I Heart Me Some Boyz Kissing Boyz

I have this deadline for an article for a Dutch magazine that I'm supposed to write today. The article is about literary New York and I have to finish it before tomorrow... But the thing with me and deadlines is that I can't help myself for pushing them *groan*. So this afternoon, instead of writing and finishing the article, I got lost in the wonderful world of YouTube, which always provides me with the greatest of distractions when I have to make a deadline... *sigh*

I stumbled on these wonderful vids of boys kissing boys and - just so I can get over with the postponing and get back to my article - I share two of the best here with you. The second one has a slow start but stay tuned cos the second half is worth it! It's a little bit like the last M/M book I've read, The One That Got Away by Madeleine Urban & Rhianna Aile: wonderful build up and than ultimately satisfying and hot... This was one of the best reads of 2009 for me (I'll try to write a review later)!
Get your fan and cold drink before you hit the play button. Enjoy!

If you're an innocent lurker passing by here and if you're easily offended by gay love and boys kissing boys, please don't watch!!

The 100+ Reading Challenge

I decided yesterday to join the 100+ Reading Challenge hosted by J. Kaye. It will be my fourth challenge for 2010, besides the Erotic Romance, the Contemporary Romance and the M/M Romance challenges I joined earlier. The 100+ challenge will be a good way for me to keep track of all the books I read for the different challenges and list them in one view. And it will be a real challenge of course to read that many books!

I'm actually looking for one more challenge for 2010 that will help me to read more of the paranormal romance genre... Do you have any suggestions for a good one?
The 2010 DIK Book Reading Challenge is on my radar too, but it gives me too much opportunity to skip the paranormal romances and I really want to challenge myself with that genre... Doesn't mean I won't do the DIK challenge as well though...

The rules for the 100+ Reading Challenge are:
1. The goal is to read 100 or more books. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate.
2. Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Manga, Graphic Novels, Library books, Novellas, Young Reader, Nonfiction – as long as the book has an ISBN or equivalent or can be purchased as such, the book counts.
What doesn't count: Individual short stories or individual books in the Bible.
3. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.
4. Crossovers from other reading challenges count.
5. Challenge begins January 1st thru December, 2010. Books started before the 1st do not count.
6. You can sign up at J. Kaye's Book Blog.


My list:

JANUARY
1. Faith & Fidelity by Tere Michaels Finished, 5 stars
2. Cuffed and Dangerous by Bronwyn Green Finished, 4 stars
3. Mind F*cked by Mia Watts, Finished, 4 stars
4. Beth's Acceptance by Teal Ceagh, Finished, 4 stars
5. Blind Faith by Claire Thompson, Finished, 4 stars
6. Hard to Hold (Hold trilogy, #1) by Stephanie Tyler Finished, 3 stars
7. The Broken H by J.L. Langley, Finished, 4 stars

FEBRUARY
8. This Side of Heaven by Fallon Blake, Finished, 4.5 stars
9. Seeing You by Dakota Flint, Finished, 4 stars
10. Upwardly Mobile by Clare London, Finished, 3.5 stars
11. Fatal Shadows (Adrien English Mystery Series #1) by Josh Lanyon, Finished, 4 stars
12. A Dangerous Thing (Adrien English Mystery Series #2) by Josh Lanyon, Finished, 4.5 stars
13. Racing Hearts (A Calculated Risk\An Outside Chance\This Time Around) by Vicki Lewis Thompson, Nancy Warren, Dorien Kelly, Finished, 2.5-3 stars
14. Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy, Finished, 5 stars
15. Magnus by Jambrea Jo Jones, Finished, 3 stars
16. The Runaway Man by Jambrea Jo Jones, Finished, 3.5 stars
17. Snowed In by Rhianne Aile & Madeleine Urban, Finished, 4.5 stars

