Monday, November 16, 2015

Books...All The Books! (Book Haul...again)

Hey, ladies!


I've done it again: books, books, and more books! I'm going to have to badger my dad to add another shelf to my book wall....




Audible.com

I love the Whispersync Audible has. That is all. 


There are only eight breeding female werecats left...

And I'm one of them.

I look like an all-American grad student. But I am a werecat, a shape-shifter, and I live in two worlds.

Despite reservations from my family and my Pride, I escaped the pressure to continue my species and carved out a normal life for myself. Until the night a Stray attacked.

I'd been warned about Strays — werecats without a Pride, constantly on the lookout for someone like me: attractive, female, and fertile. I fought him off, but then learned two of my fellow tabbies had disappeared.

This brush with danger was all my Pride needed to summon me back... for my own protection. Yeah, right. But I'm no meek kitty. I'll take on whatever — and whoever -- I have to in order to find my friends. Watch out, Strays — 'cause I got claws, and I'm not afraid to use them...
 

Finished! It was fast paced and very enjoyable, especially since it was Vincent's first novel.


 Okay, so cats don't always land on their feet.

I know that better than most. Since rejoining the Pride, I've made big decisions and even bigger mistakes: the kind paid for with innocent lives. As the first and only female enforcer, I have plenty to prove to my father, the Pride, and myself. And with murdered toms turning up in our territory, I'm working harder than ever, though I always find the energy for a little after-hours recreation with Marc, my partner both on- and off-duty.

But not all of my mistakes are behind me. We're beginning to suspect that the dead are connected to a rash of missing human women and that they can all be laid at my feet--two or four, take your pick. And one horrible indiscretion may yet cost me more than I can bear...
 
Nearly done!




A full-length, standalone romance from the New York Timesbestselling author of Archer's Voice.

Grace Hamilton was the girl with a plan. She knew exactly where her life was going and prided herself on always achieving her goals. It was who she was, and how she lived her life. She never stepped outside the lines, and never considered what she might desire and whom she was actually trying so hard to please. Until him . . . 

Carson Stinger was a man who didn't play by any rules except his own. Working in the adult entertainment industry, he didn't care what others thought, and took each day as it came, no direction, no plan. He knew what women wanted from him and believed it was all he had to offer. Until her . . . 
When circumstances forced them to spend several hours together, they walked away changed. But for two people who never should have meshed, overcoming the reality of their vastly different lives wasn't possible. At least not yet . . .

I adored Archer's voice, and I'm curious to see about this one. 



 There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris: 1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her more than Quinn Sullivan, and 3) She doesn't know how to knit.
After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can't help wondering what new torment fate has in store. To her utter mortification, Quinn Sullivan- aka Sir McHotpants- witnesses it all then keeps turning up like a pair of shoes you lust after but can't afford. The last thing she expects is for Quinn- the focus of her slightly, albeit harmless, stalkerish tendencies- to make her an offer she can't refuse.

I loved the book Penny Reid did with L.H. Cosway, and this was only like $1.99 on Audible, so why not. Hope it's good!



Kindle





“Marry me.”
“What?” I stared back at him, unblinking.
He moved closer, taking my face in his hands. “I love you, Evie. I look into the future, and the only thing I see clearly is you. Marry me.”

What’s an eighteen-year-old girl who was madly in love with her nineteen-year-old boyfriend say?

Of course, I said yes.

Twenty-four hours later, I married Adam Gunner at a Vegas chapel to the sounds of “Livin’ on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi. Not the best omen. I get that now.

Then, exactly one week later, I left him. I walked out, leaving behind my wedding ring, annulment papers, and my heart, and he never knew why.

I haven’t seen him since. Not in ten long years.

Now, he’s here, standing before me. Looking at me with nothing but hurt and hatred in his eyes, he wants answers.

Answers I can’t give.
  

This sounds so intriguing!





Physical Books

$15 for all of it, shipping included (Alibris)!

From the author of the international bestseller The Sweetness of Forgetting, named one of the Best Books of Summer 2012 by Marie Claire magazine, comes a captivating novel about the struggle to overcome the past when our memories refuse to be forgotten.

In this richly told story where Sliding Doors meets P.S. I Love You, Kristin Harmel weaves a heart-wrenching tale that asks: what does it take to move forward in life without forgetting the past?

After her husband's sudden death over ten years ago, Kate Waithman never expected to be lucky enough to find another love of her life. But now she's planning her second walk down the aisle to a perfectly nice man. So why isn't she more excited?

