My favorite quotes!

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." - C.S. Lewis

Sunday, August 28, 2011

In My Mailbox {4}

August 22, 2011 – August 28, 2011

A Book Meme Hosted by The Story Siren
The Details:
Books that I have won, bought, swapped, or received for review.  I am currently trying not to buy any books because I have so many to read...been getting better at it.

From Goodreads Bookswap:


Kissed by an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
The Fallen Omnibus Volume 1 by Thomas E. Sniegoski
The Fallen Omnibus Volume 2 by Thomas E. Sniegoski



From Library Thing Giveaways:

Blood Tide by Tess Oliver
Wayward Son by Tom Pollack

Won:
Dracula by Bram Stoker and Frankstein by Mary Shelley


Sunday, August 21, 2011

In My Mailbox {3}

August 15, 2011 – August 21, 2011
Meme hosted by The Story Siren

Details:
Books that I have won, bought, or recieved from various other places. I have tried to put myself on a book buying ban...IT'S NOT WORKING!!! I think I have a very bad addiction and need to seek some kind of help!

Bought from Borders
 I already owned Graceling by Kristin Cashore in paperback but I loved it so much that when I saw it at Borders for $3.99 in hardcover I just had to have it.

Wildefire by Karsten Knight

The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner #2) by James Dashner


Captivate (Need #2) by Carrie Jones


Original Sin (Personal Demons #2) by Lisa Desrochers


The Dead-Tossed Waves (Forest of Hands and Teeth #2) by Carrie Ryan



Solstice by P.J. Hoover


For Review and Member Giveaways - LibraryThing

Blood Duty by CR Daems and JR Tomlin



Fast-Tracked by Tracy Rozzlynn



Verita by Tracy Rozzlynn

Won from Goodreads First-Reads giveaways

Illuminated by Erica Orloff

Starlighter by Bryan Davis

Received from the Goodreads Bookswap
The Dark Deeps (The Hunchback Assignments #2) by Athur Slade


A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle #1) by Libba Bray


 
 
Marked (House of Night #1)
Betrayed (House of Night #2)
Chosen (House of Night #3)
Untamed (House of Night #4)

Sunday, August 14, 2011

In My Mailbox {2}

August 8, 2011 – August 14, 2011
Meme hosted by The Story Siren
Details:
Books that I have won, bought, or recieved from various other places. Since I don't get books all the
time I will post sporadically...but hopefully I will get at least one book a week (not sure where I will
put them unless they go on my nook! I go through periods where I buy, buy, buy books and then
where I don't any.

E-books bought




The Underworld (Fallen Star #2) by Jessica Sorenson
$2.99 at Barnes and Nobles for my Nook






WonThe Relic Master series (the whole series!!! in hardcover!!!) from

Bought

From LibraryThing

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Review: The Choice

A Short Review:


Title:  The Choice
Author:  Lorhainne Eckhart
Publisher:  Smashwords
Publication Date:  June 21, 2011  Smashwords
Genre:  Adult, Some Wiccan
Pages:  322
Source:  librarything
Rating:  3 stars


Goodreads Description:
Marcie Hollis is a Wiccan, who’s always played by the rules. That’s until she meets Dan McKenzie, a man who she believes to be the knight in shining armor she’s been searching for all her life. However, Dan’s not who he appears to be. He lures Marcie into his world of lies, greed and high-grade marijuana. But fate intervenes on Marcie's illicit trip for Dan to New Orleans, when she's robbed in a crowded airport. The thug not only makes off with her suspicious backpack, he knocks her down, her head slams on the concrete floor, and she loses her memory right in the path of DEA agent, Sam Carre.

After a six-month investigation into the activities of a big time drug dealer crumbles, the same day damming evidence is found stuffed in Sam’s locker – evidence suggesting he’s the notorious leak on the team, Sam jumps on the first plane home. Arriving in a crowded airport in New Orleans - his reputation and loyalty are in question. But even though Sam’s tired, disillusioned and haunted by a past that gives him no peace, he stops to help an attractive stranger when she falls in front of him. Then in an act of chivalry, he takes her to his home until the police can identify her. When questions arise about Marcie, and what she’s involved in, the answers lead them to the exact felons Sam investigated in the Pacific Northwest.

When her illusive memory returns, this complex case pushes them both to explain the unexplainable, and leaves Sam with a haunting question. Was she set up, or was this a game she played? Sam’s forced to make a choice, walk away from the attraction that connects them, or risk losing everything.


The Choice started out fast paced from page one.  There were times that the story dragged along but other than that it was a good story.  Marcie is going down the wrong path and being controlled by a drug dealer/grower, Dan.  She makes a run to drop off drugs and ends up getting robbed.  In the process she developes amnesia and gains the help of a DEA agent, Sam.  He is going through struggles in his own life and in his work.  It seems as if their paths are meant to meet.  There seems to be a struggle for generations of good and evil and now Marcie and Sam are caught in the middle of it.  I found Marcie to be naive and a little to easily persuaded.  I read an ebook copy and there were some confusing parts throughout the book.  This was because quotations marks were missing, apostrophes missing, a few wrongly used words that spell check wouldn't have caught (just used in the wrong context). 

Saturday, August 6, 2011

In My Mailbox {1}

Meme hosted by The Story Siren
Details:
Books that I have won, bought, or recieved from various other places.  Since I don't get books all the
time I will post sporadically...but hopefully I will get at least one book a week (not sure where I will
put them unless they go on my nook!  I go through periods where I buy, buy, buy books and then
where I don't any.
 

Library Thing:
This book was recieved from LibraryThing from the author in exchange for a review on their site.
(this is my first in my mailbox post and there is LOTS of tweeking to be done!)

Friday, August 5, 2011

If I had a Magic Lamp {3}


A meme hosted by Ya-Aholic.  You can do any amount of wishes you want.  Just wish with all your might and maybe, just maybe they might come true!

1.  For my first wish...have extra time in the day to make it through my tbr pile which is stacking up precariously close to the ceiling almost (okay maybe a little exaggeration!).  But seriously there is not enough time in the day - so many books, so little time!

2.  For my second wish...to have a laundry fairy to do all my laundry from now on!  It is so draining since my husband insists on the clothes being folded once they get out of the dryer since he HATES wrinkles (this is why I need my first wish to come true - laundry takes away from reading).  AND when I put it off my laundry pile gets precariously close to the ceiling like the tbr pile!!! 

3.  For my third and final wish of the week...I won't even take a third wish if I can get the first two (: please!