It's Top Ten Tuesday by The Broke and The Bookish! Since Father's Day is this weekend, this week's topic is all about bookish fathers. Unfortunately, there's a serious lack of good parents in books. Like, I struggled to gather these books that have halfway decent fathers and father figures.. ;) I will say that it was much, much easier to find good fathers than it was to find good mothers.
That said, let's jump right in!
Happy Mothers' Day to all the moms out there! I hope you have a wonderful day. :) I'm spending the day with my own wonderful mama (I never hear anything southern in me until I say that....), so this'll be short.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I didn't finish a single book this week. Nope, nada, nothing. I've listened to maybe two hours of my current book and haven't so much as picked up my Kindle. I'm feeling slumpy again, and my normal audiobook time has been sucked up with music, on top of being insanely busy. Hoping I can find something to spark the interest again!
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 Datewhere we share what we've read and reviewed over the past week and what we plan to read next. Hello, 2017! I hope you all had a good Christmas/whatever holiday you celebrate. Mine was good for the most part, even though extended family drama always taints things a bit. Overall though, it was pleasant! Work is picking up again, so it's been a bit busier than normal, but that's okay. Glad to have work! I'm so freaking excited for all the books releases this month! Publishers and authors seem to hold out until January to blast their new releases, and the wait is finally over. Yay!
Between the holidays, family, weather, and that time of the month, my steps kinda sucked this week. I'll be back on track this week, though!
3.5 stars!
The audio was decent, but I was a bit let down with this one. There wasn't anything wrong with it exactly, but it wasn't as amazing as everyone made it out to be, at least in my eyes.
3 stars!
I didn't realize it was a novella so initially I felt it was really rushed. Oops, my bad! Unfortunately, that feeling stuck with me, haha.
2 stars!
This sucked. The premise was so good, though!
4 stars!
This was a little different than Jay Crownover's usual, but it was really good! Action packed, sexy as hell, addictive and the side characters were amazing. This was one of the three brothers' books, and I can't wait for Lane and Sutton's books.
Currently Reading
Well, I picked it up today. Don't know if I'll stick with it, since I'm already annoyed!
From the internationally best selling author of BAD ROMEO, BROKEN JULIET, and WICKED HEART comes an anthology of sweet and sexy novellas featuring beloved Starcrossed characters such as Ethan and Cassie, Liam and Elissa, and Josh and Angel; as well as the gang from The Grove.
Have Yourself A Sexy Little Christmas: An Ethan and Cassie Novella
Ethan and Cassie’s first Christmas with the Holt family should be nothing but jolly. Sure, Cassie’s a mess trying to impress her future in-laws with the perfect casserole, but when an unexpected blast from Ethan’s past shows up beneath the tree, the season gets a whole lot more serious—and sexy.
The Naughty List: A Liam and Elissa Novella
After being apart for months, Liam and Elissa are making up for lost time on a secluded island, where they think they’re free to explore each other’s bodies in peace. But when it turns out their Christmas sanctuary isn’t as deserted as it first seemed, their Christmas dreams turn into a nightmare.
Happy, Horny New Year: A Josh and Angel Novella
When the gang from the Grove gets together at a lavish New Year’s Eve party, it’s like no time has passed. Except Elissa and Josh are dating Hollywood royalty, Jack and Zoe have been hooking up in secret, Connor’s new girlfriend wants to murder Cassie, and Erika’s mystery man has everyone talking. Before midnight, shocking revelations are made, industry tongues are wagging, and the poor mistletoe is ready to pass out from overuse.
No matter how you're spending the holidays, BAD ROMEO CHRISTMAS is sure to heat up your festive season this winter.
In honor of this weekend, I'm sharing this perfect holiday cover. I hope you all have a safe and Merry Christmas!
It's Top Ten Tuesday by The Broke and The Bookish! This week's topic is ten books you wouldn't mind leaving under my tree. Personally, I've been buying all my books as either ebooks or audiobooks lately, and I miss my physical books something fierce. My shelves are feeling neglected, too. In light of that, these are 10 physical books I wouldn't mind having under my tree!
I saw this post over at Rebel Mommy Book Blog and then again at Brandie is a Book Junkie, and thought it looked fun!Original post from Lindsay’s Library. December is my favorite month and I would like it to slow down a bit to savor the Christmas feels, so I'm excited to do this tag...survey...this. Also, the colored text won't go the way I wanted it to. Damnit. Let's go!
Favorite Christmas song/s?
Carol of the Bells! I also really likeBaby, It's Cold Outside(Dean Martian version),It's Beginning toLook A Lot Like Christmas(Michael Buble version) and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas(Cat Power version; the one that was in that Apple commercial a year or so ago). And I will admit that Last Christmas(Wham! version) is my guilty pleasure.
Favorite Christmas movie/s?
