Saturday, 1 January 2022

Romance Reading Challenge and last's year's Bingo

 



Hosted by: Blodeuedd @ Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell
           Jen @ That's What I'm Talking About
                                                                             Carole @ Carole Rae's Random Ramblings



We are hosting another Romance challenge! Instead of the "bingo sheet" from the past. We are shaking it up a bit. The challenge is to read a book and check all the boxes! 
 

Rules:

– It HAS to be a romance novel (HFN/HEA). 

– One box per book (if your book meets a couple of these, you have to pick just one)

– No changing the box. Once you put a book in a box, you can’t move it.

– Books can be used in other challenges (examples: Goodreads, Library Love, TBR, Audiobook, etc.)

– Gotta try to check all the boxes!

– Starts 1/1/2022 and ends 12/31/2022

– Join whenever.







- We have an excel sheet that we 3 use so everyone is free to join to make it easier


ps. Do not try to make it easy and check those books months after reading a book. Nope check one at once. No cheating ;)

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
So how did I do last year?


We realised Bingo is easy to we decided to try and get all but alas. How did i not read a Single Earl book?!?! No rakes either, or sci.fi, or library book, or other holiday. Next year I will get them all mowuahahahahahahaha




Friday, 31 December 2021

Best of 2021


Best of 2021


Top 5: No particular order




Best fantasy: Spin the dawn by Elizabeth Lim







 Most disturbing: Tender is the flesh by Augustina Bazterrica






Best paranormal romance: Last guard by Nalini Singh






Best historical fiction: Circe by Madeline Miller






Best mystery: The night hawk by Elly Griffiths









Best series was obviously Heartstrikers by Rachel Aaron, I listened to it for a 3rd time. No time for book 5 though as the year is ending.





Stats


 * I have read 143 books, which is 1 more book than last year



* I read 7 books with the word Duke in the title (and 4 more with Duke in the series title)



* I listened to 85 audiobooks, and read 68 books



My biggest  genres this year


                *22 books  fantasy


                *35  historical romance


                * 17  contemporary romance


                * 15 fiction


                * 13 as historical fiction


                * 4 Jane Austen variations


                * 4 fantasy romance





Thursday, 30 December 2021

Audio Challenge Check in 2021

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Grab your earbuds and join hosts Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About for the 2021 Audiobook Challenge! Choose your level and rock your ears off!


Use hashtag #2021AudiobookChallenge on social media to alert others of your listens and progress!




And here is my list for the year :D I reached my goal of 75, yay. I even  managed 85!




85. A dragon of a different color by Rachel Aaron


84. No good dragon goes unpunished by Rachel Aaron


83. Lying Mirror by Eva Langlais


82. A lot like Christmas by Jennifer Snow


81. Orphans of the tide by Struan Murray


80. One good dragon deserves another by Rachel Aaron


79. Shadows son by Jon Sprunk


78. Nice dragons finish last by Rachel Aaron


77.  After dark with the Duke by Julie Anne Long


76. They went left by Monica Hesse


75. The Christmas bookshop by Jenny Colgan


74. Miss Eliza's English kitchen by Annabell Abbs


73. Holly jolly cowboy by Jessica Clare


72. The unexpected Miss Bennet by Patrice Sarath


71, Under the mistletoe by Sue Moorcroft


70. The Christmas dress by Courtney Cole


69. The lady gets lucky by Joanna Shupe


'68. Duke, actually by Jenny Holiday


67. Everything within and in between by Nikki Barthelmess


'66. Save a horse, ride a viscount by Valerie Bowman


65. Sasha Masha by Agnes Borinsky


64. The perfume garden by Kate Lord Brown


63. Cheers to the Duke by Sally McKenzie


62.It started with a dog by Julia London


61. Mistletoe Xmas by Eloisa James


60. The Duchess Hunt by Lorraine Heath


59. The devil's own Duke by Lenora Bell


58. A lot like Adios by Alexis Daria


57. The second Mrs Astor by Shana Abe


56. Mist rising by Eve Langlais


55. Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston


54. When you wish upon a Duke by Charis Michaels


53. True love cowboy by Donna Grant


52 Bombshell by Sarah McLean


51 The scoundrel's daughter by Anne Gracie


50 The highlander's Irish bride by Vanessa Kelly


49 Devil in disguise by Lisa Kleypas


48.If you, then me by Yvonne Woon


47. It happened one summer by Tessa Bailey


46. A wallflower Xmas by Lisa Kleypas


45. An unexpected peril by Deanna Raybourne


44. The wrong Marquess by Vivienne Lorret


43. A Scot to the heart by Caroline Linden


42. The girl least likely by Katy Loutzenhiser


41. The highlanders destiny


40. Last guard by Nalini Singh


Scandal in spring by Lisa Kleypas


Devil in winter Lisa Kleypas


Unravel the dusk by Elizabeth Lim


just last night by Mhairi McFarlane


The wolf and the woodsman by Ava Reid


Hang the moon by Ava Bellefleur


Where the rhythm takes you by Sarah Dass


Glitter gets everywhere by Yvette Clark


how to find a princess by Alyssa Cole


In search of us by Ava Dellaira


Spin the dawn by Elizabeth Lim


A cowboy kind of love by Donna Grant


A wicked bargain with the duke by Megan Frampton


It happened one autumn by Lisa Kleypas


Her first desire by Cathy Maxwell'


