So you've probably noticed that I've not been active very much these last few months. Well I really want to change that with the coming new year. This past year CA has accomplished many milestones and I want her to continue to accomplish more. I'm very proud of what this blog has become and how it's taken my love of reading to a higher level.

Despite this, I feel that I've lost my way and what this blog was supposed to be about; sharing my love of reading and the books that I've read, sharing my opinions with readers ect. More time than not I've gotten frustrated and overwhelmed by the direction CA is headed in, a direction I'm not so sure that I like.

Over the next little while I'll be making some hopefully positive changes to CA and I ask that you bare with me while they take place. With that I'm also asking if you my readers have any suggestions please feel free to let me know via comments or email. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Happy Reading!!

Book Review: Six Months In Montana by Pamela M. Kelley

Title: Six Months In Montana
Author: Pamela M. Kelley
Series: Montana Sweet Western Romance - #1
ISBN-13: 978-0-6159-3291-0
Publisher: Piping Plover Press
Release Date: December 11th 2013
Genre/s: Contemporary Romance
Format: E-book; 215 pages
Source: Purchased

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Synopsis

Molly Bishop loves living in Manhattan and managing a boutique luxury hotel. A visit home to Montana and a meddling matchmaking grandfather of childhood friend Christian Ford, (who is now too hot for his own good) may result in a marriage in Montanta... It's not real, but could it be? 

This is what I would call a cozy romance, it's romantic and sweet and is set in a small fictional town about 30 miles from Bozeman, MT. Warning, if you prefer your stories with the bedroom doors wide open and the windows steamed up, you may be disappointed. :) 

I love to cook and try new recipes and if you do too, you may want to check out the recipe I included at the end of the book, for Lazy Lobster Casserole, the dish that Molly serves her guests at the Rose Cottage Inn's first wine dinner. It's a recipe I know by heart and have made a million times and is great for special occasions. It's a holiday tradition in our family to have it every Christmas Eve. :) 

Book Review: Sons of Mayhem by Nikki Pink

Title: Sons of Mayhem
Author: Nikki Pink
Series: Sons of Mayhem - #1
ASIN: B00HMEG7HM
Publisher:
Release Date: June 8th 2014
Genre/s: Adult Romance
Format: E-Book; 246 pages
Source: Bought 

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Synopsis

The bestselling Sons of Mayhem four part serial finally available in one book!

This includes Oil and Leather, Blood and Whisky, War and Vengeance and Snakes and Angels combined into one novel telling the story of Nicole and Jase and the Sons of Mayhem. The individual parts have been re-edited and proofed before being combined into one novel.

SONS OF MAYHEM: The First Novel
Good girl college junior Nicole is bored. Bored of her boyfriend, bored of frat parties, bored of college life and bored of studying. When a chance to party with biker gang, the Sons of Mayhem, comes up she jumps at it. Nicole is thrilled to meet the charming but dangerous Vice President of the club, Jase. But when she realizes that the biker lifestyle is rougher than a good college girl like her could ever have imagined she begins to question what she’s getting herself into.

Feel the thrill of the ride with Nicole and the Sons of Mayhem. PLEASE NOTE: If you read the serial parts 1-4 you have read this already! A new novel in the Sons of Mayhem series (not a serial) will be coming in early 2014! 

Book Review: Crash by Vanessa Waltz

Title: Crash
Author: Vanessa Waltz
Series: Billionaires - #2
ASIN: B00JXO4WGW
Publisher:
Release Date: April 24th 2014
Genre/s: Contemporary Romance
Format: E-book; 177 pages
Source: Bought

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Synopsis

Will Pardini is a temptation Natalie does NOT need right now. 

Months after calling off her engagement, Natalie is trying to rebuild her failing career and impress her eternally disappointed parents. She has too much on her plate already, but the offer Will gives her - to travel the world working as a graphic designer for his luxury hotels - is much too tempting to refuse. 

Reformed bad boy billionaire Will Pardini has had his fill of ditzy golddiggers. Natalie is everything he'd ever hoped for but never dreamed could be real. Around her, he's just a normal guy. 

Around her, he doesn't feel like such a monster. 

