Reading Wrap-up For July at Emeraldfire's Bookmark

Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading month for yourselves. I am known as Emeraldfire around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog.

Anyway, I started out July with about two hundred unread books lying around the house and ended the month with...umm...uncountable amounts of books unread. All of the books that I acquired this month came from Bookmooch, Paperback Swap, Amazon and authors.

Let me try to break down the influx for you:

Changes to the TBR pile 

Read from my TBR pile (Yes! I am a reading machine :))

- The Mother Road by Jennifer AlLee

Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! :))

- The Five O'Clock Follies: What's a Woman Doing Here, Anyway? by Theasa Tuohy
- Taken by Norma-Jean Marie Connors
- Claus: Legend of the Fat Man by Tony Bertauski
- Reckless Magic by Rachel Higginson
- Don't Look Back, Agnes and In This House by Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Highlander's Curse by Melissa Mayhue

- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh
- Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Bound by Sin by Jenna Maclaine
- Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh
- The Bride Wore Scarlet by Liz Carlyle
- Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh
- Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara
- Crescent Moon by Lori Handeland
- The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae by Liz Carlyle (2 copies)
- The Dangerous Book For Demon Slayers by Angie Fox
- The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
- Dark Knight by Donna Kauffman
- Dead After Dark by Dianna Love, Susan Squires, J. R. Ward and Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Defiant by Kris Kennedy
- The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Four Great Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew/A Midsummer Night's Dream/Twelfth Night/The Tempest by William Shakespeare
- Here Comes the Bride by Pamela Morsi
- Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh
- Lure of the Wicked by Karina Cooper
- Mask of a Hunter by Sylvie Kurtz
- The McClintock Proposal by Carol Ericson
- Not Without You by Janelle Taylor
- Play of Passion by Nalini Singh
- The Rake by Mary Jo Putney
- Redemption Alley by Lilith Saintcrow
- Rory by Ruth Langan
- The Ultimate Dragon by Byron Preiss
- Until the Knight Comes by Sue-Ellen Welfonder
- Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh
- Warrior by Zoe Archer
- Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
- Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
- Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continues by Linda Berdoll
- Jezebel by Gordon Kessler
- Heart of Glass by Jill Marie Landis
- Only the Strongest Survive by Ian Fox
- Promise me Eternity by Ian Fox
- Unspeakable by S. R. Johannes
- The Story of Cupid and Psyche by Sarah Coghill
- Sebastian Cupid by J. J. Martin
- Destined by Jessie Harrell
- Painted Blind by Michelle Hansen
- Untraceable by S. R. Johannes
- Merlyn and the Mortal's Curse by Otis Farmer
- Defiant Victim by Otis Farmer
- Porter House by J. J. Martin

Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))
- The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae by Stephanie Laurens

- Angel's Blood by Nalini Singh

Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, not a very good reading month for me. Here's a further breakdown:

Books Read: 1

Pages Read: 224

Grade Range: A!

So, there you go! The reading month that was July. I hope that you all had an equally good reading month; if not a little better. :) See you all next month! :)

May you read well and often

Our Library Visit For July

Hello Everyone! How are you on this fine Friday? I'm doing just fine. :) So, for the first time this year Mom and I went to our local library and bought books at the library book sale. :) I think we both went slightly nuts! :) We wound up buying three boxes of books and had to have them wheeled out to our friend's car on a hand truck! :)

Neither of us had been to the library in seven months because we had instituted a voluntary book buying ban on ourselves in an effort to whittle our separate TBR piles to more manageable levels. It was working out very well for both of us until today. :) We went to the library at 12:00 P. M. and spent an hour and a half there. We loved it! :)

We bought 51 hardcovers and 39 paperbacks between us and spent $70 altogether. Now the only problem is that I can't decide which book to start reading.

May you read well and often

Jennifer AlLee - The Mother Road

2. The Mother Road by Jennifer AlLee (2012)
Length: 224 pages
Genre: Christian Fiction
Started: 27 June 2012
Finished: 7 July 2012
Where did it come from? Many thanks to Tracee at Pump up Your Book for sending me a copy of this book to read.
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 23 April 2012
Why do I have it? I enjoy Christian Fiction that has a suspenseful plot and Jennifer AlLee is a new author for me.

Within a week, best-selling author and marriage expert, Natalie Marino is dumped by her husband, receives a desperate phone call from her father and discovers that her estranged sister, Lindsay, is pregnant. A trip down Route 66 to visit their parents, may not be the most ideal bonding experience for the sisters, but it surely couldn't hurt either of them. Or so Natalie thinks, until their car and belongings are stolen and Lindsay's boyfriend begins to stalk them.

