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Hey guys!

Recently my dad rescued me a box of books from  one of his clients houses who didn't want them anymore and was simply going to toss them in the trash. Most are not from a genre I venture into but I'm not one to turn away giving books a new home. Needless to say the space in my room for my books is beyond full, so when I added the newish ones my book cabinet exploded. 

The Result: 

My collection before it got so big did fit onto my bed like the top rows but as you can see I had to improvise with the last two rows. 

I'm currently looking into a new way to display them, possibly going to put my dads handy man skills to use. 

Nora Roberts Reading Challenge

I wish to read all the novels Nora Roberts has ever written including the In Death series written under her pen name J.D. Robb. List was taken from Nora Robert's site.

S: Series
C: Connection
Highlight Yellow: Read Before Challenge Started
" Orange: Read After Challenge Started
Highlight Blue: Currently Reading

1981
Irish Thoroughbred - s: Irish Hearts

1982
Blithe Images
Song of the West
Search For Love
Island of Flowers
The Hearts Victory

1983
From This Day
Her Mothers Keeper
Once More with Feeling
Reflections - c: Dreams
Tonight and Always
Dance of Dreams - c: Reflections
Untamed
This Magic Moment

1984
Endings and Beginnings
Storm Warning
Promise Me Tomorrow
Sullivan's Woman
First Impression
A Matter of Choice
Less of a Stranger
The Law is a Lady
Rules of the Game
Opposites Attract

1985
Playing the Odds - s: The MacGregors
The Right Path
Partners
Tempting Fate - s: The MacGregors
Night Moves
All the Possiblities - s: The MacGregors
One Man's Art - s: The MacGregors
Boundary Lines
Summer Desserts - c: Lessons Learned
Duel Image

1986
Second Nature - c: One Summer
The Art of Deception
One Summer - c: Second Nature
Affaire Royale - s: Cordina's Royal Family
Lessons Learned - c: Summer Desserts
Treasures Lost, Treasures Found
Risky Business
A Will and a Way
Home For Christmas

1987
For Now, Forever - s: The MacGregors
Mind Over Matter
Command Performances - s: Cordina's Royal Family
Hot Ice
Temptations
The Playboy Prince - s: Cordina's Royal Family
Sacred Sins - c: Brazen Virtue

1988
Irish Rose - s: Irish Hearts
The Lost Honest Woman - s: The O'Hurleys
Brazen Virtue - c: Sacred Sins
Dance to the Piper - s: The O'Hurleys
Rebellion - s: The MacGregors
Skin Deep - s: The O'Hurleys
The Name of the Game
Sweet Revenge

1989
Loving Jack - c: Best Laid Plans, Lawless
Best Laid Plans - c: Lawless, Loving Jack
Lawless - c: Loving Jack, Best Laid Plans
Impulse
Gabriel's Angel
The Welcoming
Time Was - c: Times Change

1990
Times Change -c: Time Was
Public Secrets
Taming Natasha - s: The Stanislaskis
Without a Trace - s: The O'Hurleys
In From the Cold - s : The MacGregors

1991
Night Shift - s: Night Tales
Night Shadows - s: Night Tales
Courting Katherine - s: The Calhoun Women
A Man For Amanda - s: The Calhoun Women
For the Love of Lilah - s: The Calhoun Women
Genuine Lies
Suzanna's Surrender - s: The Calhoun Women
Luring a Lady - s: The Stanislaskis
Carnal Innocense

1992
Unfinished Business
Honest Illusions
Captivated - s: Donovan Legacy
Divine Evil
Entranced - s: Donovan Legacy
Charmed - s: Donovan Legacy

1993
Falling For Rachel - s: The Stanislaskis
Private Scandals
Night Shade - s: Night Tales

1994
Convincing Alex - s: The Stanislaskis
The Big Mistake
Hidden Riches
Night Smoke - s: Night Tales
Born In Fire - s: Born In Trilogy
All I Want For Christmas

1995
The Return of Rafe MacKade - s: MacKade Brothers
Naked In Death - s: In Death Series (1)
Born In Ice - s: Born In Trilogy
True Betrayals
The Pride of Jared MacKade - s: MacKade Brothers
Glory In Death - s: In Death Series (2)

1996
Born In Shame - s: Born In Trilogy
The Heart of Devin MacKade - s: MacKade Brothers
Montana Sky
The Fall of Shane MacKade - s: MacKade Brothers
Immortal In Death - s: In Death Series (3)
Daring to Dream - s: Dream Trilogy
Rapture In Death - s: In Death Series (4)
Meghan's Mate - s: The Calhoun Women

