Cindy's Love Of Books

Review/ A Cowboy’s Sweetheart

Posted on June 26, 2018June 26, 2018 by Cindy

Title: A COWBOY’S SWEETHEART (Rodeo Academy #1)
Author: Crista McHugh
Pub. Date: June 25, 2018
Publisher: Crista McHugh

Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 164

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, iBooks, TBD

Pampered New York Socialite and dressage rider, Kensington Pope, has been exiled by her jet-setting parents to her aunt’s Rodeo Academy in Wyoming. She wants nothing to do with the rough and tumble students there, especially one particularly handsome cowboy, Javier.

But she won’t be there for long. She has a plan in place to break out after her next international competition.

Javier Cruz takes one look at the spoiled city girl and instantly dismisses her. The school of tough knocks has already educated him on what the important things in life are, and he has bigger things on his plate. He’s counting down the days until his eighteenth birthday when he can pull his younger siblings from the foster care program and reunite his family. But as he gets to know Kensi, he sees a kindred spirit and discovers there’s more to her than meets the eye.

Kensi begins to question her desire to flee the ranch as her relationship to Javier deepens and she learns
the importance of family. But when he discovers her escape plan, will he be able to trust her again? And when tragedy comes to the ranch, will Kensi be able to step up and take her place in the family?

I quickly have to thank RockStar Book Tour for allowing me to be a part of the book tour for this book. This was such a fun and cute read that I really enjoyed it and I am looking forward to where this series will go. This was super fast and a quick read. I was hooked right from the beginning and read it in one sitting.

I have to say that at first Kensi rubbed me the wrong way because she came off as this person who thinks they are better then everyone else and I hate those kind of people, but as the story progressed I could see that she was actually just a girl who was in dire need of attention and she got that from Javier and you could see he broke down her walls and she ended up being a character I liked. He knew that deep down that the Kensi she was portraying wasn’t the real Kensi and it actually takes something to happen to make Kensi realize that she wanted to be a better person.

I loved the connection between Javier and Kensi it was sweet and tender and not rushed. There are so many books that I find rush relationships between characters that it makes it so predicatable but not here.

I also loved Javier right off the bat he was that bad boy but you knew that there was a reason and you wanted to know more. My heart broke hearing his story but its left me wanting more of it so I can’t wait for the next book to come out to find out if he and Kensi end up together and if he wins his legal battle.

Sadly upon searching I don’t see a next one yet. Hoping it will be out soon.

Release Day Blitz/ A Cowboy’s Sweetheart

Posted on June 25, 2018June 26, 2018 by Cindy

I am so excited that A COWBOY’S SWEETHEART by Crista McHugh is available now and that I get to share the news!

If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Author Crista McHugh, be sure to check out all the details below.

This blitz also includes a giveaway for a $25 Gift Card to the book reteailer of the winner’s choice, International, courtesy of Crista and Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post.

About the Book:

Title: A COWBOY’S SWEETHEART (Rodeo Academy #1)

Author: Crista McHugh

Pub. Date: June 25, 2018

Publisher: Crista McHugh

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 164

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, iBooks, TBD

Pampered New York Socialite and dressage rider, Kensington Pope, has been exiled by her jet-setting parents to her aunt’s Rodeo Academy in Wyoming. She wants nothing to do with the rough and tumble students there, especially one particularly handsome cowboy, Javier.
But she won’t be there for long. She has a plan in place to break out after her next international competition.

Javier Cruz takes one look at the spoiled city girl and instantly dismisses her. The school of tough knocks has already educated him on what the important things in life are, and he has bigger things on his plate. He’s counting down the days until his eighteenth birthday when he can pull his younger siblings from the foster care program and reunite his family. But as he gets to know Kensi, he sees a kindred spirit and discovers there’s more to her than meets the eye.

Kensi begins to question her desire to flee the ranch as her relationship to Javier deepens and she learns
the importance of family. But when he discovers her escape plan, will he be able to trust her again? And when tragedy comes to the ranch, will Kensi be able to step up and take her place in the family?

About Crista:

Crista McHugh is a NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING author of fantasy and romance with heroines who are
smart, sexy, and anything but ordinary. She also writes fantasy with a little less kissing and bit more action (outside the bedroom) as C. A. McHugh.

Growing up in small town Alabama, Crista relied on story-telling as a natural way for her to pass the time and keep her two younger sisters entertained.

She currently lives in the Tesla-filled suburbs of Seattle with her husband and two children, maintaining her alter ego
of mild-mannered physician on the occassional weekend.

Just for laughs, here are some of the jobs she’s had in the past to pay the bills: barista, bartender, sommelier, stagehand, actress, morgue attendant, and autopsy assistant.

