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📚 Down the TBR Bonus! ðŸ“š

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Hey guys! I am deep into The Queen’s Assassin and loving it so far. Today I decided to do a bonus TBR and hopefully I’ll have my The Queen’s Assassin review tomorrow!

Today we are going to clean out all the books added on July 11, 2015. My TBR is starting at 1860 and we’ll be looking at 16 books!

✔ What I Kept ✔

✔ Hand of Fate by Lis Wiehl

I have book one on my tbr this month actually, so I’ll keep for now. If I don’t like book 1, I’ll come back and delete this.

✔ Heart of Ice by Lis Wiehl

Same as above. It stays unless I don’t like book 1 or 2!

✔ Dark Lover by JR Ward

Oh, boy. Here we go. So I was on the fence about this one, but then I saw that a ton of my friends rated this 4-5 stars. This has 19 books in the series, and I have 10 on my list for today. So I’ll just add them all below this one, and they stay until I don’t like them 🙂

The Rest of the Black Dagger Brotherhood Series on my TBR:
✔ Lover Eternal
✔ Lover Revealed
✔ Lover Unbound
✔ Lover Enshrined
✔ Lover Avenged
✔ Lover Unleashed
✔ Lover at Last
✔ The King
✔ The Shadows

✘ What I Deleted ✘

✘ Wake by Amanda Hocking

I was really on the fence about this one, but after reading some reviews I decided to skip. My late teens/early 20s would have been the time to read this I think

✘ Lullaby by Amanda Hocking

Book 2 of the Watersong series, so it goes too.

✘ Tidal by Amanda Hocking

Tidal rounds out the Watersong trilogy.

✘ Forgotten Lyrics by Amanda Hocking

A novella for the Watersong trilogy. #0.5

Well, I honestly thought that would go differently. I only deleted 4, so my TBR is at 1856. I didn’t expect to keep 10 out of a 19 book series so that kind of sucks. But they sound good and my friends liked them so we will see!

Have you read the Black Dagger Brotherhood series? Was it worth keeping? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time…

fantasy, middle grade, Romance, ya

Down the TBR Part 14!

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You

So I added some books to my TBR this week… I’m up to 1863. Today I’ll be clearing the day of July 7, 2015 which is 13 books.

At first glance, I already see some I’ll keep. A lot of YA series in this one!

✔ What I Kept ✔

✔ Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

I love a good dystopian YA, and this still sounds amazing. I really need to work this in soon. I’ve almost bought it at the bookstore about 100 times!

✔ Graceling by Kristin Cashore

I’ve actually wanted to read this book for forever too! I love YA fantasies with kings and royals and forbidden romances.

✔ The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

My friend Stephanie has been trying to get me to read this! Like as of the last month or so. So, it’s staying and I’m reading it just for her.

✔ The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

I love a good ghost story around Halloween! I am going to save this one for my spooky tbr later this year!

✔ Fallen by Lauren Kate

So, I’m not sure about the synopsis, or if I’ll even like this book.

But look at that beautiful emo cover. I’ll be listening to Brand New and Taking Back Sunday while reading this.

✔ Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

I’ve never read one of Maggie’s books. I’ve been looking at this one a lot recently. I really need to read some of her work!

✔ Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I’m usually not an alien fan. However, many people have told me this is a great series. I may try this one soon!

✘ What I Deleted ✘

✘ The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

This just isn’t sounding good to me anymore. I definitely would have liked it in my younger days, but two kids trying to keep the lights going in a dystopian world is just kind of eh to me.

✘ Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

This is another I would have loved in my younger days. I just need a little more substances to my vampires now that I’m older. I’m looking for more of an Eric than an Edward, if ya know what I mean.

✘ Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

This sounds a little young for me too. The MC is 12, which I’m not opposed to, however, this just isn’t striking my fancy. I should have read this long ago.

✘ The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

I’m not a huge fan of gods, demigods, mythology.. all the books with that subject matter I end up giving low star ratings. I’m just going to save myself the pain and say nah fam.

