Teaser Tuesday 09/12/14 'My True Love Gave To Me'

This week, my current read is My True Love Gave To Me, a short story anthology.
Teaser comes from page 95, and from the story, Polaris is Where You'll Find Me by Jenny Han.

"Elves.  Elves in motion are otherworldly.  They are long, and lovely and lean, when they dance they are whirling dervishes that sparkle and gleam like sun shining on snow.  I should know.  I've been watching them my whole life."

Cowboy, It's Cold Outside by Katherine Garbera

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1381 KB
• Print Length: 102 pages
• Publisher: Tule Publishing Group (7 Nov 2014)
• ASIN: B00NWR78L2

Photo journalist Trey Scott comes back to Marietta for Christmas, only to find no one home... except for the enchanting Lucy DeMarco. Although Lucy isn’t crazy about the holidays, Trey does his best to restore her enthusiasm, starting with nestling her snug in his bed. But if he’s only in town until New Year’s...





Cover: A perfect, romantic Christmas cover.  I'm a sucker for these.  As we all  know.

I'm always looking for Christmas themed reads this time of year.  The more romantic, the better.
This is one that I requested via NetGalley.
It was an OK little read.  It was short, and I think it lacked development.  Everything happened at light speed.
There was potential for a really emotional read but I didn't have the time to really grow to know and love the characters.
But I enjoyed the quick, Christmas read.
2/5 stars.

Read from November 26 to 27, 2014

November 2014 Reading Wrap Up

Waiting On Wednesday 03/12/14

Waiting on Wednesday is all about sharing the books that I'm eagerly waiting to be released. 

This week, the book I'm waiting to be released is Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay.  I loved Of Beast and Beauty by her that I read last year so I'm looking forward to reading something else she's written, and this sounds fantastic.
Released December 9th.

Game of Thrones meets the Grimm's fairy tales in this twisted, fast-paced romantic fantasy-adventure about Sleeping Beauty's daughter, a warrior princess who must fight to reclaim her throne.

Though she looks like a mere mortal, Princess Aurora is a fairy blessed with enhanced strength, bravery, and mercy yet cursed to destroy the free will of any male who kisses her. Disguised as a boy, she enlists the help of the handsome but also cursed Prince Niklaas to fight legions of evil and free her brother from the ogre queen who stole Aurora's throne ten years ago.

Will Aurora triumph over evil and reach her brother before it's too late? Can Aurora and Niklaas break the curses that will otherwise forever keep them from finding their one true love? 

W...W...W...Wednesday 03/12/14

To play along, just answer the following 3 questions:

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?

• What do you think you’ll read next?

I recently finished reading A Sweet Montana Christmas by Roxanne Snopek.

This week my current read is The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning by Chris Colfer.

I think my next read will be My True Love Gave To Me, short story anthology.

Teaser Tuesday 01/12/14 'The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning'

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
  Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser.

This week my current read is The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning by Chris Colfer.

 

Teaser comes from page 115.
"The fairy Inaugural Ball was just a day away but it was only one of the major things occupying Alex's mind.
As soon as she'd agreed to go on a walk with Rook, she found herself jugging two fixations at the same time. One minute she was obsessing about what to wear and how to behave at the ball, and the next she was daydreaming about how wonderful or tragic her walk might be."

Come Home For Christmas, Cowboy by Megan Crane

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 284 KB
• Print Length: 103 pages
• Publisher: Tule Publishing Group (15 Nov 2014)
• ASIN: B00PPDJ7OW

This Christmas season, Christina Grey Cooper has finally accepted that her marriage to her college sweetheart Dare is over.

So she packs up her things, leaves a note, and heads back home for Marietta, Montana in the hope that a Christmas with her family will help piece her head—if not her heart—back together.

Dare isn’t about to let the love of his life go, and who cares if that’s what he thought he wanted? He’ll do what it takes to win Christina back—even if that means suffering through Christmas with his in-laws, pretending to still be happily married for the sake of family harmony, and trying not to get caught up in all that holiday nonsense he’s never believed in…

But Christmas is magical, especially in Montana.

And if Dare has any hope of convincing Christina to give him one more chance, it’s going to be here…

Cover:  My kind of cute, romantic little cover.

I requested this one via NetGalley, as in the run up to Christmas, I'm always looking for cute, light and fluffy romance reads set around the Holidays.
And this one was definitely a fast paced little read.
I liked that it was a story about a couple on the edge of divorce, instead of people meeting for the first time.
Dare has finally pushed Christina away.  She feels their marriage is over.
Unknown to her, Dare feels he has to push her away, that the abuse he suffered a s a child will infect her- and he loves her too much to ruin her.
It was a cute read- but I don't feel we got to know these characters enough.  I feel it could have done with being longer, and delving more into their lives and relationship.
I feel we were told about, rather than shown.
It was sweet, but I came away from it wanting more.
2/5 stars.

Read on November 19, 2014