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WWW Wednesday – 1/5

Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam on Taking on a World of Words. All you have to do is answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses. Please, take some time to visit the other participants and see what others are reading. So, let’s get to it!

The three Ws are:
What are currently reading?
What have you finished reading?
What will you read next?

What are you currently reading?

Duke Actually by Jenny Holiday – about 50% through this one, it’s slow going
The Family You Make by Jill Shalvis – 60% into this one

What did you recently finish reading?

Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh
Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese

What do you think you’ll read next?

The Collective by Alison Gaylin
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Moon Of The Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

What are you currently reading? Let me know in the comments below!

Reading Round Up – December 21st – 31st

Hi Friends! How was everyone’s new year? Good I hope. I have been pretty sick and went to bed at like 9:30 that night but we did play games with the kids and they had fun so that was good. Here is my last round up for 2021!

The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston – 4 Stars – Reread. This is book 3 in The Pride series and we are following Sissy Mae who is a wolf shifter and the Alpha of the New York pack and Mitch who is a lion shifter and a cop on leave because he will be testifying in a murder trial. I really like this one because Sissy takes Mitch back to Tennessee and I love her family, they are so funny! This series doesn’t really need to be read in order in the early books so if you like fun and steamy shifter romances I would highly recommend this series.

Big Bad Beast by Shelly Laurenston – 4 Stars – Reread This one is number 6 in the series and we are following Sissy’s cousin Dee-Ann who is another wolf shifter from Tennessee and Ric who is a “fancy” wolf shifter. This is one of my favorites in the series, I love the dynamic of these two together because they are both so different. I would say this book is about the time that the series should be read in order. From here there is a bigger plot that overlays the rest of the series.

Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh – 4 Stars – Reread I really spent the entire month of December just rereading books that I knew I would enjoy and I chose this one as my last book for the year. I needed a word in a title that was a season for my buzzword challenge and this book is one of my favorites in one of my favorite series. This is book 13 in the Psy Changeling series and they should be read in order so I don’t want to say a lot about it. But if you like a grumpy hero, Vasic is one of the best!

January New Releases

Hello Friends! I am back with my January Releases that I am interested in reading! I have 5 of these waiting to be read on my kindle and one I have already reviewed! Im hoping to get these read by their release day. What books are you excited for in January?

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins – 1/4

Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon – 1/11
The Family You Make by Jill Shalvis – 1/11
A Flicker In The Dark by Stacy Willingham – 1/11

Electric Idol by Katee Robert – 1/18
How To Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan – 1/18
One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner – 1/18
Forever Lies by Kathleen Brooks – 1/18

Running Wild by K.A. Tucker – 1/25
Highland Wolf by Lynsay Sands – 1/25

Reading Round Up – December 11th – 20th

Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid – 4 Stars – Reread – Still one of my favorite books in this entire series!

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L Armentrout – 4 Stars I finally read this one after many friends saying how good it is. I did enjoy it but I am having trouble now remembering what I read. I will continue on with the series some time in the new year.

Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston – 3 Stars – Reread I was pleasantly surprised when I started this reread to find out it takes place over Christmas!

The Beast In Him by Shelly Laurenston – 3 Stars – Reread I am making my way through this series again, I have been really in the mood for some fun paranormal romance and this series is perfect for that. Each book centers around one couple but all books are loosely connected and you get to see favorite characters come back.

November Reading Stats

Hi Friends! I know its a little late but here are my stats for November. I was in a small reading slump in that I was just finding it hard to focus on physical books so the majority of my reading last month was with audio books. I have also started teaching myself crochet in the last few months so listening to books while I do that has been fun. I read 12 books and my favorite was Once There Were Wolves followed closely by The Singles Table. My least favorite was the K.M. Jackson book and while I wanted to love it I just couldn’t. This is my second book by this author and the first was also very blah, I feel like she might just not be for me.

What was your favorite book this month?

