Monday's Beginnings (111)

Another Monday... Manic Monday if you will.  Yep, it's been crazy at work so I'm nominating this Monday as another Manic Monday as we've had several lately.

I didn't get as much reading done as I had wanted.  I did a turkey dinner on Saturday as I was hungry for one, and had friends over for it.  So that was an all day thing cooking up the stuffing and turkey and all the goodies with it.  But I did get through some of the books and have loads on the horizon for this week.

Currently Reading:
All Wounds by Dina James ~ Oh, this one started off wonderfully!  I'm enjoying it already, and if it keeps at this rate, it could very well be a top read for me.  :) If you would like to check out the book on Dina's blog click the button on the left or check out the book on Goodreads click the book link on the right.
Enclave by Ann Aguirre ~ I told my son we are finishing this one.  I'm tired of waiting for him, we got to get done with it.  So I'm hoping over next weekend I'll finish this one.
The Hour of Dust and Ashes by Kelly Gay ~ This one is for my book chats here.  We are starting the first 110 (or so) pages for Thursdays chat.

To Come This Week:
Reviews:
Devil's Business by Caitlin Kittredge
The Viscount and the Witch by Michael Sullivan
Dael and the Painted People by Allan Richard Shickman

Last Week:
Books I Finished:
Devil's Business by Caitlin Kittredge
The Viscount and the Witch by Michael Sullivan (was a short story of 5,400 words)
Dael and the Painted People by Allan Richard Shickman

Reviews Posted Last Week: (click title to go to review)
Angels of Darkness, 1st story Angel's Wolf by Nalini Singh
The Necromancer's Apprentice by R.M. Prioleau

Podcast Review:
Sorry, didn't get to listening over the weekend as I had hoped with cooking Saturday.  I'm hoping this week.

Special Posts:
A Guest post by Russ Colchamiro, author of Finders Keepers, on interpretation, teaching, and learning...both for students and the teacher.

I did write a Flash Fiction Friday, a day late in posting but done. :) Hope you stop by and enjoy it.

My WANT list...I added 4 books to the list.  Yes, I know.  Not many books.  I really don't know what I'm doing... I know, I'm trying to watch the spending with holidays so close. ;)

Books Received:
Review:

Goodreads Synopsis:
It's said that when opportunity knocks on your door, you have only one chance to take it.

No one said what you're supposed to do when it kicks it.

All Rebecca MacDonnell wants to do is get through high school with grades good enough to win a prestigious scholarship so that she can finally leave her miserable life behind. One evening, after a particularly bad day, she finds out that people other than her aging grandmother need her help, and desperately so.

Well, not “people,” exactly. Vampires, werewolves, demons, ghosts, goblins, and other things thought only imaginary all need help sometime, and Rebecca was born with the unique ability to heal ethereal beings. She is about to turn seventeen, the age at which her talent will manifest in its entirety, and become a true Healer…if she lives through the event. A war between various ethereal factions is brewing, and Healers are a valuable commodity to any side. Those who wish to harness Rebecca’s manifesting healing powers for their own purposes must get to her before her seventeenth birthday.

Only two vampires and a rogue werewolf stand between Rebecca and those determined to make her serve them, and the fact that Rebecca has no clue what she's doing doesn't exactly help matters.

Neither does being seriously attracted to more than one of those just trying to protect her.

For a soon-to-be seventeen-year-old Healer-in-training, that's a lot to handle.

Especially on top of her homework.


Purchased:
This one was actually free!  I hope you go check it out as well.  Just a click of a button and you could own it as well.  Please stop by this site for Michael Sullivan's short story and get a copy for yourself.

Goodreads Synopsis:
Eleven years before they were framed for the murder of a king, before even assuming the title of Riyria, Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater were practically strangers. Unlikely associates, this cynical thief and idealist swordsman, were just learning how to work together as a team. In this standalone first installment of The Riyria Chronicles, Royce is determined to teach his naive partner a lesson about good deeds. Join Royce and Hadrian in this short story (5,400 words) about one of their earliest adventures.


How are you faring at the beginning of this week?  Does it look like a good reading week for you?

I'm 'hoping' to have a great week in reading, and maybe over the weekend I can knock a good bit out.  And I'm going to be a good girl by eating in at lunch and reading, instead of the eating out like I was doing last week.

Here's wishing you all the best in words and pages.

As for a song....I thought I'd share one dear to my heart.  It was a popular song about 14 or 15 years ago when my husband and I were dating.  We use to go dancing with friends and no matter where we were in the place when this song came one we would find each other and dance.  I do love it.  And the song became our wedding song.