Judging A Book By It's Cover (#11)

Judging A Book by It's Cover, is a weekly challenge that will be held every Wednesday, but you can complete at your own pace. 

The gist of it I will go to my To Be Read on Goodreads and pick a book solely on it's cover. You can pick from books at home, shelfari, amazon, goodreads, etc. 

At one point I read the synopsis so feel confident of the books in my TBR are ones I would enjoy, however for some reason I have not picked it up since adding it.

I will post the cover of the book with my initial thoughts on what I think it will be without rereading the synopsis. Once I have finished the book, I will write the review and compare review to cover. I think this is an interesting type of challenge and could be a lot of fun. Plus it gives me a chance to tackle books that either caught my eye or the cover has turned me off and I have not given a chance.


This week I am choosing:



Initial Thoughts:  I will admit (hanging my head down in shame) I have had this on my kindle for a long time, but every time I go to read it I can't get past the cover.  I don't know why, I love Lora Leigh but the cover doesn't capture my attention.  So I am hoping this proves my whole judging a book by it's cover is not always is the best thing to do, which I tend to do a lot.


If you would like to participate here are the rules:

Post a comment and include your blog link, if you do not have a blog leave a comment with your selection:

Choose your book cover.
Post your initial thoughts on what the book will be.
Review and post your thoughts on how it compared to the cover.

Judging a Book By It's Cover Results (#10)

Initial Thoughts:  I frankly have no idea, but I know it is a young adult.  I love this cover, think it is fantastic.  


Results:  The cover makes total sense once you figure out the story.  I don't want to take anything away from revealing too much because it is refreshingly different and deserves to be read without the whole plot reveal.









Hourglass by Myra McEntire
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Emerson Cole knows she is different, what average seventeen year old sees the dead from different times in history? As her sightings progressively get worse, her brother finds a new solution, a group called Hourglass that has experience with the unusual. Emerson is about to open herself into a new world of the unexplained and the center of some new attention from several different sources.

Without giving to much of this plot away, it was like a complicated puzzle that pieces begin to fit but there is still more that needs to pieced together as it goes along. I found myself pulled into this unique story and I was torn on how it all played out because I wanted so much for Emerson to find herself without any consequences. Beautifully written and eager to read the next book.



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Judging A Book By It's Cover (#10)

Judging A Book by It's Cover, is a weekly challenge that will be held every Wednesday, but you can complete at your own pace. 

The gist of it I will go to my To Be Read on Goodreads and pick a book solely on it's cover. You can pick from books at home, shelfari, amazon, goodreads, etc. 

At one point I read the synopsis so feel confident of the books in my TBR are ones I would enjoy, however for some reason I have not picked it up since adding it.

I will post the cover of the book with my initial thoughts on what I think it will be without rereading the synopsis. Once I have finished the book, I will write the review and compare review to cover. I think this is an interesting type of challenge and could be a lot of fun. Plus it gives me a chance to tackle books that either caught my eye or the cover has turned me off and I have not given a chance.


This week I am choosing:
 



Initial Thoughts:  I frankly have no idea, but I know it is a young adult.  I love this cover, think it is fantastic.  


If you would like to participate here are the rules:

Post a comment and include your blog link, if you do not have a blog leave a comment with your selection:

Choose your book cover.
Post your initial thoughts on what the book will be.
Review and post your thoughts on how it compared to the cover.

Judging A Book By It's Cover Results #9

This week I am chose:


 



Initial Thoughts:  Looks to me like a runaway bride story.  The title is fun and I like the b/w photography. Looks contemporary but the Knight thing has me thrown off as I would this would normally be a word associated to historical titles.


Results: This was a story about a marriage bargain to help the hero keep something important to him.  He is a knight though which was an interesting twist. The Knight and Maggie's Baby by Lisa Mondello
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Jonah Wallace needs a wife, the woman who was supposed to help him out of his current pickle left him at the last moment. Needing a phone and a breath from the sultry sun, he heads into the cafe across the street, not knowing he is about to find a solution to his problem.

Maggie Bonelli expected to close early, but when Jonah walks in looking like he needs a stiff drink she treats him with a pie and cup of coffee instead. Forming a quick friendship, Jonah proposes to Maggie explaining he needs a wife for a year with no strings attached. Maggie pregnant just wants her child to have something she never had, a fathers name. Maggie agrees but finds it is harder to keep it strictly platonic with Jonah who seems to be struggling with it as well. Can they both admit their feelings before the end of the year is up?

