BOOKS AND BLOGGING PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy is defined as a theory underlying or regarding a sphere of activity or thought. Well, my theory is if I can add at least 10 new books to my Wishlist and move at least 5 older Wishlist selections to my TBR list every month, then life is a ice cream sundae. And if I can find those 10 books from at least 5 new blogs each month then that's the cherry on top.

NEW VISITORS AND OLD- WELCOME!

NEW VISITORS AND OLD- WELCOME!
Well, I've made it almost 5 years now, so for better or worse, I continue on. I tend to blog in spurts as the urge to be creative erupts. As I don't have an artistic bone in my body, you will see very few changes in the layouts. Hey, I'm a reader not an artist like so many of the awesome bloggers I follow. I know you don't always have the time but if you stopped and looked, take a half a minute and say your piece. Recommend a book that you have enjoyed or hated for that matter. Thank you to all who visit.
Oh, and I moved my Google Friend Connect info and share this buttons to the top, as without our friends, who are we?


Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Author Rebecca Yarros Interview and $30.00 Amazon Gift Card Contest at BittenByBooks


“Be careful what you wish for…
Lt. Grayson Masters is focused on graduating the Apache helicopter course, and the last thing he needs is his gorgeous new roommate Samantha Fitzgerald distracting him. While her smart mouth and free spirit are irresistibly irritating, he can’t deny their off-the-charts chemistry, no matter how hard he tries.
Having just been expelled from college, Sam has no business digging for Grayson’s secrets while she’s hiding her own, but that doesn’t stop her from trying to tear down his walls. Each barrier she busts through drops one of her own, though, and she’s not prepared for the truth: another woman laid claim to Grayson’s heart long ago.
Falling in love is something neither Grayson nor Sam can afford, and when that line is crossed and secrets are exposed, they’ll learn that sometimes it’s the answered prayers that will put you through hell.”
Buy a Kindle copy of Beyond What is Given from Amazon by clicking here. – ONLY $3.99!
Books in in the Flight & Glory series in the order they should be read:
Full Measures
Eyes Turned Skyward
Beyond What is Given
CONTEST INFO: Open to readers worldwide.
Prize: $30.00 Amazon Gift Card

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Author Tracy Clark Release Party and $50.00 Amazon Gift Card Contest at BittenByBooks


“Can one girl be the light in a world spiraling toward darkness?
Haunted by the loss of her loved ones, Cora Sandoval, one of the remaining few of an extraordinary race known as Scintilla, holds the key to disentangling the biggest conspiracy in human history…and its link to the fate of the human race. As Cora follows a trail of centuries-old clues and secrets, she collides with a truth not only shocking, but dangerous.
With enemies both known and unknown hot on her trail, Cora must locate each of the ancient clues hidden in the art, religions, and mythologies of humankind. And through it all, she must keep her heart from being torn apart by the two boys she loves most. One is Scintilla, one is Arazzi.
Save herself. Save the Scintilla. Save the world.
Or die trying…”
Buy a Kindle copy of Illuminate from Amazon by clicking here. – ONLY $3.99!
Books in the Light Key Trilogy in the order they should be read:
Scintillate
Deviate
Illuminate
CONTEST INFO: Open to readers worldwide.
Prize: $50.00 Amazon Gift Card

Author Jo Richardson Interview and Amazon Gift Card Contest at BittenByBooks


“She likes things neat and organized. He’s enjoying a little chaos these days.Iris Alden and Carter Blackwood couldn’t be more different. Change-averse Iris likes her life neat and organized, while Carter’s itchy feet means he never stays in the same place for long.
When Carter, a stupidly handsome house flipper, purchases the house across the street from Iris, he has no intention of putting down roots, and she certainly has no time for a showy heartbreaker; she’s far too busy being mom to a stroppy teenager, production line cookie baker for school fundraising events and member of the Spangler Events Committee – as well as trying to rebuild her life after divorce from her ratbag husband.Before long, though, it’s not simply the house Carter’s rebuilding, but Iris’s heart, too.
Lose yourself in this delightfully funny, sexy romance that is bound to have you rooting for Carter and Iris right from the very start.”
Buy a print copy of Cookie Cutter from Amazon by clicking here.
Buy a Kindle copy of Cookie Cutter from Amazon by clicking here. – ONLY $2.99!
CONTEST INFO: Open to readers worldwide.
Prize: $25.00 Amazon Gift Card