✘ The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

I don’t know what it is, but this just does not seem appealing to me at all. Maybe its the cover? Maybe it sounds too juvenile? I don’t know but I’m going to pass.

✘ Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter

This is another paranormal book I would have loved back in the day. I just need a little more oomph now.

Wow! I kept 7/13 – over half! I think that’s the most I’ve ever kept. This was also all YA, which is pretty amazing. I figured I’d keep more once I started getting into my YA backlist.

I wish I would have read all the books I deleted in the past. The synopses sounded just like something I would have liked in my younger days. I’m sad I didn’t get to them because I feel like I wouldn’t enjoy them now.

I’m officially ending my TBR today at 1857.

What did you think about what I kept and deleted? Did I make any mistakes? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time…

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Down the TBR Blitz!

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Since Sunday was the first of the month, I posted my March TBR instead of the typical Down the TBR post. That inspired me to do something a little different. I am going to go through the rest of the books that I added on June 27, 2015. I’m starting my TBR at 1905. Let’s do this!

What I kept:

What I deleted:

What I added:

Wow. That was A LOT. 34 kept, which was more than I was expecting and 54 deleted. A total of 87 books! I ended my TBR at 1854!!!

So. I deleted Nicholas Sparks. There were a lot of series that just didn’t sound great anymore. Apparently in 2015 I was super into zombies and that’s not really the case for me now, either.

I kept the book by Ann Rule – the OG true crime queen. Same with the mystery by Mary Higgins Clark. OG. I’ve loved her forever. Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas – I’ve read it before. But it’s been a few years and I need to reread to finish the series! I was also excited to see some YA I wanted to keep!

Well, that was that. I feel so much better going through those 87 books!

Did you like this way better, or just doing 10 at a time? Did I make any mistakes? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time…

adult, contemporary, Historical Fiction, Romance, ya

Down the TBR Bonus Post!

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You

I am so close to getting under 1900 with my TBR so I decided to do a bonus post! This is hosted by Zezee With Books and here’s how it works!

The rules for Down the TBR Hole:

  • Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
  • Order on ascending date added.
  • Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
  • Read the synopses of the books
  • Decide: keep it or should it go?

So I am starting at 1920. I’m going to look at the next 20 books on my TBR to see if we can get to 1900!

My Blue Suede Shoes by Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Four novellas by African-American women that each tackle some form of abuse. I’m trying to be more diverse in my reading, and these stories all sound great.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep!

Poseur by Rachel Maude

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Four girls who have nothing in common get put together to create a fashion label. I probably would have liked this in high school, but not now.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete.

An Amish Christmas by Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, Barbara Cameron, Kelly Long

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Four Amish Christmas romances. I think we know how I feel about these.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete.

Blue Moon Promise by Colleen Coble

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Ranch romance. I liked the cover, but the synopsis just isn’t doing it for me.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

It Happens Every Spring by Gary Chapman and Catherine Palmer

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: The start of a series that follows four married couples from the same town.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Falling for You Again by Catherine Palmer and Gary Chapman

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: The second in the series of the above book. I’ll delete this one too.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Cruel and Unusual by Patricia D Cornwell

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Number 4 in the Kay Scarpetta series. I read the first and loved it, so I’ll keep this one. I need to read 2 and 3 first.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep.

Point of Origin by Patricia D Cornwell

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Number 9 in the Kay Scarpetta series. Same as above, I’ll keep, but need to read the others first.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep

Commitments by Barbara Delinsky

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: A woman meets a man, who is then accused of murder, and fights for his innocence.
  • Keep or Delete: Sounds interesting. I’ll Keep

Escape by Barbara Delinsky

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: A 32 year old lawyer just up and leaves her life one day to start over.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Flirting with Pete by Barbara Delinsky

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: A woman’s father leaves her a manuscript, and she goes searching for who it is about.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

American Beauty by Zoey Dean

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Number 7 in the series, but it sounds like another Poseur type series – one I would have liked in high school.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Heart of Glass by Zoey Dean

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Number 8 in the series. Same as above.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

California Dreaming by Zoey Dean

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Number 10 in the series. Same as before.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

She Went All the Way by Meg Cabot

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Girl gets lost in the wilderness with a Hollywood star.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Number 2 in a series, but it’s about a pop star and someone gets murdered, I think?
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: I am going to delete this one. I read it in high school. While I don’t remember it enough to review or anything, I don’t want a reread.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete.