MARCH
18. Midnight Dalliance by S.J. Frost, Finished, 3.5 stars
19. Conquest by S.J. Frost, Finished, 4 stars
20. Catch Me If You Can by L.B. Gregg, Finished, 4 stars
21. The Darkest Fire (Lords of the Underworld, #0.5, Prequel) by Gena Showalter, Finished, 2 stars
22. The Darkest Night (Lords of the Underworld, #1) by Gena Showalter, Finished, 4 stars
23. Issue of Trust by Lorie O'Clare, Finished, 3.5 stars
24. Rope Dreams by Eliza Gayle, Finished, 3 stars
25. Somebody Killed His Editor (Holmes & Moriarity, #1) by Josh Lanyon, Finished, 4 stars
26. More by Sloan Parker, Finished, 5 stars
27. Freeze Frame (Faerily Imperfect, #3) by Mia Watts, Finished, 4 stars

APRIL
28. Only Yours by J.R. Patrick, Finished, 3.5 stars
29. Dangerous Distraction by Mia Watts, Finished, 3.75 stars
30. Two Steps Up by Sean Kennedy, Finished, 3.5 stars
31. Her Vampire Husband by Michele Hauf, Finished, 3.75 stars
32. Oleander House (Bay City Paranormal Investigation #1) by Ally Blue, Finished, 4 stars
33. What Hides Inside (Bay City Paranormal Investigation #2) by Ally Blue, Finished, 4 stars
34. Ratchet (Deviations, #2.5) by Chris Owen & Jodi Payne, Finished, 3 stars
35. Pineapples & Chocolate by E.M. Lynley, Finished, 3 stars
36. Twilight (Bay City Paranormal Investigation #3) by Ally Blue, Finished, 3.5 stars
37. Closer (Bay City Paranormal Investigation #4) by Ally Blue, Finished, 4 stars
38. An Inner Darkness (Bay City Paranormal Investigation #5) by Ally Blue, Finished, 4.5 stars
39. Where The Heart Is (Bay City Paranormal Investigation #6) by Ally Blue, Finished, 4 stars
40. Happy Ending (Men of Smithfield, #2) by L.B. Gregg, Finished, 3.5 stars
41. Icing On The Cake by Shayla Kersten, Finished, 4 stars
42. Perfect Man by Shawn Lane, Finished, 4 stars
43. Another Chance by Shawn Lane, Finished, 4.5 stars
44. Trust by Shawn Lane,Finished, 4.5 stars
45. Heart and Soul (Assignment, #4) by Evangeline Anderson, Finished, 3 stars
46. Turquoise and Leather (Collared, #1) by Kim Dare, Finished, 3.5 stars
47. Centrefold by Kris Norris, Finished, 3 stars

MAY
48. Night Shift by Jenna Byrnes, Finished, 3.5 stars
49. JackMagic by Jillian Snyder, Finished, 4 stars
50. Bound by Deception (Bound, #1) by Ava March, Finished, 4.5 stars
51. Bound to Him (Bound, #2) by Ava March, Finished, 5 stars
52. Deliberately Unbound (Bound, #3, Free story) by Ava March, Finished, 3.5 stars
53. Cheating Chance (Taking the Odds, #1) by James Buchanan, Finished, 4.5 stars
54. Inland Empire (Taking the Odds, #2) by James Buchanan, Finished, 5+ stars
(plus - not counting for this Challenge - a few Taking the Odds free reads and stories from anthologies:
Squirrel Run (c) 2008Spree (c) 2007
Measure Up (c) 2008
Technique from Toy Box: Handcuffs (2007)
A Little Trust from Toy Box: Rope (2008)
55. Give and Take by Anne Brooke, Finished, 3.5 stars
56. An Australian Christmas In New York by Sean Kennedy, Finished, 3.5 stars
57. Start From The Beginning by Chrissy Munder, Finished, 3.75 stars
58. Out of My Mind by M.L. Rhodes, Finished, 4.5 stars
59. Broken Bones, Mended Hearts by William Cooper, Finished, 3.75 stars
60. Toy Box: Handcuffs by James Buchanan, Lorne Rodman, Chris Owen, Jodi Payne, Finished, 3.5 stars
61. Somatesthesia by Ann Sommerville, Finished, 3.75 stars
62. Positive Possibilities by Shayla Kersten, Finished, 4 stars
63. Gaps in Your Soul by Shayla Kersten, Finished, 4 stars
64. Mark's Toy Box by Laine Williams, Finished, 4 stars
65. Under Control (Lessons in Mastery, #1) by Laine Williams, Finished, 4 stars
66. Under Restraint (Lessons in Mastery, #2) by Laine Williams, Finished, 4 stars
67. Under Fire (Lessons in Mastery, #3) by Laine Williams, Finished, 4 stars
68. Hidden Hands (Hands, #3) by Shayla Kersten, Finished, 4 stars
69. Heaven (Heaven Sent, #1) by Jet Mykles, Finished, 4 stars
70. Never Let Go (Always, #1) by M.L. Rhodes, Finished, 4 stars
71. Hearts & Bones (Always, #2) by M.L. Rhodes, Finished, 4 stars
72. On Fire (On Fire, #1) by Drew Zachary, Finished, 4 stars
73. Black Wade: The Wild Side of Love by Franze & Andaerle, Finished, 4 stars
74. On Fire II: Still Burning (On Fire, #2) by Drew Zachary, Finished, 4 stars
75. More Than Just a Good Book by Sloan Parker, Finished, 5 stars
76. Timing by Mary Calmes, Finished, 4 stars
77. Sub for Hire by Claire Thompson, Finished, 4 stars
78. Swap Meet by Lolita Lopez, Finished, 4 stars
79. Past Lies by Shayla Kersten, Finished, 5 stars
80. The Cost of Eternity (Eternity, #1) by Shayla Kersten, Finished, 4 stars

