TBR Thursday

Kimberly @ Kimberlyfaye Reads started a new weekly feature that I'm excited to join in! This feature is to showcase what's on your to be read shelf (or eReader, or Audible library) and see what others think of it. Have you read it? Should I read it or put it back on the shelf? It's a way to dust off the books on your self and decide if they're worth reading!

Notorious Nora Sutherlin is famous for her delicious works of erotica, each one more popular with readers than the last. But her latest manuscript is different—more serious, more personal—and she's sure it'll be her breakout book... if it ever sees the light of day.

Zachary Easton holds Nora's fate in his well-manicured hands. The demanding British editor agrees to handle the book on one condition: he wants complete control. Nora must rewrite the entire novel to his exacting standards—in six weeks—or it's no deal.

Nora's grueling writing sessions with Zach are draining... and shockingly arousing. And a dangerous former lover has her wondering which is more torturous—staying away from him... or returning to his bed?

Nora thought she knew everything about being pushed to your limits. But in a world where passion is pain, nothing is ever that simple.

Because I'm in a smutty mood, I'm considering pulling this one off the shelf. The thing is, I'm kinda a snob when it comes to BDSM reads, so how is this one?

TBR Thursday

Kimberly @ Kimberlyfaye Reads started a new weekly feature that I'm excited to join in! This feature is to showcase what's on your to be read shelf (or eReader, or Audible library) and see what others think of it. Have you read it? Should I read it or put it back on the shelf? It's a way to dust off the books on your self and decide if they're worth reading!

Enigmatic and sexy, Professor Gabriel Emerson is a well respected Dante specialist by day, but by night he devotes himself to an uninhibited life of pleasure. He uses his notorious good looks and sophisticated charm to gratify his every whim, but is secretly tortured by his dark past and consumed by the profound belief that he is beyond all hope of redemption.

When the sweet and innocent Julia Mitchell enrolls as his graduate student, his attraction and mysterious connection to her not only jeopardizes his career, but sends him on a journey in which his past and his present collide.

An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love and redemption, "Gabriel's Inferno" is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible...forgiveness and love

This has been on my TBR for ages, and judging by the reviews, people either absolutely adore it, or passionately hate it. Should I try it out? Any of you ladies know how the audio is if so?

The Sunday Post/It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

Hey, all!

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. It's Monday, What Are You Reading is a fun weekly meme hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date where we share what we've read and reviewed over the past week and what we plan to read next. 

It finally feels like winter here, at least for the time being! Yesterday and today hovered around 40 degrees (30 with windchill), with the nights hovering around 28 (upper teens with windchill!). It's brutally cold for Florida, but it's not bad with the right clothes on, and a warm fire and good book to come inside to. ;) 
It'll be back into the mid-70s in a few days; Florida winters are so hard to adjust to, since you'll be sweating in shorts and a tank one day and shivering in fleece leggings and a coat the next. 

Aside from that, a busier week with work, but nothing too bad. I've had a bit of a sore throat/achy thing going on the past few days, so hopefully that clears up soon. That's pretty much it!

Steps this week

Sunday - 12,894

Monday - 10,330

Tuesday - 13,873

Wednesday - 10,786

Thursday - 13,319

Friday - 8,239

Saturday - 10,150

Total -  79,591

This Week's Recap

December Recap

Top Ten Tuesday: 2017 Releases I'm Excited For

Waiting on Wednesday

TBR Thursday

Cover Lust, No. 50

Coming Up

2017 Reading Challenges 

Top Ten Tuesday: 2016 Releases I Meant to Get To (But Plan To!)

Waiting on Wednesday

TBR Thursday

Cover Lust, No. 50

Read This Week

5 stars!
Amazing, absolutely amazing. And what a great way to kick off 2017!

3.5 stars!
Quick, funny, sexy, with a  decent narrator.
Partial audiobook

4.5 stars!
This was such a well done new adult! 

