What are you Reading? ~ February 24, 2016

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What are you Reading?  Let me know what your current read is, what you recently finish reading, and what you plan on reading next! 

Here's my list: 


I'm still reading Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. I'm not connecting with the heroine, but I think that's going to change soon! At least, I hope so. I am enjoying the story, though. 







Actually, I was reading two books this week. I took a road trip, so I started listening to A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, and finished reading it on my Kindle. It was really good! I loved that it's a Beauty and the Beast retelling! I'm looking forward to the next in the series, which, I think, comes out in May.

What's up next? Denial of Conscience: A Modern Darcy and Elizabeth Adventure by Cat Gardiner. Can't wait! I've heard good things about it. 

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So tell me, what are you reading?  

The Twisted Road to You by Barbara Longley ~ My Review

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The Twisted Road to You by Barbara Longley 

Publication Date: October 20th, 2015 
Publisher: Montlake Romance 
Pages: 274 
Received: I received an e-copy from the publisher via NetGalley 
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

The Twisted Road to You is the fourth book in the Perfect, Indiana series. I have not read the first three, but I understood that each book stood on its own, and it did! I enjoyed the story so much, and I didn’t feel a bit lost or confused! 

When I read the book blurb for this story, it intrigued me. I've also read True to the Highlander by Ms. Longley and knew I liked her writing style. So when the opportunity to read The Twisted Road to You was offered to me, I took it!

Wesley is an ex-Marine suffering from PTSD. He's also carrying around some emotional scars his ex-wife gave him when she cheated on him and then divorced him while he was serving his country. 

Carlie, a single mom, also carries many physical and emotional scars. Her ex-husband, Jared, was very abusive. She changed her name and moved to Perfect, Indiana trying to have a normal life for her and her son. 

Both keep to themselves; neither feels they could ever love again. But when Jared escapes from jail and shows up in Perfect, threatening to kill Carlie and take her son. Wesley cannot stand idly by, and his military training takes over. Protecting Carlie forces them to spend a lot of time together, and now it’s harder to suppress the feelings they both have been feeling for each other! 

I loved how the story jumps right into the action, and how Wesley and Carlie's back-stories are woven neatly into the storyline. Oh, and I loved the sexual tension between the two! 

I also enjoyed Wesley’s friends and family in the story. They all rallied together to help protect Carlie and her son. Now, that I’ve met them, I’m curious to see their stories. Hopefully, I’ll have a chance to go back to the beginning and read the first three stories!

The Twisted Road to You is an enjoyable read! 

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What are you Reading? ~ February 17, 2016

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What are you Reading?  Let me know what your current read is, what you recently finish reading, and what you plan on reading next! 

Here's my list: 

I'm currently reading Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. I'm reading this with the Dystopia Reading Challenge group on Goodreads. I've just started, but it's good so far!







I didn't post last week, so this is what I've finished in the last two weeks.



I finished reading Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by J.K. Rowling. I loved it! I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series, but I also wanted to do the group read. Plus, I've challenged myself to read each Uppercase book before the next book arrived. Which I did....


because I also finished Truthwitch: A Witchlands Novel by Susan Dennard. I enjoyed this book! It took a while to get into because of the world building and the multiple POVs, but once that was straight, it was really good. I'm looking forward to the next in the series!






What's up next? I hope to start Denial of Conscience: A Modern Darcy and Elizabeth Adventure by Cat Gardiner. I'm ready for a Pride and Prejudice retelling! :)

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So tell me, What are you Reading? 

A Little Whimsical in His Civilities Blog Tour ~ Guest Post with J. Marie Croft & Giveaway!

Hello, Friends! Today, as part of the A Little Whimsical in His Civilities Blog Tour, I am delighted to have J. Marie Croft here with a very amusing guest post!  Be sure to stay tuned for details of the giveaway at the bottom of this post! 

21 September, 1812

Meryton, Hertfordshire

J. Marie Croft

‘Man-on-the-Street’ Reporter

for So Little Time ...

It’s thirty-six minutes past one o’clock in the morning; and I’m here outside the Assembly Hall, waiting for Merytonian merrymakers to exit and give their opinions on the return to the neighbourhood of Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy. Of particular interest is the latter gentleman. According to rumours, he has been given to sudden, unaccountable changes of mood and behaviour. Mr. Darcy, it seems, has become ‘a little whimsical in his civilities’.

With me now is Sir William Lucas, tonight’s master of the ceremonies. Sir William, please give us your thoughts on the two Netherfield gentlemen.

“Capital, capital fellows! Mr. Bingley, being the more jovial of the two, is a young man after my own heart. Actually, I have a sneaking suspicion he is after the eldest Miss Bennet’s heart, if you know what I mean.”