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: You know, Nicholas Sparks just isn’t my jam anymore.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete.

The Lucky Ones by Nicholas Sparks

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Another Nicholas Sparks, another I’ll have to pass on.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete.

The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Woman falls for a monk? I’m not so sure about it. I wanted mermaids.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

And here we are ending at 1904!! This Sunday, SURELY I will be under 1900! I am so excited.

I don’t know what the deal was with adding like the 7,8, and 10th books of a series? Who knows.

I’m still seeing a lot of my mom’s influence in these books. I’m ready to get to more YA books and see if I forgot about any great ones!

Did I make any wrong decisions? Should I have kept or deleted any? Let me know in the comments!

Until next time…

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Down the TBR Part 13!

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I’m so ready to trim the TBR again this week! The last two weeks I have added books to the tbr, so it really needs to get cleaned out. This meme is hosted by Zezee with Books. Here’s how it works:

The rules for Down the TBR Hole:
  • Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
  • Order on ascending date added.
  • Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
  • Read the synopses of the books
  • Decide: keep it or should it go?

Here are this week’s books. At first glance, there’s a lot of Christmas. I feel like I will get rid of a good many. I’m starting the week at 1934.

The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: YA fantasy, which is fun. I read some not great reviews. I love the cover, but I don’t think this one is for me.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete.

Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Another series in the Shannara Universe. I’ll keep for now, since I kept the others. If I don’t like them, I’ll come back and delete.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep.

Dark Bites by Sherrilyn Kenyon

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Series of paranormal romance short stories.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep

The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Christian chick lit. I’ll pass
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out by Neta Jackson

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Number 7 in the series. I think if I don’t like the first I probably won’t like the 7th.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete.

Sisterchicks on the Loose by Robin Jones Gunn

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Another Christian Chick lit. Just not my cup of tea.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete.

The Christmas Blessing by Donna VanLiere

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Ok, surprise. I’m keeping this one for this year’s Christmas! The MC is a doctor. I can’t not keep it.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep

The Christmas Promise by Donna VanLiere

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Christmas story about promises to each other. This one isn’t as enticing as the one above.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Christmas Secret by Donna VanLiere

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: This is about a woman who saves an elderly lady’s life, a man who is supposed to find her to reward her, and how they fall in love. Eh.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete.

The Christmas Note by Donna VanLiere

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Another elderly lady dies, and they find a note that reveals some family secrets.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete.

We are currently at 1927. I’m feeling frisky. Let’s do 10 more!

The Christmas Hope by Donna VanLiere

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Ugh. About a social worker taking in a kid for Christmas. My heart. I gotta keep.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep

Who Do I Talk To? by Neta Jackson

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: I didn’t keep the other Yada books, do I don’t think I’ll keep this one either.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble by Ann B Ross

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: I deleted the other Miss Julia books. This is #14. I think I’ll delete this one too.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes by Robin Jones Gunn

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: I deleted the other Sisterchick book above, so I’ll delete this one too. If I can’t read #1 I won’t be able to read #8 lol.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Sisterchicks Do the Hula by Robin Jones Gunn

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Same as above.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Angels at the Table by Debbie Macomber

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Christmas book about angels bringing two people together to love.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Black Hills by Nora Roberts

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: This sounds like it might be good, but I don’t know if it’s enough to keep. Especially since I haven’t read her other works.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Stars Collide by Janice Thompson

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: About two actors who play a couple on screen but are actually a couple in real life.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

A Promising Man by Elizabeth Young

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Sounds like it could be a cute romance. I’ll bite.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep.