Will has been hiding a dark secret... one that shows up just when he thought he would be able to move on with his life. One that threatens to tear apart the fragile connection he's been building with Natalie and turn his world upside down. 

Is it right to let someone love you more than you deserve to be loved? 

Cover Reveal! Bittersweet by Shewanda Pugh

Bittersweet

(Love Edy #2)

by 

Shewanda Pugh

Release Date: December 9th 2014

Genre/s: Romance & Young Adult 

Cover Reveal! Feel by Karen-Anne Stewart

Feel

by

Karen-Anne Stewart

Release Date: December 2014

Genre/s: New Adult & Paranormal Romance

Waiting On Wednesday (9)

Originally hosted by Breaking the Spine 

Hey guys!!

This week on CA,

Confess

by 

Colleen Hoover

Release Date: March 10th 2015

by 

Atria Books

Synopsis

Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there’s no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry.

For once, Auburn takes a risk and puts her heart in control, only to discover Owen is keeping major secrets from coming out. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it.

The last thing Owen wants is to lose Auburn, but he can’t seem to convince her that truth is sometimes as subjective as art. All he would have to do to save their relationship is confess. But in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin…

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What are you waiting for this week? 

Book Review: Loving Lauren by Jill Sanders

Title: Loving Lauren
Author: Jill Sanders
Series: West - #1
ASIN: B00J096MG8
Publisher: 
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Genre/s: Contemporary Romance
Format: E-book; 219 pages
Source: Bought

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Synopsis

Lauren had been raised to not be afraid of anything, and she lived by that code, that is until her dad died and left everything in her hands. Now she’s not only in charge of her two younger sisters, but she’s running a full-blown Texas ranch. Caring for a thousand‑acre ranch has its ups and downs, physically, mentally, and financially. All she is looking for is a little break. What she doesn't have time for is someone who will only complicate her life further.

Chase is back in his hometown. Helping his dad with his veterinary practice is high on his list. So is being with the lovely Lauren West. Years ago, he found a unique way to bind them together. Now all he has to do is prove to her that he’s the right man to spend the rest of her life with.

Book Blitz! The 13th Descent by Ky Lehman

The 13th Descent 

(Rosefire Trilogy - #1)

by 

Ky Lehman

Publication Date: August 30th 2014

Genre/s: Paranormal Romance & Young Adult

Book Blitz & Giveaway!! Captured Love by Juliana Haygert

Captured Love

by

Juliana Haygert

Release Date: November 10, 2014

Genre/s: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Friday Finds (4)

Originally hosted by Should Be Reading

Hey guys,

This week I've got a few books that I've added to my TBR list.

1. Caged In Winter by Brighton Walsh 
2. Confess by Colleen Hoover
3. When We Met by AL Jackson, Molly McAdams, Tiffany King & Christina Lee
4. Rowdy by Jay Crownover
5. Six Months In Montana by Pamela M. Kelley
6. Ticker by Lisa Mantchev
7. She Can Hide by Melinda Leigh
8. Not Quite Dating by Catherine Bybee
9. As Long As You Love Me by Ann Aguirre
10. Keep Me Safe by Maya Banks
11. Breaking Nova by Jessica Sorensen
12. Spare Brides by Adele Parks

What did you find this week?

Book Blitz: Forever Bound by Noelle Adams and Samantha Chase

Forever Bound

(The Protectors - #3)

by

Noelle Adams & Samantha Chase

Publication Date: November 4, 2014

Genre/s: Adult, Contemporary & New Adult

Cover Reveal! Uncross the Stars by Janell Rhiannon

Uncross the Stars

by

Janell Rhiannon

Release Date: TBA

Genre/s: Young Adult & Romance

Synopsis

Fiona Lavender is the new girl at school. She has a chip on her shoulder and a pension for poetry. Dario Martinez is the star quarterback, and the most unattainable guy on campus. Their stars cross when they are paired to study Romeo and Juliet for a senior English project. Their connection is fragile and undeniable. But, Dario is afraid of what love will do; and Fiona is waiting for love to claim her.

Will they uncross the stars and find the love they both need to heal their pasts?

