Books of August

August was my slowest reading month I've ever done but it was a busy month personally for me as I had a job interview which I was successful and have now started so it's now eaten up my reading time. Plus it was also my sisters birthday so I just haven't had the time to read and I can't see that getting any better next month as I have got extra hours at work and it's my birthday.

Here's what I got through in August:

• Blocked (Blocked, #1) by Jennifer Lane - 3.5/5
• Miracle on 5th Avenue (From Manhattan with Love, #3) by Sarah Morgan - 5/5
• The One Real Thing (Hart's Boardwalk, #1) by Samantha Young - 3.5/5

And the book of the month goes too...

Miracle on 5th Avenue (From Manhattan with Love, #3) 

by Sarah Morgan

Synopsis:

It will take a Christmas miracle for two very different souls to find each other in this perfectly festive fairy tale of New York! Hopeless romantic Eva Jordan loves everything about Christmas. She might be spending the holidays alone this year, but when she's given an opportunity to house-sit a spectacular penthouse on Fifth Avenue, she leaps at the chance. What better place to celebrate than in snow-kissed Manhattan? What she didn't expect was to find the penthouse still occupied by its gorgeous—and mysterious—owner. Bestselling crime writer Lucas Blade is having the nightmare before Christmas. With a deadline and the anniversary of his wife's death looming, he's isolated himself in his penthouse with only his grief for company. He wants no interruptions, no decorations and he certainly doesn't appreciate being distracted by his beautiful, bubbly new housekeeper. But when the blizzard of the century leaves Eva snowbound in his apartment, Lucas starts to open up to the magic she brings…This Christmas, is Lucas finally ready to trust that happily-ever-afters do exist?

I loved every minute of this book and I would highly recommend this to anyone who loves a good romcom.

Books Received in July

 

I received these paperbacks from the publishers and I'm very much looking forward to reading them both.

  

 

Just a few of my netgalley books.

What's your book of the month?

Showcase Sunday #119

Showcase Sunday is a weekly Meme that I am taking part of. This weekly meme is hosted by Vicky over at Book, Biscuits and Tea.

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Paperback Books Received

  

The first two books I got from The Works in the 3 for £5 offer which I gave the third to my Sister. Autumn Thorns I received for review.

Kindle Book Bought

  

 

I still had some money left on my birthday gc so when I found some of these on offer too good to pass up, plus the Kylie Scott book I had to get because I love her previous stuff.

Free Kindle Books

  

  

Kindle Review Books

  

  

What did you receive this week/month?

Book Tag: Disney Book Tag

I saw this Book Tag post over on K-Books and loved it so I thought I would also give it a go.

The Reading Pile has taken inspiration from the vloging Book Tag community over to the blogging world. Like her I'm not actually going to tag anyone but you're more than welcome to give it a try like I have just head over to her page and leave a link in her comments or in mine as I'm nosey and love to know what everyone else has done.

Over at The Reading Pile she has done the posts every Thursday and has already done a few so I thought I would go through the ones she has already done and do the ones I like the look of.

My Book Tag post this week is Disney:

1. The Little Mermaid - A character who is out of their element (A "fish out of water")

Evelyn from Lick by Kylie Scott - Evelyn was your average 21 year old after a night spent celebrating her 21st birthday wakes up the next day married to a rock star. I would definitely say Evelyn was a fish out of water in the world of celebrity.

2. Cinderella - A character who goes through a major transformation.

Sydney Sage - Bloodlines by Richelle Mead: Sydney is like a completely new character from how she was in Vampire Academy to the last in the Bloodlines series.

3. Snow White - A book with an eclectic cast of characters.

Intertwined by Gena Showalter - This character has so many different paranormal creatures thrown into this book that I can't think of mythological being that isn't in it.

4. Sleeping Beauty - A book that put you to sleep.

Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck - I really wanted to love this book as that cover was stunning and the concept sounded intriguing but when I was reading it I was so bored that I found myself nodding off a couple of times.

5. The Lion King - A character that had something traumatic happen to them in childhood.

Kellan Kyle - Thoughtless by S.C. Stephens: Kellan's childhood was definitely traumatic and by the hands of his own parents which for me makes it all the more traumatic.

6. Beauty and the Beast - A beast of a book (a big book) that you were intimidated by, but found the story to be beautiful.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - I'm not a fan of big books as a 400 page book is huge. So when I was first reading the Harry Potter series they seemed to get bigger and bigger and at 870 pages long for this one I was very nervous to read it but I needn't have been as it was a stunning book just like the whole series was.

7. Aladdin - A character who gets their wish granted, for better or worse.

Miranda from The Juliet Spell by Douglas Rees - Miranda want to be Juliet in her school play and to get her wish she does a spell to get her way, but not everything goes to plan...

8. Mulan - A character who pretends to be someone or something they are not.

Scarlet from Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen - I don't think I'm giving anything when I say this (as it's in the blurb) but Scarlet is known as Will Scarlet for most of the book when really he is a she.

9. Toy Story - A book with characters you wish would come to life.

The Mortal Instruments/The Infernal Devices - This one was so hard because every book that I adore I wan the characters to be real. In the end I went for both of these series as technically they are from the same world and I would love for them to all be real especially Jace and Will.

10. Disney Descendants - Your favourite villain or a morally ambiguous character.

Owen from The Accidental Assassin - Owen is an assassin who kills for a living even if he only kills evil people I still can't hate him.

Book of the Month - January 2015

I can't believe January is over already! I am pretty pleased with the amount of books that I read in January with some brilliant new reads.
Here's what I read in January:

• Goodness and Light (Christmas in New York, #4) by Patty Blount - 5/5
• A New Beginning (A New Beginning, #1) by Brenda Kennedy - 3.5/5
• Lick (Stage Dive, #1) by Kylie Scott - 5/5
• Goddess (Starcrossed, #3) by Josephine Angelini - 4.5/5
• Avoiding Commitment (Avoiding, #1) by K.A. Linde - 1.5/5
• Smouldered (The Electric Tunnel, #2) by Rachel Blaufeld - 3/5
• Model Behaviour by Tamara Morgan - 3.5/5
• Conspiracy Girl by Sarah Alderson - 4.5/5
• The Departed (MacKinnon Curse, #3) by J.A. Templeton - 4.5/5
• Thoughtful (Thoughtless, #1.5) by S.C. Stephens - 4/5

And the book of the month goes to...

 

I couldn't pick out of these two books as both of them where amazing. Goodness and Light was only a short novella but I still had to pick it because it was just as good as a full length novel.

Showcase Sunday #109

Showcase Sunday is a weekly Meme that I am taking part of. This weekly meme is hosted by Vicky over at Book, Biscuits and Tea.

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I never did a Showcase last week as I didn't get many books so I have added them to this weeks Showcase Sunday post.

Physical Books

 

I have been after Dorothy Must Die for awhile now so once I had my missing amazon gc I just had to get it. I also got a hardback of Dead of Winter which I am looking forward to reading I just need to read book 2 first. Does anyone know if there's any more in the Arcana Chronicles?

Kindle Books

  

I am so happy about getting all three of these kindle books I can't wait to start them.

Free Kindle Books

  

 

Review Kindle Books

  

  

What did you receive this week?