At first, Kate blames her lack of sleep on stress. But when she starts seeing Patrick, her late husband, in her dreams, she begins to wonder if she's really ready to move on. Is Patrick trying to tell her something? Attempting to navigate between dreams and reality, Kate must uncover her husband's hidden message. Her quest leads her to a sign language class and into the New York City foster system, where she finds rewards greater than she could have imagined.
 
I admittedly bought this just for the cover. It's so pretty!

 


 From the New York Times best-selling author of Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player, Book Two of the brand-new Wild Seasons series that started with Sweet Filthy Boy - a story of friends, love, and lust.

Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don't even like each other... which would explain why their marriage lasted only 12 hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. She lives by the Want-something-done? Do-it-yourself mantra. Maybe she's too similar to the rugged fisherman - or just what he needs.
 

Finished this on audiobook. Solid 3.5 star read. Not as good as the first, but makes me look forward to the third!


 The USA TODAY bestselling author of the Ten Tiny Breaths series and Burying Water—which Kirkus Reviews called “a sexy, romantic, gangster-tinged page-turner”—returns with a new novel packed with romance, plot twists, and psychological suspense.

Ivy, a talented tattoo artist who spent the early part of her twenties on the move, is finally looking for a place to call home. She thinks she might have found it in San Francisco, but all that changes when she witnesses a terrible crime. She’s ready to pack up her things yet again, when a random encounter with a stranger keeps her in the city, giving her reason to stay after all.


That is, until Ivy discovers that their encounter wasn’t random. Not at all…


 Merit, Chicago’s newest vampire, is learning how to play well with others. Other supernaturals, that is. Shapeshifters from across the country are convening in the Windy City, and as a gesture of peace, Master Vampire Ethan Sullivan has offered their leader a very special bodyguard: Merit. Merit is supposed to protect the Alpha, Gabriel Keene—and to spy for the vamps while she’s at it. Oh, and luckily Ethan’s offering some steamy, one-on-one combat training sessions to help her prepare for the mission.

Merit must accept the assignment, even though she knows that she’ll probably regret it. And she’s not wrong. Someone is gunning for Gabriel Keene, and Merit soon finds herself in the line of fire. She’ll need all the help she can get to track down the would-be assassin, but everywhere she turns, there are rising tensions between supernaturals—not least between her and a certain green-eyed, centuries old master vampire.
 


Vamps in Chicago!


You’d think headlines like that would have provoked the fine citizens of the Windy City to take up arms against us bloodsucking fiends. Instead, ten months later, we’re enjoying a celebrity status reserved for the Hollywood elite—fending off paparazzi only slightly less dangerous than cross and stake-wielding slayers. Don’t get me wrong, Joe Public isn’t exactly thrilled to be living side-by-side with the undead, but at least they haven’t stormed the castle yet.

But all that will change once they learn about the Raves—mass feeding parties where vampires round up humans like cattle and drink themselves silly. Most civilized vampires frown on this behavior, putting mere mortals at ease with their policy of asking a person’s consent before taking a big gulp of the red stuff. However, that doesn’t make good copy for a first time reporter looking to impress his high society family.

So now my “master,” the centuries old, yet gorgeously well-preserved Ethan Sullivan, wants me to reconnect with my own upper class family and act as liaison between humans and vampires—and keep the more unsavory aspects of our existence out of the media. But someone doesn’t want people and vamps to play nicey-nice—someone with an ancient grudge.


- The Bibliophile Babe











Sunday, November 15, 2015

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

Hey, guys!





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. 



Not too much going on this week! Work, and bi-polar weather, and that's pretty much it. :) It's been bouncing around from hot and humid (upper 80s, in November!), to cool and breezy (mid 60s). It's been absurdly warm this year.



Remember a few weeks ago when I told you all about the abandoned puppy I picked up on the side of the road? Well, she's been here a month as of yesterday, and is thriving. I can't even believe she's the same dog! Her name is Roxie, after the main character in Nuts by Alice Clayton. And yes, she's being serenaded by an awful cover of The Police's song "Roxanne". ;)
She's being treated for mange and is growing in hair, and she's gained 12lbs since she arrived. She's now at 35lbs, instead of the 23lbs she arrived at. She's an older puppy, around 8 months or so.
She seems like a little pit bull mix, but I'm not sure yet. She's such a sweet, loving girl. She does have some behavior problems like shyness with new situations and men (not surprising), as well as a bit of crate-guarding, but otherwise she's quite well adjusted and we're working through her problems. She's now house trained, crate trained, walks well on a leash, is polite with my other dogs, and knows sit. She's very smart, and I'm so glad to have found her.




