Monthly Wrap-Up: November

Hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving (I know I'm a little late on this post but this months-December-wrap up will be on time) filled with yummy food, scream and throw stuff at the screen worthy football games, loud and raucous family fun and a joyous start to your holiday festivities. November was a fun, slightly nerve wracking month due to the current Joyathon. Organizing an event is an adrenaline rush and I like it! So be on the lookout for fun future events involving some of your favorite authors. (Although I can't top Ashley March's Annual March Madness Party. She truly is the woman of EPIC blog events.)

Anywho, here's what went down in NOVEMBER:

GUEST AUTHORS:

• Jana Richards gave us tips on surviving high school reunions
• Nancy Gideon stopped by to talk about her latest release HUNTER OF SHADOWS
• Candis Terry stopped by to talk about her latest release ANY GIVEN CHRISTMAS
• Cara Elliott & Lilli Feisty Turned Up the Heat tour
• Katy Madison stopped by to talk about her latest release ALL ABOUT SEDUCTION

BOOK REVIEWS:

• Hunter of Shadows by Nancy Gideon ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Infatuation by Melissa Schroeder ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Marshal of Hel Dorado by Heather Long ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Any Given Christmas by Candis Terry ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Pride & Passion by Charlotte Featherstone ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Lord of the Wolfyn by Jessica Andersen ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Desired by Nicola Cornick ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Forever Mine by Delilah Marvelle ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• A Love By Any Measure by Killian McRae ♥ ♥
• Lady Northam's Wicked Surrender by Vivienne Westlake ♥ ♥ ♥
• Sweet Magik by Penny Watson ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• If You Give A Girl A Viscount by Kieran Kramer ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Her Christmas Pleasure by Karen Erickson ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Deliciously Sinful by Lilli Feisty ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• A Winter Scandal by Candace Camp ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Once Upon A Winter's Eve by Tessa Dare ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

The blog got a little revamp for the holidays.
What? He helped me. :)

2012 READING CHALLENGE:

hosted by Stitch-Read-Cook

AUTHOR BIRTHDAYS:

Delilah Marvelle & Lila DiPasqua celebrated their birthday together.

MAN CANDY MONDAY:

Aussies	Historical Hotties
Men in Tuxes	Pirates

So, what awesome things happened to YOU in November? What are you looking forward to this month? New books, games, digital toys, movies (helloooo Sherlock!), music... Sharing IS Caring!

Monthly Wrap-Up: October

Wow! This month has been busy, busy, busy. The blog got a slight revamp (notice the pretty buttons with drop down menus under the header?), Man Candy Monday saw a rise in exposed man flesh, I went on a book review frenzy, a lot of wonderful books were released, I participated in a few blog tours and now there's 200+ of you wonderful followers.

So, let's start with the man flesh, shall we? I know you live for Mondays. This month the Adonis Line, Vintage Hotties and Anatomy of A Man (NSFW) brought some sexy pictures like these:

I reviewed 12 books:

• Every Scandalous Desire by Gayle Callen ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• A Novel Seduction by Gwen Cready ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Then Came You by Vanessa Devereaux ♥
• Too Wicked to Wed by Cara Elliott ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• The Making of a Duchess by Shana Galen ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• The Making of a Gentleman by Shana Galen ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Bound In Lingerie by Gina Gordon ♥ ♥
• Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Avenger's Angel by Heather Killough-Walden  ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• All About Seduction by Katy Madison ♥ ♥ ♥
• A Vampire for Christmas by Laurie London, Michele Hauf, Caridad Pineiro & Alexis Morgan ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

I hosted 4 authors on the blog:

• Gayle Callen: Blog Tour Interview
• Gina Gordon: Blog Tour Guest Post
• Gwyn Cready: Interview
• Vanessa Devereaux: Blog Tour Guest Post

I introduced a new feature called Stock Up Saturdays. I scour the endless pages of Amazon for free and discounted reads for your Kindle. It takes about 3 hours to put it all together but very gratifying in the end. I like finding great reads to share.

Pocket Books discounted some fun paranormal reads to $3.99 for e-readers. Sale ends 11/1.

I reached 200+ Followers. Y'all are the awesomesauce and so in appreciation, I'm asking you to get out your wishlists and giving 2 lucky winners their choice of book from The Book Depository. For every 50 new followers, I'll add another winner.

Click on picture to enter giveaway.

Jenn LeBlanc, author and photographer extraordinaire has been burning up the Amazon Time Travel charts and reached #31. In her honor, I'm giving away an e-book copy (Kindle or EPUB) of THE RAKE AND THE RECLUSE: An Illustrated Romance. Yes, there are pictures inside. No, it's not pornographic. It's tastefully done. Not even a hint of peen.

Click on cover to enter giveaway.

So... discover any good reads this month? Or maybe you grabbed some discounted reads that you've been wanting to add to you library but you didn't want to pay full price for. Don't forget to enter the giveaways. Sharing is Caring.