All that winking and nudging is hardly necessary, Sir. So, tell me, what is your impression of Mr. Bingley’s friend – the handsome, wealthy, erudite, well-dressed hunk with the broad shoulders, long, muscular legs, sable hair, and dark, brooding eyes?

“Eh? Hunk? ... as in a large piece of meat? Are you well, madam? Your face is alarmingly red.”

Jane and the WATERLOO MAP Blog Tour ~ Excerpt & Giveaway!

Hello, Friends! I'm delighted to be part of the Jane and the WATERLOO MAP Blog Tour! On this stop of the tour, I have a lovely excerpt of Stephanie Barron's new book, Jane and the WATERLOO MAP! Plus, a chance to win a lovely prize package! Details below! 

Amateur sleuth Jane Austen returns in Jane and the Waterloo Map, the thirteenth novel in Stephanie Barron’s delightful Regency-era mystery series.

Award-winning author Stephanie Barron tours the blogosphere February 2 through February 22, 2016 to share her latest release, Jane and the Waterloo Map (Being a Jane Austen Mystery). Twenty popular book bloggers specializing in Austenesque fiction, mystery and Regency history will feature guest blogs, interviews, excerpts and book reviews from this highly-anticipated novel in the acclaimed Being a Jane Austen Mystery series. A fabulous giveaway contest, including copies of Ms. Barron’s book and other Jane Austen-themed items, will be open to those who join the festivities.   

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EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 4: In which Jane interviews Mr. Charles Haden, her brother Henry’s neighbor and surgeon, over a glass of port at Hans Place.


     Manon would be laying the table soon for my own dinner, in the solitary state of Henry’s dining room, but I intended to take the meal by the parlour fire. The effort of appearing in Carlton House had tired me; and I wished to intercept Mr. Haden on his departure.     His light tread descended the stairs just as I was sampling Madame Bigeon’s pudding.  He hesitated in the parlour doorway, and I bade him enter.
     “Will you take a glass of Henry’s port, Mr. Haden?”
     “Thank you, Miss Austen—I should like that very much.”
He seated himself in the chair opposite as Manon carried away my tray.
     

What are you Reading? & #FitReaders ~ February 3, 2016

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What are you Reading? is my weekly Wednesday meme! You are welcome to join me, just answer the following questions:

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you plan on reading next?

What am I currently reading? As you see, I am on a Harry Potter binge right now, and loving it!  At the moment, I'm reading  Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by J.K. Rowling. 







What did I recently finish reading? I finished reading Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. 

These are great books, and as this is my first time reading them, I just want to keep going! But I may take a break after HP and the Goblet of Fire. That said...

Undeceived Blog Tour ~ Excerpt and Giveaway!

It's my great pleasure to be part of the Undeceived Blog Tour! Today, Karen Cox is here with an excerpt from her newest book, Undeceived!  

Hello, everyone! Thanks, Candy, for your invitation to post an excerpt on “So Little Time...”! 

Undeceived takes place during the latter part of the Cold War. Roles for women in the U.S. continued to change during the 1970s and 1980s, but some embraced those changes more readily than others, as seen in this scene between Elizabeth Bennet and her mother, from Chapter 1:

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Charleston, West Virginia

October 1980

     It is a truth, universally acknowledged that, when a young woman decides to follow her late father’s career path, especially when her father died in pursuit of said career, her mother will be vehemently opposed to that plan of action. 

     “Lizzy, I don’t understand your thinking. You were at the top of your high school class. You left for college to be an UN interpreter. I thought you’d move to New York City, meet some dashing diplomat with a ton of money. You’d get married, quit your job, and give me a passel of smart, dashing grandchildren. Not be some kind of…career girl!”

     “Mama.” Elizabeth Bennet rolled her eyes and gritted her teeth with the effort of being patient. “This is 1980. Women aren’t just entering the work force; they’re changing it. There was a Women’s Liberation Movement a few years back. Maybe you read about it? There was a song, ‘I Am Woman.’ It was on the radio, remember?”

     “Pfft. That agency is a man’s world.”

     “There is nothing mannish about the CIA. Lots of women work there.”

     “If you have to be a career woman then, why can’t you work somewhere else? Anywhere else! That agency sent your father away, and I never saw him again. I was left all alone—with a baby girl to raise by myself.”

     

Month in Review ~ January 2016

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Hello, Friends! Wow, 2016! Can you believe it...time goes by way to fast. It's already time for January's wrap-up!

Month in Review is a monthly meme hosted by Kathryn @ Book Date! 


Books Read: 

Winter by Marissa Meyer
Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom 
The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
The Twisted Road to You (Perfect, Indiana) by Barbara Longley
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

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