Mad's House

Petition to Amazon

For the last week or so, there has been a huge discussion on Dear Author about how a certain author is bullying reviewers and manipulating the reviews at Amazon so that only her 5 star reviews are shown. Anything less than 5 stars she gets Amazon to remove. Because I feel we have to take a stand and let this author know we won’t stand for her sneaky and shameful ways, I’m sharing a petition Jane at Dear Author started. We’re asking Amazon to change the way they run the site when it comes to reviewing books. Please go read it and sign it. This author has got to be stopped. If she feels the need to track down a reviewer’s personal info because of a 3 star review and imply threats to the reviewer, her family, even her CHILDREN, I wonder what she’ll do should she ever get a 1 star review?  Anyone remember the movie Psycho? That shower scene? Cue the theme music because that’s all I keep thinking about right now.

Yeah!!

Mom called last night and shared some awesome news. She's booked a flight to come for a visit! Yeah! I so needed this. She's going to be a busy traveler, too. She'll be here for two weeks, then the day I take her to the airport, she's flying to TN to see my oldest sister and her family for two weeks and then heads home to Florida for a week before flying off to Jerusalem for three months to see my grandparents. This means I've got less than three weeks to do some major cleaning and the office is going to be the first place I start! ;)

Little Diva funnies...

Every day when I pick her up from school she has me guess who was the helper in various class activities. For example, who was the line leader, who was the calendar helper, flag holder, etc. This was from today.

Diva: Guess who was the line leader?

Me: Was it *insert name*?

Diva: No, it was *insert name*. Guess who was the caboose?

Me: Was it *insert name*?

Diva: No, it was me...but don't tell Jeanine.

Me: Why not? 

Diva: Cause she's going to say I was the butt of the line again.

A little later as we're driving home from school...

Diva: Does Jeanine have a softball game today?

Me: No, no game, just practice.

Diva: Does she have one tomorrow?

Me: Not sure, Jeanine hasn't said and I haven't checked the calendar yet.

Diva: How can you not know? You're the Mom...you're supposed to know everything!!

Wow...

Can't believe I completely missed posting in March! I kept saying "tomorrow, I'll post" and it looks like tomorrow was over a month away! Sorry about that. Lots of things happening around here.

1. My birthday was in March. March 9th I turned 34. Where has the time gone? I'm not really freaking that I'm 34, just that it seems to have flown by! I remember one of my BIL's always teased me on my birthday by asking me if I was legal yet. Guess I can no longer say "One more year to go!" ;) Hubby did say that I look the same as I did when I married him years ago. Big brownies points for that man! :)

2. I posted back in February that my MIL had a stroke. Two of my BILs flew over to be with her and take care of things. She was on the mend, her speech was impaired but she was on the mend when we got a call the morning of March 22nd telling us that she passed away in her sleep. Hubby was devastated. He's angry that he wasn't there for her but his passport had expired and things happened so quickly that I never had the chance to send it out to get a new one. The funeral was the day after she passed away so he was very quiet in the days after her passing. He's just started talking about her and grieving. I hurt for him. It hurts me to see him like this. He's talking of going to Jerusalem when summer arrives so he can go say his final goodbyes. Not sure how we'll do that but we'll figure something out.

3. The two older girls remembered their grandmother from when she visited when they were 4 and 6 and cried when they found out but the younger two never met her and always turned bashful when I'd give them the phone to talk to her so they don't really know what's going on.

4.  Basketball season finished but now we're in Softball season and that has me on the road a lot. Back and forth to practices and games. In fact, we have three games this week. One today, one tomorrow and one of Friday, that's an away game if I remember right, which means the bus won't return to school until after 10pm.

5. Reading-wise, I've been reading some great books. The days after finding out about MIL, I couldn't sleep so most nights were spent downstairs reading or cleaning the house at night while everyone else was asleep.

6. My mother is thinking of coming for a visit soon. I hope she does. I really need to see her right about now. Talking on the phone just isn't the same, you know?

I think that's it for now. I need to head out and run some errands before I get the girls from school.

