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HAPPY NEW RELEASE DAY!! Today’s list has some sure-hits (I’ll post my mini-blurb-jolt highlights a little further below), BUT!! If you missed yesterday’s Monday early bird book releases post, don’t forget to check it out. It is INSANE how many great book went live early (that were complete surprises!!!). I called it… “not just book releases, but OMG I LOVE THIS AUTHOR book releases.” PLUS!!! Kristen Ashley ROCK CHICK LOVERS! Look what’s up for preorder: Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley (here it also is, on Amazon UK)
BREAKING NEWS ALERT: And guess what else?? YOU may have an Amazon gift card balance!! I did! Log into your Amazon account and check your gift card balance because:
Slammed: A Novel. One of the books I went crazy for back in 2012! Right around “that” period…
Rebecca: “If you are an Amazon kindle ebook reader (and were in 2010-2012) – the second anti-trust lawsuit settlements were placed in Amazon accounts this morning! Check your gift card balance🙂 This one is different than the last one because your credit isn’t solely allowed on more books- you can use it for anything on Amazon! Very nice surprise this morning and took me forever to figure out the random balance”
Maryse: HOLY MOLY!!!!!! That is a nice gift card!!!!!
Melissa: Have you checked your email for a possible Amazon account credit from Apple regarding the settlement of their Ebook antitrust lawsuit? I got one and it was very exciting! Can we say book buying binge? Lol!
Fabi: haven’t received an email…
MichelleS: Go to “my account” and “gift card balance” – and you can use it on anything at the site, not just books. Maybe I’ll get that Ninja blended I have been wanting. I didn’t get an email either, Fabi. I wonder if you have to use it by a certain date? I better use it up now. Do you have to “claim” it? Or is it automatic? I’m temped to buy one thing so I don’t lose it.
Maryse: My email ended up in the “promotions” tab in my gmail… so I missed it at first, too.
Kirstyn: I received one from Amazon and from Apple. If you’ve bought iBooks check your iTunes account as well. $75 from Amazon and $230 from Apple. I’m set on books for awhile.
Ela: Looks like I might be getting something on Nook, just got an email and that’s about the time I only used Barnes & Noble. Nook won’t show for another couple of days according to the email….. I don’t know about Amazon but on Nook it expires June 24, 2017 so a whole year later. Also, Nook balance will show up in the next few days unlike Amazon. I wonder what I can get at Barnes & Noble besides books and magazines?
Rebecca: I thought it was a mistake and wished I hadn’t called my hubby about it Mine was very nice indeed, too!
Maryse: It’s so nice that we’re readers!!!
AND! Here is my mini-blurb-jolts highlight reel (and it will span yesterday’s post, and today’s since there are some awesome looking one in both of ’em): Yours (her husband dies and his heart goes to someone else… and it finds its way back to her!) Ramsay (he’s back to exact revenge on her for destroying his life), Say You’ll Stay (I love struggling single mom stories… such a great feeling when they find happiness and peace), Poesy (I LOVED “Low” and this is the prequel – criminal couple on the run!!), A Bird on a Windowsill (this author writes beautiful heartwarming, angsty love stories, and when he accidentally runs into her again she’s the same… but he isn’t!!), Easy Kisses (motivation speaker, and the jaded girl), A Midsummer Night’s Fling (this one’s blurb made me giggle!!), Entangled (he’s becoming a star, and she’s struggling with his new fame), Into the Nothing (she escapes an abusive relationship and is helped by a stranger), Song of the Blackbird (she gets a job as a doctor in a prison), Full Share (she’s trying to hide out for awhile and just wants to be alone)… and SO MANY MORE!
So now that everyone’s squeeing over this morning surprise… here are today’s latest releases!!
P.P.S. Let me know if I’m missing any or if you loved any (from this list or elsewhere).P.P.S. Don’t have a Kindle? No problem! Amazon offers various free Kindle apps and a free Kindle Cloud readerfor any and ALL of us to use. You can either use the free Kindle App for your smartphone, tablet, AND your desktop computer (just like you’re using a Kindle, but right through your web browser <— No need to download anything!)
AUDIOBOOK LVERS
For those going on a road trip soon, or maybe you’ve got some projects that require both hands this weekend but still allows you to “listen”… check out thefree audible trial + 2 free audiobooks deal —>
AND! Here’s the fun-tool again! —> Find out which of YOUR Kindle books are available as audiobooks at a BARGAIN-PRICE! <— This thing is so cool (Amazon calls it “Matchmaker“)! It’s an Amazon feature, that scans your Kindle books and will list all of the ones you have that are also available as an audiobook at a discounted price (not normal audiobook prices). This way, you can switch back and forth, seamlessly between your ebooks and your audiobooks. VERY COOL!
Born of Legend: The League, Book 9 by Sherrilyn Kenyon <— Cat says: “Born of Legend on audio is THIRTY HOURS LONG. I’m so excited that I may pee a little.” and Fabi loves the sound of that! (see what I did there? Audiobook. Sound… :P) *snort* Fabi: “Cat, you just made my day!”
BARGAINS & READER RECOMMENDATIONS (NOTE: bargain priced when I added them, but prices can change on Amazon, so make sure to check before you finalize your order. Sales listed are for Amazon U.S., however some of the Amazon UK links also reflect the sale!):
Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover <— COLLEEN HOOVER SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!!! I loved it and here’s my review.
Hard Core by Tess Oliver <— HARD LIFE UNTIL HE FINDS HER… “The handsome, tattooed stranger had the kind of eyes that were hard to look away from, and he gazed at me as if we’d been friends or even lovers in a different life. He looked at me as if he knew me, and suddenly I had this flash of feeling as if I was right where I was supposed to be.” recent release and super-bargain priced! (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover <— COLLEEN HOOVER SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT! One of the ones that started it all! My review. (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Breathing Again by Sofia Grey <— M/M ROMANCE ALERT WITH A BRILLIANT GASP-WORTHY TWIST!! and Tracey loved it! “Finished reading Breathing again by Sofia Grey, five star read , with a damaged( but determined) hero who has issues physically and mentally plus a broken heart , which had the most brilliant twist in its tail, I love stories like this which make me gasp out loud “
My Guardian (Bewitched and Bewildered Book 6) by Alanea Alder <— SO MANY LOVE THIS SERIES!! Joy: “Love the Bewitched and Bewildered series, can’t wait for latest release My Guardian in June. Alanea Alder brings such camaraderie and spirit to all her characters. Best of all, the absolute comedy genius that keeps you laughing with the characters and at the antics they get up too. Don’t miss out! This series is a must read!!!” (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Blood & Rust (Lock & Key Book 4) by Cat Porter <— CAT PORTER ALERT! JUST WENT LIVE!! “I did my time. I’ve cleaned up. Well, sort of. I got plans. Yeah, good ones. Then I ran into her…“
Easy Kisses (The Boudreaux Series Book 4) by Kristen Proby <— HE’S A DIVORCED MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER & HER SISTER MADE HER GO TO THE SEMINAR ALERT! “…she’ll sit through all of Simon’s touchy feely crap and go home and get on with her life. Except Simon isn’t really spouting crap, and when he smiles at her, the butterflies are ridiculous…” (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Smolder: The Wildwood Series by Karen Erickson <— COP IS IN LOVE WITH HIS BROTHER’S EX ALERT! But… “Lane’s too loyal to ever move in on forbidden territory and he knows that while he can look, he definitely can’t touch.” (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Tainted by Crazy by Abby McCarthy <— HER LIFE IS FALLING APART so… “I did the one thing I’ve been dreading for the last thirteen years, I finally went home. I needed to get back on my feet and I needed my Grams. As much as I wanted to pretend life was working for me, it wasn’t.” And then he shows up… (and here it is on Amazon UK)
The Pursuit: A Fox and O’Hare Novel by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg <— “Janet Evanovich, author of the blockbuster Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, writer for the Monk television show, team up once again in their rollicking, New York Times bestselling Fox and O’Hare series!“
Billionaire’s Favorite Mistake, The: Billionaires and Bridesmaids by Jessica Clare <— PREGNANT FROM A ONE-NIGHT STAND THAT TOSSED HER ASIDE ALERT!! “...after a steamy, mindless fling at Hunter and Gretchen’s engagement party, Greer finds herself tossed aside and forced to admit that you can’t love someone who doesn’t acknowledge you exist. It’s a shame he got her pregnant…“
Dangerous Hearts: Rock Star Romance, 1 (Lyric & Wolf) by Mia McAdams <— ROCK STAR ALERT! “…her heart was just broken by one. So when she takes an assignment as road manager for the world famous rock star, Wolf, she’s prepared to take him on, full suit of heart-armor intact…” and here it is on Amazon UK
Into the Fire (Bridge Book 2) by Meredith Wild <— CRUSHING ON THE BEST MAN ALERT! But… “Vanessa doesn’t have room in her life for a man, let alone a player.” (on Amazon UK)
Downtown Devil: A Sins in the City Novel by Cara McKenna <— SHE MEETS HIM AND… HIS ROOMMATE ALERT! “Clare wonders if this summer fling might turn more adventurous than she anticipated—especially as a curious energy starts to simmer between the two of them and Mica’s handsome roommate, Vaughn.“
A Midsummer Night’s Fling (Much Ado about Love Series Book 1) by Eliza Walker <— HER SEXY MAX SHOWS UP! STUPID MAX!! *snort* LOL!! “Too bad her past comes knocking on her door her first day home. All six-foot-three, beautiful man of her past named Max. Stupid Max. The mistake Nicola just can’t seem to stop making…” (here it is on Amazon UK)
The Mercenaries Boxset by Stylo Fantome <— STYLO FANTOME SERIES BUNDLE ALERT! “Follow them from Casablanca to Bogota, from Kiev to Ithaca, as they steal some diamonds, make some enemies, fall a little in love, and kick a lot of ass…” (also on Amazon UK)
Entangled (A Tryst Novel) by Alex Rosa <— HE’S BECOMING A FAMOUS STAR & SHE’S STRUGGLING WITH IT ALERT! “Skyler wants Blake to pursue his dreams, but his constant absence weighs on her more than she admits. Even as she throws herself into new distractions, she finds herself facing uncertainties and jealousies that could tear apart everything they’ve built…” (and here it is on Amazon UK)
The Bitter (Addiction #1) (Addiction Series) by Delilah Frost <— THEY MEET IN REHAB ALERT! “We understand each other. We care for each other. Even long after rehab is over and the real world is back in our faces wishing for us to fail. She’s my everything: My best friend. My sidekick. The only girl I’ve ever been with and ever want to be with. Until one day. Until rumors start to spread.” (here it is on Amazon UK)
Stripped Bare by Emma Hart <— EMMA HART MALE STRIPPER ALERT!! “What do you get when you mix a bachelorette party, the queen of dating disasters, and a stripper so hot he was forged from the fires of hell? Screwed. You get screwed….“ (and here it is on Amazon UK)