Um. I'm not a big movie person, so...none? #embarrassed
Rudolph, Frosty, The Grinch or Charlie Brown?
Frosty or Rudolph. The Grinch is eh (those Whos are annoying!) and I can't stand Charlie Brown.
Best or most memorable Christmas gift you've ever received?
My dog, Nola. 6 years ago this month. Hands down, best gift I ever received, even if I didn't get her on Christmas day (early December instead). She's changed my life and has opened so many doors for me, showed me a passion I didn't realize I had, and helped me through the darkest point in my life. Because of her, I've been able to make dogs my real, actual job.
The second would be my first DSLR camera!
Real tree or artificial tree?
Both! The main tree must be real, but I like having artifical ones scattered about the house. Thankfully my cat isn't an asshole about messing with the real tree, though she does have a strange fascination with the fake one.
I'm watching you.
What tops your tree? Angel? Star? Bow? Star!
It's a bush. A Christmas bush. With a star stabbed in there and cockeyed as hell.
When did you stop believing in Santa? I never did believe in the first place? My family never really did the whole Santa thing; not for any religious reasons, it was just something we didn't do. To be honest, I find the whole Santa concept a tad creepy. #introvert #Don'tComeInMyHouse #SorryI'mWeird
Do you send out Christmas Cards? Do you do photo cards or traditional? I do...of my dog, and to other dog people. Part of that whole dog-is-my-job thing. ;) Photo cards all the way!
Do you have a favorite type of Christmas decoration - snowman, trees, village, ect? The Christmas Dachshund!
Do you have any sentimental decorations or ornaments? Every year since I was born, my mom found one Christmas ornament and saved them, so that when I was an adult, I'd already have some. They're very special to me!
White lights or colored lights? Big old fashioned lights or mini lights? White! Both on the tree and for outside. I'm not opposed to a little color, but I like a "white Christmas" (in Florida...). Um, they're just normal lights so...I guess old fashioned?
When e do you start decorating for Christmas?
Usually the day after Thanksgiving, though the past two years it's been so hot that it's more around the first or second week or December.
Favorite Christmas treat? I don't eat sweets made with sugar (honey or maple syrup instead; my body just does not handle actual sugar well), but my mom makes some bangin' maybe syrup based fudge.
Do you like sugar cookies? Gingerbread cookies? See above. I do like the occasional healthy gingersnap cookie, though.
Do you have hot cocoa or hot chocolate? Do you like warm chocoately beverages with marshmallows?
Um... there's a difference? I like tea when it's cold out.
What do you eat at your Christmas feast? Usually ham, pasta, ect.
Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or wait until Christmas Day? Christmas day.
Favorite Christmas-y scent? Christmas trees, cinnamon, and oranges/citrus. December is the month you get absolutely mouthwatering citrus here in Florida, so that smell is always holiday-ish for me.
I mean look at that! Perfect grapefruit, and the taste is amazing.
Do you have any Christmas traditions?
One of my favorite parts of Christmas as a kid was driving or walking around to look at Christmas lights, and it's still my favorite today.
Yup...that's a sailboat at the marina!
If you could ask Santa for any Christmas gift this year - and you know he'd bring it - what would it be?
Money, so that we could move now instead of this coming spring. While he's at it, enough money to live comfortably, travel the world, eat and explore for the rest of my days.
That said, I'd totally settle for a kitten (my cat wants a friend. And by my cat, I mean I want another one) or a yellow lab puppy. ;)
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 Datewhere we share what we've read and reviewed over the past week and what we plan to read next. A mostly laid-back and very chilly week! Several days it stayed in the upper 50s/low 60s, with nights getting down to around 35-32 (Floridian here, so that's freezing cold). Lovely weather that everyone is enjoying. I've found myself sleeping with the window open at night, burrowed under heavy blankets and stealing the dogs' warmth. ;) It's quite cozy! Finally got a tree this weekend, and I have to say that it's quite a hideous thing. Since you won't find a Christmas tree farm here (or at least not one that produces the classic fraser fur), the choices are limited to Lower and Home Depot. The Home Depot here had all their trees bound up, and it wasn't clear that this tree is pretty much just the middle of the tree. It's more of a Christmas bush than a Christmas tree, in all honesty.
It's literally the middle of a tree.
"If you ask me, we should've gotten one of these. They're actually suppose to be small." My dog is judgmental.
Oh, well! It works, and it's kind of growing on me, haha.
I've relaxed a bit with my fitness routine, in a good way. Rather than pushing myself for a minimum of 10,000 every day, no matter how I feel, I'm focusing more on doing what feels good and targeting what needs it that day. Hitting that number or higher is still ideal, but if I'm feeling too bad, I'm exhausted or sore (I twisted my knee last week and it still twinges), I relax on that and do something that doesn't aggravate me...or sometimes I just rest. It's nice to find a good balance!
