Did I just buy something in the romance section?!

Oh yes I did!!! That is officially a first for me. A new friend of mine suggested I read the Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. She swore they were "super amazing" and I need to make it through 52 books somehow so I figured eh, why not? I was thinking too that this might get Nate off my case for reading teenage vampire novels! Now I'm just reading adult vampire-ish novels ;-)
I'm not even going to lie. I was a little embarrassed to purchase a book titled Fantasy Lover with a picture of a seductive looking man on the front. Especially since the salesperson at Borders happened to be a teenage boy. Sometimes I am so glad I am not telepathic!
I also do not consider myself a "book porn" kind of gal! I'm no prude, but it just has never appealed to me. Luckily for me, this book had an actual solid story line that was not porn! I mean don't get me wrong, there's definitely porn-ish sections but it wasn't all about that. It stole my heart when it started bringing in Greek mythology. I loved this book! I'm glad my friend Tara recommended it and I have since loaned my copy to another friend of mine who is looking for a new series to get into. And for next week I am reading the next book in the series, Night Pleasures. (Yes I had to buy that from another teenage boy sales clerk. Borders really ought to start hiring more adult women!)

352 pages.
Week 2 Book 2- COMPLETE! Bring it on week 3!!!!
Also, I'm still waiting for my gold star.

A Touch of Dead

Let me start by saying I pretty much devoured this book in one sitting. This is something I tend to do with all the "Sookie Stackhouse" novels. Once you start them you really just can't stop. Thank you Ms. Harris for putting exciting events at the end of each of your chapters!
A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris is what I call a "filler" book. There are five short stories involving Sookie and some of Bon Temps other local residents. The stories are just supposed to be fun additions to the main story line. She explains the time lines they're all supposed to fit into but I'm not sure they really do! However, I thoroughly enjoy any snippet of these stories I can get so you'll hear no complaints from me!!
I was hoping this would hold me over on my need for Sookie until the 10th book in the series finally hits the mass market paperback. I refuse to buy them in any other form now since my bookshelf would just look funny. Personally, I thought it could have used more Eric ;-)

208 pages.
Week one and Book one... COMPLETE! Where's my gold star?

Oops! I started late :-)

Well anyone who knows me should not be in the least surprised that I didn't start my own challenge on time! That said, the important part is that I did start it.
So we'll start with the week of January 16th. Good thing this isn't a job!!!