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things about Why I haven't been blogging... 1. The girls have kept me busy with their sports! Finished Basketball season last week and immediately jumped into Softball season two days later. Whatever happened to the downtime I was hoping for in between? 2. My MIL is currently home after suffering a stroke. I cried like a baby the first time I called her and heard her struggling to talk a few words...just wanted to reach through the phone and smother her in hugs. 3. My reading mojo seems to have taken a vacation. I find that it takes me over a week to read one book when it used to take me one or two days. I know this is also in part of all the worrying I'm doing about my mother-in-law. 4. Right now I'm reading SWEET SURRENDER by Maya Banks and this is the first book in weeks that has really grabbed my attention. 5. When not reading, I've found myself playing games at Pogo. Darn place is addicting! 6. Our neighbor's cat got stuck in our crawlspace recently. Took us a while to realize where all the meowing was coming from and by the time we found it, it had been under the house for ten days. The owners didn't even seem to care...took them three days to realize their cat was missing yet they never even went looking for him. Poor kitty. 7. The cat seems to be over the trauma of being stuck since for the past two days he's been in my yard or sitting on my window sill when I leave the house. 8. My 10 year old came home with a Read-A-Thon program. Starts tomorrow and ends March 19 and she's wanting me to pay her $1.00 per page she reads...and she says she plans to read a Harry Potter book! So we're in negotiations of what I'll pay if she does because hello, I'm not paying her a dollar a page for a Harry Potter book! ;) 9. I've already called and had my sisters sponsor her too...even got my nephew to do it. Just have to call and beg my mother to do it too. 10. Been watching Big Brother 9 but hmm, I'm not really feeling it...maybe because I associate Big Brother with summer. I do enjoy watching Matt and listening to him talk with his Boston accent. I'm easy to please, it seems. 11. Hubby has kept me busy as his Go-For Gal. If I'm not taxi-ing the girls to practice or a game, I'm running errands for him. 12. Mom is planning to visit again. Not sure when just yet but I think it'll be sometime in May or June. 13. If anyone has seen my reading Mojo, could you tell it I'm looking for it? ;)

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Latest addition to my iPod

On the way home from picking up the girls from school, my oldest played this song on her iPod...as soon as we got home, I came on and put the song on my iPod too. Love it!

Yes, I'm still here! :)

Wow, last time I posted it was the 22nd of January! Things have been busy here. But first...what the heck is up with my blog? Where'd all my images go? Yikes...will have to fix that. January was and always is a busy month for us. The Diva had a birthday. She's five now. Where has the time gone? Then Hubby had a birthday. He turned 44 but assures me that he still feels like he's 14. Not sure if that's a good thing, given our oldest is 17 right now. *G* Then my second daughter turned 15 a few days ago. You know what that means right? Soon I'll have 2 teen drivers in the house! She's been so busy with basketball that I haven't had the chance to take her to get her permit yet. Hopefully sometime this month since basketball season is almost over. In other news here, we got a call from hubby's niece in Jerusalem last week. MIL had what they think is a stroke and is currently in the hospital. I hate being so far away and not being there to see her. Hubby was hoping to go see her himself until we realized his passport had expired so I'm now getting that updated for him. Two of his brothers left to fly over the same day we got the call. No real news yet, she's still in the hospital and we're not sure when they'll release her. Please say a prayer or two for her for us. With everything going on with MIL, I haven't been able to concentrate on reading at all. I just have no interest, nothing is grabbing me from the TBR, even my keepers aren't doing it for me. We called to check in last night but no one was home and the hospital line was busy each time we called. Hopefully we'll be able to get through tonight and see how she's doing.

All day...

I've had this song running through my head! Sean Kingston's Take You There.

He's a pain!