In Your Eyes (Let It Be Book 3) by Barbara Speak <— CAN BE READ as a standalone… “You know me as Shelby, the eight-year-old girl that went through hell with my sister, Ari, but I have my own story to tell…”
Broken Love: (A Sweet, Sexy Standalone Contemporary Romance) (The Love Series Book 2) by Jillian Dodd <— SECRETLY DATED HIS BEST FRIEND’S LITTLE SISTER ALERT! “Six years later, they still hate each other. But the universe seems to keep throwing them together. When they catch the bouquet and garter at a mutual friend’s wedding, sparks fly between them — their chemistry undeniable…” (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Into the Nothing (Broken Outlaw Series Book 1) by BT Urruela <— SHE ESCAPES AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP & A STRANGER HELPS HER ALERT!! “After escaping an abusive relationship, she opens her heart up to a stranger. He is unlike any man she’s ever met. He came into her life and turned it completely upside down. Everything is perfect. That is, until one fateful night. A night that would tear the Watson family apart, never to be put back together again. A night that would send Xander away to prison for life.“ P.S. The author is actually a cover model!! (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Undone by Kelley Armstrong writing as Katey Wolfe <— SHE HAS A STALKER & HE’S A BAD-ASS FIGHTER (and more!) ALERT ! He’s trying to make enough money to get custody of his little brother… and then he gets her as a student… “…Jess Devereaux is a girl with a plan — shake loose from her stalker ex, gain independence from her over-controlling family and, most important for her immediate happiness, seduce her sexy shooting instructor into the wild, no-strings-attached fling she’s been dreaming of.” (here it is on Amazon UK)
Covet (Splendor Book 1) by Janet Nissenson <— GORGEOUS COVER & FORBIDDEN LOVE ALERT! “Ian and Tessa fight their feelings for the other, knowing that a relationship between them can never exist. But when matters of the heart are involved, things are never quite that simple. How long will both of them be able to hold on before betraying their forbidden attraction to each other?” (here it is on Amazon UK)
Song of the Blackbird: Albatross Prison Series Book 1 by DB Michaels <— SHE GETS A JOB AT A PRISON ALERT! “Desperate to reconnect with her half-brother, Emma Edwards takes her new medical training and secures a doctor’s job at the prison where he’s serving a sentence. But what she finds there is worse than she ever imagined…tough rules and even tougher men, gangs powered by drug money and corruption. Emma must find a way to keep her brother alive until he’s freed even if that means lying to the one man she should be able to trust….” (here it is on Amazon UK)
Full Share (Shore House Book 1) by Eliza Freed <— SHE’S HIDING OUT IN A BEACH HUT “Nora Hargrove’s post-grad life includes a horrific entry-level job, a cave of an apartment, and a strict avoidance of all interpersonal relationships. She knows only one thing about herself—she wants to be left alone…” (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Duly Noted by H.M. Shander <— SHE HAS CAR ACCIDENT PTSD ALERT! “Effing car crash. Resigned to live a mediocre life with her friends Percocet and Xanax, she’s coped on her own. Terrified of stepping beyond her backyard, broken and damaged Aurora doesn’t need anyone, anyways. Until she meets – him…” (here it is on Amazon UK)
Eagle River by Isabelle Kane <— TWO QUARTERBACK FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND ONE GIRL ALERT! “…both love the same beautiful girl, Kjersten Solheim. Though they despise each other, they are inexorably linked. But there is a secret about one of them, a secret that a mother took to her grave, that a high school coach swore never to reveal, and one whose consequences continue to reverberate.” (here it is on Amazon UK)
Full Tilt by Emma Scott – June 28th 2016 <— WE’VE GOT AWESOME FEED BACK ON THIS ONE ALREADY!
R. Renee: Full Tilt by Emma Scott. I’m totally and utterly wrecked right now. I think she may have outdone herself this time. I just posted my review on GR. I’m tough on her because of my love for RUSH. I’ve given a couple of her books 4 stars when they’ve stayed with me enough to make me think they should have been 5. But this one…wow.
OMG Maryse. LOVED. Ooh and Maryse, it needs to go on your “what to read after Me Before You” list. I can’t wait until it comes out. I want the paperback. The cover is so pretty and PERFECT for the book. Oh and I don’t think I’ve ever read a blurb that fit its book so perfectly. Especially that last part!
Rock Chick: Reawakening? DAISY AND MARCUS STORY IS OUT FOR PRE-ORDER!!!!!
Someone hold my laptop while I faint.. OMG!!
*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!*
Love Between the Lines: An Adult Coloring Book for Book Lovers by Christina Collie <— Dooodles by Christina has a COLORING BOOK coming out soon!!! It’s up for preorder and I’m SO THRILLED!!! 😀 P.S. I still have the original beautiful doodle she made for Maryse’s Book Blog <— I’m a lucky girl!! – November 8th 2016 is the release date!
OMG MY GUARDIAN IS LIVE???????? HOW IN THE WORLD DID I MISS THIS? I FOLLOW ALANEA ON FB AND I MISSED THAT TODAY IS THE DAY! NEXT THING I’LL BE MISSING CHARLEY DAVIDSON AND AMELIA HUTCHINS!
Go to “my account” and “gift card balance” – and you can use it on anything at the site, not just books. Maybe I’ll get that Ninja blended I have been wanting. I didn’t get an email either, Fabi. I wonder if you have to use it by a certain date? I better use it up now. Do you have to “claim” it? Or is it automatic? I’m temped to buy one thing so I don’t lose it.
Ela
7 years ago
I don’t know about Amazon but on Nook it expires June 24, 2017 so a whole year later. Also, Nook balance will show up in the next few days unlike Amazon. I wonder what I can get at Barnes & Noble besides books and magazines?
Kirstyn W.
7 years ago
I received one from Amazon and from Apple. If you’ve bought iBooks check your iTunes account as well. $75 from Amazon and $230 from Apple. I’m set on books for awhile.
But, but, but… the company I was buying books from at that time was bought by Kobo! Last time, I got a weird postcard in the mail. Kobo is showing nothing. lol Google isn’t part of it? Bummer. I bought from them too.
Stephanie
7 years ago
Thank you Lee C! I’m all over Daisy & Marcus’ story. KA is my favorite. I’m all over it.
Second, has anyone read Anarchy Found by JA Huss? I’m about 32% through and I really can’t get into it. I’m about to put it away. I started it Friday and it’s doing nothing for me.
Stephanie
7 years ago
I see it’s not until Jan 2017 🙁 That’s a long time to wait! Very impatient when it comes to my KA books (except the fantasy ones).
Fabi
7 years ago
Stephanie, I read Anarchy Found a while back. If you’re not feeling it at 32%, I don’t know…It’s gets romantic/erotic in the 2nd 3rd of the book and it didn’t fit the story for me.
The first part was a 5 star for me. The middle was a 2 star because it was totally unrelated to the rest of the plot. The last third was a 3 star for me.
Susan
7 years ago
I didn’t realize how many books I buy and read until I saw my credit. Over $600.00. That will keep me reading for a while. Very excited.
Jan130
7 years ago
Whoah Maryse. That’s quite a list today! Wow! Daisy and Marcus’ story? CLLLIIIIIICCCKKK! What, not till January?? Sigh…. Then in March KA’s new BDSM book comes out too, The Deep End. Already pre-ordered that one. Not normally a BDSM fan, but I’ll have to try it as it’s KA. No brainer.
$0.00 in my gift card account….. 🙁 Maybe the refunds don’t extend to Australians. Or maybe I’m just not one of the lucky ones.
Tessa
7 years ago
I think since it’s an American Lawsuit, it might affect US only. I get to wait for a check. :/
Jan130
7 years ago
Yeh, maybe you’re right, Tessa. In the past I have bought some kindle books from US Amazon, but anyway, maybe not in the time frame the lawsuit applies to. Oh well. Them’s the breaks.
Some of you guys have been credited crazy amounts. What the actual heck?? I wouldn’t know what to do with such a massive credit! Maybe buy some of those very expensive ‘big name’ books I normally just wait to see whether the library will stock. And if the library doesn’t get them in, unless it’s a super-fave author, I just go without, or wait till I can get a secondhand one from AbeBooks. I resent paying stupid amounts just cause it’s a big-name author, especially when wonderful books such as KA’s are available at such reasonable prices.
Whoops. *gets down from soapbox*
Tessa
7 years ago
Hehehe If I had 600 like Susan, I’d buy their latest kindle. That looks so cool with the charging cover. Susan, congrats and have fun!
No gift card for me 🙁 I feel miffed – especially since there’s so many awesome looking reads in this list! A new Cara McKenna, AND a new BT Urruela…. and more rock stars than you can shake a stick at. Great list – and thank you for the mention 🙂
PS – in a quirky coincidence (coz I *know* you like those!) A picture of BT Urruela was the inspiration for my M/M BREATHING AGAIN. He is a hell of a guy 🙂
Lisa
7 years ago
Jan I have a zero gift card balance and I buy all my kindle books on US Amazon rather than AU Amazon…..(there’s more choice and even with the exchange rate theyre usually cheaper). But the lawsuit obviously doesnt apply to us.
Fun fact……the mindfulness colouring book craze has (according to the media) saved the print book industry….cos you cant colour on a Kindle.
Tasha J
7 years ago
I didn’t get anything either from Amazon or Nook. Although I don’t think I started E books until 2012 and I used Nook first. Anyway, I’m currently 22% into Disclaimer by Renee Knight and really loving it so far! It’s a psych thriller and I’m dying to know this secret she’s been keeping and I’m just getting to this really nail biting part! Yikes! 😀 So what’s everyone else reading??
bev
7 years ago
Me neither. Nor on nook though got tiny bit on it last time. Got a Kindle end of 2012
Reading Hardball. My first book by her though think I have others buried in tbr. I’m enjoying it yet I’m having a hard time gelling with her rhythm.
*sigh*
Does that make sense?
But I’m only 8% so just probably need to sync. But right now is bedtime.
Good night ladies.
R. Renee
7 years ago
Bev I loved Songs of Perdition by her. It’s like 3 books put together, so about 600 pages, but I didn’t even feel the length. I was hooked by the first page. I heard Hardball is harder to get into, so I skipped it.
Pia
7 years ago
Stephanie and Fabi – I read Anarchy Found by JA Huss in December, and I was so disappointed. I had read a few JA Huss books in October/November (Three Two One, 18 and Sexy) and I was very excited about the release of Anarchy Found. Never have I been so disappointed. Sorry to say Stephanie that in my opinion it doesn’t get better for the rest of the book 🙁
Grey
7 years ago
Jellicoe Road was ok… I liked it ok and I can definitely see why it it a fave around here. There was no biting of my lip bad, bev LOL!
I didn’t get anything on the kindle deal either… dammit… is it the kindle or nook itself or the program, because I think I was using off brands tablets then??
Tomorrow is payday, then I’m buying myself the new Aleatha Romig from last week. I want it so bad but had a HUGE bill come in that I wasn’t expecting so I had to wait LOL!