It All Began in Monte Carlo by Elizabeth Adler

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: I saw it was suspense, and thought ok. I can do this. But honestly, there’s A LOT going on in the synopsis and I’m just not up for that.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete.

We are ending at 1919! Only 20 books and we are under 1900! Progress, people! So, my biggest surprise was A Promising Man. I didn’t think I’d keep any of the second set of 10.

Only 123 books to go and we are done with everything I added on June 27! I don’t know why I added so many that day. Like, I wish I could go back to me then and ask myself what I was doing. Cause it’s causing me some headaches now.

I may do a bonus post later on this week. I am so ready to be under 1900 on my tbr and to have a true tbr! But I’ll also probably add any arcs I request or receive, so that will skew the numbers a bit.

Anyway, did I make any wrong choices? What do you think about these books? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time…

adult, contemporary, dystopian, fantasy, Romance

Down the TBR Part 12!

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Another week of trimming the TBR! This meme is hosted by Zezee with Books. Here’s the rules:

The rules for Down the TBR Hole:
  • Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
  • Order on ascending date added.
  • Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
  • Read the synopses of the books
  • Decide: keep it or should it go?

So, today we are starting at 1940. I just added the 7 arcs I got approved for this week. Oops. On first glance, there are definitely some I might consider keeping. There’s actually some fantasy and maybe some YA in here!

Three Fates by Nora Roberts

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Three people try to find a stolen statue. Eh.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Captivated and Entranced by Nora Roberts

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Two love stories. One about a screenplay writer and a witch. The second about a detective and a PI. Ok I’m into it.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep.

Three Brides, No Groom by Debbie Macomber

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Chick lit about three women at their 15-year reunion.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Fair Folk by Marvin Kaye

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Book of short stories about Fey. I like it.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep!

The Passage by Justin Cronin

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Government experiments. Kidnapped kids. I don’t think it’s for me.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

A Dance of Cloaks by David Dalglish

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: My husband was excited to see this on the list. One of the few books he’s read and he loved it. About rogues and assassins.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep. I’ll give it a chance even though it’s epic fantasy, which usually isn’t my deal.

A Dance of Blades by David Dalglish

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Book 2 of A Dance of Cloaks. I’ll leave it in case I like the first.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep

The High Druid of Shannara Trilogy by Terry Brooks

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: I mean, this sounds good. High fantasy kind of scares me – it’s usually too involved and too many people to keep up with. But I’ll give this one a try.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep

Madman by Tracy Groot

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: The synopsis confuses me, so I’m going to say this is a no go.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Thin Executioner by Darren Shan

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: The MC takes a slave to sacrifice to the fire god to then get inhuman powers. I am going to pass.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

We are ending at 1935. I kept 5 and deleted 5, so not too terribly bad. I actually deleted the YA, which surprised me. I also kept more of the high fantasy than I thought I would. They just sound SO GOOD.

What do you think? Did I make any wrong decisions? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time…

adult, contemporary, Romance

Down the TBR Part 11!

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You

Last week we made it through 100 books! I’m so excited to start the next 100 and dwindle down my TBR as much as possible. Lord knows I have a ton of current books to add!

First thoughts. Uhm. There are 7 Christmas books. What the hell?! Like, why? And the other three are Nora Roberts. So there’s not going to be a lot of diversity, unfortunately. This may be my second week in a row of deleting all 10! We’re staring at 1942. Let’s see where we end.

A Creed County Christmas by Linda Lael Miller

  • Date added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Christmas love story set in 1910 in the Montana wilderness. This is a book for my mom.
  • Keep or delete: Delete

The Christmas Brides by Linda Lael Miller

  • Date added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: This has A Creed County Christmas plus another story. 2-in-1.
  • Keep or delete: Delete

Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

  • Date added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Adult romance. Not sparking my interest.
  • Keep or delete: Delete.

