The Elements TAG

Booking Through Thursday 28/11/13

Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Booking Through Thursday and a different question is posted every week.

Do you have a reading equivalent of holiday music to get you in the mood for the holiday season? Any books you make a point of reading this time of year?
(And, Happy Thanksgiving to all the rest of you in the US!)





I wouldn't say there's any specific books that I pick up and re-read this time of year, because I don't always re-read books.
I like to try and read at least one Christmas themed book- christmas romance or something, but it's not always possible because I won't buy a book just because it has christmas in the title for example.  This year I want to try and read Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myrcle and Catching Snowflakes by Nora Roberts.
I do like to read quick, light, fluffy reads that I don't have to think too much about in December because obviously it's a hectic month but I still want to read.
I tend to gravitate towards contemporay or historical romance reads.







 

W...W...W...Wednesdays 27/11/13

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'm currently reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling.

I recently finished reading Substitute Creature by Charles Gilman.  It was the book I read before my current read.

I always seem to change my mind when it comes to what I want to read next.  But as it stands at the moment, I plan to read either Hyperbole and a half by Allie Brosh or Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier.

 

Teaser Tuesday 26/11/13

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 (2) “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 teasers!
  
  

This week I'm currently reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling.


My two teaser sentences are from the random page 140.

1.)"Harry looked away.  He would willingly have split all the money in his Gringotts vault with the Weasley's, but he knew they would never take it."


2.)"Pigwidgeon was choking on an overlarge Owl Treat."



 

BUDDY READ Live Discussion: Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake

Book Haul/In My Mailbox 22/11/13

Warrior's Lady by Gerri Russell

Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 413 KB
Print Length: 305 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0843961112

Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.

Language: English
ASIN: B005PK46KA

Camden Lockhart vowed to eliminate the Ruthven clan after they had destroyed his family. All he had left was a small niece and the legacy of the Charm Stone she carried, but no one knew where the little girl was.

Rhiannon Ruthven came to the abbey to escape the brutality of her brothers and find solace. Instead she found the orphaned Violet Lockhart in need of an escort to her uncle's castle. Rhiannon didn't know it, but she would be walking straight into a nest of assassins.

Watching Rhiannon nearly sacrifice her own life to save another's, Camden knew he could not condemn her to death. He'd have to protect her from the very men he'd hired to kill her. Scottish legend said the Charm Stone had the power to heal, but was it strong enough to unite two wounded hearts?

Cover:  I prefer the original cover.  This one is ok, but just not as good.

This is one I've wanted to read for ages.  I came across it about 3 years ago when all I was wanting to read was historical romance.  Something about it really hooked me, but I could never find a copy.  Then I stumbled across it on Kindle, and so finally got my hands on it.
It is book 3 in a series, but I haven't read the other books- they work as stand alones.
There's not an awful lot to say about it.
It's a cute, fluffy, light romance read.
I really liked Rhiannon- and how she has to face her family's legacy of evil, and everyone thinking she's like them, when she's not.
Cam...was ok...he wasn't swoonworthy though.
Over all I really enjoyed it, and was the perfect was to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon.
3.5/5 stars.