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About the Author

Janell has been writing since she was in grade school. In high school, her 9th grade English teacher suggested she consider a career in writing. After a decade in college and a Master's degree in history, she settled into teaching.

Writing never stopped. Stories never stopped. READING fiction never stopped. Now, she writes and publishes on-line. Invisible Wings is her first YA novel, a compilation of short stories centered on teenage life triumphs and tragedies. She believes being a teenager is difficult and wrote Invisible Wings to let teens know they aren't alone. That they matter. That even though life is rough, they can still find beauty and love.

Beside the YA stories close to her heart, she adores Mythology and Fairy tales. Anything magical and mystical. And dragons. And gargoyles.

She currently lives in CA.

Visit her at Facebook @Janell Rhiannon Author. If you want to see what projects are in the works or find out more about the her, visit

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Book Blitz & Giveaway!! Depths of Lake by Keary Taylor

Depths of Lake

(The McCain Saga - #3)

by

Keary Taylor

Release Date: October 14th 2014

Genres: New Adult & Romance

Friday Finds (3)

Originally hosted by Should Be Reading

Hey guys!!

So excited I'm officially on my fall break. Today I have no classes so I get an extra day added on. I'm pretty psyched to finally take a deep breath and a step back.

This week I have a few things, and like last weeks post their are a few not so bookish things on the list. I'm trying to stay relatively related and not stray.

Books:
Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross
Burying Water by K A Tucker
Chasing Power by Sarah Beth Durst
The Daughter of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky

Blog:
Bo-ok Nerd - Stumbled upon this fellow book reviewer's blog the other day while looking for tutorials for HTML, she has some really good stuff on her blog in general.

Recipes:
This is for all you coffee lovers out there. I recently tried Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte, I'm not normally a Starbucks' gal, I'm a Tim Horton's and Coffee Culture gal, needless to say after I choked on the price of my dipped in gold drink, I choked on the drink itself...it was...well it wasn't worth the price I paid. Now I don't like pumpkin pie, the texture of the pie filling gets me every time but I do like the flavor; so for all whose looking for an alturnative I've found a few recipes that I'm going to give a try.

Skinny Pumpkin Pie Latte Recipe
Pumpkin Spice Frappuccinos

Waiting on Wednesday (8)

Originally hosted by Breaking the Spine

Hey guys!!
So I've survived the first half of my first semester, today I had my last and final midterm, and so far I've excelled and passed the first one, now to find out the rest. Once this week is over I have a nice week long break where I will continue to find a new job and be as dedicated as possible to Crazy Antics. With my semester being over that means that October is almost over and that means that NaNoWriMo is just two very short weeks away. For all who don't know what NaNoWriMo is you should really check it out when you have a chance here. What it is, is writing a novel well 50,000 words in the span of a month. I have been attempting to do this for I think three years now and have failed year after year. Last year I made a good attempt and then work got really busy and I had no life this year I've got school to keep me really busy and CA therefore I have no life CA is my life, I love my blog and I hate it when I don't post and I'm not on as often, but as I was saying before I got sidetracked with my devotion, I am going to make a strong attempt, and this year I'm not planning I've already got the novel in my head it's one I've been trying to write forever but keeps changing. So hey I'm going to give it a try and well if I fail at least I can say I tried. Anywho back to the topic at hand before I get totally carried away, this weeks Waiting on Wednesday!

This week two books with covered I'm seriously attracted too!!

Suspicion 

by 

Alexandra Monir

Release Date: December 9th 2014

by 

Delacorte Press

Genre/s: Young Adult & Mystery

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Description

Mysterious. Magnificent. Creepy. Welcome to Rockford Manor.

"There's something hidden in the Maze." Seventeen-year-old Imogen has never forgotten the last words her father said to her seven years ago, before the blazing fire that consumed him, her mother, and the gardens of her family's English country manor.

Haunted by her parents' deaths, Imogen moves to New York City with her new guardians. But when a letter arrives with the news of her cousin's untimely death, revealing that Imogen is now the only heir left to run the estate, she returns to England and warily accepts her role as duchess.

