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Sunday, August 21, 2011

It's Monday! What are you Reading August 22, 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 three books last week (plus two not listed as they were for contests).  I posted three reviews with Giveaways and two announcements.  As usual, I posted the regular Friday Pick Giveaway; Saturday Sharing Beyond Books, and Sunday posts.

I did get to visit a dozen or so last week.  These were last week's posts plus Winner posts not listed.
Finished Reading:
Print/Kindle:
by Georgette Heyer
Review and Giveaway linked above.


Print:
by Jennifer Blake
I have mixed feelings on this.  I will post review and Giveaway this week.
Read for Sourcebooks.

by Michael Martel
I am implementing these guidelines!
This is for review and author feature August 26. 
Pump up your book Tour.
Product Description.
There's just too much to do!!!

There is a lot to do. There is a lot to do at home or at work. Sometimes it just feels overwhelming. Don't you wish you could be more productive?

The Special Forces Green Berets are known as masters at getting things done. By normal standards, some of their missions would be deemed impossible. Often times they are expected to operate far behind enemy lines with limited resources. Their training gives them principles and techniques in being extremely effective and doing more with less. By using some of their principles you will be able to:

● Plan and use your time more effectively
● Increase your confidence
● Reduce distractions
● Train for success
● Improve commitment
● and much more

Michael Martel uses his real experiences as a Green Beret to illustrate how you can use these techniques in your life to "get er done." It is a great, interesting read that will make you much more effective in your daily activities.

Audible/Audio ------

Line Edits/Releases: 
I will be Releasing the third Prom Night Anthology Novella:
A Tale of Two Prom Dates by Evie Alexis.  This is a fun read. I have to get the author's blurb and then the book will go "live."


Currently reading:
Print/Kindle:
by Kathryne Kennedy
Still working on this. I should be able to give it more time this week.  Reading for Sourcebooks
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...
Print/Kindle:
by Ashlyn Chase
I am ready for a fun read - just started.
Reading for Sourcebooks.
Product Description
In this third installment of Chase's lively, sexy, paranormal trilogy, we meet witch Morgaine, who is deathly afraid of the dark, and her vigilante vampire neighbor Sly, who has his reasons for hating sunlight. Sly needs Morgaine's magic to help heal a broken fang, but with further help, and sometimes hindrance, from the wacky apartment dwellers around them, they may become each other's last hope for a normal life...
by Ciji Ware
I am looking forward to reading this.
Reading for Sourcebooks.
Product Description from author site
This “stand-alone” prequel to A Light on the Veranda is a romantic novel of intrigue and suspense set in modern-day New Orleans with echoes of nineteenth century Louisiana, when Cotton was King.  Corlis McCullough, a take-no-prisoners TV journalist, late of Los Angeles, and her former UCLA nemesis, King Duvallon, an historic preservationist with deep roots in the Crescent City, are an unlikely pair to join forces to save a beautiful Greek Revival building with origins linked mysteriously to those of their own ancestors during the Golden Age in the Big Easy   Both must grapple with the unlikely concept of “genetic memory,” a force that appears to be intruding on their lives and thwarting any chance for ultimate happiness.

Audible/Audio
I haven't started anything yet. But it is likely to be Heartless by Gail Carriger.
Audio:
The Screwtape Letters: First Ever Full-cast Dramatization of the Diabolical Classic (Radio Theatre)[The Vision and Beyond, prophecies fulfilled and still to comeby David Wilkerson was put on hold but I read Chapter 3 last week. ]
Instead we are listening to:
C.S. Lewis

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

I am also listening to The Listener's Bible NIV 
read by Max McLean. I am at Esther 4, Isaiah 41 and 2 Corinthians 1.

Line Edits: I am editing the the last of eTreasures' Prom Night summer YA novellas for release.
The authors are working on the final adjustments for Life After the Undead by Pembroke Sinclair and Soylent Red by Jamieson Wolf.
 
I didn't intend to fill up the month but I guess I did.
August Review Books:

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

Read and ready for reviews- 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 Jone. Read; review to be posted.

Sunday Words of Encouragement August 21, 2011

This is posting late as I had company this weekend and then had some issues to manage.  Ah Life.
So this will be short and sweet.  Here is an acronym our youth pastor shared a few months ago:
FAITH =
Fantastic
Adventures
In
Trusting
Him

I like this quote on Faith:
Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future.
     It's  simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.
   