Christmas in Apple Ridge by Cindy Woodsmall

  • Date added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Three Amish Christmas novellas.
  • Keep or delete: Delete

Lakeshore Chrsitmas by Susan Wiggs

  • Date added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: A ‘prim’ librarian and troubled child star fall in love while putting on a Christmas Pageant.
  • Keep or delete: Delete

Love Finds You on Christmas Morning by Debby Mayne and Trish Perry

  • Date added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Two stories about two ladies who get proposed to in the same house on Christmas 85 years apart.
  • Keep or delete: Delete.

The Christmas Candle by Max Lucado

  • Date added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: An Angel finds a poor candlemaker and he needs to decide who in town needs a Christmas Miracle.
  • Keep or delete: Delete

A Lancaster County Christmas by Suzanne Woods Fisher

  • Date added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Two couples pushed together during a snow storm to find the true meaning of Christmas.
  • Keep or delete: Delete

Northern Lights by Nora Roberts

  • Date added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Cop starts a new life in Alaska only to find there’s a murderer on the loose!
  • Keep or delete: Keep!

The MacKade Brothers: Rafe and Jared by Nora Roberts

  • Date added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Two love stories about two brothers. A bad boy and a lawyer.
  • Keep or delete: Delete

We are ending at 1933! I kept the one book about a murderer. I do love me some murder.

I’m again confused by all the Christmas books. I mean, I have kept one or two for this holiday season’s tbr, but none of these struck my fancy.

I’ll see yall again next week as we get through another 10!

Have you read any of these? Did I make the wrong decision? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time…

adult, contemporary, Romance

Down the TBR Part 10!

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You

Guys! We’ve gone through 100 book together! Well, it will be 100 after this. I’ll have to get some stats!

We are starting off this week at 1953. I added two books to my TBR. It’s a real problem. Let’s jump right in and see if we can get under 1950! By the first look at these books, I think we will.

The Paper Bag Christmas by Kevin Alan Milne

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Book about bringing the Christmas spirit to everyone.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

An Amish Christmas by Cynthia Keller

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Why all the Amish Christmas books? Just not my jam.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Au Pairs by Melissa de la Cruz

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Three teens in East Hampton for the Summer. I think I would have loved this YA when I was a bit younger, but not now.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Tell Me Lies by Jennifer Crusie

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Very chick lit. Very adult – but not in the sexy way.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Danny by Susan Vance

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: This is a sequel, but the synopsis was king of convoluted and wasn’t enough to make me look into book 1.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Woman’s husband dies, finds out he had a child with someone else, life turns upside down. No thanks.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Beach House by Georgia Bockoven

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: “Novel tells of the beauty of life and the power of love.” Just not my thing these days.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Waiting for You by Susane Colasanti

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: YA contemporary, but just isn’t piquing my interest.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Christmas Singing by Cindy Woodsmall

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Sheesh. Another Amish Christmas. What was with me in 2015?
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Shack by William Paul Young

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Christian fiction. I’m just not sure about it.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

We rounded out 100 with a bang! I deleted all 10! My TBR is now down to 1943. Under 1950! Wooo! Let’s look at some stats

  • I kept 32 books.
  • I deleted 67 books.
  • One book was a 3-in-1 that I deleted, but added one of the books from it to my tbr.
  • I’ve read one from the books I kept.

Not too bad for the first 100 books! I’m looking forward to the next 100!

Have you read any of these? Should I have kept any? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time…

adult, contemporary, thriller, ya

Down the TBR Part 9!

Courtney/Enchanted.to.Read.You

Wow! Another week! Of me not reading…. What is my deal?! I’m already six books behind my GR goal. I need to get my ass in gear. And like…. read a book. Or six.

Anyway, when last we left our TBR, we were at 1954. We are currently sitting at 1957. I joined a great community of bloggers on twitter, and they’ve been giving me some great books to read! Oh yeah, I started a twitter last week too! Follow me @Mithah_Reads!