And she’s also a recovering LARPer. (She blames it on her crazy college days)

Find Crista online at:

Website | Twitter
| Facebook | Goodreads
| Amazon
Author Page

Giveaway Details:

1 winner will win a Kindle Fire 7, US
Only.

1 winner will win a $20 Amazon GC, US Only.

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Week One:

6/25/2018- Bubbly Books– Review

6/25/2018- Sophie Reads YA– Review

6/26/2018– Never Too Many To Read– Guest Post

6/26/2018– Cindy’s Love of Books– Review

6/27/2018– Here’s to Happy Endings– Excerpt

6/27/2018– StoreyBook Reviews– Spotlight

6/28/2018– A Gingerly Review– Excerpt

6/28/2018– BookHounds YA– Interview

6/29/2018– Demi Reads– Review

6/29/2018– The Cozy Reading Corner– Excerpt

Week Two:

7/2/2018– Books & Other Pursuits– Review

7/2/2018– The Phantom Paragrapher– Review

7/3/2018– Books a Plenty Book Reviews– Spotlight

7/3/2018– Parajunkee– Excerpt

7/4/2018– books are love– Review

7/4/2018– underneath the covers– Excerpt

7/5/2018– Two Chicks on Books– Interview

7/6/2018– The Reading Life– Spotlight

7/6/2018– Jaime’s World– Spotlight

Sunday’s In Bed With

Posted on June 24, 2018June 23, 2018 by Cindy

Welcome to our Sundays In Bed With… Meme! The meme that dares to ask what book has been in your bed this morning? Come share what book you’ve spent time curled up reading in bed, or which book you wish you had time to read today!

This is being hosted by two of the sweetest people I have the privilege of knowing in real life, Kate and Kim. Sadly we don’t talk like we use to because you know real life happens but there is not a day that goes by that I don’t think of them both. If you click on the banner it will take you right to the Midnight Book Girl blog.

Its a holiday here in Quebec (St Jean Baptiste Day) so basically everything is closed here today which is okay since I managed to get our groceries done yesterday and we even went strawberry picking so I am thinking it will be a chill day with lots of reading perhaps along with laundry and prepping for a BBQ tonight. I don’t think I will be going to fireworks just because of the bugs and I am still chomped up from last weekend when we were invited to our friends place for a BBQ and we were outdoors the whole time.

What are you doing today?

This past week I read:

This week I plan on reading:

What are you reading?

Library Loot Haul June 2018

Posted on June 23, 2018June 21, 2018 by Cindy

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Linda from Silly Little Mischief that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.

Yesterday while I was on facebook someone had posted the teaser trailer for To All The Boys I Loved Before and it looks really good. I can’t wait to watch this when it comes out in August. Will you be watching this?

So I figured I would try and squeeze in Jenny Han’s series before it starts in August so I went to the library and borrowed:

Have you read this series?

What did you borrow this week?

SYNC Summer Audiobook 2018 week 9

Posted on June 22, 2018June 12, 2018 by Cindy

I just wanted to take a quick moment to remind you about SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for young adults but you can do this to. From April 26th to July 25th, SYNC gives away two complete audiobook downloads a week –pairs of high interest titles, based on weekly themes. Sign up for email or text alerts and be first to know when new titles are available to download at www.audiobooksync.com.

I have always wanted to give audio books another chance and what better way then through SYNC Audio Books. These are actually both books I have never read so I am excited to give them a try.

The audiobooks this week are:

by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | Read by Steven Culp,Pamela Gray, Simon Helberg, Jamison Jones, Jarrett Sleeper

Published by L.A. Theatre Works

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s coming-of-age, coming-out cocktail with a twist of terror. Thirteen-year-old Franklin Robertson is trying to survive adolescence. His parents don’t understand him, his brother torments him, he has no friends, and he’s more interested in the high school quarterback than any girl. The one bright spot in his life is the glow of the black-and-white TV in his parents’ basement. Here, he worships at the altar of the Saturday Night Horror Movie, hosted by the eerie Dr. Cerberus. Before long, Franklin is convinced that only by going on the show will his life be redeemed—by Dr. Cerberus himself! An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring: Simon Helberg as Franklin Robertson Jamison Jones as Doctor Cerberus Steven Culp as Lawrence Robertson Pamela J. Gray as Lydia Robertson Jarrett Sleeper as Rodney Robertson Original music by Steven Cahill. Directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 2010. Doctor Ceberus is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

by Bill Konigsberg | Read by Pete Cross

Published by Dreamscape Media

Rafe is a normal teenager from Colorado. He’s been out since 8th grade, accepted by his peers & championed by his progressive parents. And while that’s important, all Rafe really wants is to be a regular guy. To have his sexuality be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time. So when Rafe transfers to an all-boys’ boarding school in New England, he decides to keep his sexuality a secret — not so much going back in the closet as starting over with a clean slate. But then he sees a classmate breaking down and realizes his own labels aren’t well-concealed. And most of all, he falls in love with Ben…who doesn’t even know that love is possible.