Fabi
7 years ago
Pia I’d read 321 and loved it too.
bev
7 years ago
Got an email from B&N says it will take a few days. Probably not alot, any is good, but was on a very tight budget then and mostly bought free or 99 cent books. If I remember correctly last time it had to do with traditionally published books.
Rebecca D.
7 years ago
Susan just made me feel so much better about my $321! Lol!! I seriously thought my husband accidentally one clicked gift cards and I was freaking out at first. 🙂 It’s taking all my self-control not to immediately one-click every single book I want. Heehee
bev
7 years ago
R. I believe those are the ones in tbr. The Beg, Submit, etc? And they are added as a bonus to Hardball. I was wondering why it said it would take 8 hours to read.
There was one scene that made me lol. She was texting hero & auto correct happened. Hers is a lot like Amy’s.
R. Renee
7 years ago
Bev, Songs of Perdition is older, no the same story. They’re called Kick, Use, and Break. The whole book is called Forbidden. I don’t know where “Songs of Perdition” came from now. I’m confused! Maybe that was the series name, and then when she sold it as one, she named it Forbidden.
Ela
7 years ago
Still nothing on Barnes & Noble…. The last time they paid out I had about $160 in credit.
Wow $600! You can practically buy a car!
Where’s Amy? I’m very curious how much she got!
bev
7 years ago
Ela, the B&N didn’t show up on gift card. Like Tessa got an email that I’ll have it in couple days. I almost deleted the email unread, lol.
Tessa
7 years ago
Yeah, anyone who used Google or Sony Reader gets a check later in the mail. It makes sense because the first time I got about twelve dollars in the mail by postcard-check.
Stephanie
7 years ago
Pia & Fabi, thanks for your thoughts. I finally just put it away (so to speak). I’ve enjoyed several of the JA Huss books I’ve read. 321, the Rook & Ronin series, the assassin series (don’t know if that’s the official series title) and they were great. This one just didn’t do it. Going to start on Ramsay by Mia Sheridan.
I was just starting out on my Kindle in 2012 so that’s probably why my credit was so small. I’d be curious to see what it would be now. The last 2 years I’ve bought over 700 books.
My Amazon credit was $6.00, I will take it, but compared to Susan $600…….wow just wow, how awesome for her. Has anyone read any of Lani Lynn Vale MC books, I was wondering if they are any good?
R. Renee
7 years ago
Yay! I just saw on FB, Maryse finished Full Tilt and loved it 🙂 I love it when something I love is loved!! Whew! That was a mouthful!
R. Renee!! I just put two and two together with your Twitter account. LOL!!!!!!!!!! 😀
R. Renee
7 years ago
hahaha!! I’m sorry I thought you knew.
Amy
7 years ago
*GASP!!!!*
Amazon credit?!?!?!?!?!?
*goes to check Amazon gift card balance*
Jan130
7 years ago
LisaKay I haven’t read any Lani Lynn Vale but would also love to hear from anyone who has. Always looking for that awesome new MC series. Sadly, there are many, many mediocre MC books out there. But some great ones, too, and don’t you just love it when you find them. I recently fell in love with Lauren Gilley’s Lean Dogs, and of course there’s Kristen Ashley’s MC books, and Jo Wylde too. Reaper’s Fire coming out in August. Can’t wait.
We were chatting about Mariana Zapata on the other thread and I have to say altho’ I loved her Kulti and Wall of Winnipeg, I just couldn’t get into her MC book Under Locke.
A zero balance???? With close to 2500 books in my library??? That’s it…time to kick a$$ and take names. Where’s my Jager and shot glass…
*takes off earrings and throws them to Maryse* Keep ’em, mami…I’m not gonna get to wear ’em where I’ll be taken after I’m through with my rampage…
Amy
7 years ago
Sonofab!tch.
Amy
7 years ago
Stupid Amazon.
Jan130
7 years ago
*quickly lines up shot glasses for Amy*
Tessa
7 years ago
When did you start bugging ebooks from Amazon Amy?
Amy
7 years ago
Oh, I’m gonna bug their a$$es now alright.
Tessa
7 years ago
Buying not bugging
Fabi
7 years ago
Amy,yoy used to use Nook like I did…
R. Renee
7 years ago
So you have to actually have a Kindle to have credits? Not a Kindle app on your phone? I’ve never used a gift card to buy a book. Is that what you have to do for an actual Kindle?
Tessa
7 years ago
Right. Nook is a separate gift certificate.
Fabi
7 years ago
You had to have bought Kindle books between 2010-2012. I started in 2013.
Tessa
7 years ago
R. You have to have bought a kindle ebook ( any app) before May 2012
R. Renee
7 years ago
Ohhhhhh
Amy
7 years ago
I started buying them in 2011 when I got my first iPad.
Then again, I didn’t start buying Amazon books like a virgin buys vibrators until I found this place so…2012?
*slumps shoulders and starts filling up Jan’s shot glasses*
Amy
7 years ago
I’m going to check my B&N account real quick…
Tessa
7 years ago
Them go look at Barnes and nobles!
Tessa
7 years ago
*takes a shot glass* What’s in these again?
R. Renee
7 years ago
I’ll have what Amy’s having…
Amy
7 years ago
Jager is in ’em!! 😀
Still trying to navigate B&N website.
*takes first shot*
Jan130
7 years ago
Like a virgin buys vibrators? LOL Amy. I’ll blush now when I think of my mad amazon buying patterns.
Here, try this. *slides a large Death In The Afternoon towards Amy* It’s supposedly one of the most alcoholic cocktails in the world…… 😉
Tessa
7 years ago
I’ve never had jager before.
R. Renee
7 years ago
Uh oh… Jager huh? I missed my college accounting final and had questionable relations with a questionable neighbor after a night of that stuff…
R. Renee
7 years ago
Yes Jan!!! Ernest Hemingway’s cocktail! I served them at my Halloween party last year! They’re made with absinthe! And they’re disgusting! But effective…
Amy
7 years ago
*sips Death In the Afternoon drink*
Whooooo-hoooo!! Thanks Jan! 😀
You’re right, Fabi…I DID use my Nook for my reading during that time. That’s when I was all crazy over the YA PNR series so I bought oodles of complete series.
Fabi
7 years ago
Then you might end up with a Nook credit in a day or two.
Lisa
7 years ago
LisaKay and Jan if you’re looking for a great MC series get into Susan Fanetti’s Signal Bend series. It rivals Lauren Gilleys series and I am just totally hooked….
There is a central couple in each book….told from their POVs but there is an ongoing story of the Horde MC that continues through the series. Best read in order for that reason or you’ll miss the gist of their ongoing feuds and battles.
Amy
7 years ago
YAY! Nothing on my B&N account BUT I checked my email and I will be getting a credit in the next few days! *happy dance* Not sure how much but I should be getting another email telling me in the next day or so.
Yep, I checked and I have *some* books from 2011 and 2012, but not a whole lot and I guess they don’t qualify.
*takes another shot of Jager and sips more DITA*
Caring less and less now about not getting a credit… 😛
Amy
7 years ago
I meant I’ll be getting a credit to my B&N account.
Jan130
7 years ago
A Jager AND DITA combo? Ruh-roh. I’d watch out for R.Renee’s questionable neighbour tonight Amy.
Jan130
7 years ago
Thanks Lisa. I tried Signal Bend series but found the plot a bit too convoluted and gave up. I keep hearing good things about it tho’, so maybe I’ll go back and give it another try some time.
R. Renee
7 years ago
I’d like to say that was recent, but alas…it was not. Amy’s safe from my neighbors, questionable or otherwise!
Amy
7 years ago
Hehe, NO ONE is safe from me tonight though. 😛
Amy
7 years ago
OMG…R…bahahahahahahaha!!!!!! I just read your comment about college and your neighbor! Jager is fast and effective though, right? LOL!!
Tessa…Jager is Jagermeister (I’m sure you knew that) and you HAVE to try it at least once. But when I say once, I mean more than one shot of it when you DO try it. The first shot is kind of rough, but it kicks in so fast you won’t even CARE after that.
R. Renee
7 years ago
And chase it with root beer Tessa. That’s what my mom taught me. Lol.
Amy
7 years ago
Ooooh, I chase mine with Sprite (or Angry Orchard…no idea why but it works) but I will have to try root beer. Or Dr. Pepper!
Tessa
7 years ago
Angry Orchard. I can’t drink soda of any type.
Amy
7 years ago
Maryse…not sure if you’ve mentioned these somewhere yet (still trying to play catch up and haven’t even tackled that crazy list up there) but…
Leftovers is 2.99, normally 7.99
How It Ends is 3.99, normally 8.99
Both are by Laura Wiess, and Leftovers is the sequel (I believe) to Such a Pretty Girl
Amy
7 years ago
But Tessa, Angry Orchard is yummy! Especially the Summer Honey flavor.
Is it the carbonation that you can’t drink?
Amy
7 years ago
Okay, last comment and then I have to finish making supper…
Tarte is having a crazy good sale, and if you use PayPal you can take an additional 20% off!!
Tessa
7 years ago
The acid.citric, malic, or phosphoric (that I know so far). They produce an allergic type reaction in me. I think malic acid is in juices? Either way, I can’t.
Amy
7 years ago
Aw man, that sucks Tessa. 🙁
You know what, I think I remember you mentioning that one time. It sounds VERY familiar. Damn, my memory is getting worse and worse…
Tessa
7 years ago
It’s the Death In the Afternoon. 😀
R. Renee
7 years ago
No way!! She wouldn’t be able to type!
Sofia Grey
7 years ago
Jager? Seriously? Yeuch. That stuff tastes like cough medicine!!
What happened to good old fashioned Tequila 🙂
R. Renee
7 years ago
They’ll both make you do bad things, but Jager will make you happier while you’re doing it. But yeah…gross.
Tessa
7 years ago
Tequila tastes nasty! Uck. It ruins good drinks.
With Death In the Afternoon, wouldn’t the champagne make it not as alcoholic?
bev
7 years ago
Angry Orchard?? Is it a soda?
I love honey.
R. Renee
7 years ago
Well…I’d tell you but I don’t remember!
I’m a Texas girl. I love ice cold tequila, but I sip it. I never shoot it.
Michelle
7 years ago
Yey thank you for posting the credit announcement! Would have totally skimmed over the email. That was when I was using B&N. Got $68 🙂 Now I have to DL the Nook app again.
bev
7 years ago
One day I will look at Maryse ‘ s FB and she will be watching Sherlock.
One day.
I mean about the DITA. I don’t remember what happened after that…
Tessa
7 years ago
Bev, Angry Orchard is a hard cider. I never had it before my FL trip, honestly. My niece ordered it and I had to try a sip. I finished hers off. 😀
Amy
7 years ago
Hehe…don’t think I’m not going to go and buy some absinthe now. 😉
And really, ladies? Yuck on Jager? Pshh…y’all are pansies. It doesn’t taste that bad. Then again, I love black licorice so…yeah.
