Friday, June 26, 2015

Week #3 and Week #4 tbr

I have been dealing with some computer issues so I wasn't able to do this wrapup and tbr till now.

During Week 3 I finished these three books.

Two Roads Home (Chicory Inn, #2)
Two Roads Home by Deborah Rainey
which I rated ****

14th Deadly Sin (Women’s Murder Club, #14)
14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Audio Book which I rated ****

The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1)
 The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Which I also rated ****

I have been reading
Love Arrives in Pieces
Love Arrives In Pieces by Betsy St. Amant

and listening to
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Monday, June 22, 2015

48 hour Book challenge Finish Line



I know I am late posting this but better late than never.  I read for 12 hours during the challenge.  I finished 2 books and started another.

The two books I finished were
Two Roads Home (Chicory Inn, #2)
Two Roads Home by Deborah Raney

14th Deadly Sin (Women’s Murder Club, #14)
14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

The Book I started was
Frantic
Frantic by Mike Dellosso

I kinda ran out of steam on Sunday but I am happy with what I did.

Saturday, June 20, 2015

48 hour reading challenge start line


I am participating and this is my post for my starting line.  I actually started reading last night at 10:00 pm. so I will stop at 10:00 on Sunday.  Happy reading everyone.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Week #2 of June 2015 Wrapup and Goals for Week 3

Last week I finished 2 books and started 2 more.

The 2 books I finished were:

Yarn to Go (Yarn Retreat, #1)
Yarn to Go by Betty Hechtman

Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
Audiobook of Beautiful  Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

The Two Books I started to read were:

The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1)
The Maze Runner by James Dashner

14th Deadly Sin (Women’s Murder Club, #14)
Audiobook of 14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson
and Maxine Paetro


My Goals for this week are

Finish
 The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1)
The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Continue to listen to and possibly finish

14th Deadly Sin (Women’s Murder Club, #14)
14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and
Maxine Paetro

Read
Two Roads Home (Chicory Inn, #2)
Two Roads Home by Deborah Raney

Frantic
Frantic by Mike Dellosso


Refining Fire (Brides of Seattle #2)
Refining Fire by Tracie Peterson

The Rising: Antichrist is Born  (Before They Were Left Behind, #1)
Reread of The Rising by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins

Since June is audio book month I would like to try and get some audio book reviews up in the next couple of weeks. 

























Wednesday, June 10, 2015

As Waters Gone By by Cynthia Ruchti

About the book:
As Waters Gone By (Abingdon, May 2015)

How can a marriage survive when separated by hundreds of miles and impenetrable prison walls?

Emmalyn and Max Ross may have to endure the fight of their lives to mend the tattered fabric of their marriage. His actions ensured she could never be a mother and put him in prison, giving their relationship a court-mandated five-year time-out. On a self-imposed exile to beautiful but remote Madeline Island, one of the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior, Emmalyn has just a few months left to figure out if and how they can ever be a couple again.

Nudged along by the exuberant owner of the Wild Iris Inn and Café, a circle of misfit people in their small town, and a young girl who desperately needs someone to love her, Emmalyn restores an island cottage that could become a home and begins to restore her heart by learning what it means to love unconditionally. Yet even as hope begins to find a place within the cottage walls, Emmalyn still wonders if she's ready for Max's release. She may be able to rebuild a cottage, but can she rebuild a marriage?

Purchase a copy:
 http://bit.ly/1Gs5M3Q

About the author:
Cynthia Ruchti has more than three decades of radio broadcast experience with Heartbeat of the Home radio and currently serves as Professional Relations Liaison for American Christian Fiction Writers.

Find Cynthia online: websiteTwitterFacebook






My Take:  I enjoyed this book very much.  It is definitely going on my reread pile. I liked going on this journey with Emmalyn as she is starting her new life on the island that she and her husband bought a cottage on that up until know was only used as a hunting cabin.  She has to decide if she wants to give up on her marriage like her husband has asked her to file for divorce or fight for her marriage.  This is a hard decision as her husband made a mistake that has impacted their lives immensly.  He is serving the fourth year of a five year prison sentence and she has to sell the house because she has run out of options and she has to start all over on the island.  While she is starting all over she meets some of the quirky residents of the island and they help her to see that life isn't always perfect but it does have it's moments.  

I received a review copy of this book from Litfuse in exchange for my honest opinion.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

June 8-14 TBR

This is what I Plan to try and read this week.

The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1)
The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Yarn to Go (Yarn Retreat, #1)
Yarn to Go by Betty Hechtman

Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

#tbrtakedown read a thon wrapup

I was pleased with myself for the #tbr takedown read a thon.  I made a tbr that consisted of 4 books and of those four books I got 3 read and I started the fourth.

The books that I finished were.

A book that has been on your shelves for more than a year
Hearts That Survive: A Novel of the Titanic
Hearts that Survive by Yvonne Lehman


A unread Sequel on your shelf
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

A First Book in a Series on your TBR shelf (I changed my Mind On this one)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Cinder by Marissa Meyer

A Book From your recent haul
As Waters Gone by
As Waters Gone By by Cynthia Rucht (This is the one I started)