What Are You Reading?

I just finished Under Locke by Mariana Zapata which is a re-read for me, and Love and Monsters by Raven Flanagan. The Raven Flanagan one is just monster love and for those who have not ever read it I give you a warning now there's a very graphic scene where But he's a demon so I guess it makes sense?

agreads that sounds like a fun series, I will have to check it out.

My book club has two books they are reading this month, for pride month they chose Burn this City by Aleksandr Voinov it's supposed to be dark, romantic, kinky and a few other things. (I haven't started it yet, gonna do it tomorrow, book club is next Friday so I have time.) and a new release A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall. Why two books? We voted, it was a tie we gave us all a month to read the books before meeting again. Since I have a long weekend off I can make some time and read it I think, if chores and housework don't get in the way.

bonnieg, I hope your Covid bout is short & easy! Yes, it's still out there & a concern but folks sure don't want to hear it. Take care!

I read a title by Lucy Monroe the other day, was debating if I knew her works, should I buy one that was on sale. Found that I had another by her already in my Kindle coll. so I read it. The Billionaire's Pregnant Mistress (Petronides Brothers #2) I don't think I'll buy any more of hers; just wasn't that much fun for me. I got irritated at both of the MC's repeatedly! Laughed at the 1st 2 reviews on Amazon; 1st one: 1 star--"what decade was this written in? 1970's? Nope, author wrote first title in 2002 but..." & the 2nd review: 5 stars--"Lucy Monroe at her best! etc." Yeah, matter of taste. I have enough titles waiting to be read, no need to worry about it!

I'm reading Kat Martin's Dangerous Passions.  It's book 2 of a two book series.  I read the first book, Innocence Undone, the other day.  I really liked it.  Hopefully, book 2 is just as good. I still have 7 KM books left in my TBR.  I should be done with them sometime during July.  Waiting in the wings after this book is the latest from Sabrina Jeffries, A Duke for Diana.  

Also, I'm not sure if it was mentioned on here, but the author Emma Holly passed away.  She was only 61.

bonnieg  I hope you feel better soon, it is a lot for a few days off, I hope you get them paid, I do, but I know some people who don't. They get them off, and are not counted for personal, sick or vacation days. It's a limbo really, but they don't get paid for it. Do what I did when I had it, eat, sleep, read, and watch that show that you have been putting off for so long now. 

I had a second time, and I am boosted and everything, my husband and son were thankfully negative, but here's the kicker I tested positive one day and the next day I tested negative. I quarantined for 3 days and tested again, and was negative still so I rejoined society, and now I am being extra careful with my mask. But I think I caught it from a co-worker who coughed out in the open as I was walking behind them fixing my mask since I had just finished lunch... people still don't cover their mouths... (I only felt a bit of the sniffles and I could not smell or taste anything, and honestly barely can right now...hope this goes away soon as the doctor said it would)

Thank you, linviolet and bluebear, I appreciated your kind thoughts.  I feel like I have a cold with a fever, but, like you, linviolet , food tastes strange. That is absolutely the worst of it, IMO.
I'm reading a cozy by Karen Baugh Menuhin which is entertaining.  I like the main mystery solver, Heathcliff Lennox, who is not above speaking his mind.  I'm a more diplomatic type, so it's kind of fun to read about a character like that.
ETA:  I forgot to mention the title of Menuhin's book, The Black Cat Murders.  And now I'm on to book 1, a reread for me, Murder at Melrose Court.

okay, it's quite a stretch but it is a positive thought! My mind still says Yeuchh at the thought, however!

I'm currently going thru a lot of paperbacks that got pulled out of the bottom shelf of my bedroom bookcases for the painting--thought while I had them out, review, list, weed, reorganize... I hit a large batch of Joan Hohl titles, quite a few Silhouette Desires (from way, way back when I subscribed to those & got 6 new titles every month!) Thought I'd try reading one & now wondering if it's typical of her work or not. May have to read another to see. Lady Ice where at her mother's suggestion, she marries a guy to save her mother's family business instead of hiring him as a consultant. Mom kept calling it a marriage of convenience but has a very different interpretation of that than I've heard in the past: they should have "relations" because you can't expect such a virile fella to go without! Excuse me? The h has sworn that she'll never get married because men are cheaters, etc as father (saw him cheating at home) & boyfriend in college (found out she was a "score" for him because of her pristine rep) but she gave in pretty fast to my way of thinking... I'm reminding myself, this is 1989 & things are a bit different and those books are very short but still...And do they talk to each other? Nope, just take offense easily at everything. Turns out H has problems with cheaters also because his Mother sleeps with anything in pants (didn't gals wear pants much back then?) and his father keeps giving her gifts trying to get her to remain faithful to him...yeah, it's a mess...There's a sequel for his sister...wonder how it goes & if I have it...