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Author Isla Grey Release Party and $35.00 Amazon Gift Card at BittenByBooks


“Trouble is the last thing Devon Brown needs when she leaves the painful memories of her past behind and heads to Shell Island. As the Salty Dog’s new bartender, she finds herself drawn to Kerr, the Shell Island harbormaster. But finding her happily-ever-after is difficult when dealing with an obnoxious bootlegger who supplies the bar with illegal liquor and a jealous coworker.
A standoffish loner with damaged emotions, Kerr avoids relationships like the plague. Things change when Devon catches his eye. As a simple flirtation grows serious, the coworker and bootlegger quickly become obstacles to any future Kerr and Devon may have together. As the situation worsens, Devon realizes that even the still waters of Asylum Harbor are no refuge during a storm.”
But a print copy of Asylum Harbor from Amazon by clicking here.
Buy a Kindle copy of Asylum Harbor from Amazon by clicking here. – ONLY $3.99!

CONTEST INFO: Open to readers worldwide.
Prize: $35.00 Amazon Gift Card

Author Jaqueline Kyle Video Interview and $45.00 Amazon Gift Card Contest at BittenByBooks


“Ebenezer Scrooge: Ghost Hunter expands the original text of Charles Dicken’s classic with all-new scenes of malicious ghosts, soul devouring wraiths, deadly doppelgangers and other terrors from the netherworld. Our story opens seven years after Marley’s violent death. Ebenezer Scrooge has given up ghost hunting and embraced an inevitable slow death by alcohol poisoning. When the spectre of his deceased partner appears to him on Christmas Eve, Scrooge learns that he must face three Ghosts – one who will try to help him, one who will try to harm him and one that cannot be killed.
In a story that spans a lifetime of torment, Scrooge must face the demons of his past and his failures in the present in order to prevent the horror that is his future. The stakes for Scrooge’s soul have never been higher than in this wicked retelling of the classic, A Christmas Carol.”
Buy a print copy of Ebenezer Scrooge: Ghost Hunter from Amazon by clicking here.
Buy a Kindle copy of Ebenezer Scrooge: Ghost Hunter from Amazon by clicking here.

CONTEST INFO: Open to readers worldwide.
Prize: $45.00 Amazon Gift Card

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Author Tonya Burrows Interview and Amazon Gift Card Contest at BittenByBooks

“He has everything under control.Except her .
Reece Wilde put everything in his life on the backburner to protect his brothers and their struggling company, Wilde Security. With a major contract on the line, Reece can’t afford any mistakes…like getting caught in a red-hot, X-rated moment with wild child Shelby Bremer, who’s more trouble than he can handle. Now he’s being blackmailed.
Shelby’s mile-long impulsive streak gets her in more trouble than she’d like to admit. Between her sister’s wedding, her coffee shop set on fire, and getting down and dirty with the groom’s brother, things are definitely coming off the rails. With both their careers and their safety on the line, Reece is determined to keep them both safe…even if it means a Vegas-style shotgun wedding.
But gambling on a wild card-and a wild soul-is risky…and sometimes, it can get a guy killed.”
Buy a print copy of Wilde at Heart from Amazon by clicking here.
Buy a Kindle copy of Wilde at Heart from Amazon by clicking here. – ONLY $2.99!

