Prompt day

The prompt in the group I'm in yesterday was "what authors do you like so much that you wouldn't have top read the synopsis of one of their books to pick one up". For me it's a couple authors.

One. Colleen Hoover. I read her new book last month and had absolutely no idea what it was about. I usually don't read synopsis of books, unless I'm at the book store and trying to find a new book to buy, but with hers I know she's going to rip my heart out and I'll cry and love every second of it.  Plus, how gorgeous are these covers?!?!

Another author for me would have to be Jamie Maguire. She hasn't wrote a new book in a year or 2 but there was one series I was hooked on and kept buying the next book without knowing really what it was about.

Lastly I would have to say a new author I'll add to the list is Tarryn Fisher. I recently got hooked on her books, and wish I had jumped on her books sooner. But you read books at certain times in your life and sometimes they aren't what you need to read and don't enjoy them.

Top 5

Last week, one of the prompts in my blog group was 5 books you've bought based on the cover. I thought it would be such an easy pick! I was wrong....there are plenty of books I've read based on the cover, and I have tons of pretty cover books on my shelf, but they were bought b/c they were pretty and for something else, like who wrote the book. So I went through Goodreads and found 5 books I've read based off the cover.

This one was a book club read, and if I ever find this series cheap I will buy it. The covers are absolutely gorgeous and I need them on my shelf!!  

This is a series as well that I plan on owning. I bought the 2nd one in the series, (the are stand alone) and hope to own the other ones one day.

October Wrap-up

October was a fail month for me. I only read 4 books :( I think I  might be hitting my slump b/c I haven't really gotten into anything this month either....funny, last year this time is when I got *out* of my slump! Even with Deweys the 21st, I failed. But here are the 3 books I read in October.

★★★★

This was our book club pick, and my first Stephen King book. Growing up my dad had all of his books on the book shelf and I always wanted to read them, but my dad said they were too scary for me. I listened to this on Scribd and the narrator was amazing! The book was great, not scary, but creepy. For book club we watched the movie, but I slept b/c I had to work that night. The girls who watched it said it sucked and was nothing like the book. I plan on watching it soon.

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LOVED this book!!!! It kept popping up on my suggested reads for kindle and I wasn't sure. A friend read it though and told me I  must read it. I was on a WW2 kick for a bit, so I picked it up and absolutely LOVED it!! It  focuses on the war from a European side, and I don't remember learning about that in school, so I'm enjoying reading books about it. This is the 2nd or 3rd book I've read about that. 

★★★★★

 Colleen's new book for the year! And the only book I read for deweys. It took me about half the book to get into, but the second half sucked me in and I loved it.

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This one was okay....took me 2 weeks to finish it. I started it as an audio the last couple days at the job I quit last month, and then we went to disney. My plan was to listen to it in the car and that did not work out. I think I would have enjoyed it more had it not taken me so long to read it. The 2nd one should be out soon, and I do plan on purchasing that. 

Book Wrap-up

This is the first chance I've had to go somewhere with internet and post a review for last month. I'm sad it's late, but better late than never! I'm also excited b/c 3 of these were actual books, not audio

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I picked this book as my suspense book for book club and it was awful. I decided after this, I need to take a break from thrillers

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This started my love for Tarry Fisher!!!

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Pin-it Tuesday

It's Fall!!! I can finally justify carving a pumpkin and not worrying about it melting in the 90 degree heat. We don't have enough space to have 2 pumpkins outside, so we are going to carve one and paint the other one. Here are some cute ideas I found


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Friday Reads

I feel like I always say that I'm excited about my Friday Reads, but I am REALLY excited about this week. Last week, I tried Tarryn Fisher again and fell in love. I joined her fan page, and admitted that I didn't love her first 2 books, but that I loved 'F*ck Love' and wondered what I should read next. Well, first off, SHE COMMENTED ON MY POST!!

 And then, later, I was attacked by a couple of the girls for not liking 'Mudvein' . Apparently, it's *thee* Tarryn book to love. Which I did not. So then, Tarryn posted talking about me!! So I totally fangirled over it.

So I went and downloaded the books that were suggested to me, and that's what I'll be catching up on. First on the list in the 2nd book to one of the other ones I read. I liked it but didn't like the ending, but according to them, if I finish the series, I'll like it better. They are all Free on KU, which is exciting!

Top 5

I haven't done a prompt from my blog group in awhile, so I thought I would do a quick, fun one!!

So the prompt was top 5 classics that you want to read, or have read. I didn't do a lot of the required reading in school, so I missed out on a lot of the good classics. These are the ones that I've picked. Some I already had on my to read list and some I added 

I really, really, really want to read and love this book. The whole old english doesn't do it for me though...I downloaded it as an audio book thinking that would be easier. And it wasn't. So maybe one day. 

This book I have read and LOVED! This is the only book that I can think of that I watched the movie and then read the book, and loved them both equally. 

Barnes and Noble had this as their $5 classics for the summer, and I should have bought it.

I've never heard of this one, but I read the description and it sounds so good!

I feel like this was a book club pick....? Again, something I've never heard of but read the description and thought it sounded interesting. 

My sister actually loaned me this book when she was in town and said that I MUST read it. So it's on my list!