornish has worked hard to get where she is: the host of a popular Dallas morning TV...

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Review: Fated by Carly Phillips

Fated by Carly Phillips Series: Serendipity, Book 1.75 Publisher: Berkley Genre: Contemporary Romance ISBN: 9781101617236 Blue Ribbon Rating: 4 out of 5 Original Review Link Book Purchase Link After a disastrous romance gone bad, Kate Andrews swore she’d never again be second best to a man again....

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Review: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers Series: His Fair Assassin, Book 1 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre: YA Historical with paranormal elements ISBN: 9780547628349 Buy it here: Amazon | B&N Ismae Rienne was sired by Death, something that has cursed her her whole life. That is, until...

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Sunday in Review

It’s update time again :) Below are the newest reviews I’ve written here and on Joyfully Reviewed. The master list and categorical lists on the right-hand side are updated as well. Reviews for upcoming releases: - The Impetuous Amazon (Alliance of the Amazons, Book 2) by Sandy James (available 1/14/13) - One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels, Book 2) by Sarah MacLean (available...

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Sandy James Book Order

Click on series title to jump to a particular reading order:Alliance of the Amazons Damaged Heroes Stand Alones Alliance of the AmazonsPublisher: Carina Press 1. The Reluctant Amazon Rebecca Massee and Artair MacKay My Review 2. The Impetuous Amazon Megan Feurer and Johann Herrmann My Review 3. The Brazen Amazon Gina Himmel and Zach Hanson My Review 4. The Volatile Amazon (est. release September...

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Review: The Impetuous Amazon by Sandy James

The Impetuous Amazon by Sandy James Series: Alliance of the Amazons, Book 2 Publisher: Carina Press Genre: Paranormal Romance ISBN: 9781426894916 Release Date: January 14, 2013 Buy it here: Carina Press Sandy James Reading Order Like most Fire Amazons, Megan Feurer is passionate, unpredictable, and...

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Review: Dear Miss Darcy by Laura Briggs and Sarah Burgess

Dear Miss Darcy by Laura Briggs and Sarah Burgess Genre: Contemporary Romance Blue Ribbon Rating: 3 out of 5 Original Review Link Book Purchase Link As the descendant of literature’s most beloved couple, relationship advice columnist Olivia Darcy is expected to be quite the expert on love. And she...

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Best Books of 2012

2012 was a pretty good year in Reading Land and it’s fun to once again look back at what I read and single out my favorite books and authors of the year. Number of books I read:216 Number of new-to-me authors whose books I read: 59 Other challenges I participated in: A to Z Reading Challenge Favorite...

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Books I've Read in 2013

For the past three years I've track of the number of books I read and it's been fun to look back at the end of the year and see what I read. So I'm doing it again :) This list is only of books and novellas I've read and finished (though if I read an entire anthology, I list only the anthology title). The books are listed in the order I read them. There are sure to be many wonderful books on the...

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2013 A to Z Reading Challenge

I've had a lot of fun doing this the past three years, so I couldn't resist doing it again this year :) Challenge details: - Duration: January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013 - Read 26 books which titles begin with the letters of the alphabet. - You may ignore articles like A, An and The at the beginning of the title. - For the letter X, any book title with the letter X in it is acceptable if you can't...

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2013 New (to me) Author Challenge

I've done this challenge for the past three years and discovered some great new-to-me authors along the way (not hard to believe since I've read 292 new (to me) authors from 2010 to 2012). My favorite authors I "discovered" over the past few years are C.C. Galloway, DJ Gross, Larissa Ione, Abigail Roux, Riley Shane, Cherise Sinclair, and Dee Tenorio. The Challenge: Read 20 or more books this year...

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