Steps this week:

Sunday -6,436 (day of driving)
Monday - 17,358
Tuesday - 19,155
Wednesday - 12,288
Thursday - 13,891
Friday - 19,473
Saturday - 10,330

Total - 98,931






This Week's Recap











Coming Up*

Book Haul!

Top Ten Tuesday: Quotes I've Loved From Books This Year

W...W...W... Wednesday

Book Review: The Play by Karina Halle

Kindle Kandy

*as always, subject to change







Read This Week

Only three, but pretty good in my opinion considering two of them were quite long, and two were audiobooks!

3 stars. Not my favorite (you can't top Sweet Filthy Boy for me!), but still enjoyable and sexy.
Audiobook

5 stars!! Gorgeous, emotional, sexy. Loved it.
Review should be up this week!


4 stars! Addictive, interesting, sexy, fast paced. I believe this was Vincent's first book, and while it undeniably has its flaws and some choppiness, it had her trademark flair and wildly entertaining storyline that left me panting for the next book.
Audiobook.







Currently Reading

I was lucky enough to get an ARC of Cosway's upcoming release, and I just started it last night. Loving it, no surprise there. One of my favorite authors!

Audiobook
I haven't picked this one up all week, and to be honest I don't know if I'll finish it.  The characters are completely unlikable, the hero makes me want to claw his face off, and it turns out I really do not like MC books. At all. 

Another one I haven't picked up all week. Not sure why; there's nothing outwardly wrong with it. I'm just having trouble connecting with Mercy, or any of the characters. 





What Will I Read Next?

Started this one, and it got pushed aside for the Karina Halle book, and then the Rachel Vincent books. I'm excited to get back to it!






- The Bibliophile Babe







Friday, November 13, 2015

Cover Lust No. 4

The Play by Karina Halle 

 A troubled Scottish rugby player who doesn't play by the rules.
A vivacious man-eater who's given up on love.
When it comes to Lachlan and Kayla, opposites don't just attract - they explode.


Kayla Moore has always been comfortable with her feisty, maneating reputation. At least it was fine until she hit her thirties and saw her best friends Stephanie and Nicola settle down with Linden and Bram McGregor, leaving Kayla to be the odd one out. Tired of being the third wheel with nothing but one-night stands and dead-end dates in San Francisco, Kayla decides to take a vow of celibacy and put men on the backburner.

That is until she lays her eyes on Linden and Bram’s cousin, hot Scot Lachlan McGregor. Lachlan is her sexual fantasy come to life – tall, tatted, and built like a Mack truck. With a steely gaze and successful rugby career back in Edinburgh, he’s the kind of man that makes her want to throw her vow right out the window. But Lachlan’s quiet and intense demeanor makes him a hard man to get to know, let alone get close to.

It isn’t until the two of them are thrown together one long, unforgettable night that Kayla realizes there is so much more to this brooding macho man than what meets the eye. But even with sparks flying between the two, Lachlan can’t stay in America forever. Now, Kayla has to decide whether to uproot her whole life and chance it all on someone she barely knows or risk getting burned once again.

Sometimes love is a game that just needs to be played.
 


I just finished this last night, and oh my god! It was amazing. 5 epic stars! It was beautiful and heart wrenching and funny and sexy and I just have all these feelings now! All the feels. All the feelings.
Review should be up next week.

The connected group of standalones (The Pact, The Offer, and The Play) have some of the most gorgeous covers!


Thursday, November 12, 2015

A Dick By Any Other Name (or, What's Wrong With Erotica)

Hey, ladies!

(warning: this is a dirty minded post with dirty language, in case you couldn't tell by the title)


I love romance books. Love them. I'll happily admit to needing some kind of romance in whatever I read; just a little something I can swoon and sigh and lust over. Plus, who doesn't love collecting those delightful book boyfriends?
I also love erotica. My Kindle is a treasure-trove of dirty, kinky fuckery. However.... sometimes I just have to laugh at the way genitals and sex in general described . Let me be more specific, alright?


For Him:

Instead of the acceptable cock, dick, or even prick or erection, you'll see:

- Manhood 
I just think of... I don't even know what I think of. A knighthood, maybe? It sounds ridiculous!

- Hardness 
Is an adjective, not a noun.

- Thickness
Ditto the above.

- Rod
What are you, going fishing? Wait...that makes me think whatever girl he's banging needs to, ah...wash. Thoroughly. With soap. Get what I'm saying?

- Ridged collum/pillar of flesh
 All I picture is a colonial style house with cocks in the place of the pillars framing the entryway.

- Member
Proud member of Club Cunt!