- Joni Erickson Tada


This was our choir song today and I really like the power in it.

A Verse for Today:
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

We prayed today that we would allow God to be effective through us.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Sharing Beyond Books #10 August 20, 2011

Welcome to another Saturday night! Thanks for your comments this past week. I hope you all enjoyed discussing collections.  Several of us have thousands of books, myself included - yikes! I had to agree with Jennifer that many of us have such large collections that it's hard to list them all. It is fun to see that there were many different authors being collected, especially Aik's authors I think. I liked the reasons we collect favorites: writing style, solid content, charm, mysteries, special memories, timeless, good writing, and to pass on to children.

The Winner from SBB #9 comments is: #13 winnie.  There are still 9 'love' books to pick from, 8 Christmas choices and 4 Summer titles below. So Winnie- please choose a book from the remaining Love Books List for Giveaway or remaining Christmas Giveaway Books or the summer books below and let me know your choice, your address and a choice of bookmarks by completing the WINNER FORM.

WEEK #10 Questions
I was backing down to two questions but sometimes the questions come in three like last week and again this week. :-)
 
Q1.  Winnie asks this Question:    Have you ever been pleasantly surprised when you read genres that are out of your comfort zone? If you'd like, please share which genre(s)!?
A:  Hmmm - I like to try different genres.  I do not read a lot of horror but I think one subgenre that surprised me is Zombie stories. I didn't really expect to like them but I have read several so far and find them entertaining. Maybe not as much as dystopia and other postapopcolyptic stories but still - I didn't hate them. :-)

Q2.  I had a question that also deals with genres: Do you read two books at the same time or in a row in the same genre?
This happens occasionally in my review line up but I try to avoid it because it can become confusing. For example if I am reading two historical romances or two suspense stories at a time I find that I might confuse the characters or the plots. Also this leads to my tending to compare the books.  Series don't have quite the same problem as they are intended to continue the characters with different plots.

Q3.  My answer to Q2 leads to this question: Do you compare books when you write reviews. If you don't write reviews then do you compare them in your own thoughts?
I make a point to rarely compare books in my reviews as I want to evaluate each book on its own merits.  However as I read there are times that comparisons come to mind. I might like to discuss those in a book discussion or book group...but not for reviews.

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Thanks to those who are sending in Questions. DON'T BE SHY! Surely everyone has a Q or two you'd like to ask.  Input suggestions in this Suggested Question FormAt the end of each month I will draw from the suggestions I used the month before and that person will get a book choice or GC.

Your turn to share:
1. Have you been surprised by reading a genre out of your comfort zone?
2. Do you read two books of the same genre at the same time or in a row?
3. Do you compare books in your reviews?

SBB Comment Winners can choose a selection from the remaining  Valentine and "Love" books or the remaining Christmas Giveaway Books - there are still about 17 books available plus 4 more in the Summer titles to choose from.

Secrets of a Summer Night (The Wallflowers, Book 1)Secrets of a Summer Night (The Wallflowers, Book 1)
The one I have is hardcover.

One Reckless Summer: A Destiny Novel

One Reckless Summer: A Destiny Novel
This book is brand new, but will be gently read if I get to read it!



My copy is a paperback from 2006
with a different cover.
The Summerhouse

 Hmmm - this has a bit of magic in the plot.




A Summer Affair (Calhoun Chronicles)A Summer Affair (Calhoun Chronicles)
I love Susan Wiggs historicals!




SBB Rules: a) Must be a follower; b) Share a comment on any (or all) of the two/three questions above.
Open internationally and an international winner may get a smaller book or a $5.00 GC if I decide the mailing is too much.

I will pick a Comment winner from all comments made by Friday, August 26 at 10PM central. 

Winners: Making Waves and On the Way to the Wedding

Thank you to eveyone who entered these two giveaways.
CONGRATULATIONS 
to the WINNERS
Making Waves
by Tawna Fenske
 

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On the Way to the Wedding
by Julia Quinn

On the Way to the Wedding

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Shannon and Carol L please fill in the Winner's Acceptance Form so I can mail the books out. Please reply within 72 hours!

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