1997
Holding the Dream - s: Dream Trilogy
Waiting For Nick - s: The Stanislaskis
Sanctuary
Ceremony In Death - s: In Death Series (5)
Finding the Dream - s: Dream Trilogy
Hidden Star - s: Stars of Mithra
Vengeance In Death - s: In Death Series (6)
The MacGregor Brides - s: The MacGregors
Captive Stars - s: Stars of Mithra

1998
Sea Swept - s: Chesapeake Bay Saga
Secret Star - s: Stars of Mithra
Home Port
Once Upon a Castle
^ featuring: Spellbound (Novella)
Holiday In Death - s: In Death Series (7)
Rising Tides - s: Chesapeake Bay Saga
The Reef
The Winning Hand - s: The MacGregors
Silent Night
^ featuring: Midnight In Death (In Death Novella)
The MacGregor Grooms - s: The MacGregors

1999
Inner Harbour - s: Chesapeake Bay Saga
The Perfect Neighbour - s: The MacGregors
Rivers End
Conspiracy In Death - s: In Death Series (8)
Loyalty In Death - s: In Death Series (9)
Enchanted - s: Donovan Legacy
Jewels of the Sun - s: Gallaghers of Ardmore
Once Upon a Star
^ Featuring: Ever After (Novella)

2000
Carolina Moon
Witness In Death - s: In Death Series (10)
Irish Rebel - s: Irish Hearts
Tears of the Moon - s: Gallaghers of Ardmore
Night Shield - s: Night Tales
Judgement In Death - s: In Death Series (11)
Once Upon a Dream
^ featuring: In Dreams (Novella)
Heart of Sea - s: Gallaghers of Ardmore

2001
Considering Kate - s: The Stanislaskis
Betrayal In Death - s: In Death Series (12)
The Villa
Dance Upon the Air - s: Three Sisters Island
Out of this World
^ Featuring: Interlude In Death (In Death Novella)
Seduction In Death - s: In Death Series (13)
Midnight Bayou
Once Upon a Rose
^Featuring: Winter Rose (Novella)
Heaven and Earth - s: Three Sisters Island

2002
Cordina's Crown Jewel - s: Cordina's Royal Family
Reunion In Death - s: In Death Series (14)
Three Fates
Face the Fire - s: Three Sisters Island
Purity In Death - s: In Death Series (15)
Chesapeake Blue - s: Chesapeake Bay Saga
Once Upon a Kiss
^ Featuring: A World Apart (Novella)

2003
Portrait In Death - s: In Death Series (16)
Birth Right
Imitation In Death - s: In Death Series (17)
Remember When  - s: In Death Series
Once Upon a Midnight
^ Featuring: The Witching Hour (Novella)
Key of Light - s: Key Trilogy
Key of Knowledge - s: Key Trilogy

2004
Key of Valor - s: Key Trilogy
Divided In Death - s: In Death Series (18)
Visions In Death - s: In Death Series (19)
Northen Lights
Moon Shadows
^ Featuring: Wolfsmoon (Novella)
Blue Dahlia - s: In the Garden Trilogy

2005
Survivor In Death - s: In Death Series (20)
Black Rose - s: In the Garden Trilogy
Origin In Death - s: In Death Series (21)
Blue Smoke
Red Lily - s: In the Garden Trilogy

2006
Memory In Death - s: In Death Series (22)
Bump In the Night
^ Featuring: Haunted In Death (In Death Novella)
Angels Fall
Morrigan's Cross - s: Circle Trilogy
Dance of the Gods - s: Circle Trilogy
Valley of Silence - s: Circle Trilogy
Born In Death - s: In Death Series (23)

2007
Innocence In Death - s: In Death Series (24)
High Noon
Dead of Night
^ Featuring: Eternity In Death (In Death Novella)
Blood Brothers - s: Sign of Seven Trilogy
Creation In Death - s: In Death Series (25)

2008
Strangers In Death - s: In Death Series (26)
The Hallow - s: Sign of Seven Trilogy
Tribute
The Pagen Stone - s: Sign of Seven Trilogy
Salvation In Death - s: In Death Series (27)
Suite 606
^ Featuring: Ritual In Death (In Death Novella)

