It's Monday, What are you Reading?!

It's Monday, what are you reading!?!? This weekly meme is put on by Sheila at Book Journey.

So, what did you read last week? And what are you reading now?

Last Week:

• Walk on the Wild Side by Christine Warren
• I'm still attempting: Nightlight by The Harvard Lampoon.

I haven't reviewed them yet, so they'll probably end up on next monday's list with links :D


I did re-review Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. You can find that review here


This week, I plan to read:

• Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding
• One Bite with a Stranger by Christine Warren
• The Demon You Know by Christine Warren

I would attempt to read more, but I have a wedding to plan too! And though I'd rather be reading, the wedding plans need to get going. I only have 139 days left!! eek. [fyi... I read by mood, the list above --aside from Three Days to Dead--may change slightly].


Okay, so this week I'll also have reviews up for:

• Wolf at the Door by Christine Warren
• Moon Craving by Lucy Monroe
• Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon
• Frostbite by Richelle Mead [if I'm lucky]
• Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding [another if I'm lucky]

BUUT, I may save some for the next week. Unless I can find time to go back and review books I've already read, then the list above may change a bit. Yay! Hopefully a successful Monday Meme for me :D.

Book Review Updates!!

So... I was going back through old book reviews [which seems to be all of them].. and I wasn't satisfied with them. So I'm going back. So far I've been able to accomplish Vampire Academy [just the 1st in the series]. Take a look here

Thanks!!!

Waiting on Wedensday

 This'll be my first "Waiting On Wednesday" I'm participating in. I actually was trying to come up with something for "eagerly waiting for" books that have yet to be released. But I couldn't think of anything clever enough. Then I found this :D

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

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts

Released 4/27/2010

9-780425-233689

$16.00

Others in Series:

Vision in White

Bed of Roses

Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead

Released 5/18/2010

9-781595-142504

$17.99


Others in Series:
Vampire Academy,
Frostbite,

Shadow Kissed,

Blood Promise

Into the Dark by Gena Showalter

Released 4/27/2010

9-780373-774517

$7.99

Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter

Released 5/27/2010
9-780373-774555
$7.99

Other's In Series:
The Darkest Fire
The Darkest Night
The Darkest Kiss
The Darkest Prison
The Darkest Pleasure
The Darkest Whisper
The Darkest Angel
The Darkest Lie
The Darkest Secret
The Darkest Surrender
Into the Dark

Twilight

Hehehehehehehe...

[pssst... click the link below to giggle with me]

http://theoatmeal.com/story/twilight

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 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!



This is my first Teaser Tuesday EVER!! :D Hopefully I get it right ;).
 
My Teaser: pg. 45 Nightlight by The Harvard Lampoon
 

"Suddenly, I remembered the song my dad used to sing to me every night when I was a little girl:

If you ever have a crush

On a vampire

I will trick him into

Getting into a car

Then I will drive the car

Into a lake

And on top of the car

I will put some stones"

Why does that make me smile so much? This book is so random that I can only read about 3 pages at once before my mind hurts. But it's too funny to put down for good. I will finish it this month!!! maybe... Actually, I'm going to say next month. I'm only on page 55 out of 154 after 2 weeks of trying.

BOOks In ChAIns--the meaning behind the name.

This blog used to be called "Good Reading". Lame, I know, but it was all I could think of.

So one day, I was at work and thinking to myself, look at all these great blog names. Death by Books [actually... I didn't see that one, but it sounds awesome], My World of Books, BABBLING ABOUT BOOKS, AND MORE!, Crazy-for-books, Smexy Books, Teens Read & Write, etc.

Good Reading sounds soooo, ick. I needed to find something more... me. So I started thinking. What's different or unique about me and my book obsession? Nothing really. Besides that I'm picky about what I will read, but at the same time, I will push the limits on the type I like. So, nothing will work with that. Then I thought back to a blog I had run across about a month back: The Book Smugglers. Their story is unique on the name change. They have to smuggle their books they buy in their purses so their husbands don't see it. That's the same with me too, but I could hardly use the same name right?

Defeated, I went to my music player for the radio station back up in Seattle I listen to online, and saw "Alice in Chains" had just been played. That's when inspiration hit. My man and I grew up in Seattle [surrounding areas] and they have a lot of great culture that I yearn for down in Sacramento. The music scene being the thriving part of each local community. And since Alice in Chains is originally from Seattle (along with Nirvana & Pearl Jam), I thought the attachment to music and books would be best for me. Especially since rock is my favorite genre of music. 

So when I thought BOOks In ChAIns, I knew it was perfect. Not only because of the tie to great music, but because the meaning of what it was saying rings very close to true in what I've experienced. My man, until he learned better, kept insisting I get rid of books after I read them. That we didn't need them anymore, or we didn't have the space. Finally, he gave in, but only after I had to practically chain the stinkin' books to my body. I won't let ANY book get out of my working library. Sure, I'll lend a few, but there's only so far I'm willing to go with it. I want my library one day, and I don't want to spend a lot of money to furnish the bookshelves when I already did.

From Good Reading to BOOks In ChAIns. Definitely a nostalgic improvement :D

Str8te Boys by Evangeline Anderson

Str8te Boys by Evangeline Anderson

June 2009

Gay, Romance, Erotica

Samhain Publishing

Why I read it: Loved the first book I read of hers, and I wanted to taste another. [go here for the review I did on The Assignment]

Synopsis from Barnesandnoble[dot]com.

How far would you dare to go…to win it all?

Maverick Holms and Duke Warren share almost everything—a college soccer team, an apartment and the same extremely competitive nature. Thanks to that never-back-down spirit, they’re about to share more than they bargained for.

The game is “gay chicken”. The rule: get as close as possible without kissing, and the one that pulls away first is the loser. The problem: neither of them likes to lose. It isn’t long before the game becomes an excuse to touch and kiss in every possible forbidden way. And after they pose for a gay website to earn extra money, things really heat up.

Suddenly Duke is talking lifetime commitment, and Mav is backpedaling as hard as he can, not sure if he’s ready to accept all his best friend is offering him. Or the truth about what he is.

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Str8te boys followed the same format as her other I read, The Assignment. So I already liked the way things happened, but it did leave me a bit disappointed that she couldn't have changed it just a bit more. There were obvious differences that are revealed in the end, so I won't spoil those, but it followed too closely to the other for me to get the full benefit I could have.

I did love how it was fast paced, and exciting. Daring even. The way it developed was a bit differently because of certain aspects, but there's still that uncomfortable feeling. I mean, not all scary relationships start out the same way right? 

I say scary because it's going outside of your comfort zone. It's not like they go out there knowing without a doubt that they like one way or another. They develop it and find out that it's true with each other. I still recommend The Assignment first, but I will add a "but" clause in there. If you're not ready for overly flamboyant-ness, then you should read Str8te Boys first. Because it does explore it from a different, less showy way than The Assignment.

1.Cover: +1

2. Hooked: +1

3. Finished the book: +1

4. Overall Feeling: Pos +2

5. Re-Readability: +1

6. Suggest to others: +2

7. Lost time: Nope +1

8. Grammar: .5

Same 9.5 out of 10 as her The Assignment.  Well deserved.

This is book 3 out of my 30 book challenge! check!! :D