*holds palm up to Michelle and turns away*
Michelle
7 years ago
My Guardian you will be read this weekend! Right now I’m at about 70% in Beautiful Wreak by Larissa Brown and I ADORE it! Another great find Maryse that I would have missed without ya 😀
Amy
7 years ago
Yep Bev, Angry Orchard is exactly what Tessa just said it is. There are a bunch of different flavors and they are soooooo good.
Tessa, you were able to tolerate the acid in it?? Go you!!!! 😀
R. Renee
7 years ago
I’m having a writer’s/reader’s retreat in July Amy! And I just so happen to have one of those cute little absinthe spoons! Not only can you read about little green fairies, you can become one!
Tessa
7 years ago
I guess there wasn’t that much in it.. Which, of course, meant that later, we bought a six pack for the hotel fridge. lol Except we got some weird cherry thing called Old Fashion that wasn’t good at all and has oranges (which is a severe allergy. Yep, still had to try it).
Amy
7 years ago
*slides shot of Jager and bottle of Angry Orchard over to Tessa* Now stay away from the orange drinks, m’kay? 😉
R…I can be a fairy?? MARYSE!!! We can be fairies at R’s retreat!!
The credit was the result of a lawsuit & credits you for certain purchases made from 2011-2012. For NYT best sellers, credits were as high as 6.50 per book. For others, 1.50. I don’t buy best sellers, so mine was the 1.50 variety x a bunch of books we were all overcharged for. If you bought a bunch of Indy books, no refund there. I wasn’t reading Indies in 2012!!! Haven’t spent a penny yet.
In a reading rut again. Looking for something that will grab me & in full avoidance mode for the many many on my Kindle!
R. Renee
7 years ago
Bring it! It’s Texas so it will be hot but there’s food. And a slip n slide! And margaritas. And disco.
Tessa
7 years ago
*kicks the ground* I wanna be a fairy.
R. Renee
7 years ago
I have the power to make that happen!
No seriously, I’ll post the flyer somehow and if anyone wants a vacay in TX this summer for the price of travel, I’m your girl!
bev
7 years ago
MichelleS, did you try Carry On?
Amy
7 years ago
*skips around Tessa and tosses glitter on her*
Go, be free and be a fairy Tessa!
😛
LisaKay
7 years ago
Jan130 you are so right, I love to find great MC books. I have just finished all of Lauren Gilley, KA of course. I did just get done reading “Property Of Drex” 1&2 by C.M. Owens which was good if you haven’t tried that author yet.
Thanks Lisa for the advice, I have read Susan’s books. Please let me know if you find any more that you can think of.
Jan130
7 years ago
Have you read Joanna Wylde, LisaKay? Her MC books are really good too.
Hmm.
Tessa drunk & running around dressed only in glitter proclaiming to all she is a fairy and free.
Wonder what will happen?
Amy
7 years ago
R’s old neighbor will be chasing her. *snort*
R. Renee
7 years ago
Heck no, I’m sending him to you 🙂
bev
7 years ago
Chasing Tessa?????
Fly, Tessa. Fly.
Tessa
7 years ago
Why would I be only dressed in glitter? Can’t I have clothes too?
R. Renee
7 years ago
meh…clothes are optional.
OMG!!! Full Tilt = 5 Maryse STARS!! 🙂 Pre-order. Right now!! with all your kindle credits!
bev
7 years ago
It seemed more believable.
Amy
7 years ago
Nope, no clothes. Only a thong. Maybe some pasties.
All the men you’ll be flying over will appreciate it.
Damn, all these weeks of not drinking as much during the school week has lowered my tolerance…but i like it!!!
Lisa
7 years ago
I wish I could absinthe fairy my self all the way from here to R’s Texas retreat!
Not too sure about the thong and pasties. But you go for it Amy!! We’ll cheer you on.
LisaKay
7 years ago
Yes Jan130 I have read Joanna Wylde, and her books are good too. Thanks for the suggestions……I really appreciate it. If I find anymore good MC books I will let you know as well.
Ela
7 years ago
LOVED Susan Fanetti’s Signal Bend series BUT it is very violent and graphic so listen to the warnings Susan posts at the end of the blurb!
Wow I missed a drunk Partay!!!!!!!!!!
R. Renee
7 years ago
Nah! It’s close enough to Friday right? Here. Have a shot, Ela…
Bev – I have it on loan from library, so I MUST get to it quickly. I was in the mood for something more grown up, and I understand it can be read by teens?? Anyhoo – I love her writing, so I will definitely read it soon. I started and abandoned a few and then read blurbs on Amazon to use up my credit. Not a very productive reading night. Nothing is blowing me away.
Fabi
7 years ago
At this point I can barely remember the last book that blew me away. I keep one-clicking and rifling through my tbr. I guess I’ve read a lot of good books – nothing great in months.
Ela
7 years ago
*downs 5 shots* thanks R!
Tessa
7 years ago
My last super great was Invision. I think that has more to do with loving the series and where it went than anything.
FLT:
‘I woke up in a pool of sweat, my mind racing and my heart hammering in my chest.’
Coast by Jay McLean
FLT: “Some seek the limelight and some hold the light in place.” – The Man I Love. I swear this book reads like poetry. It was slow starting. But I hung in there and at the 35% mark…holy crapola. I’m really glad I did. Needless to say, sleep didn’t happen last night.
R. Renee I KNOW!!!!! I love that entire trilogy and each book gets better and better. And I too (as beautifully written as it was) hovered in the first 30% wondering if I’d continue or not, but yep. And it only gets better from here, my friend.
Absolutely I do. It’s like my Ace in the hole, lol.
Tessa
7 years ago
What an ace. It is still my favorite so far this year. Especially this one part… *grins*
Amy
7 years ago
WHOOP!!!! I’ve got 90.14 in B&N credit!!! 😀
FLT (same as last week because RL interfered and then I got sidetracked by a YA book *snort* How old am I again? Hush, Bev :P)
“All of Allana Harrison’s stories started with a party.” ~ 1986 by Morgan Parker
Really good so far, hopefully it stays that way!
Tessa
7 years ago
Wooot! Congratulations Amy! Have fun with that. 🙂
bev
7 years ago
I am reading two books, so two first lines.
“If Cara ever got engaged, the first thing she’d want to do would be get naked, not sell broccoli. ”
—All I Am by Nicole Helm
“God save me from the Los Angeles Unified School District. ”
—Hardball by CD Reiss
Amy
7 years ago
Trust me, Tessa…I really AM having fun with it. Feelin’ all old school buying stuff on my Nook. 😉
bev
7 years ago
100.
Guess I’ll have to charge my nook.
Amy
7 years ago
Bev…you got $100 on your Nook?
Lisa
7 years ago
FLF:
‘Welcome to Signal Bend’.
Leave a Trail, Susan Fanetti
A completely innocuous first line which doesn’t even attempt to illustrate the kind of shock/horror/grief served up in this series. I cant sleep….just lying, with eyes as big as saucers staring at the ceiling.
bev
7 years ago
Yes, and I’m shocked.
I rarely bought full priced books. Always at the library.
For the most part I’d buy the sales list each month.
Amy
7 years ago
Lisa…I only got as far as book 1 because that series didn’t work for me, but I am soooo jealous of those of you who get to have all those feels from it! How the heck does that make any sense?
And by the way…it’s Tessa who is running around in a thong, pasties, and glitter. 😛
Amy
7 years ago
Yay Bev!!! Wanna happy dance with me? Come on, you know you wanna.
*nudges Bev with hip and elbow*
Eh? *waggles eyebrows* Eh??
Lisa
7 years ago
Haahaahaa….well its definately NOT me in a thong and pasties Amy!!
And yep….there is a chapter in Show the Sun that made me have that complete physiological response….shaking hands, pounding heart rate, nausea (oh…most definately nauseated).
I am in awe of authors that can…. with word alone….make a reader FEEL so much.
Tessa
7 years ago
Well, at least now you’ve given me a thong and pasties. However, pasties hurt to remove, so NOPE.
Tessa
7 years ago
And also, Bev… congrats to you too!
Amy
7 years ago
And how do you KNOW pasties hurt to remove, huh? 😛
Fine, no pasties.
*throws extra glitter on Tessa’s ta-ta’s*
bev
7 years ago
Thank you.
Amy
7 years ago
Lisa…I know it sounds weird (at least I know you guys here will get it though) but I wish so badly that I could have connected with the characters so I could experience all of that turmoil. 😕
*shrugs* What’re you gonna do?
Tessa
7 years ago
A shirt! I’m wearing a shirt! lol And I know because it was my sister’s solution to a bra for her bridesmaids.
LOL!!!!! bev you crack me up! I’m backtracking through the glitter fairies and the eager-absinthe fest sipping my caramel martinis. The girls are a-spinning, sprinkling fairy dust, and bev is all…
“Watch Sherlock.”
Yep. That was the funniest post yet!!! *snort* 😛
Amy
7 years ago
*snicker* “Thank you” for throwing extra glitter to cover up her girls?
bev
7 years ago
But then how are you going to fly?
Amy
7 years ago
Okay Tessa, that DOES make sense.
Tessa
7 years ago
Shirts have to much gravity to fly?
Amy
7 years ago
No, they’ll hold your wings in and you need your wings to fly!
bev
7 years ago
Yes.
Tessa
7 years ago
Too* And what if I cut holes in the back of my shirt for wings? Can I fly then?
bev
7 years ago
I don’t know.
Can you?
Tessa
7 years ago
If I get fairy wings, yes!
R. Renee
7 years ago
You guys are much crazier tonight than you were last night with all the absinthe and Jager…
Amy
7 years ago
*tosses glitter on R*
Tessa
7 years ago
R, now you are a fairy! Yeah!
R. Renee
7 years ago
Ok. Hand over the Absinthe. You’re not fooling anybody anymore.
Fabi
7 years ago
Amy, did B&N just add a GC to your account?
Tessa
7 years ago
Ha! I wasn’t even drinking yesterday. Someone just promised me fairy powers, and now… You are a fairy too!
bev
7 years ago
Amy is just happy.
bev
7 years ago
Amy what YA book fid you read.
Amy
7 years ago
*cradles absinthe and turns away*
Nope. Not handing any liquor over. NEVER handing any liquor over. Unless it’s to share. And I don’t think you want to share right now. So this here absinthe is staying safe in my bosom for the time being.
Come on, Tessa…dance and skip around R while I throw more glitter on her!! 😛 We’re ALL fairies tonight! Hey, where’s Maryse? She is the fairy-est of us all! *snort*
Amy
7 years ago
Fabi…I’m pretty sure they just credited my account, kind of like when you load a gift card. I just received the email earlier today with the total amount but I haven’t checked my B&N account yet. Give me a sec and I’ll check.
Bev, it was Who I Kissed by Janet Gurtler. It didn’t rock my world or anything, but it was emotional and heartbreaking and put a lump in my throat MANY times, and it kept my attention clear ’til the end.
bev
7 years ago
See, i didn’t have another email but checked my nook account and there it was. Funny cause checked this afternoon and it wasnt.
I really don’t think it was this high last time.
