This week seems to have headed downhill – and not in a good way. I started with A- and ended at C, with one complete failure. Not the best way to go. But next week looks much better, she said, having already finished Monday’s book and started on Tuesday’s, and being much, much happier about both of them. Even though I am a bit nervous about having four tour books in a single week. C’est la vie.

Current Giveaways:

$10 Gift Card or $10 Book in the Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop

Winner Announcements:

The winner of The Enemies of Versailles by Sally Christie is Carol L.
The winner of the $10 Gift Card in the March Book of Choice Giveaway is Anne.

Blog Recap:

A- Review: The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff
B+ Review: In this Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear
Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop
C+ Review: For Whom the Bread Rolls by Sarah Fox
C Review: There’s This Guy by Rhys Ford
Stacking the Shelves (227)

Coming Next Week:

Hard Justice by Lori Foster (blog tour review)
Forever a Hero by Linda Lael Miller (blog tour review)
Finding Our Forever by Brenda Novak (blog tour review)
In Shining Armor by Elliott James (review)
Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister (blog tour review)

Did you remember to “spring” your clocks forward last night? Or did they all do it for you? And why, oh why are we still fooling with this?

Current Giveaways:

$10 Book or $10 Gift Card in the March Book of Choice Giveaway Hop
The Enemies of Versailles by Sally Christie

Winner Announcements:

The winner of In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen is Lisa Q.

Blog Recap:

B/F Joint Review: Etched in Blood by Anne Bishop
B Review: Every Trick in the Rook by Marty Wingate
B Review: The Enemies of Versailles by Sally Christie + Giveaway
A Review: Madly by Ruthie Knox
A Review: The Whole Art of Detection by Lyndsay Faye
Stacking the Shelves (226)

Coming Next Week:

The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff (blog tour review)
In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear (blog tour review)
Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop
The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel (review)
There’s This Guy by Rhys Ford (review)

This was a week that started well and petered out by the end. Just as I was planning to start Friday’s book, the Amazon Web Services glitch hit in a funny way. I could see all the many, many books in my kindle app, but the one I planned to read just wouldn’t download. That put me a bit behind, and changed the schedule. I finally did get my downloads back and started it, and it looks good, but it was a bit too densely packed to finish in a night. And I’d just finished listening to Phryne, and here we are.

So many books, so little time. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Current Giveaways:

$10 Book or $10 Gift Card in the March Book of Choice Giveaway Hop
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen

Winner Announcements:

The winner of the $10 Gift Card in the Keep Calm and Hop On Giveaway Hop is Nicky M.

Blog Recap:

B- Review: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
B+ Review: In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen + Giveaway
March Book of Choice Giveaway Hop
B Review: Protector by Anna Hackett
B+ Review: Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood
Stacking the Shelves (225)

Coming Next Week:

Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop (joint review with Cass!)
Every Trick in the Rook by Marty Wingate (review)
The Enemies of Versailles by Sally Christie (blog tour review)
Madly by Ruthie Knox (review)
The Whole Art of Detection by Lyndsay Faye (review)

Except for Pardonable Lies, this coming week is one where I pulled stuff out of the middle, or at least not the top, of the virtually towering TBR pile. Monday is Presidents Day, and while I’m not in the mood for anything serious, it did seem like an opportunity to pick something set in the period. A lot of my friends have enthusiastically recommended Thieftaker, so this seemed like the time. I’m halfway through, and so far, they were right!

And we’re coming up on March soon, which means it’s time for the Month of Maisie Read Along tour. I’ve been catching up on the older titles while moving forward with the new as part of this tour each year, and it’s been a blast! I’m looking forward to reading the latest book in the series, In This Grave Hour, in a couple of weeks.

Current Giveaways:

$10 Book or $10 Gift Card in the Keep Calm and Hop On Giveaway Hop
$25 Gift Card from Heather Graham and Harlequin

Winner Announcements:

The winner of the $10 Gift Card in the For Love of Books Giveaway Hop is Amber T.
The winner of Tough Justice Countdown by Carla Cassidy is Megan.

Blog Recap:

B+ Review: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Keep Calm and Hop On Giveaway Hop
C+ Review: Law and Disorder by Heather Graham + Giveaway
A Review: The Chilbury Ladies Choir by Jennifer Ryan
A- Review: Someone to Hold by Mary Balogh
Stacking the Shelves (223)

Coming Next Week:

Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson (review)
Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James (review)
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear (blog tour review)
Under Pressure by Lori Foster (review)
All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai (review)

This has been one of those weeks I wouldn’t wish on anyone. Galen was sick all week. There’s a bad cold, or possibly the flu, going around and it caught him. The alternate explanation is “con crud”. For those blissfully not familiar, con crud is the crap you come down with after spending a week at a conference or convention. You run around like crazy, you wear yourself down, and you spend a lot of time packed into heated rooms with LOTS of strangers. Airborne diseases are, well, airborne, and stuff happens.

Tuesday I fell. No big deal. I could tell I’d tweaked something in my left ankle, but I’ve done that before. Entirely too many times. No big deal. At least not until the bruise on my right leg swelled to epic proportions. Literally epic. It felt like someone shoved a grapefruit under my skin. It hurt so much I couldn’t walk. Scared us both half to death. After all the drama, and there was plenty of it, it turns out that my ankle really is cracked, but there’s nothing structurally wrong with my right leg. I just have a gigantic (and extremely colorful) bruise from above my knee to below my ankle.

And I caught the con crud. This week’s reading schedule may not survive contact with reality. Or with the goop in my head.

Current Giveaways:

$10 Book or $10 Gift Card in the For the Love of Books Giveaway Hop
10 paperback copies of The Cottage at Firefly Lake by Jen Gilroy
$100 Amazon Gift Card and 4 signed prints of Staying for Good from Catherine Bybee

Winner Announcements:

The winner of On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins is Darlene O.
The winner of The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry is Trish R.
The winner of the $10 Book or $10 Gift Card in the Best of 2016 Giveaway Hop is Carl S.
The winner of the $10 Book or $10 Gift Card in the Jeepers its January Giveaway Hop is Deborah C.

Blog Recap:

A Review: On the Sickle’s Edge by Neville Frankel
B+ Review: The Cottage on Firefly Lake by Jen Gilroy + Giveaway
B+ Review: Staying for Good by Catherine Bybee + Giveaway
B+ Review: The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams
B- Review: The Forests of Dru by Jeffe Kennedy
For the Love of Books Giveaway Hop
Stacking the Shelves (221)

Coming Next Week:

Someone to Hold by Mary Balogh (review)
Tough Justice: Countdown by Carla Cassidy, Tyler Anne Snell, Emmy Curtis and Janie Crouch (blog tour review)
Hungry Ghosts by Stephen Blackmoore (review)
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (review)
Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor (review)