Top 5 Sundays #119 - Books YOU Want For Xmas! {Part II}

This list was SO difficult! If I want a book, I tend to just go ahead and buy it LOL but here we go =D 

This week’s results:

Books YOU Want For Xmas! {Part II} 65%  (13 votes) 

Books/Series You Most Recommend to Friends! 35%  (7 votes) 

The theme for today is:

Books YOU Want For Xmas! {Part II}

Books YOU Want For Xmas! {Part I}

But first, a little bit about this feature and the rules to join in…

Every Sunday I will post a TOP 5 list on the blog. It can be about anything and every week I'll have a new theme {You can vote on next week’s theme on my left sidebar!} and I will ad the Mr.Linky bellow the post so you can do a list with the theme and add you link to it.

Rules:

1. Write a post listing your TOP 5 choices within the theme I chose (or was chosen on a poll) for the week.
2. Mention this Blog on the post and link back to it.
3. Fell free to use the Feature's image (there is a smaller size version of it bellow)
4. After you've finished your post, add you link (of the post, not your blog's main page) to the Mr.Linky at the end of that week's post.
5. If you don’t have a blog to post, just leave your list in the comments =)

*in no particular order

My Life as a White Trash Zombie

by Diana Rowland

This cover alone makes me want this book, but it also sounds very interesting! I just need to get into a Zombie state of mind before reading it =D

The Taken

by Vicki Pettersson

I loved Vicki's voice in the Signs of the Zodiac series, so reading her new series is a must!

Nightshifted

by Cassie Alexander

I'm a sucker for shifters and hospital settings, so this one sounds awesome!

A Werewolf in Manhatan

by Vicki Lewis Thompson

Have I mentioned I LOVE shifters?

Must Love Lycans

by Michele Bardsley

Oh, a shifter again? Who would have thought! This is my only pick from a series. I about 2 books behind in this series and this latest one is the only one missing =D

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Books YOU Want For Xmas! {Part II}

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Top 5 Sundays #73 - Book Series That Have Overstayed Their Welcome!

Hey everyone!

I have to say that I thought this theme was going to be easier than I thought, but I quickly realized while preparing this post, that I love all the series I read and I don't want them to end hehe

However, there are some series that I LOVED for a long time, but for some reason or another I have taken a break from and they are still in progress, so, I'm waiting for them to be over so i can catch up LOL

  This week’s results:

Book Series I Plan to Finish in 2012!

  10 (47%)

Book Series that I Feel Have Overstayed Their Welcome!

  11 (52%)

The theme for today is:

Book Series that I Feel Have Overstayed Their Welcome!

But first, a little bit about this feature and the rules to join in…

Every Sunday I will post a TOP 5 list on the blog. It can be about anything and every week I'll have a new theme {You can vote on next week’s theme on my RIGHT sidebar!} and I will ad the Mr.Linky bellow the post so you can do a list with the theme and add you link to it.

Rules:

1. Write a post listing your TOP 5 choices within the theme I chose (or was chosen on a poll) for the week.
2. Mention this Blog on the post and link back to it.
3. Fell free to use the Feature's image (there is a smaller size version of it bellow)
4. After you've finished your post, add you link (of the post, not your blog's main page) to the Mr.Linky at the end of that week's post.
5. If you don’t have a blog to post, just leave your list in the comments =)
   
   
   This week’s theme is  Book Series that I Feel Have Overstayed Their Welcome! 

*in no particular order

Undead Series 

by Mary Janice-Davidson

I love Betsy and co. don't get me wrong, but I am tired a bit, so I took a break from it and am planning on reading it when it is finished LOL

Breed Series

by Lora Leigh

It's a very good and raunchy series, but I have grown a bit tired of it. I am hoping for a specific character to get her HEA, but other than that I feel that for this series i have read that, seen that.

   

The Others Series 

by Christine Warren

One of the first series I have EVER read and I have all the books, but a couple books ago i got a little tired of some random characters getting a HEA =/ Again, when it is finished, i'll catch up hehe

Broken Heart Oklahoma 

by Michelle Bardsley

Again, one of my first series, but the storyline got a bit confusing for me of late and I have decided to wait for a bit, before catching up.

It is a great series though!

Greywalker Series 

by Kat Richardson

Another of the first few series I started reading when my reading addiction really took off, but since I read Labyrinth, I believe, i got a little tired and decided to wait for a few books to be out before going back to it =D

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#BHSV – WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT! {25 Winners}

 

 

Hey Everyone! They’re here! The Winners of the Bookish Have Summer Vacation Event, that me and the girls from Paranormal Haven Hosted, are here! All 25 of them! YAY!

If you entered the giveaways at Paranormal Haven, you need to check out there winner announcement, to see if you’ve won.

PARANORMAL HAVEN

Before we get to the good part, I wanna take a minute to thank my fellow bloggers, Athenna and Stephanie from Paranormal Haven for hosting the event with me and of course, ALL the awesome authors that contributed to make this event so awesome!