Fabi
7 years ago
“THE FIST comes toward me in slow motion like some fucked-up cartoon, slamming into my jaw and knocking me sideways.” Out of Nowhere by Roan Parrish
I have high hopes for this one!
R. Renee
7 years ago
When can Tessa stop circling me? I’m super dizzy and I have glitter in my eye!
I love everything I’ve ever read by Cara McKenna (although this “threesome” series throws me a bit – but I haven’t actually read it yet). That said, NOBODY writes steam like Cara. YUM!
Amy
7 years ago
Fabi…I checked my account and it shows a credit of 90.14. 😀 Time to do some shopping!
Bev…I got the email earlier today so that’s how I knew the amount. What do you mean by “this high last time”?
Fabi
7 years ago
LOL R. someone’s getting grumpy and needs a nap
Amy
7 years ago
*giggle* Do you need an absinthe flush for your eye, R? 😛
R. Renee
7 years ago
Considering how late I stayed up with that book last night… Maybe you’re right…
bev
7 years ago
This happened before, or maybe it is the same lawsuit. But they had to do a payout, at least Nook did.
Fabi
7 years ago
I guess I don’t know what part of your account you’re checking. I have GC area (no GC listed) and a Payment Options area with my CC. *shrug*
R. Renee
7 years ago
Does that work the same as the vodka eyedrops all the kids are doing? Asking for a friend…
bev
7 years ago
I signed into my account. I clicked gc and has amount and to activate I need to buy a book. But mine just came today & I think some got theirs yesterday so might still come.
bev
7 years ago
Vodka in your eye. Why?
Amy
7 years ago
Oh man, I’ve heard of teenagers doing that! Bev, google vodka eyeballing. It’s freaking scary what kids these days get up to. 😕
Fabi, go to My Account—->Gift Cards—->Manage Gift Cards & Credits for Nook Content
Also, if I remember correctly you can load GC directly onto your Nook so there is the option to check your balance right on the Nook as well. I have to fire mine up so I can check.
Amy
7 years ago
And Nook had to pay out some money before? Hey, at least this time you got a nice chunk to spend. 😉
R. Renee
7 years ago
Kids do some crazy stuff. I hear all about it from my teenager.
bev
7 years ago
I believe kindle too. It was like 2 years ago. Do you ladies remember that? And this one is Apple paying out their settlement.
Amy
7 years ago
Holy moly…1986 just took a crazy-a$$ turn. Seriously…my tummy is twisting up. See why I kept hold of the absinthe? I NEED it right now!
I am SO glad I went in blind aside from the blurb.
Okay Amy.. is this a Marmy book? I think it’s a Marmy book.
Ela
7 years ago
Holy BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM LOOKING AT Total Gift Cards: $276.54
Grey
7 years ago
Holy sh*t, I have been MIA for a few days, sick as a dog. Literally just read Amy’s rant about Amazon and about died reading it… legit. almost died coughing laughing so hard. Thank Amy, I love you girl. Everyone should read this at 1030 am.
And R. Renee… questionable relations with questionable neighbors… I’m totes stealing that line and using it in my next story, just so you know… I’ll credit you in the acknowledgements but that’s awesome!
You guys are awesome, I luffs you all! Of course, now I have the disturbing urge to drink in the early morning hours, but it can’t be helped I suppose…
I have no idea what my nook log-in is, I haven’t used it in 4 years… I dont even remember what email i was using then, I have gift card envy in a huge way, it’s like penis envy… but bigger…
R. Renee
7 years ago
Ha Grey, it’s all yours! And I’m a big proponent of early drinking! I mean, it is Friday after all! As I sit here with my virgin diet coke 🙁
Hope you’re feeling better!
Tessa
7 years ago
Hehehe Penis envy, but bigger. *grins* I’m going through the same thing. I’ll get a check, but who knows when? I’d prefer a huge chunk of change on my Amazon account. 🙂
That makes me a bad-ass too, doesn’t it? Right? RIGHT?
*ohhhhh sparkly. I love hoop earrings…. MINE*
Ela
7 years ago
Oh Maryse! I have! Several in fact *blushes*…..now that’s some HAWT smut!
R. Renee
7 years ago
Thanks Maryse! That’s good to know. I was worried that when the dust settled if it would taper off. But as of now I’m still in sob mode.
Amy
7 years ago
Hmmmm…is it a Marmy book…I would say 1986 is a Marmy book. Not a OMG-you-have-to-read-this-NOW Marmy book, but a book you should add to your short list.
I’ll *try* to sum it up quickly and without giving anything away…the writing was pretty good, nothing spectacular but I am more forgiving with male authors writing a female MC. (I am MUCH harder on female authors for whatever reason. Don’t ask ’cause I don’t know why) There were some “huh?” moments that could have been clarified a bit better, and there were some typos which weren’t a big deal at first but were much more frequent in the last one-third of the book. That aside, this isn’t a steamy cheating book like Arsen or Thoughtless…she jumps into the affair right away (no insta-love though), but it is actually believable because she had a history of jumping right into unhealthy relationships with guys before she was married after an emotionally traumatic experience in high school (not rape, so no triggers).
What makes it a Marmy book is the TURN it takes. There were several times where I was thinking “WTF is going on?!?” right along with her, and even *I* didn’t know who she should believe or what she should do. It’s not a mindf&%k, and it’s not a thriller, but given the setting of being in 1986 Ukraine (I love books set in times before cell phones and internet) with the whole KGB fear and being an American who is at risk over there, it was definitely a tummy-twister with a nice punch to the chest when everything is realized. And the ending and epilogue…GAH, bittersweet!
Amy
7 years ago
And yes, Maryse…you are our glitter-covered, pink-lovin’ badass Mami. 😉
Ela
7 years ago
Amy! I need spoilers, please! I won’t be reading it yet I’m a tad curious. Send me something on GR if you have the time, please.
Amy
7 years ago
Aw man, Ela…do you KNOW how much that is going to kill me to give you a spoiler? Why don’t you want to read it??
I should really just make you read it. 😛
(But I’ll be nice and send you a message shortly ;))
I did! Log into your Amazon account and check your gift card balance because:
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The Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley
Born of Legend: The League, Book 9 by Sherrilyn Kenyon <— Cat says: “Born of Legend on audio is THIRTY HOURS LONG. I’m so excited that I may pee a little.” and Fabi loves the sound of that! (see what I did there? Audiobook. Sound… :P) *snort* Fabi: “Cat, you just made my day!”
Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover <— COLLEEN HOOVER SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!!! I loved it and here’s my review.
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata <— MARIANA ZAPATA ALERT! I LOVED THIS BOOK! Look what Lauren found us!! “A couple of Mariana Zapata’s books are on sale today. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me & Lingus…” (my review) and here it is on Amazon UK
Born of Legend (The League: Nemesis Rising) by Sherrilyn Kenyon (and here it is on Amazon UK)
My Guardian (Bewitched and Bewildered Book 6) by Alanea Alder <— SO MANY LOVE THIS SERIES!! Joy: “Love the Bewitched and Bewildered series, can’t wait for latest release My Guardian in June. Alanea Alder brings such camaraderie and spirit to all her characters. Best of all, the absolute comedy genius that keeps you laughing with the characters and at the antics they get up too. Don’t miss out! This series is a must read!!!” (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Blood & Rust (Lock & Key Book 4) by Cat Porter <— CAT PORTER ALERT! JUST WENT LIVE!! “I did my time. I’ve cleaned up. Well, sort of. I got plans. Yeah, good ones. Then I ran into her…“
Smolder: The Wildwood Series by Karen Erickson <— COP IS IN LOVE WITH HIS BROTHER’S EX ALERT! But… “Lane’s too loyal to ever move in on forbidden territory and he knows that while he can look, he definitely can’t touch.” (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Tainted by Crazy by Abby McCarthy <— HER LIFE IS FALLING APART so… “I did the one thing I’ve been dreading for the last thirteen years, I finally went home. I needed to get back on my feet and I needed my Grams. As much as I wanted to pretend life was working for me, it wasn’t.” And then he shows up… (and here it is on Amazon UK)
A Midsummer Night’s Fling (Much Ado about Love Series Book 1) by Eliza Walker <— HER SEXY MAX SHOWS UP! STUPID MAX!! *snort* LOL!! “Too bad her past comes knocking on her door her first day home. All six-foot-three, beautiful man of her past named Max. Stupid Max. The mistake Nicola just can’t seem to stop making…” (here it is on Amazon UK)
Entangled (A Tryst Novel) by Alex Rosa <— HE’S BECOMING A FAMOUS STAR & SHE’S STRUGGLING WITH IT ALERT! “Skyler wants Blake to pursue his dreams, but his constant absence weighs on her more than she admits. Even as she throws herself into new distractions, she finds herself facing uncertainties and jealousies that could tear apart everything they’ve built…” (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Covet (Splendor Book 1) by Janet Nissenson <— GORGEOUS COVER & FORBIDDEN LOVE ALERT! “Ian and Tessa fight their feelings for the other, knowing that a relationship between them can never exist. But when matters of the heart are involved, things are never quite that simple. How long will both of them be able to hold on before betraying their forbidden attraction to each other?” (here it is on Amazon UK)
Full Share (Shore House Book 1) by Eliza Freed <— SHE’S HIDING OUT IN A BEACH HUT “Nora Hargrove’s post-grad life includes a horrific entry-level job, a cave of an apartment, and a strict avoidance of all interpersonal relationships. She knows only one thing about herself—she wants to be left alone…” (and here it is on Amazon UK)
Duly Noted by H.M. Shander <— SHE HAS CAR ACCIDENT PTSD ALERT! “Effing car crash. Resigned to live a mediocre life with her friends Percocet and Xanax, she’s coped on her own. Terrified of stepping beyond her backyard, broken and damaged Aurora doesn’t need anyone, anyways. Until she meets – him…” (here it is on Amazon UK)
The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz <— TIFFANY REISZ ALERT!! June 28th 2016
Sweet Little Lies: A Heartbreaker Bay Novel by Jill Shalvis – June 28th 2016
Full Tilt by Emma Scott – June 28th 2016 <— WE’VE GOT AWESOME FEED BACK ON THIS ONE ALREADY!
Playing with Monsters by Amelia Hutchins – June 28th 2016Did you … did you.. DID YOU SEE????
Love Between the Lines: An Adult Coloring Book for Book Lovers by Christina Collie <— Dooodles by Christina has a COLORING BOOK coming out soon!!! It’s up for preorder and I’m SO THRILLED!!! 😀 P.S. I still have the original beautiful doodle she made for Maryse’s Book Blog <— I’m a lucky girl!! – November 8th 2016 is the release date!
OMG MY GUARDIAN IS LIVE???????? HOW IN THE WORLD DID I MISS THIS? I FOLLOW ALANEA ON FB AND I MISSED THAT TODAY IS THE DAY! NEXT THING I’LL BE MISSING CHARLEY DAVIDSON AND AMELIA HUTCHINS!
LOL!!!
Ela, that’s what I’m here for!!!
