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I’m so sad to see we dropped the number of participants last month! We have some easy challenges this month so no one has any excuse NOT to join! Come on, it’s summer and we have a lot of free time to read! If you haven’t joined us already, don’t be shy, you can start to participate anytime! and if you know a friend that would love to be involved in this challenge please recommend it to them =) Everyone is welcome, even if it’s just for the summer!
Choose as many options as you want!
TOPICS:
1) Read a book that has a “male profile” on the cover.
2) Read a book that is currently at the top bestselling romances
3) Read a book that is part of a series (Don’t forget to name the series and what Book number it is)
4) Reread a favorite book.
THEMES:
5) Read a book that has one of the following words in its title: summer, heat, hot, scorching, fire, sizzle, flame or burn; or has a Hot Summer theme cover.
6) Read a book that has a “Western” theme. (Think cowboys, etc. Can be historical or contemporary)
7)Read a book that has a princess or prince as a character; or a book inspired by a fairytale.
SPECIAL EVENTS:
8) U.F.O Day:
a) Read a book with space-travel or a sci-fi book.
b) Read a book set in another planet or involves space travel or has aliens in it.
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JUNE Giveaway Winners:
Unplugged (A Portrait of a Rock Star) by J.P. Grider
5 copies (print) AND 5 ebooks – INT : Mel Bourn, Trix, Miki, Tin, Kah Cherub, blackwolf
Spartan Heart, Part One, OR Spartan Heart, Part Two by Kristine Cheney (winner’s choice)
5 PDFs – INT: Miki, Tin, Trix, Mel Bourne, Kah Cherub
Secret Santa by Kristine Cheney
5 PDFs: Winners: Juana, Trix, Blackwolf, Tin, Miki
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July Giveaways:
Cupcakes for my Birthday by Venus Cahill
1 PDF – INT
Hot Spanish Nights by Bianca Swan
1 PDF – INT
Black Swan by Linda Nightingale
1 PDF – INT
Coveted by Shawntelle Madison
1 Print Copy (US Only)
About Last Night by Ruthie Knox
1 Print Copy (US Only)
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Add your REVIEWS at the blue frog linky bellow to enter the giveaways!
Good Luck!
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Tin @ Love Saves the World
July 1, 2012 at 9:45 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Hi, Nat!
For this month, I’d like to do:
3) Read a book that is part of a series (Don’t forget to name the series and what Book number it is) — An Introduction to Pleasure by Jess Michaels, the first book in her Mistress Matchmaker series
(Just read the sample of this one and loved it!)
and
7)Read a book that has a princess or prince as a character; or a book inspired by a fairytale — Be My Prince by Julianne MacLean
Nat
July 2, 2012 at 2:51 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Great choices! I’ve read Jess Michaels before and really liked it! I also adore fairytale inspired books, have you read Eloisa James’ series?
Tin @ Love Saves the World
July 4, 2012 at 7:00 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Hi, Nat!
Yes, I am following Eloisa James’ series. Wasn’t too keen on the last book but really enjoyed When Beauty Tamed the Beast. ^_^
Nat
July 4, 2012 at 11:53 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Which last book? I’ve only heard great things about when beauty tames the beast =) I had a great time reading A Kiss At Midnight!
Tin @ Love Saves the World
July 14, 2012 at 1:15 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Nat, it was The Duke is Mine — James’ retelling of the Princess and the Pea story. ^_^
miki
July 2, 2012 at 6:36 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
For this month i will do 3) i will read: at least a book that’s part of a serie ( not sure yet which one)
5)one book that has fire in the title Firelight by kristen callihan
Nat
July 2, 2012 at 2:49 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
let me know which book you decide on for option 3!
miki
July 3, 2012 at 4:55 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I think i will pick redemption bu susannah sandlin ( first book of teh penton legacy series)
i could add topic 1: night reigns by dianne duvall ( but that also part of a serie)
Thank you a lot and also congrats to the others winners
Trix
July 2, 2012 at 6:10 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Happy to be a winner–thank you! (It’s my first time winning here, so I don’t know what the procedure is…anything special I need to do?) Anyway, the male profile on K.A. Mitchell’s COLLISION COURSE cover, while somewhat hidden behind the other bare-chested guy’s outstretched arm, is there nonetheless. So, I choose that one! (There may be others, too, but I’m not sure what yet…)
Nat
July 2, 2012 at 6:15 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
You’ll receive an email from the author! Thanks for participating =)
Gillian
July 3, 2012 at 9:14 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Hi there! For July I’ll start with:
1) Make Me Shiver by Aline Hunter
3) Need (Finding Anna #2) by Sherri Hayes
6) Tyler (Secret Life of Cowboys #1) C.H. Admirand
Hopefully I can fit in a few more. Happy reading everyone!