Will their trip down The Mother Road bring the sisters closer together, or will their next destination turn out ultimately to be their last? I truly enjoyed this book and found it to be very suspenseful but ultimately uplifting. It definitely struck a chord within me, as I have recently discovered that two close relatives are suffering from the beginnings of Alzheimer's Disease and dementia. I cried throughout this novel but I loved it! I give this book an A!

A! - (90-95%)

May you read well and often

Reading Wrap-up For June at Emeraldfire's Bookmark

Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading month for yourselves. I am known as Emeraldfire around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog.

Anyway, I started out June with about two hundred unread books lying around the house and ended the month with...umm...uncountable amounts of books unread. All of the books that I acquired this month came from Bookmooch and Paperback Swap and authors.

Let me try to break down the influx for you:

Changes to the TBR pile 

Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! :))
- Conquering Your Goliaths: A Parable of the Five Stones by Kathryn Elizabeth Jones

- Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick
- Swear by the Moon by Shirlee Busbee

Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))

- Imprint by Annie Frame
- Spirit by Andrew Feder

Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, not a very good reading month for me. Here's a further breakdown:

Books Read: 0

Pages Read: 0

Grade Range: 0

So, there you go! The reading month that was June. I hope that you all had an equally good reading month; if not a little better. :) See you all next month! :)

May you read well and often

Reading Wrap-up For May at Emeraldfire's Bookmark

Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading month for yourselves. I am known as Emeraldfire around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog.

Anyway, I started out May with about two hundred unread books lying around the house and ended the month with...umm...uncountable amounts of books unread. All of the books that I acquired this month came from Bookmooch and Paperback Swap and authors.

Let me try to break down the influx for you:

Changes to the TBR pile 

Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! :))
- My Angel, my Light as Darkness Falls by Linda Hays-Gibbs

Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))
- Blue by Lou Aronica

Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, not a very good reading month for me. Here's a further breakdown:

Books Read: 0

Pages Read: 0

Grade Range: 0

So, there you go! The reading month that was May. I hope that you all had an equally good reading month; if not a little better. :) See you all next month! :)

May you read well and often

Reading Wrap-up For April at Emeraldfire's Bookmark

Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading month for yourselves. I am known as Emeraldfire around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog.

Anyway, I started out March with about two hundred unread books lying around the house and ended the month with...umm...uncountable amounts of books unread. I didn't acquire any books at all this month and was in a reading slump for most of the month - I hope it's better next month! :(

Let me try to break down the influx for you:

Changes to the TBR pile 

Added to my TBR pile (Oh well, you win some and you lose some! :))
- The Mother Road by Jennifer Allee

Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))

- Raiders of the Lost Ark by Campbell Black
- Full Tilt by Creston Mapes

Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, not a very good reading month for me. Here's a further breakdown:

Books Read: 0

Pages Read: 0

Grade Range: 0

So, there you go! The reading month that was April. I hope that you all had an equally good reading month; if not a little better. :) See you all next month! :)

May you read well and often

James Conroy's Literally Dead - Free For Download From Amazon Stores Worldwide

Hello everyone! For those of you who may be interested - I know that I am - James Conroy's latest novel Literally Dead is available as a free download from Amazon for only a short period of time - from Thursday, May 24th to Saturday, May 26th, you can download a copy of Mr. Conroy's novel for your enjoyment. Below is an author's biography and a brief synopsis of the book:

Meet James Conroy

James Conroy is a former business executive currently self-employed in logistics consulting. He also writes full-time and tutors in English literature, basic composition and creative writing. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in over one hundred internationally respected literary journals.

A collection of his poems was published in 1997 and two novels in 2001 and 2007 respectively. After living in New York and Chicago, Conroy currently resides with his wife in Newport, Rhode Island.

He is a frequent contributor to local publications and an active community volunteer.

 
Literally Dead by James Conroy (2011)

Length: 344 pages

Available for Free Download Through Amazon and Amazon UK this Thursday through Saturday!!

In the midst of the Great Depression, one man must do battle against corruption with nothing but his wits and a host of great literary figures. Amos Jansen is merely a clerk. He is not a crime fighter, the next great writer, or a man of privilege. He is the humble employee of a Chicago literary society. That is, until he is arrested for murder. The scapegoat of a perfidious lieutenant, Jansen stands wrongly accused while his idols rally around him. Literary personalities the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sandburg, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Nelson Algren, and H.L. Mencken, as well as civil liberties war-horse Clarence Darrow, join Amos in his search for the real murderer of both the society's vice-chairman and his own father. Will the pen prove mightier than the sword? Will mercenary police, politicians and money-barons meet with justice? Or will Jansen fail to solve the mystery and wind up literally dead?

Download Your Copy Today!!

May you read well and often