And a few of our fellow readers that find the ones we missed. 😉
*hug*
I can tell you’re excited. LOL!!!! 😛
Born of Legend on audio is THIRTY HOURS LONG. I’m so excited that I may pee a little.
Cat, you just made my day!
LOL!!!!!! It’s like a whole TV series!
Thanks for the heads up on that gift-card info! $110 – not too shabby! My summer reading just got more interesting!!! Woo hoo.
My pleasure MichelleS!! Mine looks like yours. 😀
Thanks for the update about the Amazon gift cards/lawsuit. I have a balance of $71.95 🙂 time to go download some new books!
Unless I’m looking in the wrong place. I got nothing! I wonder if the timeline is far enough back that I was still using Nook…
Go look at your Nook account? Maybe you have some in there?
oh? It’s not just Amazon…? Off to check.
Thanks for the Amazon heads up. I just checked my balance and I have a whole $1.57. I’ll try not to spend it all at once.
LOL Stephanie!!!!!! *hug* there are some 0.99 cent goodies for sure! 😀 You can have one and a half.
See!!!!!!!!!!!!! What would I do without these lists???? Thanks Maryse!
Looks like I might be getting something on Nook, just got an email and that’s about the time I only used Barnes & Noble.
YAY Ela!!
See Fabi? Did you see anything?
Nook won’t show for another couple of days according to the email…
I didn’t see anything on mine and haven’t received an email either. Oh well…
Go to “my account” and “gift card balance” – and you can use it on anything at the site, not just books. Maybe I’ll get that Ninja blended I have been wanting. I didn’t get an email either, Fabi. I wonder if you have to use it by a certain date? I better use it up now. Do you have to “claim” it? Or is it automatic? I’m temped to buy one thing so I don’t lose it.
I don’t know about Amazon but on Nook it expires June 24, 2017 so a whole year later. Also, Nook balance will show up in the next few days unlike Amazon. I wonder what I can get at Barnes & Noble besides books and magazines?
I received one from Amazon and from Apple. If you’ve bought iBooks check your iTunes account as well. $75 from Amazon and $230 from Apple. I’m set on books for awhile.
*squeeeee*!!!! 😀
MARYSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Did you … did you.. DID YOU SEE????
Rock Chick: Reawakening? DAISY AND MARCUS STORY IS OUT FOR PRE-ORDER!!!!!
Someone hold my laptop while I faint.. OMG!!
*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!*
LEE. I LOVE YOU!!!!!! 😀
But, but, but… the company I was buying books from at that time was bought by Kobo! Last time, I got a weird postcard in the mail. Kobo is showing nothing. lol Google isn’t part of it? Bummer. I bought from them too.
Thank you Lee C! I’m all over Daisy & Marcus’ story. KA is my favorite. I’m all over it.
Second, has anyone read Anarchy Found by JA Huss? I’m about 32% through and I really can’t get into it. I’m about to put it away. I started it Friday and it’s doing nothing for me.
I see it’s not until Jan 2017 🙁 That’s a long time to wait! Very impatient when it comes to my KA books (except the fantasy ones).
Stephanie, I read Anarchy Found a while back. If you’re not feeling it at 32%, I don’t know…It’s gets romantic/erotic in the 2nd 3rd of the book and it didn’t fit the story for me.
The first part was a 5 star for me. The middle was a 2 star because it was totally unrelated to the rest of the plot. The last third was a 3 star for me.
I didn’t realize how many books I buy and read until I saw my credit. Over $600.00. That will keep me reading for a while. Very excited.
Whoah Maryse. That’s quite a list today! Wow! Daisy and Marcus’ story? CLLLIIIIIICCCKKK! What, not till January?? Sigh…. Then in March KA’s new BDSM book comes out too, The Deep End. Already pre-ordered that one. Not normally a BDSM fan, but I’ll have to try it as it’s KA. No brainer.
$0.00 in my gift card account….. 🙁 Maybe the refunds don’t extend to Australians. Or maybe I’m just not one of the lucky ones.
I think since it’s an American Lawsuit, it might affect US only. I get to wait for a check. :/
Yeh, maybe you’re right, Tessa. In the past I have bought some kindle books from US Amazon, but anyway, maybe not in the time frame the lawsuit applies to. Oh well. Them’s the breaks.
Some of you guys have been credited crazy amounts. What the actual heck?? I wouldn’t know what to do with such a massive credit! Maybe buy some of those very expensive ‘big name’ books I normally just wait to see whether the library will stock. And if the library doesn’t get them in, unless it’s a super-fave author, I just go without, or wait till I can get a secondhand one from AbeBooks. I resent paying stupid amounts just cause it’s a big-name author, especially when wonderful books such as KA’s are available at such reasonable prices.
Whoops. *gets down from soapbox*
Hehehe If I had 600 like Susan, I’d buy their latest kindle. That looks so cool with the charging cover. Susan, congrats and have fun!
OMG SUSAN!!!!!!!! Yours is the highest I’ve heard so far!!!!!
Susan wins the Amazon! LOL! 😛
Jan130… I LOVE how Kristen Ashley’s book prices have remained steady (indie or traditionally published versions).
I LOVE it.
Holy cow, you guys have been crazy chatty!! LOL! Hi all, catching up!
Grey, what did you think about Jellicoe Road? Good or bite your lip bad?
It has been a hard week all ready. Errands and then curl up with a book. I think Hardball or maybe Bittersweet. Something a bit easy and light.
No gift card for me 🙁 I feel miffed – especially since there’s so many awesome looking reads in this list! A new Cara McKenna, AND a new BT Urruela…. and more rock stars than you can shake a stick at. Great list – and thank you for the mention 🙂
PS – in a quirky coincidence (coz I *know* you like those!) A picture of BT Urruela was the inspiration for my M/M BREATHING AGAIN. He is a hell of a guy 🙂
Jan I have a zero gift card balance and I buy all my kindle books on US Amazon rather than AU Amazon…..(there’s more choice and even with the exchange rate theyre usually cheaper). But the lawsuit obviously doesnt apply to us.
Fun fact……the mindfulness colouring book craze has (according to the media) saved the print book industry….cos you cant colour on a Kindle.
I didn’t get anything either from Amazon or Nook. Although I don’t think I started E books until 2012 and I used Nook first. Anyway, I’m currently 22% into Disclaimer by Renee Knight and really loving it so far! It’s a psych thriller and I’m dying to know this secret she’s been keeping and I’m just getting to this really nail biting part! Yikes! 😀 So what’s everyone else reading??
Me neither. Nor on nook though got tiny bit on it last time. Got a Kindle end of 2012
Man, what do you think Amys is?
I was wondering the same thing… Amy’s is gonna be crazy.
Sophia I LOVE that tidbit. He sure is cute! 🙂
Reading Hardball. My first book by her though think I have others buried in tbr. I’m enjoying it yet I’m having a hard time gelling with her rhythm.
*sigh*
Does that make sense?
But I’m only 8% so just probably need to sync. But right now is bedtime.
Good night ladies.
Bev I loved Songs of Perdition by her. It’s like 3 books put together, so about 600 pages, but I didn’t even feel the length. I was hooked by the first page. I heard Hardball is harder to get into, so I skipped it.
Stephanie and Fabi – I read Anarchy Found by JA Huss in December, and I was so disappointed. I had read a few JA Huss books in October/November (Three Two One, 18 and Sexy) and I was very excited about the release of Anarchy Found. Never have I been so disappointed. Sorry to say Stephanie that in my opinion it doesn’t get better for the rest of the book 🙁
Jellicoe Road was ok… I liked it ok and I can definitely see why it it a fave around here. There was no biting of my lip bad, bev LOL!
I didn’t get anything on the kindle deal either… dammit… is it the kindle or nook itself or the program, because I think I was using off brands tablets then??
Tomorrow is payday, then I’m buying myself the new Aleatha Romig from last week. I want it so bad but had a HUGE bill come in that I wasn’t expecting so I had to wait LOL!
Pia I’d read 321 and loved it too.
Got an email from B&N says it will take a few days. Probably not alot, any is good, but was on a very tight budget then and mostly bought free or 99 cent books. If I remember correctly last time it had to do with traditionally published books.
Susan just made me feel so much better about my $321! Lol!! I seriously thought my husband accidentally one clicked gift cards and I was freaking out at first. 🙂 It’s taking all my self-control not to immediately one-click every single book I want. Heehee
R. I believe those are the ones in tbr. The Beg, Submit, etc? And they are added as a bonus to Hardball. I was wondering why it said it would take 8 hours to read.
There was one scene that made me lol. She was texting hero & auto correct happened. Hers is a lot like Amy’s.
Bev, Songs of Perdition is older, no the same story. They’re called Kick, Use, and Break. The whole book is called Forbidden. I don’t know where “Songs of Perdition” came from now. I’m confused! Maybe that was the series name, and then when she sold it as one, she named it Forbidden.
Still nothing on Barnes & Noble…. The last time they paid out I had about $160 in credit.
Wow $600! You can practically buy a car!
Where’s Amy? I’m very curious how much she got!
Ela, the B&N didn’t show up on gift card. Like Tessa got an email that I’ll have it in couple days. I almost deleted the email unread, lol.
Yeah, anyone who used Google or Sony Reader gets a check later in the mail. It makes sense because the first time I got about twelve dollars in the mail by postcard-check.
Pia & Fabi, thanks for your thoughts. I finally just put it away (so to speak). I’ve enjoyed several of the JA Huss books I’ve read. 321, the Rook & Ronin series, the assassin series (don’t know if that’s the official series title) and they were great. This one just didn’t do it. Going to start on Ramsay by Mia Sheridan.
I was just starting out on my Kindle in 2012 so that’s probably why my credit was so small. I’d be curious to see what it would be now. The last 2 years I’ve bought over 700 books.
For the cocktail loving ladies. Based on one of my favorites last year.
https://foreveryoungadult.com/2016/06/22/dumplin-cocktail/
My Amazon credit was $6.00, I will take it, but compared to Susan $600…….wow just wow, how awesome for her. Has anyone read any of Lani Lynn Vale MC books, I was wondering if they are any good?
Yay! I just saw on FB, Maryse finished Full Tilt and loved it 🙂 I love it when something I love is loved!! Whew! That was a mouthful!
R. Renee!! I just put two and two together with your Twitter account. LOL!!!!!!!!!! 😀
hahaha!! I’m sorry I thought you knew.
*GASP!!!!*
Amazon credit?!?!?!?!?!?
*goes to check Amazon gift card balance*
LisaKay I haven’t read any Lani Lynn Vale but would also love to hear from anyone who has. Always looking for that awesome new MC series. Sadly, there are many, many mediocre MC books out there. But some great ones, too, and don’t you just love it when you find them. I recently fell in love with Lauren Gilley’s Lean Dogs, and of course there’s Kristen Ashley’s MC books, and Jo Wylde too. Reaper’s Fire coming out in August. Can’t wait.
We were chatting about Mariana Zapata on the other thread and I have to say altho’ I loved her Kulti and Wall of Winnipeg, I just couldn’t get into her MC book Under Locke.
