The Romance Bookie

  via GIPHY Happy New Year! I cannot believe it is 2022!  I feel like it was just yesterday that we were welcoming 2020 with the open arms of a gleeful child, only to be met with doom.  But 2022, is going to be better!  Positive thoughts everyone!  I know I am excited for some fun plans already coming up early this year.  For one, my husband and I are taking our son on his first plane ride and we are going to the Walt Disney World to celebrate the 50th anniversary of WDW!!  We are so unbelievably excited to show him one of our favorite places!  So it's hopefully already going to start off as a good year! But a new year also means new goals, new year resolutions, and sometimes even new beginnings for some!  For me this year, I would like to spend 2022 working on myself, especially my mental and physical health.  I hope to continue losing weight, start working out more, and keep up with what I have been doing.  Next, I would like to ...

Hey Everyone! So here is my Challenge Wrap-up for 2014!  Not too bad, for how busy I was this year! :) First off, I did completely my goal of reading at least 50 books! :)  In fact, I read 51!  Here is the complete list of books I read in 2014: Books I read in 2014: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Vampire Academy (Book #1 in Vampire Academy Series) by Richelle Mea d Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2) by Richelle Mead What Really Happened in Peru by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan Revealing Us (Inside Out #3) by Lisa Renee Jones (ARC) Real by Katy Evans  (Real #1) Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson The Runaway Queen by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover My Not So Super Sweet Life (#3 in the My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century Trilogy) by Rachel Harris Sweet Filthy Boy by Christina Lauren Happenstance (Happenstance #1) by Jamie McGuire Don't Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski  (ARC) Cress by Mar...

Wow, 2012 is officially over!!  Since I've already reflected on last year (haha, I remember it like it was yesterday...), it's time to wrap-up the challenges I participated in 2012! 1.  The Harry Potter Challenge!   The Harry Potter Reading Challenge of 2012 Okay, so I originally read Harry Potter around the time they are came out! I started in 4th grade, which for me was in 2000 (so two-three years after the first was first released).  I LOVE this series! But I've been trying to listen to them all year in audiobook form (which I something I've never done before for a book!) I'm really enjoying the Narrator's voice, but unfortunately, I was only able to completely listen to the first three books. So I've decided to extend this challenge until the end of next year, just for my own personal goal! :) So final count, I completed: Harry Potter and the Sorcerers' Stone Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secret Harry Potter and the Pri...

It's almost 2013!! Which means a new year of goals, challenges, and changes coming our way! It's both exciting and daunting!  2012 went by WAY too fast I feel like...it's true what the adults said when I was younger...as you get older time flies by ridiculously fast!! Anyway, here are the challenges I will be participating in this year... First to NEW challenges I'll be participating in this year... #1: 2013 Spinelli Challenge!     This one is hosted by Auntie Spinelli Reads and the overall goal is to read as many sequel books (anything after book 1 in a series)! I'm not sure yet how many I'll be reading...I definitely plan on reading ... 1. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (#2 in the Lunar Chronicles) 2. Size 12 is the New Black by Meg Cabot (#5 in the Heather Wells Mystery Series) 3. Awaken by Meg Cabot (#3 in the Abandon Trilogy) 4. Requiem by Lauren Oliver (#3 in the Delirium Trilogy) 5. Pretty Little Liars series by ...

Happy Sunday everyone!! Another week come and gone...pretty crazy right?! Anyway, for today's Summer Wrap Up Read-a-thon Challenge I'm going to be rating all the super hot men I read about this year!! How fun!! This challenge is hosted by A Book Lovers Review ! So I've read some really great books this year!  Anything from mysteries, adult-erotica (yes...I read Fifty Shades ..guilty!), romance, teen, all the way to Christian YA (yes, I know fits perfectly with Fifty Shades, right?!) Anyway, along the way I've been introduced to some pretty hunky men!  Some REALLY HOT MEN!!! So here's the list of my top ten men from the book I've read this year: This list is no particular order, so instead what I have decided to do is give them each individual awards! So without further ado... The List! Award for Hottest Detective/PI : COOPER CARTWRIGHT!!! From Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot! I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH!! Cooper is the definiti...

Hey Everyone! Happy Friday!! :) So I got an email from an a super awesome blogger I've been following (sorry, that sounds so stalkerish)...maybe more like...I've been reading her posts for the past two years. Jude over at In Between Writing and Reading is hosting this awesome Read-a-thon! It's called the Summer Wrap-Up Read-a-Thon! It's going to be held from August 4th until August 12th!  Honestly, I can't remember signing up, but none the less I'm really excited! The only thing is...I have to warn you guys...I SUCK at read-a-thons!! I feel this pressure, and then I end up not being able to concentrate on what I'm reading! It's freaks me out!! However, none the less, I will be trying!! I promise!! Here are my goals for the week: 3 weeks! Okay, so more like 2 and a half, because one of them is super short! Here are the two I'm 100% going to be reading...   Now for that third book I'm not sure yet what I'll be deci...

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. I got some SUPER amazing things this month!! Including a REALLY AWESOME early-birthday present which I will be sure to put to good use this summer!! Oh yeah, did I mention I am turning 21 on July 2nd??  Yeah, me...moi...ich...I am turning the big 2-1!!! Anyway, I'm sure it won't be the last time I'll mention my 21st, so to get on with this post, here are the FABULOUS things I got this month! :) Let me start with the paper books I got: For FREE!!!!: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt   (the library I volunteer at was giving away a TON of great books, so I picked out a few of my favorites) (I remember reading this book in 6th grade with my class, an...