The Romance Bookie

Hey Everyone! Hope everyone is having a great start to their 2016!  For me, it's been busy, but very good! It started with a little time off, which was much needed!  I experienced my first ever Spa day!  Got my first ever professional massage! Which felt amazing!  And then afterwards a facial!  I felt so spoiled that day! Then work started up again, and by the end of January I was back for my second semester at University.  And let me just say, the work load is in full swing!  The Introduction week of having our syllabuses passed out was more of a "here is three papers and a full-blown project" week!  But it's all good, the beginning of a semester means one step closer to graduation!  Spring 2017 can't get here soon enough! 2015 ended with some very exciting news...I have been looking and looking since 2012, and FINALLY it was announced!!  Meg Cabot was coming back to Southern California!!!!!  So I saved the date, luckily did...

So it's here...the end...;(, another awesome year of Meg- A Readers!! Tomorrow Diana and I will be writing the conclusion post for Meg- A Readers, which will include a SUPER special surprise!!!! Anyway today, for the final recap of the 2013 Meg-A Readers, I've got my review for the fifth Heather Wells book, The Bride Wore Size 12, which Harper Collins was SO AWESOME to have sent me an ARC of!! THANK YOU Harper Collins!! You have no idea how much I almost cried, when I opened that envelope!! :) Anyway... From  Goodreads: Heather Wells is used to having her cake and eating it too, but this time her cake just might be cooked. Her wedding cake, that is. With her upcoming nuptials to PI Cooper Cartwright only weeks away, Heather's already stressed. And when a pretty junior turns up dead, Heather's sure things can't get worse—until every student in the dorm where she works is a possible suspect, and Heather's long-lost mother shows up. Heather has no t...

OMG GUYS!!! The day is finally here!!! Meg Cabot's NEW HEATHER WELLS MYSTERIES NOVEL IS OUT TODAY!!!!!! This is my ARC copy of The Bride Wore Size 12 :) THE BRIDE WORE SIZE 12 !!!! The Fifth book in the Heather Wells series!!!!!!!! I am so darn excited, because if I HAD to absolutely choose Heather Wells, besides The Princess Diaries  is hands down my favorite series by Meg Cabot!! Heather, is probably the one book character I can relate to the most out of all the books I've ever read!! She's totally awesome!! I totally wish I solved mysteries and was amazing at it like she is!!! Anyway, GO OUT and get your copy or ORDER IT!!! You can get your own copy either at  Barnes and Noble ,  Amazon , or wherever your nearest bookstore is!!!!!! In honor of this AWESOME release, and probably my years most anticipated release...I decided to do a little art project on my day off on Saturday!  I am a huge scrapbooker, at least I used to be when I had the time ...

Hey Everyone!! It's the second to last week of Meg-A Readers!  While, I've been busy reading The Bride Wore Size 12  for next week's finale post, I've also been extremely busy with life, and therefore don't really have anything planned for Meg-A Readers this week, unfortunately.  I know...I've been a failure lately...trust me I've been feeling like it too! Anyway, Diana, my amazing cohost for Meg-A Readers, and the founder of  Little Miss Drama Queen , has come up with a great way to end Meg-A Readers this year!  We're asking for your pictures with Meg Cabot!! So now, we understand not everyone has been given the opportunity to meet Meg, so if that's the case, no problem!  We want your pictures with you and your Meg Cabot collection then!! And if you don't want your picture on the internet, totally cool too!  Just send us a picture of your awesome Meg Cabot book collection!!!! So here are the options once again... Either send us a pictu...

Hey Everyone!! Can you believe that week 3 of Meg-A Readers is already over!! :) We've had another great week! :) Unfortunately, to my being just extremely busy and fighting a cold this week, I was unable to do a review or special post this week for Meg Cabot.  HOWEVER, to make up for it, Diana and I have a new giveaway!! Once again, this one is US only, just because of the shipping costs.  SO SORRY!!!! For the giveaway this week, I am giving away a SIGNED copy of Meg Cabot's fourth book in the Heather Wells series, which was released last year, Size 12 and Ready to Rock ! So enter here: a Rafflecopter giveaway Now for the recap!! Now due to a misunderstanding, I completely forgot to mention a post from last week, so instead of the one post I thought we were supposed to have, we actually had two! Which is awesome!! :) Molly over at  YAL Book Briefs  shares with us what the different covers of Meg's books mean to her! :) And then 

In My Mailbox was originally started by The Story Siren and it's where anyone can participate and let everyone know what they got in books, and other book related things, throughout a given time.  Anyone with a blog can join in, and you can post once a week, once a month, or whenever you choose to. Remember everyone, this is a MONTHLY IMM, not weekly!!  As always I got some super great books this month, that I'm super excited to share with you! :) First though, I wanted to announced the GRAND PRIZE WINNERS for the Meg-A Readers Grand Prize!! ***Jamie Brigham!!!!!*** A huge Congratulations to Jamie, who has already responded and confirming her win! I'll be sending along that package very soon! :) Now to books this month! For Hard Copies first: Bought/Got: 52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody (bought this one from Barnes and Noble, because it looks so good! Heard a lot of it from other fellow bloggers!) Two for the Dough...

