Whatcha Reading Wednesday

I want to know what you are reading!!

Please use the Linky so that you can post your "Whatcha Reading Wednesdays" teaser on your own blog and then link back to my blog. And yes you can use my graphic, just please mention me in your post! You can also of course just leave a comment here!

So this is how "Whatcha Reading Wednesdays" works

This week I think we will do something easy - how about you pick up your book, flop it open to the middle, pick a sentence from the middle of the left side page and then type up the three sentences that follow. If it is a spoiler at all be sure to put **Spoiler Alert** at the top of your comment (like if the selection announces the death of an integral character or something).

Here is mine for this week:

Since I've moved in wiht Cooper, my stock has gone way up with Frank. He never liked Jordan, but Cooper is his hero. He'd even gone out and bought a leather jacket just like Cooper's - used, so already broken in.
Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot

A-Z Wednesday

Welcome to A-Z Wednesday!! Hosted by Reading At The Beach

To join, here's all you have to do: Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week.

Post:

1~ a photo of the book

2~ title and synopsis

3~ link(amazon, barnes and noble etc.)
4~ Go back to Reading At The Beach and leave your link in the comments.


If you've already reviewed this book you can add it also.Be sure to visit other participants to see what book they have posted and leave them a comment.(We all love comments, don't we?) Who knows? You may find your next "favorite" book.






THIS WEEKS LETTER IS: "O "


My book is: One for The Money by Janet Evanovich (This one was hard for me, because i noticed that some of the other's already listed this title, but it is truly the only one on my shelf that starts with an O).

Synopsis:
Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey.

She's a product of the "burg," a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, window are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six.
Now Stephanie's all grown up and out on her own, living five miles from Mom and Dad's, doing her best to sever the world's longest umbilical cord. Her mother is a meddler, and her grandmother is a few cans short of a case.
Out of work and out of money, with her Miata repossessed and her refrigerator empty, Stephanie blackmails her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, into giving her a try as an apprehension agent. Stephanie knows zilch about the job requirements, but she figures her new pal, fearless bounty hunter Ranger, can teach her what it takes to catch a crook.
Her first assignment: nail Joe Morelli, a former vice cop on the run from a charge of murder one. Morelli is also the irresistible macho pig who took Stephanie's virginity at age sixteen and then wrote the details on the bathroom wall of Mario's Sub Shop. There's still powerful chemistry between these two, so the chase should be interesting.
It could also be extremely dangerous, especially when Stephanie encounters a heavyweight title contender who likes to play rough. Benito Ramirez is known for his brutality to women. At the very least, his obsession with Stephanie complicates her manhunt and brings terror and uncertainty into her life. At the worst, it could lead to murder.
 
Find it on Amazon

My Shelves are overflowing..

I hear this one all the time. And I also have the same problem. There just isn't enough shelf space in the average home to accommodate an avid reader. Even if you just have your TBR pile on hand, what are you to do. Well the obvious one is to just not have so many physical books in your possession at one time. But come on, this is an addiction we are talking about. For example, if I have series on my TBR list, I, for some reason, feel the need to have the entire series on hand before i start reading it. Mostly because the thought of getting to the end of a book in a series and not being able to pick up the next installment right away if I am so inclined, is just upsetting to me. So here are some of my shelving solutions:

• Once you have read it pass it on. Use PaperBack Swap or GoodReads Swap to pass it on to someone else. Or start sharing books with your fellow readers, for example your book club. But the idea here is not to exchange or even get back the books, but rather to pay it forward so to speak. Because if you are like me, you are not likely to read it again.
• For books that you know you will read again (still don't' understand this concept but I know there are several of you other there that, for example, re-read Wuthering Heights every Christmas) put the keepers on the top shelf other designated location that is out of the way but not  looked up in storage.
• Consider storage in books. If you have access to an  attic or garage put your future reads away for the time it takes you to get to them. Just remember it needs to be a dry, cool place, that won't be subject to pest invasion.
• Wait to obtain a book until you are ready to read it. This one is super difficult for me. I want a book the day it releases, if I have been planning to read it. That doesn't always mean that I will read it right then, but I just want it right away. But if you exhibit patience your shelves will thank you for it.
• Switch to digital. I have yet to personally jump on this bandwagon, but not for lack of understanding. The practicality of an eReader is very apparent to me and I am very into electronics. The concepts of having thousands of volumes at my fingertips is very enticing. But I still can't get past the loss of the actual book in my hand. But for those of you that are over this little issue, digital will save your shelves.

So what do you do to stop your shelves from overflowing?

Book Giveaway Linky Listings

You can link up your book (and book related - bookmarks, bookplates, eReaders, book-lights, etc.) giveaways and you can go over and enter to win other books on the linky too! If you have any suggestions please don't hesitate to leave a comment. You are also welcome to grab the code and graphic and add it to your own site, just please be nice and put that you grabbed it from Busy Moms Who Love to Read (with a link back!)
Please use this format:
Blog Name - Book Title - # of winners - end date

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