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Year in Review 2012 Curious to know just what I have been up to this last year I decided to tally it all up. Plus I thought it would be nice to face the new year knowing what I had done with my previous 365 days. Here are the results: 131 Reviews Review Breakdown 15 Review Requests Accepted and Completed (11%) 21 NetGalley Reads (16%) 28 ARC Reads (Only one was a request the rest I either won or borrowed from a friend.) (21%) Reveals 11 Covers 2 Excerpts 5 Book Trailers I h 4 Book Tours or Book Blasts 5 Blog Hops 1 Author Interview 1 Character Interview 1 Guest Post 3 Read-a-Thons 2 Bout of Books 33 Giveaways 8 Challenges Bloggiesta Armchair BEA Spring Blog Carnival Quote Me Battle Blog Event Attended 3 Author Events Started Twitter Started Facebook 512 Blog Posts 139 Books Read 48,246 Pages Read 16 DNF (11%) 3 1 Ducky (2%) 19 2 Ducky (13%) 56 3 Ducky (40%) 39 4 Ducky (28%) 19 5 Ducky (13%) Looking back at my reading stats I have come to realize that running a blog cuts into my readin...

I am in denial. It is ugly but it is nevertheless the state of things. Here I will document my struggle with my book obsession. Behold my denial in all of its glory. Pile Escalation: Net Galley: Wicked Kiss by Michelle Row en   Library: Faithful by Janet Fox Purchased: Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson A Crimson Frost by Marcia Lynn McClure Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Sterling Classic Edition) Existence by Abbi Glines Cotillion by Georgette Heyer Won: Revolution 19 by Gre gg Rosenblum Broken Illusions by Ellie James Gifted: Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldso n   Pile Reduction: Read: Supernaturally by K i ersten White Endlessly by K i ersten White Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi  DNF: Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum  Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz Bottleneck Effect: Reading: Bewi tching by Alex Flinn Across the Universe by Beth Revi s Almost s teady. Un believable or possibly depressing. I really thought Christmas would swell my TBR p...

Top 10 Books I'm looking forward to in 2013   Once again the se are in no particular order. Blackmoore Julianne Donaldson   Endless Knight Kresley Cole   Breaking Point Kristin Simmons   Everbound Brodi Ashton   Sweet Peril Wendy Higgins   Siege and Storm   Leigh Bardugo    Fragments Dan Wells   Goddess J osephine Angelini   If I Should Die   Amy Plum   Through the Ever Night Veronica Rossi  This list was a cruel challenge. The ir are way more than ten books I want to read next year. I plan to read a hundred books and a good portion of them will be new releases. So this tiny list isn't the best reflection of my plans but it is a tiny tip of t he ice berg .

Best Book Boyfriends of 2012 These are not in the order of their greatness. Completely random. Han The Crimson Crown  Logan Defiance Phillip Edenbrooke Peregrine Under the Never Sky Jack Poison Princess Chris Storm Chase Article 5 Jack Everneath Mal Shadow and Bone Kaidan Sweet Evil Some of these guys while totally awesome are definitely better left in their books where we can enjoy them in safety. Some of them have only made their debut and there will be more tasty moments to come. Some unfortunately have finished their stories and can only be enjoyed in a repeat read. 

T ur ni ng Pages Tristi Pinkston Inkberry Press 2012 New Adult | Contemporary Official Blurb -  With his pride and her prejudice, what could possibly go wrong? When the arrogant Blake Hansen steals Addie Preston's promotion at the library, he pretty much rubs her nose in it. But Addie, who dreams of being a full-fledged librarian, decides to stick it out. She loves surrounding herself with books and keeping her father's memory alive in the building where they spent so much time together. Soon, Addie learns that her beloved library will be torn down to make room for a larger facility, and she has to make a choice. Fight, or let go? To complicate things, she finds herself attracted to Blake, who is engaged to someone else. Will Blake and Addie ever resolve their differences? I found this interesting more for the chance to see inside the life of a librarian than the story or characters. It sounds fun to be a librarian but not as glamorous as I always thought. Addi...

Greta and the Goblin King Chloe Jacobs Entangled Teen November 13th 2012 Young Adult | Fantasy Official Blurb - While trying to save her brother from a witch’s fire four years ago, Greta was thrown in herself, falling through a portal to Mylena, a dangerous world where humans are the enemy and every ogre, ghoul, and goblin has a dark side that comes out with the eclipse. To survive, Greta has hidden her humanity and taken the job of bounty hunter—and she’s good at what she does. So good, she’s caught the attention of Mylena’s young goblin king, the darkly enticing Isaac, who invades her dreams and undermines her will to escape. But Greta’s not the only one looking to get out of Mylena. An ancient evil knows she’s the key to opening the portal, and with the next eclipse mere days away, every bloodthirsty creature in the realm is after her—including Isaac. If Greta fails, she and the lost boys of Mylena will die. If she succeeds, no world will be ...

I just wanted to wish you and yours a very merry Christmas in book style. Hope to see you after the holiday. I will be celebrating my two year anniversary for the book blog. There will be giveaways and fun little contests. See you soon.

