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It’s MONDAY! What are YOU Reading?

May 10, 2010 By 1 Comment

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J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. The meme has since been passed on to Sheila. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week:

  • The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth – Henci Goer

Books I am currently reading:

  • Life Expectancy – Dean Koontz

Books I plan on reading this week:

  • I don’t know yet. Can I play this by ear? :)

What are YOU reading?

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It’s MONDAY! What are YOU Reading?

April 26, 2010 By 9 Comments

on_mondays

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. The meme has since been passed on to Sheila. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week:

  • Hard Eight – Janet Evanovich
  • The Forest of Hands and Teeth – Carrie Ryan

Books I am currently reading:

  • The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness

Books I plan on reading this week: Really.. I need to read these!

  • The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
  • The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming

What are YOU reading?

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It’s Monday!!! What are YOU Reading?

April 19, 2010 By 5 Comments

on_mondays

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. The meme has since been passed on to Sheila. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week:For some reason I had a lot going on this week and only had time to sit down and read when I was in bed — and even then, sometimes I could only read for about half an hour before falling asleep!

  • Phantoms – Dean Koontz

Books I am currently reading:

  • Hard Eight – Janet Evanovich

Books I plan on reading this week: (I am dedicating this week to ARCS)

  • The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
  • The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming

What are YOU reading?

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It’s MONDAY! What are YOU Reading?

April 5, 2010 By 8 Comments

on_mondays

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. The meme has since been passed on to Sheila. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week: I didn’t get a lot of reading done this week because I was too busy with my sewing projects– and enjoying getting out of the house as I have my car back!

  • Pretties – Scott Westerfeld

Books I am currently reading:

  • Dear John – Nicholas Sparks

Books I plan on reading this week: (I am dedicating this week to ARCS)

  • The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
  • The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming

What are YOU reading?

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It’s MONDAY! What are YOU Reading? #Meme

March 29, 2010 By 7 Comments

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Edit: I guess J.Kaye is no longer doing it, but has passed it on to Sheila.

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week: From Wednesday until Saturday we were car shopping for my husband so we spent a LOT of time driving around in the car looking for.. cars! So needless to say, I got a LOT of reading done! (It was a wonderful week!)

  • Night by Elie Wiesel
  • Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
  • Remember Me? By Sophie Kinsella
  • Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Books I am currently reading:

  • One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (ARC)
  • Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

Books I plan on reading this week: (I am dedicating this week to ARCS)

  • The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
  • The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming

What are YOU reading?

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It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading? #Meme

March 15, 2010 By 14 Comments

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Edit: I guess J.Kaye is no longer doing it, but has passed it on to Sheila.

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week:

  • Horrid Henry’s Underpants by Francesca Simon
  • We the Children (Benjamin Pratt & The Keepers of the School vol. 1) by Andrew Clements
  • Graceling by Kristin Cashore
  • Blankets by Craig Thompson
  • Emma Volume 1 by Kaoru Mori
  • Buddha Vol. 1: Kapilavastu by Osamu Tezuka

Books I am currently reading:

  • Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Books I plan on reading this week:

  • The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist
  • Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

What are YOU reading?

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REVIEW: #66 Emma Vol. 1 by Kaoru Muri

March 14, 2010 By 1 Comment

Title: Emma Vol. 1
Author: Kaoru Mori
ISBN: 1401211321
Pages: 192
★★★★★

Synopsis: (Taken from back of book)

An upstairs gentleman and a downstairs servant share a secret love. The saga begins. In Victorian England, a young girl named Emma is rescued from a life of destitution and raised to become a proper British maid. When she meets William, the eldest son of a wealthy family, their love seems destined. But in this world, even matters of the heart are rules by class distinctions.

Review:

Emma is another popular series that keeps popping up around the blogosphere. I’ve seen it on many blogger’s websites; bloggers with varying tastes. Something about this book was attracting readers of all sorts — and I was determined to find out what it was.

Last week I ordered Emma Volume 1 by Kaoru Mori from Barnes and Noble. When it arrived later in the week, I was very excited. After finishing up some other books, I opened this one and found myself quickly hooked.

Kaoru Mori manages to make Victorian London seem anything but trivial and boring. Instead, there was humor and intrigue — and romance.

We are introduced to Emma — a beautiful but shy maid who works for a former governess, Kelly Stownar (who I believe is to be in her late 40′s/50′s).  Kelly is widowed and known to be on the “tough love” side but very quickly, you grow to appreciate her for her little comments and her intentions.

One day — a young man by the name of William (who comes from a wealth family) comes to visit his former governess, Kelly — who he hasn’t seen in quite a bit of time. Upon arrival, William’s face meets the door as Emma is on her way out, slamming him to the ground. William, ego in tact, is not at all disrupted by his fall — which is caused by a “maid”. Instead, he finds something about her — something captivating. He just has to know her.

Emma, even a low class maid, is no stranger to having men fall in love with her. Used to turning possible suitors down, there is something about William that prevents her from turning down his attentions. Emma, Volume 1, is a light-hearted and interesting tale set in Victorian England that will have you wanting to read more! I just loved it and cannot wait to read more.

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It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading?

March 8, 2010 By 9 Comments

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Edit: I guess J.Kaye is no longer doing it, but has passed it on to Sheila.

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

Because Once a Witch took me WAY too long to read, and I haven’t read much in the past month or so – I decided to start off with some easy YA/Children’s books for the week to get the reading mojo back in swing.

The books I have read in the past week:

  • Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough

Books I am currently reading:

  • Horrid Henry’s Underpants by Francesca Simon

Books I plan on reading this week:

  • Benjamin Pratt & The of the Keeper’s School: We the Children by Andrew Clements

What are YOU reading?

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It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading?

