It's Monday! What Are You Reading? October 29, 2012

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What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list.

Again, this was another good reading week.  I finished five books and posted five reviews to keep up.  I posted two author guest posts with Giveaways, and a download giveaway.  Plus, I posted the regular Friday Pick Giveaway, Saturday Sharing Beyond Books Comment Giveaway and Sunday Words.

I got to visit some blogs last Sunday night, and then did more visiting Saturday.
Thanks again to all the nice people who visit me.

These were last week's posts:

• It's Monday What are You Reading? October 22, 2012.

• Monday Mailbox October 22, 2012.

• Book Review: The Reluctant Bachelorette by Rachael Anderson; Romantic Comedy; my rating 4.5. 

• Giveaway Links + Guest Post with Rachael Anderson.  Ends 10/31.

• Book Review: The Mine by John Heldt; Time Travel, Romance; my rating 4.5.

• Book Review and Download Giveaway: The Jupiter Chronicles by Leonardo Ramirez; Children's, Fantasy, Steampunk; my rating 4.0. Ends 11/2.

• Martha's Bookshelf***Friday Pick Giveaway October 26, 2012.  Open Worldwide.  Ends 11/1.

• Audio Book Review: The Magician's Apprentice; Fiction, Middle Grade; my rating 5.0.

• Saturday Snapshot 10/27/12- Skagway.

• Book Review: Loving Luke by Suzanne Barrett; Contemporary Romance; my rating 4.25.  Ends 10/26.

• Guest Post and Giveaway with Suzanne Barrett.  Ends 11/2.

• Sharing Beyond Books #72 Comment Giveaway. Open Worldwide. Ends 11/2.

• Sunday Words of Encouragement October 28, 2012.

Finished Reading:

1. Print
 

Lady Louisa’s Christmas Knight
by Grace Burrowes
I enjoyed this and 
will post the review and ARC Giveaway this week.
Reviewing for Sourcebooks.

2. Audio
 

The Magician's Apprentice
Author: Kate Banks; Narrator: Charlie Thurston
Remarkable! Review is linked above.

3. eBook/Kindle
 

Loving Luke
by Suzanne Barrett
Good romance.
Review  and Giveaway Post linked above.

4. eBook/Kindle

The Trouble with Cowboys
by Denise Hunter
I enjoyed this conflicted romance.
I will post the Review and Giveaway this week.
Reviewed for Thomas Nelson.

5. eBook/Kindle
 

THE HALLOWEEN COLLECTION FROM THE INDIE ECLECTIVE
M. Edward McNally (Author), Lizzy Ford (Author), Heather Marie Adkins (Author), PJ Jones (Author), Alan Nayes (Author), Julia Crane (Author), Shea MacLeod (Author), Talia Jager (Author), Jack Wallen (Author)
This was a fun collection - nothing too scary.
I plan to post the review on Wednesday 10/31.
I read this for my Just For Fun October & Halloween Challange.
Book Description
Publication Date: September 6, 2011The Indie Eclective: What is it, who are they, and why can they spell neither “eclectic” nor “collective” correctly? The Indie Eclective is an ensemble of authors operating under the assumption that Readers like Good Books. The Halloween Collection showcases spooky reads from nine very different authors. Whether you enjoy light or dark paranormal, YA or adult-themed genres, there’s bound to be a story to suit your tastes. Thanks for reading!

Line Edits: Waiting for print formats to be approved.

Currently reading:

1. Audio
 

Outer Diverse
by Nina Munteanu
Rhea Hawke is a tough assassin! I'm enjoying the action and suspense.
Reviewing for Iambic Audiobooks through AudioBook Jukebox. 
Description
Outer Diverse is the first book of the Splintered Universe Trilogy, set in and around the Milky Way Galaxy. The first book begins as Galactic Guardian Rhea Hawke intestigates the massacre of an entire religious sect, catapulting her into a treacherous storm of politics, conspiracy and self-discovery. Her quest for justice leads her into the heart of a universal struggle and toward an unbearable truth she’s hidden from herself since she murdered an innocent man.