Scoundrel of my heart by Lorraine Heath


Love of a cowboy by Jennifer Ryan


Secrets of a summer night by Lisa Kleypas


The bone maker by Sarah beth durst


Tech me by Olivia Dade


The bachelor cowboy by Jessica Clare


Kisses and scandal by Shana Galen


Flirting with forever by Cara Bastone


The girl from the channel islands by Jenny lecoat


The highlanders excellent adventure by Shana Galen


Hit me with your best scot by Suzanne Enoch


vacation hell by Eva Langlais


The dream guy next door by Lauren Blakley


One fine fae by Molly Harper


Girl on line by Faith Gardner


Hells revenge by Eva Langlais


Love in the afternoon by Lisa Kleypas


Snowballs in hell by Eve Langlais


Lucifers daughter by Eve Langlais


The valet who loved me by Valerie Bowman


The heiress gets a duke by Harper st george


Married by morning by Lisa Kleypas


How to catch a queen by Alyssa Cole


1. Duke looks like a groomsman by Valerie Bowman





Challenge Details


Runs January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021. You can join at any time.


The goal is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2021 than you did in 2020.


Books must be in audio format (CD, MP3, etc.)


ANY genres count.


Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.


You do not have to be a book blogger to participate; you can track your progress on Goodreads, Facebook, LibraryThing, etc.


If you’re a blogger grab the button and do a quick post about the challenge to help spread the word. If you’re not a blogger you can help by posting on Facebook or Tweet about the challenge.


Updates plus a giveaway will be posted twice during the year. The first update will be July 2, 2021, and the last update will take place on December 30, 2021.



Levels


Newbie (I’ll give it a try) 1-5


Weekend Warrior (I’m getting the hang of this) 5-10


Stenographer (can listen while multitasking) 10-15


Socially Awkward (Don’t talk to me) 15-20


Binge Listener (Why read when someone can do it for you) 20-30


My Precious (I had my earbuds surgically implanted) 30+


Marathoner (Look Ma No Hands) 50+


Over-Achiever (Power Listener) 75+


The 100 Club (Audiobook Addict) 100+


Wednesday, 29 December 2021

Fire of the frost Anthology

 

Series: Kingmaker Chronicles (#..5), Bonds of Magic (#3.5)

Format 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Published: December 22, 2021 by ‎ Brightlynx Publishing

Fantasy romance

To review






Winter stories perfect for this time of the year. Some fantasy romance, some uf, a good mix of things, and it made me interested in reading more





Of Fate and Fire by Amanda Bouchet
Hero dropped into a strange new modern world. I did feel sorry for the guy, I haven't read the series he is in but aww, poo guy even if he did a stupid thing. But he comes here instead to save the day. And consequences are set for her scifi series, yes i do want to try that one now




The King of Hel by Grace Draven
When is Draven not good?! Yes, a sad story in a way. Two best friends, one is married off to a king in a distant country. But before that her best friends fall for the same king. I liked the way it happened. She respects her friend, nothing happen, but there will still be a happy ending





Familiar Winter Magic by Jeffe Kennedy
This ends with a happy for now but still evil cliffie. Because even though people are safe now, in this cruel world, what about in a week? But answers will be had in the following book and I need to know cos these two characters, aww my heart





A Wynter Fyre by Darynda Jones
Ok, so it did have a nice twist at the end. But spoiler time the rape beginning, where the hero shows up and kind of just continues. And consent can't be given cos magic. It felt badly handled. So flippantly. Not my story. Had the beginning not been there it had been good but now the story was just filled with rapists








From Darynda Jones, a standalone novella set in a world where vampyres are hunted for sport. The only thing standing between them and total annihilation is Winter, a warrior bred to save them from extinction. Forbidden to fall in love, Winter cares only about her oaths… until she meets the devilish prince of the underworld.




Amanda Bouchet transports The Kingmaker Chronicles to modern-day New York City. An exiled warrior finds himself in the Big Apple just before the holidays. On a vital mission for Athena, he meets an imperiled French teacher from Connecticut, and soon they’re knee-deep in inexplicable phenomena.




Grace Draven brings a novella-length expansion of a stand-alone short story in which a cursed mage-king from a frozen kingdom is obligated to marry a woman of high-ranking nobility but meets his soulmate in a lowly scribe.




From Jeffe Kennedy comes a standalone novella in the Dark Wizard world, where an ancient holiday is resurrected and clandestine lovers find the courage to pursue forbidden joy.



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