From Dusk Till Dawn Read-A-Thon

Well kiddos, I have found another read-a-thon to join up! It's gonna be so very awesome! I'm going to plan this one better since I have a bit more time to stock up on snackage and plan out my book list. Here are the deets:

The Dusk Till Dawn Read-A-Thon will run from August 25th though August 29th between the hours of 8 PM till 8 AM - in whatever time zone your in!

I plan on staying up a bit later than usual and utilizing the time my son is in school to nap and read (when I'm not working or cleaning of course!) I will get my list up probably around Monday or Tuesday!

Good luck! Oh and click on the button up top if you want to join in the fun! :)

Quick Review: Numbers

This was an excellent book! I seem to be picking winners this month as this was a non-stop awesome fest! Numbers is a brutally good book from start to finish. The idea that one can see the date that people will die has been done before but I will say that this one stands out. Rachel Ward's book is gritty and dirty (not in a bad way) and pretty all at the same time. Jem is a well written character that I felt so much love for. I mean I seriously had many instances of wanting to give her huggles! Her life sucks and when she finally finds some happiness, all hell breaks loose! I gobbled this book up and loved every single word of it!

Review: Fortunate Harbor

I didn't realize that this was a book in a series, but I was more than able to slide right into the characters lives on Happiness Key. The ladies of Fortunate Harbor are vividly written and definitely seem real. Every one of their lives are laid out for the reader and relate-able. Their stories are all something you can sympathize with and understand. I loved how this book read like a tv show. That was super awesome!

At first, I was intimidated by the size of this book. It's about 500 something pages long, but once you get into it you don't notice. This is definitely a book that you get into really quickly! I hate it when books take a while to get started, but Fortunate Harbor grabs ya from the beginning! I loved this book and will certainly pick up the first one Happiness Key, and eagerly await the next book.

Crescendo Review

Well first let me start off by declaring my love for this cover. Isn't it really really bootiful. Yes? No?

Anyhoodle, I have to say that I was a fan of hush, hush. I liked the characters and the world that Becca Fitzpatrick created. The "fallen angel" theme was intriguing and like a breath of super fresh air, in a market saturated with vampires and werewolves (not that I hate.) Hush, Hush was a great change of pace and a very good book! (Hint hint..pick it up yo!)

Crescendo was, and is, eagerly awaited. I know I had the release date marked in my calendar (10/10 fyi) and was myself trying to be patient. When I got my review copy I was super thrilled! I seriously scared my son by shrieking in girlish delight! I was at the time reading something else so I had to fight the urge to put that aside and plow right through Crescendo! The wait was definitely worth it!

Ms. Fitzpatrick has brought us a very solid and enjoyable follow up! I would definitely give this a enthusiastic thumbs up! Sequels usually have a bit of trouble holding a candle to the first but this one is just as awesome! More Nora and Patch angst, more mysteriously mysterious thingys going on and more DRAMA! Very nice pace and excellente character growth and development! I was a very happy girl as I devoured this one!

I won't go into any spoilers but I will say that this is one of those rare sequels that are just as good as their predecessors! Definitely a must have!

A++ Ms. Fitzpatrick! I can't wait for the next one!

Sweet Jesus! ARCs Galore Contest!

Seriously you guys, Carol's Prints is hosting a giveaway that is just so zOMG that you won't believe it til you see it! There are TONS of ARCs in this giveaway!

Like:

1. SIGNED Hard Cover of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES & SIGNED ARC of BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
2. ARC of PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White
3. ARC of IMMORTAL BELOVED by Cate Tiernan
4. ARC of DARK WATER by Laura McNeal
5. ARC of THE HOUSE OF DEAD MAIDS by Clare B. Dunkle

And a few more! I swear my jaw dropped when I saw what she's offering! Really check it out and if you enter please tell em that (Melissa @ Must Read Faster) sent yay!

Carol's Prints ARC Giveaway

Monday Reading Plans

Plan to Read:
The Woman in White
The King's Mistress
Princess of Glass

Read Last Week:

1. The Replacement
2. Numbers
3. Crescendo

Read Your Own Books Read-a-Thon Update 3

Well yesterday I got to about half of The Replacement when I started to feel sick to my stomach. So I took it easy. Today I haven't really read much so far. I've gotten almost all of my Sunday stuff done so once it's all done I'm gonna sink in and read the rest of the book, then try and move on.

So my stats for yesterday are:

Read: about 2 1/2 hours, 162 pages