It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey.

Again I've got my nose in textbooks so I only plan to read one book this week. If I have time I'll squeeze in an audio book at work. {This will probably be the normal for the next few weeks. Sucks, I know.}

I'm working on finishing up One Grave at a Time from last week.

Textbooks and visiting family this weekend kept me from finishing like I had hoped.

Then I'm moving on to:

Drink, Slay, Love by Sara Beth Durst

Pearl is a sixteen-year-old vampire... fond of blood, allergic to sunlight, and mostly evil... until the night a sparkly unicorn stabs her through the heart with his horn. Oops.

Her family thinks she was attacked by a vampire hunter (because, obviously, unicorns don't exist), and they're shocked she survived. They're even more shocked when Pearl discovers she can now withstand the sun. But they quickly find a way to make use of her new talent. The Vampire King of New England has chosen Pearl's family to host his feast. If Pearl enrolls in high school, she can make lots of human friends and lure them to the King's feast -- as the entrees.

The only problem? Pearl's starting to feel the twinges of a conscience. How can she serve up her new friends—especially the cute guy who makes her fangs ache—to be slaughtered? Then again, she's definitely dead if she lets down her family. What's a sunlight-loving vamp to do?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey.

Again I've got my nose in textbooks so I only plan to read one book this week. If I have time I'll squeeze in an audio book at work.






One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost
Night Huntress #6


Having narrowly averted an (under)world war, Cat Crawfield wants nothing more than a little downtime with her vampire husband, Bones. Unfortunately, her gift from New Orleans' voodoo queen just keeps on giving--leading to a personal favor that sends them into battle once again, this time against a villainous spirit.

Centuries ago, Heinrich Kramer was a witch hunter. Now, every All Hallows Eve, he takes physical form to torture innocent women before burning them alive. This year, however, a determined Cat and Bones must risk all to send him back to the other side of eternity--forever. But how do you kill a killer who's already long dead?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey.


Along with my text books (BOO!) I plan to read/listen to the following books this week.





Shade (Shade #1)
by Jeri Smith-Ready 
Love ties them together. Death can't tear them apart.

Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan's band playing a critical gig and Aura's plans for an intimate after-party, Aura knows it will be the most memorable night of her boyfriend's life. She never thought it would be his last.

Logan's sudden death leaves Aura devastated. He's gone.

Well, sort of.

Like everyone born after the Shift, Aura can see and hear ghosts. This mysterious ability has always been annoying, and Aura had wanted nothing more than to figure out why the Shift happened so she can undo it. But not with Logan's violet-hued spirit still hanging around. Because dead Logan is almost as real as ever. Almost.

It doesn't help that Aura's new friend Zachary is so understanding—and so very alive. His support means more to Aura than she cares to admit.

As Aura's relationships with the dead and the living grow ever complicated, so do her feelings for Logan and Zachary. Each holds a piece of Aura's heart...and clues to the secret of the Shift.

Undead and Undermined (Undead #10)
by MaryJanice Davidson

So this is what being dead feels like. Vampire queen Betsy Taylor has awoken in a Chicago morgue, naked as a corpse. Her last memory is reconciling with her husband, Eric Sinclair, after a time-traveling field trip, including an indirect route to hell (literally), with her sister, Laura. Now she’s Jane Doe #291, wrapped in plastic with a toe tag. Betsy can’t help but wonder, what in hell happened?

Grabbing clean scrubs, Betsy hits the pavement and heads back to her St. Paul mansion to find that her family and friends have been frantically searching for her. And not one of them can explain how she ended up dead and naked in Chicago until Betsy realizes that she and Laura didn't time-travel alone.







Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wolves at the Gate (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8 #3)
by Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard, Georges Jeanty

Vampires that, at will, can transform into wolves, panthers, insects, or fog invade the Slayer base of operations in northern Scotland, and not only walk away unscathed, but in possession of Buffy's scythe, the symbol of Slayer power worldwide. Buffy and the Slayer-legion travel to Tokyo in order to learn more about their dangerous new foes, as Xander journeys to Transylvania to solicit the only person they've ever known to possess such power - Dracula!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey. 

