Oh my friggen book list...

Since I just finished Reese's Bride by Kat Martin (previous book review), I went to my shelf to see what books I had left.  Summer is ending at the end of this month, and I resume school on the 29th.  It turns out I have a lot of books to get through before then, and depending on my interest level, not all of them are going to be read.

Now normally I have a handwritten list that I put on an index card, but my pile of cards have gone missing for ages, and of course, my book collection just keeps growing and growing.  So here's everything I have to go through, via pictures.

I also bought this last Thursday, the 28th but forgot to mention it.

Kerrelyn Sparks - Vampire Mine

I dunno.  It's different.  I got it at Target for 25% off.  We'll see how it is in, oh, about a year xD

This sinking feeling...

I was at Borders earlier, the one nearest my house.  It's a travesty to see my favorite store (and yes, this is my favorite store, for I shop more for books than clothes and food) closing, and right near my house.

Almost there to 100!

So I made another trip to the Downtown Borders today and came out with a few new books, three of them being romance novels and the fourth is part of a manga series that I've been collecting (and neglecting).

So today we have...

New books!

Two of the local Borders stores around here are closing.  If you're an avid bookshopper like I am, you've probably heard that Borders went bankrupt and are closing most of its stores.  Luckily, the Borders that is down the street from my house is NOT closing.

However, I went to the one in Downtown earlier today with my bff to take advantage of the sales.  I bought eight new books, and here they are:

Another couple of new books on the shelf

Sherrilyn Kenyon - Acheron
Julie James - Practice Makes Perfect

I considered getting Karen Hawkins' To Scotland With Love but figured I'll get it on my next trip.  Right now, I'm craving something that takes place in the present-day, not historical.  Additionally, I aimed for something that had a strong female lead that can take care of herself and doesn't necessarily need a man in her life.  However, of course, someone special comes along, because otherwise, the story wouldn't exist.

And that's where I found Practice Makes Perfect.  The story involves two people in a law firm competing to make partner at the firm where they work - hence, very stiff competition.

As for Acheron, I figured I need to read a genuine Sherrilyn Kenyon novel that isn't just Brotherhood of the Sword series.  I want to read what's popular in the other Menyons' eyes so that'll be somewhere...by next year possibly, if I ever get to it.

Heck, I'm still trying to start reading Passion and Pleasure in London (Melody Thomas) but school keeps getting in the way.

Just got back from shopping

...and picked up a couple of new books.

The one worth mentioning here is Stand By Your Hitman by Leslie Langtry.  More research for my assassin RP *nods*

I was a little down this afternoon, till I brought myself to Borders and there was live music going on, something that I've never seen happen while I've been there.  So I stayed a while and yeah, it did a good job of perking me up.

12 days till I'm 21.

New book

Scandalous Love, by Brenda Joyce

It's pink (or peach) and it has Fabio on the cover!  I've been wanting to collect the de Warenne Dynasty series for so long, ever since I first bought The Masquerade (1st edition, not the rerelease that happened in February, but I have that too).  There are quite a few more that I have to look for in that series, but I picked up Scandalous Love at a used bookstore (Crown Books.  There are quite a few of them around town apparently, and taking over other bookstores.)

I've been working on a movie review as well as school so that's why I haven't posted.  Not fun.  But yes, do expect movie reviews for romantic movies on here.

Yesterday I took my 33% off coupon to Borders, and considered buying another Sherrilyn Kenyon/Kinley MacGregor book, The Warrior (Lochlan, Kieran), but decided against it.  Oh well, next time.  I still haven't picked up Rule's Bride or the other book, either.

A new book

The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure (real author William Goldman).

I'd intended to buy this book sometime last year when I was out with my friend Stacey at a Barnes & Noble bookstore at a local mall.  We didn't buy it because the larger book was too expensive, and I was probably broke at the time.  But we love the movie, so it's only fair that we also get the book and compare the two.

No, I haven't read it yet, but I just bought it due to the fact that I had a Borders 33% off coupon.  I do tend to buy more books than I can actually read at a time, so there are plenty on my shelf (now 26 new books) that I have to read and review.  Plus...the other 50 or so books that I've read before and...also need to review.

Right now I'm working on a review for the movie Bride and Prejudice, which is pretty long, so I'll try to condense it as best I can without making a complete synopsis of it.  I apologize in advance, because that's usually the first thing I'll do, and then heavily edit later on.

But you all remember the Princess Bride movie, right?  "As you wish," and "true love," "Dread Pirate Roberts," and all that mumbo-jumbo?  Yeah, that one.

What am I working on? Plus, two new books.

I am currently reading Claiming the Highlander by Kinley MacGregor/Sherrilyn Kenyon. As far as I know, I think her regular name is Sherrilyn Kenyon, since that's the pen name she uses for most of her titles as well as her website, obviously SherrilynKenyon.com.