JUNE
81. Car Wash by Shawn Lane, Finished, 3 stars
82. Captured by Julia Rachel Barrett, Finished, 4 stars
83. Bi Now, Gay Later by Kim Dare, Finished, 3.5 stars
84. Sinful by Charlotte Featherstone, Finished, 5 stars
85. Under My Skin by M.L. Rhodes, Finished, 3.75 stars
86. Under My Skin II by M.L. Rhodes, Finished, 4 stars
87. Bad Brad by Cheryl Dragon, Finished, 2.75 stars
88. Jungle Heat by Bonnie Dee, Finished, 4.5 stars
89. Bad Boys, Bad Boys (Boys in Blue, #1) by Mia Watts, Finished, 3.5 stars
90. Love & Loyalty (Faith & Fidelity, #2) by Tere Michaels, Finished, 4 stars
91. Three Wrong Turns in the Desert by Neil Plakcy, Finished, 4 stars
92. Bring The Heat by M.L. Rhodes, Finished, 3.5 stars
93. Duty & Devotion (Faith & Fidelity, #3) by Tere Michaels, Finished, 4.25 stars
94. I Fell in Love with a Zombie by Sean Kennedy, Finished, 3.75 stars
95. Reasonable Doubt (Boys in Blue, #2) by Mia Watts, Finished, 4.5 stars
96. Caught Running by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux, Finished, 4.75 stars
97. Pool Hall Green by Sara Bell, Finished, 3 stars
98. A Detour Home by Devon Rhodes, Finished, 4 stars
99. Love Mode Vol. 1 by Yuki Shimizu, Finished, 3.5 stars
100. Pack of Lies by Vanessa Vaughn, Finished, 4 stars

JULY
101. Double Shot Cappuccino by Stephani Hecht, Finished, 4 stars
etc.

100+/100+ books. 100% done!

COMPLETED!!

The rest of my 2010 Reading list can be found here.

You can also check my list on my 100+ Reading Challenge shelf in my GoodReads library.

Reading List - December 2009 & My New Years Resolutions

I'm not a big believer in New Year's resolutions. They never seem to stick, so I usually don’t make a list...
I intend to have lots of fun though, read as much erotrom as I can (a few challenges I joined will help me keep track of my reading) and talk about my smut a lot – here on my blog in many posts and with you in the comment sections of mine and your blogs; on Goodreads, Twitter and in the Yahoo groups or what other platforms I’ll discover in 2010; with some of you via email or in real life (IRL). For example I’m going to ‘do a Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan’ with Leontine (from Leontine’s Book Realm), my new found fellow Dutch friend! And for all of you who like to come here for the visuals ;) I’m definitely planning on continuing the eye candy treats at my place!

That being said, I wish you all a wonderful 2010 with lot of good reads and other great stuff that make you happy!