Ok so this week is a repeat of last week. I didn't get as much reading done last week as I hoped because I was on vacation with my 5 year old. (I was roped into coloring, playing the Wii and playing with Play-doh)

So I'm finishing up the books I started last week. 

Still Listening to:

Sapphique: Incarceron Series, Book 2 (Unabridged)
By Catherine Fisher 
Narrated By Kim Mai Guest 

Still Reading:

Fury: Fury Series, Book 1 (ARC)

By Elizabeth Miles

New for this week:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future For You 
(Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8 #2)
by Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey. 

 

Listening to:

Sapphique: Incarceron Series, Book 2 (Unabridged)
By Catherine Fisher 
Narrated By Kim Mai Guest 

Reading:

Fury: Fury Series, Book 1 (ARC)

By Elizabeth Miles

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey. 

Working on my Received for Review pile this week.




The Initiation of Ms Holly
K D Grace
Genre: Erotic romance
Publisher: Xcite Books
Blurb:
Journalist, Rita Holly, never dreamed sex with the mysterious Edward in the dark of a malfunctioning train would lead to a blindfolded, champagne-drenched tango, a spanking by a butch waitress, and an offer of initiation into the exclusive mysteries of The Mount. Desperate to save her threatened job, she agrees, scheming secretly to write an inside exposé on the club that will make her career. But as she delves deeper into the intrigue of The Mount and the lives of its members, she soon discovers that her heart may have other plans.


The Pet Shop
K D Grace
Genre: Erotic romance
Publisher: Xcite Books
Blurb:
An erotic novel by best-selling author K D Grace.
In appreciation for a job well done, STELLA JAMES 's boss sends her a pet – a human pet. The mischievous TINO comes straight from THE PET SHOP complete with a collar, a leash, and an erection. Stella soon discovers the pleasure of keeping Pets, especially this one, is extremely addicting.
Obsessed with Tino and with the reclusive philanthropist, VINCENT EVANSTON, who looks like Tino, but couldn’t be more different, Stella is drawn into the secret world of The Pet Shop. As her animal lust awakens, Stella must walk the thin line that separates the business of pleasure from the more dangerous business of the heart or suffer the consequences.

Coffee at Little Angels
Nadine Rose Larter
Blurb:
Phillip, Sarah, Kaitlyn, Caleb, Maxine, Grant, Melanie and Josh grew up in a small town where they spent their high school years together as an inseparable clique. But high school has ended, and they are all living their own “grown up” lives, each under the impression that their group has basically come to an end. When Phillip dies in a hit and run accident, Kaitlyn summons the others to all come back home, forcing a reunion that no one is particularly interested in partaking in.
Coffee at Little Angels follows how each character deals with the death of a childhood friend while at the same time dealing with their own ignored demons after years of separation. Events unfold as the group tries to rekindle the friendship they once shared to honour the memory of a friend they will never see again.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey. 

Seeing as I only have a couple of weeks before the Fall Semester and soccer practice/games start for me and my son; I taking the next two weeks to catch up on my Received for Review pile.

This week I'm hoping to get the following read.




The Unfinished Song: Initiate
by Tara Maya

DEADLY INITIATION
A DETERMINED GIRL...
Dindi can't do anything right, maybe because she spends more time dancing with pixies than doing her chores. Her clan hopes to marry her off and settle her down, but she dreams of becoming a Tavaedi, one of the powerful warrior-dancers whose secret magics are revealed only to those who pass a mysterious Test during the Initiation ceremony. The problem? No-one in Dindi's clan has ever passed the Test. Her grandmother died trying. But Dindi has a plan.
AN EXILED WARRIOR...
Kavio is the most powerful warrior-dancer in Faearth, but when he is exiled from the tribehold for a crime he didn't commit, he decides to shed his old life. If roving cannibals and hexers don't kill him first, this is his chance to escape the shadow of his father's wars and his mother's curse. But when he rescues a young Initiate girl, he finds himself drawn into as deadly a plot as any he left behind. He must decide whether to walk away or fight for her... assuming she would even accept the help of an exile.