I think I've mentioned here before that I'm a book-pusher. Proud Book Pusher, at that. *G* I send boxes of books to my oldest sister and youngest sister all the time. In a recent phone conversation with my oldest sister, she mentioned she's down to the last book in her box and needs me to send her another one. At the same time, my youngest sister wanted the last Erin McCarthy vampire book since she was working her way through those books. So Friday I went to the post office. My oldest sister got a huge box with about twenty books in it. I sent my youngest sister 3 books -- the new Garwood, the new Shalvis and latest McCarthy vampire book. Anyway, I text messaged her Friday as I was walking out the post office and told her the box would get there today. She called me today to tell me someone must have switched the books because when she opened it, she didn't find the 3 books I sent her, she found 3 religion books about Muslims and Islam. I was wondering how those ended up in the box because I knew what I had put in there before I taped it up. So I asked her if it looked like someone opened it up and she said no. So I couldn't understand how those books got to her because 1. I don't have those books and 2. Even if I had them, I'd keep them for myself. LOL

So we're going back and forth, trying to figure out what had happened and all I could think of was that someone must have ordered those books but somewhere in the post office both boxes got opened by mistake and then they just shoved the books in whatever box they thought they belonged in. Been known to happen...one time a reviewer got a package of car wheels instead of the review book she was supposed to receive because the envelopes were ripped in the process of shipping them.

Anyway, I'm sitting there freaking, saying that someone who had ordered those books is going to freak out when they see what they get instead and then all of a sudden her hubby starts laughing in the background.  Seems he couldn't hold it in any longer and confessed -- he had opened the box because he was the one home when the mailman knocked on the door to deliver it. Since he saw it was from me, he opened the box, switched out the books with some that they had in the living room and then taped it back up as if nothing happened -- to see what reaction he'd get from us. LOL OMG. I told him he was good -- that it worked that time but it wouldn't work again because next time I sent a box, it would be going to Mom's and sis would just have to pick it up on the weekends when she goes and stays with Mom. I also mentioned revenge and getting him back. Told him I wasn't sure when and where but it would happen because no one messes with my babies.

Book Shopping!

Went to the mall to get hubby a few birthday presents…and before we left, I made a pitstop at BAM and picked up some books for me.

GIVE ME A TEXAN by Jodi Thomas, DeWanna Pace, Linda Broday & Phyliss Miranda
PROMISEGIVERS by Dorothy Garlock
BETWEEN THE SHEETS by Robin Wells
EXTREME DANGER by Shannon McKenna
COSMIC SEX by Karen Kelley
THE SECRETS BETWEEN US by Barbara Delinsky

Had to share...

A friend sent me this and I couldn't pass up not sharing it...it's beautiful.

Reading Year in Review --

Year in Review

How many books did you read in 2007?

226 books for 2007.

Up from previous years....

2002 -- 288 books (Pre-Diva days *G*)
2003 -- 152 books
2004 -- 122 books
2005 -- 178 books
2006 -- 129 books

How many in each genre:

Contemporary romance -- 54

Historical romance -- 25

Romantic Suspense -- 5

Paranormal Romance -- 28

Urban Fantasy -- 0

Fantasy & Sci-Fi -- 0

E-books -- 51

Anthologies -- 4

Young Adult -- 0

Category Romance --

Harlequin Presents -- 18
Harlequin Romance -- 17
Silhouette Desires -- 17
Harlequin Historicals -- 4
Spice -- 2
Silhouette Special Edition -- 2
Harlequin Norturne -- 1
Loveswept -- 1
Superromance -- 1

Audio Books -- 0

Women's Fiction -- 0

Mysteries -- 2

Fiction (suspense, thrillers, non romance) -- 1

How many books did you start and not finish because you didn't like the story?

I think it was just one but don't recall the title right now.

How many of the books you read were 2007 releases?

127 were 2007 releases

Did your reading tastes change during this past year? Are you making any reading resolutions for 2008?

I read more e-Books this year than I did in 2006. Also read a lot more paranormals. Goal for 2008 is to try for 250 books.

