eagerly anticipating - april 2011.

How surprised are you that I've been able to keep up with my three review minimum for each month? I know it's only four months into the year, but HOT DANG! I'm doing it! I'm pretty proud of myself for keeping up with this so please hold while I toot my own horn.... [toot!][toot!]

That's not what this post is about. I would like to be able to include a non-review post here every now and again. What better way to do it than to let you know what books I'm waiting for? A quick note: Just because a book is on this list doesn't mean I'm going to rush out and buy it on release day. That never happens. (I can count on one head how many books I've pre-ordered. And one of those was that last Wimpy Kid book for my nephew - the price was unbeatable. )

Right. So, enough of the chatter. Here goes What Cee's Waiting For. Enjoy.

1. Ghost Story (Dresden Files, #13) by Jim Butcher - July 2011
   
2. The Many Sins of Lord Cameron (Highland Pleasures #3) by Jennifer Ashley - August 2011
   
3. In the Air Tonight (Shadow Forces #3) by Stephanie Tyler - July 2011
   
4. Rainshadow Road (Friday Harbor #2) by Lisa Kleypas - January 2012
   
5. Sweet Justice (Last Chance Rescue #7) by Christy Reece - August 2011
   
6. Sweet Revenge (Last Chance Rescue #8) by Christy Reece - September 2011
   
7. Face of Danger (Guardian Angelinos #3) by Roxanne St. Claire - April 2011
8. Just Like Heaven (The Smythe-Smiths) by Julia Quinn - May 2011
9. It Looked Different on the Model by Laurie Notaro - May 2011
10. Savor the Danger (Men Who Walk the Edge of Honor #3) by Lori Foster - June 2011
    
11. With No Remorse (Black Ops, Inc #?) by Cindy Gerard - July 2011
12. Good Girls Don't (Donovans #1) by Victoria Dahl - August 2011
13. Bad Boys Do (Donovans #2) by Victoria Dahl - October 2011
14. Real Men Will (Donovans #3) by Victoria Dahl - November 2011
15. Heat Rises (Nikki Heat #3) by Richard Castle - September 2011
    

Because I never keep up with release dates, this took a bit of effort on my part. Glad I did! I forgot the Dahl trilogy comes out this fall. And, yes, I know I read a lot of series. What can I say? It's convenient.

i'm really not grumpy.

In addition to the reviews already posted, a few more not so nice reviews are coming up. I'm not a grumpy person and I love to read. Love it. I have just been unlucky enough to have read a bunch of unfortunate stories. Furthermore, the ones that I have liked were for the review site. And, as I've mentioned before, that means I can't review them here.

I received three books today that are unrelated to the site. I'm sure they'll make their way here. I already have the next few reviews planned out, so these won't make an appearance until March, at least.

But I'm trying! Please believe that. :c)

happy new year!

You probably thought I abandoned you again. You needn't have worried. I just took a brief holiday break. I've been reading like mad this month and lucky for (all three of) you not all of them were for the review site. Which means I can review them here! There's still at least one more Blaze, a pair of paranormal fictions, I'm about to start books five and six in the Cal Leandros series, and I think another romance and general fiction book, too. So if any of that interests you, please stay tuned. Most of those reviews should be posted throughout January.

One of my goals (I rarely use the term "resolution") for 2011 is to keep up with this blog. Do I think anyone reads it? Nope. But, I'm going to continue it anyway. There might be one person out there reading my reviews and actually using them to help in their book purchasing decisions. If that's true, color me shocked. But it could happen! I'm starting off with 3 reviews a month as a minimum. Just so I don't get overwhelmed and nervous about it. Anyway, look out for those reviews within the next few weeks. If you're ever at all curious about what I'm currently reading, my Good Reads page is a great place to find out.

With that said, I am wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR! Have fun and be safe.

more apologies.

My computer died. I am borrowing my father's for now, until I can get a new one. And who knows when that might happen. Anyway. That means I've got a couple reviews for you. Starting now!

my apologies.

I've been away! I haven't updated this place in forever. I've been reviewing for another site and I can't put reviews here. Since most of the books I'm reading is for that purpose, I haven't had much to share with you.

However, I am dedicating myself to reading for the month of November. Since I can't write to save my life and thus cannot participate in NaNoWriMo, I've decided to read every day this month. After all, where would writers be without us readers? Got you thinking there, didn't I? :c)

I'm reading a ton of romance now, especially Harlequin Blaze. It's a guilty pleasure of mine, especially when holiday season rolls around. I love holiday Blazes! I've gotten a few (holiday and non-holiday) Blazes from BookMooch over the past few weeks. I'm thinking of reviewing those, too. There's gotta be someone else out there that likes reading them besides me, right?

Anyway. That's what's been going on here. I'll see if I can commit to maybe two reviews each week for November? That means I owe two from last week, in addition to two this week. Well. I'm off to get started on that.

Hello (and Cookies) !

So. My first post... what to say, what to say. Well, I guess I'll start off by saying HI! Then follow that up with a note that this site is a work in progress. I'm not entirely sure what I want to do with it, but I know I'll be doing book reviews. Will I review every book I read? I don't know. If I do that, I'll probably have less time to read. And we do not want that.

I'm thinking of sharing my baking trials and tribulations here, too. Why, you might ask. Because I bake and cook from books. So it fits. :c)

Speaking of which, I'm currently in the process of reviewing a book called Desserts 4 Today, set to hit shelves in August or September (I'm not sure which). Last night, I baked the Peanut Butter Cookies. The recipe was easy to follow. It was my first time working with brown sugar and rolled oats. (That sentence probably tells you what I novice I am.) The mix came out right, but a problem occurred when actually baking them.

You see, I made the "drops" far too large. I ended up with pancake sized cookies. I mean, these bad boys were HUGE! One cookie was the size of my hand with my fingers outstretched. I plan to make them again (as soon as I hit the store for more sugar) and actually put a small drop of batter (dough? mix?) onto the cookie sheet - as instructed. I'm going to try to make two recipes form each section of the book and do a full review of it for the website that allowed me the opportunity to get it early.

Clearly, you'll all be able to learn about my... experiments, we'll call them, during the process.