In My Mailbox(#6)

IMM is hosted by The Story Siren.

I'm always so tempted to look around my library now, even when I don't have much time or whenever someone else drove me to the library; which in this case...I left my dad in the car waiting for awhile. I just get so absorbed by the library that I can't escape. I feel like I never spend enough time looking. Still I can't get over my shyness/anxiety that people are looking at all the books I'm grabbing.

While absorbed in searching for more books at the library, I ended up grabbing a book that I didn't even remember I read. Well actually, first I grabbed the second book in the series and I opened to read the description and check if it listed other books in the series. Found out it was book number two, so I found book number one and I thought "Oh, this book is on my to reads list! Lucky!!" To bad it was really on my have read list! ^^

Here are the books I got this time:

Blue Fire by Janice Hardy

Secondhand Charm by Julie Berry

The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa

Hawksmaid by Kathryn Lasky

The Unidentified by Rae Mariz

Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson

Reviews Coming Soon!!!!

Need Help / Advice

I'm going a little mad right now. I'm trying to test out new templates but nothing is working. Its like it is refusing to do anything, even to accept my old one. I'm getting so frustrated. I try to hit the keep widgets, nothing happens. I try to hit save template, nothing happens. Just nothing happens. I don't know whats wrong, I even deleted all my sidebar things hoping if it had no stupid things it would save it and go on but no. It still won't go.

Anyone know what to do? Any advice?

I'm just going to keep trying until I get a least something to work.

Update:

Got my old one to work again, thankfully. All I want is a three column blog and to make extra pages on my blog, is that to much to ask for in a template??? Instead things have to mess up completely...sigh nothing is going right with this day at all.

100 Books In a Year Reading Challenge Update (#1)

I haven't done an update on all the books I've read so far this year, so its definitely time for this post. Though I still add to the books I've read to the original post, I will continue making update posts. I will do the same for the Vampire Challenge, the Shifter Challenge, and the Paranormal Romance Challenge; when I have finally read more books with those types of main characters.

Ah, I should add that my goal is 120 books, not 100 books, since that was my goal last year. Though I'm still participating in this challenge. And I do have to add I'm doing rather awful at it. My goal was to read 10 books a month, yet I didn't reach that goal in January and am no where near it for February either. I'll include the month next to book and number so you can see how bad I'm doing with my reading.

Anyways here is the updated list. If any of the books are in the above challenges I am taking part of, it will be in parenthesis in their assigned colors. Also if I'm wrong with my Paranormal Romance Challenge books and they are not in fact paranormal romance novels, could someone kindly tell me if they are not.

1. In My Skin - Kate Holden (January)
2. Firespell - Chloe Neill (January)
3. A Certain Wolfish Charm - Lydia Dare (Shifter Challenge) (January)
4. Fade - Lisa McMann (January)
5. Marked - P.C. Cast (Vampire Challenge) (January)
6. Some Girls Bite - Chloe Neill (Vampire Challenge) (January)
7. First Drop of Crimson - Jeaniene Frost (Paranormal Romance Challenge) (January)
8. I Am Number Four - Pittacus Lore (January)
9. Beastly - Alex Flinn (February)
10. Betrayed - P.C. Cast (Vampire Challenge) (February)
11. Playing with Fire - Gena Showalter (Paranormal Romance Challenge) (February)
12. Entice - Carrie Jones (February)
13. Nevermore - Kelly Creagh (February)
14. Gone - Lisa McMann (February)
15. Nightshade - Andrea Cremer (Shifter Challenge) (February) 
16. Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Cruise (March)
17. Manhunting by Jennifer Cruise (March)

Teaser Tuesday: Entice by Carrie Jones (#8)

Haven't been reading lately, like usual. I've been doing a few other things.

I planted onion bulbs the other week, as well as seeds. The onion bulbs have sprouted, I was really excited with that. (Usually when I grow things or attempt to...they either don't grow or die quickly...) My onion seeds sadly don't think they will make it. I had the first set in a starter kit inside the house, where my dog got to them and pulled them down from where they were sitting. So they were all over the floor when I found em, also I think I used the wrong kind of soil, so yeah. I did another starter kit, this time left em outside, but found them knocked over today, I have no luck. Either one of my cats got to most of them or a squirrel did. Though hopefully they will still grow, the ones that were still intact.

Anyways, Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB, from Should be Reading.