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- Package
Hello, FedEx!

- Shaft
Elevator. Sunlight. Not as bad as some, but still!

- Organ
If that word doesn't kill the mood, I don't know what will.

- Penis
Nothing cools the hot and heavy quite like clinical terms.

- Root
I've always wanted to be boinked by a tree, said no one ever. I hope, anyway.

- Steel (or marble, granite, ect) wrapped in velvet (or silk)
It's everywhere. Literally everywhere.

- Engorged flesh
Sounds painful.

- Throbbing head
Cock-migraine, anyone?

- Inflamed anything
You should get that raging infection checked out.

- Thatch 
Manscaping is your friend!






Then there's the things you stumble upon in the holy-hell-I-get-why-you-were-free-now smut. And yes, these are unfortunately all ones I've come across (ha...oh my god, that was the best unintentional pun ever!).

- Meat
Beef: it's what for dinner.

- Heat seeking missile


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- Stalk
Plants.

- Fun stick/joy stick
Uh huh. I just bet you're a fun time.

- Man/guy/boy part
Are you 8 years old???

- Boner, stiffy, wang, schlong 
Well, you've moved up in the world to a 13 year old's vocabulary. Good for you.

- Dong
Please stop.


- Pork sword







For Her:

Sometimes we have it even worse than the guys, if you can imagine. Okay words include: pussy, cunt, sex, clit, and occasionally core or center. Never:


- Cleft
I hate this one!! It's awful, inaccurate, and just wrong. Please, I beg of you, stop it.

- Nub
It's such an exciting, sensual term. Really.

- Button
Repeat after me: "I am not a remote!"

- Meat curtains
Can you pull them shut if it gets too bright?

- Nether regions/nether lips
This is just weird.

- Womb
This would be agonizing, and nothing should be penetrating that. Please brush up on basic anatomy before continuing your story.

- Intimate folds
Sounds like a sketchy laundromat.

- Vagina
Again with the clinical! It's all too often used incorrectly. If he's rubbing you on the outside, that's not your vagina. That's your labia. Speaking of...

- Labia
Are you trying to get me hot and bothered, or are you giving me "the talk"?

- Tunnel
Here comes the train....

- Velvet anything
No.

- Twat
Aren't you just a classy SOB?

- Snatch
You know how some people cannot stand the word "cunt"? I feel the same way about "snatch". *shudders dramatically*

- Crease
Do you need an iron for your pussy?

- Depths
Prepare your ship for a voyage in the sea of vag.

- Cavern
Spelunking, anyone?




For Them:


Now we have things that can go either way, or for the sex itself. Yay!


For pubes, if applicable:

- Thatch 
- Nest

Lovely. Personal hygiene is important, people! Neither of you should have to brave an Amazon jungle to get to the goods.

What about butts? Ass is the only thing that should ever be used. Otherwise, you run the risk of sounding like 50 Shades Ana, taking it up the rear but unable to call it anything besides a "bottom". You should not be having anal sex if you can't say ass.


We can't forget about fluids! Preferable is come, or cum. Acceptable is seamen, wetness, or release. Do not ever use:

- Spunk/jizz/meat juice
- Dick spit
- Frothy anything
- Cream of any form
- Nectar
- Honey
- Damp
- Fluid
- Moist/moisture 


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To wrap it up, two of my favorites:


- Weeping anything
Sounds like an infection you've lanced.

- Sheathe


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I had so much fun with that! Cheers, everyone!

- The Bibliophile Babe



Wednesday, November 11, 2015

W...W...W... Wednesday

W… W… W… Wednesday, hosted by Taking on a World of Worlds, is a weekly meme showcasing what you just finished reading, what you are currently reading, and what you plan to start reading next.





What Did You Recently Finish?


 From the New York Times best-selling author of Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player, Book Two of the brand-new Wild Seasons series that started with Sweet Filthy Boy - a story of friends, love, and lust.

Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don't even like each other... which would explain why their marriage lasted only 12 hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. She lives by the Want-something-done? Do-it-yourself mantra. Maybe she's too similar to the rugged fisherman - or just what he needs.
 

This was an Audible.com credit, and I enjoyed it for the most part. It was quick, funny, and sexy! It lost some points for me because I never really felt Harlow and Finn's connection, and it turns out I do not like the voice of the narrator for Finn (Sebastian York). They also couldn't hold a candle to the first couple in the series. Other than that though, it was fun!



What Are You Currently Reading?


 A troubled Scottish rugby player who doesn't play by the rules.
A vivacious man-eater who's given up on love.
When it comes to Lachlan and Kayla, opposites don't just attract - they explode.