Now it is time for your book awards for the year. (If you can, give us some feedback regarding your choices)

Best 10 Reads of the Year:

COLTERS’ WOMAN by Maya Banks
VIRGIN RIVER by Robyn Carr
MAKING CHASE by Lauren Dane
YOUR MOUTH DRIVES ME CRAZY by HelenKay Dimon
THE MANE EVENT by Shelly Laurenston
THE RETURN OF PATRICK O’ROURKE by N.J. Walters
STEFAN’S SALVATION by N.J. Walters
SMART AND SEXY by Jill Shalvis
DIVORCED, DESPERATE AND DELICIOUS by Christie Craig
THE BRAZILIAN’s BLACKMAIL BARGAIN by Abby Green

Favorite Romance Author of the Year: NJ Walters, Lauren Dane, Maya Banks, Beth Williamson, Jory Strong, Jaci Burton

Favorite Regency Romance: THE RAVEN PRINCE by Elizabeth Hoyt

Favorite Historical Romance: THE SECRET PASSION OF SIMON BLACKWELL by Samantha James

Best Contemporary Romance: MAKING CHASE by Lauren Dane

Best Contemporary Novel: VIRGIN RIVER by Robyn Carr

Best Contemporary Romantic Suspense: OBSESSION by Karen Robards

Favorite Erotica Book/E-book:

COLTERS' WOMAN by Maya Banks
ANCHOR AND STORM by Kate Poole
FORBIDDEN PLEASURE by Lora Leigh
BLACKMAILED by Annmarie McKenna
DECADENT by Shayla Black
A TALL DARK COWBOY by Mackenzie McKade

Favorite Humorous Book:

THE MANE EVENT by Shelly Laurenston
YOUR MOUTH DRIVES ME CRAZY by HelenKay Dimon
DIVORCED, DESPERATE AND DELICIOUS by Christie Craig

Best Category Romance:

THE BEAST WITHIN by Lisa Renee Jones
THE BRAZILIAN's BLACKMAIL BARGAIN by Abby Green

Best Paranormal Romance: WITCH FIRE by Anya Bast

Favorite Anthology: THE PERFECT GIFT by Maya Banks, Kate Davies, Mackenzie McKade, Annmarie McKenna, Stacia Wolf

Favorite Other Genre:

Most Hanky Read: MAKING CHASE by Lauren Dane

Most Luscious Love Story: TEST ME by Dee Tenorio

Most Tortured Hero: Adam "AJ" Riley from ASK ADAM by Jess Dee

Favorite Couple: Matt Chase & Tate Murphy from MAKING CHASE by Lauren Dane

Most Annoying Hero and/or Heroine: I can't think of one...could they have been so annoying I blocked them from my mind? LOL

Favorite Family:

Lauren Dane's Chase Brothers
NJ Walters' Dalakis Brothers
NJ Walters' Jamesville series
Dee Tenorio's Midnight Trilogy
Beth Williamson's Malloy series

Best Villain: Michael from ASCENSION by Lauren Dane

Book(s) with the Best Tension/Chemistry:

THE LILY BRAND by Sandra Schwab
MIDNIGHT TEMPTATION by Dee Tenorio
YOUR MOUTH DRIVES ME CRAZY by HelenKay Dimon

Best "New to Me" Author:

Lauren Dane
NJ Walters
Jory Strong
Maya Banks
Beth Williamson
Shayla Black/Shelley Bradley
Abby Green
Maxine Sullivan

Your Biggest Glom: Lauren Dane, NJ Walters, Jory Strong, Beth Williamson

Author others Love that you Don't: Janet Evanovich and JD Robb (although I can read her as Roberts, I just can't get into her books as Robb)

Biggest Disappointment of the Year: LOVE, ROSIE by Cecelia Ahern. Just found it so depressing that it took the characters so long to finally get together.

Worst read(s) of the Year: THE FUTURE KING's PREGNANT MISTRESS by Penny Jordan....just did not like the hero in this one at all.

Did you give up on any Authors this Year? Why?

Not that I can remember. *G*

Romance Reading Challenge --

As if the two challenges I joined for 2008 won't keep me busy, here's another one I picked to be a part of. This one is easy too, a Romance Reading Challenge. Read five romance novels from now until December 31, 2008. Surely I can do that, right? *G* Just need to decide on the books now and this challenge isn't as strict in the rules. We can change the titles of the books if we want.