Ecstatic Evil (Tova Gallagher)
by Amanda McNeil

Tova Gallagher isn't just your average tough as nails, intelligent Bostonian. She also just so happens to be half-demon, and halvesies have an important role to play in the supe world. Whether they choose to go with the instincts of their demon or human half is supposed to predict the outcome of the endtimes, and now Tova has a deadline to choose sides. But all of that is hard to care about when she's just met a sexy stranger on the edge of the Charles River.





Caged in Darkness (Caged #1)
by J.D. Stroube 
Author interview and giveaway on August 9th
A witch raised in a cage of darkness...

Savannah Cross was born into a life of isolation and abuse. As a child, she witnessed her parents perform acts of malevolent evil, and now feels permanently tainted by their dark deeds.

When a coven discovers a tear stricken child, wounded on their elders lawn, they offer her a sanctuary she has never known. Savannah spends the next several years shattered, continuously looking over her shoulder, waiting for the darkness to claim her.

On her 16th birthday, Savannah’s life takes a drastic turn.She is consumed by overwhelming power that forever alters her emotionally and physically.

She must choose between two loves; the one who taught her to smile or the darkly seductive stranger who tempts her towards another path. Savannah must decide between the coven that was her haven and another one vying for her initiation. Just as Savannah begins to grasp what fate has in store for her, an evil looms over her loved ones; coming to claim an unbreakable debt.

How will she choose and survive the greatest evil she has ever witnessed... long enough to have a choice to make.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? {14}

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey. 

I loaned my Nook out to a friend and got it back this weekend. So I'm working on some new releases I've not read yet.

Deeper Than Midnight by Lara Adrian

Book #9 in the Midnight Breed Series

Release Date: June 28, 2011

Buy : Amazon, Barnes & Noble

From the back cover:

Delivered from the darkness, a woman finds herself plunged into a passion that is DEEPER THAN MIDNIGHT . . .

At eighteen, Corinne Bishop was a beautiful, spirited young woman living a life of privilege as the adopted daughter of a wealthy family. Her world was changed in an instant when she was stolen away and held prisoner by the malevolent vampire Dragos. After many years of captivity and torment, Corinne is rescued by the Order, a cadre of vampire warriors embroiled in a war against Dragos and his followers. Her innocence taken, Corinne has lost a piece of her heart as well--the one thing that gave her hope during her imprisonment, and the only thing that matters to her now that she is free.

Assigned to safeguard Corinne on her trip home is a formidable golden-eyed Breed male called Hunter. Once Dragos's most deadly assassin, Hunter now works for the Order, and he's hell-bent on making Dragos pay for his manifold sins. Bonded to Corinne by their mutual desire, Hunter will have to decide how far he'll go to end Dragos's reign of evil--even if carrying out his mission means shattering Corinne's tender heart.

Magic Slays

by Ilona Andrews

Kate Daniels Series: Book 5

Release Date: May 31, 2011

Buy: Barnes & Noble, Amazon

Click here to read an excerpt.

Plagued by a war between magic and technology, Atlanta has never been so deadly. Good thing Kate Daniels is on the job.

Kate Daniels may have quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but she’s still knee-deep in paranormal problems. Or she would be if she could get someone to hire her. Starting her own business has been more challenging than she thought it would be—now that the Order is disparaging her good name, and many potential clients are afraid of getting on the bad side of the Beast Lord, who just happens to be Kate’s mate.

So when Atlanta’s premier Master of the Dead calls to ask for help with a vampire on the loose, Kate leaps at the chance of some paying work. Turns out this is not an isolated incident, and Kate needs to get to the bottom of it—fast, or the city and everyone dear to her might pay the ultimate price . . .