***drumroll***
Amy’s drumroll? 😉
WHAT THE F%&K???
*throws iPad*
WHAT THE ACTUAL F%&K?!?!?!
A zero balance???? With close to 2500 books in my library??? That’s it…time to kick a$$ and take names. Where’s my Jager and shot glass…
*takes off earrings and throws them to Maryse* Keep ’em, mami…I’m not gonna get to wear ’em where I’ll be taken after I’m through with my rampage…
Sonofab!tch.
Stupid Amazon.
*quickly lines up shot glasses for Amy*
When did you start bugging ebooks from Amazon Amy?
Oh, I’m gonna bug their a$$es now alright.
Buying not bugging
Amy,yoy used to use Nook like I did…
So you have to actually have a Kindle to have credits? Not a Kindle app on your phone? I’ve never used a gift card to buy a book. Is that what you have to do for an actual Kindle?
Right. Nook is a separate gift certificate.
You had to have bought Kindle books between 2010-2012. I started in 2013.
R. You have to have bought a kindle ebook ( any app) before May 2012
Ohhhhhh
I started buying them in 2011 when I got my first iPad.
Then again, I didn’t start buying Amazon books like a virgin buys vibrators until I found this place so…2012?
*slumps shoulders and starts filling up Jan’s shot glasses*
I’m going to check my B&N account real quick…
Them go look at Barnes and nobles!
*takes a shot glass* What’s in these again?
I’ll have what Amy’s having…
Jager is in ’em!! 😀
Still trying to navigate B&N website.
*takes first shot*
Like a virgin buys vibrators? LOL Amy. I’ll blush now when I think of my mad amazon buying patterns.
Here, try this. *slides a large Death In The Afternoon towards Amy* It’s supposedly one of the most alcoholic cocktails in the world…… 😉
I’ve never had jager before.
Uh oh… Jager huh? I missed my college accounting final and had questionable relations with a questionable neighbor after a night of that stuff…
Yes Jan!!! Ernest Hemingway’s cocktail! I served them at my Halloween party last year! They’re made with absinthe! And they’re disgusting! But effective…
*sips Death In the Afternoon drink*
Whooooo-hoooo!! Thanks Jan! 😀
You’re right, Fabi…I DID use my Nook for my reading during that time. That’s when I was all crazy over the YA PNR series so I bought oodles of complete series.
Then you might end up with a Nook credit in a day or two.
LisaKay and Jan if you’re looking for a great MC series get into Susan Fanetti’s Signal Bend series. It rivals Lauren Gilleys series and I am just totally hooked….
There is a central couple in each book….told from their POVs but there is an ongoing story of the Horde MC that continues through the series. Best read in order for that reason or you’ll miss the gist of their ongoing feuds and battles.
YAY! Nothing on my B&N account BUT I checked my email and I will be getting a credit in the next few days! *happy dance* Not sure how much but I should be getting another email telling me in the next day or so.
Yep, I checked and I have *some* books from 2011 and 2012, but not a whole lot and I guess they don’t qualify.
*takes another shot of Jager and sips more DITA*
Caring less and less now about not getting a credit… 😛
I meant I’ll be getting a credit to my B&N account.
A Jager AND DITA combo? Ruh-roh. I’d watch out for R.Renee’s questionable neighbour tonight Amy.
Thanks Lisa. I tried Signal Bend series but found the plot a bit too convoluted and gave up. I keep hearing good things about it tho’, so maybe I’ll go back and give it another try some time.
I’d like to say that was recent, but alas…it was not. Amy’s safe from my neighbors, questionable or otherwise!
Hehe, NO ONE is safe from me tonight though. 😛
OMG…R…bahahahahahahaha!!!!!! I just read your comment about college and your neighbor! Jager is fast and effective though, right? LOL!!
Tessa…Jager is Jagermeister (I’m sure you knew that) and you HAVE to try it at least once. But when I say once, I mean more than one shot of it when you DO try it. The first shot is kind of rough, but it kicks in so fast you won’t even CARE after that.
And chase it with root beer Tessa. That’s what my mom taught me. Lol.
Ooooh, I chase mine with Sprite (or Angry Orchard…no idea why but it works) but I will have to try root beer. Or Dr. Pepper!
Angry Orchard. I can’t drink soda of any type.
Maryse…not sure if you’ve mentioned these somewhere yet (still trying to play catch up and haven’t even tackled that crazy list up there) but…
Leftovers is 2.99, normally 7.99
How It Ends is 3.99, normally 8.99
Both are by Laura Wiess, and Leftovers is the sequel (I believe) to Such a Pretty Girl
But Tessa, Angry Orchard is yummy! Especially the Summer Honey flavor.
Is it the carbonation that you can’t drink?
Okay, last comment and then I have to finish making supper…
Tarte is having a crazy good sale, and if you use PayPal you can take an additional 20% off!!
The acid.citric, malic, or phosphoric (that I know so far). They produce an allergic type reaction in me. I think malic acid is in juices? Either way, I can’t.
Aw man, that sucks Tessa. 🙁
You know what, I think I remember you mentioning that one time. It sounds VERY familiar. Damn, my memory is getting worse and worse…
It’s the Death In the Afternoon. 😀
No way!! She wouldn’t be able to type!
Jager? Seriously? Yeuch. That stuff tastes like cough medicine!!
What happened to good old fashioned Tequila 🙂
They’ll both make you do bad things, but Jager will make you happier while you’re doing it. But yeah…gross.
Tequila tastes nasty! Uck. It ruins good drinks.
With Death In the Afternoon, wouldn’t the champagne make it not as alcoholic?
Angry Orchard?? Is it a soda?
I love honey.
Well…I’d tell you but I don’t remember!
I’m a Texas girl. I love ice cold tequila, but I sip it. I never shoot it.
Yey thank you for posting the credit announcement! Would have totally skimmed over the email. That was when I was using B&N. Got $68 🙂 Now I have to DL the Nook app again.
One day I will look at Maryse ‘ s FB and she will be watching Sherlock.
One day.
One day bev…. one day.
I mean about the DITA. I don’t remember what happened after that…
Bev, Angry Orchard is a hard cider. I never had it before my FL trip, honestly. My niece ordered it and I had to try a sip. I finished hers off. 😀
Hehe…don’t think I’m not going to go and buy some absinthe now. 😉
And really, ladies? Yuck on Jager? Pshh…y’all are pansies. It doesn’t taste that bad. Then again, I love black licorice so…yeah.
*holds palm up to Michelle and turns away*
My Guardian you will be read this weekend! Right now I’m at about 70% in Beautiful Wreak by Larissa Brown and I ADORE it! Another great find Maryse that I would have missed without ya 😀
Yep Bev, Angry Orchard is exactly what Tessa just said it is. There are a bunch of different flavors and they are soooooo good.
Tessa, you were able to tolerate the acid in it?? Go you!!!! 😀
I’m having a writer’s/reader’s retreat in July Amy! And I just so happen to have one of those cute little absinthe spoons! Not only can you read about little green fairies, you can become one!
I guess there wasn’t that much in it.. Which, of course, meant that later, we bought a six pack for the hotel fridge. lol Except we got some weird cherry thing called Old Fashion that wasn’t good at all and has oranges (which is a severe allergy. Yep, still had to try it).
*slides shot of Jager and bottle of Angry Orchard over to Tessa* Now stay away from the orange drinks, m’kay? 😉
R…I can be a fairy?? MARYSE!!! We can be fairies at R’s retreat!!
The credit was the result of a lawsuit & credits you for certain purchases made from 2011-2012. For NYT best sellers, credits were as high as 6.50 per book. For others, 1.50. I don’t buy best sellers, so mine was the 1.50 variety x a bunch of books we were all overcharged for. If you bought a bunch of Indy books, no refund there. I wasn’t reading Indies in 2012!!! Haven’t spent a penny yet.
In a reading rut again. Looking for something that will grab me & in full avoidance mode for the many many on my Kindle!
Bring it! It’s Texas so it will be hot but there’s food. And a slip n slide! And margaritas. And disco.
*kicks the ground* I wanna be a fairy.
I have the power to make that happen!
No seriously, I’ll post the flyer somehow and if anyone wants a vacay in TX this summer for the price of travel, I’m your girl!
MichelleS, did you try Carry On?
*skips around Tessa and tosses glitter on her*
Go, be free and be a fairy Tessa!
😛
Jan130 you are so right, I love to find great MC books. I have just finished all of Lauren Gilley, KA of course. I did just get done reading “Property Of Drex” 1&2 by C.M. Owens which was good if you haven’t tried that author yet.
Thanks Lisa for the advice, I have read Susan’s books. Please let me know if you find any more that you can think of.
Have you read Joanna Wylde, LisaKay? Her MC books are really good too.
I had to add a page to my website because i’m seriously internet stupid. But if anyone’s in Texas or willing to travel, join us! https://www.robinhillwrites.com/retreat.html
Hmm.
Tessa drunk & running around dressed only in glitter proclaiming to all she is a fairy and free.
Wonder what will happen?
R’s old neighbor will be chasing her. *snort*
Heck no, I’m sending him to you 🙂
Chasing Tessa?????
Fly, Tessa. Fly.
Why would I be only dressed in glitter? Can’t I have clothes too?
meh…clothes are optional.
OMG!!! Full Tilt = 5 Maryse STARS!! 🙂 Pre-order. Right now!! with all your kindle credits!
It seemed more believable.
Nope, no clothes. Only a thong. Maybe some pasties.
All the men you’ll be flying over will appreciate it.
Damn, all these weeks of not drinking as much during the school week has lowered my tolerance…but i like it!!!
I wish I could absinthe fairy my self all the way from here to R’s Texas retreat!
Not too sure about the thong and pasties. But you go for it Amy!! We’ll cheer you on.
Yes Jan130 I have read Joanna Wylde, and her books are good too. Thanks for the suggestions……I really appreciate it. If I find anymore good MC books I will let you know as well.
LOVED Susan Fanetti’s Signal Bend series BUT it is very violent and graphic so listen to the warnings Susan posts at the end of the blurb!
Wow I missed a drunk Partay!!!!!!!!!!
Nah! It’s close enough to Friday right? Here. Have a shot, Ela…
Bev – I have it on loan from library, so I MUST get to it quickly. I was in the mood for something more grown up, and I understand it can be read by teens?? Anyhoo – I love her writing, so I will definitely read it soon. I started and abandoned a few and then read blurbs on Amazon to use up my credit. Not a very productive reading night. Nothing is blowing me away.
At this point I can barely remember the last book that blew me away. I keep one-clicking and rifling through my tbr. I guess I’ve read a lot of good books – nothing great in months.
*downs 5 shots* thanks R!
My last super great was Invision. I think that has more to do with loving the series and where it went than anything.
FLT:
‘I woke up in a pool of sweat, my mind racing and my heart hammering in my chest.’
Coast by Jay McLean
Second book is still angsty.