Sweet story, I liked it my only complaint is the chemistry didn't develop as much as I would have liked. I think had it been longer it would have come full circle, but it was a fun story none the less.

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Judging A Book By It's Cover Results (#8)

This week I am choosing:






Initial Thoughts:  Love the title, how fun is that.  The cover is eye catching and really like the sepia look.   Would assume it is a paranormal shiter story.

Results:  This was a bit darker than I thought, definitely shifter but more about rogue packs and mistreatment of mates.


Lycan It by S.K. Yule
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Janine Denton was looking forward to her three week vacation, until she was kidnapped and thrust into a clan of wild men. Raze Jackson is fed up with his pack and their brutal treatment towards women. Women who are destined to be mated carry two scents, one scent as a potential and the other scent only their true mate can smell. When Janine is used as punishment to Raze for trying to escape, Raze realizes she is his mate. The last thing he wants to do is the one thing his alpha is demanding, take her against her will.

Interesting story, it was a bit short and would have liked to have it more substantial. Raze is protecting Janine but they don't really have a chance to get to know one another before Janine is force to make a decision about becoming a mate. I did read these out of order so it could be that I should have read it before hand to fill in the gaps.

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Judging A Book By It's Cover Challenge (#9)

udging A Book by It's Cover, is a weekly challenge that will be held every Wednesday, but you can complete at your own pace. 

The gist of it I will go to my To Be Read on Goodreads and pick a book solely on it's cover. You can pick from books at home, shelfari, amazon, goodreads, etc. 

At one point I read the synopsis so feel confident of the books in my TBR are ones I would enjoy, however for some reason I have not picked it up since adding it.

I will post the cover of the book with my initial thoughts on what I think it will be without rereading the synopsis. Once I have finished the book, I will write the review and compare review to cover. I think this is an interesting type of challenge and could be a lot of fun. Plus it gives me a chance to tackle books that either caught my eye or the cover has turned me off and I have not given a chance.


This week I am choosing:
 



Initial Thoughts:  Looks to me like a runaway bride story.  The title is fun and I like the b/w photography. Looks contemporary but the Knight thing has me thrown off as I would this would normally be a word associated to historical titles.


Lycan It by S.K. Rule
The Edge of Night by Marla Monroe
Double Jeopardy by Rachel Bo
Comfort Object by Annabel Joseph
Crescendo by Kaitlin Maitland
Hell Yeah, by Carolyn Brown
Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice
A Date With The Other Side by Erin McCarthy

If you would like to participate here are the rules:

Post a comment and include your blog link, if you do not have a blog leave a comment with your selection:

Choose your book cover.
Post your initial thoughts on what the book will be.
Review and post your thoughts on how it compared to the cover.

Judging A Book By It's Cover Results (#7)

This week I am choose:


Initial Thoughts: Bad boy biker is protecting a girl. Know it is part of a series, not quite sure why she is in a bikini wearing a cross, maybe a good girl.

Results: I had the biker part right and that is about it.  Heroine is pregnant, still in the early second trimester.  Would hazard a wild guess she wouldn't be on a bike in a bikini, but if you want to catch a readers attention this would be the way to do it. 

The Edge of Night by Marla Monroe
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Amanda has a way of finding herself in the center of trouble, on the run from a ruthless ex, she finds herself at a truck stop trying to brush off an overzealous trucker when a biker comes to her rescue. Amanda figures if the man was nice enough to help out, perhaps he would be safe enough to hitch a ride with.

Morgan doesn't do attachments, but the woman he agreed to give a ride to on the back of his bike has his mind working overtime. With no destination in place, he knows she is in trouble, which he can do something about but his attraction to her is something he hasn't felt in a long time. Even though he finds out she is pregnant, it doesn't thwart the desire to be with her. He just needs to remember, when he gets her to a safe place, he is back on the road alone.

This really is a fun series. Morgan is tied up in knots about Amanda, he wants to be part of her and the babies life but his own tragic past is causing suppressed feelings he does not want to live with again. I liked Amanda, she is fun, feisty, and trying to find her way.

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Judging A Book By It's Cover (#8)

Judging A Book by It's Cover, is a weekly challenge that will be held every Wednesday, but you can complete at your own pace.

The gist of it I will go to my To Be Read on Goodreads and pick a book solely on it's cover. You can pick from books at home, shelfari, amazon, goodreads, etc.

