I've read a few books since I last posted here. I finished reading The Savage by Nicole Jordan. I ended up really liking it. I wanted to read another of her old books, Velvet Embrace, but I can't find a copy at a reasonable price anywhere. The cheapest I could find it was $126! I could get the e-book but I'm still having trouble reading on a device. I really wish I had a used book stores nearby. Maybe someday I'll find a copy. Anyway, I also read Captain's Bride by Kat Martin. I did like it but not as much as her others. I also read Wild Land, Wild Love by Connie Mason. I really enjoyed this one. I ordered the other two books in the series, Bold Land, Bold Love and Brave Land, Brave Love. They take place in Australia. I've never read books that place there. Finally I read Captive Embrace by Sylvie F Sommerfield. I've never read this author before but I liked it. It was a little long and I felt some parts could have been cut out. Now I'm taking a break on never before read books and going back to rereading. Currently I'm rereading Creole Fires by Kat Martin.
On a side note, I loved the covers on all the books I've mentioned here and wish they would bring them back. I do not like the cartoony covers.
I've been rereading the Colorado High Country series by Pamela Clare. I'm up to book 5, but I think I need a break from them after this one.
agreads, I can rarely read an entire series straight thru so I can understand needing to take a break after 5 of them---but oh, the ones you've got coming---altho' #4 is one of my favorites! And #7 is oh so good--a crossover with her I-Team...and then #8...take a break but be sure to come back to them! Enjoy!
ETA: whoops, I missed that word "reread"! So you know the ones remaining. But I still have trouble going thru all in the series straight thru...even on rereads!
I finished two novellas which I enjoyed. Anne Perry's A Christmas Deliverance which features Dr. Crowe, a gifted doctor who lives in a poor part of London near the Thames and also his assistant, Will Monk, adopted son of William and Hester Monk. This is the first one of Perry's annual Christmas stories that I have read, and I enjoyed it but didn't notice much of a Christmas feel to the story and little romance. I liked the setting, the characters, Anne Perry's writing, however.
The other novella I read was a reread for me, A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh. I image a lot of you have read it, but it's been a long time since I did, so I enjoyed it a lot. It's a cute story about a son of a wealthy coal merchant and the daughter of an impoverished earl. The story goes back and forth from the couple's childhood to the present but is not at all confusing. It probably sounds like a story you have already read, but Balogh keeps it interesting and surprising.
Update on my reading Bayou Bishops; I am still slightly confused, but then read the word fornicator in the book and I was like... huh?... so I went and looked up the author who is self described as religious, Dom, author and father. I will move on to another book, and read this one slowly because it's not bad but it is confusing at times and the re-reading of pages and paragraphs is not what I am looking for at the moment. I don't know what I want to read next, since I am also reading a true crime book so I need a lighter read, to combat the darker read.
Sorry I am just now replying to this. If you are not familiar with this author, he can get very weird very quickly. I love some of his stuff but never recommend him without giving warning. Bayou Bishops is not one of his better series, either.
oh ok, thank you so much. I was really confused by quite a bit that I just set it aside and when I try to go back to it I just...don't. If I could ask you which book would be best to start with? I want to give the author a chance, if you would be so kind as to point me in the right direction when you can that would be wonderful. Thank you in advance!
Sorry I am just now replying to this. If you are not familiar with this author, he can get very weird very quickly. I love some of his stuff but never recommend him without giving warning. Bayou Bishops is not one of his better series, either.
oh ok, thank you so much. I was really confused by quite a bit that I just set it aside and when I try to go back to it I just...don't. If I could ask you which book would be best to start with? I want to give the author a chance, if you would be so kind as to point me in the right direction when you can that would be wonderful. Thank you in advance!
I would recommend either the Reginald Bones series, or The Scribbler Guardian. Be warned that this author's hallmark is taking readers on a dark mind bender. It can be a wild ride with characters you can't believe you're pulling for.
oh ok, thank you so much. I was really confused by quite a bit that I just set it aside and when I try to go back to it I just...don't. If I could ask you which book would be best to start with? I want to give the author a chance, if you would be so kind as to point me in the right direction when you can that would be wonderful. Thank you in advance!
I would recommend either the Reginald Bones series, or The Scribbler Guardian. Be warned that this author's hallmark is taking readers on a dark mind bender. It can be a wild ride with characters you can't believe you're pulling for.
Thank you I appreciate the guide. And the warning.
Last Edit: Jan 12, 2023 17:57:21 GMT -7 by linviolet
I recently finished Megan Walker's Miss Newbury's List, a clean story that I thought was great. The fact that I didn't take a peek at the end says it all because I wanted to read it the way it was written. It's funny, touching, and has great characters. Another book I just read is Jayne Fresina's Last Rake Standing, a short story from 2016 that is definitely not clean. If I didn't know better, I'd say this was written by Emma Wildes. But it's entertaining, humorous, and has the usual Fresina well-written and surprising plot.
I read All Scot and Bothered by Kerrigan Byrne. All I can say is that I'm glad I got it from the library and didn't waste my money on it. I didn't like it. KB as an author has gone down hill for me. Her first book, The Highwayman, was so good. Another author has gone on my do not read anymore list It's been happening a lot lately.
Now I'm reading Heart of Honor by Kat Martin. Its book one of The Heart Trilogy. I also have the other two books and will read them next.
This is a the first book in a series, I have never heard of this author and this was my first book by them. I am enjoying it, and I am 84% into it, close to the end. The heroine is a bit annoying but it's also understandable where she's coming from. I wish the author had written more of their past for me to believe the intense love and lust they feel for one another and also really introduced the villain. It's a easy book to read through, but it's mostly telling rather than following the actions.
