Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and me that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.

#comicsFebruary


Deadpool: Dark Reign                                                Deadpool: The ones with Deadpool
After seeing Deadpool, I want to read more about the Merc with a Mouth.

Guardians of The Galaxy: Cosmic Avengers                                                                                                                       Guardians of The Galaxy: Tomorrow's Avengers      I've been watching Guardians of The Galaxy a lot lately. How can I wait til  2017?
                                                   
What did you get this week? Claire's got the linky.                              

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Teaser Tuesday-Falling Into Bed With A Duke by Lorraine Heath

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. 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!
"She'd never had a man's bare hand touch hers or anything other part of her for that matter. It should have been unsettling."
pg 38 Falling into Bed With A Duke by Lorraine Heath

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and me that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.



I've been slumping hard. I was reading the same book for the past 2 weeks. That's pretty rare for me. My library loot stack is growing because I keep getting books but not reading them! I'm tempted to take them all back and start over. But I got some more books. Let's see if I read them!


Downton Abby meets The Selection? Sounds good to me.

Woman Rebel
I've wanted to read this for a while now.

What did you get this week? Share your loot below.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Teaser Tuesday-A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. 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!

"Queen Windermere wasn't consenting.Queen Windermere wasn't saying anything at all." 
pg 30 A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire

Friday, February 12, 2016

The Love List

 Sushi
 Going to the movies

 Watching Lip Sync Battle
 Coloring

 Hanging out with Tai
 Coffee
 Fuzzy socks
 Our New House

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

January Book Tally

Prelude To A Scandal by Delilah Marvelle
Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
The White Rose by Amy Ewing
Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
When A Scot Ties The Knot by Tessa Dare
Over Easy by Mimi Pond
Dead of Winter by Kresley Cole
Deadpool vs Thanos by Tim Seeley
Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman

Good month. I started slumping at the end. I'm hoping some romance novels will pull me out of it.

Stats:
Graphic Novel Challenge: 2 (Over  Easy and Deadpool vs Thanos)  YTD: 2
Foodies Read Challenge: 0 (none this month)  YTD: 0
What's In A Name Challenge: 0 (none this month)  YTD: 0
LGBTQIA Reading Challenge: 1 (Honey Girl)  YTD: 1
Total: 11

Monday, February 8, 2016

January Goal Update

How did I do on my goals in January?

Overall, poorly. We bought a house (yay!) but it made it hard to do anything else.

-Train to complete STP in 2017. Haven't made any progress.

-Take one dance related class a week (Zumba, pole dancing, etc). I was sick for most of January so gym time was nil.

-Continue to set aside time for myself. Again, between the house and being sick, I got nothing.

-Clear out the clutter. I did good one the physical clutter. Sorting through our stuff to pack generated some boxes of stuff to get rid of.

-Use up what we get in our Full Circle box each week. I've been a lot better about this one. Work in progress.

-Take 3 more cooking classes. Saw a class I wanted to take but timing didn't work. I'll probably put this off until after the move.

-Expand my cooking horizons. Haven't even thought about what I'll make.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and me that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.


I read part of the Dressmakers series last year. Time to complete the series. 

This one looked pretty interesting. 

What did you get this week? Share below.

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

January Graphic Novel Review

I enjoyed the story of this one. It's the 70's and Madge takes a job in a coffee shop. The story follows Madge and her coffee friends as they fall in and out of relationship and do drugs.

Still trying to read more Deadpool before the movie comes out. I liked this one because the Avengers and the  Guardians of the Galaxy show up.

Monday, February 1, 2016

Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman

I added Honey Girl to my library queue because it is was set in the 70's, featured surfing, and the main character was half Hawaiian and queer. I don't seem to read many books set in the 70's. Plus it's short length sent it shooting to the top of my list.

Nani's dad died suddenly and her mom moved them from Hawaii to California. Nani wants to fit in the local girls so her friend in Hawaii gave her a list of rules to follow. So many rules! That was probably my biggest problem with Honey Girl. The lists of rules. So many things girls weren't allowed to do-eat in front of boys, let him know you pee, cut your hair, wear certain colors. Especially since I could see this didn't fit Nani. She was awesome in her own right but these rules made her hide her awesomeness. But slowly Nani realized what was important. It was kind of a coming of age story.

Nani and the other girls don't surf but they know a lot about surfing in order to attract surfer boys. There's plenty of surfer talk but if you are looking for cool surfer girls, this isn't the book. I did enjoy the 70's feel of the book. I also liked Nani's realizations about her sexual feelings towards boys and girls. It all felt natural and not forced. I'd read more of Freeman's books. Others who shared their thoughts on Honey Girl: Rather Be Reading YA, In Bed With Books, and The Bibliophilic Book Blog.
This is the first book I read for the LGBTQIA reading challenge.