At one point I read the synopsis so feel confident of the books in my TBR are ones I would enjoy, however for some reason I have not picked it up since adding it.

I will post the cover of the book with my initial thoughts on what I think it will be without rereading the synopsis. Once I have finished the book, I will write the review and compare review to cover. I think this is an interesting type of challenge and could be a lot of fun. Plus it gives me a chance to tackle books that either caught my eye or the cover has turned me off and I have not given a chance.


This week I am choosing:






Initial Thoughts:  Love the title, how fun is that.  The cover is eye catching and really like the sepia look.   Would assume it is a paranormal shiter story.
Previous results:
The Edge of Night by Marla Monroe
Double Jeopardy by Rachel Bo
Comfort Object by Annabel Joseph
Crescendo by Kaitlin Maitland
Hell Yeah, by Carolyn Brown
Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice
A Date With The Other Side by Erin McCarthy

If you would like to participate here are the rules:

Post a comment and include your blog link, if you do not have a blog leave a comment with your selection:

Choose your book cover.
Post your initial thoughts on what the book will be.
Review and post your thoughts on how it compared to the cover.

Judging A Book By It's Cover Results (#6)

Judging A Book By It's Cover (#6)

This week I am choose:


Initial Thoughts: I have not read this author before but I am intrigued by the cover. Possibly a mystery?

Results: Nothing like I thought, more of a fantasy style story about soul mates and each of the three is completely new to the menage journey.

Double Jeopardy by Rachel Bo
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The moment Joshua Reed and Sutter Campbell walk into Kendall Aaronson's shop, she knows there is something special about them. Sutter and Josh ask her out, but she quickly refuses. Despite this, they pursue her knowing they have found their soul mate. As they begin to explore their newly founded relationship, complications with Sutter's interfering dad rears it's ugly head, threatening to destroy their happiness.

This was interesting, it has a fantasy element to it that underlines the whole story. Kendall is torn because Sutter and Joshua are both younger and she is at a point in her life where she is looking for the white picket fence and bushel of children and she wonders if they are ready for the commitment.

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Judging A Book By It's C0ver (#6)

Judging A Book by It's Cover, is a weekly challenge that will be held every Wednesday, but you can complete at your own pace.

The gist of it I will go to my To Be Read on Goodreads and pick a book solely on it's cover. You can pick from books at home, shelfari, amazon, goodreads, etc.

At one point I read the synopsis so feel confident of the books in my TBR are ones I would enjoy, however for some reason I have not picked it up since adding it.

I will post the cover of the book with my initial thoughts on what I think it will be without rereading the synopsis. Once I have finished the book, I will write the review and compare review to cover. I think this is an interesting type of challenge and could be a lot of fun. Plus it gives me a chance to tackle books that either caught my eye or the cover has turned me off and I have not given a chance.


This week I am choosing:


Initial Thoughts: I have not read this author before but I am intrigued by the cover. Possibly a mystery?

Previous results:
Comfort Object by Annabel Joseph
Crescendo by Kaitlin Maitland
Hell Yeah, by Carolyn Brown
Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice
A Date With The Other Side by Erin McCarthy

If you would like to participate here are the rules:

Post a comment and  include your blog link, if you do not have a blog leave a comment with your selection:

Choose your book cover.
Post your initial thoughts on what the book will be.
Review and post your thoughts on how it compared to the cover.

Judging A Book By It's Cover Results (#5)

Initial Thoughts: I am not sure if she is injured, in labor, or dead. Doesn't look like she is resting but could be a sign of comfort...hence the title. Have no clue..

Results: Far different from what I thought.  This was a heavy D/S story about an actor and a a professional sub.

Comfort Object by Annabel Joseph
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Professional submissive, Nell finds herself out of work when an impulsive moment violates her contract with the fetish club she works at. Finding out that moment was a round-a-bout audition for actor Jeremy Gray has Nell feeling shame and anger.

Jeremy wants Nell as his personal assistant, although her assistance is more needed as his sex slave he is intrigued by the woman who is refusing the job offer. After much interference on his part, Nell agrees and although his every needs are met, he finds himself torn up in what is forming to be a new type of relationship.


Although there were that made me uncomfortable to read, I was intrigued by the story and how it would turn out. There is really not much likable about Jeremy, he is a jerk through and through but every so often you see a speck of vulnerability that makes you kind of reassess your thoughts about him. Not sure if I liked this or not, I have mixed feelings on this one.

