Blogoversary Winners for Sourcebooks Giveaway #23

Thank you to everyone who entered and to all who commented on Sourcebooks spotlight.
Thank you again to Sourcebooks!

The winners and the books they win are:

#98 Maureen    Highland Heat

#173 mamabunny13   For the King's Favor

#142 Mariee     Wild Highland Magic

#138 Maria     The Werewolf Upstairs

#187 Marlene     Cowboy Trouble

#86 Mona     A Crowded Marriage

#219 Lisajo85    Whispers in the Sand

#6 Margaret     Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain (Elizabeth I Trilogy)

(I just realized that Lisajo slipped in among all of those "M"s.)

All winners please fill in the Winner's Acceptance Form so I can mail out the books!
Please reply within 72 hours!

Blogoversary Winner of #20 Pauline Baird Jones

Thank you to everyone who entered and to all who commented on Pauline's spotlight.

The lucky winner is

#111:  Heavensent 

Please fill in the Winner's Acceptance Form or email me to confirm your win then I will send your email to Pauline for the $20.00 GC.

It's Monday! What are you Reading August 1, 2011?

This meme starts at Book Journey!

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.

I finished five books again this week. I posted five reviews with two ARC Giveaways and a two book package Giveaway.   As usual, I posted the regular Friday Pick Giveaway; Saturday Sharing Beyond Books, and Sunday posts.

I did some visiting last week but still not as much as I would've liked.  These were last week's posts plus Winner posts not listed.

•  It's Monday What are You Reading? July 25, 2011.

• Book Review and ARC Giveaway: Touch if You Dare by Stephanie Rowe; Paranormal Romance; my rating 4.0. Ends 8/5.

• Book Review: So You Want to Write a Guest Post by Jaime McDougall; How to - Nonfiction; my rating 4.5. 

• Book Review: The Fear Principle by B.A. Chepaitis; Sci Fi; my rating 4.25.

•  Martha's Bookshelf***Friday Pick Giveaway July 29, 2011.  Ends 8/4.

• Book Review and Giveaway Package (2 books): The Fear of God by B.A. Chepaitis; Sci Fi; my rating 4.25. Ends 8/12.

• Book Review and ARC Giveaway: A Gentleman Never Tells by Amelia Grey; Historical Romance; my rating 4.5.  Ends 8/12.

• Sharing Beyond Books #7 Comment Giveaway.  Open Worldwide. Ends 8/5.

•  Sunday Words of Encouragement July 31, 2011. 

Finished Reading: 

The Fear of God: Jaguar Series
by B.A. Chepaitis
Review and Two Book Giveaway linked above.

Audible:

One Tuesday Morning

• UNABRIDGED
• by Karen Kingsbury
• Narrated by Full Cast

An interesting story premise.

Sheila at Book Journey and I are going to post reviews together on this later this week.

Print/Kindle:

A Gentleman Never Tells 
by Amelia Grey

Review Plus ARC Giveaway
linked above.

Kindle:

Quest For Magic
by Jean Hart Stewart
 Book FIVE of the series, Songs of the Mages

A very sexy read.

Review to post this week.
Read for Author.

Print:

 
Making Waves

by Tawna Fenske

FUN! 
Review and Author Q&A for August 2.

Reading for Sourcebooks.

(I read two novellas and parts of four others for Judging this week.)

Line Edits/Releases: eTreasures Released
Sword of Virtue 
by Joy Brooks

Description:
Kidnapped as a baby, Jared lives the next twenty years unaware of his royal heritage. Eventually, persecution and torment arrive with the knowledge of his identity. The legendary, Sword of Virtue chooses Jared to wield the power of 100 mages, but Jared must first endure agonizing ordeals to prove he has five of the seven virtues required by the sword. The life he loved destroyed. Jared is thrown into a world far beyond anything he could imagine.
Genre: Fantasy; pages 347.

Currently reading:

Print/Kindle:

Confessions of an Improper Bride (A Donovan Novel)

by Jennifer Haymore

I am just starting this to be ready for the 11th- 

Hachette Review and Giveaway.

Product Description

TWICE TEMPTED

Serena Donovan left London six years ago, her heart broken and her reputation ruined by devilishly handsome Jonathan Dane. Now, with her family's future in peril, she reluctantly agrees to return to England and assume her late twin's identity. The price? Marry a man she doesn't love and spend the rest of her days living a lie.

