Wrap up for the October month

Hello to all,
                      October has come and gone so it's time to make a small Wrap-up. I've read quite a lot this month and i could have added  2 or 3 more books it i didn't get depressed at a moment and stopped reading. I should have received more books too but the majority of my packages disapeared and the post doesn't want to do anything about it so if it has been sent by the bookdepository i have a hope for a remplacement if not i can just cry.
Anyway, i won't give up and i will try to make November a good month too while discovering the erotic romance subgenre but first what has happened in October.

 Books received:

 For reviews: 
 I should have received 1 arc of River Road by Suzanne Johnson, i was estactic about it and...it never arrived fortunately she send me an pdf file so i could keep my promise and review it ( it's really important for me to keep my promises) you can find the review here or the french one here .

I also received an ebook of Dark Tidings by Ken Magee for review, i will be participating in the blog tour so come to check on the 26th november for the review and normally a giveaway

Won: *The Redemption of Lord Rawlings by Rachel Van Dyken. I won this some times ago but i had to wait the publication so it only arrived this month. Thank you a lot once again.

* A Dangerous Liaisonwith Detective Lewis by Jillian Stone won at Reading Between the Wines book club . Thanks. 

I also won some swags.

Gifted:
As a RAK i received Storm by Brigid Kemmerer from Darlene at Darlene's  Books Nook Thank you dear i really appreciate you took the time to send me something, thank you.

Reviews done and posted on the blog

The genre, subgenre for October was urban fantasy romance in addition to that topic for Romance and Me Challenge, i had entered for the 2012 Spooktacular Paranormal  reading challenge for which i needed to read books with a paranormal element in it so  it was perfect with the urban fantasy too simply larger. I did really well and in the end i even had to post several reviews a day so i'm quite happy with my results but it's also true that it's one of my favorite genres so i was motivated.

Reviews in english:
 Absolution ( Penton Legacy 2) by Susannah Sandlin - english version
 Midnight's Daughter (Dorina Basarab 1) by Karen Chance
 Death Blows (The Bloodhound Files 2) by D.D. Barant.
 Royal Street ( Sentinels of New Orleans 1) by Suzanne Johnson
 Sins of the Angels (Gregory Legacy 1) by Linda Poitevin
 Under Wraps (Underworld Detection Agency 1) by Hannah Jayne
 Killing Rocks (The Bloodhound Files 3) by D.D. Barant.
 Collected ( Coveted 0.5) by Shawntelle Madison
 A Brush of Darkness (Abby Sinclair 1) by Allison Pang
 Magic Gifts ( Kate Daniels 5.4) by Ilona Andrews
 River Road ( Sentinels of New Orleans 2) by Suzanne Johnson
 The Better part of Darkness (Chalie Madigan 1) by Kelly Gay
 First Grave on the Right ( Charley Davindson 1) by Darynda Jones
 Better Off Undead (The Bloodhound Files 4) by D.D Barant.
 Gunmetal Magic ( Kate Daniels World 1) by Ilona Andrews
 Vicious Circle ( Persephone Alcmedi 1) by Linda Robertson
 Night Beat ( Necropolis Enforcement Files 1) by Gini Koch
Chenoire ( Sentinels of New Orleans 1.5- novella)by Suzanne Johnson

Reviews in French:
 Démon Interieur ( Morgane Kingsley 1) par Jenna Black
Jaz Parks n'en démord pas ( Jaz Parks 4) par Jennifer Rardin
Mordre vous va si bien ( Les Vampires de Chicago 4) par Chloe Neill
Moindre Mal ( Morgane Kingsley 2) par Jenna Black
Le Sang du Démon ( Kara Gillian 2) par Diana Rowland
Morsures en eaux troubles ( Les Vampires de Chicago 5) par Chloe Neill
Confiance Aveugle ( Morgane Kingsley 3) par Jenna Black
PsiChangeling tome3: Caresses de Glace par Nalini Singh
River Road ( Sentinels of New Orleans 2) par Suzanne Johnson - avis en français-
Absolution ( Penton Legacy 2) par Susannah Sandlin - version Française

Challenges:

Now as for the challenge i've entered:

For the  Reading romances challenge september month:  i've entered 14books

For the 2012 TBR Challenge i've exceeded my goals since i'm now at 76books

For the Romance and me October month: 23books entered

For the goodread reading challenge i've updated my goal to 125 instead of 120: 101% done ( 126 books on 125)

and for the new challenge 

The 2012 Spooktacular  paranormal reading challenge by Mary from Ramblings of a daydreamer . I've read a total of 26books and novellas.

