Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking The Spine and is a fun way to see what books other bloggers just can't wait to get their hands on!   

June 6th

All’s fair in love and work. The first standalone romance by New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren (Beautiful Bastard) is a sexy, compulsively readable romantic comedy that dives headlong into the thrill and doubt of modern love.

Despite the odds against them from an embarrassing meet-awkward at a mutual friend’s Halloween party, Carter and Evie immediately hit it off. Even the realization that they’re both high-powered agents at competing firms in Hollywood isn’t enough to squash the fire.

But when their two agencies merge—causing the pair to vie for the same position—all bets are off. What could have been a beautiful, blossoming romance turns into an all-out war of sabotage. Carter and Evie are both thirtysomething professionals—so why can’t they act like it?

Can Carter stop trying to please everyone and see how their mutual boss is really playing the game? Can Evie put aside her competitive nature long enough to figure out what she really wants in life? Can their actor clients just be something close to human? Whether these two Hollywood love/hatebirds get the storybook Hollywood ending or just a dramedy of epic proportions, you will get to enjoy Christina Lauren’s heartfelt, raucous, and hilarious romance style at its finest.

I'm such a sucker for Christina Lauren books. I can't wait for this one!

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I STILL Haven't Read and May Never Get To

Hey guys!

It's Top Ten Tuesday by The Broke and The Bookish! This feature is actually on hiatus until next week, but...I'm lazy and am doing this solo this week. ;) 

Today I want to list off a few books that everyone seems to love and are on my TBR, but for whatever reason I've yet to pick up. And let's be honest: I may never get my lazy butt around to reading them.
 Let's jump right in!

10.

Actually, I've never read anything by Kelley Armstrong. 

9.

Eh...literally everyone I know loves this, but I am so not a historical fan, and it's really long. Plus, third person.

 I have both the physical and ebook copy and haven't picked either up. Maybe someday!

8.

Will I get my head lopped of if I say I don't have much desire to pick up a Tarryn Fisher book?

*ducks head*

Still, all of her books are on my TBR and most are on my Kindle....

7.

Loved the Wild Seasons series, haven't started these! This series I'll likely get to. 

6.

I've heard it's beautiful and amazing and epic, but I don't have my desire to read it since I've also heard it's purple prose enough to make you want to choke someone. 

5.

This I may get to, though I tend to struggle with fantasy. I've heard the audio is good, so I may go that way!

4.

I dunno, I feel like this one is probably really overhyped. Is it?

3.

I love the cover of this one, but my angst tolerance is at an all time low lately.

2.

Because...fantasy. And third person. 

1.

This I'm also likely to get to at some point! May go the audio route with this one.

February Recap

Hey guys!


Time to do the February recap! Last month was a decent reading month, though it was marred towards the end by a wicked reading slump (which is thankfully over). Rereading old favorites always gets me through a slump.

I've still yet to read a book to add to my "Best of 2017" list, so please feel free to share any blow-you-away type of reads!

Books Read

To Love Jason Thorn by Ella Maise - 4 stars

Under Locke by Mariana Zapata - 3.5 stars

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata - 5 stars

Epic Love (Epic Fail, #3) by Trudy Stiles - 2.5 stars

Singe (Guardian Protection, #1) by Aly Martinez - 3 stars

Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (Charley Davidson, #4) by Darynda Jones - 5 stars

Feversong (Fever, #9) by Karen Marie Moning - 4 stars...I think

The Failing Hours (How to Date a Douchebag, #2) by Sara Ney - 3 stars

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones - 4.5 stars

Cake by J. Bengtsson - 3 stars

Third Grave Dead Ahead (Charley Davidson, #3) by Darynda Jones - 4.5 stars

Total - 11

31 of 100 books read/31% complete/14 books ahead of schedule 

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

Feversong

Cake

0. I fail at this. 

Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet

Wintersong

Cake

Third Grave Beneath My Feet

The One That Was My Favorite

The One That Was Outside My Comfort Zone and I Wound Up Loving

The One That Left Me So Conflicted

The One With Too Much Angst

The One With The Best Narration

Book Boyfriend of The Month

Barrons. Duh. 

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 March! We're finally having a little more spring like weather instead of summer heat, which is lovely. Days in the upper 60s and low 70s, nights in the 50s and upper 40s. If you could remove the pollen (I can't get across how bad the pollen is and how much it is messing up my nose and eyes), it'd be perfect.

Also, reading slump is gone! Yay!

Fitness

Steps this week:

Sunday - 11,228

Monday - 9,538

Tuesday - 13,905

Wednesday - 9,947

Thursday - 12,828

Friday - 11,424

Saturday - 10,884

Total - 79,754

This Week's Recap

Second Chances: Favorite Series I Almost Didn't Continue

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Protagonists

Waiting on Wednesday

TBR Thursday

Cover Lust, No. 57

Coming Up 

February Recap

Top Ten Tuesday

Waiting on Wednesday

TBR Thursday

Five Things Friday, No. 2

Read This Week

4.5 stars
The slump breaker award goes to this one!
Audiobook reread

3 stars!
Fun and easy read with fabulous narration.
Audiobook

4 stars!
I'm in the mood for romantic horror, so I'm rereading some of this series. 

4 stars!
I'm really happy with this duology. Great characters, quick, perfect narration.
Audiobook

Currently Reading

What Will I Read Next?

Cover Lust, No. 57

I'm not going to be sharing the synopsis for this one since it's a this book in a series, but how gorgeous and simple is this?!

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!

He was taking the long road. She was taking the road to nowhere. It just so happened that they led to the same place…

When everything falls apart, love remains . . .

THE EDGE OF ALWAYS

Camryn Bennett has never been happier. Five months after meeting on a Greyhound bus, she and her soul mate Andrew Parrish are engaged—and a wedding isn’t the only special event in their future. Nervous but excited, Camryn can’t wait to begin the rest of her life with Andrew – a man she knows in her heart will love her always. They have so much to look forward to—until tragedy blindsides them.

Andrew doesn’t understand how this could happen to them. He’s trying to move on, and thought Camryn was doing the same. But when Andrew discovers Camryn is secretly harboring a mountain of pain and attempting to numb it in damaging ways, there is nothing he won’t do to bring her back to life. Determined to prove that their love can survive anything, Andrew decides to take Camryn on a new journey filled with hope and passion. If only he can convince her to come along for the ride…

I read The Edge of Never and loved it, but have been hesitant to pick this up. I don't want to ruin the first book if this one sucks, haha. What do you think? If you've read it, how was it?

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking The Spine and is a fun way to see what books other bloggers just can't wait to get their hands on!   

April 25th

The thrilling final installment of Chloe Neill’s New York Timesbestselling urban fantasy series sees a sinister sorcery advancing across Chicago, and it may usher in the fall of Cadogan House… 

Since the night of her brutal attack and unwilling transformation to vampire, Merit’s stood as Sentinel and protector of Chicago’s Cadogan House. She's saved the Windy City from the forces of darkness time and again with her liege and lover, Ethan Sullivan, by her side.

When the House is infiltrated and Merit is attacked by a vampire seemingly under the sway of dark magic, Merit and Ethan realize the danger is closer than they could have ever imagined. As a malign sorcery spreads throughout the city, Merit must go to war against supernatural powers beyond her comprehension. It’s her last chance to save everything—and everyone—she loves. 

This is such a fun, guilty pleasure series! I fly through them and can't wait to get my hands on it, though it's a bittersweet end. 

Also, I realize Ethan is blond, but I never picture him as blond. #random