Jonathan Dane, Earl of Stratford, has become an incorrigible rake, drinking, gambling-and trying to forget Serena Donovan. Yet the moment he's introduced to the prim and proper "Meg", he recognizes the sensual young woman who captured his heart. Haunted by his past mistakes, he refuses to lose Serena again. But convincing her to trust him is no easy task. Claiming his lost love means exposing the truth and destroying the life Serena has sacrificed everything to rebuild. With the future of all the Donovans at stake, and their undying passion capable of triggering yet another scandal, how much will Jonathan and Serena risk for a chance at true love?

Print/Kindle:

The Lady of the Storm 

by Kathryne Kennedy

Product Description
Acclaimed for her world-building, in Kathryne Kennedy's new series love miraculously prevails over strife.
Storm lord's daughter Cecily Sutton's powers over sea and sky have put her life at risk. Giles Beaumont is reluctant to protect her, until he falls under her enchanting spell...

Audio:

Working It Out: A Journey of Love, Loss, and Hope

by Abby Rike

I will finish this audio this week. Wonderful faith. 

Reading For Hachette Review.

Audible:

Blameless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel

• UNABRIDGED
• by Gail Carriger
• Narrated by Emily Gray

Product Description.
Gail Carriger’s best-selling Parasol Protectorate series reimagines Victorian England with vampires, werewolves, and a dash of steampunk. Blameless is the third in the series starring the parasol-wielding Lady Alexia Maccon, formerly Alexia Tarabotti. After news spreads of her delicate condition—a surprise to everyone since she’s married to a werewolf—Alexia is desperate to escape the London gossip. So she heads to Italy for a change of scenery.

Audio:

[The Vision and Beyond, prophecies fulfilled and still to comeby David Wilkerson was put on hold but I read Chapter 2 this week. ]

Instead we are listening to:

The Screwtape Letters: First Ever Full-cast Dramatization of the Diabolical Classic (Radio Theatre) 

C.S. Lewis

We are enjoying listening to this in our young adult class. On part IV.

I am also listening to The Listener's Bible NIV 

read by Max McLean. I am at 2 Chronicles 24, Isaiah 15 (powerful reading!) and 1 Corinthians 1.

Line Edits: I am editing the second of eTreasures' Prom Night summer YA novellas for release this week.

I am finalizing edits/formatting on Life After the Undead by Pembroke Sinclair; then Soylent Red by Jamieson Wolf.

 

I didn't intend to fill up the month but I guess I did.
August Review Books:
Scheduled:

8/2 Making Waves by Tawna Fenske. Review + Author Q&A. Reading for Sourcebooks
August 2011:
8/6 Letter Perfect by Cathy Marie Hake - Reading for Church Book Club.
8/11 Confessions of an Improper Bride by Jennifer Haymore. Hachette Blog Tour Review and Giveaway.

8/16 The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer - I scheduled this for Heyer's birthday. Reading for Sourcebooks 

8/26 Get Er Done: The Green Beret Guide to Productivity by Michael Martel - Review with interview for Pump Up Your Book Blog Tour.

Sourcebooks (Seven more in not special order.)
Midnight on Julia Street by Ciji Ware

The Vampire Next Door by Ashlyn Chase

The Lady of the Storm by Kathryne Kennedy

Venetia by Georgette Heyer

Midnight Waltz by Jennifer Blake

Tears of Gold by Laurie McBain

Kingdom of Summer by Gillian Bradshaw (If I get time I will read the first in the the series, Hawk of May, before this.)

Reviewing for Authors:
Quest for Magic by Jean Hart Stewart - Read; review to be posted.
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.

Steamrolled by Pauline Baird Jones

Sunday Words of Encouragement July 31, 2011

We celebrated communion this morning.
Pastor preached on 'Regret.'  He said regret causes people to rationale their sin, blame others or beat themselves up. Instead, we should:
>Admit our actions (sins);
>Ask forgiveness;
>Accept forgiveness;
>Believe that we are forgiven; and
>Truly forgive ourselves!

I am thankful that God has forgiven my sins and, even more, forgotten them! He wants us to live a better life  in freedom from bondage.

Pastor shared the story of Roy Riegels who picked up a fumbled football and ran for a touchdown...in the wrong direction.  At half time the coach told everyone to get back on the field. Roy refused to go because he had ruined the game. Coach Price told him, "Roy, get up and go back. The game is only half over." Roy went on to play the best he ever played.

Our lives are like that. Regrets can keep us from playing the best game of our lives. We can put our mistakes behind us and play a better game from here on.

God delivers us from sin and guilt with mercy and grace.
I am so thankful for all He has done for me.

A Verse for today:

Jeremiah 31:34

No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."

I praise God for his grace and faithfulness.
I am mindful and praying for comfort today for a friend whose father went home to be with the Lord this week.