Teaser Tuesday-MEME

So Followers I am gonna try to start following some memes and my first one to follow is Teaser Tuesday. Hope you enjoy .. such a neat way to learn more about books.

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!

My Teaser: " His touch sent chills through her and all thought slipped away. She heard a whimpering sound and realized she was making it" pg 141 from Unleashed by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie

Hope you enjoyed my teaser go check the book out I'm really enjoying it so far. Go get your read on and join us next week for another fun teaser.

First Date By Krista McGee

(A big Thanks to Netgalley and author Krista McGee for a chance to ready this book)

First Date By Krista McGee

Paperback, 336 pages

Expected publication: January 10th 2012 by Thomas Nelson

Summary from Goodreads:

Addy Davidson discovers God's unexpected plans for her life when a reality TV show turns her quiet existence on its head.

The orphaned daughter of missionaries, Addy is quite content to stay in the shadows and never draw attention to herself. But when she's selected for a reality TV show to try to become the President son's prom date-a show she didn't audition for-she's suddenly in America's spotlight.

The lights, the make-up, the competitions, and the blogs discussing every move she makes all make Addy incredibly uncomfortable. But through her time at The Mansion, Addy comes to realize that first impressions aren't always right, that hiding out may not be what God had planned for her life, and that her faith should affect everything she does. It may just be that her selection wasn't random at all and that she's on this show "for such a time as this.

Review:

I found this book delightfully wonderful. First Date can easily be viewed as what would happen if Queen Esther from the Bible was ever put on the reality show The Bachelor. In this book Addy , just like Queen Esther did not what the spot light , did not want to be part of the chosen. Throughout the book you learn form Addy just how hard it is to trust God sometimes, but that there is always a reason for everything. I also enjoyed the way that Addy had to remember that she was a Christian and that how she acted and spoke not only reflected on her but her Christianity. It would have been so easy for Addy to act just like the other girls and in some cases she did act like them when she got angry and spouted off. First Date would be a wonderful book for any young girl, it showed just how hard and sometimes nerve racking it is to show your Christian faith. The characters in this book were well rounded and thought out, the story line flowed. Over all I gave this book 4 stars.
This review is posted on the FB, Goodreads, Amazon, and Netgalley)

( I got this copy for free on Netgalley . The review is my own and I was in no way received compensation for my opinion)

My Smallest Shelf of To-Be-Read

So here is a list of all the book on my Smallest To Be Read Book Shelf.. makes you curious whats on my big bookshelves doesn't it . That my friends is a post for another day. I linked all the books so if you see one that sounds interesting you can open the link to amazon and see the book and what's it about. Enjoy.

1-17 are all books that I have either won on Goodreads, from a contest or given to me by an author or friend.

1) Tournaments, Cocoa, and One Wrong Move: Nancy Rue (ARC)

2) Boyfriends, Burritos and a Ocean of Trouble: Nancy Rue( sister won this book) (arc)

3) The Puppy that Came for Christmas: Megan Rix (ARC)

4) A Plain and Fancy Christmas: Cynthia Keller (ARC)

5) The Kitchen House: Kathleen Grissom

6) Falling Together: Marisa de los Santos

7) When a Loved One Falls Ill: Gerri and Brian Monaghan

8) Lump: Leena Luther (signed)

9) Birthmarked: Caragh M. O’Brien (signed)

10) The Radleys: Matt Haig (ARC)

11) If I Tell: Janet Gurtler

12) Betrayed: Morgan Rice ( Signed)

13) Help for Writers: Roy Peter Clark

14) Insight: Diana Greenwood

15) The Chick Friends Rules! ( freshman year): Vici Howard (signed)

16) Magic Under Stone:Jaclyn Dolamore ( Arc and signed)- 4/10/12

17) The Dressmaker: Kate Alcott( my blogger friends book - click to check out her site) (ARC)- Feb 2012

Books I have Bought and one I burrowed:

18) Crossed: Ally Condie

19) Game of Thrones: George Martin

20) Life as we Knew it: Susan Beth Pfeffer

21) The Dead and the Gone:: Susan Beth Pfeffer

22) Lost and Found: Jacqueline Sheehan

23) Julie and Julia: Julie Powell

24) Because I Am Furniture: Thalia Chaltas

25) Black Tuesday: Susan Colebank

26) I know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Maya Angelou

27) Alabama Moon: Watt Key

28) A Kiss in Time: Alex Finn

29) The Gift: James Patterson

30) Carrier of the Mark: Leigh Fallon

31) Wings: Aprilynne Pike

32) Darklight: Lesley Livingston

33) The Dark Elite: Chloe Neill

34) Adam: Ted Dekker

35) Boneman’s Daughter: Ted Dekker

36) Skin: Ted Dekker

37) Immanuel’s Veins: Ted Dekker

38) The Host: Stephenie Meyers

39) The Black Prism: Brent Weeks

40) Shade ; Jeri Smith- Ready

41) In the Woods: Tana French

42) Patient Zero; Jonathan Maberry

43) Royal Blood ; Ellen Schreiber

44) The Coffin Club: Ellen Schreiber

45)Dance with a Vampire: Ellen Schreiber

46) Misguided Angel: Melissa De La Cruz

47) The Van Alen Legacy: Melissa De La Cruz

48) Masquerade: Melissa De La Cruz

49) The Road to Chapel Hill: Joanna Catherine Scott

50) The Blind Side: Michael Lewis

51) The Ha- Ha: Dave King

52) Playing for Pizza: John Grisham

53) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

54) The Lovely Bones: Alice Sebold

55) Body Double: Tess Gerritsen

56) The Apprentice: Tess Gerritsen

57) The Princess Bride: William Goldman

58) The Opposite of Music: Janet Ruth Young

59) The Nanny Diaries: Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

60) Cemetery Girl: David Bell

61) Shutter Island: Dennis Lehane

62) Twelve Extraordinary Women; John MacArthur

63) I’d trade My Husband for a Housekeeper: Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile

64)The Witness ; Dee Henderson ( on BN for free right now Nook ecopy)

65) Seeking Whom He May Devour: Fred Vargas

66) My Delicious Life With Paula Dee: Micheal Groover

67) The Friday Night Knitting Club: by Kate Jacobs

68)Just a Guy: Bill Engvall with Alan Eisenstock

69) Life on the Refrigerator Door: Alice Kuipers ( my blog Friends book)

70) A love Worth Giving: Max Lucado

The Pioneer Woman: black Heels to Tractor Wheels

The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels by Ree Drummond

The summary is from Goodreads:

"That's when I saw him—the cowboy—across the smoky room."

I'll never forget that night. It was like a romance novel, an old Broadway musical, and a John Wayne western rolled into one. Out for a quick drink with friends, I wasn't looking to meet anyone, let alone a tall, rugged cowboy who lived on a cattle ranch miles away from my cultured, corporate hometown. But before I knew it, I'd been struck with a lightning bolt . . . and I was completely powerless to stop it.

Read along as I recount the rip-roaring details of my unlikely romance with a chaps-wearing cowboy, from the early days of our courtship (complete with cows, horses, prairie fire, and passion) all the way through the first year of our marriage, which would be filled with more challenge and strife—and manure—than I ever could have expected.

This isn't just my love story; it's a universal tale of passion, romance, and all-encompassing love that sweeps us off our feet.

It's the story of a cowboy.

And Wranglers.

And chaps.

And the girl who fell in love with them.

Review:

The Pioneer Woman reads like a perfect romantic comedy , or perhaps a fairy tale with a good does of reality. This book is for those out there that think life no longer holds fairytale romances. Granted Ree's life was not all wonderful but even in the tragic moments , she showed that you have to find yourself again , and make yourself get up and go . Ree shows the very human side of the Pioneer Woman that we have all grown to love . Her book highlights all the insecurities a woman could ever feel and makes them bearable. I truly loved the way Ree described her husband Marlboro Man, after reading her description how could one not fall in love with a wonderfully dreamy cowboy. I gave " The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels" 5 stars and highly recommend it to all that need a bit of romance and a healthy dose of laughter. Thanks Ree for reminding us that sometimes you have to wade through the manure in order to smell the roses.

This review is posted on Goodreads, our FB page, and Amazon

IMM

These are really books I bought over Christmas

Unleashed by: Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
Carrier of the Mark by: Leigh Fallon
Misguided Angel by Melissa De La Cruz
Van Alen Legacy By Melissa De La Cruz

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

(summary from Goodreads)
Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.

But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.

Review:
Delirium was a fascinating story , about the gripping effects of love . Lauren Oliver painted a wonderful picture of how love can truly be viewed as a virus or sickness. There isn't a person in the world that hasn't witnessed the power of love whether it be the touch of love or the lack there of, either way it can be crippling. In the book, Lena learns just what that feeling of love is like , she also learns that perhaps love is the one thing that can't ever truly be taken from her . The choice now lays before her, which is worse losing the wonderful and sometimes crippling effects of love ? or to give that love up for the safe boring life , where she wouldn't even remember the powerful thrilling effects that Alex has on her? I found it quite interesting the little details that Lauren Oliver put into the book , such as the quotes from the Book of Shhh, it made me feel like I was even more drawn into this word that Lauren Oliver created. I give Delirium 5 stars . The ending was a beautiful surprising cliffhanger that will have me buying the next book. If you haven't read this book yet you should most definitely add this to your books to be read.
The review is posted also on Amazon, Goodreads, FB Page.

IMM - In My E-Mail Box

This week is more of a In My E-Mail Box . They are all books I have received from Netgalley looking forward to reading them all. I seem to be having trouble getting pictures to post so I will make them into links so you can go look a them on amazon or goodreads. whats everyone reading over Christmas?

Revealing Eden : by Victoria Foyt
Candlewax :by C. Bailey Sims
The Guardian Duke :by Jamie Carie
Desired by: Ginger Garrett
Dancing Queen: by Marci Peschke