Clock Rewinders (01/26/14)

Clock Rewinders on a Book Binge is the brain child of Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Tara @ 25 Hour Books.  I'm inviting myself to their party (as I sometimes do) because I have so damn much fun reading Amanda's posts that I couldn't help myself.

Reading the Paranormal Week in Review

• Come Alive by Karina Halle [Review] - I <3 being in Dex's head!
• Top Off Tuesday - Dog. DOG!
• Darkbound by Michaelbrent Collings [Review] - Twisty!
• Destiny of the Female Warrior by K.A. Young [Review] - I'm really torn on this book.
• Dark Knowledge by Keith Pyeatt [Review] - Twisted and dark! Just the way I like it!
• Three things you might not know about me if you don't follow me on Twitter - Was I drunk when I wrote this? (answer: No, but maybe I should have been.)
  

Bookish Delights
Goodreads Stats - Loosely borrowed from Tara @ 25 Hour Books

• Currently unread - 518
• Books added - 12
• Sweet Sizzle (Red Hot Valentine) by Jodi Redford - For review!
• Banishing the Dark (Arcadia Bell #4) by Jenn Bennett - For review!
• La Amore de Vincenzo (The Anam Céile Chronicles #2.5) by Rosalind Scarlett - For review!
• Evil Dark (Occult Crimes Unit Investigation #2) by Justin Gustainis - For review!
• Known Devil (Occult Crimes Unit Investigation #3) by Justin Gustainis - For review!
• Vampire Vacation (The VV Inn #1) by C.J. Ellisson - For review!
• The Hunt (The VV Inn #2) by C.J. Ellisson - For review!
• Big Game (The VV Inn #3) by C.J. Ellisson - For review!
• Death's Servant (The VV Inn #0.1) by C.J. Ellisson - For review!
• Death Takes Two (The VV Inn #3.5) by C.J. Ellisson & Boone Brux - For review!
• Seven Deadly Sons (Stone Soldiers #7) by C.E. Martin - For review!
• Amazon freebies - Check the prices before you buy!
• Beth's Acceptance (Destiny's Trinities #1) by Tracy Cooper-Posey (Paranormal erotica)
• Books read - 15
• Currently reading 
• Blood Unleashed by Tracy Cooper-Posey

Globetrotting...

• On Tuesday, I talked about how I always thought I couldn't write short stories and then I went and proved myself wrong at KellyApple.com. It's funny how you can succeed and still not believe in yourself, isn't it?
• On Wednesday, I reviewed Heart of Vengeance (Jewels of Tomorrow #2) by Tracy Cooper-Posey over at Amanda's blog. Good gravy, these books are good!
• Free Books Need Love, Too! weekly reviews:
• Monday - Ivan by Roxie Rivera
• Tuesday - GLA: Come the Chupacabra by Ffion Rhys
• Wednesday - Fancy Free by Shelley Munro

Check it out!

• Seriously Series weekly update:
• Series started in 2014: 14/18 (+6 since last week)
• Series started before 2014: 7/18 (+1 since last week)
• Series rereads: 1/5 (+1 since last week)

News from around the blogosphere:

• Bwahahahahaha! Stormtroopers already make me laugh. This? IS HILARIOUS!
• Amanda gave a self-publishing webinar this week. She totally called me out for overusing the word THROB in my books. For the record, I'm totally down with that because I DID overuse it (but I'm learning to find other words to use in its place!). Anyway. If self-publishing interests you (or you want to see me get called about my incessant throbbing), watch it (and check out her storify of the tweets). Then sign up for her February webinar which is going to be on blog content creation. C'mon! You know you wanna!
• As long as I'm talking about Amanda, she also wrote a post about the importance of beta-readers. I've beta read a few books and I find it challenging (and FUN!) but it's not always easy to articulate where a disconnect happened in a story. From a writer's perspective, it's SO IMPORTANT to get quality feedback on your story. You might understand the story you're trying to tell, but do others?
  

Until next week, my little dumplings!