A new challenge, yes one more but only for the season

Hello to all,

 I was going to bed when i saw a new challenge starting today and i could not resist.... i'm really busy yes but since i was planning to read "holidays" books in December i couldn't resist and i'm signing up for the Holiday Reading Challenge 2012 hosted by Book Lovers inc.

It's an easy challenge where you can choose your level i will start with level 1 because i'm not sure how much time i will have and i will participate only in december ( but you can start already). For this challenge all "holiday" books count no matter the format or if the link to the holiday is little ( like in the cover only etc)

You can find all the informations and sign up here

So i'm starting with level 1 Santa's Helper meaning 1-3 holiday themed books  but i hope i will be able to move up the level ( it's autorized so don't hesitate)

As for which books.... i don't know yet so it will be a surprise the only title for sure is " Christmas in Dogtown" by Suzanne Johnson  i have it on my desk patiently waiting for the 1st december to be devored^^


Happy Reading!

Challenges Wrap up

Hi,

                 i thought i was time to do a small wrap up for the challenge i've entered so here it is.

For the 2012 TBR reading pile Challenge: i've read 16books so i move up my goal to level 2: a Friendly Hug (11 to 20 books) and if things go well i will perhaps move up again but one step at the time.

2012 Vampire reading Challenge from Tales from the Crypt: I was hoping to reach level 1 ( 1-5books) and i'm already starting level 3 with 11 books read

2012 Paranormal romance reading challenge from Tales from the Crypt: i've reached my goal of 1-5books for Level 1. I'm not sure if i will move up because of the exceptions, if it paranormal romance but with vampires it doesn't count so i will have to see if i still have some books for this challenge before taking any decision.

Romance and Me Reading Challenge Hosted by Stella from Ex-Libris: For the subgenre paranormal romance so far i've read 13 books and for the subgenre romantic suspense: 8books. I still have some for both categories but i give priority to the month's subgenre so it will have to wait a bit before more of these two.

2012 ebook Challenge: i've reached my goal of level 1: Floppy disk 5ebooks. I will perhaps move up to the next level but i'm not sure yet.

And lastly for the only french challenge i've entered Challenge romance paranormale: i've moved to level 3 with already 13 books read ( perhaps more if the ebooks count)


I'm quite happy so far but i prefer to stay prudent and move slowly.

all the best

Always a Hero by Justine Davis

Hi,

          here is a new review for the romantic suspense reading challenge. It's a author i've already introduced to you and that i like in my discovering of this subgenre so today: " Always a hero" by Justine Davis.

Editor : Harlequin Romantic Suspense

Publication : 2011
ISBN:  0373277210
Genre: romantic suspense
Violence: mild
Langage: normal
sex: mild
Public: +18
Source: bought
 

Short description from goodread :

In his old life as a Federal agent, Wyatt Blake lived wild. But now that he's parenting a teenage son, "square" is a name he wears with pride. Too bad Jordy doesn't agree. The only one who gets through to the boy is Kai Reynolds. Sure, she seems respectable now, but she used to be quite wild herself. Or so Wyatt's heard.

Danger finds Jordy, and drags Kai in, too. As Wyatt and Kai investigate the drug dealers targeting his son, they uncover a deadly link to Wyatt's own past. Now this unlikely duo needs to find the wild side each had thought long buried--for Jordy, and maybe for each other.

Story:

               Wyatt Blake came back to his hometown with his son after the death of his wife and Jordan’s mother. He took a boring job and takes care of his son but for Jordan this life is hell. He hates this father he didn’t know 7month ago so strict and that made him leave the life he knew. They can’t communicate properly …until Kai, the owner of the music shop of the town intervenes. Jordan, called by her Jordy, comes everyday after school in secret, enjoying the music and trying to evade his life. When his father discover that he is quite aggressive with Kai but  after some researches he starts to admire her.  After sometimes, and telling her more than he wanted about his and Jordan’s life, he accepts her help and advice.