Books I read in November

Physical Books – 4 Books
E-Books – 3 Books
Audio – 5 Books
ARC’s – 1 Book
DNF’s – 2 Book
Re-Reads – 2 Books
Pages Read – 4,266

Genres

Contemporary Romance – 8 Books
Thriller/Mystery – 2 Books
Urban Fantasy – 2 Book

( I am only putting each book in what I think is the most prominent category )

Year Book Was Published

2000 – 2019 – 3 Books
2021 – 9 Books

Star Ratings

3 Stars – 1 Book
4 Stars – 3 Books
4.5 Stars – 2 Books
5 Stars – 6 Books

3 Stars

4 Stars

4.5 Stars

5 Stars

ReCap on my May Challenges

For my Backlist book I read – None
For Kayla’s Buzzword – This month’s word was “lost” and I read Lost Girls by Angela Marsons.
Goodreads Goal – I am at 168/125 for the year.

Until Next Time, Happy Reading!

WWW Wednesday – 12/22

The three Ws are:
What are currently reading?
What have you finished reading?
What will you read next?

What are you currently reading?

Duke Actually by Jenny Holiday
The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston – Reread

What did you recently finish reading?

Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston – 3 Stars – Reread
The Beast In Him by Shelly Laurenston – 3 Stars – Reread

What do you think you’ll read next?

The Fastest Way To Fall by Denise Williams
Never Fall For Your Fiancee by Virginia Heath
The Collective by Alison Gaylin

What are you currently reading? Let me know in the comments below!

Reading Round Up – December 1st – 10th

Happy Monday Friends! How was everyone’s week? Mine started off rough but the weekend was great! Here are the books I read for my first round up in December!

Much Ado About You by Samantha Young – 4 Stars Cute romance about a woman who decides to take a month long trip to England and while there she discovers a home she never knew she was missing.

No Words by Meg Cabot – 4 Stars – This one was another cute romance about two authors who do not get along but might have more in common then they think. Thank you Avon and William Marrow for my gifted copy.

Visions in Silver by Anne Bishop – 4 Stars – Reread Book 3 in this series following Meg and her “Other” friends. This is an Urban Fantasy series that I have read numerous times now.

Wall of Winnipeg by Mariana Zapata – 4 Stars – Reread I think this is my third or fourth time reading this book. It was my first by Mariana Zapata and I have been hooked ever since! If you like brooding and silent leads with a slow burn then you should check her out!

Winter Thrillers

Hi Friends! I wanted to give some suggestions for winter themed thrillers. I have read 5 of these and the others are on my tbr to hopefully get too in the new year. What are some of your favorite winter thrillers?

Shiver by Allie Reynolds – Friends reunited for a weekend in the Swiss Alps but someone starts killing them off.
One by One by Ruth Ware – 3 Stars – Co-workers get snowed in while in the Alps for a work retreat but then one goes missing.
Ice and Stone by Marcia Muller – A Detective goes to look for missing women in a small Northern California town
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena – 5 Stars – People are stranded in a small inn during a blizzard when someone starts killing them
Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse – 3 Stars – People start to go missing during a trial run for a new hotel in the Alps that used to be a sanatorium
5 Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards – 5 strangers in a car and one is a murderer
No Exit by Taylor Adams – Stranded at a rest stop during a snow storm our main characters sees a child locked in a cage in a car and realizes one of the people she is trapped with is the owner of said car.
Danielle Girard books Far Gone and White Out – Both 5 Stars – Set in a small town in North Dakota in winter we are following a group of characters who live this town while trying to solve a murder
Rock, paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney 4 Stars – A couple goes on a retreat in Scotland during a snow storm but not all is as it seems.

Reading Round Up – November

Hello Friends! It has bee almost a month since my last post!! I feel like the end of the year is always a struggle for me. Self reflection is not my favorite and this time of year I start thinking about how my year went and if I was happy with it and thats not always fun. Overall we had a great year and there is so much I am thankful for, I just tend to get a little depressed around the holidays. Im hoping to snap out of that soon and thought I would at least get out all the books I read in November. I did not keep track of my most of my stats this month which means my year stats will be a little off, I still plan on doing a November stats post just not sure when it will be up but hopefully soon!

November 1st – 10th