2. eBook/Kindle

The Wicked Wager ( A Regency Murder Mystery & Romance )
by Anya Wylde
I am 10% into this and enjoying the characters.
Reviewing for the Author
to post with interview and Giveaway on 11/1.
Book Description
Publication Date: August 7, 2012
The infamous rake, Lord Richard Hamilton, has finally chosen his bride—the very appropriate Miss Emma Grey.
The ton approves, Lord Grey is pleased, Lady Grey delighted, and Emma is over the moon, but her uncle, (the blasted) Duke of Arden opposes the match, and Emma is ordered to move to the duke’s estate to think things over.
Richard Hamilton refuses to take things lying down and concocts a plan. A plan that should have brought the lovers together and had them married within a month. It was a simple matter of masquerading as the duke’s gardener, compromising the lady, and then having the duke rush them off to Gretna Green.
Alas, he underestimates the duke’s intelligence and the tangled situation on the estate—never had he imagined that compromising a lady could be so difficult.
His endeavours lead to a comedy of errors, charades, and knotty love affairs. Yet he forges ahead in spite of pesky house guests, a flea bitten mattress, his lovesick best friend, and a blackmailer.
Just when things seem to be going well, someone is murdered (very inconvenient), and he happens to be one of the suspects (extremely inconvenient).
His simple plan for winning the wager suddenly becomes … a tad complicated.

3. eBook/Kindle

Holiday Affair
by Annie Seaton
I will start this by week's end.
Reviewing for the Publisher; Review and Giveaway to post 11/7.  
Book Description
Publication Date: March 15, 2012
Staid professor Lissy McIntyre believes that choosing a mate should be based on common sense, not runaway passion. And she would certainly never pick a rolling stone like Nick Richards for long-term love. But a red-hot, tropical romance? Oh, yeah. He’s got a body just made for sinning and his sizzling kisses leave her senseless.

When Nick blows into town, he’s stunned to discover that his no-nonsense new neighbor and co-worker is the same sultry creature he seduced for one night of forbidden island pleasure. He’s unaccustomed to staying in one place for long, but he just can’t seem to keep his hands off the multi-faceted woman. Will Nick break loyal Lissy’s heart or will she be the one woman he simply can’t walk away from?

4. Print

Enslaved (Eternal Guardians)
by Elisabeth Naughton
I am 70 pages into this
and interested to see how it proceeds.
Reviewing for Sourcebooks.
Book Description
Release Date: November 6, 2012 | Series: Eternal Guardians

"Do not miss this series."—New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione

GRYPHON—Honorable, loyal, dependable...tainted. He was the ultimate warrior before imprisonment in the Underworld changed him in ways he can't ignore.

She calls to him. Come to me. You can't resist. But Gryphon will not allow himself to be ruled by the insidious whispers in his head. And there's only one way to stop them: kill Atalanta, the goddess who enslaved him. But with so much darkness inside, he can't be sure what's real anymore. Even the Eternal Guardians, those who protect the human realms and the gods, want to exile him.

Finding Malea is like a miracle. Somehow he doesn't feel the pull of the dark when she's near. And he's determined to keep her as near as possible, whether she wants him close or not. But she's a temptation that will test every bit of control he has left. One that may ultimately have the power to send him back to the Underworld...or free him from his chains for good.

I am again listening to The Listener's Bible NIV read by Max McLean. [Reading and listening on my new MP3.]
Instead of studying with the Tyndall One Year Bible this year I am studying with Through the Bible in One Year by Alan B. Stringfellow. It is a Study that I used for teaching back in around 1989 so I will enjoy it again. This week the reading is 2 Timothy.

Line Edits: I am waiting on one galley return and starting a poetry collection format this week.

I had 22 books listed for October and I finished 18. I removed one title from reading and there are 3 left over to carry into November.

Here is the plan for this week going into November; I will post the rest of November titles next week.
10/29 Bewitching Book Tour Feature: Life After the Undead by Pembroke Sinclair
10/30 Review: Lady Louisa’s Christmas Knight by Grace Burrowes
10/31 Review: The Halloween Collection
11/1 Review + Feature: The Wicked Wager by Anne Wylde
11/2 Audio Review: Outer Diverse by Nina Munteanu
11/3 Review with Giveaway: Trouble with Cowboys by Denise Hunter
11/4 (Sun)

Left from October-
Harlequin
A Tangled Affair by Fiona Brand  - may not read at this time.

NetGalley - moving into November
Uninvited by Heather Graham
Forged In Death, Book 1 of The Death Wizard Chronicles by Jim Melvin

Authors: - Last one to move into November
Shards of Ashley (Book 5 of Family Heirloom Series) by Karen Weisner

Next From the TBR shelves - Won TBR: The Shifters of 2040, a Shifter Dystopia by Ami Rebecca Blackwelder - carry forward

[To be posted - I am setting these up for interview/feature days.
These were read and ready for reviews for Authors.
Quest for Magic by Jean Hart Stewart - Read; review to be posted with interview.
Seeing for the First Time (What You See is What You Get) and To See (What You See is What You Get) by Nicole Zoltack - Both Read; setting up author interview with reviews.]