The Romance Bookie

Hey Everyone! Welcome to my IMM #16! 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. From Library: The Best Of Me: Nicholas Sparks The Hunger Games (Audiobook) Catching Fire (Audiobook) From Thrift Shop/Second Hand Shop: A Lion Among Men: Gregory Maguire (Hardcover, only $2!) The Casual Vacancy: JK Rowling (99 CENTS!!! Hardcover, looks brand New!) Purchased: Scarlet: Marissa Meyer (#2 in Lunar Chronicles)  Read this one earlier this month! :) Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally City of Bones: Cassandra Clare (Hardcover and Paperback version for Cassie Clare signing this month!!! :)) Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren (2 Copies) THANK YOU to GALLERY BO...

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks has literally been sitting on my bookshelf since the paperback came out in 2011!  No joke! I'm a HUGE Nicholas Sparks fan!  So after reading that, you may be wondering, why have you had Safe Haven sitting on your shelf for the last two years, and only read it NOW? Well, the only answer I know is that when it comes to a Nicholas Sparks book you really have to be in the mood to read it!  Why? Because you can pretty much guarantee that you'll cry at least once by the end!  At least that's how it is for me! :) From Goodreads :   When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another wi...

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!! Hey Everyone!! I got some awesome book this month!! First off, before I begin, I would just like to apologize that a review hasn't been posted in a while.  I've been rereading a certain series, where a certain (final ;() film is coming out next Friday, and I want to do a conjoined review of all four books right before the movie is officially released! :)  So reviews will start coming again! So first off for my IMM... Book I Bought: Goodwill Haul:   Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison (I've been wanting to read this series for ages!  I LOVED Louise's Witheri...

I originally read The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks back in December of 2010 ( REVIEW HERE! ), and I LOVED it! I have read almost every Nicholas Sparks book there is, except Safe Haven, The Best of Me, and Two Weeks With my Brother .  They are all beautiful, dramatic romance novels that can almost have a guarantee that you'll find tear stains in my copies.  Anyway, yesterday I went to see The Lucky One (starring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling) with a friend in theaters! So Zac Efron? Well, let me just begin by saying I have the biggest crush on that hottie since his High School Musical days.  In fact, this is embarrassing to admit, but when I was fourteen I received a signed Zac Efron poster from Popstar! magazine, and it's been hanging on my wall for years :).  I just can't take it down! He is one Hottie McHotHot! Sigh.......;) ANYWAY, enough of Zac's hotness...for now... So the movie version of The Lucky One was beautiful!  Even though I've...