Theme Thursday (20)

Theme Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Between Pages.

This week's theme is MOVEMENT.

My entry comes from pg. 1 of Money Never Sleeps by Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker:

The ladies' hips swayed as they passed paparazzi, and millions of dollars in rare jewels, ultrachic sheath dresses, and diamond-encrusted Stewart Weizman dream stilettos graced their bodies.

Series Sunday Review (6)-Treachery in Death

Series Sunday is a meme hosted by Literary Marie. My Series Sunday pick for this week comes from my favorite series, the In Death series by JD Robb:

Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This series just keeps getting better and better. This one has Eve trying to put away some corrupt cops, right in her own Cop Central, and you know she's not going to take too kindly to anyone making a mockery of the uniform. We get to see Eve in all her glory going toe-to-toe with the female lieutenant of the Illegals department, who has done many shady dealings in her run as lieutenant. Even worse, she is the daughter of the former police chief.

Unlike the Stephanie Plum series (which I started reading the same time I started reading the In Death series) where I've grown tired of the characters and their same old stupid shenanigans, I still enjoy reading about the In Death cast of characters, especially Peabody and McNab, and I still adore Eve and Roarke's relationship. The only parts that I've grown a bit tired of are anything involving Dr. Mira, whenever Eve goes to her for her psych profiles, it turns into a snooze fest. Thankfully those were few and far between in this one.

Can't wait to read the next in the series!



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Theme Thursday (19)

Haven't done one of these in quite awhile...

Theme Thursday is a weekly event hosted by Reading Between Pages. This week's theme is the first snippet of FOOD.

My entry comes from pg. 1 (the very first sentences) of Treachery in Death by JD Robb:

The old man lay dead on a scattered pile of candy bars and bubblegum.

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? (33)

I'm still reading the glorious trainwreck that is Breaking Dawn. I'm about 500 pages in and after a couple of slow parts, it finally picked up and I couldn't put it down over the weekend. I finished the first 2 parts (which is where I assume the Part 1 movie will end at) and contemplated holding off on reading the last part until right before the final movie comes out, but no, that wasn't going to happen. I still have about 300 more pages to go, so I doubt I'll be done by Thursday (which is when I'm seeing the movie) but we'll see!

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? (32)

It's Monday, What are you reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Journey.

Last week: I finished The Hot Box by Zane and Halloween Night by RL Stine.

This Week: I'm reading Halloween Party by RL Stine

Up Next: BREAKING DAWN!!!!!

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? (31)

Last week: I finished If You Walked In My Shoes by Gwynne Forster and Message from a Mistress by Niobia Bryant (reviews coming soon!)

This Week: The Million Dollar Divorce by RM Johnson

Series Sunday Review (5)-In Between Lies

Series Sunday is a weekly meme hosted by Literary Marie. Here is my Series Sunday pick:

In Between Lies by Shawna Hill

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


In this story, we have Savannah, a successful career woman who has been hurt by love before. She cautiously enters into a relationship with Kevin, a handsome weather reporter from the local news. Kevin seems like the perfect guy, but of course he's hiding a secret: namely his ex, a crazy, stalkerish woman named Naomi. Even though Kevin is happy with Savannah, he can't resist slipping back into Naomi's bed.

This was a typical crazy-woman-stalks-man-and-his-new-woman story, but there were a few twists and turns along the way. It started off a bit slow and it took me awhile to warm up to the characters of Savannah and Kevin, (also there were quite a few grammatical errors that made the teacher in me cringe) but the story line did keep me on the edge of my seat and wanting to find out just what would happen next. I enjoyed the cliffhanger ending and I look forward to reading the next installment in this series, to see what crazy Naomi will do next.



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Theme Thursday (18)

Theme Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Between Pages.

This week's theme is SORRY / FORGIVENESS.

My entry comes from In Between Lies by Shawna Hill.

"Hello, Savannah. It's nice to see you too." Lenora walked into the kitchen and sat beside her sister. "Wait, before you say anything and let me apologize with all my heart about what happened between me and Dre. I know I was wrong and you should hate me to death."

Theme Thursday (17)

Theme Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Readig Between Pages

This week's theme is SOUND / MUSIC.

My entry comes from Queen of His Heart by Adrianne Byrd:

The decor of white and silver gave the place a modern chic feel, while the music pouring through the speakers was an odd combination of nature sounds and classical piano.

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? (30)

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Journey.

Last week: I finished reading Last Night's Kiss by Shirley Hailstock, an African-american contemporary romance that I downloaded for free from B&N. Solid 3 stars, nothing to write home about.

This week: Right now I'm reading Seduced on the Red Carpet by Ann Christopher, another african-american contemporary romance, with the exact same premise as the book I read last week, but with much more interesting characters, and hotter love scenes.

Up next: I need to read another romance so I can finish up the Summer Romance Reading Challenge, which will most likely be the only challenge I complete this year.