3.75-4 stars??
I dunno, I'm really conflicted here. It kept me absolutely riveted and I read it in a day. On the other hand, it didn't quite live up to Marriage Games and the ending was a bit rushed...or perhaps the middle was drawn out. Very torn.

Currently Reading

Rereading this, and going the audio version. 

Just started this one, but so far so good!

What Will I Read Next?

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TBR Thursday

Kimberly @ Kimberlyfaye Reads started a new weekly feature that I'm excited to join in! This feature is to showcase what's on your to be read shelf (or eReader, or Audible library) and see what others think of it. Have you read it? Should I read it or put it back on the shelf? It's a way to dust off the books on your self and decide if they're worth reading!

Is it possible to expose Chicago’s hottest player—without getting played?

This is the story I've been waiting for all my life, and its name is Malcolm Kyle Preston Logan Saint. Don’t be fooled by that last name though. There’s nothing holy about the man except the hell his parties raise. The hottest entrepreneur Chicago has ever known, he’s a man’s man with too much money to spend and too many women vying for his attention.

Mysterious. Privileged. Legendary. His entire life he’s been surrounded by the press as they dig for tidbits to see if his fairytale life is for real or all mirrors and social media lies. Since he hit the scene, his secrets have been his and his alone to keep. And that’s where I come in.

Assigned to investigate Saint and reveal his elusive personality, I’m determined to make him the story that will change my career.

But I never imagined he would change my life. Bit by bit, I start to wonder if I'm the one discovering him...or if he's uncovering me.

What happens when the man they call Saint, makes you want to sin? 

I'm in the mood for something like this!  Have you read it?

The Sunday Post/It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

Hey, ladies!

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. It's Monday, What Are You Reading is a fun weekly meme hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date where we share what we've read and reviewed over the past week and what we plan to read next. 

A quiet week overall, and not a single day over 80 degrees this week! It's been an insanely hot November and it's nice to have some pleasant days finally. 

I've been good about daily walking and yoga, and started some light free weights every other day!

Sunday - 9,452

Monday - 12,690

Tuesday - 10,458

Wednesday - 12,643

Thursday - 10,649

Friday - 11,568

Saturday - 10,336 

Total - 77,796

This Week's Recap

October Recap

Top Ten Tuesday: New Additions to The TBR

Waiting on Wednesday

TBR Thursday

The Unpopular Opinions Tag

Coming Up

Mini Reviews Monday

Top Ten Tuesday: Movie TBR

Waiting on Wednesday

TBR Thursday

Cover Lust, No. 47

Read This Week

4.5 stars!
I'm loving this author lately. <3

4 stars!
Filthy, filthy, smut. Loved it.

3 stars!
Drama llama.

3.5 stars!
Also drama llama, but with more reason behind it. 

Currently Reading

Audiobook, and it's like a funnier and less infuriating Stephanie Plum, with better romance!

What Will I Read Next?

Gimme gimme!

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October Recap

Hey, ladies!

Happy November! *insert obligatory "how is it November" bit*.

October was a  good reading month and November is shaping up to be the same, so let's jump in!

Books Read

Sincerely, Carter by Whitney G. - 4 stars

Retrieval (The Retrieval Duet, #1) by Aly Martinez  - 5 stars

Playboy Pilot by Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland - 4 stars