All is not as it seems at Rockford, and Imogen quickly learns that dark secrets lurk behind the mansion's aristocratic exterior, hinting that the spate of deaths in her family were no accident. And at the center of the mystery is Imogen herself--and Sebastian, the childhood friend she has secretly loved for years. Just what has Imogen walked into?

Combining a fresh twist on the classic REBECCA with a spine-tingling mystery and powerful romance, SUSPICION is an action-packed thrill ride.

The description kind of reminds me of a cinematic at the beginning of a haunted find and seek game that you can play on the computer.

No Place to Fall

by 

Jaye Robin Brown

Release Date: December 9th 2014

by 

Harper Teen

Genre/s: Young Adult & Contemporary

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Description

Amber Vaughn is a good girl. She sings solos at church, babysits her nephew after school, and spends every Friday night hanging out at her best friend Devon’s house. It’s only when Amber goes exploring in the woods near her home, singing camp songs with the hikers she meets on the Appalachian Trail, that she feels free—and when the bigger world feels just a little bit more in reach.

When Amber learns about an audition at the North Carolina School of the Arts, she decides that her dream—to sing on bigger stages—could also be her ticket to a new life. Devon’s older (and unavailable) brother, Will, helps Amber prepare for her one chance to try out for the hypercompetitive arts school. But the more time Will and Amber spend together, the more complicated their relationship becomes . . . and Amber starts to wonder if she’s such a good girl, after all.

Then, in an afternoon, the bottom drops out of her family’s world—and Amber is faced with an impossible choice between her promise as an artist and the people she loves. Amber always thought she knew what a good girl would do. But between “right” and “wrong,” there’s a whole world of possibilities.

The cover is really adorable, I love it!!! Really can't wait to read this one!!

That's this weeks Waiting on Wednesday, let us know what you think in the comments below!! Thanks for reading, and have a fabulous week!!

Book Blitz!! Frost by Kate Avery Ellison

Frost 

(The Frost Chronicles - #1)

by 

Kate Avery Ellison

Publication Date: March 28th 2012

Genres: Dystopia & Young Adult

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Trailer Reveal!! Invisible Wings by Janell Rhiannon

Check out this book trailer for Janell Rhiannon's novel, Invisible Wings! Be sure to let us know what you think of it in the comments below!!

Publication Date: January 8th 2014

Genre/s: Paranormal & Young Adult

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Description

Life seldom unfolds the way you expect. Despite our best efforts, it can wind up in a tangled mess. We lose hope. Faith fades. And then suddenly, in the midst of despair, a door opens, an answer is given, or a new path is cleared because we’re not alone…sometimes angels walk among us.

Arabella’s mother already thinks she’s a little crazy, so when a mysterious Presence fills her with a blinding light, she keeps it to herself. She’s given a heartbreaking mission. She spends her days among her fellow classmates, listening to their secret prayers and waiting for the moment of intervention.

Arabella understands that life is messy, complicated, and beautiful. The way she guides her fellow classmates will ultimately surprise you.

Love emerges from the mess. Hope emerges from the chaos. Faith emerges from the strength to endure.

12 destinies

12 twilights

12 lives that will never be the same

Trailer

About The Author

Janell has been writing since she was in grade school. In high school, her 9th grade English teacher suggested she consider a career in writing. After a decade in college and a Master's degree in history, she settled into teaching.

Writing never stopped. Stories never stopped. READING fiction never stopped. Now, she writes and publishes on-line. Invisible Wings is her first YA novel, a compilation of short stories centered on teenage life triumphs and tragedies. She believes being a teenager is difficult and wrote Invisible Wings to let teens know they aren't alone. That they matter. That even though life is rough, they can still find beauty and love.

Beside the YA stories close to her heart, she adores Mythology and Fairy tales. Anything magical and mystical. And dragons. And gargoyles.

She currently lives in CA.

Visit her at Facebook @Janell Rhiannon Author. If you want to see what projects are in the works or find out more about the her, visit

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Cover Reveal!! A Different Kind of Fate by K K Hendin

A Different Kind of Fate
by
K K Hendin

Release Date: November 2014
Genres: Contemporary & New Adult