SPREAD THE LOVE SUNDAY!

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It’s Sunday and that means another edition of Spread The Love Sunday! This is a weekly event here on My Overstuffed Bookshelf where I give back to my readers who have been great friends, followers, inspiration and all around great people! A place to showcase YOU!

If you would like to be featured on Spread the Love Sunday, just drop me an email and I will be happy to feature you!

This week we get to know Blanche!

Name: Blanche

Blog: No Such Thing As Too Many Books

1. Tell us a little about your blog.

I LOVE books, always have and always will! My blog is a place where I can share with anyone who happens to drop by the books and authors I love!

2. Why did you start your blog and what is your favorite thing about having a blog?

I started my blog just over a year ago mostly to have a place to keep track of my books! As you probably guessed by the blog name…..there really is no such thing as too many books (as far as I am concerned) and my TBR will attest to that!! I actually never thought anyone would read it or be interested in it but people are! My favorite thing about it has to be the people I “meet” each day. I’ve discovered many new to me authors and genres and some days I don’t even post about books, I just share every day life and those who stop by do the same! I think the one thing we all have in common is our love for books and it is so neat to see people from all corners of the world come together to share that love of books and reading!

3. If you could be any character from any book, who would you be and why?

Mary Elizabeth Potter from Mackenzie’s Mountain (by Linda Howard)!!!! I know for a fact that everyone who has read this book has fallen in love with Wolf but I am staking my claim here…..he is MINE! 🙂

4. Who is your favorite author(s)?

I have many favorite authors and this list could get very long so I’m just going to list a few. These are authors I “auto-buy” and their books always end up on my keeper shelf!
Linda Howard, Catherine Anderson, Lori Foster, Alison Kent, Maya Banks, Jaci Burton, Amy Knupp, Larissa Ione, Stephanie Tyler, Diana Palmer, Shayla Black, Lora Leigh and Lorelei James! I have many more but I’ll stop here!

5. What is your favorite genre to read?

I love romance and will pretty much try any genre atleast once. There are certain one’s that make me squirm so I tend to stay away from them unless I know the author and know where they are coming from in the book. I don’t read horror either…..too many nightmares!

6. What book are you reading right now?

I’m not reading right now and actually haven’t read anything in some time! I’m in a slump but hoping to get out of it ASAP!! I need to get started on Outlander for a challenge I am doing and I have a ton of really neat books sitting here that I want to read!

7. Name some of your favorite blogs.

I have sooooooooooooooooooo many favorite blogs! If you visit my blog you will see my blog roll, I seem to add a blog or 2 to it each day! I know there are many I’ve not yet discovered but I’m working on it!!

8. Any tips for new bloggers?

Stick to what you love! Don’t think you need to follow the group or that your opinion or voice won’t be heard……share the things you love and most importantly have fun!!

FAIREST OF ALL: A TALE OF THE WICKED QUEEN by Serena Valentino

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FAIREST OF ALL: A TALE OF THE WICKED QUEEN
Author: Serena Valentino
Source: Library

  • Reading level: Ages 9-12
  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Disney Press; 1 edition (August 18, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1423106296
  • ISBN-13: 978-1423106296

SYNOPSIS:

For anyone who’s seen Walt Disney’s Snow White, you’ll know that the Wicked Queen is one evil woman! After all, it’s not everyone who wants to cut out their teenage step-daughter’s heart and have it delivered back in a locked keepsake box. (And even if this sort of thing is a common urge, we don’t know many people who have acted upon it.) Now, for the first time, we’ll examine the life of the Wicked Queen and find out just what it is that makes her so nasty. Here’s a hint: the creepy-looking man in the magic mirror is not just some random spooky visage-and he just might have something to do with the Queen’s wicked ways!

MY THOUGHTS:

Have you ever wondered what made the Wicked Queen so evil in Snow White? What made her so vain? What was her life like before she became evil?

First of all, look at that cover! I was so entranced with the cover itself, that I didn’t even care what the back cover had on it. I loved Snow White growing up, and the Wicked Queen scared the crap out of me! In this book, we get to see how the Wicked Queen lived before the movie. We see how she met the King and Snow White and what their family was like as Snow White grew into a beautiful woman. The story explains why she turned evil, which will surprise you, and why she went after Snow White. If you have seen the movie, you know it is because she was vain, but the book explains the why behind it. We also get to find out who the person is in the Magic Mirror. The ending even throws you for a loop and makes you want to run out and watch Snow White again.

This was a book centered toward the younger teens, but as an adult, I loved this book. I hope the author decides to write a story featuring all the villians of Disney!

MY RATING:


Outstanding Book That Will Stay On My Bookshelf
For Rereading!

UNINVITED by Amanda Marrone

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UNINVITED
Author: Amanda Marrone
Source: Library

  • Reading level: Young Adult
  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Simon Pulse (October 23, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1416939784
  • ISBN-13: 978-141693978

SYNOPSIS:

When rejection comes back to bite you…

Jordan’s life sucks. Her boyfriend, Michael, dumped her, slept his way through half the student body, and then killed himself. But now, somehow, he appears at her window every night, begging her to let him in.