2009
Promises In Death - s: In Death Series (28)
Vision In White - s: Bride Quartet
Black Hills

Bed of Roses - s: Bride Quartet
Kindred In Death - s: In Death Series (29)
The Lost
^ Featuring: Missing In Death (In Death Novella)
Sweet Revenge

2010
Fantasy In Death - s: In Death Series (30)
Savour the Moment - s: Bride Quartet
The Search
Indulgence In Death - s: In Death Series (31)
The Other Side
^ Featuring: In Death (In Death Novella)
Happy Ever After - s: Bride Quartet

2011
Treachery In Death - s: In Death Series (32)
Chasing Fire
New York to Dallas - s: In Death Series (33)
The Unquiet
^ featuring: Chaos In Death (In Death Novella)
The Next Always - s: In Bonsboro Trilogy

2012
Celebrity In Death - s: In Death Series (34)
The Witness
The Last Boyfriend - s: In Bonsboro Trilogy
Delusion In Death - s: In Death Series  (35)
The Perfect Hope - s: In Bonsboro Trilogy

Book Review: Treachery In Death - By: J. D. Robb

Title: Treachery In Death
Author: J. D. Robb
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Page Count: 372
Copyright: 2011 by Nora Roberts
Publisher: The Berkley Publishing Group
Series: Book #32, series starts with Naked In Death

About the Author:
Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, the youngest of five children. After school career that included some time in Catholic school and the discipline of nuns, she married young and settled in Keedysville, Maryland.

She worked briefly as a legal secretary. "I could type fast but couldn't spell, I was the worst legal secretary ever," she says now. After her sons were born she stayed home and tried every craft that came along. A blizzard in February 1979 forced her hand to try another creative outlet. She was snowed in with a three and six year old with no kindergarten respite in sight and a dwindling supply of chocolate.

Born into a family of readers, Nora had never known a time that she wasn't reading or making up stories. During that now-famous blizzard, she pulled out a pencil and a notebook and began to write down one of those stories. It was there that a career was born. Several manuscripts and rejections later, her first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published by Silhouette in 1981.

Nora met her second husband, Bruce Wilder, when she hired him to build bookshelves. They were married in July 1985. Since that time, they've expanded their home, traveled the world and opened a bookstore together.

Through the years, Nora has always been surrounded by men. Not only was she the youngest in her family, but she was also the only girl. She has raised two sons. Having spent her life surrounded by men, Ms. Roberts had a fairly good view of the workings of the male mind, which is a constant delight to her readers. It was, she's been quotes as saying, a choice between figuring men out or running away screaming.

Nora is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the publishing industry. Recently The New Yorker called her "America's favourite novelist."

Synopsis:

Detective Eve Dallas and her partner, Peabody, are following up on a senseless - crime an elderly grocery store owner killed by three stoned punks for nothing more than kicks and snacks. This is Peabody's first case as primary detective - good thing she learned from the master.

Soon after Peabody stumbles upon an even trickier situation. After a hard workout, she's alone in a locker room when the gym door clatters open and she overhears two fellow officers arguing - while shes trapped inside the shower stall, trying not to make a sound. It doesn't take long to realise these two are both crooked and dangerous - guilty not only of corruption but also of murder.

Now Peabody, Eve and Eve's husband Roake are working to find the hard evidence they are going to need to bring down some dirty cops. Knowing full well that these bad cops are willing to kill to keep their secret.

My Thoughts:

Overall I really enjoyed this novel, although it did take me a little bit more time than I would have liked to get through it. The main characters Roarke, Peabody and Eve were extremely intriging and leaving me wanting to get to know them more than just between the cover of this book. Robb, drops little tidbits in the book about their past but not enough to reveal it totally to the reader, only enough for them to know that a certain character could've had a rocky past and thats what leads them to make certain judgements now. Hopefully I'll have the same thoughts about the other books in the series, as I did about this one.

Thanks for reading, I welcome any comments, feedback or your opinions about the book.
Happy Reading

Sincerely,
Lady M

Book Review: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Title: Fifty Shades of Grey
Author: E.L. James
Genre: Erotic Fiction
Page Count: 384 (ebook copy)
Copyright: 2011
Publisher: The Writer's Coffee Shop
Series: Fifty Shades Trilogy; Fifty Shades Darker (second book), Fifty Shades Freed (third book)

About the Author:
" I'm a former TV executive, wife and mother-of-two based in the leafy suburbs of West London. Since January 2012 my life has taken an extraordinary turn with the runaway success of the Fifty Shades Trilogy. From an early age I had always dreamt of writing stories that readers would fall in love with - and my dreams have come true, thanks to you guys. Now that life seems to have settled down a little, I want to crack on and write my next novel - another adult, provocative romance. I do hope you will enjoy that too.

