Saturday, June 4, 2016

#StackingtheShelves #38! Blog updates and week's end for 6-5-16!


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First, let's find out HOW Stacking the Shelves works! 

Hello everyone! It's that time of week again, that time to do an awesome "SHOW AND TELL" of the books I have been given, from authors, from publishers, I bought, borrowed, or received somehow, the library, a yard sale, or some way this past week! I LOVE showing books off like this! This is one of MY favorite posts to write!!
I also use THIS POST EACH WEEK to do somewhat of a wrap-up AND to post my NEW REVIEWS, NEW GIVEAWAYS, and whatever else I should bring to your attention!


My intention for writing the following is NOT to be rude, but in being HONEST about this weekly Post, Stacking the Shelves. I'm just a little tired of the LINKY link-up NOT being available to be able to list my blog. THEY ARE the Hosting blog, and if they want that and want hundreds of blogs to RELY on them, then they need to be reliable. The following is what happens at least once per month, or so it seems. Thank you.

The following information in the next paragraph is FALSE for this week and several others as well. This so-called "Sponsoring blog" has NOT been responsible enough again this week of June 4th to at least post the LINKY link-up for blogs that participate and look forward to Stacking the Shelves. 

From what I can tell, there are 3 people who write that blog, and it seems the ONLY PERSON out of the three who are responsible for that blog and who writes a post for the WEEKLY Stacking the Shelves, usually the ONLY person who DOES POST THE LINKY LINK-UP IS ROBERT, so THANK YOU to ROBERT! We wish you could be posting this post EVERY WEEK! 
It is wrong when you are a blog that is NOT responsible enough to list something as important as this weekly LINKY Link-up that generally has over 200 PLUS OTHER BLOGS THAT LOOK FOWARD to linking up THEIR BLOGS ON THE LIST, this so-called SPONSOR FOR THIS PARTICULAR LINK-UP tends to leave it unattended! 
So, please disregard what I have written in this following paragraph FOR THIS WEEK AND ANY AND ALL FUTURE WEEKENDS WHERE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE LINK-UP. I WILL BE SURE TO INFORM YOU and I have taken their link OFF this post since the link-up is NOT THERE.
After you are done reading HERE, click on the Sponsor's name up above to see THEIR post for Stacking the Shelves, too! You'll see a "CONTINUE READING" in the lower RIGHT corner, click on it and continue reading! Scroll further down and you'll see they have a link-up with usually OVER 200 or MORE other blogs that also participate and do THIS SAME POST! It's a GREAT way to see some AMAZING BOOKS!!!

IF ANYONE KNOWS OF A MORE RELIABLE BLOG THAT PRACTICES THIS TYPE OF POST OR EVEN A DIFFERENTLY NAMED MEME AS A WEEKLY LINK-UP EVEN SIMILAR TO THIS ONE BUT IS MORE RESPONSIBLE AND MAKES SURE TO POST THE LINKY LINK-UP EVEN IF THEY HAVE NO NEW BOOKS, AND IT IS ALWAYS POSTED EACH WEEK NO MATTER WHAT, THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHO THAT MAY BE! I WILL CONSIDER CHANGING. THANK YOU!

The following NEW one is Talk of the Town where we can add ALL THINGS BOOKISH! Check it out! I still plan on joining in on other link-ups, too, I just haven't had the chance to do it all yet! I'll get there!!

I hope you are all having a WONDERFUL weekend! I have been hit with ANOTHER migraine! What the heck?? I have to get these checked out, but I have tried in the past, back about helf my life ago, and they could NEVER find out why back then without thousands of dollars worth of testing. Probably still the same today. We'll see.
Sunday - the NASCAR race!! I LOVE NASCAR RACING! How about you? (WHO would think Miss Girly-Girl of ALL here would LOVE NASCAR??? I NEVER would have thought this would happen in my lifetime!! Blame my husband! When we dated I got into watching the races just so I could be with him! LOL! Well, that resulted in a TRUE FAN!!! You'll see me tweeting a lot on Race Day's about Nascar and the drivers! Dale Jr is my FAVE!!! Always has been, always will be! If YOU are a NASCAR fan, let me know down below!
This Sunday, the 5th, we are in the Pocono's!!! Unfortunately, the weather report does NOT sound good. Thunderstorms ALL day, some severe - BUMMER!!! We'll have to wait and see!