Review/ Neverworld Wake

Posted on June 21, 2018June 22, 2018 by Cindy

Title: NEVERWORLD WAKE
Author: Marisha Pessl
Pub. Date: June 5, 2018
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 336

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Audible, B&N, iBooks, TBD

Once upon a time, back at Darrow-Harker School, Beatrice Hartley and her six best friends were the cool kids, the beautiful ones. Then the shocking death of Jim—their creative genius and Beatrice’s boyfriend—changed everything.

One year after graduation, Beatrice is returning to Wincroft—the seaside estate where they spent so many nights sharing secrets, crushes, plans to change the world—hoping she’ll get to the bottom of the dark questions gnawing at her about Jim’s death. But as the night plays out in a haze of stilted jokes and unfathomable silence, Beatrice senses she’s never going to know what really happened.

Then a mysterious man knocks on the door. Blithely, he announces the impossible: time for them has become stuck, snagged on a splinter that can only be removed if the former friends make the harshest of decisions. Now Beatrice has one last shot at answers–and at life.

I quickly want to thank Rockstar Book Tour for allowing me to be a part of this book tour and for sending me a ecopy of the book to read.

This is my first time reading Marisha Pessl books. Her previous books were Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film. I actually have Night Film sitting on my book case that I bought and haven’t read yet but after reading Neverworld Wake I am excited to pick it up and read this summer. Especially if Night Film is anything like this.

This book was definitely full of things that I love when I am reading a murder mystery kind of book such as twist and turns and things you don’t expect. I wanted to savor this book but I practically devoured it pretty much in a day because I just couldn’t leave that world and needed to know what was going to happen next.

I have to say that this book left me shaking my head wondering what just happened? Its been a few days since I read the book and I am still sitting here in awe of it. If you know me in real life you know I don’t reread books but I literally want to reread this because that ending make me feeling like did I miss clues along the way.

I think that the cover is actually one that suits this book to a tee and its not very often that I will say that. I know I will say the cover is pretty but to have one that actually suits the book is something else. The cover definitely captures the book and the book is one you would probably pick up if it was facing you in a bookstore. Plus do you notice anything about the cover? It wasn’t until I had put it down that I saw it.What do you see?

I realize as I sit here to do the review that all I can honestly say is read the synopsis and go and pick up the book because if I tell you anything more I will be giving the book away and I don’t want to do that. I don’t think this book will disappoint.

I could definitely see this being made into a movie that’s how good the writing was for me. Marisha creates this fantastic world that makes you feel like you are a part of the book and that its real.

If your looking for the perfect summer read then I have to highly recommend this.

Blog Tour/ Neverworld Wake

Posted on June 21, 2018June 22, 2018 by Cindy

Title: NEVERWORLD WAKE
Author: Marisha Pessl
Pub. Date: June 5, 2018
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 336

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Audible, B&N, iBooks, TBD

Once upon a time, back at Darrow-Harker School, Beatrice Hartley and her six best friends were the cool kids, the beautiful ones. Then the shocking death of Jim—their creative genius and Beatrice’s boyfriend—changed everything.

One year after graduation, Beatrice is returning to Wincroft—the seaside estate where they spent so many nights sharing secrets, crushes, plans to change the world—hoping she’ll get to the bottom of the dark questions gnawing at her about Jim’s death. But as the night plays out in a haze of stilted jokes and unfathomable silence, Beatrice senses she’s never going to know what really happened.

Then a mysterious man knocks on the door. Blithely, he announces the impossible: time for them has become stuck, snagged on a splinter that can only be removed if the former friends make the harshest of decisions. Now Beatrice has one last shot at answers–and at life.

About Marisha:

Marisha Pessl grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and now lives in New York City. Special Topics in Calamity Physics, her debut novel, was a bestseller in both hardcover and paperback. It won the 2006 John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize (now the Center for Fiction’s Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize), and was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review. Her new novel, Night Film, comes out August 20, 2013.

Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a finished copy of NEVERWORLD WAKE, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

6/1/2018- YA Books Central– Excerpt

Week Two:

6/4/2018- Two Chicks on Books– Excerpt

6/5/2018- Bookish Lifestyle– Review

6/6/2018- Tea With Mermaids– Review

6/7/2018- Trendy Simple Life– Review

6/8/2018- A Dream Within A Dream– Review