Month: September 2013

Reading Queue is a monthly meme where you share the books you want to read that month. Visit the host sites Book Tasty and Books: A True Story to add your post to the linky and visit other posts to see what others are reading for the month. Maybe you’ll find someone planning to read the same book as you! I’ll list my books in the order I want to read them. 

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Books I planned to read in August:


Books I read in August:

Hey that’s 50% of my goal. Not too bad. Not like my epic fail with YA reading goals. 🙂

Reading Queue for September:

I will finish Midnight Masquerade this weekend for my part in the blog tour on Tuesday, and I hope to get into Emma: a Latter-day Tale this month!

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My Thoughts:
The Miner’s Lady was the third book in the Land of Shining Water series, but don’t worry it wasn’t necessary to read the first ones since those had different main characters. I loved this book so much though so I’m going to have to go back and read the first two books now!

I am going to gush about this book. I loved loved loved it!! It releases tomorrow, September 1st, and I highly recommend you get it. Summer’s over! We all need something amazing to help us escape during back-to-school craziness. The Miner’s Lady will take you on a trip to 1890 to a mining community in Minnesota, full of romance and turmoil.

The romance between Chantel’s sister Isabella Panetta and Orlando Calarco was reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet. The Panetta and Calarco families had a long-time hatred for one another, but the young couple didn’t care about a feud that began so long ago. Isabella wanted what was best for her sister which sometimes involved distracting Orlando’s older and very handsome brother Dante.

I loved that Dante wasn’t perfect, the guy had faults. Hearing his thoughts as well as Chantel’s really helped me connect with them, especially when they had strong opposing views. This book was full of deep characters. There were many plots interwoven among the romance like addiction, poverty, loss, and betrayal. I cannot say enough good things about this book!

The Miner’s Lady will bring your emotions through these character’s lives. As a reader, I experienced laughing joy, tears of sadness, and everything in between. It was a beautiful historical romance.

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Sexual Content: mild ( kissing )
Language: none
Violence: mild ( murder by gunshot, murder by beating, mining accidents with injury and death )

I received the ARC ebook from Bethany House Publishers via NetGalley. Thank you! I am not paid for my reviews. My reviews are solely my opinion.

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My Thoughts:
I have really enjoyed reading many of Cami Checketts’s books recently. They are fun and romantic. Her other series was more romance/action/suspense while this one was more romance and mystery. The three main characters with POVs were Jake, his grandma Ruby, and Chanel, with a little from the “bad” guy.

I loved that Ruby had a little romantic plot line going on, too cute. Ruby did not want to take the police’s word for it that her friends in the retirement home had died of “old age.” She believed they were murdered and had to prove it. Ruby was cute and feisty. I didn’t think I would connect to a character that much older than me, but I really did. She was too fun.

Jake was rugged, handsome, and a devoted grandson. I loved the scenes with him and Ruby’s retirement friends teasing him. Hilarious! Chanel loved her job at the retirement home, especially when Jake came to visit. I loved the romance building throughout from both couples.

There wasn’t a ton of scenes with Jake’s sister Brinley, but I would love to read her life as a single mom in the next book. She was a strong woman.

Poison Me was funny and utterly romantic for all ages! 

Content Ratings: highlight between ( ) to view details
Sexual Content: mild ( kissing, mention of illegitimate child )
Language: very mild ( h***-2 )
Violence: mild ( dead bodies found, hostage at gunpoint, fighting )

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