Transfer (The Retrieval Duet, #2) by Aly Martinez  - 4.5 stars

Sincerely, Arizona by Whitney G. - 4 stars

Man Candy by Melanie Harlow - 3 stars

Four Letter Word by J. Daniels - 2.5 stars

Porn Star by Laurelin Page and Sierra Simone - 3 stars

Specimen by Shay Savage - 4 stars

Levi's Blue by M. Leighton - 2.5 stars

Off Side by Sawyer Bennett - 2.5 stars

Heart Shaped Hack by Tracey Garvis Graves - 3 stars

Gunmetal Magic (Kate Daniels, #5.5) by Ilona Andrews - 4 stars

Royally Screwed by Emma Chase - 4.5 stars

Marriage Games by C.D. Reiss - 5 stars

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge - 3 stars

One Dom to Love by Shayla Black and others - 3 stars

A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet  - 1.5 stars/DNF at 80%

Honor (The Breaking Point, #1) by Jay Crownover - 5 stars

October Total - 19

Total So Far* - 171

*Including rereads and the books I've read for November so far 

Challenge Updates

165 of 130, 127% complete and 55 books ahead of schedule

Audiobook challenge

Sincerely, Carter

Gunmetal Magic

A Promise of Fire

2016 total so far: 55 and goal met

Sincerely, Carter

Specimen

Off Side

Heart Shaped Hack

Gunmetal Magic

Cruel Beauty

One Dom to Love

Favorites

Best of 2016

Best of 2016

Best of 2016

Best Swoon

The one I couldn't get into 

I tried so hard to finish this one, but I just couldn't. DNF at 80%.

The pleasant surprise

The hottest porn

The Book Boyfriends

Roman

Carter

Nicholas

Nassir 

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The Sunday Post/It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

Hey, ladies!

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. It's Monday, What Are You Reading is a fun weekly meme hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date where we share what we've read and reviewed over the past week and what we plan to read next.

Happy November and huge yay for fall back time! I love this time of year, and the extra hour of sleep. ;)

Apart from feeling sick the past couple days, it's been laid back and easy week around here. I fell into a guilty pleasure reading spree with a historical romance serial series (wow, that was a mouthful!), so I did get a good bit of reading done this week. It was such a satisfying binge. 

Not the best week, but whatever. 

Sunday - 11,261

Monday - 11, 266

Tuesday - 10,548

Wednesday - 10,399

Thursday - 10,261

Friday - 7,170

Saturday - 9,859

Total - 70,764

This Week's Recap

Mini Reviews Monday

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books to Read if Your Book Club Loves Smut

Waiting on Wednesday

TBR Thursday

Cover Lust, No. 46

Coming Up

October Recap

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books I've Added to my TBR Lately

Waiting on Wednesday

TBR Thursday

The Unpopular Opinions Tags

Read This Week

5 stars!
Oh my god! I've never really gotten the hype around this author before; I've read one or two before and while I liked them well enough, they were just okay. This one, though...woah. It blew my mind, was so sexy and refreshing, and I was left incredibly satisfied. A Top Fav for 2016.

4 stars!
I really enjoy this author and loved the entire serial series. These are my thoughts on all of these in the series. They're anywhere from 130 to 190 pages per book.

3 stars!
Decent hero, obnoxious and childish heroine. One of my favorite male narrators though, and the woman did a good job as well.
Audiobook

3 stars!
Um. I read a lot of historical porn this week. #SorryNotSorry 

3-4 stars? I don't know how I feel about it.  It was a very quick read though.

Currently Reading

What Will I Read Next?

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Read if Your Book Club Wants to Try Dirty Romance

Hey, ladies!

It's Top Ten Tuesday by The Broke and The Bookish! Today's topic is 10 books to read if your book club loves ___ (a genre, an author, a book, ect). Since I've been in a bit of a smutty phase, I'm doing what to read if your book club wants to try romance with a healthy side of smut. Those would be the only book club reads I'd be interested in anyway. ;)

That I've Read:

If you fancy a bit more drama and story along with your porn. 

For those that want forbidden AF.

If you're wanting addictive and suspenseful, with a side of smut and plenty of swoon. 

If you want a ton of humor, poking fun at the ridiculousness of a lot of erotica, and plenty of sexy times.
I just love this cover!

If you want travel, swoony-tastic hero, and light roleplaying.

If you want  "oh my god, I can't read this in public".

If you want a truly spectacular BDSM romance and some serious foreplay.

If you want filthy, filthy historical romance with a  touch of mystery and a surprisingly good storyline. 

What I'm Excited to Read

I hear it's filthy!

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