Everyone but Bev who still needs to read book4!
https://happyeverafter.usatoday.com/2016/06/23/etched-in-bone-cover-reveal-excerpt-anne-bishop/
FLT: “Some seek the limelight and some hold the light in place.” – The Man I Love. I swear this book reads like poetry. It was slow starting. But I hung in there and at the 35% mark…holy crapola. I’m really glad I did. Needless to say, sleep didn’t happen last night.
R. Renee I KNOW!!!!! I love that entire trilogy and each book gets better and better. And I too (as beautifully written as it was) hovered in the first 30% wondering if I’d continue or not, but yep. And it only gets better from here, my friend.
OMG TESSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🙂 Bev seriously needs to read the fourth book.
Absolutely I do. It’s like my Ace in the hole, lol.
What an ace. It is still my favorite so far this year. Especially this one part… *grins*
WHOOP!!!! I’ve got 90.14 in B&N credit!!! 😀
FLT (same as last week because RL interfered and then I got sidetracked by a YA book *snort* How old am I again? Hush, Bev :P)
“All of Allana Harrison’s stories started with a party.” ~ 1986 by Morgan Parker
Really good so far, hopefully it stays that way!
Wooot! Congratulations Amy! Have fun with that. 🙂
I am reading two books, so two first lines.
“If Cara ever got engaged, the first thing she’d want to do would be get naked, not sell broccoli. ”
—All I Am by Nicole Helm
“God save me from the Los Angeles Unified School District. ”
—Hardball by CD Reiss
Trust me, Tessa…I really AM having fun with it. Feelin’ all old school buying stuff on my Nook. 😉
100.
Guess I’ll have to charge my nook.
Bev…you got $100 on your Nook?
FLF:
‘Welcome to Signal Bend’.
Leave a Trail, Susan Fanetti
A completely innocuous first line which doesn’t even attempt to illustrate the kind of shock/horror/grief served up in this series. I cant sleep….just lying, with eyes as big as saucers staring at the ceiling.
Yes, and I’m shocked.
I rarely bought full priced books. Always at the library.
For the most part I’d buy the sales list each month.
Lisa…I only got as far as book 1 because that series didn’t work for me, but I am soooo jealous of those of you who get to have all those feels from it! How the heck does that make any sense?
And by the way…it’s Tessa who is running around in a thong, pasties, and glitter. 😛
Yay Bev!!! Wanna happy dance with me? Come on, you know you wanna.
*nudges Bev with hip and elbow*
Eh? *waggles eyebrows* Eh??
Haahaahaa….well its definately NOT me in a thong and pasties Amy!!
And yep….there is a chapter in Show the Sun that made me have that complete physiological response….shaking hands, pounding heart rate, nausea (oh…most definately nauseated).
I am in awe of authors that can…. with word alone….make a reader FEEL so much.
Well, at least now you’ve given me a thong and pasties. However, pasties hurt to remove, so NOPE.
And also, Bev… congrats to you too!
And how do you KNOW pasties hurt to remove, huh? 😛
Fine, no pasties.
*throws extra glitter on Tessa’s ta-ta’s*
Thank you.
Lisa…I know it sounds weird (at least I know you guys here will get it though) but I wish so badly that I could have connected with the characters so I could experience all of that turmoil. 😕
*shrugs* What’re you gonna do?
A shirt! I’m wearing a shirt! lol And I know because it was my sister’s solution to a bra for her bridesmaids.
Watch Sherlock.
LOL!!!!! bev you crack me up! I’m backtracking through the glitter fairies and the eager-absinthe fest sipping my caramel martinis. The girls are a-spinning, sprinkling fairy dust, and bev is all…
“Watch Sherlock.”
Yep. That was the funniest post yet!!! *snort* 😛
*snicker* “Thank you” for throwing extra glitter to cover up her girls?
But then how are you going to fly?
Okay Tessa, that DOES make sense.
Shirts have to much gravity to fly?
No, they’ll hold your wings in and you need your wings to fly!
Yes.
Too* And what if I cut holes in the back of my shirt for wings? Can I fly then?
I don’t know.
Can you?
If I get fairy wings, yes!
You guys are much crazier tonight than you were last night with all the absinthe and Jager…
*tosses glitter on R*
R, now you are a fairy! Yeah!
Ok. Hand over the Absinthe. You’re not fooling anybody anymore.
Amy, did B&N just add a GC to your account?
Ha! I wasn’t even drinking yesterday. Someone just promised me fairy powers, and now… You are a fairy too!
Amy is just happy.
Amy what YA book fid you read.
*cradles absinthe and turns away*
Nope. Not handing any liquor over. NEVER handing any liquor over. Unless it’s to share. And I don’t think you want to share right now. So this here absinthe is staying safe in my bosom for the time being.
Come on, Tessa…dance and skip around R while I throw more glitter on her!! 😛 We’re ALL fairies tonight! Hey, where’s Maryse? She is the fairy-est of us all! *snort*
Fabi…I’m pretty sure they just credited my account, kind of like when you load a gift card. I just received the email earlier today with the total amount but I haven’t checked my B&N account yet. Give me a sec and I’ll check.
Bev, it was Who I Kissed by Janet Gurtler. It didn’t rock my world or anything, but it was emotional and heartbreaking and put a lump in my throat MANY times, and it kept my attention clear ’til the end.
See, i didn’t have another email but checked my nook account and there it was. Funny cause checked this afternoon and it wasnt.
I really don’t think it was this high last time.
“THE FIST comes toward me in slow motion like some fucked-up cartoon, slamming into my jaw and knocking me sideways.” Out of Nowhere by Roan Parrish
I have high hopes for this one!
When can Tessa stop circling me? I’m super dizzy and I have glitter in my eye!
R. Renee… the doctor says you’re not supposed to get glitter in your eye!!!
MichelleS, Cara McKenna ‘ s new one is getting some very good buzz. Maybe it’d work for you.
Hate the slump.
bev and MichelleS…
I love everything I’ve ever read by Cara McKenna (although this “threesome” series throws me a bit – but I haven’t actually read it yet). That said, NOBODY writes steam like Cara. YUM!
Fabi…I checked my account and it shows a credit of 90.14. 😀 Time to do some shopping!
Bev…I got the email earlier today so that’s how I knew the amount. What do you mean by “this high last time”?
LOL R. someone’s getting grumpy and needs a nap
*giggle* Do you need an absinthe flush for your eye, R? 😛
Considering how late I stayed up with that book last night… Maybe you’re right…
This happened before, or maybe it is the same lawsuit. But they had to do a payout, at least Nook did.
I guess I don’t know what part of your account you’re checking. I have GC area (no GC listed) and a Payment Options area with my CC. *shrug*
Does that work the same as the vodka eyedrops all the kids are doing? Asking for a friend…
I signed into my account. I clicked gc and has amount and to activate I need to buy a book. But mine just came today & I think some got theirs yesterday so might still come.
Vodka in your eye. Why?
Oh man, I’ve heard of teenagers doing that! Bev, google vodka eyeballing. It’s freaking scary what kids these days get up to. 😕
Fabi, go to My Account—->Gift Cards—->Manage Gift Cards & Credits for Nook Content
Also, if I remember correctly you can load GC directly onto your Nook so there is the option to check your balance right on the Nook as well. I have to fire mine up so I can check.
And Nook had to pay out some money before? Hey, at least this time you got a nice chunk to spend. 😉
Kids do some crazy stuff. I hear all about it from my teenager.
I believe kindle too. It was like 2 years ago. Do you ladies remember that? And this one is Apple paying out their settlement.
Holy moly…1986 just took a crazy-a$$ turn. Seriously…my tummy is twisting up. See why I kept hold of the absinthe? I NEED it right now!
I am SO glad I went in blind aside from the blurb.
Okay Amy.. is this a Marmy book? I think it’s a Marmy book.
Holy BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM LOOKING AT Total Gift Cards: $276.54
Holy sh*t, I have been MIA for a few days, sick as a dog. Literally just read Amy’s rant about Amazon and about died reading it… legit. almost died coughing laughing so hard. Thank Amy, I love you girl. Everyone should read this at 1030 am.
And R. Renee… questionable relations with questionable neighbors… I’m totes stealing that line and using it in my next story, just so you know… I’ll credit you in the acknowledgements but that’s awesome!
You guys are awesome, I luffs you all! Of course, now I have the disturbing urge to drink in the early morning hours, but it can’t be helped I suppose…
I have no idea what my nook log-in is, I haven’t used it in 4 years… I dont even remember what email i was using then, I have gift card envy in a huge way, it’s like penis envy… but bigger…
Ha Grey, it’s all yours! And I’m a big proponent of early drinking! I mean, it is Friday after all! As I sit here with my virgin diet coke 🙁
Hope you’re feeling better!
Hehehe Penis envy, but bigger. *grins* I’m going through the same thing. I’ll get a check, but who knows when? I’d prefer a huge chunk of change on my Amazon account. 🙂
It’s cool. Everything’s prettier now 🙂
Maryse! Have you ever tried Opal Carew?
Not a single one yet, Ela. Have you?
LOL!!! Amy went all bad-ass and called me Mami.
That makes me a bad-ass too, doesn’t it? Right? RIGHT?
*ohhhhh sparkly. I love hoop earrings…. MINE*
Oh Maryse! I have! Several in fact *blushes*…..now that’s some HAWT smut!
Thanks Maryse! That’s good to know. I was worried that when the dust settled if it would taper off. But as of now I’m still in sob mode.
Hmmmm…is it a Marmy book…I would say 1986 is a Marmy book. Not a OMG-you-have-to-read-this-NOW Marmy book, but a book you should add to your short list.
I’ll *try* to sum it up quickly and without giving anything away…the writing was pretty good, nothing spectacular but I am more forgiving with male authors writing a female MC. (I am MUCH harder on female authors for whatever reason. Don’t ask ’cause I don’t know why) There were some “huh?” moments that could have been clarified a bit better, and there were some typos which weren’t a big deal at first but were much more frequent in the last one-third of the book. That aside, this isn’t a steamy cheating book like Arsen or Thoughtless…she jumps into the affair right away (no insta-love though), but it is actually believable because she had a history of jumping right into unhealthy relationships with guys before she was married after an emotionally traumatic experience in high school (not rape, so no triggers).
What makes it a Marmy book is the TURN it takes. There were several times where I was thinking “WTF is going on?!?” right along with her, and even *I* didn’t know who she should believe or what she should do. It’s not a mindf&%k, and it’s not a thriller, but given the setting of being in 1986 Ukraine (I love books set in times before cell phones and internet) with the whole KGB fear and being an American who is at risk over there, it was definitely a tummy-twister with a nice punch to the chest when everything is realized. And the ending and epilogue…GAH, bittersweet!
And yes, Maryse…you are our glitter-covered, pink-lovin’ badass Mami. 😉
Amy! I need spoilers, please! I won’t be reading it yet I’m a tad curious. Send me something on GR if you have the time, please.
Aw man, Ela…do you KNOW how much that is going to kill me to give you a spoiler? Why don’t you want to read it??
I should really just make you read it. 😛
(But I’ll be nice and send you a message shortly ;))