Gillian
tattooedbookreview.com
Nat
July 4, 2012 at 12:45 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Good luck!
miki
July 3, 2012 at 1:23 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
oki a new 3) rage de dents ( first book for the series Maeve Regan) par Marika Gallman ( a deception really ç_ç)
i will also try to add Viridis ( book1)by Callista Taylor ( same topic)
It’s sad coveted is only for Us i’ve it on my Wishlist for a long time
Kelly @ Reading with Analysis
July 3, 2012 at 4:41 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I’m game for:
(3) – Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt (book 1 of the Maiden Lane series)
(7) – A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James
and *maybe* (6) – Short-Straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer.
Cheers–
Nat
July 4, 2012 at 12:46 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Awesome choices! Don’t forget to link up your reviews to enter the giveaways ; )
Juana Duran
July 4, 2012 at 1:50 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
I will go with:
Topics:
3. Part of a Series and 4. Reread a favorite book
Themes:
5. following words in its title: summer, heat, hot, scorching, fire, sizzle, flame or burn; or has a Hot Summer theme cover. and 6. Western Theme
Nat
July 4, 2012 at 11:54 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Did you choose the books already? =)
Juana Duran
July 5, 2012 at 5:47 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Yes, I did choose the books already and here they are I’m so excited.
Topics
3 Series: The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
4. Favorite Reread: Surrender to Me by Shayla Black
Themes
5. Summer Words: The Darkest Fire by Gena Showalter
6. Western Theme: The Rustler by Linda Lael Miller 7/4/12 (July 4, 2012)
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: Wyatt Yarboro is an outlaw but on one night of rustling cattle he gets the feeling that his gang wants to shoot him. So While the scared cattle stampede Wyatt makes for Stone Creek where he meets Sarah Tamlin the Bankers daughter. So right out he makes his intentions known. Wyatt is going to Marry Sarah but first he has to make an honest way of living. As they get to know each other they meet up with her son Owen and his nasty father Mr. Langstreet. Trouble is sure to follow because of Billy Justice one of Wyatt’s former gang members arrive after hearing that his brother is dead. And also because Wyatt is going to marry Sarah in order to take Owen away from his father. See the solution that just drops out of the sky for Sarah and Wyatt in Stone Creek by reading this book and many others by this author.
Sara
July 9, 2012 at 5:40 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Hi all, my book choices for this month will be:
2) Read a book that is currently at the top bestselling romances – ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ by E.L. James (I’m not so sure about this one but I’ll try it first)
3) Read a book that is part of a series – ‘A hunger like no other’(Immortals After Dark #1) by Kresley Cole
4) Reread a favorite book – ‘Lover Avenged’ by J.R.Ward (The portuguese version will be released on 24th July. Can’t wait!)
7)Read a book that has a princess or prince as a character; or a book inspired by a fairytale – ‘The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty’ by A.N. Roquelaure
Trix
July 17, 2012 at 7:30 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
COLLISION COURSE by K.A. Mitchell
Samhain Publishing (December 2008 ebook, November 2009 paperback)
Blurb: “Immovable object? Meet the irresistible force.
Paramedic Aaron Chase doesn’t have anything against love. It just comes with a lot of responsibility, like when he had to raise his sister and brothers after their drug-addicted mom took off for good. Now that the last one is off to college, Aaron’s anticipating enjoying life on his own terms. He certainly wasn’t expecting Joey Miller to accidentally drop into his life.
Joey’s sexy, funny and annoyingly optimistic, and his tendency to get into trouble keeps sending him Aaron’s way. Even the fact that Joey works for the hated social work system isn’t reason enough to keep him out of Aaron’s bed.