Like always for those challenges you can see my progress on the challenge 2012 page

Rak: you can see that on the specific Wrap up post for RAk but i did send 5 handmade gifts this month.

October RAK Wrap Up

Hello to all,

                   Fall has come but winter is already on our doorstep ( it was freezing this week even if two days before it was 20degres) and while we are heating our home, giving some love can also heat a lonely soul or a heart. With that in mind, i've send several handmade RAK this month again ( and once gain i did more that i planned) including bloggers outside of the US or Canada so it could be worldwide.  I've worked to be able to do more flowers than just a rose and some cute baby animals  and i'm happy to have be able to send some ( but the choice is not mine so i can't never know in advance)

Are you ready for November?

In October I received:

Darlene from Darlene's  Books Nook sent me Storm by Birgid Kemmerer. I'm so happy thank you  A Lot!

Normally Jana sent me something too but since it's not arrived yet i will add it in the next wrap up ( thank you too)

and in October,  i've sent :

( note: i don't take picture of the Rak i create before sending them so it's only if the receiver made one i can use that i will add it here so this post will perhaps be edited later to add some)

A handmade  bookmark  perfect for the season since it was a Skull and a Snake one to Aeicha from World Spelunking

A handmade flower bookmark to Bex from An Armchair By the Sea  ( i hope you like the surprise flower i chose for you^^)

A handmade flower bookmark to Johanna from My miscellaneous Bookshelf

A handmade  cute baby penguin keychain to Stéphanie from Once Upon a Chapter

A handmade  New rose keychain to Hannah From The Girl in a Cafe  ( i hope you will receive it soon and once again Happy Birthday)

 I hope you all had a wonderful october Rak month!

all the best and Happy Halloween

October RAK Sign Up

Hello everyone,

Welcome to a new month of Random Act of Kindness created he girls from Booksoulmates to share the love of books between the blogger from all around the world. So far this experience was really great and i'm happy to participate once again.Will October be a great month or not we will see but first a recapitulation of the rules for the newcomers with all the informations needed so they could join the fun.

COMPLETE RULES RE-CAP:
Please read carefully & follow all rules! Thank you!

• Please sign-up each month that you can participate (and by participate, we mean give as well as receive).
• Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button (code is in the right sidebar).
• Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog, etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.
• If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger directly for their information.
• Once you receive a RAK, send us an our new email to [rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com] so that we can update the Google Doc. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND EMAILS TO THIS ADDRESS!
• E-book participation is limited to files being gifted directly to a person from the e-book store. Amazon's Kindle Store is set up to allow this, as well as the Kobo store and we believe Barnes & Noble with Nook as well.
• At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K by making a "RAK Wrap-Up" post. This post should include who you SENT gifts to as well who you RECEIVED gifts from :)

OPEN TO EVERYONE including all our International brethren!

Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!

Easy peezy!!

Links you will need:

Sign up for October 2012 [HERE]
See who else is participating [HERE]
If you have any questions regarding RAK, please contact us via the following:
rakbybooksoulmates @ gmail . com

This month, i'm number 25 on the list. If you want to grant me a RAK, please send me an email at isabelle(dot)frisch(at)gmail(dot)com and i will give you my information.

I have a long wishlist but that way everyone can find something they like and in their budget. I also accept gently used books from no smoking house ( allergic), but i'm international so the shipping without bookdepository can be expensive.

You can find my complete wishlist here and if i have to choose some favorite ( always difficult) in no particular order ( but really any book from my wishlist is fine):

-Alexander Outland by GJ Koch
-Spark by Brigid Kemmerer
-Tin Swift ( Age of Steam2) by Devon Monk
-A witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton
-Grave Mercy by Robin Lafevers
-The Moonstone and Miss Jones ( Paranormal Investigators 2)by Jillian Stone

ps: i don't accept ebook normally but there is a small exception for the pdf files of the Tales from the archives ( short stories from the ministry of peculiar occurences) by pip ballantine and Tee Morris. It exist only in digital so far and i'm a fan of this series and fortunately they are on smashword in all format ( included pdf) so the list for that is:

Tales from the Archives collection 2
Tales from the Archives collection 3
Tales from the Archives collection 4

Thanks you a lot to Booksoulmates for hosting and thank you to all participants, you really are great. Happy RAK