Goals Robin Hobb’s Fool’s Assassins George Hagen’s Gabriel Finley and the Raven’s Riddle Jill Shalvis’ It’s in His Kiss Steve LeBel’s Bernie and the Putty T.S. Krupa’s Safe & Sound Shana Festa’s Induction Jennifer L. Holmes’ The Fourteenth Goldfish Courtney Mann’s I am Having So Much Fun Here Without You Philippa Carr’s The Changeling Elmore Leonard’s Rum Punch Thaddeus Russell’s A Renegade History of the US Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child’s Relic Åsa Larsson’s Blood Spilt Lee Child’s Personal A.J. Betts’ Zac & Mia R.C. Lewis’ Stitching Snow Taylor Anderson’s Deadly Shores Erin McCarthy’s Shatter Updates Tuesday Number of pages read: 1,064 Number of books read: 3 George Hagen’s Gabriel Finley and the Raven’s Riddle had me of two minds. It’s a great twist and quite original, but there were a couple of really stupid moves that dragged its rating down. Jill Shalvis’ It’s in His Kiss wasn’t kidding. A sweet romance with growth required of both protagonists and typical of Shalvis’ Lucky Harbor series. T.S. Krupa’s Safe & Sound was so sad and so sweet. I wanted to turn around and read it all over again.

As part of Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal’s read-a-thon, Bout of Books 11.0, I’m to include my goals regarding what I want to accomplish in this glorious bout of reading, including the time I’ll set aside for reading and what I hope to have read by the end of Sunday, the 24th. Time Devoted to Reading I read every day — it keeps me sane. At worst, I read all day. Hmmm, did I say worst? I meant, BEST! YEAH for reading!! At worst, I might get a bit of reading in when I first wake up — breakfast in bed! — and when I go to bed at night. And during the night if I can’t sleep. It’s always handy to have my Kindle at hand when I’m on the move so I can read on-the-go and not get bored waiting in line or in someone’s office. Reading also makes for a lovely break from thinking my way through a review. I know, doesn’t seem to make sense, but it does for me! My Goals I do have a few catch-up goals, including catching up with the library books that are coming […]