Rules & Instructions on how to play along:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share 2 teaser sentences from anywhere on that page
• Do NOT include spoilers
• Share the Title and Author

My teaser this week is from Entice by Carrie Jones. 

"There's a bit of gold dust left behind, mixing now with the snow. It sparkles. I resist the urge to touch it." (pg 98)

Teaser Tuesday: Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot (#7)

It's been awhile since I last posted. I'm having a rough day/week/month. Today I got some shocking news about a friend and I just have been crying all day. She is in critical condition in the hospital and I hope to get some news in a day or two. So I'm trying to stay positive and not cry all day. So I thought I'd get my mind out of my current life, so what better way to do that than, is to blog or read.

Moving along, Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Rules/Instructions for sharing teasers:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share 2 teaser sentences from anywhere on that page
• Do NOT include spoilers
• Share the Title and Author

My teaser is from Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot.

"For me?" she ask, tears--I'm not kidding-- practically springing from her eyes."

"Well," I say. "Yes. I feel bad about all you've been going through--"

The tears dry up pretty quick after that.

"Oh, they're from you," she says, in a different voice.

"Um," I say. "Yeah."

-pg 71-

Teaser Tuesday: Playing with Fire by Gena Showalter (#6)

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should Be Reading.

I'm getting back in the process of blogging and keeping up with the weekly meme's. Though having some trouble blogging about books I've read. I can't seem to either put my thoughts into words or come to like what I typed up, I'll try to keep up with blogging though!

Rules for sharing teasers:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share 2 teaser sentences from anywhere on that page
• Do NOT include spoilers
• Share the title and author of the book

My teaser this week is from Playing with Fire by Gena Showalter. Usually when I share a teaser I haven't even read any of the book, but with this book I'm almost finished. I'm just hoping I open up to a good page with quotes I loved! Anyways, here we go!

"Depends on what kind of torturing we're talking about."

"The bad kind."

In My Mailbox(#5)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren.

Got another load of books from the library. Also I stopped by a local bookstore and used the rest of my credit and got some used books. I currently have 16 books checked out! And plenty that I own/borrowed to read! Eeek!

Recently when I go to the library, I have actually been looking around. Grabbing book after book. When I went awhile ago, I had so many that I could barely hold them all!!

Siren Song by Cat Adams

Spells by Aprilynne Pike

Touching Darkness by Jaime Rush

Thirst No. 3 by Christopher Pike

Heist Society by Ally Carter

Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot

Pride by Rachel Vincent (Bought)

Perfect Blend by Sue Margolis

Prey by Rachel Vincent (Bought)

At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost (Bought/Read)

Diet Drama by Nancy Redd

One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (Bought/Read)

That is my lovely load for the week or two. I don't think I'll go wandering through the library any time soon, since I'm overloaded with books. Only ones I'll pick up is the ones I have on request.

Sadly when I was linking the book titles to their goodread pages I discovered Siren Song is book number TWO, in the series. I haven't read book number one yet, so that one will go unread. I hate when I can't tell what number a book is in a series or if the book doesn't say there is other books before it.

Just looked up Blood Song which is the first book before Siren Song. My library doesn't have it, nor does the other libraries linked to it. Though luckily, its on order; who knows how long that actually takes to come in. But seriously, again have book 2 but not one? *Sigh* If I was a librarian, I'd be checking to see if we have all the first books of series, not the second book.

Did some searching on my libraries website and found a Purchase Suggestion Link. I wonder if there is a limit for suggestions? Or would they think I'm mad for all the books I'd love to request them to get? We'll see. I'll send in a couple requests and pray they are answered! Requested Stray by Rachel Vincent so far, will look through my too-read list and see which book has been on there forever and suggest it to them.

Also, when I was at the book store, I had thought I had book 1 & 2 of the Night Huntress series, sadly I was wrong again. Which also brings me to the Shifter series, I thought I grabbed 2 & 3, I didn't...of course. I can never find book one, neither new or used. But there were three books there and I grabbed two of them like a crazed book fan(sadly only had enough for 4 books with my credit) does when books she has been looking forever, discovers them there. My library has Prey, Shift, and Alpha. All the later books in the series. Come on! How am I supposed to start the series if you don't even have book one?! They do have the books for ebooks, but I can't read books on a computer, I have to be able to hold the book and turn the page!!

Thats all for In My Mailbox :D