The Geekish Reader

Weekly meme from The Story Siren . The idea is to post the books you got this week,whether you bought them, got them as a gift, from the library, or received them to review. My sister in law Christine got me this book for my birthday - I can't wait to read it!  I've been eyeballing this book for a few weeks now, but I've been sticking to my guns and not buying any books! Linda Davis’ local fabric shop is a place where women gather to share their creations: quilts commemorating important events in their lives. Wedding quilts, baby quilts, memorial quilts each is bound tight with dreams, hopes and yearnings. Now, as her only child readies for college, Linda is torn between excitement for Molly, and heartache for herself. Who will she be when she is no longer needed in her role as mom? What will become of her days? Of her marriage? Mother and daughter decide to share one last adventure together a cross-country road trip to move Molly into her dorm. As t...

Title:   Sinful In Satin (Rarest Blooms #3) Author:   Madeline Hunter Genre:   Historical Romance Pages:   368 Published:   September 28th, 2010 ISBN:   051514844X Publisher:   Jove Source:   Purchased Synopsis: When famed London courtesan Alessandra Northrope passes away, her daughter Celia Pennifold inherits little more than a hopelessly contaminated reputation, a house in a middle class neighborhood, and an education that prepared her to take her mother’s place the way Alessandra intended. Celia hopes to make her own life on her own terms, however, and moves into the house only to discover one more legacy—an enigmatic, handsome tenant who knows her mother’s plans for her future rather too well. Jonathan thinks he is on a simple mission to discover whether Celia’s mother left accounts of her lovers that might embarrass important men. Instead he finds himself embroiled in a mystery full of dangerous betrayals and secrets, old and new...

  Do you have anyone that you can discuss books with IRL? Tell us about him/her I have a few people that I talk to about book with in IRL.  My BFF Chrystal (from Snowdrop Dreams of Books ), my Mom and my wonderful hubby!  I probably talk to Chrystal the most about books, since we're both into book blogging!  We may not always have the same taste in books, but neither of us are afraid to try something new!  It's always great to have someone to talk about a new book! **************************************** Pick a character from a book you are currently reading or have just finished and tell us about him/her I finished reading Once Upon A Scandal by Delilah Marvelle yesterday, one of the  main character is Lady Victoria Jane Emerson.  She is deeply in love with Jonathon, Viscount Remington.  Poor Victoria loses a lot of people in her life, including Jonathon. They are reunited by a twist of fate, and after a few rough patches and so...

Thank you sooooooo much to everyone who entered!! Winners were randomly selected through Random.org   Giveaway winners have 48 hours to contact me with their mailing addresss.  Books will be sent directly from Book Depository! Please send your mailing address to:  aislynnt(at)gmail(dot)com And now onto our winners! Drumroll...... Book #1 KAREN (blissfulrains@....) Book #2 HEATHER (hnwhitlock2000@....) from The Hidden Bibliotheca Book #3 SANDRA (moonkat11@...) from Sandra the Nook Worm

The lovely Holly over at Full Moon Bites is doing a great feature called "Author of the Week" where she interviews an Author.  This week she has Margo Maguire and is doing a great giveaway !!! Make sure to go and check out the interview and enter to win a SIGNED copy of  Margo's book "The Rogue Prince"!! About the book: "The prince of pleasure . . . To the ton, he is a wealthy and powerful royal, the dashing and enigmatic Prince Thomas of Sabedoria. And to Lady Margaret Blackmore, he is irresistible. Innocent in the ways of true passion, Maggie has lived a life chaste and proper—until now. Mad with a desire unlike anything she's felt before, she would do anything to tempt Thomas to her bed. But he hides a damning secret . . . In truth, Thomas is no prince. He is Thomas Thorne, sent away for a crime he did not commit. Hell-bent on revenge, he would do anything to destroy his worst enemy, even seduce the man's innocent sister. But he did no...

Thank you to everyone who entered to win a fabulous knitting pattern by Melynda of French Press Knits! And thank you again to Melynda for stopping by!! Now, without further ado - our winner is..... Nicole An email has been sent to our lovely winner and she should be receiving her pattern by email from Melynda in the next couple of days! Enjoy!!

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