TBR Challenge

I joined a few challenges already for 2008. In addition to doing another year with eHarlequin.com 100K Challenge, I joined TBR Challenge too, where I'm to read 12 books for the whole year. Sounds easy, no? :) So here's my list and my list of alternates I chose for the TBR Challenge.

Read Books for the Year --

I'll do another more indepth post later but I just posted this list on one of the Yahoo lists I'm on and wanted to share it here too.

I had the chance to read 226 books in 2007. Way up from the 129 books I read in 2006.

1. ISHBEL's PARTY by Stacy Absalom
2. AGAINST THE ODDS by J. Adams
3. THURSDAY's CHILD by Kat Adams
4. LOVE, ROSIE by Cecelia Ahern
5. THE ANGEL AND THE OUTLAW by Kathryn Albright
6. MORNING LIGHT by Catherine Anderson
7. CURVEBALL by Kate Angell
8. THE WILLING HOSTAGE by Elizabeth Ashton
9. PASSIONATE REALITIES by Nicole Austin
10. SAVANNAH'S VISION by Nicole Austin
11. BRAZEN by Maya Banks
12. COLTERS' WIFE by Maya Banks
13. COLTERS' WOMAN by Maya Banks
14. FOR HER PLEASURE by Maya Banks
15. THE PERFECT GIFT by Banks/McKade/Davies/McKenna/Wolf
16. A CHANGE OF SEASON by Anya Bast
17. WITCH FIRE by Anya Bast
18. THE BILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR by Jessica Bird
19. TIES THAT BIND by Black/Leigh
20. DECADENT by Shayla Black
21. WICKED TIES by Shayla Black
22. BACK TO TEXAS by Sienna Black
23. A MOTHER FOR HIS DAUGHTER by Ally Blake
24. NAUGHTY LITTLE SECRET by Shelley Bradley
25. WATCH ME by Shelley Bradley
26. ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE by Denyse M. Bridger
27. FALL FURY by Jaci Burton
28. SPRING RAIN by Jaci Burton
29. SUMMER HEAT by Jaci Burton
30. WILD, WICKED, AND WANTON by Jaci Burton
31. WINTER ICE by Jaci Burton
32. TRIPLE PLAY by Rhyannon Byrd
33. CLAIMING THE COURTESAN by Anna Campbell
34. SHELTER MOUNTAIN by Robyn Carr
35. VIRGIN RIVER by Robyn Carr
36. THE STRANGER IN HER BED by Janet Chapman
37. NOT QUITE A LADY by Loretta Chase
38. THE COWBOY's SECRET SON by Judy Christenberry
39. RANCHER AND PROTECTOR by Judy Christenberry
40. DIVORCED, DESPERATE AND DELICIOUS by Christie Craig
41. DARK APOLLO by Sara Craven
42. ASCENSION by Lauren Dane
43. CHASED by Lauren Dane
44. FIRE AND RAIN by Lauren Dane
45. GIVING CHASE by Lauren Dane
46. MAKING CHASE by Lauren Dane
47. TAKING CHASE by Lauren Dane
48. THRICE UNITED by Lauren Dane
49. A TOUCH OF FAE by Lauren Dane
50. TRIAD by Lauren Dane
51. VENGEANCE DUE by Lauren Dane
52. THE BILLIONAIRE's CAPTIVE BRIDE by Emma Darcy
53. THE STRANGER I MARRIED by Sylvia Day
54. ASK ADAM by Jess Dee
55. YOUR MOUTH DRIVES ME CRAZY by HelenKay Dimon
56. CASTLES IN THE AIR by Christina Dodd
57. SUMMER OF THE EAGLE by Susan Edwards
58. FULL RIDE by Gail Faulkner
59. SLIP KNOT by Gail Faulkner
60. LOVE REMEMBERED by Ellen Fisher
61. THE ARRANGEMENT by Suzanne Forster
62. THE BRIDAL CONTRACT by Susan Fox
63. MARRIED BY MISTAKE by Abby Gaines
64. A WEEK FROM SUNDAY by Dorothy Garlock
65. THROUGH JENNA's EYES by Kristi Gold
66. THE GREEK TYCOON's DEFIANT BRIDE by Lynne Graham
67. THE ITALIAN's INEXPERIENCED MISTRESS by Lynne Graham
68. THE PETRAKOS BRIDE by Lynne Graham
69. THE BRAZILIAN's BLACKMAIL BARGAIN by Abby Green
70. CHOSEN AS THE FRENCHMAN's BRIDE by Abby Green
