Mailbox Monday and It's Monday...What Are You Reading?

Mailbox Monday 

is a gathering place for readers to share the books that

came into their house last week and explore great book blogs. 

Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

June Host is: Bellezza @ Dolce Bellezza

cover images via netgalley.com

I picked each one of these books, Home to Whiskey Creek, Sea Glass Island, and The Newcomer, because they're written by authors that I want to try and plus, I loved the covers! These scream summer to me and I look forward to reading while at the beach! Netgalley Naughtiness!!

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Hosted by

 Sheila @ One Person's Journey Through a World of Books

We discuss the books that we've read 

and what we're planning to read for the week.

Read and talked about last week:

From Notting Hill with Love..... Actually- adorable!! I ordered two more books by this author!

Ceremony in Death (audio)- this series still delivers and the narrator is fantastic!

Bookish Thoughts to share this week:

The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio

Halfway to the Grave (audio) by Jeanine Frost

June Bookbox:

I finished Entwined with You in less than two days. Story still kept me interested and the sex was HOT, HOT, HOT! Currently reading It Had to Be You and liking it so far!

Ceremony in Death (Audio Review)

cover image via audible.com

What Ceremony in Death is about:
Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally. With her husband, Roarke, watching her every move, Eve is drawn into the most dangerous case of her career. Every step she takes makes her question her own sense of right and wrong - and brings her closer to a confrontation with humanity's most seductive form of evil.

Another riveting audio production that continues to keep me engaged and wanting more of Eve and Roarke!! Loved the dark side that J.D. Robb delved into with this story and most especially how Eve found herself needing Roarke more than she ever dreamed possible. Fast paced and never dull, this series continues to leave me totally satisfied. The narrator absolutely kicks ass!

Recommend? If you're looking for a great series to add to your audio mix, then you can't go wrong with these!

Source: Audible.com
Narrator: Susan Ericksen
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Six Sentence Bookish Thoughts #107
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From Notting Hill with Love...Actually- Six Sentence Bookish Thoughts #106

book image via http://www.alimcnamara.co.uk/books

What From Notting Hill with Love...Actually is about:
She was a girl, standing in front of a boy...
Movie fanatic Scarlett O'Brien dreams of a life as glamorous and romantic as all the big screen flicks she worships. When a chance house-sitting job in iconic Notting Hill comes along, she knows living in one of her favorite movie settings is an opportunity too good to pass up. Leaving behind her skeptical friends, family, and fiance, Scarlett heads to London and finds herself thrust into the lead role of her very own romantic comedy. But can real life ever be just like the movies? Larger-than-life new friends, a handsome but irksome new neighbor, and a mystery from her past may prove to Scarlett that living her life like a RomCom is more complicated than she thought!

If you dream about living in England, think Colin Firth is indeed Mr. Darcy, and devour all romantic British movies and books, then I most certainly think you would enjoy this completely adorable romp!
This book had me reliving some of my favorite movies all through the eyes of Scarlet. I loved how the author weaved Scarlet's favorite movies into her real life situations. It caught my imagination and kept me totally engaged!! I seriously didn't want this one to end.

Recommend? If you said yes to any of the above this book is for you!!! Fun, fun, fun, and a sweet romance mixed in!

Source: My public library

Six Sentence Bookish Thoughts #106
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Tuesday Intro- It Had to Be You

Hosted by Diane @ Bibliophile by the Sea

My Tuesday Intro pick is Jill Shalvis' latest, It had to Be You. Many of you know that I'm crazy about this author. I am truly looking forward to going back to Lucky Harbor!

cover image via goodreads.com

Some things were set in stone. The sun would rise every morning, the tide would come in and out without fail, and a girl needed to check herself out in the mirror before a date no matter the obstacle. To that end, Ali Winters climbed up on the toilet seat to get a full view of herself in the tiny bathroom mirror of the flower shop where she worked. Ducking so that she didn't hit her head on the low ceiling, she took in her reflection. Not bad from the front, she decided, and carefully spun around to catch the hind view of herself in her vintage--aka thrift store--little black dress.

Would you continue reading this one

 based on the opening paragraph?

Mailbox Monday and It's Monday...What Are You Reading?

Mailbox Monday 

is a gathering place for readers to share the books that

came into their house last week and explore great book blogs. 

Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

June Host is: Bellezza @ Dolce Bellezza

cover image via Goodreads.com

After reading so many blogger's reviews of Amy McKay's books, I knew that I wanted to accept 

The Virgin Cure for an upcoming TLC tour. I am really looking forward to reading this one!

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Hosted by

 Sheila @ One Person's Journey Through a World of Books

We discuss the books that we've read 

and what we're planning to read for the week.

Read and talked about last week:

Stories I Only Tell My Friends- outstanding audio book by Rob Lowe

Looking For Me- amazing book that touched my soul!! Favorite of the year.

Bookish Thoughts to share this week:

From Notting Hill with Love...... Actually

Ceremony in Death (audio book)

June Bookbox:

I'm reading these four books for certain this month and whatever else might tickle my fancy!!!

Saturday Snapshot- Graduation Day!

Saturday Snapshot

is hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads

It's easy to participate- just post a picture that was taken by

you, a friend, or a family member, and add your link

on Alyce's site. (no pictures from the internet!)

Graduation Day- June 2, 2013

This picture is the cherry on the top of a sundae that I've helped create for the last 18 years. My youngest graduated from high school and my heart is a mixture of sadness, happiness, relief, and excitement! The whole day went by in a flash! I had little time to be sad during the ceremony and afterwards was nothing but pure fun as pictures were taken, hugs given, hands being clasped, and cheeks being kissed!! Very soon Marcus will be leaving the house to start his new life as a college freshman away from home. He's growing up every day and his dad and I couldn't be prouder!!!

Looking for Me- Six Sentence Bookish Thoughts #105

www.bethhoffman.net

What Looking For Me is about:
Teddi Overman found her life’s passion for furniture in a broken-down chair left on the side of the road in rural Kentucky. She learns to turn other people’s castoffs into beautifully restored antiques, and eventually finds a way to open her own shop in Charleston. There, Teddi builds a life for herself as unexpected and quirky as the customers who visit her shop.  Though Teddi is surrounded by remarkable friends and finds love in the most surprising way, nothing can alleviate the haunting uncertainty she’s felt in the years since her brother Josh’s mysterious disappearance. When signs emerge that Josh might still be alive, Teddi is drawn home to Kentucky.  It’s a journey that could help her come to terms with her shattered family—and to find herself at last.  But first she must decide what to let go of and what to keep.


Beth Hoffman did it again! She made me love Teddi before I was done with chapter one. She made me cry, smile, sigh, laugh, and wish so hard that I could step into the pages of her story. She made me feel an affinity with Josh through our mutual love for Red-Tailed Hawks and nature. She made my heart break when Teddi's heart was breaking. She made me fall in love, want to move to Charleston, become a restorer of lost things, and she made me care, deeply about Teddi's friends and those she loved.

Recommend? YES. This review doesn't even begin to touch the surface of my reaction to this moving and beautifully written story. I really can't express myself adequately. All I know is that I fell into the South when I opened the pages and found myself in a wonderland where I knew these people, loved these people, and never wanted to be parted from them.

Source: Beth Hoffman

Six Sentence Bookish Thoughts #105
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