Month in Review: October 2013

Who’s got a candy hangover? *raises hand* Yeah, I totally raided my oldest’s trick-or-treat bag. What? She doesn’t even eat candy. I swear it.

TOP PICKS: J9’s top picks are Disasterology 101 by Taylor V. Donovan and Corruption by Eden Winters, both of which got 5 frogs.

I am still going through guest reviewer applications so if you are interested in applying, there is still time! On the application, I ask which Harlequin lines you’d be interested in reading and reviewing. You won’t be limited to just those books. But there is a void here on The Book Vixen that I’d like to fill, so I would like to bring on someone who likes to read books from the Harlequin lines.

If you follow me on Twitter (@thebookvixen), you may have noticed that I haven’t been tweeting Kindle deals & freebies lately. I do tweet twice a day genre-specific Kindle deals (e.g. Contemporary Romance deals, M/M Romance deals, Urban Fantasy deals, etc.) but it felt like I was cluttering up the timeline with individual Kindle deals. But fear not! I am now posting individual Kindle deals & freebies on our Facebook Page.

Another reason to follow us on Facebook: we’ve being hosting exclusive giveaways on our Facebook Page for our fans. We just gave away a print copy of Kinked by Thea Harrison (we’re having another giveaway for this book here on the blog next week, so look out for that) and we currently have a giveaway for Eternal Sin by Laura Wright.

It’s that time of year when reading challenges start popping up. I will post sign-up posts for the reading challenges I’m hosting later this month. I’m hosting the same ones I hosted this year. And if you’re a reading challenge junkie, like me, be sure to check out A Novel Challenge. It’s your one-stop place to find reading challenges, read-a-thons, and read-alongs.

Books Reviewed on TBV:

1. Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall – 4 ½ frogs
2. Whiskey and Wry by Rhys Ford – 4 frogs
3. Accidental Alpha by Poppy Dennison – 3 frogs
4. Home Team by Jameson Dash – 2 frogs
5. Something in the Way He Needs by Cardeno C. – 4 ½ frogs
6. Learning Curve by Kaje Harper – 4 ½ frogs
7. Wild Magic by Poppy Dennison – 3 ½ frogs
8. A Little Night Murder by JoAnne Soper-Cook – 4 frogs
9. Arriba Aruba! by Jonathan Treadway – 2 frogs
10. Puzzle Me This by Eli Easton – 3 frogs
11. Corruption by Eden Winters – 5 frogs
12. Into Deep Waters by Kaje Harper – 5 frogs
13. The Lion and the Crow by Eli Easton – 5 frogs
14. My Only Sunshine by Rowan McAllister – 3 frogs
15. Lady in Red by Maire Claremont – 3 ½ frogs
16. Disasterology 101 by Taylor V. Donovan – 5 frogs
17. Choose Your Shot by Christine d’Abo – 2 frogs
18. Never Let Go by M.L. Rhodes – 4 frogs
19. Hearts & Bones by M.L. Rhodes – 2 ½ frogs
20. High Concept by Whitley Gray – 3 frogs
21. Nowhere Ranch by Heidi Cullinan – 3 ½ frogs
22. A Shot at Forgiveness by Cardeno C. – 4 frogs
23. Places in Time by Cardeno C. – 3 frogs
24. Eight Days by Cardeno C. – 2 frogs
25. Timing by Mary Calmes – 4 frogs

Posts:

• Mobile apps I cannot live without.
• Author Mary Ann Rivers revealed the cover for Live, the first book in her new Burnside series, and shared an excerpt.
• IMP: Peeniss, E.L. James, PooPourri, and more.
• My Bookish Wants & Gots (32)
• Things I love about Fall.
• Author Dianne Duvall stopped by and talked about strong heroines.
• Things I want to do by year’s end.
• IMP: Miley Cyrus, Gravity, SOA, and more.
• Random songs from my music library
• Candy I’d like to see in my trick-or-treat bag

2013 Reading Challenges/Goals Status Report:

• Outdo Yourself – 72/100
• Men in Uniform – 5+/5 – COMPLETED
• Nicholas Sparks – 0/4
• Romantic Suspense – 6/13
• Contemporary Romance – 10+/10 – COMPLETED
• Read 100 books – 72/100
• Read 24 books from TBR Pile – 5/24
• Read 12 Freebies from TBR Pile – 3/12

How was your October? Did you get a candy hangover?