Weekly Wrap-Up (2013-08-26)

Once again I had a busy week so only I read 6 books this week. And only one of the three books I planned to read were in my finished list. And I did no mini-reviews last week, but I did start working on the review for Unholy Ghosts; and spent a bunch of time talking about with some friends, so I did accomplish something. 

Read Last Week: 

• Kitty in the Underworld by Carrie Vaughn  
• What Happens in Scotland by Jennifer McQuiston
• His Risk to Take by Tessa Bailey
• Officer Off Limits by Tessa Bailey
• Son of the Morning by Linda Howard
• Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon

So with six books for the week I didn't do too bad. I did have a chunk of time wrapped up on getting a laptop fixed (died while trying to play Alan Wake from the summer Steam sale) and just general laziness. I don't know what is up with me this summer, but everything feels like it is just so much work. I did watch more Netflix and Amazon this week compared to other week, so maybe next week I will actually read more than I buy. Ha, ha!

So onto the TBR pile, well I only picked up 12 books. And I read six, so I only increased the list by 6. I really need to dump my entire list off of eReaderIQ. I swear the notifications I get from them are behind at least 70% of my purchases. And another 20% are Dear Author and Smart Bitches, Trashy Books recommendations. 

So, the purchased book list from last week (read books in bold):

• Nobody's Baby But Mine (Chicago Stars / Bonner Brothers) by  Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• Tangled Up In You by  Rachel Gibson
• Truly Madly Yours by  Rachel Gibson
• Match Me If You Can (Chicago Stars / Bonner Brothers) by  Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• Fool for Love (Duchess Quartet) by  Eloisa James
• Your Wicked Ways (Duchess Quartet) by  Eloisa James
• Omens: A Cainsville Novel by  Kelley Armstrong
• Blackwood (Strange Chemistry) by  Gwenda Bond
• Fantasy Lover (Dark-Hunter Novels) by  Sherrilyn Kenyon
• Chocolate Wishes by  Trisha Ashley
• Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues by  Trisha Ashley
• Freefall by  Tess Oliver

So, out of the twelve I bought, I read one. And it is not a new read for me. The whole series was on sale recently, and even though I had given up on reading them after the Bad Moon Rising debacle (I will do a review sometime and rant on that topic) it was the only new thing that really called to me. 

So for the coming week, I am going to read Dust (Hugh Howey) during the holiday weekend, probably my Sunday afternoon read. I do still want to read Sugar Daddy, but I think with Omens (Kelley Armstrong), For the Love of Magic (Janet Chapman) and Deception Cove (Jayne Castle) out this week I probably have a good number of things that I have been looking forward to reading. And I have a beta reader for a YA book this week. So that is probably tonight and tomorrow gone. :-)   

I doubt I will get to anything from the TBR. Oh well, there is always next week. ;-)

Weekly Wrap-Up (2013-08-19)

So, I did not read as much as I would have liked this last week. But I did finish Unholy Ghosts and will be posting my review in the next couple of days. In the meantime, this is what I have been reading:

Read Last Week: 

• Once Upon a Tartan by Grace Burrowes  Amazon BarnesandNoble Kobo
• Slow Summer Burn by Elisabeth Barrett  Amazon BarnesandNoble Kobo 
• Talking Dirty with the Player by Jackie Ashenden Amazon BarnesandNoble Kobo 
• Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane Amazon BarnesandNoble Kobo 
• All About Men by Shannon McKenna Amazon BarnesandNoble Kobo 

That gives me a total of five books for the week. To help flex my review muscles (which are very out of shape) I will be writing mini-reviews for these this week. I am going to try and stick to a format of just a couple of paragraphs: Category, Summary, Review and Rating. 

I will work on doing the same thing each week for all of my books and then longer reviews for the What Should I Read Next selection.

As for everything outside of books, I put together two accent tables (one black, one shell), a bamboo shelving unit and a new Ikea side table for my family room. I have been trying to motivate myself to finish up some home projects and getting these put together was one of them. Now I just have to finish my kitchen reorganization. Hopefully that will go as smoothly.

So that takes care of what I did last week. In the realm of the purchases for the week. As noted, I read 5 books. You would think I would try to buy 5 or fewer books to help drive that crazy unread number down right? Not exactly. I bought exactly 19 books during the week. Now, I have to say in my defense that two were free books and I read two of the books I bought. So I really only increased my TBR pile by, ummm... 15. Must read more and buy less.

Here is the purchased book list from last week (read books in bold):

• Talking Dirty With the Player: A Talking Dirty Novel (Entangled Indulgence) by Jackie Ashenden
• Slow Summer Burn: A Loveswept Contemporary Romance by Elisabeth Barrett
• What Happens in Scotland (Avon Romance) by Jennifer McQuiston
• Inside Out Girl by Tish Cohen
• Sugar Daddy (Travis) by Lisa Kleypas
• Nerds Like It Hot (The Nerd Series) by Vicki Lewis Thompson
• Unbuttoned (A Silver Creek Romance) by Maisey Yates
• The Gingerbread House (Avalon Romance) by Nell Carson
• The Second Chance Café (A Hope Springs Novel) by Alison Kent
• The Proposition (The Plus One Chronicles) by Jennifer Lyon
• Gingerbread Man by Maggie Shayne
• One Wrong Move (McClouds & Friends) by Shannon McKenna
• Blood and Fire (McClouds & Friends) by Shannon McKenna
• All About Men by Shannon McKenna
• Dust (Silo Saga) by Hugh Howey
• All I Need Is You (An Over the Edge Novel) by Julia London
• One More Night (An Over the Edge Novel) by Julia London
• Fall into Me (An Over the Edge Novel) by Julia London
• Playing the Field: A Diamonds and Dugouts Novel by Jennifer Seasons

On the reading schedule for this week: Kitty and the Underground by Carrie Vaughn, Dust by Hugh Howey and Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas. Hopefully, I will have few more from the TBR titles in the mix too.