Books in the Wilde Security series in the order they should be read:

CONTEST INFO: Open to readers worldwide.
Prize: $25.00 Amazon Gift Card

Author Avery Flynn Interview and Amazon Gift Card Contest at BittenByBooks


“You can’t hide from love…or revenge.
Dodge Loving wants revenge…and he’s about to get it. On the cusp of closing a multi-billion-dollar luxury resort deal, Dodge can’t afford for anything go wrong. But then a fiery redhead shows up, the paparazzi hot on her trail, and throws his world into chaos. He has to get rid of her. Immediately.
Harper Conner just wants to be left alone, but after slapping her cheating senator ex-husband during a televised press conference, she’s a hot commodity. The ultra exclusive resort in Wyoming seems like the ideal place to hide–and work–so there’s no way she’s letting the Type-A jerk who runs the place fire her.
Despite the animosity sparking between them, Dodge and Harper can’t keep their hands to themselves. This thing between them can’t happen. It won’t. But his mother has other ideas…and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to make sure Harper and Dodge fall in love.”
Buy a Kindle copy of Dodging Temptation from Amazon by clicking here. – ONLY $2.99!
CONTEST INFO: Open to readers worldwide.

Prize: $25.00 Amazon Gift Card

Friday, September 4, 2015

Kalli Lanford Guest Blog Author Kalli Lanford Guest Blog and Amazon Gift Card Contest at BittenByBooks


“His secret (alien) crush…
I may be a Prince, but there are things that trouble me about my father’s royal rule-the forced abduction, experimentation, and torture of alien creatures. The king has a new prisoner who’s a carefully kept secret…
There’s a young female who belongs to a little-known civilization I have been studying extensively. They are human, belonging to a small, undeveloped planet called Earth. She is pretty in a way I find unusual and compelling. Sometimes I sneak into the adjoining cell and we talk about everything and nothing, even as I find myself yearning to touch her strange, soft skin.
Skin that is being subjected to invasive tests and experiments. A body that’s scheduled for a live dissection in fifteen days. And a life that will be terminated unless I risk my future and life to help her escape…”
Buy a print copy of Gamma Rift from Amazon by clicking here.
Buy a Kindle copy of Gamma Rift from Amazon by clicking here. – ONLY $3.99!

CONTEST INFO: Open to readers worldwide.
Prize: $25.00 Amazon Gift Card

Authors Jacey Conrad and Gia Corona Character Interview and $50.00 Amazon Gift Card Contest at BittenByBooks


“When Alpha female Galina Sudenko agreed to attend her distant cousin’s birthday party, she wasn’t counting on meeting the devastatingly handsome and powerful Rom Alpha, Andrey Lupesco, or having her sexy times with him interrupted by the murder of her idiot brother-in-law, Sergei. But such is life when your father is one of the most powerful werewolves within Seattle’s supernatural Russian organized crime syndicate.
Not content with being just a pretty face and good breeding stock, Galina sets out to make her mark within the family. But in doing so, she runs afoul of her eldest brother, Alexei, the heir apparent to the family dynasty. He has no intention of ceding his position without a fight.
Andrey and Galina’s burgeoning romance is threatened when she discovers that before his death, Irina’s husband, Sergei, hijacked Andrey’s shipment of the werewolf drug, Bullet, a synthetic drug that gives the supernatural creatures a cocaine-like high. Sergei’s theft means that Andrey had a reason to have Sergei killed, leaving Galina to decide whether to risk trusting Andrey even as her feelings for him deepen.
As her brother Alexei’s behavior becomes more erratic, Galina must find the missing shipment, prove to her family that she’ll be a capable leader, and decide whether her lover Andrey can be trusted before she can hope to challenge her brother for his position as head of the family.”
Buy a print copy of From Russia with Claws from Amazon by clicking here.

Buy a Kindle copy of From Russia with Claws from Amazon by clicking here. – ONLY $2.99!

Books in the From Russia series in the order they should be read:

From Russia with Fangs

CONTEST INFO: Open to readers worldwide, except where noted.

Prize 1: 2 – $25.00 Amazon Gift Card
Prize 2: 2 – Print copies of From Russia with Claws (US Only)