Joey knows all about love. He’s fallen in it ten times—he thinks. It’s not that he can’t tell the difference between sex and love. All that experience has to count for something, right? With Aaron it’s different. Maybe because there’s something to fight for.
This time Joey’s fallen for good. He’s not going to let number eleven get away.”
Review: Even the most jaded m/m devotee will be agog at the frequency of the graphic sex scenes, which often feature locations and practices that are not exactly vanilla. While these would potentially derail the development of the plot in lesser hands, Mitchell makes sure the sex both reflects and develops Joey and Aaron’s characters. Joey is the easier of the two to like right away, with his tendency to fall in love too fast, his conscience, and his resemblance to the insatiable twink porn archetype (although he is really neither, as readers will learn). Aaron seems a wisecracking jerk at first, but as the story develops you learn that he has every right to feel cynical about life’s twists and turns, and he too is softhearted in his way. The story has some very dark moments thanks to the pair’s careers and backstories, and yet Mitchell throws in some great one-liners that had me laughing out loud. There is also suspense right up until “The End” appears, which is a welcome change from many romances (m/m included). I’m eager to read the rest of Mitchell’s Florida series to find out what becomes of some of the side characters. Highly recommended.
miki
July 30, 2012 at 12:01 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
ok for the topic1 and 6 ( and also 3) Dead Iron by devon Monk first book of the Age of Steam
Nat
July 30, 2012 at 10:40 PM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Cool =)
Juana Duran
August 2, 2012 at 1:24 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Sorry I’m posting my reads late, but here they are: I had two more left so I’ll be reading them in the August reads that I will be reading.
July
Theme: Western Theme-The Rustler by Linda Lael Miller 7/4/12
Rated: 4 stars
Review: Wyatt Yarboro is an outlaw but on one night of rustling cattle he gets the feeling that his gang wants to shoot him. So While the scared cattle stampede Wyatt makes for Stone Creek where he meets Sarah Tamlin the Bankers daughter. So right out he makes his intentions known. Wyatt is going to Marry Sarah but first he has to make an honest way of living. As they get to know each other they meet up with her son Owen and his nasty father Mr. Langstreet. Trouble is sure to follow because of Billy Justice one of Wyatt’s former gang members arrive after hearing that his brother is dead. And also because Wyatt is going to marry Sarah in order to take Owen away from his father. See the solution that just drops out of the sky for Sarah and Wyatt in Stone Creek by reading this book and many others by this author.
Topics: Favorite Series- The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong 7/9/12
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: Chloe Saunders is a movie buff, in an art school full of them. Until she hit her period and started seeing ghosts everywhere. And on one such occasion Chloe is taken to a hospital and then a group home, where she meets Derek, Simon, Victoria, Rae, and Liz. Although Liz gets taken away a couple days later. Chloe sees her ghost and she talks to her. There are too many mishaps in the home all starting with the mean girl Victoria. Then the escape plans start coming out because of the dead people in the basement. But as it turns out they are going to have some trouble getting out of the place not to mention the stuff that happens after they get out.
Themes: Summer Words- The Darkest Fire by Gena Showalter 7/30/12
Rating: 3 stars
Review: Kadence harbors a secret love for the Greyon but he doesn’t know it, and the same thing goes for Greyon hells guardian. While cruising the outside gate to hell Kadence sees a tear of the walls guarding hell. All of the tearing has gotten Kadence worried so she tells hells master. And in exchange for fixing the walls she has freed Greyon and made herself a slave to the dark lord of hell and it’s demons. On their mission to fix the wall, Kadence and Greyon find a hidden passion that they explore before their time is up and they have to take separate paths to their on destiny.
Nat
August 2, 2012 at 10:36 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
No worries! You got till december =)
Regan
August 4, 2012 at 9:21 AM (UTC -3) Link to this comment
Whoops! Forgot to let you know I completed the July challenge – and then some! Go me! LOL
I read Colby Roundup by Debra Webb – the 50th book in that series! It was classic Colby Agency romantic suspense and a great wrap up to a story line that spanned books 48, 49, and 50!