COMING SOON - BOOK REVIEW

Hey everyone I just wanted to drop a very quick note (probably my shortest post ever) that I will be doing a video review of Sandra Brown's Low Pressure.  I feel that this is just one of those books where a video review would be better than a written review. I hope to get that done sometime this week and now...back to my day job and tonight hopefully I will get started on Julia Quinn's latest installment in the Smythe-Smith series. I know I said I was going to read the last Crossfire book and then Game of Thrones but I forgot that this book was coming out!! See you guys hopefully in a few days with that video review!!

Happy Reading,
Mindy

Reflected in You - Sylvia Day

Gideon Cross. As beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on the inside. He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn't stay away. I didn't want to. He was my addiction... my every desire... mine.

My past was as violent as his, and I was just as broken. We'd never work. It was too hard, too painful... except when it was perfect. Those moments when the driving hunger and desperate love were the most exquisite insanity.

We were bound by our need. And our passion would take us beyond our limits to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession...


HELLOOOOOOOO fellow book nerds!!

Man I feel like I really neglect not only this page but my beautiful bookcase full of books that are just waiting to be read and loved. I am such an awful book nerd...I mean how can I honestly call myself a book nerd anymore when I no longer read like I used to?? I really blame TV. All my extra time I used to spend reading I now spend watching TV. Really why do they have to have so many shows on TV that I like?

Anyway enough of that now on to a very ambiguous review...(LOL you'll see what I mean) 

I finished up the second installment in the Crossfire series about a month ago but have yet to blog about it. I thought about doing a video but I’m still not so sure about them because my last was such a fiasco. But hey maybe I will bite the bullet and try again for the book I’m currently reading Low Pressure by Sandra Brown. I do plan on finishing it then reading the last book in the Crossfire series and then no matter what reading the Game of Thrones books.

So I have to say I actually enjoyed this book (Reflected in You) much better than the first book. I just feel like this one had a little bit more "meat" to it. More story. It seemed to move at a faster pace than the other (when I actually sat my butt down and turned off the TV).

There is a huge and I mean HUGE thing that happens in the book concerning Eva’s former step-brother and I wish....OH HOW I WISH....I could expound on it but I don’t want to have that big of a spoiler here so if you need to know but haven’t read the book then....you’ll have to read it because I just can’t say *agh the agony of containing a secret*

Also, an old flame comes back into Eva’s life and throws her world for a little bit of a loop. Also, Eva starts to slowly piece together what happened to Gideon as a child and even confronts his mother about it...that was probably one of favorite scenes in the book. Also, she confronts his ex-fiancé too and that was as well a great scene!!

*SIDE NOTE* My favorite Gideon and Eva scene was on the airplane to Vegas...trust me!

Also, because of the GIANORMOUS secret involving Eva’s step-brother Gideon starts to distance himself from Eva and she thinks that he’s finally done with her even after going to couple’s therapy with her. She sees Gideon exit his office with his former fiancé and she sees what she thinks is lipstick on his collar but is it? (I know what it is after trolling on Sylvia Day’s website forum and someone asked if it was and she told him it wasn’t...aghhh again I can’t tell you because it would give too much away!!)

Like I said this book had a lot more story to it and I can’t wait to see what happens in the third book. I highly recommend this book and this series (along with the Fifty Shades of Grey series).

Okay my lovely followers I must go before I accidentally spew spoilers....LATER!!!

Happy Reading,
Mindy

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Dead Ever After - Charlaine Harris

WOW FINALLY!! I finally got my video uploaded to YouTube. This was just a complete train wreck, LOL! I think it mainly had to do with the fact that the video is quite long...about 22 to be exact and in HD (I might need to rethink that in the future...hahahha!). I know but I absolutely love (obsessed) with this series so I did have quite a bit to say about the final installment.

I just want to say (as you’ll probably see in the video) I absolutely love (and I mean like seriously not healthy) love Eric Northman. I still to this day think that Charlaine Harris should have put Eric and Sookie together but I can’t change it and well it is what it is.

Also with that being said I was absolutely shocked that I actually liked it (after finding out about the leaked ending online). I went in wanting to hate it but I’m glad I kept an open mind and it allowed me to enjoy it.

