Time for our sixth Monthly Wrap Up for the 2016 Series Enders Reading Challenge hosted by Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know and Holly @ Words Fueled by Love ! Since the May Wrap Up , Sandy finished 2 series enders: The Winner's Kiss (The Winner's Trilogy, # 3) by Marie Rutkoski and Return to Paradise (Leaving Paradise, # 2) by Simone Elkeles. Holly hasn't finished any series enders this month. Which series enders did you finish? Link up below. Don't forget to include the title, your name, & your blog name (Ex: Requiem - Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know) Also, the June giveaway runs from June 25rd - July 25rd. On July 25rd we will use random.org and the linky entries to pull a winner.

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: Torn (A Wicked Saga #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout Expected Publication: July 19, 2016 Preorder Buy Link: Amazon Torn between duty and survival, nothing can be the same. Everything Ivy Morgan thought she knew has been turned on its head. After being betrayed and then nearly killed by the Prince of the Fae, she’s left bruised and devastated—and with an earth-shattering secret that she must keep at all costs. And if the Order finds out her secret, they’ll kill her. Then there’s Ren Owens, the sexy, tattooed Elite member of the Order who has been sharing Ivy’s bed and claiming her heart. Their chemistry is smoking hot, but Ivy knows that Ren has always valued his duty to the Order above all else—he could never touch her if he knew the truth. That is, if he let her live at all...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. ~NO NEW BOOKS~ RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #177 TUESDAY: Review - The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon (4.5 stars) WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Wednesday: The Edge of Everything WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: TBD Not much to say from my week. That's a good thing though right? Relaxing and "normal", oh and super hot outside! The weekend brought a surprise birthday party for my youngest sister-n-law (ya'll know her as Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know ) who turns 30 this week. It also brought my husband's 36th birthday. We have been celebrating birthday's together for half of his life! He is a tremendous blessing. Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there.  DON'T FORGET: If you are reading last books in a series you should participate wit...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles Expected Publication: January 31, 2017 by Bloomsbury USA Childrens Preorder Buy Link: Amazon It's been a shattering year for seventeen-year-old Zoe, who's still reeling from her father's shockingly sudden death in a caving accident and her neighbors' mysterious disappearance from their own home. Then on a terrifying sub-zero, blizzardy night in Montana, she and her brother are brutally attacked in a cabin in the woods--only to be rescued by a mysterious bounty hunter they call X. X is no ordinary bounty hunter. He is from a hell called the Lowlands, sent to claim the soul of Zoe's evil attacker and others like him. Forbidden to reveal himself to anyone other than his victims, X casts aside the Lowlands' rules for ...

The Bird and the Sword By: Amy Harmon Published: May 10, 2016 352 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Swallow, daughter, pull them in, those words that sit upon your lips. Lock them deep inside your soul, hide them ‘til they’ve time to grow. Close your mouth upon the power, curse not, cure not, ‘til the hour. You won’t speak and you won’t tell, you won’t call on heaven or hell. You will learn and you will thrive. Silence, daughter. Stay alive.   The day my mother was killed, she told my father I wouldn’t speak again, and she told him if I died, he would die too. Then she predicted the king would sell his soul and lose his son to the sky.  My father has a claim to the throne, and he is waiting in the shadows for all of my mother’s words to come to pass. He wants desperately to be king, and I just want to be free.  But freedom will require escape, and I’m a prisoner of my mother’s curse and my father’s greed. I can’t ...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. ~NO NEW BOOKS~ RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #176 TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #128: The Bird and the Sword WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Wednesday: A Beautiful Funeral SATURDAY: Fashionable or Not?: Chacos WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: Review - The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon I think I'm getting a little spoiled by all these relaxing, lazy summer days. This week we were treated to 2 completely lazy days and honestly the other days weren't all that bad. My kids and I have been watching Once Upon a Time  on Netflix. They were interested to check it out and I had only seen season one. We are in season two and still enjoying it together.  DON'T FORGET: If you are reading last books in a series you should participate with us in our 3rd year of the 2016 Series Ender ...

Fashionable or Not? Chaco's Fashionable or Not?  is a fun little side feature I started last year on my blog as a way for me to occasionally talk about another enjoyment of mine, and that would be things related to fashion. If you're new to this feature, here are the other 5 posts I've done: Fashionable or Not? - Introduction Fashionable or Not? - Stitch Fix #1 Fashionable or Not? - Initials, Inc Fashionable or Not? - Fringe Trend Fashionable or Not? - Thred Up Now on to topic number 6, Chaco's. For those who may be unfamiliar, this is the brand of a popular EXPENSIVE trendy sandal. They typically range in price from $90 - $130, unless you can find them on sale and/or have a coupon. ( Refer back to my Introduction post for more on coupon resources that I always use ). Pretty pricey for some rubber and polyester. I'm NOT a fan. When my kids started school this past year, these shoes were all the rave among the teens! "All" the girls were ...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: A Beautiful Funeral (Beautiful #4) by Jamie McGuire Expected Publication: August 15, 2016 Preorder Buy Link: Amazon Losing has never been easy for a Maddox, but death always wins. Eleven years to the day after eloping in Vegas with Abby, Special Agent Travis Maddox delivers his own brand of vigilante justice to mob boss Benny Carlisi. Vegas's oldest and most violent crime family is now preparing for vengeance, and the entire Maddox family is a target. The secret Thomas and Travis have kept for a decade will be revealed to the rest of the family, and for the first time the Maddoxes will be at odds. While none of them are strangers to loss, the family has grown, and the risk is higher than ever. With brothers against brothers and wives taking sides, each member will make a ...

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  The Bird and the Sword with Amy Harmon: Teasers: I didn't want to be taken care of. I wanted to run away from all the men who sought dominion over me, who thought they could own me, imprison me, use me, cut me. (Loc 29%, 1192 of 4260) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~PURCHASED/FREEBIES~ Radiance (Wraith Kings #1) by Grace Draven Buy Link: Amazon ~FOR REVIEW~ Summoned #1 by Rainy Kaye Buy Link: Amazon The Thousandth Floor #1 by Katharine McGee Preorder Buy Link: Amazon The Secret of a Heart Note by Stacy Lee Preorder Buy Link: Amazon This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1) by Victoria Schwab Preorder Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #175 THURSDAY: ARC Review Thursday - Ivory and Bone #1 by Julie Eshbaugh (3.5 stars) WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: TBD A little swimming this week, a little bowling, friends spending the night with the kids, some exercising, finally finishing an A...

Ivory and Bone #1 By: Julie Eshbaugh Published: June 14, 2016 by HarperTeen 384 pages Source: Edelweiss ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: The only life seventeen-year-old Kol knows is hunting at the foot of the Great Ice with his brothers. But food is becoming scarce, and without another clan to align with, Kol, his family, and their entire group are facing an uncertain future. Traveling from the south, Mya and her family arrive at Kol’s camp with a trail of hurt and loss behind them, and hope for a new beginning. When Kol meets Mya, her strength, independence, and beauty instantly captivate him, igniting a desire for much more than survival. Then on a hunt, Kol makes a grave mistake that jeopardizes the relationship that he and Mya have only just started to build. Mya was guarded to begin with—and for good reason—but no apology or gesture is enough for her to forgive him. Soon after, another clan arrives on their shores. And when Mya spots Lo, a dau...