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Judging A Book By It's Cover (#4)

Judging A Book by It's Cover, is a weekly challenge that will be held every Wednesday, but you can complete at your own pace.

The gist of it I will go to my To Be Read on Goodreads and pick a book solely on it's cover. You can pick from books at home, shelfari, amazon, goodreads, etc.

At one point I read the synopsis so feel confident of the books in my TBR are ones I would enjoy, however for some reason I have not picked it up since adding it.

I will post the cover of the book with my initial thoughts on what I think it will be without rereading the synopsis. Once I have finished the book, I will write the review and compare review to cover. I think this is an interesting type of challenge and could be a lot of fun. Plus it gives me a chance to tackle books that either caught my eye or the cover has turned me off and I have not given a chance.

This week I am chosing:



Initial Thoughts:   Has to be something with music involved and a menage romantic entanglement in probably a big city.  Not exactly sure what to expect since this is a new to me author.  What caught my eye though was the half naked man and the violin. I generally like books that have a music envolvement so hopefully this will be a good one, has been on shelf for awhile.

Previous results:
Hell Yeah, by Carolyn Brown
Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice
A Date With The Other Side by Erin McCarthy

If you would like to participate here are the rules:

Fill out the Linky tool to include your blog, if you do not have a blog leave a comment with your selection:

Choose your book cover.
Post your initial thoughts on what the book will be.
Review and post your thoughts on how it compared to the cover.

Judging A Book By It's Cover Results (#4)

Initial Thoughts: Has to be something with music involved and a menage romantic entanglement in probably a big city. Not exactly sure what to expect since this is a new to me author. What caught my eye though was the half naked man and the violin. I generally like books that have a music involvement so hopefully this will be a good one, has been on shelf for awhile.


Results: Leslie is a music teacher and secretively a gifted violinist who finds herself back in the arms of Seth a lawyer.  With Seth comes Joshua who is his best friend and although they are not lovers they do share women. Seth is sure that Leslie is the one and Joshua struggles with trusting Leslie enough to begin a relationship.

Review: Crescendo by Kaitlin Maitland
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Three months ago Leslie left Seth for no apparent reason, just left. She is now standing before him needing his help in a legal matter. Seth has not been able to move past Leslie leaving him and wants answers but first he plans to get her back in his and his best friend Joshua's life.

Joshua does not trust Leslie and does not want his friend hurt again. What neither man realizes is that as messed up their own pasts are, Leslie has shadowed secrets as well.


Overall this was an interesting concept. It has a few issues that take away from the story. Joshua is hard to like, a bit of a player but eventually he comes around. There is a side story with another lawyer which I just had a hard time wrapping around. Had potential but got mucked up by a lot of extra plots.

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Judging A Book By It's Cover Challenge (#3)

Judging A Book by It's Cover, is a weekly challenge that will be held every Wednesday, but you can complete at your own pace.

The gist of it I will go to my To Be Read on Goodreads and pick a book solely on it's cover. You can pick from books at home, shelfari, amazon, goodreads, etc.

At one point I read the synopsis so feel confident of the books in my TBR are ones I would enjoy, however for some reason I have not picked it up since adding it.

I will post the cover of the book with my initial thoughts on what I think it will be without rereading the synopsis. Once I have finished the book, I will write the review and compare review to cover. I think this is an interesting type of challenge and could be a lot of fun. Plus it gives me a chance to tackle books that either caught my eye or the cover has turned me off and I have not given a chance.

This week I am chosing:


Initial Thoughts: This one looks like rip roaring fun to me.  The title as well as the yummy man on the cover looks like it will be a hell of a good time.  Not sure premise for the story but I suspect combustable attraction between hero/heroine

Previous results
Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice
A Date With The Other Side by Erin McCarthy

If you would like to participate here are the rules:

Fill out the Linky tool to include your blog, if you do not have a blog leave a comment with your selection:

Choose your book cover.
Post your initial thoughts on what the book will be.
Review and post your thoughts on how it compared to the cover.

Judging A Book By It's Cover-Results (#2)

Initial Thoughts: My guess is it is two total opposites coming together and falling in love. Perhaps one is a chic person and the other a blue collar worker. The cover doesn't give you much to work with.

Results: I had the two total opposites right.  The rest not so much, Shelby is a young woman who lives her quirky life giving ghost tours.  Boston is a corporate style type of man who is suave and sophisticated.  Opposites attract and with the help from ghosts, the two find themselves thrown together often.  I had no idea this had a ghost element to the story which was a fun surprise.