#GIVEAWAYS - WHENEVER you are here, ALWAYS look in the LEFT SIDE CORNER!!! I often have Giveaways, so I put ALL #GIVEAWAYS IN AN EASY AREA FOR YOU TO FIND THEM! THEY ARE ALWAYS LISTED AT THE VERY TOP OF THE LEFT SIDE COLUMN! This week you will see "2" Splash Into Summer Giveaways, BUT BOTH ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! One is a Rafflecopter Giveaway Form for a CHANNCE TO WIN $250 CASH!!! Oooooo!!!! The other one is a Blog Hop Giveaway! That almost gives you MORE chances to WIN books!!! Click on the photo for each!

THIS UPCOMING WEEKS - LOTS OF REVIEWS! THIS TUESDAY, JUNE 7th IS "NEW RELEASE DAY"! KEEP YOU EYES OPEN FOR LOTS OF REVIEWS HERE AND ALL OVER THE BLOGOSPHERE! You'll find NEW REVIEWS at ALL of your favorite blogs!

These are the books I received this week for review and 1 or 2 purchases!



All is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker - NEW RELEASE and for REVIEW on July 12, 2016



Since She Went Away by David Bell - NEW RELEASE and for review on June 28th, 2016!


I BOUGHT:
The Second Chance Shoe Shop by Marcie Steele - I could NOT resist this one!



Denial (Careless Whispers #1) by Lisa Renee Jones (I really purchased this 2 weeks ago and forgot to post it last week. This author has come out with Book 3 in this series, and she had this book for SALE! I could not resist what sounds like an excellent story! You all know I don't like Trilogies because I do feel they are SO OVER DONE, except THIS trilogy DOES sound good. I'll give it a go and see if I like it or not. I DO give Trilogies chances!)

AND THAT IS IT FOR THE BOOKS THIS WEEK! I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK AND I HOPE YOU GET THE CHANCE TO GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER! That is one thing I MISS THE MOST!!! There is NOWHERE to sit here where I live, to sit outside in the SHADE and enjoy reading! What a LOSS! To NEVER get OUT of this house! I can't drive due to this neurological muscle disease I have, so I DEPEND on my husband to get me OUT OF THIS HOUSE to a park on a Sunday's, generally, IF it's not raining! Guess what? It's going to STORM tomorrow! BUMMER!!! Let's HOPE the weather person is WRONG!!! I AM just DYING to get OUT of this house and OUTSIDE to enjoy this gorgeous weather!!! 

See you next week and THANK YOU for stopping by!

2 comments:

  1. You got a few books that are new to me. I hope you love all of your new books.

    Grace @ Books of Love

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    1. Hi Grace!
      Yes! ALL of these books are new to me! The first two I was invited by the publisher to review them and to be a part of a blog tour with them! FUN!! Exciting!!! I LOVE when they invite me because the books are usually EXCELLENT books, and I get to read them!!! I feel SO priviledged! I truly do!
      The other two I happened upon on my own. I LOVED the 3rd title's name! I HAD to grab that one just for the name! LOL!
      The 4th book I came across as it was on sale and Amazon suggested I might like it. I thought 'what the heck'! I just might like it! One of these days! I'm NOT big on trilogies, as I have written that MANY a times, but thought I can at least try the first book out.
      I am not a huge fan of trilogies because so MANY Indie Authors seem to write them excessively. Give me any OTHER author who has written 4 or 7 books, and they are AMAZING, but that trilogy, UGH. I feel bad for saying that in a way, but then again I do not because that IS what I have come across.
      What about you and trilogies? How do you fare?
      Thanks for stopping by again! I HAVE stopped by your place, but there isn't really a place to write a comment at, unless I have missed it? Please let me know if I have just missed it!
      Thanks SO much!!
      Laurie

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