                                     

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? {13}

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey. 

Finishing up from the weekend:

                                         

Then I am working on my "received for review" pile this week.

                                     

Daughter of Lust by Ann Mayburn

The Paladin by Ken Newman

The Unfinished Song by Tara Maya

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? {12}

                                                

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey. 

I'm currently in the middle of 4th and last book in the Elemental Witch series by Bast, Witch Fury. This series will be given away during Blogfest 2011 {July 15th - July 17th}

I received Limerick: A Faerie Tale Girl Novella #2 from Ms. Spencer for review. I loved 1st novella, Shimmerspell and I can't wait to start Limerick.

I borrowed Captured by the Highlander so I plan to start it this week if I have time.

                          

          

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? {10}

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey. 

I've been dragging my feet lately with my reading. Normally I average 2-3 books a week but the last couple of weeks I've been lucky to get 1 book done in a week.

I've received some books for review last month and I'm not reading anything else until I get those done. So here is my reading PLAN for this week.

Finishing up Blood & Spirits by Dennis Sharpe (would have finished this Sunday night but the season premiere of True Blood took me away from my reading)

BUY: Amazon | B&N

Review to be posted on Tuesday.

Then I'm reading The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters by Sierra Dean. Release date July 19, 2011

Read an Excerpt

Buy: Amazon.com / Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.deNook / iTunes / Kobo

Then if I have time this week I'll finish up the Elemental Witch Series by Anya Bast.
(I had this book in my It's Monday a couple of weeks ago but I pushed it back to read something else.)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? {10}

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey. 

Ok, I was lazy this weekend and vegged out in front of the TV to re-watch season 3 of True Blood and didn't read much.  

So I'm still working on: 

Then I'm moving on to: 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? {9}

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey. 

Due to a nasty summer cold, I'm a little behind on my reading from last week. So I didn't get to finish up the Elemental Witches Series by Anya Bast. 

So I'm still working on: 

Witch Heart (Elemental Witches #3)

by Anya Bast

Then I'm moving on to: 

Witches of East End

by Melissa de la Cruz

If I have time I plan to start on some books I've received for review that's been sitting in my inbox.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? {8}

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Is a meme hosted by Shelia over at Book Journey. 

I'm working on finishing up the Elemental Witches Series this week.

Witch Heart (Elemental Witches #3)

by Anya Bast

With the immense powers of an earth witch, Claire isn’t destined to be a demon’s handmaiden. Yet this has been her fate since she was six, when her warlock mother brought her to Eudae. Now as an adult, she’s about to discover her true power—and how far others are willing to go to take it away… 

As part of a mission with the Coven, Adam Tyrell rescues Claire from her enslavement—and finds himself immediately taken with the beautiful witch. But this charming playboy soon learns that it’s easier to steal Claire from demons than win her heart, for her life as a servant has ravaged her spirit. But with Adam determined to protect her from the warlocks who want to harness her magick for evil, Claire’s resistance starts to give way—and they find themselves in the heat of danger, surrendering to the lure of their deepest desires…

Witch Fury (Elemental Witches #4)

by Anya Bast

Sarafina Connell is having the worst week of her life. It takes an even darker turn when an infamous playboy kidnaps her and reveals a world she never knew existed….

It’s a world where magick is real, and where Sarafina is given a chance to join a secret cabal that is bent on gaining absolute power. They could use a woman like her—a witch with an untapped gift for creating fire. But she isn’t about to get in league with the devil.

Rescued from her captors, Sarafina is introduced to a coven that is duty-bound to fight the forces of darkness. She’s pleased that her savior is the imposingly seductive Theo—until the trust between them goes up in flames. However, as the war between good and evil is waged, Sarafina and Theo realize they have no choice but to unite in the battle for supremacy—that’s getting hotter by the minute.

FYI - This series will be a future giveaway.