Bout of Books 5.0

We’re participating in Bout of Books again this month, starting next week, August 13-19.  Why don’t ya’ll come & join us?!  🙂

Dixie’s Goals:

1.  Read 3 netgalley books and review.

2. Read 2 library books and review.

3.  Begin one audio book.

Since I like to keep my options open, I am going to list all the books I have to choose from, Netgalley & library.

Netgalley:

• The Accidental Bride by Christina Skye
• Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl
• Run the Risk by Lori Foster
• Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill
• Better Than Chocolate by Sheila Roberts
• Sultry with a Twist by Macy Beckett
• A Fool’s Gold Christmas by Susan Mallery (novella)
• Lucretia and the Kroons by Victor LaValle (novella)

Library:

• Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
• Awkward by Marni Bates
• Bond Girl by Erin Duffy
• Dark Bayou by Nancy Duplechain
• Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
• I Heart New York by Lindsey Kelk
• The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder
• The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
• This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
• Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

And that leaves the Audiobook, which I haven’t picked up yet.  I’ll make it down to the library some time before Monday.

And that’s it for me, see ya’ll again Monday 🙂

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Maggie’s Goals:

1.  Read 2 Netgalley/Edelweiss books.

2. Read 2 library books.

3.  Read 3 nook books.

I have serious issues with being click happy.  I currently have a ridiculous amount of library and netgalleys so I think this bout will be the big push I need to buckle down and start cleaning up all the pending books I have before they expire.  Of course the clicking doesn’t stop at the library or netgalley as I continue to buy nook books and I never get around to them.  I blame this mainly on the fact that I cannot physically see these books;  it’s a out of sight out of mind thing.  I do plan on writing reviews on some of these but I won’t commit to posting them since this is my first bout.  If I can post the reviews as well I will consider that lagniappe.

Netgalley/Edelweiss:

I cannot be as liberal as Dixie with my Netgalley/Edelweiss choices since I have several that are expiring soon so. . .

• The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan
• Defiance by C. J. Redwine

Library:

• Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols – Dixie has already read this one and since I know she is reviewing it I need to get this one read for a she said/she said.
• Tempest by Julie Cross – I don’t know why but I keep skipping over this one and renewing it.  I need to just read it.

Nook Books:

• The Vincent Brothers by Abbi Glines – read the first book and then stopped.
• Northanger Alibi by Jenni James – read the first book and then stopped. (See a pattern?)
• Oppression by Jessica Therrien

BONUS BOOKS:

While I realize I’ve already committed to reading 7 books I wanted to throw in a couple of bonus books just in case I get a serious case of reading going.  Wouldn’t it be awesome to say you read 10 books in a week?

• Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James – I read the first two within a week and just stopped (AGAIN).  I started this series, I will finish it.
• I Am Number Four:  The Lost Files:  Nine’s Legacy by Pitacus Lore(novella)
• Fracture by Megan Miranda