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Week of January 10 thru 17, 2015

In the calmer days after the holidays, January is usually a slower month book buying-wise for me.  Spent too much on Christmas, and way too many after the season sales are normally my reasons.

But this week I am excited!  I was approved for NetGallley and actually got a few novels to review (which just blows me away ‘cos I’ve wanted that approval for so long now) and I did a little shopping on the Amazon/Kindle free e-books page.  So, of course, my To Be Read Pile has just jumped in level!  Right now it’s too cold in Pennsylvania to venture (walk) out to the library so at least I haven’t added library books to that towering TBR.  🙂  Maybe next week.

So my haul this week from Amazon Free e-books are:

The Brands Who Came For Christmas by Maggie Shayne

I will read a grocery list written by Maggie Shayne (yes she is one of my favorite authors) so I’m looking forward to the next installment in the Brands family saga)

Curse of the Alpha (Episodes 1 & 2) by Tasha Black

Often I find the most wonderful series through the free e-books list.  These are usually new to me authors and I cannot wait to enter their brand new worlds.

 

The Faerie Guardian (Touched Series Book 1) by Rachel Morgan

This one is also a new to me author and it really sounded good.  I love faeries, always have and always will (I even have another website devoted to nothing but faeries) so the idea behind this series intrigued me.  Looking forward to this read.

 

And that’s it for Amazon Free this week.

It would be so, so easy for me to take tons of free Amazon e-books, and I suppose I should at that price.  But there is only so much reading time in every day for me so I do need to be realistic here (darn it!)

Then Along Came NetGalley

I am so excited to be a part of NetGalley so I sincerely hope you will excuse my enthusiasm right now.  I am literally an over indulged kid on a sugar high over here.  🙂

Because I’m so new and am still learning the rules of NetGalley, dates when reviews go up (for me), what can and cannot be shown I’m going to play it so safe with this week’s list of MetGalley picks.  (I need to spend a day just reading every single page over there so I understand the no-no and can do the “Oh yes you can!” stuff.

So this is my NetGalley list for my first week:

1.  Of Shadow & Stone by Michelle Muto

2.  Untouched by Lauren Hawkeye

3. Vampires Never Cry Wolf by Sara Humphreys

4.  Riding The Odds by Lynda K. Scott

5.  Of Silk and Steam by Bec McMaster

6. Magic Found by Misha McKenzie

Every one sounds good to me and it is hard to resist vampires, werewolves and magic – so I’m gonna be in reading heaven on these titles.  Look for the reviews when they are allowed to be published.  🙂

So Now The Reading Orgy Can Commence

Looks like I’m in for a bit of reading this week.  How’s your week stacking up?