Phantasmic Reads: The Sunday Post

The Sunday Post - 3rd Edition 4/28/13 (4/21-4/27/13)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~It's a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

Happy Sunday! Our weather here in Chicago is slowly improving. I guess Mother Nature finally got the memo that it's supposed to be Spring!

My news & updates:

Friday evening, I installed Disqus. As of this post, I'm still waiting for the import of previous comments to complete, but I am happy with it so far!
For some reason, I didn't get a lot of reading done this week. I was surprised when I looked and saw I only read two books all week. I did start a third, but I just finished it this morning. :)

What happened last week:

The Sunday Post 2nd Edition
Spotlight on The Only Exception and Interview with Magan Vernon
Cover Reveal for The Return
Review of Echo by Alicia Wright Brewster
Review of Blood and Snow by RaShelle Workman
The Assassins Hockey Hop & Giveaway
Showers of Books Giveaway Hop - ends 4/30
Boston Charity Book Giveaway - ends 4/30
Blast & Giveaway for Unbreakable by Elizabeth Norris
Cover Reveal for Breaking the Reins by Juliana Haygert
Feature & Follow Friday #9
Reverse Author Interview with questions by Jay Kristoff
April New Release Giveaway Hop - ends 4/30 at midnight EDT

What I read:

The Only Exception by Magan Vernon
A Celtic Witch by Debora Geary
A Brush of Darkness by Allison Pang (started)

What's coming up this week:

Top Ten Tuesday & Waiting on Wednesday
Reverse Author Interviews with Cinda Williams Chima and Jodi Lynn Anderson
Cover Reveal - Follow the White Rabbit by Kellie Sheridan
~~Release Day~~ Review of No Attachments by Tiffany King (While finalizing this post, Tiffany announced that No Attachments is up on Amazon early - go grab it!)
Guest post from Katy Evans, author of Real
Spring Fling Giveaway Hop
Cover Reveal - Endure by M.R. Merrick
Feature & Follow Friday

Also this week, I'm excited to be featured as the Blog of the Week over at Mind Reader. Stop by tomorrow and check out my interview - I babbled a lot :)

As usual, there are a few things in the 'possible' section of this week's calendar that may or may not pop up!

New to my Kindle Fire:

From Edelweiss (Thanks to Edelweiss and Avon Red):

I Dream of Danger by Lisa Marie Rice

Bought:

The entire Dark Days series by Jocelynn Drake (It's all Angie's fault! They were only $.99 each!!) :)
Mortal Obligation (The Dark Betrayal Trilogy #1), Nichole Chase
Resisting Her, Kendall Ryan
Exiled (The Protector Book 1), M.R. Merrick
Red-Headed Stepchild, Jaye Wells - This one's been on my wish list for a LONG time. There was a price drop this week, so I snatched it up!
Vain (The Seven Deadly Series #1), Fisher Amelie
Aphrodite's Kiss (Protectors Superhero Series #1), Julie Kenner - I love her Demon Hunter series, and this was a freebie yesterday :)
Suddenly Royal, Nichole Chase

Around the Blogosphere:

Danny @ Bewitched Bookworms is kicking of BEA2U. This gives those who can't attend BEA (like me *cries*) the opportunity to ask questions and keep up with events.
And since I can't make BEA, I will totally be checking out Armchair BEA. It looks like a lot of fun!
The Book Girls Don't Cry topic dealt with blogging schedules. See how Giselle @ Xpresso Reads and Jenni @ Alluring Reads handle their scheduling!
The lovely Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer has a confession: She's a Cover Whore! Are you??
The topic for Let's Talk by Dani @ Book Whore is Book Snobs. Are you one? Have you run into any?
I was SO excited to see this (re)post by Rachel @ Parajunkee - Creating Progress Bars for Your Reading Challenge(s). Can't wait to set some up of my own!