I Finally Caught Up!

It's been a busy couple of weeks! Between getting some things organized, getting some crafts done for a few craft fairs, watching hockey tryouts (not mine! haha) and other day to day boring things... I finally did it, I am actually 4 books ahead of my Goodreads Challenge to read 100 books this year! From being behind to getting ahead.. well I'm pretty excited! I've read some pretty great books, and a few not so great, but that comes with the territory. The good thing is, that means I have some great reviews to post! 

So in the coming days, watch for reviews of books by some great authors, including H.Y. Hanna's "Muffins and Mourning Tea",  Mark Edwards' "The Devil's Work", M.A. Comley and Tara Lyons "The Caller" just to name a few! 

And now that summer is officially over and done with (boooo!) it's time to get back to the grindstone and get back down to a regular schedule.  So, I'm off to get more reading done, and get some more reviews ready to go.  

Happy reading! 

Have you ever?

Have you ever wanted to be a writer? As someone who loves to read... I've often wondered what it would be like to be an author, able to tell wonderful stories with quirky characters, solving mysteries and getting themselves out of trouble. I think it would be fun, the whole process with coming up with the plot, developing each character and weaving their fates together...  Someday maybe I will travel down that road, but for now I am lucky enough to be able to read some amazing stories by some very talented authors, and to be able to review their wonderful stories.

I was surprised and honoured the other day to find out that one of my reviews of a recent book that I've read by H.Y. Hanna called "A Scone To Die For" (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries, Book 1) was sent out in her newsletter along with excerpts of her book. I was reading her newsletter (of course I'd subscribed to it while I was reading her book, I wanted to make sure I didn't miss any of her new works!) when I came to the part where she had posted a couple of reviews of her book I thought "whoa wait, I wrote that!"   I'd reviewed her book on my blog as well as on the website Goodreads.  It's so exciting to know that the author of a book that you've really enjoyed has read what you've written about it, enough to share it with others!

I think that it's important that if you like a book that you are reading, that you write about it and let the author know how much you are enjoying it. I'm sure they will appreciate it!  Feedback is important to an author, to let them know the good and the bad.  Be tactful, and be kind with your feedback. It's okay to say you don't like something, it's all in how you say it. Just remember, authors are people too!  

And now it's time on this blustery snow day to get some more reading done... My TBR (to-be-read) pile is huge and I've got a mountain of pages to read, new stories to find with and characters to fall in love with.  What are you reading today?

Books, Books and wow... More Books!

So, I am in the middle of a few books now. I will get my goodreads account updated and that will also help update the books read on my blog.

I am excited to have started something called Blogging For Books. I will get 'review copies' of books, and provide well.. reviews! lol  Just because I receive a book doesn't mean I have to give it a fantastic rating. The whole point of it, is to get honest reviews of a book and so my thoughts and written reviews of these books will be influenced only by me.

The first book that I have chosen is called "meQuilibrium: 14 days to cooler, calmer and happier" written by

Jan Bruce, Andrew Shatte, Ph.D., Adam Perlman, M.D., M.P.H.; Foreword by Mark Hyman, M.D.

I have downloaded my review copy and will be reading it over the next few days. I've chosen this book as it sounds like it may be something beneficial to someone who suffers from social anxiety, anxiety disorder and depression. I guess, we shall see!