February 8, 2010 By 4 Comments

on_mondays

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week:

  • N/A

Books I am currently reading:

  • Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough

Books I plan on reading this week:

  • N/A

What are YOU reading?

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It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading? #meme

January 25, 2010 By 12 Comments

on_mondays

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week:

  • Seven Up by  Janet Evanovich

Books I am currently reading:

Books I plan on reading this week:

I have a TON of reviews to do – but pregnancy issues always seem to be pulling me away (will explain in another entry). But I really am getting back into my books. So, for that – I am happy!

What are YOU reading?

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¡Vamos! Let’s Bloggiesta!

January 8, 2010 By 6 Comments

This challenge is what I really needed after my mini-morning-sickess leave of “absence”. I have a lot of things to do to best utilize my website. After all – I really would like to improve the over all blog experience for my readers, myself, PR connections, publishers, and authors that I work with on a daily basis.

My website is a bit stale though – no? It was really fast paced for a while and then I got knocked out. I have a lot of catching up to do and this challenge, hosted at Maw Books Blog is going to help me do just that!

Basically they have a set of mini challenges, but you can also set goals for yourself! Many wonderful bloggers have teamed up with Bloggiesta and have written articles for us to help make the most of our blog.

Some goals I have for Well-Read Reviews this weekend are:

  1. Catch up on my feed subscriptions. Let people know that I still read them, and I enjoy what they have to say.
  2. Work on anchor texts – which includes going back in old posts and doing some major editing.
  3. Work on my ABOUT page. It’s my #1 hit and I haven’t even finished it! It’s nice people want to know about me. I should probably finish it!
  4. Update my BOOKSHELF. There are many books not listed (since October) so I have some catching up to do.
  5. Delete irrelevant pages.
  6. Create a Wishlist of wished partnerships and products that I am interested in reviewing.
  7. Fix the FAQ. I didn’t even know it was broken. Whoops!
  8. Add ADVERTISING information.
  9. Write reviews of books I have recently finished.
  10. Fix SEO Meta tags in each post (old posts) that did not have them.
  11. Host a giveaway of some extra books on my bookshelf.

I have quite a bit of work this weekend, and I hope that my daughter will allow me to work on it! We have a birthday party to go to tomorrow evening but hopefully I can get plenty of work in otherwise. Not sure if I can finish it all this weekend, but I will sure try my best!

If you haven’t already, join Bloggiesta. They are also giving away a lot of prizes! If you are a participant, feel free to add your link to Mr. Linky below. It is the new Mr. Linky, which requires you to leave a comment (checking the box that you are a participant) in order to leave a link.

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It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading?

January 4, 2010 By 4 Comments

on_mondays

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week:

  • Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
  • The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl by Barry Lyga

Books I am currently reading:

  • The Happiest Toddler on the Block by Dr. Harvey Karp, M.D.
  • YOU: Having a Baby by Dr. Oz.

Books I plan on reading this week:

  • ??

I am so happy that I was finally able to finish reading Shiver this week, plus I was able to read and finish The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl (which I absolutely loved!) Not quite sure what I plan to read this week other than YOU, as it’s a pretty big book. So I am just going to play it by ear. :)

What are YOU reading?

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It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading? #meme

December 21, 2009 By 8 Comments

on_mondays

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week:

  • None

Books I am currently reading:

  • The Happiest Toddler on the Block by Dr. Harvey Karp, M.D.
  • Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Books I plan on reading this week:

  • The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga

So I have read nothing for weeks, now. I have just felt so darn sick and tired, all of the time! I’ve felt sort of apathetic about everything because I’ve felt so ill so it’s been hard finishing anything up! I am really hoping to finish Shiver this week though. (I know, I know – I’ve said it before). But it’s been a difficult first trimester so far. :(

What are YOU reading?

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It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading? #meme

November 30, 2009 By 8 Comments

on_mondays

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week:

  • Nana Vol. 2 by Ai Yazawa (Review Pending)
  • Negima! Vol. 1 by Ken Akamatsu (Review Pending)

Books I am currently reading:

  • The Happiest Toddler on the Block by Dr. Harvey Karp, M.D.
  • The Resurrectionist by Jack O’Connell

Books I plan on reading this week:

  • Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
  • The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga

I probably should finish reading The Happiest Toddler on the Block, huh? I’ve been reading it for weeks! It’s actually a pretty good book and an easy read. So I don’t know what the problem is! The Resurrectionist is a good book, but so dark (in a way) so I have a hard time reading it. (Hence my reading the mangas to lighten my mood). I hope to finish those up this week, though. I also want to read Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater because it’s been talked about a bit.

After all the publisher/author requested reads the past few weeks, after I finish up The Resurrectionist, I am going to empty my mind a little bit and read some self-chosen titles. Then I will resume back to my requested review titles on the waiting list. Thank you for understanding. :)

What are YOU reading?

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It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading?

November 23, 2009 By 2 Comments

on_mondays

J.Kaye created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. This is one of my favorite memes (and favorite bloggers) so make sure you check it out and participate, if you can! :)

The books I have read in the past week:

  • The Maze Runner by James Dashner
  • How to Get Your Child to Love Reading by Esme Raji Codell
  • The Baby-Sitter’s Club: Kristy’s Great Idea (Graphic Novel) by Ann. M Martin & Raina Telgemeier

Books I am currently reading:

  • The Happiest Toddler on the Block by Dr. Harvey Karp, M.D.
  • Ferris Beach by Jill McCorkle

Books I plan on reading this week:

  • The Resurrectionist – Jack O’Connell
  • Nana Vol. 2 – Ai. Yazawa

I don’t feel like I read a whole lot this week – but I know I did. Felt like nothing really could compare after I read The Maze Runner. But ’tis another week ahead of me!

What are YOU reading?

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