But even in this small town , the danger, Wyatt wanted to avoid to his son, is present and soon Jordan is in trouble. With the help of Kai, Wyatt start acting like his old self again, a federal cop and try to put an end to the problem. However, the danger wasn’t what he first thought and his old enemies are there for their revenge.

My opinion:

          Interesting, i saw more the suspense in this one ( in comparaison with the first book of this subgenre i've read " The Final Mission") and i loved it. It was also more violent than the first book I’ve read but still quite mild. I loved the way Kai starts progressively to understand Wyatt and how he is starting to loose his attitude with her.

The origin of his life with Jordan is well thought to adapt to this kind of behaviour and story.

Very good for the readers who want a short story filled with romance and a bit of conflict parent-children.

Score:  4/5

Challenges:

This book enter in the Romance and Me Challenge

Challenge 2012 part 3

Bonjour,

                je reste dans la lignée de mes précédents messages en vous présentant un autre challenge auquel j'ai décidé de participer. Etant donné qu'il est organisé par Nastasia en français, j'en fais la présentation dans la même langue.

Il s'agit d'un challenge de lecture de livres entrant dans la catégorie romance paranormale c'est à dire centrés sur la romance d'un couple dont un des partenaire au moins n'est pas humain. La romance doit être centrale dans le récit  dès lors tous les livres avec un peu de romance n'entrent pas nécessairement dans cette catégorie.( je vous conseille de vous référer à la FAQ propre à ce challenge pour savoir à quoi vous en tenir, comme cela ne se recoupe pas forcément avec les autres définitions.)

Les critiques ou billets entrant dans le cadre de ce challenge seront équipés de ce logo:

Les relectures sont autorisées mais ne peuvent constituer la majorité de notre participation et puis sachez que ce concours est ouvert à tous et ne se clôture pas avant Le mois de décembre 2012.
Pour plus d'informations vous pouvez voir les règles ainsi qu'un aperçu des livres autorisés ici

Les différents niveaux sont répartis comme suit:
- Lecteur de romance paranormale modeste : 1 à 5 livres.
- Lecteur de romance paranormale moyen : 6 à 10 livres.
- Lecteur de romance paranormale ambitieux : 11 à 15 livres.
- Lecteur de romance paranormale assidu : 16 à 20 livres.
- Lecteur de romance paranormale addict : 21 livres et plus.

Pour ma part je vais commencer par atteindre le niveau 1 de 1 à 5 livres: Lecture de romance paranormale modeste.
En effet, il est possible d'augmenter le niveau en cours de challenge mais uniquement vers le haut alors je préfère commencer en bas de l'échelle et gravir les échelons en fonction de mes possibilités -je ne possède pas tous les livres cités quand même ^^;; donc je serai forcément limitée à un moment-
l'avantage étant que certains de ses billets entreront également dans l'un ou l'autre des autres challenges où je suis inscrite.

Je vais faire de mon mieux en espérant que ce début d'année ne sera pas un avant goût de ce qui m'attend cette année puis que je commence 2012 en étant bien malade- mon lit m'attend^^;;-.

Je tâcherais de mettre un récapitulatif de mes lectures sur la page Challenge 2012.

A bientôt et encore Meilleurs Voeux à Tous puisse 2012 être une excellente année pour vous et les vôtres.

Challenge for 2012 part 1: TBR challenge

Hello to all,

 I hope you enjoyed you had a great end of 2011 and debut of 2012. 

This year i've decided to enter some all year long Challenge starting with the  2012 TBR pile reading challenge hosted by 12 great hosts with several international giveaways, it's my first time at something like that so i will start with the first level: 1-10 - A Firm Handshake. It's possible to move up the level so i will see how i doing it but i prefer to start slow.

Here are all the information you need to join us:

Welcome to 2012 TBR PILE Reading Challenge!!!

We all have those books. We buy them, win them, they're gifted to us.. Then we put them up on a bookshelf and there they stay, collecting dust, waiting for the time when we'll finally decide to pick them up..

