Month in Review: June 2011

Posted by: The Book Vixen

June has been a crazy month! I celebrated my birthday with a ton of giveaways (aka the Birthday Extravaganza). They all end on July 7th so hurry up and enter. (Links below)

School’s out and the summer has officially begun. We started off our summer with Nana coming to visit. I am completely exhausted!

True Blood is back! And I just watched episode 2 last night – I think the show is going exactly where I’ve been wanting it to go in regards to Eric’s character. I won’t give anything away but I will say that it’s something that happened in the books that I wanted to see on the screen.

Not much new going on in the baby front. I’m 27 weeks pregnant today; about 91 days (hopefully less) to go. She’s moving around a lot. Due to some complications, I’m not allowed to have any chocolate or sweets but I do have a nice reserve stash accumulating in my freezer. I’m definitely bringing some of it with me to the hospital to eat as soon as this baby comes out!

Books Read/Reviewed:

1. Bad Girl by Night by Lacey Alexander – (review to come soon) 
2. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb – 3 frogs
3. Make Her Pay by Roxanne St. Claire – 4 frogs
4. Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari – DNF
5. Secrets by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur – 4 frogs
6. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer – 4 frogs 
7. Inside by Brenda Novak – 4 frogs
8. Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey – (review to come soon)
9. Ten Things We Did by Sarah Mlynowski – 3 frogs
10. You Belong to Me by Karen Rose – (review to come soon)
11. Nightfall by Ellen Connor – (review to come soon)
12. Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey – (review to come soon)
13. Savor the Danger by Lori Foster – 4 frogs

Guest Posts:

• Q&A with Lori Foster

Misc:

• Hunter’s Fall tour
  • The Book Vixen
  • Alice White Blogs
  • My Overstuffed Bookshelf
  • Jamie’s Bookshelf
  • Lush Book Reviews
  • Seduced by Books
  • Tori @ Smexy Books
• Review link up posts for the month of July are up for the challenges I am hosting 
       ♦ YA of the 80s & 90s 
       ♦ Nicholas Sparks 
       ♦ Outdo Yourself 
       ♦ Men in Uniform

Current Giveaways:

• (1) print copy copy of Savor the Danger by Lori Foster – ENDS 7/11 (US & Canada)
• Birthday Extravaganza Giveaways (all end 7/7):
  • Day 1 – ARCs of Power of Six by Pittacus Lore, Wildwood by Colin Meloy, Illusions by Aprilynne Pike and Secrets by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
  • Day 2 – *SIGNED* copy of Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
  • Day 3 – The Notebook, Dear John, The Last Song and Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
  • Day 4 – $10 Amazon Gift Card
  • Day 5 – ebook of A Secret Life by C.J. Archer
  • Day 6 – *SIGNED* copy of Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between by J.A. Saare
  • Day 7 – *SIGNED* Veil of Shadows by Shiloh Walker
  • Day 8 – ebook of Highland Destiny by Laura Hunsaker
  • Day 9 – ebook of With Good Behavior or Bad Behavior by Jennifer Lane
  • Day 10 – ARCs of Clarity by Kim Harrington and Beauty Queens by Libba Bray along with a tote and some bookmarks
  • Day 11 – Part 1 – ebook of A Happily Ever After of Her Own and Destiny Entwined by Nadia Lee
  • Day 11 – Part 2 – ebook of Carnal Secrets by Nadia Lee
  • Day 11 – Part 3 – The Last Slayer by Nadia Lee
  • Day 12 – *SIGNED* copy of Nightfall by Ellen Connor
  • Day 13 – Part 1 – ebook of Accidental Abduction by Eve Langlais
  • Day 13 – Part 2 – ebook of Hybrid Misfit by Eve Langlais
  • Day 13 – Part 3 – ebook of Once Bitten, Forever Burned by Eve Langlais and Stacey Kennedy
  • Day 14 – 3 ebook copies of The Scent of Jade by Dee DeTarsio
  • Day 15 – ARC of Flip by Martyn Bedford

2011 Reading Challenges Status Report:

• YA of the 80s & 90s – 0/12 books (sign-up)
• Nicholas Sparks – 0/10 books (sign-up)
• Outdo Yourself – 57/102 books (sign-up)
• Men in Uniform – 4/6 books (sign-up)
• eBook Challenge – 20/20 books – COMPLETED
• Romantic Suspense – 9/12 books
• Off the Shelf – 7/30 books
• Stephen King Challenge – 0/6 books
• Show Me the Free – 1/12 books
• Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge – 4/15 books
• Support Your Local Library – 14/30 books
• 100+ Challenge – 57/100 books
• YA Challenge – 19/20 books
• Contemporary Romance – 19/10 books – COMPLETED

How was your June?