I will say this though...I do NOT like how Charlaine Harris made Eric in this book (and that’s probably why I only gave it 3 stars).

Okay without further ado....

　
　

I hope you guys will enjoy and I’ll see ya soon!!

Happy Reading,
Mindy

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(I mean without Eric Northman are you really surprised, LOL!!)

Technical Difficulties and YouTube

Hey everyone I just wanted to stop and make a quick note. I have started a YouTube channel. Which you can find HERE.

I just started it so there are no videos as of yet. And that is the reason for this post.

I have been for about a week or so trying to get my video uploaded with my review of the last Sookie Stackhouse book, Dead Ever After. 

I seem to be having issues with uploading first my format wasn't right and then when I did get it in the right one it took FOREVER to convert it in the editing software. 

NOW I finally got a chance to try to get it uploaded to YouTube and I started at 5pm today and as of now 12:57am it has only progressed 42%. Yep that's 7 hours and not even half way. 

I think it is because it is not only in HD but it is kinda of lengthy because I do love this series so I had a LOT to say about the ending. 

I will try again to get it uploaded but it might not be until this weekend since apparently it is going to take 12 hours or more on my laptop. 

So I hope I can get this done for you guys as soon as possible. 

So (fingers crossed) I can have it done this weekend. 

Happy Reading,
Mindy

What Happens in Scotland - Jennifer McQuiston

Lady Georgette Thorold has always been wary of marriage, so when she wakes up next to an attractive Scotsman with a wedding ring on her finger, it’s easy to understand why she panics and flees. Convinced that Georgette is a thief, her may-be husband, James McKenzie, searches for her. As both try to recall what happened that fateful night, they begin to realize that their attraction and desire for each other is undeniable. But is it enough?

Hello my lovelies!! How have you been? I hope you have been doing well. I'm finally back with a new book review...YAY!!

I found this book while trolling through Amazon's Coming Soon section of romance novels a few months ago. As soon as I read the description I knew I had to have this book!

So I ordered it along with some other books (that I seriously need to get my butt to reading) and cracked it open immediately. Now I will admit that it did take a little bit to get going (kind of like a train starting out at the station) but once it hit its stride it turned out to be a very wonderful book.

Georgette heads to stay with her cousin in Scotland after what she feels is proper mourning for her no good husband. She had a marriage but it was not what she had pictured for herself and after her husband's death she decides that she does not want to ever be married again because marriage made her unhappy and now she is free to spend her inheritance any way she pleases.

However, what she does not realize is that her cousin has his own nefarious plans for her and her fortune.

So Georgette escapes his clutches and runs into the town of Moraig (I think that's the name I finished it some time ago...feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). She starts kicking her heels up at a local pub and soon wakes up to find herself in bed with Scotsman and apparently married.

When he awakens she throws a chamber pot at him...a freaking chamber pot...I was laughing soo hard at this I could barely contain myself. She flees but soon realizes she has no memory of the night before and that she needs to find her mysterious husband and make an annulment like yesterday.

James can't believe he does not remember the night before so he goes in search of the mysterious woman who threw a chamber pot (LOL) at his head.

So they each spend the day (yes this book only takes place in the span of one day) trying to find the other and enter a bar wench turned house maid, an over protective brother, a lost horse, a stray kitten, a butcher with missing teeth and several other zany characters and you have all the makings of a Hangover set in 19th Century Scotland!!

I will tell you guys the reason I'm only giving it 4 stars is because of the slow start but other than that I have no complaints with this book. I think this was a wonderful debut novel and can't wait to see what else Ms. McQuiston decides to pull out of her writer's cap!!

Also, guys I'm hopefully going to be starting a YouTube channel and will start posting all my reviews there but I will put links here. I just think that would be a really cool way to get a review that way you can really get a sense of my feelings for a book better than reading what I write.

So I hope you guys are staying happy and healthy I'm off to read Dead Ever After the last Sookie Stackhouse book...but I must be honest I'm having a hard time getting into it since I know the ending...thanks internet, LOL!!

Happy Reading,
Mindy

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Bared to You - Sylvia Day

Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness…

He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I’d never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily…

Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other’s most private wounds…and desires.The bonds of his love transformed me, even as i prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart...