71. LADY OF TWO LAIRDS by Sedonia Guillone
72. DIRTY by Megan Hart
73. DOWN AND DIRTY by Sandra Hill
74. MY DEVILISH SCOTSMAN by Jen Holling
75. MY WICKED HIGHLANDER by Jen Holling
76. THE RAVEN PRINCE by Elizabeth Hoyt
77. ECHOES by Bobby Hutchinson
78. OUTBACK BABY MIRACLE by Melissa James
79. THE SECRET PASSION OF SIMON BLACKWELL by Samantha James
80. PANDORA's DAUGHTER by Iris Johansen
81. THE SWORD by Jean Johnson
82. THE BEAST WITHIN by Lisa Renee Jones
83. HIS CONVENIENT AFFAIR by Tricia Jones
84. THE FUTURE KING's PREGNANT MISTRESS by Penny Jordan
85. MARRIED BY MORNING by Shirley Jump
86. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE SEXY KIND by Karen Kelley
87. THE MANE EVENT by Shelly Laurenston
88. PACK CHALLENGE by Shelly Laurenston
89. JOURNEY HOME by Susan Kay Law
90. NIGHTS OF DESIRE by Marilyn Lee
91. FORBIDDEN PLEASURE by Lora Leigh
92. NAUTI BOY by Lora Leigh
93. NAUTI NIGHTS by Lora Leigh
94. TANNER's SCHEME by Lora Leigh
95. THE BOSS's DEMAND by Jennifer Lewis
96. THE BOSS's CHRISTMAS SEDUCTION by Yvonne Lindsay
97. THE C.E.O.'s CONTRACT BRIDE by Yvonne Lindsay
98. ROSSELLINI's REVENGE AFFAIR by Yvonne Lindsay
99. THE DANGERS OF DECEIVING A VISCOUNT by Julia London
100. THE PERILS OF PURSUING A PRINCE by Julia London
101. BRANDED BY GOLD by Carol Lynne
102. DANGEROUS STUNT by Mary Lyons
103. ECLIPSE OF THE HEART by Mary Lyons
104. SPANISH SERENADE by Mary Lyons
105. THE SURVIVORS by Dinah McCall
106. CAINE's RECKONING by Sarah McCarty
107. LISA'S GIFT by Mackenzie McKade
108. LOST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN by Mackenzie McKade
109. A TALL DARK COWBOY by Mackenzie McKade
110. BLACKMAILED by Annmarie McKenna
111. MORNING COMES SOFTLY by Debbie Macomber
112. THE FOREVER SUMMER by Suzanne Macpherson
113. MIDNIGHT FANTASY by Ann Major
114. PRINCESS AUSTRALIA by Nicola Marsh
115. THE ITALIAN PRINCE's PREGNANT BRIDE by Sandra Marton
116. BEDDING THE HEIRESS by Cathy Maxwell
117. HER PREGNANCY SURPRISE by Susan Meier
118. BACK IN HER HUSBAND's BED by Melanie Milburne
119. BOUGHT FOR THE MARRIAGE BED by Melanie Milburne
120. THE SECRET BABY BARGAIN by Melanie Milburne
121. A WANTED MAN by Linda Lael Miller
122. ALONE IN FORRESTER ROCK by Amy Mistretta
123. MEAGAN's CHANCE by LC Monroe
124. ANNABELLE'S COURTSHIP by Lucy Monroe
125. BOUGHT: THE GREEK's BRIDE by Lucy Monroe
126. TAKEN: THE SPANIARD's VIRGIN by Lucy Monroe
127. THE RIDE OF HER LIFE by Natasha Moore
128. FREEDOM TO LOVE by Carole Mortimer
129. THE LONELY SEASON by Susan Napier
130. CROWNED: AN ORDINARY GIRL by Natasha Oakley
131. SURE THING by Lorie O'Clare
132. CALHOUN AND KID by Sara Orwig
133. WINTER ROSES by Diana Palmer
134. WICKED UNDER THE COVERS by Barbara Pierce
135. ANCHOR AND STORM by Kate Poole
136. AT THE GREEK BOSS's BIDDING by Jane Porter
137. ODD MOM OUT by Jane Porter
138. THE APOLLONIDES MISTRESS SCANDAL by Tessa Radley
139. THE KYRIAKOS VIRGIN BRIDE by Tessa Radley
140. RICH MAN's REVENGE by Tessa Radley
141. DANGEROUS LOVER by Lisa Marie Rice
142. THE KRISTALLIS BABY by Natalie Rivers
143. OBSESSION by Karen Robards
144. LOCAL HERO by Nora Roberts
145. FORGOTTEN MARRIAGE by Paula Roe
146. A COMPROMISED LADY by Elizabeth Rolls
