It has been a very, very long time since my last Book-Haul, so I figured it is time.  

I have decided to only list and show the books I have on my shelves, otherwise this list would be miles long lol 

So here are most of the books I gotten over the last couple months in the mail:

• Back To Good by Laura McCarthy Benson and the  complete Bayberry Island Trilogy by Susan Donovan  I won in giveaways.

Arcs I received were 

• Lost Rider and Kiss my Boots by Harper Sloan 
• New York, Actually by Sarah Morgan
• Belle by Anonymous Girls
• A Fire in the Blood by Amanda Ashley
• The Turn by Kim Harrison 

Random books I bought, that are standalones or I already own part of the series 

• King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard 
• Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• Not pictured or in different pictures are 
• Blade Bound by Chloe Neill 
•  The Struggle by  Jennifer L. Armentrout

 Next we have some books by Sarah J. Maas 

• A Court of Wings and Ruin
• Throne of Glass
• Crown of Midnight
• Heir of Fire
• Queen of Shadows
• Plus as mentioned above The Struggle.

I found the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins in a second store for 3 bucks all together for books 1-7. I didn't know what they about but figured for 3 bucks I can't go wrong.

Next we have Cassandra Clare's books. I will get Lord of Shadows next time I get to the store....or I'm hoping anyway.

• Lady Midnight 
• Complete The Infernal Devices series 1-3
• Complete The Mortal Instruments series 1-6

The last are Rick Riordan Books I meant to read the for a while now so I figured I might as well get them, plus my kids can also read them. My son actually read three of the Percy Jackson books.

1. The complete The Heroes of Olympus series 1-5
2. The Complete The Kane Chronicles series 1-3
3. The complete Percy Jackson and the Olympians series 1-5

That is about, I think for hard copies. I have tons and tons of e-copies yet but way to many to list. 

The spring giveaway is also still going on and we will have a new summer one starting mid or end of June ;) 

But for now I will add the spring giveaway again in case tou have not entered or want to enter again (some are daily entrees).

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Books with way too much sex often feel to me like nothing is happening. OK sex is happening, but it is the same thing over and over (like saying or thinking "you are my everything" repeatedly).

And this also explains why sometimes books with a ton of sex do work for me. Like this one. So much sex. The protagonist uses sex for everything. Not just passion or love but also for exercise, friendliness, networking, embarrassing someone into not telling anyone they saw him, tactical advabtage in a fight, etc. But by the same token, it isn't the same thing over and over. Each time it is serving a purpose in the story and advancing the plot and usually the characterization as well. This book is a thriller, so it isn't like there wasn't other stuff happening, but this explains why I didn't get bored by all the sex.

I am leery about dystopic novels because they bum me out, but it was JCP, so I had to. I listened to the audiobook and it took me a while, because I didn't want to listen unless I had some time to spend. I wanted to concentrate.

I really think Jordan Castillo Price is in a different league than most romance writers. Each of the characters was such an individual. The locations and situations were really vivid - and scary and grim. It is M/M/M, but it worked for me. Not too much sex, or stopping in the middle of a chase scene for sex. And they felt like good matches for each other, even though they were completely different people, each with significant weaknesses. Tim, for example, is a really good programmer, but he panics and gets distracted - so at one point he starts printing out everything he has downloaded instead of figuring out what is important first. And Javier's first reaction is to be cynical and untrusting, even when it doesn't actually make sense. Everyone is relatable without being superhuman. Definitely recommended.

This was just charming.  Very much in the vein of The Martian, though not that far in the future.