Sunday, July 28, 2013

The Verve and Stacking the Shelves

The Verve is our Sunday edition of the weekly memes "The Sunday Post," hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer,
and "Stacking the Shelves," hosted by Tynga's Reviews. We feature the books we bought, borrowed, were gifted and given for review,
as well as share blog news from the past couple weeks and what you might see in the next two.



** Click on the individual bookcovers for the respective book's review or Goodreads page **

REVIEWS:

EXCERPTS:
Avoiding Mr. Right  by C.J. Ellisson (Erotic Romance)
Speak Easy  by Melanie Harlow (NA Historical)
Norse Jewel  by Gina Conkle (Historical Romance | Viking)

INTERVIEWS:
Ivy Sinclair, author of New Adult Contemporary Romance Bittersweet Junction

GUEST POSTS:
On Heathcliff and Retellings by V.J. Chambers, author of Wuther
Romancing the Bookworm  Character Profiles by Kate Evangelista

COVER REVEALS:
Homecoming  by Cecilia Robert (NA Steampunk Paranormal Romance)
Courage  by Carrie Butler (NA Paranormal Romance)

SPOTLIGHTS:
Kinetic  by S.K. Anthony (NA Urban Fantasy)
Unbreakable  by Kami Garcia (YA Urban Fantasy Suspense)

NEW GRAPEVINE BOOK TOURS:



EBOOKS BOUGHT

GIFTED
House  and Showdown (Paradise #1)  by Ted Dekker (Thanks, Mom!)

WON
Muchos gracias to Goodreads and Raine Thomas for swag and a signed copy of For Everly


RECEIVED FOR REVIEW
Much love to Random House Loveswept, Stacey Kennedy, and EgmontUSA for these lovelies

An enormous "Thank you!" to the authors, AToMR Tours, Kismet Book Touring, and CBL Tours for these!



UPCOMING REVIEWS

EXCERPTS, GUEST POSTS & GIVEAWAYS

INTERVIEW:
Gwendolyn Field, author of Escape from Paradise


What did you haul in this week?
Link us to your recent Stacking the Shelves or Sunday Post, or share in a comment what you've added to your pile.
Is there anything you'd like to see reviewed soon from our pile? Let us know. It's always wonderful hearing from you.
Until next time ...

16 comments:

  1. Wow ..nice haul and Claimed looks yum! I hope you have a delightful week and enjoy all your new lovelies!

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  2. i got into the dark too! i downloaded it on a whim because the synopsis sounded so good. i couldn't really get into bree despain's previous series but i'm hoping this one will be different for me. awesome haul!! enjoy :)

    my StS

    -michelle @ Michelle & Leslie's Book Picks

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  3. Congrats on the win. I have heard Wuther is really good.

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  4. Great haul! Congrats on winning, I also won a contest this week! Enjoy :)
    -Scott Reads It

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  5. OOoh nice haul!! Looking forward to Bree Despain's new series!! Hope you enjoy all your shiny new reads!

    Here's my STS

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower :)

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  6. Great haul. Happy reading :)

    follower

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  7. Thanks for stopping by my STS! For Everly sounds really good, can't wait to read it! Enjoy!

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  8. Great haul! The Emblazoned Red looks really good. Happy Reading!

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  9. Ooh I loved Hidden Gates. I can't wait to hear what you thought of them.
    Happy reading,
    Kristin @ Book Sniffers Anonymous

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  10. I love the cover for Sanctuary of Mine. I need to go check that one out right away. Enjoy all your goodies and happy reading :)

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  11. What a nice haul. Looks like you got a lot of new adult books. Come see what I got at Inside of a Dog and Ms. Martin Teaches Media. Happy reading!

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  12. Embrace Me and Emblazoned Red look amazing and I'm so excited to read Into the Dark and White Space. Your STS has sooo many topless men (SO not complaining).

    Thanks for visiting My Haul

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  13. Whoa, you got so many amazing reads! I hope you enjoy reading them all! (:

    My STS

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  14. Looks like a really great haul! And congrats on the win! You've got some really great reads ahead of you.

    Berls @ Fantasy Is More Fun
    New bloglovin' follower
    My Sunday Post

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  15. I've not heard of any of these but White Space and Into the Dark but looks like a lot of awesome! I hope you love them all :-)

    My Friends Are Fiction

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