In My Mailbox (7)

I have been meaning to do an IMM for awhile, but haven't, so these are books that I've gotten over the past few months.


Intimate Illusions by Shawna Hill





In Between Lies by Shawna Hill





Received from author Shawna Hill, downloaded onto my Nook Color (Strawberry)

I Loved You First by Reena Jacobs





Received from author Reena Jacobs, also downloaded onto Strawberry.

Heart of a Panther by Latia Howard and Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris.

Latia is actually my coworker, we teach 5th grade together this year. We've worked together for years, but this is the first year on the same grade level. This is her memoir, and although I'm not the memoir type, I had to show my support.

As for the Shakespeare book, I received that from one of the posters off Proteacher during our annual back to school PT exchange. My elf put together a really nice package for me and this book was included in it. I've never read any of Charlaine Harris' books although I have wanted to read her Sookie Stackhouse series. I am looking forward to reading this book, if only because it has something to do with Shakespeare and I love Shakespeare!

So that's it for me. Aside from some teacher workbooks and the book from my coworker, I have stuck with my no book buying ban. I have so many books in my TBR that it will be awhile before I'll have to actually buy a book (well, at least until November, which is when I plan to buy Breaking Dawn, so I can read that before the movie comes out.)

Have a great week!

Theme Thursday (16)

Theme Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Between Pages

This week's theme is HEALTH (Health / Wellbeing / Illness / Disease/ etc )

My entry comes from The Wolf Prince by Karen Kelley:

Her laughter only grew louder. It didn't mix well with the humming and Darcy could feel a headache coming on.

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? (29)

It's Monday, What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Journey.

Last week I finally finished The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs.

Right now I'm reading So Much Closer, a young adult novel by Susane Colasanti.

These extra days off from school due to the earthquake and then the hurricane have helped me speed up my reading a bit, lol.

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? (28)

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Journey,

I'm still reading The Winter Lodge. Between being in Atlanta this weekend (although I did do a lot of reading at the airport) and teachers officially starting back this week and students coming next week, I haven't been doing a lot of reading lately and probably won't be for the next couple of weeks :( The back to school rush has begun!

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? (27)

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Journey.

Last week: I finished Something Borrowed and attempted If These Walls Could Talk, but abandoned it.

This week: I'm reading The Winter Lodge, the sequel to Summer at Willow Lake.

Sadly, my summer is almost coming to an end, next week is teachers' first day back at school, but I am going in all this week to start putting my new classroom in order. It is a mess! My nephew and I went in today (although he was no help) and stayed for about 5 hours. I got my cabinets cleaned out and organized, and I'm exhausted! So much more to do! Hopefully I'll be able to finish my book by this weekend when I go to Atlanta to visit my bestie!

Happy reading folks!

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? (26)

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Journey.

I almost forgot to post this today as I forgot it was Monday since I'm spending the week in the lovely, sunny Myrtle Beach, South Carolina! It's amazing, I could just stay here forever!

Last week I finished reading Fantasy in Death by JD Robb and Dr. Feelgood by Marissa Monteilh.

This week my beach read is Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin. I've been wanting to read this since I saw the trailer for the movie. I heard that the movie was awful and I'll wait until it's on cable to see it, but the book so far is pretty good.

Have a great week peeps!

Theme Thursday (15)

Theme Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Between Pages.

This week's theme is ANY ACTION (go, walk, close, clap etc)

My entry comes for Dr. Feelgood by Marissa Monteilh:

He danced with everyone, including doing the cha-cha with Dr. Lois Gotta-Find-Me-a-Man Taylor. But, I snatched him away when "I Don't See Nothin' Wrong" by R. Kelly began. It was time to slow dance and she needed to back up. One song is my absolute limit for sharing. There'll be no bumpin' and grindin' with my man.

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? (25)

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by The Book Journey.

Last week: I finished Fools Rush In by Janice Thompson

This week: I'm reading Fantasy in Death by JD Robb.
My goal is to finish this and then at least 2 of the other paperbacks I got from the library before we head to the beach on Sunday (and while at the beach to read a ton of books that have been sitting patiently on Strawberry waiting to be read). Hopefully now that my two-week science course is done, I can squeeze in some more reading time.

Have a great reading week!

Theme Thursday (14)

Theme Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Between Pages.

This week’s theme is SMILE (Laugh, Grin, Giggle, Guffaw, etc).

My entry comes from Fools Rush In by Janice Thompson.

Once again the song distracted me. I found myself smiling as I heard "Just like birds of a feather, a rainbow together we'll find."

Theme Thursday (13)

Theme Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Between Pages.

This week's theme is BODY PARTS (Hands, feet, fingers, waist etc).

My entry comes from my current read, Summer at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs.

"My God, Mariska," her father whispered. He lowered his head to his hands, and rested his elbows heavily on his knees. He looked diminished, somehow, as though the revelation had destroyed some vital part of him.