Review:
A Date with the Other Side by Erin McCarthy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Shelby Tucker has always just gone with the flow, she married young and divorced her high school sweetheart, not because they fought or disliked one another, he just wasn't it. Shelby has never expected more than what life has to offer and one of those is giving ghost tours to tourists.

Boston Macnamara doesn't know why his boss sent him to Cuttersville, but he is not happy about it. Point in fact waking up nude to have a pixie of a woman checking out his goods and talking in crypted speak that he can't wrap his head around. What he does know though is he would like to get closer to Shelby but with no commitment. Shelby wants a fling, but she maybe a little to hometown girl to allow it to happen.

The story is hilarious in the beginning, has a great opening chapter. It is fun and quirky but towards the end loses a little of it's charm. Overall a good story



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Judging A Book By It's Cover Challenge (#2)

 Judging A Book by It's Cover,   is a weekly challenge that will be held every Wednesday, but you can complete at your own pace.

The gist of it I will go to my To Be Read on Goodreads and pick a book solely on it's cover.  You can pick from books at home, shelfari, amazon, goodreads, etc. 

 At one point I read the synopsis so feel confident of the books in my TBR are ones I would enjoy, however for some reason I have not picked it up since adding it.

I will post the cover of the book with my initial thoughts on what I think it will be without rereading the synopsis. Once I have finished the book, I will write the review and compare review to cover. I think this is an interesting type of challenge and could be a lot of fun. Plus it gives me a chance to tackle books that either caught my eye or the cover has turned me off and I have not given a chance.

This week I am chosing:


Initial Thoughts: My guess is it is two total opposites coming together and falling in love.  Perhaps one is a chic person and the other a blue collar worker.  The cover doesn't give you much to work with. 

Last weeks results
Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice

If you would like to participate here are the rules:

Fill out the Linky tool to include your blog, if you do not have a blog leave a comment with your selection:

Choose your book cover.
Post your initial thoughts on what the book will be.
Review and post your thoughts on how it compared to the cover.

Judging A Book By It's Cover Challenge - Results

Initial thoughts, it looks seductive to me and probably the hero has secrets (hince the title) and the woman is an innocent in the grand scheme of things.

Results: Overall I had some of it correct, hero has a major secret but the woman although innocent is also a bit oblivious.  The cover does encompass the overall theme of the story.

Review:
Librarian Charity Prewitt has her life comparmentalized, she works, she helps her Aunt and Uncle, and she spends her spare time helping others, what she doesn't have is much of a life outside of the commitments she has to others. Enter Nicholas Ames who walks into her library needing help, only to come back later and ask her out on a date. Ten days later she is head over heels in love, life couldn't get better for Charity or worse...

Nick Ames is not who he has led Charity to believe, he is known as the "Iceman" and the best at undercover work. Charity doesn't realize she is in the midst of some terrorist activity and for the first time in Nick's career he is regretting his involvment.

The opening chapter is one of the best I have read in a long time. The story unfolds and you know kind of what is going to happen but still need the puzzle pieces to fit. I would have given this a 5 but there was one aspect that just had me scratching my head a bit.        

Here is the original link for the challenge that explains the rules if you still want to participate.

Judging A Book By It's Cover Challenge

I have decided to do away with In My Mailbox feature on Wednesdays and change it to Judging A Book by It's Cover, which will be a challenge for others including myself to participate in.  This is a weekly challenge that will be held every Wednesday, but you can complete at your own pace. 

The gist of it I will go to my TBR on Goodreads and pick a book solely on it's cover.  At one point I read the synopsis so feel confident it will be a book I had an interest in for some reason. 

I will post the cover of the book with my initial thoughts on what I think it will be without rereading the synopsis.  Once I have finished the book, I will write the review and compare review to cover.  I think this is an interesting type of challenge and could be a lot of fun.  Plus it gives me a chance to tackle books that either caught my eye or the cover has turned me off and I have not given a chance.

This week I am chosing:


Initial thoughts, it looks seductive to me and probably the hero has secrets (hince the title) and the woman is an innocent in the grand scheme of things.

If you would like to participate here are the rules:

Fill out the Linky tool to include your blog, if you do not have a blog leave a comment with your selection:

Choose your book cover.
Post your initial thoughts on what the book will be.
Review and post your thoughts on how it compared to the cover.
Have fun.