Top Ten Tuesday:Books I Read In 2012

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Top 10 Books I Read In 2012:

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My favorite of the year?

A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES BY DEBORAH HARKNESS

It's Monday! What are you reading?

Weekly meme hosted by Book Journey. 

Here's where you share what you've recently read, are currently reading, and what you're about to read.

Read:

City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte

Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter

Wake by Amanda Hocking

    

Currently Reading:

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch

The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller

Up Next:

Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning

White Cat by Holly Black

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe

Really enjoying most of the titles that i've picked up recently! And tons more that i'm looking forward to digging into this week. Winter is always the perfect season to cozy up in my reading chair, grab a cup of hot tea and go on new and exciting adventures with all of theses stories. What are you reading this week?

In My Mailbox(11)

This weekly meme is hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren.

IMM is where you can showcase all your goods. This week...

Purchased:

Dark Lover by J.R. Ward

Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch

Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

  

For Review:

The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark

Entangled by Nikki Jefford

Tons of great titles this week! So much so that i am having such a difficult time choosing what to read next. I think i'm currently in the middle of reading 4 titles right now! This week will be spent sitting down and finishing each and every one of them, so that i can get started on these new ones. 

What fabulous reads did you acquire this past week?

In My Mailbox (10)

This weekly meme is hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren.

IMM is where you can showcase all your goods. This week...

Purchased:

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Wake by Amanda Hocking

Embrace (e-book for Kindle) by Jessica Shirvington

UPDATE!

Hey folks! So, i would like to apologize for being missing-in-action these last few months. I have a fantastical reason. TRUST ME! I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy! 

Harry is almost 3 months old!

Harrison Graham McWilliams was born on June 15, 2012. He was 8lbs 10 oz and now, 3 months later has reached a staggering 14lbs! His personality is already starting to show so much. Such a giggly, happy baby. Every day i am filled with nothing but happiness and the feeling of overwhelming bliss.

 So, this is my sorry for not being around guys. I promise to try and do my best in the future. It's been a little while since i've been able to pick up and actually finish a book since his birth, but things are starting to calm down a bit more. The more i figure out a routine, the more i am able to start doing the things i once loved again. It's been quite an adventure so far, but it is one that i am so thrilled to be in. 

It's Monday! What are you reading?

Weekly meme hosted by Book Journey. 

Here's where you share what you've recently read, are currently reading, and what you're about to read.

Read:

Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning

 

Currently Reading:

The Morganville Vampires Vol. 1 by Rachel Caine

Torment by Lauren Kate

Going to Read:

The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa de la Cruz

Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

Really enjoying the books i've picked up so far. Just about everything i've been reading has been a fun read... i must be on a roll! What are you reading this week?

REVIEW: Darkfever

Darkfever (Fever Series #1)
by Karen Marie Moning
Pages: 384-US Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: October 1, 2006
My Rating: 5/5
Book Summary: MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. 

Or so she thinks…until something extraordinary happens.

When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone–Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister’s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed–a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae….

As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister’s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane–an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women–closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac’s true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book–because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands… --goodreads.com

My Thoughts:

This book has been sitting on my shelf for quite some time now, but i always seemed to skim it over when looking to find something to read in my never ending pile of TBR. Why? Not quite sure really. The synopsis alone is intriguing and sounds like the type of book right up my alley, hence why i purchased it. Maybe it's the fact that it's an adult urban fantasy and i'm only just recently starting to really get into these types of stories...

Well my regrets start here. My regret of TAKING SO FREAKING LONG! I could give myself a good smack upside the head. This book was SO GREAT. SO SO SO SO SO SO SO GREAT. It's one of the first fae books that i have truly and thoroughly enjoyed. The way Karen Marie Moning made the world of the fae out to be was so downright original and creepy, i loved it! 

The main character Mac was one i actually rather enjoyed, she was tough as nails and held her ground while still holding on to that barbie-girl side to her. It really appealed to my all things sparkly and pink loving part. As for Barrons, the sexy, elusive main male character... well, let's just say i look very, very forward to seeing more of him. Much, much more of him if you catch my drift. I also wouldn't mind seeing more of V'lane in the rest of the series either. Holy crap, talk about some steamy scenes. 

If the fact that i've already planned to head to Barnes and Noble tomorrow, to pick up installment number 2, Bloodfever, doesn't say how much i loved this story... then i don't know what will.