2015 Alphabet Challenge Update

At this point, these are the books I plan to read for the alphabet challenge (Once read, the title will be bolded):

A-Amherst, William Nicholson

B- Booker: Streets Of Mayhem, John W. Mefford

C- (The) Cherry Cola Book Club, Ashton Lee

D- Darned If You Do: A Needlecraft Mystery, Monica Ferris

E- Einstein's Beach House: Stories, Jacob M. Appel

F- Flamenco, Flan and Fatalities, Mary McHugh

G- (The) Good Girl, Mary Rubica

H- Himalayas: Through Heaven And Hell In The Hills, Praveen Venkiteswara

I- In Hot Water, J.J. Cook

J- Just Pru, Anne Pfeffer

K- Katherine The Virgin Widow, Jean Plaidy

L- Last Licks, Claire Donally

M- Maplecroft, Cherie Priest--January

N- No Such Thing As Perfect, Sarah Daltry

O- Organized Blackmail, Angela Agranoff

P- (The) Prayer Box, Lisa Wingate--January 

Q- Plagued By Quilt, Mollie MacRae

R- (The) Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion

S- Sprinkled, Gina LaManna

T- That Old Flame Of Mine, J. J. Cook

U- The Unveiled Wife: Embracing Intimacy With God And Your Husband, Jennifer Smith

V- Voices, Clarissa Johal

W- Who Am I?: How My Daughter Taught Me To Let Go And Live Again, Megan Cyrulewski

X- Cat In An Alien X-Ray, Carole Nelson Douglas

Y- Your Perfect Life, Liz Fenton

Z- Zac and Mia, A.J. Betts

2015 Ebook Challenge: March Results

Here are the ebooks I read in March:

1) Love's True Second Chance, by Jeff Dawson

2) Deadly Desires, by Joyce and Jim Lavene

3) Flamenco, Flan and Fatalities, by Mary McHugh

4) Stiff Penalty, by Annelise Ryan

5) Pretty Maidens All In A Row, by J.M. Brown

6) Loyalty and Lies, by L.A. Cotton

7) The Secret, by Kathi Daley

8) Himalayas: Through Heaven and Hell in the Hills, by Praveen Venkites Annu

9) A Mind Abducted, by Corinne Leigh Donovan

10) A Sheetcake Named Desire, by Jacklyn Brady

11) Dollar Daze, by Karin Gillespie

12) What Happens To Men When They Move To Manhattan?, by Jill Knapp

13) Romancing The Brush, by Roslyn Woods

14) A'dab's Gift by Talia Haven

15) Wishing On Baby Dust by Lydia Winters

And a link to ALL my ebooks for this year: 2015 ebook Challenge

Organized Blackmail: A Sophia O'Malley Cozy Mystery, by Angela Agranoff

Synopsis: A story with a few surprises! 

Sophia O’Malley is a gentle, kind, and gifted woman whose life purpose is to assist and help others organize their homes; and by doing so, their hearts and lives. After the death of her husband, she moves to a little town in called Piney Woods. There, she settles into the dream cabin and she her husband had intended to buy before his death. Taking a leave of absence from her work she takes the time needed to grieve and heal. 

On a warm and sunny spring morning, Sophia gets a call from one of Piney Woods most prominent residents: Eleanor Beaman. Eleanor informs Sophia that she has some work for her to do at her estate. Uncertain if she is ready to return to work, Sophia agrees only because she has become good friends with Eleanor. 

After arriving at the estate, Sophia is pulled into a deep mystery that involves the past and the present. The mystery begins in a large personal library. Sophia soon learns that Eleanor had a hidden agenda in hiring her. After learning about the dark secrets of Eleanor husband’s past, Sophia then faces a horrible danger that threatens to kill her. 
Will her will to love and help those she cares about keep her alive and allow her to defeat the dangers threatening to kill her? Or is this small town professional organizer in over her head? 

Thoughts: I was not as impressed with this book as I had hoped to be, unfortunately. It is a very short story, and it didn't so much end as just stop. I would have liked to have had the entire thing fleshed out a little more than it was.

Sophia seems like a very interesting character, but I would prefer to read full length stories of her adventures in the future. She is an organizer for hire, she has two cats, and she talks to her dead husband. Sounds like there is plenty of potential there for lots of interesting stories. 

My rating: Three stars

2015 Ebook Challenge---February results

Here are the ebooks I read in :

1) Out Of The Storm (short story anthology)

2) Just Beginning (a prequel to Just Destiny), by Theresa Rizzo

3) Gator Bowl, by J.J. Cook 

4) Fancy Pants Poetry, by Agostino Scafidi

5) Antique Magic, by Eileen Harris

6) Antique Forgery, by Eileen Harris

7) Undead by Morning, by Joyce and Jim Lavene

8) Mama Cried, by Talia Haven

9) No Such Thing As Perfect, Sarah Daltry

10) Three Sisters, by Helen Smith

11) Booker: Streets of Mayhem, by John W. Mefford

12) The Long Meow Mystery, by Kathy Carmichael

2015 Ebook Reading Challenge

  Challenge Guidelines:

This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015.

Anyone can join, you don’t need to be a blogger. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to sign-up in the comments. You can post reviews to any book site (i.e. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, Goodreads, etc).

Any genre or length of book counts, as long as it is in ebook format.

You can plan your books in advance or as you read them.

When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the E-Book Reading Challenge.

Sign-ups will be open throughout 2015, so feel free to join at any time during the year.

Levels:

1. Bits – 5 ebooks
2. Bytes – 10 ebooks
3. Megabytes – 25 ebooks
4. Gigabytes – 50 ebooks
5. Terabytes – 75 ebooks
6. Empty the Cloud – 100 ebooks

At the beginning of each month there will be a roundup post for you to add your reviews for that month. The linky will remain open for the remainder of the year, so if you forget, feel free go back and add them when you remember.

Sign up for the 2015 Ebook Challenge here. Please use the direct URL to the post where you join the challenge and declare your level.

My chosen level: Gigabytes--50 ebooks

2015 Alphabet Challenge Information

It’s an alphabet challenge!!! The challenge is to read one book that has a title starting with every letter of the alphabet.

You can drop the A’s and The’s from the book titles as shown below. For those pesky Q, X AND Z titles the word with the challenge letter can be anywhere in the title.

So there are two different ways you can set up your own A-Z Reading Challenge.

A – Make a list on your blog from A-Z. Throughout the year, as you go along, add the books you are reading to the list. Towards the end of the year, you can check and see which letters you are missing and find books to fit.

OR

B – Make a list now of 26 books, picking one for each letter of the alphabet. For example: A – All the President’s Menus by Julie Hyzy  B- Bushel Full of Murder by Paige Shelton  C – Criminal Confections by Collette London  D – Dark Chocolate Demise by Jenn McKinlay etc.

Books can be read in any order and all formats – print – e-book – audio – are acceptable for this challenge!

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