I finished Ashley Weaver's Playing It Safe, book 3 of her series. I enjoyed it, mostly because I like the character of Electra McDonnell, who is a thief-turned-British agent helping the handsome Major Ramsey catch German spies. There are exciting moments, along with a few romantic ones-very few, but still more than I hoped for. Not my favorite mystery series, but I'll read the next one when it comes out. I also finished Murder in Postscript by Mary Winters which I would have liked better if it didn't have so many modern expressions and, in the end, some odd behavior by some secondary characters. Can't recommend this one.
I finished Perfect Together by Kristen Ashley today. I enjoyed it, it reminded me a lot of her older freshman books. Thankfully less OW issues (though she was still set up as crazy, or at least a moment of insanity) and not really bad mouthing of her except for being called a B*tch. (not good, but there's been a lot of hate between FMC and OW that have them going at each other in really ugly verbal arguments/fights.)
I also started Minx by Sophie Lark today and I am loving the first few pages I have read. (it's on KU for anyone interested) FMC is an escort and the MMC is some sort of rich CEO type who sees her and becomes interested in her. One chapter in, and so far so good.
I read K.A's book during my lunch breaks, but for the summer I'll be working from home, hopefully my son will allow me that bit of a break. Today, after he was brough home by my dad from daycare he decided it would be a great idea to put mommy's lotion all over himself, the floor, cushions. My fault for getting distracted with a call. But it happened in less than two minutes!
Just read Tempting Danger book 1 of The World of the Lupi as I recently bought book 4 (not on special, sadly). I like to read series in order, so will enjoy re-reading each book before I start on the new book.
he decided it would be a great idea to put mommy's lotion all over himself, the floor, cushions. My fault for getting distracted with a call. But it happened in less than two minutes!
I seem to remember my brother taking a quick opportunity when Mom's back was turned; he got up on the kitchen cabinet & downed most of a bottle of aspirin & part of one of lotion. Yeah, amazing how fast it can be done! And yes, he got to have the stomach pumped that day!
Another time, he was in the tub & Mom had to go answer the phone (days when there was only one in the house & it was attached to the wall! By the time she got back, he'd gone into their bedroom & was bouncing on the bed--and he was going high! Mom said his name very sharply (wishes she hadn't!) and he turned to look at her in mid-bounce, lost his balance & fell against the headboard edge--Danish modern. Split the skin across the forehead! He's yelling & twisting; Mom's trying to stop the bleeding & call the neighbor to come take them to the hospital & us girls to their house so blood was going everywhere in that area. Dad came home shortly afterwards & found that blood everywhere & just about lost it. Not too long after "In Cold Blood" happened & pretty close to there! Happily the neighbor saw Dad come in & hustled up to tell him!
Should we talk about the time brother was standing in a child's rocker & went thru the french glass doors? Yeah, he was a dangerous kid! Happily, as he got older, he settled down somewhat!
kc wow, your mom and dad had a handful there, lol! Your dad walking in on that masacre! Head wounds bleed so much too. And thanks for the warning on rockers and french doors, don't have either one and I'm gonna keep it that way! I'm glad Leo only does little things! I'll take the lotions, his new favorite past time throwing anything he can from our bedroom window down to our yard. He's unrolled a roll of toilet paper (at my parents place), my poor plants are dug up and out because of him and the dogs now help him. There's a lot he does that makes me a bit nutty, but after the fact I laugh. And he's learned a few curse words from us (I tried but f bombs are so good to say when something spills! Or you stub a toe.) I don't ask for him to stay still because if he is it means he doesn't feel well, he's either cuddling up to me wraps himself over me and starts to poke/tap any one of my piercings (the sign of all signs he's coming down with something, that and projectile vomiting.)
His daycare hasn't given any complaints and on the updates we are told he's one of the sweetest kids they have (they may be lying, but I'm buying, lol!) and if anything my mom deserves a lot of the credit for that. Letting him do what he wants (within reason) but also setting certain boundaries (I do the same, but my mom takes care of him when daycare hours are done). And I speak to him like I would an adult using simpler language of course. Does it work every time? Nope, but I repeat and try. And time outs are a blessing (that minute and 6 seconds works wonders). Sweet-tart is trying to be the cool dad, but he's failing since he's more of the worrier dad. I got the tricycle out for the summer (looks like a watered down version of a stroller really) and notice the push handle, well he's worried about helmets (he has one) speed limits (we set it) and a few things that are valid but we aren't putting him on the road, it's the sidewalk and our backyard and a push to the park at the most.
Huh, reading this, I don't think my reading will improve any time soon... dang... I really feel proud when I finish one whole book a month, and I am working on my 3rd for this month. K.A's was the first, Loving War by C.M Owens the 2nd, and now Minx is my number 3. Loving War was a fast paced read for me, read it in two days.
I've been in the mood to read old school bodice rippers. I chose books by Connie Mason and Nicole Jordan. I started with Nicole Jordan. In a post earlier this year I mentioned that I had been looking for one of her first books Velvet Embrace. Actually it's her very first book so that's probably why I can't find it. However, I was able to find the rest of her out-of-print book available to purchase. There were 8. Out of the 8, I bought 4. As for the rest, two of them I have already and the other two I'm not really interested in reading. So far I've read The Heart Breaker, Lord of Desire and Wildstar. I also have Desire and Deception on my TBR. My favorite of the three I read was The Heart Breaker.
I read Flame and Shadow Walker by Connie Mason. I really liked both of them, but I liked Flame more. In fact I liked them so much that I found nearly a dozen more Connie Mason books that I want. So far I've ordered 8. I'm looking forward to getting them.
Currently I'm rereading My Lady Vixen by Connie Mason. It'll be the last book I read this month because it's a long one and I don't like to end lists with the number 17