147. MISTLETOE KISSES by Rolls/Hale/Gaston
148. THE MARRIAGE OF CAROLINE LINDSAY by Margaret Rome
149. THE MILLIONAIRE's INDECENT PROPOSAL by Emilie Rose
150. THE PLAYBOY's PASSIONATE PURSUIT by Emilie Rose
151. THE PRINCE's ULTIMATE DECEPTION by Emilie Rose
152. LANCELOT by Gwen Rowley
153. THE PREACHER's DAUGHTER by Cheryl St. John
154. THE LILY BRAND by Sandra Schwab
155. SMART AND SEXY by Jill Shalvis
156. THE TROUBLE WITH PARADISE by Jill Shalvis
157. BOUND BY MARRIAGE by Nalini Singh
158. THOSE BABY BLUES by Sheridon Smythe
159. TAMING ELIZA JANE by Shannon Stacey
160. BOND OF VENGEANCE by Jessica Steele
161. DEVIL IN DISGUISE by Jessica Steele
162. INNOCENT ABROAD by Jessica Steele
163. TO TEMPT A WOLF by Kate Steele
164. TO TRUST A WOLF by Kate Steele
165. IN THE VENETIAN's BED by Susan Stephens
166. ONE-NIGHT BABY by Susan Stephens
167. AROUSING SUSPICIONS by Marianne Stillings
168. SATISFACTION by Marianne Stillings
169. CHASE 'N' ANA by Ciana Stone
170. MOLDING CLAY by Ciana Stone
171. RIDING RANGER by Ciana Stone
172. WYATT'S CHANCE by Ciana Stone
173. LUCY'S DOUBLE DIAMOND by Ruby Storm
174. CADY'S COWBOY by Jory Strong
175. CALISTA'S MEN by Jory Strong
176. LYRIC'S COP by Jory Strong
177. SOPHIE's DRAGON by Jory Strong
178. STORM's FAERIES by Jory Strong
179. TRACE's PSYCHIC by Jory Strong
180. THE EXECUTIVE's VENGEFUL SEDUCTION by Maxine Sullivan
181. THE MILLIONAIRE's SEDUCTIVE REVENGE by Maxine Sullivan
182. THE TYCOON's BLACKMAILED MISTRESS by Maxine Sullivan
183. MIDNIGHT LEGACY by Dee Tenorio
184. MIDNIGHT SONATA by Dee Tenorio
185. MIDNIGHT TEMPTATION by Dee Tenorio
186. TEST ME by Dee Tenorio
187. RAISING THE RANCHER's FAMILY by Patricia Thayer
188. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER by Eve Vaughn
189. STRANDED by Eve Vaughn
190. ALWAYS YOURS by Shiloh Walker
191. COMING IN LAST by Shiloh Walker
192. HIS EVERY DESIRE by Shiloh Walker
193. TELLING TALES by Shiloh Walker
194. BAKRA BRIDE by N.J. Walters
195. CAPTURING CARLY by N.J. Walters
196. CHRISTINA'S TAPESTRY by N.J. Walters
197. CRAVING CANDY by N.J. Walters
198. DISCOVERING DANI by N.J. Walters
199. ERIN'S FANCY by N.J. Walters
200. ETERNAL BROTHERS by N.J. Walters
201. HARKER'S JOURNEY by N.J. Walters
202. KATIE'S ART OF SEDUCTION by N.J. Walters
203. LUCIAN'S DELIGHT by N.J. Walters
204. THE RETURN OF PATRICK O'ROURKE by N.J. Walters
205. STEFAN'S SALVATION by N.J. Walters
206. THE WAY HOME by N.J. Walters
207. WOVEN DREAMS by N.J. Walters
208. DESTINY's WARRIOR by Heather Waters
209. THE DEVIL's POSSESSION by Heather Waters
210. THE GREEK's CONVENIENT MISTRESS by Annie West
211. THE BOUNTY by Beth Williamson
212. THE GIFT by Beth Williamson
213. THE LEGACY by Beth Williamson
214. THE PRIZE by Beth Williamson
215. THE REWARD by Beth Williamson
216. THE TREASURE by Beth Williamson
217. THE TRIBUTE by Beth Williamson
218. DEVIL'S KISS by Brenda Williamson
219. THE CHILD OF JUDAS by Violet Winspear
220. LOVE IS THE HONEY by Violet Winspear
221. LUCIFER's ANGEL by Violet Winspear
222. THE DUKE's BABY by Rebecca Winters
223. MATRIMONY WITH HIS MAJESTY by Rebecca Winters
224. CHRISTMAS JARS by Jason F. Wright
225. THE WEDNESDAY LETTERS by Jason F. Wright
226. RESCUED: MOTHER-TO-BE by Trish Wylie