Jordan can’t understand why he wants her, but she feels her resistance wearing down. After all, her life — once a broken record of boring parties, meaningless hookups, and friends she couldn’t relate to — now consists of her drinking alone in her room as she waits for the sun to go down.

Michael needs to be invited in before he can enter. All Jordan has to do is say the words….

MY THOUGHTS:

When I saw this book, I was interested mainly because of the cover. I love cover art! This wasn’t a horrible book, but it wasn’t a great book either. It gave new twists to the vampire myths, but the storyline was lacking a lot of depth. It didn’t capture my interest, but I knew I wanted to finish reading it because I had gotten so far into the book. I kept hoping the author would turn it around and it would come together better. It didn’t. I just could not bring myself to actually care what happened to the characters in the story. The cover says ‘He’ll enter at her own risk’–well, read at your own risk.

MY RATING:


A Decent Read.
Has Some Drawbacks Though.

A HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS by Janet Chapman

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A HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS
Author: Janet Chapman
Source: Publisher
* I received this book free of charge from the publisher in exchange for posting it on my blog*

  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Star (October 27, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1416595457
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416595458

SYNOPSIS:

Camry MacKeage has absolutely no intention of telling her parents that she left her job as a NASA physicist for the small-town life of a dog-sitter — which is why she’s spending the holidays alone in coastal Maine with her furry friends Tigger and Max. Unfortunately, her irresistibly handsome rival, scientist Luke Pascal, accidentally spilled the beans. Now he’s on a mission from her mother to tempt Camry home for the family’s annual winter solstice celebration. But Luke is hiding his own secret, and he’ll need a little bit of magic to earn Camry’s trust…and a whole lot of mistletoe to seduce his way into her heart.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

A native of rural central Maine, Janet Chapman lives there in a cozy log cabin on a lake with her husband. Three cats and a stray young bull moose keep them company. The author of the hugely popular Highlander time-travel series, she also writes contemporary romances.

AUTHORS WEBSITE: http://www.janetchapman.com/index.htm

COCKED & FULLY LOADED (Western Anthology)

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COCKED & FULLY LOADED (Western Anthology)
Authors:GR Bretz, Bryl R. Tyne, Rie McGaha

Release Date: 12/14/2009

Author’s websites: http://bryltyne.com http://www.riemcgaha.com http://delightfullydisturbing.wordpress.com/

Publisher: Noble Romance Publishing


Publisher Link: http://www.nobleromance.com/

Genre: Western, erotic romance, M/M, M/F, Transgender, menage

SYNOPSIS:

Gunmetal Blue by G. R. Bretz:
Meet Blue—an ex-Confederate cavalry officer living off his wits and his guns in Reconstruction era Texas—and Sally—a young woman stuck in a loveless marriage to a man who only married her for her family name. When Sally’s stage is attacked by robbers, Blue comes to her rescue. Together, they make their way across the Lone Star state. But when they reach a crossroads, the direction they choose will change the course of their lives forever.
Outlaw by Rie McGaha:
Colt has a bullet in his thigh and his face on a wanted poster, but when he rode into the mountains to lay low for a while, he never expected to see a lone woman swimming naked in the river. Hidden in the tree line, he watches her and as desire grows, he takes matters into his own hands, but even that doesn’t assuage his need to touch her.
Cynthia hasn’t seen her husband in several months since he left her alone to go into town for supplies, but the man she wakes up to find lying on top of her with his hand over her mouth isn’t the man she married. He demands she feed him and suggests if she doesn’t, he won’t have a problem taking what he really wants whether she consents or not.
As Colt watches her make biscuits and gravy, he finds he isn’t just enticed by her body, something about her appeals to him on a deeper level and as the two come to know one another, it’s apparent the attraction isn’t one-sided.
Tengo Una Pistola by Bryl R. Tyne:
After ten days in the saddle, Chuck just wants a hot meal and hotter bath water. He knows exactly where to find both too — at home, with his lover, Mitch. But what Chuck finds instead is that Mitch has taken in Carmen, one of the town whores . . . and not only is she sharing Mitch’s bed, she’s using Chuck’s tub. The situation irks Chuck to no end, but not as badly as the images of those wet and soapy feminine thighs that are stuck in his craw and driving him crazy. What the hell is going on? As far as Chuck’s concerned, somebody had better start talking and talking soon!

MY THOUGHTS:

I am not much for westerns. I just can’t seem to get into them that much. Of course if you throw in some hot erotic scenes, then of course I will read them!

In this book, you get the western theme, the erotic sex, the suspense and everything in between. This was a short read but had three different stories in it from three different authors. Each story was unique and kept me interested from page one until the end. Not bad for my first western! I actually was interested in it enough to finish it!

If you like the western genre with lots of spice, the this one will keep you hotter than a western sunrise! Even if you don’t like the western genre that much, you might be surprised to like this one!
MY RATING:


Very Good! Worth Spending Your Money on!