Since Christmas is tomorrow I know some of you have been tempted to take a sneak peek at what you are getting. Or perhaps you have done that long since. Being as decade enhanced as I am I know everything I am getting. Not through any abundance of higher intellect but simply as the head female of this tiny household I had my hand in the conception of every present. Heading back to the point of this post I wanted to chat a bit about sneak peeks or extras in the book world. As I see it there are: Synopsis - Time was when just being able to read these small paragraphs was enough to entice you. Then the covers got more fancy. Which in turn led to cover reveals. Extracts - I am not sure I have read an extract that gets me too excited. They are just such a random view into the book. There is a huge possibility of being misled. First Chapter of Next Book - Only once or twice have I bothered to read the first chapter of the sequel included at the end of a book. Usually this is because there...

The Secrets of the Vanmars Elisabeth Wheatley Chengalera Press Argetallam Saga #2 May 15th 2012 Young Adult | Fantasy Official Blurb -  After her adventures with the Key of Amatahns, sixteen-year-old Janir Caersynn Argetallam returns home to find Brevia on the brink of war with a neighboring country, Stlaven. Her foster-father and even Saoven—a brave young elf warrior—think it will be safe at the castle where Janir grew up. However, while trying to unravel a looming mystery, Karile—self-taught wizard and Janir’s self-appointed best friend—becomes certain that there is danger in the mountains surrounding Janir’s childhood home and that it has something to do with Stlaven’s most powerful family, the Vanmars… I was often confused during this book. For instance, I couldn't understand the relationship between Lucan and Janir. There were some tidbits related but they didn't seem enough to paint a picture. There are several other things that never made much sense to me. Thank...

When her plane crashes into the ocean, Zanas is dropped into a brutal world of survival. She soon learns that this is no ordinary place, as the land mutates all that live within its borders. Her sister is kidnapped and taken beneath, thrusting Zanas into the middle of a primitive society, where she will find her death, or her destiny.</ span> Amazon / BN / Sony / iTunes Read the first six chapters now! She was nothing like her sister. Zanas had always been the courageous and dedicated one. Asenya was arrogant, selfish, and demanding. All of the qualities that Dreamers have… Kidnapped and taken beneath, Asenya fights to find out who she really is, discovering that her potential is far greater than she ever could have imagined. But that destiny may finally be the end of her, and what she once was. May she make the right choices. Excerpt: There was one thing that bothered her after Zanas had left, something that nagged at the back of her mind, until finally s...

Gravity Melissa West Entangled Teen December 18th 2012 Young Adult | Science Fiction Official Blurb - In the future, only one rule will matter: Don’t. Ever. Peek. Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die. Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s a military legacy who’s been trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know — especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her fa...

Hosted by: For What It's Worth and Midnyte Reader   Question:  Dear Santa! What would you put on your blogging/bookish wish list if the sky was the limit? A new blog design? A house filled with new bookshelves? Even MORE books? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is a good thing I don't get everything I want. It isn't healthy for me. Plus, I most certainly don't know what is best for me. But in the spirit of Christmas here is my letter to Santa. Dear Santa, I promise I have been a very good girl this year. Here is a list of things I would like for Christmas. A few pre-orders(Breaking Point, Spirit, The Girl with the Iron Touch, The Rising, Goddess, Requiem, The Eternity Cure, Sweet Peril, Seige and Storm, If I Should Die, Dark Triumph, Blood-Kissed Sky, Fragments, The Indigo Spell, Asunder, Unravel Me, Everbound, Prodigy, ) Hey Christmas should be the gift that keeps giving all year long. An animated ...

Indralas Bridgette Conrow It's been more than 200 years since the legendary Keral wrought destruction on Aethera, destroying homes and leaving hundreds dead in his wake before the Four struck him down. When fifteen year old Indralas participates in the mandatory Ceremony of Blessing, everything changes. Exiled from her hometown and hunted by those of the Orders, she struggles to fend for herself in the wilderness. While the Power closes in on her, she discovers she has unusual allies and a timer on her life. Don't start this SlimBook unless you have an hour or two of free time ahead of you, because you won't be putting it down. In anticipation of the release of book two in the Indralas series the first book is currently free . You can download the book at SlimBooks .

I am in denial. It is ugly but it is nevertheless the state of things. Here I will document my struggle with my book obsession. Behold my denial in all of its glory. Pile Escalation: Nothing to Report. Pile Reduction: Read: Daughter of the Goddess by Rita Webb Greta and the Goblin King by C hloe Jacobs Bottleneck Effect: Reading: Bewi tching by Alex Flinn Supernaturally by Kierst en White I can't believe it. I didn't get any new books. Must have been crazy busy. Or maybe they are all waiting under the Christmas tree. I did meand er through the young adult section at the library. Luckily I was a ble to talk myself out of getting any books. Feels nice to have complete TBR pile recovery this week. Too bad the pile is so large it will take months to be totally clear. I will take and savor this small victory. I will win the war yet. Here are the numbers of books hanging out on my TBR pile. Pile Truth: Books: 4 7 (st able ) : | eBooks: 2 8 ( went down ) : ) How about you? ...