2016 April TBR/On Deck

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a fabulous March.  Per usual I have quite a few books from last month that I didn't get to.  I read quite a few e-books though while I was on vacation.  But these are the books that I need go get to from the previous months.

1. Forever in Your Embrace by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
2. One Virgin Too Many by Lindsey Davis
3. Perfect Evil by E.C. Sheedy
4. Dragonbane by Sherrilyn Kenyon
5. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
6. Stop in the Name of Pants by Louise Rennison
7. Are These My Basooma's I See Before Me by Louise Rennison
8. Deception of a Highlander by Madeline Martin
9. Half Bad by Sally Green
10. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
11. Devil of the Highlands by Lynsay Sands
12. Come Love a Stranger by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

So I've decided to pull out a few more books from my TBR jar.  I'm hoping to make a huge dent this month.  I've noticed that this month I pulled out a lot of Sherrilyn Kenyon books, which I'm excited so I can put a dent in that goal.

1. Rasputin by Brian Moynahan
2. Born of Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
4. Jaws by Peter Benchly (I'm actually really excited about this one, I picked it up at a book sale last year because I'm so enthralled by the movies.)
5. The Curse by Sherrilyn Kenyon
6. Dark Bites by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Well those are my books goals for this month.  Also I should mention is that I'm also reading a book called To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jennie Han, it wasn't on my TBR but I wanted to read it because it seemed interesting.  Another thing is that I'm quite close to my goal of 40 books to read so I might make my goal higher on my good reads account.  Anyway, I hope everyone has a fantastic April and wish me luck.

2016 March Wrap Up

Well March was a e-book heavy month for me, but I knew it was going to be since I was going on vacation and I didn't want to bring a bunch of physical books for me to read.  I'll usually read about 4 to 7 books when I'm on vacation, but this year because I have a kindle, so I was able to have a lot more at my fingertips.

• Play With Me by Piper Shelly is a young adult contemporary romance and is part of a series.  The book wasn't bad but nothing spectacular either, just a nice quick read. RATING: 3 out of 5 stars.
• Jace by Kenzie Cox is a paranormal romance novella and is the first in a series by this author.  It was a nice and quick read, but there were a lot of unanswered questions about the two main characters pasts, which probably won't be expanded on since the following stories are about other members of the pack.  It wasn't something that pulled me in and made me want to find out more or read the rest of the story.  I might if it is part of kindle unlimited though but other than that I have other books that I can read.  RATING: 3 out of 5 stars.
• Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn is a young adult historical book set in the last 1800's to the early 1900's and also involves the Titanic.  Yes part of the book takes place with the Titanic's maiden voyage.  I plan on doing a more in depth review, but I wasn't a big fan of this book, in fact I had actually started to read this book about 2 years ago and stopped because I couldn't seem to get into it. RATING: 2 out of 5 Stars.
• Under the Cowboys Control by Lynda Chance is a contemporary romance and follows Selena Taylor as she makes her way from Mexico (as a citizen) into the US after all of her family had been killed,  where she finds herself at the ranch of retired bull rider now ranch owner of Travis Blake. I actually liked the story and was another quick and fun read. RATING: 4 out of 5 stars.
• Flirting With Felicity by Gerri Russell is a contemporary romance novel about a hotel chef Felicity Wright and the hotel owners estranged nephew, Blake Bancroft.  After the owner dies, he wills the hotel to Felicity,  The nephew wants the hotel, which makes to two have to be around each other and as they get to know each other, sparks fly.  This was another story that I loved and that I felt read at a good pace.  The plot wasn't overly complicated but there was enough conflict that kept me interested. RATING: 4 out of five stars
• Southern Fried Blues by Jamie Farrell is a contemporary romance novel and it's the first in a series (not quite a series but more of a themed book line).  The story followed newly divorced military wife Anna Martin, as she tries to pick up the pieces of her life.  Soon she is back in school earning her degree and has found new friends.  Not wanting marriage or any kind of relationship, especially with another military man, meeting Jackson Davis was the last she wanted, but every where she turns he's always there to be her knight in shining armour.  I loved this story, it had the right level of romance and humor.  As someone who is independent I sympathized a lot with the character Anna but was also rooting for her to get with Jackson.  RATING: 5 out of 5 stars.
• A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest is a paranormal young adult romance and is part of a series (28 freaking books).  I really enjoyed this book and I ended up getting kindle unlimited just so I could download the sequels for cheap.  I'm actually almost done with the second book in the series, but I did get slightly distracted by fan fiction.  RATING: 4 out of 5 stars.

Well, that is what I read for the month of March.  I'm going to try to make April not be so e-book heavy, but no promises, especially because I've been addicted to the vampire series.