So lets jump right in! First look at the covers of these next 10 books, I’m not sure I’ll keep any? Maybe one. Maybe the synopses will change my mind though!

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Girl has too many drinks and sleeps with bff’s fiance. Now a decision to risk it all for happiness. I think too chick lit
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Hush by Kate White

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: A thriller! MC is going through a divorce and the guy she sleeps with ends up dead. Yes, please!
  • Keep or Delete: Keep!

Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Another thriller! This is about two young girls, an unstable mom and abusive step father. Sign me up!
  • Keep or Delete: Keep!

Faithful by Kim Cash Tate

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Chick lit Christian fiction. I think I’ll pass
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Same Sweet Girls by Cassandra King

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Chick lit about a group of friends getting together every two years to catch up on life.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Deed by Keith Blanchard

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Honestly, it was hard for me to get through this synopsis. I think that means its not for me.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: This might be cute. A husband writes his wife every week and they both die. Kids find the letters and secrets. I’m just not sure It would keep my interest.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Shattering by Karen Healey

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: This was the one I thought I’d keep based on the cover, and I was right! It’s YA (yay!) and a thriller!
  • Keep or Delete: Keep!

Blood Orange by Drusilla Campbell

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Eek. About a daughter going missing. Since having a kid, I can’t read these books.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

In This Way I Was Saved by Brian DeLeeuw

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: This sounds like horror/thriller and I think I’m here for it.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep!

Wow! I kept way more than I thought I would, but there were a lot of thrillers! So that’s pretty exciting!

I am ending at 1951, so I kept four and deleted six. I am so close to being under 1950! Next week FOR SURE! Unless I keep adding to my tbr…

Have you read any of these novels? What did you think? Let me know below!

Until next time…

adult, contemporary, Romance

Down the TBR Part 8!

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I’m so excited to go through these next 10 books! At a quick glance, it looks like I might only keep one, so I feel like I’ll really dwindle it down this week! This may be the first 10 book delete!

I’m starting my tbr at 1962. I added two books this week. I’ve bought a ton so far this month – 18! So it may be some of them.

Let’s get to it!

Second Sight by Amanda Quick

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: This is the one I thought I’d keep. Paranormal romance with fake death.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Nonfic about a guy that leaves his life for Alaska and then is found dead. I’m not so sure about it.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Adult mystery with PD and medical examiner. Just didn’t catch my attention.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Forget about It by Caprice Crane

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Girl is taken advantage of, runs into a car, fakes amnesia, gets to try a new way of living. Very chick lit.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

The Return of Jonah Gray by Heather Cochran

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: IRS Auditor falls for man because of what she sees on tax papers.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

A Plain & Fancy Christmas by Cynthia Keller

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Amish girl and NYC girl switched at birth, find out, and see how they like the other life.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Christmas in Sugar Creek by Shelley Shepherd Gray

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Another Amish Christmas story.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Best Friends by Martha Moody

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: First, this cover is great. I love the simplicity, but I didn’t think I would like the book. However, this one sounds great. About best friends and secrets.
  • Keep or Delete: Keep.

Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: A very chick lit romance.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Seeds of Summer by Deborah Vogts

  • Date Added: June 27, 2015
  • Thoughts: Rodeo, country, ranch, pastor chick lit romance.
  • Keep or Delete: Delete

Okay! I was pleasantly surprised by Best Friends. Like I said, I was drawn to the cover but figured I’d let it go after the synopsis. But it sounds so good! I’m also keeping the PNR, which I thought I would at the beginning.

I’m still at a loss to why there are so many Christmas books – especially Amish ones. I guess in 2015 my book tastes were totally different. I do remember reading a lot of chick lit at the time. Now days, they usually don’t hold my interest.

I am ending my TBR at 1954. I can’t wait for the day I see it below 1900! Or even 1000! Ha, if that will ever happen.

Have you read any of these books? What did you think? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time…