Alice Clayton
Carolyn Crane
Dakota Banks
Eileen Wilks
Gini Koch
Jeaniene Frost
Jeanne C. Stein
Jess Haynes
Jocelynn Drake
Kelly Gay
Lara Adrian
Larissa Ione
Vicki Pettersson
Laura Bickle / Alayna Willams
Linda Robertson
Michele Barsdley
Michelle Rowen
Nancy Holzner
Seanan McGuire

 

THANK YOU!

 

Remember…

 

 

ALL winners and have 72hrs to contact me at:

larissa@larissaslife.com

*please state in the email your prize choice if it’s the case.

 

 

Now to the winners:

 

Giveaway	Winner	email {1st part}
1of3 "Redhead" eBook Sets by Alice Clayton	Anne Reeths	areeths
1of3 "Redhead" eBook Sets by Alice Clayton	blodeuedd	blodeuedd1
1of3 "Redhead" eBook Sets by Alice Clayton	Melliane	delhia_1
Signed "Mind Games"	Pam S /pams00	pams00
Signed Copy of "Sacrifice" + 25$ Amazon Gift Card	jc	yumihamano
"Blood Challenge" by Eileen Wilks	SweetShenanigans	girl23rocks
A SIGNED "Alien" Book by Gini Koch	Meredith Miller	meredithfl
Signed "This Side of The Grave" or "One Foot In The Grave"	Brittany Gale	quixoticdreamer
Full set of the Anna Strong series by Jeanne C Stein	JenM	jen
H&W 3Book set {Signed} by Jess Haines	Christy M	practimom
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of "Wait For Dusk" by Jocelynn Drake	Dovile	spamscape
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of "Wait For Dusk" by Jocelynn Drake	Midnite	lady.midnite
SIGNED Copy of “Darkness Becomes Her” + NEW Copy of “Natural Born Charmer” from Kelly Gay/Kelly Keaton	Kristen My Bookish Fairy Tale	mybookishfairytale
Signed Taken by Midnight/Bk1 Audiobook/Bkmarks	Nanni Clover	nanniclover
SIGNED Larissa Ione Book (winner's choice)	Naty Gry	natygry
Signed Neon Graveyard + Poker Chip	Naty Gry	natygry
Signed "Embers" & "Dark Oracle" by Laura Bickle / Alayna Willams	Mish@	misadevilgirl
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of "Arcane Circle" or "Fatal Circle" {US}	Ash	ashley.mckinsey
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of "Arcane Circle" or "Fatal Circle" {US}	Anne	acm05
SIGNED Copy of "Arcane Circle" or "Fatal Circle" {Intl}	Nanni Clover	nanniclover
25$ Amazon Gift Card from Michele Bardsley	Bethany C.	b.cardone
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of “Bloodlust" by Michelle Rowen	erin	efender1
1 of 2 SIGNED Copies of “Bloodlust" by Michelle Rowen	Cathy M	caity_mack
Pair of Sea Glass Earrings from Nancy Holzner	Leni	lenikaye
SIGNED "Late Eclipses" by Seanan McGuire	Rachel Leigh	TheOneRing111

 

 

 

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BHSV – Guest Post by Michele Bardsley + A 25$ Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!

 

Summer! Now with More Heat!

By Michele Bardsley

Well, once again it’s summer in Texas (and it happens every year … go figure). Well, I guess it’s summertime all over the United States, but I can’t really speak to the kinds of  summers that people not in Texas are having. I assume, however, that Alaska still has  a glacier or two that calorifacient (um, a big ol’ fancy word that means “really damned
hot”) residents can roll around on naked.

That’s what I’d do.

You’re welcome for that visual.

What were we talking about?

Oh, right. It’s freaking hot. Now, sometimes when people talk about June or July or even August, they probably don’t refer to any of those months as “the time when the bowels of hell opened up and exuded its foul sulfuric breath upon the land.” Maybe we just say that in Texas (and parts of Oklahoma).

Well, I suppose I can do more during the summer than complain about the heat. So long as I stay in the air conditioning along with a big, cold drink (ice, ice, baby) then I don’t even think about the heat. Much. You know what makes the summer goes faster?

Books. And you know which books are awesome summer reads? Mine. Okay, that may sound vain, but I’m hot, people. It makes me cranky. And also, vain. But let’s forget all that and talk about my books.

For instance, let’s draw attention to my Broken Heart books. (Hot summer reads! Wait. Too much? Yeah. Too much.) The eighth novel in the series, MUST LOVE LYCANS, comes out in September. Okay, that isn’t exactly summer, except in Texas where it’s always freaking summer. Except maybe a couple days in December. Maybe.

Anyway. The book isn’t actually set during the summer time. But who cares, right? It’s got a sexy werewolf, a psychotherapist empath, goddesses, vampires, Broken Heart action, and a big ol’ castle in Germany.

So, you know, a hot read. Hah.

Leave a comment about the summer, heat, my books, or whatever you want and you’ll be entered to win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com. I suggest you buy books. Or a fan. Or a ticket to Alaska.

 

 

For more information about Michele Bardsley and her books, check out her website at

www.michelebardsley.com

 

 

BHSV – Win a 25$ Amazon Gift Card from Michele Bardsley!

 

 

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Leave a comment about the summer, heat, Michele’s books, or whatever you want….

 

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