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That's What HE Said is a weekly meme hosted by   Chapter Break   where you share your favorite line from your book boyfriend to his heroine.   You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE!   “It isn't good to hold on too hard to the past. You can't spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can't see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be—even if it isn't what you expected.” Death Masks (The Dresden Files #5) by Jim Butcher   Paperback , 451 pages Published August 5th 2003 by Roc Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But now he's getting more than he bargained for. A duel with the Red Court of Vampires' champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards... Pro...

 Think Out Loud is a weekly meme created by   Thinks Books   to break out of the blogging bubble.  Consider your Think Out Loud posts a time to do WHATEVER YOU WANT!   You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE!   ------------------------------- So, here is my Think Out Loud for this week! My 19-year-old daughter has been searching for the perfect design for her "first" tattoo.  My guess is that after she sees how much it hurts, it will also be her last tattoo :) In the process of looking at different designs, we have come across some tattoos that can only be called bad ideas.  I have a feeling the story behind most of them start out with... Well, I had been drinking ....Have you ever seen the show Bad Ink?  Love it!    So in tribute to what hopefully will turn out to be a wonderful memory rather than a later regret in life for my daughter, I've found some ba...

Hell's Belle by Karen Greco My rating: 4 of 5 stars ARC provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. If you are looking for a feel good book with a touching romance, then this is not it. If you are looking for a gritty, action-packed urban fantasy with witty banter then Hell's Belle is the book for you. Nina Martinez is a half-vampire, half-human who is part of a special government agency, Blood Ops, that deals with supernatural crimes. Nina has spent most of her life with the Blood Ops team training to defeat the monsters that prey on humans. She has moved back to Rhode Island to help her aunt with the bar they co-own and to investigate the increasing paranormal activity plaguing her hometown. This investigation will have Nina crossing paths with Max, a hot FBI agent. Will things steam-up between Nina and Max? Will this investigation have both of them in over their heads? Nina is one kick-ass heroine. She learns more about who she is and the powers she posses...

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 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   My next eagerly anticipated book is: Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling #13) by Nalini Singh Hardcover , 448 pages Expected publication: June 3rd 2014 by Berkley Hardcover Assassin. Soldier. Arrow. That is who Vasic is, who he will always be. His soul drenched in blood, his conscience heavy with the weight of all he’s done, he exists in the shadows, far from the hope his people can almost touch—if only they do not first drown in the murderous insanity of a lethal contagion. To stop the wave of death, Vasic must complete the simplest and most difficult mission of his life. For if the Psy race is to survive, the empaths must wake… Having rebuilt her life after medical “treatment” that violated her mind and sought to stifle her abilities, Ivy should ha...

Art student, Olivia Banks, was living her dream at an exclusive school when everything came crashing down around her. Now back in the small town she grew up in, she's forced to spend her senior year at her old school where she's known as the 'freak', all because she'd rather focus on her painting than the trivial drama of high school. But things aren't the same as they were when she left. And the one thing that is turning her life upside down the most just happens to be the resident bad boy, Colt Morgan. Her senior year was supposed to fly by so she could pack up and leave again, but what happens when there's suddenly a reason to want to stay? Release Date: May 27th, 2014 Add Brush Strokes to your Goodreads shelf! Janelle Stalder was born and raised in Brampton, Ontario. At an early age she developed a love for literature. Her debut novel, Eden, was the first book in a series of four, released in September of 2011. The second book, Eden-W...