Blogmas Day 9: Top 10 New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2014

Top 10 Tuesday is a weekly link-up hosted by The Broke and the Bookish .

This week's theme: Top 10 New-To-Me Authors I Read in 2014.

Nicole Helm - Too Friendly Too Date
As I mentioned in my review of this book back in October, I'm a huge fan of the friends to lovers trope, so this book had me hooked from the beginning and I really did enjoy it! In case you haven't seen my review you can view it here.

Carla Cassidy - Her Colton Lawman
I REALLY, really loved this book, it's the second book in a three book series all written by different authors, I thought I was going to hate it, but I actually loved it! I loved it so much that while I was at Walmart yesterday I actually bought the third and final book in the series, it's THAT good! You can read my review here, I highly recommend this series!

Tawny Weber - A SEAL's Fantasy
I read and reviewed this book back in October, it wasn't my favorite book, but I'm still considering reading the rest of the series to see if it gets better. You can read my review here!

Lindsey Brookes - Loving Ellie
I read and reviewed this book back in August, I really enjoyed it. It's a very clean romance novel and I think it was a beautifully written book. You can find my review here.

Delores Fossen - Maverick Sheriff
If I remember correctly I do believe this was the first romance-suspense novel I read this year and it's what got me started on my current love-fest with romance-suspense novels! Once I started reading this book I couldn't put it down till I was finish, you can read my full review here!

Lynette Eason - The Lawmans Return
I really loved the pacing of this book, it wasn't too fast or too slow, it was just right. I also really love that the author was able to keep my guessing until the very end. My full review can be seen here!

Rachel Lee - Snowstorm Confessions
I read and reviewed this book last month, you can read my review here. I really enjoyed this book and once I finally get my Netgalley shelf narrowed down and have time to read other books I plan on buying some of Rachel Lee's other books!

Rachel Harris - Accidentally Married On Purpose
I would describe this as being a light, easy, clean romance novel. Was it the best book I've read this year? No, but at the time I really enjoyed it, and I would still recommend it. Full review here.

Julie Miller - Crossfire Christmas
I reviewed this book last Tuesday, I really enjoyed it, and I'm really interested in reading more from Julie Miller! Review here!

Lenora Worth - Deadly Holiday Reunion

I actually just finished this book a few days ago and I haven't even finished my review on it yet. Before I write my reviews I like to wait a few days to think over everything I've read so that I can give my best opinion the book and author. My review for this will probably go up wither later this week or sometime next week, but I can definitely tell you that this book is worthy of 5 Stars!

So there's my Top 10 New-To-Me Authors I Read in 2014, what are yours? Tell me below or leave me a link to your blog!

XoXo,

Lori

Top 10 Tuesday: Six Authors I Own The Most Books From

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up hosted by The Broke and the Bookish .

This week's theme: Top Ten Authors I Own The Most Books From

Johanna Lindsey

Sara Shepard

L.J. Smith
Caitlyn Duffy
Jenny Nimmo
Julia Quinn

I know this is supposed to be a top ten list, but I honestly don't have that many authors that I buy every single book from. I'm the type of person who enjoys buying new books and discovering new authors, I do have a handful of authors that I will buy anything from, but definitely not ten.

So there's my Top 6 Authors I Own The Most Books From, who are some of your favorite authors? Let me know below!
XoXo,
Lori

P.S. Don't forget to check back tomorrow for a new book review!

Top 10 Popular Authors Whose Books I've Never Read

    I love to read, but most of the time I try to stay away from popular authors. I don't know why, but it's something I've always done. Because of that there are a lot of popular books I haven't read, some I plan on reading eventually, and others I don't really care about.

Here's My Top 10 Popular Authors Whose Books I've Never Read...

     Honestly I don't see myself ever reading the Harry Potter series, and I'm not really interested in any of J.K. Rowling's other books. The only book of Stephen King's that I will probably ever read is 'On Writing', and that's because it has been  highly recommended to me by other writers. I don't see myself ever reading anything by James Patterson either, for the same reason as Stephen King, I'm just not a fan of their genre.

 

  Aside from those I'll probably eventually read books by the other authors listed above, I just haven't got to them yet, and I'm not really in a rush, I have plenty of other books to read before I get to them.

   So that's all for today, don't forget to follow if you wanna see more posts from me. For now I'm going to sit back and wait for the Harry Potter fans to come attack me and tell me all the reasons why I should read the series, Goodbye for now, I'll let you know if I survive the attack!

                                                                             XoXo,
                                                                                 Lori

   

Book Review: Caitlyn Duffy - The Tycoon's Daughter

     Today I will be reviewing 'The Tycoon's Daughter' by Caitlyn Duffy, I got this book through iTunes iBooks for $1.99.  You can also get this book through the Kindle app for $1.99

       'The Tycoon's Daughter' is the fourth installment in the Treadwell Academy Series. It is 349 pages long, and is a Young Adult novel.

        Here are the links to my reviews of the first three books in the series...

Book 1: The Rockstar's Daughter

Book 2: The Believer's Daughter

Book 3: The Viscount's Daughter

Since my e-book version didn't have a synopsis, here is one from Amazon that I trimmed down.

    "  Emma's known on the campus of the prestigious Treadwell Academy for having it all; her father's the owner of Hunter Lodge, a massive fashion corporation, and Emma's gained international fame as the cover model of its popular, sexy catalog. She's gorgeous and she knows it, has a cute boyfriend at the nearby St. Johns Preparatory Academy for boys, and  rules the school with her best friend, Paige.

      But everything changes the summer before Junior year when Emma gains ten pounds and her fathers creative team decided she's too heavy to put on the catalog cover. Mortified over being fired, she develops an obsession with losing weight that quickly escalates into an eating disorder. Emma vows to gain revenge for her dismissal from Hunter Lodge by taking over the runway modeling world by storm, and when Emma puts her mind to something... look out.

      Surprising even herself, Emma accomplishes everything she sets out to do; she finds a powerful agent, lands desirable modeling jobs, and starts building a name for herself. However, all of Emma's success comes at the price of her physical and emotional health, and she knows she's in serious trouble when she realizes that it's impossible to be perfect when everyone's definition o the word is different.   "

What do I think?    5 Stars

Like:  The entire book!!!!

Dislike: NOTHING!

   I thought I loved the first three books in this series, but  I LOVED this book. As you all know from yesterdays post raising awareness about eating disorders is very important to me, and that's why this book means so much to me.

   I've read books before that's about a teen girl with an eating disorder, but none of them really seemed realistic, and some of them even promoted Pro-Ana and Pro-Mia behaviors. What I love the most about this book is that you can really tell that the Caitlyn Duffy did her research and you can tell that it's something she really does care about. 

   'The Tycoon's Daughter' was a great addition to the Treadwell series and I can't wait to till the next book in the series is released!

     Would I recommend it? Of course I would recommend it, it was incredible. I can't say enough good words about the ENTIRE Treadwell series because they're all equally amazing! I think this is a book every teen girl should read because it's such an inspirational and educational book, it shows the reality of how severe eating disorders are and how hard it is to seek treatment.

 If I had to pick favorites I would definitely say that 'The Tycoon's Daughter' is number one on my list followed by 'The Viscount's Daughter'

So that's all for today, I hope you like my  review. Have you read this book? What did you think? Do you have any recommendations similar to the Treadwell Academy Series?   

XoXo, 

           Lori Ann