Now, before I forget, my last reading list of 2009. In December I've read the following 15 romances:

Aile & Urban, The One That Got Away, êêêêê, ¹¹¹
Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux, Warrior’s Cross, êêêêê, ¹½
Chris Owen & Jodi Payne, Deviations: Domination, êêêê½, ¹¹½
Adrianna Dane, Sully’s Heart, êêê½, ¹¹½
Ashley Ladd, The Perfect Gift, êêêê, ¹¹½
Jude Mason, Knight or Daye, êêê, ¹¹
Lori Foster & Erin McCarthy & Helenkay Dimon, When Good Things Happen to Bad Boys, êêê, ¹¹
Jenna Byrnes, Nothing But Trouble, êêê½, ¹¹
Jenna Byrnes, Valentine’s Trouble, êêê, ¹¹
L.B. Gregg, Gobsmacked [Men of Smithfield, #1], êêêê, ¹¹
Skylar Kade, Maison Domine, êêê, ¹¹
Ava Grey, Skin Game, êêêê½, ¹½
Evangeline Anderson, Fireworks, êêêê, ¹¹½
Evangeline Anderson, I'll Be Hot for Christmas, êêê, ¹¹
Cat Johnson, Fireworks,êêê, ¹¹

I haven't done many reviews the past month. I'll try to do them soon, but I might just leave some of them be, and make a fresh start this new year...

Why I’m hooked & my sad little 2009 lists

As you might know I’m doing this blog since the end of October of this year (the 26th to be precise). And I’ve gotta admit, in those two months my life’s changed.

Now at the end of the year I see all those enthusiastic bloggers lists of best this and worst thats, or some resolutions for 2010. Well, the resolutions thing I can do, but I’m saving that for the New Year. The looking back on 2009 is more difficult though, since I haven’t been around for the whole year. I have been reading erotic romance for only 6 months now…

But since it’s my first turn of the year in bloglandia I just wanna give it a try! I warn you though that my lists might turn out to be sad little ones ;)

Before I start the listing, I wanna say that I’m super duper happy that I started the blogging thing in October – I’m completely hooked! It’s not only because I found a perfect outlet for my pent up desires and longings (the man candy and hot vids and pics serve that purpose very well *grin*) but what got me really addicted to the blogging is meeting all you nice people and the lovely, wonderful comments and emails I received from you! Author Bronwyn Green wrote to me yesterday about my blog “the vibe is awesome. It's like it's a nice people magnet.” And that’s what got me hooked, really! Thanks you all, for being so wonderful and welcoming me into romblogland!

Now, let’s see if I can stir up the sleepy grey cells that are called my brain and come up with some wonderful rom-reading memories…

I love threesomes ;) so I’ll give you each time 3 of my favorites.

First my Favorite Authors of 2009 (of whom I read more than 1 book that I loved):
* Lorelei James
* Shayla Kersten
* Sarah Mayberry
I already feel bad for leaving out so many other wonderful authors *sigh*

My Favorite Heroes:
* Kade McKay from Tied Up, Tied Down (Rough Riders, #4) by Lorelei James (sexy and sweet cowboy – look out for my Letter to his woman Sky to be posted on my blog next Friday!)
* Noah from the Deviations series by Chris Owens and Jodi Payne (lovely and hot submissive gay guy)
* Guy McCann from The Maverick by Rhonda Nelson (tough and hurting sex-on-a-stick soldier)

My Favorite Contemporary Romances (with lower heat level *grin*):
* Skin Game by Ava Gray
* Double Play by Jill Shalvis

* Seducing Simon by Maya Banks

My Favorite Steamier Contemporary Romances:
* Heat of the Moment by Elle Kennedy
* Running with the Devil by Lorelei James
* Boomerang Love (The Thorns, #1) by Melissa Lopez

My Favorite Men in Uniform Romances:
* Firefighter: Caught off Guard (The Heroes of Silver Springs, #1) by Tonya Ramagos
* Cops: Hidden Force by Shayla Kersten (M/M)
* SEAL: Risking it All by Stephanie Tyler

My Favorite Cowboy Romances:
* The Rough Riders series by Lorelei James
* Bound by Love by T.A. Chase (M/M)
* Two in Hand by Mary Winter (Menage and M/M)

My Favorite Blaze novels:
* Below the Belt by Sarah Mayberry
* Fly Boy by Karen Foley
* Double Dare by Tawny Weber