Kayla Moore has always been comfortable with her feisty, maneating reputation. At least it was fine until she hit her thirties and saw her best friends Stephanie and Nicola settle down with Linden and Bram McGregor, leaving Kayla to be the odd one out. Tired of being the third wheel with nothing but one-night stands and dead-end dates in San Francisco, Kayla decides to take a vow of celibacy and put men on the backburner.

That is until she lays her eyes on Linden and Bram’s cousin, hot Scot Lachlan McGregor. Lachlan is her sexual fantasy come to life – tall, tatted, and built like a Mack truck. With a steely gaze and successful rugby career back in Edinburgh, he’s the kind of man that makes her want to throw her vow right out the window. But Lachlan’s quiet and intense demeanor makes him a hard man to get to know, let alone get close to.

It isn’t until the two of them are thrown together one long, unforgettable night that Kayla realizes there is so much more to this brooding macho man than what meets the eye. But even with sparks flying between the two, Lachlan can’t stay in America forever. Now, Kayla has to decide whether to uproot her whole life and chance it all on someone she barely knows or risk getting burned once again.

Sometimes love is a game that just needs to be played.

I have several books on my "currently reading" shelf, but they've taken a backseat to this one. I'm around 45% in, and I'm in love!



What Will You Read Next?


 Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with an unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse.

Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day of her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.



She upholds the law. He breaks it. 

Two blue hearts, both alike in bravery
In not-so-fair London, where we lay our scene
From gun crime to petty theft
Where family is blood and survival makes hands unclean
In this place, we find two hearts who should be foes
And yet, amidst the turmoil their love still grows
Misadventure abounds and the divide will bring them strife
But with luck, death doesn’t always mean an end to life.

Hearts of Blue is a standalone contemporary romance that tells the story of star-crossed lovers Karla Sheehan and Lee Cross, a police constable and the thief who steals her heart.
 




- The Bibliophile Babe





Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday: Take It To The Big Screen!!

Hey, everyone!





It's time for The Broke and The Bookish's Top Ten Tuesday! This week's theme is Top Movie Book to Movie Adaptations I'm Looking Forward To or Ten Movie Adaptations I Still Need To Watch.

I'm not big on movies or TV at all, so I'm going to do a couple from each topic and then picking the books I'd kill to see turned into movies.


I'm Looking Forward To...
The 5th Wave
I enjoyed this YA dystopian sci-fi book for the most part (though holy hell, too many POVs!), and I'm curious to see how things translate on film. 

Ugly Love
Oh my god I need this now!!! Last I heard they may have found their Tate.




I Still Need To Watch....

Insurgent
I wasn't a fan of the books, but the first movie was enjoyable for the most part, in a I-don't-really-have-to-pay-attention kind of way. I've heard this one is a hot mess, and oh my god, why didn't they use a wig for Tris?!

The Maze Runner
Never read the book, and not dying to see the movie, but I wouldn't object to watching it. 

Catching Fire
I really dislike the casting for this movie. Jennifer Lawrence was incredibly apathetic in the first movie, and Liam Hemsworth does nothing for me.
I hated the love triangle in the series (I was Team Gale, and hated Peeta, that whiny little cow), but this was my favorite book in the trilogy.  


I'd Kill To See These Be Movies or TV Shows....

The Fever Series
THIS!!! With David Gandy as Barrons, please. I don't care if he's a model; he is Barrons in my eyes.
I think Emma Stone could perfectly pull of the transformation Mac goes through during the series. 

The Night Huntress novels
This would be so epic!!

Sweet Filthy Boy
Ahhh! It would be such an incredible romantic chick flick!

Nocte
I can't even imagine the mindfuck a movie adaptation of Nocte would be. 

Menagerie
The whole time I was reading Menagerie I was thinking "this would be a fantastic movie,".


Pretty much.



- The Bibliophile Babe

Monday, November 9, 2015

It's So Good To Be Back (Book Haul!)

Hey, ladies!


It's been over a month since I had a book haul, so I was so happy to get some new books! These are eBooks and two audiobook. I ordered some physical books, too, and will show those when they arrive. :D


Audible.com Audiobook 

Currently reading!

I have this in paperback (and now hardback), and Kindle, but I like to have my favorites in all formats. Hush, we all have quirks!



Kindle 

Currently reading!

Currently reading!


Read, 4.5 stars!

Read, 3 stars!

Read, 3 stars!

This was (and still is!) on sale for $1.99!


Seems like everyone loves this!
Currently free, but would've bought it!



- The Bibliophile Babe