Thank you for all your support. It has meant the world to me. If any one were to ask me for my thought about this whole expierence, I would say: life is not a dress rehearsal - seize the day and follow your dreams. I wish you the best of luck.

EL November 2012"
CREDIT: EL James' website

Synopsis:

When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realise she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana's quiet beauty, wit and independant spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too-but on his own terms.

Shocked yet thrilled by Grey;s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success-his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family-Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey's secrets and explores her own dark desires.

My Thoughts:

First off let me just say that this isn't a book I would have picked up off the bookstore shelf and started reading. When I was at the bookstore, I did pick this book up and read the synopsis on the back and put it right back where I found it knowing that this wasn't the book for me. The title was what caught my eye...that was until I read the back of the book and then dismissed it. And it isn't a genre I venture into. In fact even after hearing my friend tell me that I absolutely had to read this book, I still didn't. It peeked my interest when both my aunt and mother recommended the book. In all truth it was an amazing book; it has an excellent romantic story line and I am a die hard romantic and this book minus the eroctic-ness piqued my interest when I first started reading it.

The characters...oh my gosh, don't even get me started. I love Ana and her personality and Christian and his mysteriousness. It took me exactly one day to read this ebook. Minus all the hours spent catching up on all the sleep I was deprived of. I started late in the afternoon and finished the next day in the early afternoon and trust me when I say this, that i was a hard book to put down. I immediately started reading the sequel as soon as I finished the first one because of the cliff hanger the author leaves us at. I absolutely am in love with the character and the story line. I definately recommend reading the book if your looking for a die hard romance that grips your heart with a fantastically written plot line.

Book Review: Family Storms by V. C. Andrews

Title: Family Storms
Author: V. C. Andrews
Genre: Fiction
Page Count: 378
Copyright: 2011 by Vanda General Partnership
Publisher: Pocket Star Books
Series: March Family Series (Book One) Sequel: Cloudburst

About the Author:
One of the most popular authors of all time, V.C. Andrews has a been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of the spellbinding classic Flowers in the Attic. That blockbuster novel began the renowned Dollanganger family saga, which includes Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday and Garden of Shadows. Since then, readers have been captivated by more than sixty novels in nearly twenty bestselling series. V.C. Andrews's novels have sold more than 106 million copies and have been translated into twenty-two foreign languages.
Credit: Simon & Schuster

Synopsis:

IN THE EYE OF THE STORM...
Living on the streets with her destitute mother, selling knickknacks and trinkets just to survive, Sasha Porter dreams of someday having a normal life, with a real home and family. But she never dreamed a devastating tragedy would bring her those very things: on a stormy night by a rain spattered highway, a speeding car veers out of control, striking and killing her mother and badly injuring Sasha.

...IS ANYWHERE TRUELY SAFE?
In the hospital, Sasha is whisked off to a fancy private suite at the requst of wealthy Mrs. Jordan Marsh, a complete stranger who keeps watch by Sasha's bedside and insists she come and live at her family's sprawling, luxurious mansion. Sasha soon learns Mrs. March never recoved from the loss of her daughter Alena, and with nowhere else to go, Sasha agrees to use Alena's room, sleep in her bed and wear her clothes. But someone will make sure that Sasha never takes Alena's place: a jealous sister dead set on making Sasha's life a living hell.

My Thoughts:

I absolutely adored it!
I literally couldn't put the book down. It kept me wanting to read more and that is what I love about certain books. It had a really good plot line with lots of twists and turns and a very surprising turn of events. The way Andrews' tricks readers into believing that the older sister Kiera is really up to something good when really she's plotting and using Sasha. The hostile relationship between Jordan March and her daughter Kiera also makes me wonder what secrets the family holds and the way they act towards each other makes it seem like something else is going on or Andrews has withheld the reason why Kiera is so hostile towards her mother. It makes me also wonder whether or not there is some truth to the fact that Jordan March is trying to turn Sasha into her late daughter Alena; with Sasha sleeping in Alena's old bedroom and wearing her clothes. Hopefully all will be revealed in the second book Cloudburst.

Thanks for reading, I welcome any comments or feedback or your opinions on the book.
Happy Reading

Sincerely,
Lady M