My Favorite Historicals:
* Lover’s Knots by Katherine Cross (M/M)
* The Courage to Love by Samantha Kane (Menage)
* Bound To Please by Hope Tarr

My Favorite M/M Romances:
* A Helping Hand by Shayla Kersten
* Warrior’s Cross by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux or The One That Got Away by Madeleine Urban & Rhianne Aile
* Gobsmacked by L.B. Gregg

My Favorite BDSM Romances:
* The Initiation of Isabella by Jenna Ives
* Thirty Days & Forever by Shayla Kersten
* Deviations: Domination by Chris Owen & Jodi Payne

My Favorite Menage Romances:
* The Perfect Gift by Ashley Ladd
* Long Hard Ride (Rough Riders, #1) by Lorelei James
* The Boys Back Home by Sierra Dafoe

And last but not least, I’ll share my Favorite Man Candy from the past months with you!

Happy New Year everyone!!

Todays Man Candy, End of the Year Giveaway & What I Found in My Mailbox

I had such an amazing day yesterday! It seems that I have a lot of those wonderful days since I started my blog! Therefore I just can’t help myself, I really feel like sharing this with you! And what better way to begin than with sharing one of my delicious hunks…

But keep on reading because at the end of this post I’m gonna give away an ebook!

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Okay, now to the other good stuff.
First thing that made me smile was the mailman… delivering my new toy: the Sony Touch (PRS 600)! Yay! I instantly fell in love, not with the mailman but with the ereader of course. After some initial struggle with downloading the software it was really easy to transfer all my ebooks to the Sony. Well, I didn’t transfer them all at once, because that would’ve taken too much time and I wanted to start reading quickly. But I will get to that.
I’ve almost finished my first book reading with the ereader. I must admit that I have to get used to the screen, ‘cause it’s darker or more grey than the average paperback page and it doesn’t give light like my laptop. But it feels really comfortable holding it and it fits in my purse, so now I can take my ebooks everywhere!!

Second thing that made my day was a visit from author Mia Watts to my blog! And the most amazing thing was, she brought a lot of her friends with her who left the nicests of comments on my post Mia Watts totally surprised me! What are your experiences with authors?
Mia posted a link to that post on some of her author loops at Yahoo. It was the first time I ever heard about it… yeah yeah, call me silly for not having a clue about Yahoo… ;)
And now Mia tempted me to join by writing “Janna, I'll hold your hand into the yahoo room. C'mon, babe, you can do it! Free excerpts and inside info on contests, sales, plus socialization with authors and other readers.”
See? How can I resist that!? I signed in and will go take a look later. Are any of you familiar with or members of a Yahoo group? I mean, am I the only one who didn’t know about them?

The third wonderful present that I got yesterday was two of Mia’s writer friends emailing me directly, chatting with me and sending me a copy of their books! One of them is Bronwyn Green, who emailed me Cuffed and Dangerous. The other one Jambrea Jo Jones who sent me Magnus! Maybe some of you remember my post last month in which I blabbered about my soft spots… The hot looking Magnus was one of them!
I can’t tell you how thankful I am for these wonderful writers being so generous! You can imagine that this made me feel special and very happy!


The good thing is that I can let you share in the presents! Because Bronwyn Green sent me two copies of her ebook Cuffed and Dangerous *cough* 1 extra by accident *cough* and she wrote me that I could give away one of them to a random commenter! Isn’t that great? Thanks so much Bronwyn!

A Handcuffs and Lace Tale

When a bounty claim becomes a fight of five against one, Jude Caulfield and Gideon Wells step in to help hunter, Wrenn Saunders, before she’s mortally injured. Wrenn soon learns that three is a good number whether in a fight or in the bedroom. Especially in the bedroom—and that’s just where Jude and Gideon want to keep her.

Read an excerpt here >>>


Here’s how you can win a pdf copy of Cuffed and Dangerous:

All you have to do is leave a comment at this post and be or become a follower of my blog (look at my right sidebar for the button). This giveaway is international. I’ll pick a random winner on Friday January 8th, so you’ll have until midnight of January 7th to leave a comment and become a follower.

Good luck everyone!