Week In Review: 11/7-11/12

Another fabulous week. I went Netgalley crazy with most of the galleys from Sourcebooks. Some wonderful looking reads. Delilah Marvelle's FOREVER AND A DAY, the first book in her new Rumor series is up on Netgalley for you Delilah fans. IMMORTALS with that guy from The Tudors released on Friday. Let me tell you, it was abtastically fantastic, totally bloody, everyone seemed to be excreting oil from their pores, Mickey Rourke plays the token bad guy very well, the graphics are stunning and all the Mt. Olympus gods are outfitted in golden outfits showcasing their well defined abs and Adonis lines. Holy workouts! Oh, and the wand maker Ollivander from Harry Potter plays the old man in the movie which, I was trying to figure out for like half the movie why he looked so familiar.

WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK ON THE BLOG:

Man Candy Monday was brought to you by Men in Tuxes. Like this:

Oh Hugh.

BOOK REVIEWS:

• Sweet Magik by Penny Watson (Klaus Brothers #2)
• Lady Northam's Wicked Surrender by Vivienne Westlake (Rekindled Passions #1)
• Forever Mine by Delilah Marvelle (Rumor Series #0.5)

AUTHOR INTERVIEW:
The lovely Vivienne Westlake stopped by the blog this week and talked about her debut novella, LADY NORTHAM'S WICKED SURRENDER. She has been gracious enough to give one (1) lucky winner a copy of her novella. Just let her know who your favorite Austen hero or anti-hero is.

Come Say HI!

The giveaway queen, Ms. Beverley Kendall (author of SINFUL SURRENDER, A TASTE OF DESIRE and ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE & SEDUCTION) will be giving away a Kindle Fire. Yes! A Kindle Fire to one (1) lucky winner if the free downloads of ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND SEDUCTION reaches 250,000 downloads. So go out there and download it to your favorite device. Heck, go to your local B&N and download it to every Nook. I dare you!

Find the different BUY links here

Dirty Little Secret is a Thursday meme brought to you by Under the Covers blog. It's been a long time since I participated. It's fun to read everyone's answers to the weekly question. After all, everyone's got dirty little secrets.

Find out which superpower I WOULDN'T want to have.

And last but not least, Friday wasn't only Henry Day (thanks Jamie Lynn, lol) but Veteran's Day. Don't forget to thank the service men and women that you know. In honor of that day, I am giving away a copy of SEAL Of My Dreams. 18 of your favorite romance authors have gotten together to write this wonderful anthology.

Do YOU know anyone serving? Come share & win.

I hope you have a fun and safe Sunday. Did YOU have anything exciting happen to you this week? Or maybe you bought some noteworthy reads? Sharing IS Caring. :)

Week In Review: 10/31-11/6

Happy Sunday morning to you all (well, it's still morning here on the west coast). This week has seen a rise in book reviews. Holy cow! I think I did one for every day of last week which is rare. I went on a Netgalley requesting binge (What?! There's some really good looking books). Kieran Kramer's IF YOU GIVE A GIRL A VISCOUNT released on the first and so did Grace Burrowes's THE VIRTUOSO. I'm reading a shiteload of holiday themed books which are my total faves. And the fabulous Jenn LeBlanc reached #25 in Time Travel Romance on the Amazon charts this morning. (Not that I'm obsessed or anything.)

WHAT HAPPENED ON THE BLOG THIS WEEK:

Book Reviews:

• 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 ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Jenn LeBlanc's THE RAKE AND THE RECLUSE reached
#25 on Amazon's Time Travel Romance chart.

Free Books for Kindle: Beverley Kendall's ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE & SEDUCTION is a novella in her Elusive Lords series. There's even a sneak peek of her next book (which I have been dying to read). 3 chapters!!! Judi Fennell's name sounded familiar when I saw I DREAM OF GENIES on the free reads list. I realized that about a year ago, I had read a book of hers about mermaids. *face palm* Barbara Samuel's HEART OF A KNIGHT got a new cover for the e-book version and won a prestigious RITA award. There's more free reads but these are the 3 that I am highlighting for the week. :)


**Plus, if Beverley reaches 250k downloads of her free book, she's giving away a Kindle Fire. Yes, you heard that right so get to downloading! It's free for Nook, iBooks(iTunes) and Sony.**

Blog Tour:
Katy Madison stopped by the blog during her blog tour and asked if you were Team Austen or Team Bronte.

Teaser Tuesday:

Teaser Tuesday was brought to you by Lecia Cornwall's THE PRICE OF TEMPTATION (December 27,2011)

Teaser Tuesday

2012 Reading Challenges: Okay, I went a little crazy with these. Can you blame me? I'm a voracious reader and these challenges look like child's play. Really? A romance reading challenge? Maybe I'm slightly cheating on that one since it's the only genre that I read. As for the "Bucket List" challenge? I've got books gathering dust on the shelves and over 400 waiting to be read on the Kindle. Child's play I tell ya! You can join me. Just click on the pictures to sign up. :)




Can't forget Man Candy Monday!!! This week's theme: Sexy Monsters. Vampires, shifters, werewolves, oh my!

Like Vampire Eric and Beehl!

And what would a week be without Book Birthdays?

I did my first Monthly Wrap Up

What about YOU. Anything exciting happen to you this week? Maybe you found an awesome book that I should add to The List or you saw a movie that blew you away. Sharing is Caring. :) Have a great Sunday afternoon!!!