~Summer Reads Scavenger Hunt~

 

16th - 19th July 2014

Welcome to the Summer Reads Scavenger Hunt! This event runs from TODAY until midnight on SUNDAY (July 19th). To enter to win FORTY signed paperbacks by a wide range of authors PLUS $30 worth of Amazon Gift Cards, simply hop around ALL participating stops, collect all of the highlighted numbers, add them together, and then go enter the requested details along with your calculated answer in the ENTRY FORM. You can find more information on how the stop works HERE. All stops will direct you to the next place to hop across to. And don’t worry if you get lost, because the entire list of participating authors can be found HERE.

~My Top 5 Most Anticipated Summer Reads of 2014~

I, like a gazillion other people, have been anxiously awaiting the release of Isla and the Happily Ever After, the final book in the Anna and the French Kiss companion series. Anna and the French Kiss is one of my favourite books of all time, and I loved the second book, Lola and the Boy Next Door, too. I can't wait to have Isla in my hot little hands next month!

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This one is technically a reread for me. I read it a year or two before I started blogging and loved it. Even though I own all 5 books in the series, I've only read the first, so I wanted to reread the first and then read the entire series at once. I've been saying that for the last three summers, but it's definitely going to happen this summer!
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I've been wanting to read this trilogy for ages, and I own all three books. I've heard nothing but great things about this series, and it seems like the perfect beach read. 
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How adorable is that cover? This one seems like another perfect beach read. 
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Road trip book! I love road trip books so much, and it's been awhile since I read one. Let's Get Lost seems like it's going to encompass everything I love most about road trip books: a physical journey, an emotional journey, friendship, and romance. I can't wait!

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So, those are 5 of my most anticipated reads for summer 2014. What are some of yours?

  

To celebrate Traci Andrighetti’s New Orleans-based cozy mystery, Limoncello Yellow, she’s offering up this gorgeous antique silver fleur-de-lis cross necklace with a blue glass bead and three small clear Swarovski crystals. Isn’t it amazing? I’m actually really jealous of the lucky person who wins this. Traci was generous enough to offer this giveaway INTERNATIONALLY, so anyone can enter!

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FYI: Jennifer Comeaux is giving away some of my Angel Island (Waiting for the Storm and After the Storm) swag. Be sure to check it out!

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Ok, ready to continue hunting? There's one more thing you need from me, and that's my super special lucky number. Ready?

My number:

---> 13 <---

The next stop on the hunt: Kristi Strong 

Or, if you have all of your numbers and are ready to enter, then hop across to the Summer Reads Scavenger Hunt Entry Form.

Happy hunting!

 
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Top Ten Tuesday: Series I Haven't Finished

 Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Series I Haven't Finished

I’m horrible at finishing series. I’ll read the first book in a series and even if I love it, it’s rare that I carry on with the next book right away. There are a few exceptions - Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games, the Passport to Peril series, Stephanie Plum, any series by Nora Roberts - but overall I just suck at carrying on with series. There are so many books to read, and there are so many series that I could easily just read series, but I love standalones. Plus I hate it when you love a book and then have to wait ages for the next one, so I tend to wait until there are a bunch of books out in the series, or until it’s completed so I know if I don’t want to wait, I don’t have to.

Anyway, on with the list!

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
I read Anne of Green Gables, as well as Anne of Avonlea when I was in my early teens, and I reread AoGG this summer, but I haven’t read the rest of the books, even though I own them. AoGG is one of my favourite books ever, so I really have no excuse for not finishing this series.

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares
I read the first three books several years ago, and for the last two summers I’ve been intending to reread them and then read the fourth book. I also bought the fifth book this spring, so I really wanted to read the whole series, but I didn’t have time. I still want to, though - I love this series! Maybe this winter since I didn't do it this summer?

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
I read Vampire Academy last year and really enjoyed it. This one just falls under the ‘I suck at carrying on with series’ category.

The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa
I read and loved The Iron King last year. I sort of put off reading the rest of the series because I figured I’d like to read them back-to-back but didn’t want to have to wait for more books in the series. Now I don’t have that excuse! My next excuse is that I'd really love to own the series, but I can't really afford to buy them right now.

Fever by Karen Marie Moning
I didn’t carry on with this series after Darkfever because Mac annoyed me so much. One of my friends read it after reading my review and agreed with my dislike of Mac, but he kept reading the series and said she gets less annoying, plus so many people love this series that I do intend to carry on with it eventually.

Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris
I’ve actually read the first five books in this series, which is pretty good considering my track record. I don’t love them, but after watching True Blood, I saw the books in a bit of a different light. It seems like I’ve read about one a year, which means I’m due for another one soon lol

Chicagoland Vampires by Chloe Neill
I loved Some Girls Bite when I read it last year, and I’m looking forward to continuing with the series…again, eventually.

Queen Betsy/Undead by MaryJanice Davidson
I read quite a few of these books, and although I loved them at first, I got tired of them pretty quickly. They went from hilarious and kooky to ridiculous - and not in a good way. I don’t think I’ll finish this series, however I did love MJ’s Alaskan Royal Family trilogy.

Immortal by Gillian Shields
I read Immortal, the first book in this series, last year and loved it. My reason for not carrying on? See #3 on this list.

Women of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
I read Bitten a couple years ago but haven’t carried on with the series. I really need to, because I love Kelley’s books.

**Notice that most of these series are adult series? That could be part of why I haven’t continued with them, since I read mostly YA these days!**

What are some series you haven't finished, and why? Let me know in the comments, or link me to your post so I can check it out!

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