Thoughts for 2013. . .

It's hard to believe we have flipped over to a whole new year!  I'm looking forward to putting 2012 behind me and seeing what 2013 brings!  My 2012 ended on a rough note for me with losing my job right before the holidays but then I was blown away by the generosity of  someone I know online only and I can't wait to be back on my feet and find a way to pay it forward.  So that really helped brighten my mood and I am determined to keep it :)

My biggest goal for this year is to read some of the books I already own and not concentrate so much on review books.  I hope to only do around 4-6 review books a month and dedicate the rest to reading my huge pile of books I own, either paperback or ebook.  I probably have 200ish that I own and really want to read right now...eek!  So my blog may seem a bit quieter than before but I will still be here :)

So what books am I most looking forward to?  Here are a few:

I'm sure you all know how much I adore Sarah MacLean so it should come at now surprise that this is at the top of my list :)

Loving this series and I eagerly await each new Elizabeth Hoyt! If you have not yet read this series, you must start in order!

No cover yet but I fell in love with Tessa Dare last year and I am so impatient for this one! I look forward to reading her backlist this year.

The Wicked Deeds of Daniel Mackenzie. Daniel's story. Finally. Can't wait.  It is going to be a long wait until October.

This one has caught my eye for something different.  The blurb has really intrigued me, so much so, I pre ordered it.  Buzz has been good so far surrounding it as well.  Love the cover :)

Well, thats my top 5 for now!  I have plenty more I am excited about so here is to a great reading year in 2013!  What are some of your top reads for the new year?

Hot, hot, hot!

Whew, its hot outside!  I'm still here and working on a couple reviews but my computer room is not air conditioned so after I finish my work for the day, I head to the a/c.  I can't write well in 110 plus humidity and once my job work is done, my hands are starting to sweat...yuck, lol.  Sounds like mildly cooler this weekend so I hope to have the reviews finished and posted then.  Hope you are all staying cool!!

Have to share this pic I found online from my local news station, it just cracks me up!

Yes, that is an a/c in the tent!  lol

Still here....

I'm still around! I started working from home a year ago and it has turned my life a bit upside down. It seems easy to work 7 hours from home with your kids....but its hard....you have to stay up late and that takes away from my "me" time for reading and blogging and such! Hopefully I will try to get back to my reviews and chatting with my other bookfriends!
I have one note to add quickly before I go back to work: I have rediscovered historical romance and am in LOVE with them! Of course...that has added a large amount of books I have to read now but sigh, oh well, lol! I also have an ereader now that I am slowly getting to use. Looking forward to using it more in the future as I hope to purchase just ebooks but I have all these darn paperbacks that I bought that I need to read :)
Hopefully posting a new review soon!!

What to read, what to read??

So, my poor little nightstand is just loaded down with books. I have so many good ones that I want to read, I just don't know where to go next! I have a mix from the library and an assortment from paperbackswap.com that I want to get read and sent out so I get my credit back. So many books....so little time :)

Here's what I have from the library: Bending the Rules, How to Score, Twenties Girl: A Novel, Midnight Sons Volume II: Daddy's Little Helper\Because of the Baby, Unravel Me, and Talk Me Down. And if that isn't enough from the library, I decided to check out Naked in Death because I love Nora Roberts but have held off for almost ten years on reading this series. Why, I don't know? I enjoy James Patterson and for some reason decided to see if I will like the In Death series. I'm kind of hoping I don't because that is going to add almost 30 books to my TBR pile....sigh. :)

But that's not all I have!! Oh no! I have my pile from paperbackswap.com (PBS) that I need to read as well. They include: Straight from the Hip, Dirty Sexy Knitting, Divorced, Desperate and Delicious, Body Check, Redneck Cinderella, With a Twist, Trick My Truck But Don't Mess With My Heart, and Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots. And of course I have more coming in the mail...only two I think but still.

And then what about the new releases coming out in the next two weeks or so?? Theres 92 Pacific Boulevard, Wyoming Brides: Denim and Diamonds\The Wyoming Kid and Loves Me, Loves Me Knot. And of course, I still have books I've purchased but not yet read...my number one being Vision in White! I bought this book the day it came out (three months ago!) and still have not read yet! Sheesh. I think I know its going to go on my keeper shelf and that's why I keep putting it off. I will get it read before the next one (Bed of Roses) comes out in October!! I will! lol

It's not like I don't want to read these books...I do...I just don't know where to start! I mean, I love Susan Mallery and Nora Roberts but I still hold off a bit. I guess I will do one library book and then one PBS book. Thankfully, most of my library books are 28 day books and not 14 day. Thankfully I am also a SAHM and get to read a tad bit more than I would if I was working. Thankfully the boys take a nap most days so I get almost two hours to read (if I don't nap). Thankfully.

Update on challenge and randomness

A small update on my A to Z challenge.

H: Holly's Inbox

W: Wife for Hire (Part of a Harlequin Duet but wanted to include it in case I don't get another W)

2 more down.....20 to go!!

Do you ever feel like you have so much to read and you just don't know what to read next because you want to read them all Right Now? Thats how I seem to feel lately. I have sooo many good books I want to read that while I am reading my current book, I am thinking, Hurry up so I can get to the next! Silly it seems. I am very glad it is summertime though b/c I have read much more now than I will when fall tv starts back up.....sigh..... I love tv too. I need more hours in the day! I know I am lucky that I stay home with my boys though, because I get more snippets of reading in when they are playing together.