BOLD = New To Me Authors I found in 2007

Total Books Read -- 226 books

Total Pages Read -- 50,667 pages

My goal for 2008 is to read 250 books.

New Year's Chat Party! :)

We're having a chat tonight at RRT to celebrate New Year's. Spur of the moment type of thing and if you're home and have nothing planned tonight, come chat with us and watch the ball drop. Scheme says it's BYOB Night. <G> Games might be played and prizes could be offered. Chat starts at 10:00 (EST) and link to room is here. If clicking on that doesn't work, just go to www.romrevtoday.com and click on Chat Room.

Hope to see you later tonight! :)

Mad

Scheme's Minion *G*

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! May 2008 be all that you hope for! :)

New Books! :)

Did some book shopping today at BAM. My oldest offered to buy me some books since she knows how books and I go together. She thought I'd pick 4 or 5 and when she saw my stack we had to negotiate what she'd pay for and what could wait until the next time we were at the bookstore. Needless to say, I came home with my full stack. LOL

MORNING LIGHT by Catherine Anderson (already started this one since I was in between books)
BEDLAM, BATH & BEYOND by J.D. Warren
THE STOLEN PRINCESS by Anne Gracie
CUTTING LOOSE by Tara Janzen
ENCHANTING THE LADY by Kathryne Kennedy (Love the cover!)
MARKED BY MOONLIGHT by Sharie Kohler
HIS FAVORITE MISTRESS by Tracy Anne Warren
SUCKER BET by Erin McCarthy
TEMPTED by Megan Hart
SHADOW MUSIC by Julie Garwood
BLOOD LINES by Eileen Wilks
NIGHT SEASON by Eileen Wilks

Fall Into Reading 2007 Wrap-up

Well, I tried! I wanted to at least get to the rest of my list before the Fall Into Reading 2007 Challenge was over but I didn't make it. Here's a list of the books I read and my thoughts on them.

Merry Christmas!