It's Monday! What Are You Reading? March 21, 2016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by The Book Date is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week.  It's a great post to organise yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone.

Finished Reading

 

This was a re-read for me. I've recently purchased Book #4 and needed to refresh myself on what happens in Book #1-3. With this reread I've come to realize that I love vampire stories and can't get enough of them. This book definitely resembles Twilight in the general theme of human girl falls in love with vampire. Vampire realizes he can't put human girl in danger and disappears leaving the girl in a deep depression. However, this book and series pulls more elements in (a love triangle for one). 

 

I plan to read Books 1-4 and do a in depth review once I finish. But in the meantime I wanted to put my thoughts out there about this book. If you look at the reviews on Goodreads, you'll see a lot of 1, 2, and 3 star reviews. I urge you to give it a try. At time of this writing, Dark Secrets is currently free for Kindle on Amazon.

Currently Reading

 

So, it's been 11 days since I picked up A Game of Thrones and over a month since I picked up Broken At Love. But I've just been reading other books. I will resume these books soon.

What Will I Read Next?

 

 

Broken Down is my next ARC that I need to read. But before I get to it, I feel like reading something Paranormal in nature and think I've narrowed it down to the other three above. If you have any opinions on these three, please share them in the comments and help me decide. 

What Are You Reading?

Stacking the Shelves #1

 

Welcome to my first Stacking the Shelves post. Stacking the Shelves is a feature hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews. This is where I can post about the books and book swag I received this week. I will be posting my list on Sundays and will include anything I received Sunday through Saturday.

To start with I’m sure my lists will be small and mostly freebies I found at Amazon. Over time I hope my lists will grow to include ARCs or other books given to me for review. I’ve recently gone on a book buying hiatus because I’ve discovered several books owned by family members that I’d like to read. So I’m trying not to buy many books and I think I’ve controlled myself well.

Here’s my list for this week.

FREEBIES

*Please check prices before one-clicking* Book titles link to Amazon.

Blast of the Dragon’s Fury: A Hilarious Dragon Epic Fantasy Books with Dragons (Andy Smithson 1) by L.R.W. Lee - I saw a tweet for the cover of the newest book in this series and liked it. So I had to check out the author and found I could get the first book free. I’ve never read anything involving dragons. So I’ve decided to give it a try.

Elsker (Elsker Saga 1) by S.T. Bende - I’m not sure where I found this one. But the cover is beautiful!

Bad Things (Trista & Danika Book 1) by R.K. Lilley - I found this one on Twitter. I had recently read a review of one of her other books and this one was touted as a favorite. So I couldn’t pass it up.

Stupid Girl (Stupid in Love Book 1) by Cindy Miles - I believe this was one I had on my Amazon wishlist. I frequently check my wishlist for books that are now free and then one-click them.

FREEBIES FROM NEWSLETTER SIGNUPS

Lichgates by S.M. Boyce - I entered several of the Facebook Trick or Treat Giveaway Hop Stops and liked several authors in this process. When I took a break from entering, a sponsored post for this free e-book came up and contained a beautiful yet creepy picture. I had to click and sign up for the newsletter so that I could get this freebie. The cover won me over.

A Summer Like No Other by Elodie Nowodazkij - I believe this was another Facebook sponsored post. I’d seen a cover picture Ms. Nowodazkij had posted several weeks ago of her bilingual novel (one page is English, next page is translated in German) and loved the idea. The book sounded good too. So when I saw I could get this for free I went for it.

Fire & Ice by Patty Jansen - Beautiful cover

Innocence Lost by Patty Jansen

Watcher's Web by Patty Jansen - I don’t remember how I found Ms. Jansen’s signup page. It was probably through some other contest.

Now that I list them all out, I realize that I picked up quite a few books this week. I’m looking forward to reading these and supporting them. 

By the way if any bloggers out there have suggestions on book cover images to use, please leave them in the comments. I only own these on my Kindle and therefore don't have the actual book to photograph the cover.

What did you pick up this week? Be sure and leave a comment with a link to your post so I can check out your Stacking the Shelves haul.