Join us on a quest to dust off your TBR Pile and read all the books you've been telling yourself you'll read next time you'll get a chance.. This is your chance! And we've got PRIZES!!! :D

Challenge guidelines:

1. This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012.
2. As we would like to see quality reviews linked up to our monthly wrap-ups, only bloggers can enter. Sorry about that!
3. Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is a book that's been sitting on your shelf for some time now. Only books released in 2011 and earlier! NO ARCs and 2012 fresh-off-the-press releases allowed!
4. You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.
5. When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the 2012 TBR PILE Reading Challenge (You need to include the info + host list + challenge button. You can also grab the button code and add it to your sidebar!)
6. You can move up levels, but no moving down.
7. Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2012, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
8. At the end of each month one of the hosts will post a wrap-up. Every wrap-up will have it's unique theme, a mini-challenge, a giveaway and place for you to link up your reviews from this month. For each review you link up, you will get one entry in a drawing of one book of choice from Book Depository. It's open to INTERNATIONALS. For participating in the mini-challenge you will get +1 entry.
9. If you miss a wrap-up post + giveaway, you can link up your reviews next month. Do not, however, try to link up one review twice - we will be checking ;)
10. December is a wrap-up for the whole year. All the book reviews you linked up January-November + the ones you'll link up in December will be entered into a HUGE giveaway - 12 books, 12 winners, INTERNATIONAL.
11. You don't have to follow all the hosts to join the challenge, but you do have to follow all of us to be entered in giveaways!

Levels:

1-10 - A Firm Handshake
11-20 - A Friendly Hug
21-30 - A Sweet Kiss
31-40 - Love At First Sight
41-50 - Married With Children

Hosts:
Evie from Bookish - http://www.evie-bookish.blogspot.com @SeoEvie
Nicole from All I Ever Read - http://www.nicoleabouttown.com/ @Nicoleabouttown
Bonnie from Hands and Home - http://www.handsandhome.ca/ @HandsHomeBlog
Donna from Book Passion For Life - http://bookpassionforlife.blogspot.com/ @BookPforLife
Caitlin from WatchYA Reading - http://whatchyareading.net @caitlingss
Rie from Mission To Read - http://missiontoread.com/ @missiontoread
Vicky from Books, Biscuits & Tea -http://booksbiscuitsandtea.blogspot.com/ @alouetteuette
Christa from Hooked On Books - http://christashookedonbooks.blogspot.com @ChristasBooks
Jenna from Fans Of Fiction - http://fansoffiction.blogspot.com/ @fansoffiction
Angel from Mermaids Vision - http://mermaidvision.wordpress.com @mermaidvisions



Wrap-up POST Schedule:

January - Donna (Theme: Let It Snow + Book Cover Challenge)
February - Nicole (Theme: Un-requited Love/Love Gone Wrong + Advice Column Challenge)
March - Rie (Theme: Green or Pinched + Green Cover Challenge)
April - Bonnie (Theme: Easter + Mini Challenge)
May - Christa (Theme: MayDay - Disaster Books! + Cover Disaster Challenge)
June - Jenna ( Theme: Camping + Sentence Challenge)
July - Rie (Theme: International Day + Cover Comparison Challenge)
August - Angel (Theme: Summer Memories + Send Your Fav Character On Vacation Challenge)
September - Nicole (Theme: Life Changing Books + Mini Challenge)
October - Caitlin (Theme: Thanksgiving Theme + Share-A-Book Challenge)
November - Vicky (Theme: Spooky Halloween + Book Puzzle Challenge)
December - Evie (Theme: Xmas Bliss + Book Bachelor Challenge)


So as you can see it promises to be a great event. I won't decide now which books i will do so you will discover them during the year how many there will be? As i said i don't know but starting will the level a Firm Handshake means at least 10 and i will do my best. If i move the level i will let you know at that time.

all the best