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Stacking the Shelves #7

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Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by  Tynga's Reviews , where people like me can showcase our new books of the week and make you jealous! I'm back! Sorry about being away so much time, between work and well, life, I didn't have much energy to blog. I'm also reading less, which isn't making me happy, but I'm starting to read again. Tomorrow I'll go to the beach and I my plan is to read :) Anyway, I got some books these weeks. All of them are spanish editions: Fate  (Hado) by Amanda Hocking Marcelo in the Real World  (Marcelo en el mundo real) by Francisco X. Stork (I love this cover!) War Horse (Caballo de Guerra) by Michael Morpurgo I almost forgot, I just got free for Kindle: Cherry On Top  by Kathleen Long What did you get this week? Have you read any of these books?

Wicked Wildfire Read-A-Thon: Goals & Updates

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Hosted by Rebecca @  Kindle Fever  and April @  My Shelf Confessions ( More info here! ) The  Wicked Wildfire Read-A-Thon  is starting! I'm excited, it has been a while since I participate on a read-a-thon and I really need to organize more time for reading! Lately I've been only working and working, which is nice sometimes, but my books miss me hehe. My goal: to read at least these three books... -  Charlotte's Web by E.B. White - Un Amor Secreto (spanish edition of A Secret Love by Stephanie Laurens) -  Intangible by J. Meyers I'll to participate in as many challenges as possible, but probably I'll have more time this weekend.   Good luck everyone! Future updates will be posted in this post. Also at twitter and goodreads . 6-23: I'm just doing my first update! I thought I'd have more time to read these past days, but anyway, today I read  Charlotte's Web by E.B. White . I loved the movie and the book is v...

Book Review: Secrets of Midnight by Miriam Minger

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Title: Secrets of Midnight Author: Miriam Minger Release Date: November 6th 2010 Publisher: Walker Publishing Age: Adult If Lord Donovan Trent had his way, he would spend his days carelessly wooing the women of London society. Instead, he found himself banished to the English countryside of Cornwall, forced by the decrees of his father’s will to run his family’s tin mines and find a country bride. The last thing the handsome lord needed was a local lass sticking her nose into his affairs, but that seemed to be exactly what Corisande Easton had in mind. Corie had spent her whole life struggling to help those less fortunate than herself. When she heard that Lord Donovan had arrived in Cornwall, she seized the opportunity to confront him about his family’s mistreatment of the overworked tinners. Donovan and Corie soon found their tempers flaring while fighting to deny their fiery passions—until a secret business arrangement forced them into each other’s arms. When I Secre...

Book Review and Q & A with Gwendolyn Heasley, author of A Long Way from You

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Title: A Long Way from You Author: Gwendolyn Heasley Release Date: June 5th 2012 Publisher: Harper Teen Age: Young Adult For too long, Kitsy has had to satisfy her dreams of becoming a real artist by giving her friends makeovers before prom. So when her best friend Corrinne's family offers to sponsor her for a summer art course in New York City, Kitsy bids a temporary good-bye to Texas to say hello to the West Village. Between navigating the subway and the New Yorkers—namely, the Art Boy who has a nice trick of getting under her skin—Kitsy knows that this summer is going to be about a lot more than figure drawing. It has been a while since I read contemporary young adult novel, but I really enjoyed A Long Way from You by Gwendolyn Heasley . Kitsy Kidd is a Texan girl who lives with her mother and her little brother Kiki. She's captain of the cheerleaders and has been dating the quarterback since sixth grade. She's very sweet, mature and likes art, so when...

Reading Romances June Challenge!

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I failed miserable at my last month challenge....I think it's two failed months now. But not because I don't want to read the books but because I don't have enough time! Anyway, I'll really make an effort to read this month book: Read a book that has Wedding, Marriage, Proposal, Bride, Groom or Engagement in the title or has a Wedding theme cover. Always the Baker Never the Bride (Emma Rae Creation #1) by Sandra D. Bricker They say you can't have your cake and eat it too. But who would want a cake they couldn't eat? Just ask Emma Rae Travis about that. She's a baker of confections who is diabetic and can't enjoy them. When Emma meets Jackson Drake, the escapee from Corporate America who is starting a wedding destination hotel to fulfill a dream that belonged to someone else, this twosome and their crazy family ties bring new meaning to the term "family circus." The Atlanta social scene will never be the same!

Random Reads # 6 - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

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Random Reads  is a meme by I'm Loving Books. It's about choosing a book by random once a month and reading it! It's perfect for people like me, who has tons of books to read and it's kind of lost. So... Want to join in on Random Reads? If you’re on Goodreads enable sorting to your to-read shelf (you should see numbers next to each book now). Go to Random.org and type in the Min as 1 and the Max as how many ever books are on your to-read shelf. Scroll down to the book matching the number Random.org picks. Link up to your Random Reads post. Read and be merry. My Random Read last month was The Rent-A-Groom by Jennifer Blake , here is my review ! This month random.org picked number #83: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White! Some Pig These are the words in Charlotte's web, high in the barn. Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl named Fern ... who loves Wilbur, too.

Stacking the Shelves # 6

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Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews , where people like me can showcase our new books of the week and make you jealous! I've been so busy these past few weeks. Mostly working....I haven't read as much as I wanted :( I think next week I'll be busy too, but who knows? I hope I'll have more time to read. Anyway, this week I reviewed  The Rent-A-Groom , a short and sweet story written by Jennifer Blake, and The Last Boyfriend , another contemporary romance by Nora Roberts. Also, I discovered for my WoW post Let the Sky Fall  by Shannon Messenger, sounds awesome! Freebies: Espresso Macchiato by Libby Mercer ( free at Smashwords ) Immortal Coil (A Dragon Spirit Novel #1) by C.I. Black  ( free for kindle ) For Review: Wicked Nights by Gena Showalter Won: Thanks Nyra ! A Secret Love (Cynster #5) by Stephanie Laurens  - spanish edition My Blood Approves (My Blood Approves #1) by Amanda Hocking  - s...

Book Review: The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts

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Title: The Last Boyfriend Series: Inn BoonsBoro #2 Author: Nora Roberts Release Date: May 1st 2012 Publisher: Berkeley Age: Adult Owen is the organizer of the Montgomery clan, running the family’s construction business with an iron fist—and an even less flexible spreadsheet. And though his brothers bust on his compulsive list-making, the Inn BoonsBoro is about to open right on schedule. The only thing Owen didn’t plan for was Avery McTavish... Avery’s popular pizza place is right across the street from the inn, giving her a first-hand look at its amazing renovation—and a newfound appreciation for Owen. Since he was her first boyfriend when they were kids, Owen has never been far from Avery’s thoughts. But the attraction she’s feeling for him now is far from innocent. As Avery and Owen cautiously take their relationship to another level, the opening of the inn gives the whole town of Boonsboro a reason to celebrate. But Owen’s hard work has only begun. Getting Avery ...