Still on My Mind is a weekly meme, featured on Thursday, started by Haley over at Ya-Aholic , where you discuss a book you've either recently read, or read over the past few years, that's still on your mind. For this weeks Still On My Mind I decided to pick Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot. Size 12 and Ready to Rock was released on Tuesday!  I read Size 12 and Ready to Rock a few weeks ago, and of course absolutely LOVED it!! Even though it's been 5 years since its release, 3 years since I read Big Boned , I felt it was a great continuation, that even if I hadn't reread the entire series before I read this one, I would have been able to swing right back into the series! :) Here's the description from Goodreads : Summer break . . . and the livin' ain't easy Just because the students at New York College have flown the coop doesn't mean assistant residence hall director Heather Wells can relax. Fischer Hall is busier than ever...

Hey Everyone!! So my 21st birthday is this Monday!!  And what am I doing for, said 21st, birthday?? Well none other than...   I am leaving tomorrow morning, and staying four days, three nights!  I'll be coming back on Tuesday.  So what does that mean?  Well, it means that this weekend there will be no posts, and no Music Tuesday on Tuesday.  However, there will hopefully be some great reviews going up when I come back, because, after all, I've got 6 hours there and back to kill, on the drive! Just one more picture... I'll be staying in... 4 Queens, which is right in THE MIDDLE of Fremont St. (the original Vegas!!!).  How awesome is that??!! I am super excited! It's my first real vacation in two years!  NOW TO THE SURPRISE!!  My super awesome blogging friend, Liz, over at Books I Think You Should Read & Yes/No Films shared something SUPER AWESOME WITH ME!!! I've actually been waiting for this all week, s...

Hey everyone! So I was awarded another Liebster Blog Love Award!! How awesome is that??!! However, because I already awarded the Liebster Blog Love Award to some of my favorite blogs, I've decided not to do that again (because quite frankly that took FOREVER last time! And that was picking only 5! This time I am supposed to pick ELEVEN!!) But, because it says to answer some questions, I will answer the eleven questions instead: What is your favorite piece of clothing? My favorite piece of clothing is...hmm...I think currently are my yoga capri pants.  They are SOOOO comfortable!! :) What do you utmost hate? There aren't many things I hate, just because I feel it is too strong a word; but I really hate when people fold a page to mark their spot in a book.  It always makes me cringe. What can you not live without? I know this is probably pretty obvious, but I honestly can't live without my books.  I have no idea what I would do if I didn't...

Hey Everyone!! :) For this week's Recap I unfortunately do not have a review or interview.  I've been posting reviews like crazy this week though, and ALL of them were Meg's books! So, okay it was only 3 books, and they were all Heather Wells Mysteries, but still! So instead, I'll just recap all the links to my reviews and to our fabulous Blog Hoster (Sorry, I know that isn't a word...but it should be!!)! AND A FABULOUS GIVEAWAY!!! So for this week we had: Kristine's, over at Book Geek Diaries, review of The Boy Next Door Meg-A Readers Read-a-Thon Book #1: Size 14 is Not Fat Either Review Meg-A Readers Read-a-Thon Book #3: Big Boned Meg-A Readers Read-a-Thon Book #3: Size 12 and Ready to Rock AND NOW TO THE GIVEAWAY!! :) a Rafflecopter giveaway And don't forget to ALSO enter for the GRAND PRIZE during Meg-A Readers!! a Rafflecopter giveaway The Romance Bookie :) BTW if you have been participating in the Read-a-Thon here is a link-u...

First off, before I go into the review I must warn all of you!! ***This Review will contain SOME SERIOUS SPOILERS!!! From the recent books in the Heather Wells Series!!!!*** Also I must say, let me just tell you all...I feel SOOOOOOOOOOOOO extremely lucky to have gotten my hands on an Advanced Copy of this one!! Heather, it's been WAY tooo long!! :) Heather is back!! FINALLY!!! FIVE LONG YEARS, for many readers, for me personally only 3 but still!! That's a lot time!!! It's 3 months later (from when Big Boned ended), and Heather is not only extremely happy with her life, mostly due to the fact that she has a pretty great job (even though she would probably hate to admit it), but also because she's finally landed the man of her dreams! The man she's been in love with for many years, even to the time when she was still together with his younger brother! AND she's engaged!!!!! Heather Wells is all about mystery...that's what makes a grea...

For my Book #2 of the Meg-A Readers Read-a-Thon I read Big Boned (#3 in the Heather Wells mysteries) by Meg Cabot (of course! :)). Before I begin, I HAVE to share with you all a quote from the novel just to give you an example of how hilarious Meg is! From page 5 of Big Boned : (Heather's (& my, for that matter) reaction when she's (I'm) running: "I'll go at my own pace.  Nice and easy.  Here we go.  There, see? I'm doing it. I'm running! Hey, look at me! I'm running! I'm- "Okay, well that's enough of that.  Whew.  I mean, a girl could hyperventilate from doing that.  And seriously, it's my first day.  Don't want to overdo it.  "Also I think I felt something come loose back there.  I'm not trying to overreact or anything, but I think it was my uterus.  Honest.  I think my uterus jiggled free." Seriously BEST QUOTE EVER!!!! And that was only on page 5!! So you can just imagine how hilarious the rest of...