HELLO EVERYONE!! I'm here for a review!! WHAT...WHAT!!! LOL!!

Well I finally finished the first novel in the Crossfire Series by Sylvia Day - Bared to You. This book was a scorching hot read let me tell you! If you liked Fifty Shades of Grey I am pretty certain that you will love this one as well.

Eva has spent her adult life trying to overcome a dark past that haunts her. With the help of her bi-sexual friend Cary she is trying to adjust to her new life in New York. So with a new job and a new place she hopes she can finally have the life she has been wanting.

Gideon has spent his life building his empire and the day he meets Eva everything for him changes. He has a dark past that has yet to be revealed and in Eva he finds someone who can love him for him and that is something he desperately wants and craves.

The tension between Eva and Gideon is very much apparent from the first moment that they meet and when they finally come to gather prepare yourself for an explosion OH-KAY!!

I'm dying to know what lies in Gideon's past that makes him have all of those nightmares and poor Eva and what she went through is simply awful.

I can't wait to pick up the next book Reflected in You because like I said I'm dying to know what demons are haunting Gideon and hopefully get to know more about this deeply dark and delicious character!! (There I go again mooning over the tortured hero..I think I need to find a support group or just read another book...hahahaha!!)

I will tell you guys if you are not into very detailed and erotic love scenes then you probably should not consider reading this or Fifty for that matter but for those of you who don't mind it then make sure you don't get burned!!

Happy Reading,
Mindy

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(More like a million, LOL!)

The Lizzie Bennett Diaries - MY OBSESSION!!

I have to be honest I've been dying to write this blog post for sometime now. I know I haven't posted any book reviews (bad book blogger, very bad book blogger!). 

Anyway I'm sure you all have heard of The Lizzie Bennett Diaries on YouTube. If not...first off gasp, shock, horror!!! Where have you been? I would be ashamed to call myself a romance buff and for that matter a fan of anything dealing with Jane Austen and Pride & Prejudice...just kidding, no seriously!

Well just in case you have been living under a rock for the past year now I'll fill you in...

The Lizzie Bennett Diaries is a bi-weekly web series which is based on the most historical and romantic book of all time Pride & Prejudice. It puts a modern spin on it. In it the titular character Lizzie Bennett (aka Elizabeth Bennett) is doing a vlog for her independent study. She decides to post videos every Monday and Thursday and talks about her daily life including her parents, her sisters (Jane and Lydia - although the other sister Mary has been turned in to a cousin but that's a small detail), William Darcy and all the other characters from Jane Austen's classic tale.

I will admit that I did come a little late to the party on this and had to catch up with all the episodes that were out and it took me almost a whole day to watch them (thanks to buffering...boo for buffering). But I was hooked from the first one and find myself waiting (sometimes impatiently) for the next show. I just can't wait to log into YouTube on Mondays and Thursdays to see in my news feed the latest video. I've become truly invested in this new modern take on this wonderful classic that I find myself consumed by what will happen next and also telling pretty much anyone that will listen that they need to check it out. Since the series has started a couple of little spinoffs have been created you can also follow Lydia's videos to see what's going on with her which of course intersect with Lizzie's videos. Now you can watch William Darcy's sister Gigi's videos which also entwine with them. 

Even with all these extra little videos I still feel like that is just not enough...which is why I've come to the (obvious) conclusion that I'm just a (wee) bit obsessed with them. 

So if you are interested in watching this series then just check it out below!! (Also fair warning there are 86 episodes so you'll probably spend the rest of your day sitting in bed watching all of them just thought I'd warn you.)





And just in case you were wondering here are some of my favorite videos (which oddly enough are all some of the most recent ones and all after we FINALLY meet Darcy)!!

The first time we see (sort of) see Darcy:




AND THEN the most awesomey awesomest moment so far in LBD history (LOL!!!)




And of course the follow up:



And now my very favorite video...not sure why just makes me sigh longingly...





Darcy does costume theater...HOLY COW!!




Probably one of the funniest moments on LBD...




And lastly the most touching and wonderful video (although it has it's sad moment)