Audiobook Review: The Nerdist Way by Chris Hardwick #TBRTipping

Audiobook Review: The Nerdist Way by Chris Hardwick #TBRTipping

First Thought When Finished: This was a humorous self-help book with some really great ideas! Nothing new but the presentation really worked!

Good To Know Thoughts: I will admit that self-help books are kind of my guilty pleasure. I am also a total geek and a big fan of all things nerdom. Here is the deal, if you read any kind of self-improvement books you know they are not really telling you anything new. Presentation is the key to getting some of the messages to stick. Continue Reading

Favorite Book or Reading Quotes (Tuesday Fun): Louisa May Alcott

Favorite Book or Reading Quotes (Tuesday Fun): Louisa May Alcott

In case you want to copy the quote it to your keeper file: “Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.” ― Louisa May Alcott I have many books that feel like home to me. Whenever I am in a mood, I can always count on them to fill whateverContinue Reading

Top Off Tuesday:   Vicente (The Santinis #4) by Melissa Schroeder

Top Off Tuesday: Vicente (The Santinis #4) by Melissa Schroeder

What better way than to top off a good book than with a GREAT Cover!

Every week, Amanda from On a Book Bender, Christi from Smitten with Reading,and I want to see those Top Off Tuesday covers that grab your attention! Please play along and tell us your favorites (old, new, or not yet released). Button made by Missie at The Unread Reader and Diana at Book of Secrets

Every once in awhile there are covers that just make you say Oh My! Sometimes it is good, sometimes it is bad, and sometimes it is head scratching. The point of Top Off Tuesday is to show you the ones with their Tops Off! Seriously y’all hunting out Top Off Tuesday covers is one of my favorite pastimes and you should join the fun!Continue Reading

2012 Historical Romance Audiobooks: Sultry Listeners Awards

2012 Historical Romance Audiobooks: Sultry Listeners Awards

Do you need some ideas on what to nominate for the Historical Romance Sultry Listeners Awards? Here are just a few that qualify (Links to Audible/Amazon so you can sample the narration) because their audiobooks released in 2012.  Please note that a LOT of older books got their audio releases this year–those audiobooks count too!Continue Reading

Audiobook Review:  Wicked Cravings (The Phoenix Pack, #2) by Suzanne Wright

Audiobook Review: Wicked Cravings (The Phoenix Pack, #2) by Suzanne Wright

First Thought when Finished: These are some spectacularly smexy shifters! I haven’t blushed this much in a while.

Story Thoughts: I will admit I wasn’t prepared for the amount of smexy time that was in Wicked Cravings (I did not read the first book but I will) so that impacted me getting into the story. I also thought that the main relationship at times went over the line with permission levels not being clear.Continue Reading

#BoutOfBooks 7: Goals, Plans, and Tracking UPDATED Day 4

#BoutOfBooks 7: Goals, Plans, and Tracking UPDATED Day 4

Goals:

Finish at least 4 Audiobooks and/or 45 hours of listening time (I have a LOT of Audio time since I am working on another project)
Finish at least 4 Paperbooks
Finish at least 2 EBooks
Try to make 1 twitter chat
Keep my progress updated in my sidebar/on this post
Try to visit other participants and cheer them on!Continue Reading