Traveling Reader says: PBovalino--I usually don't either but my goodness. The interaction between the two characters is just wonderful, and the humor has me re-reading the entire trilogy after I just finished it.
I also don't usually go for age differences like this, but it works, it really, really works with the characters. Give it a shot.
HappyBW--Let me know what you think. It's a quick read, less than 200 pages, but much fun! There is a scene where they are drinking vodka, a somewhat overused and trite plot event with a Russian, and it is so very good that I read and re-read it for the sheer fun of it.
Chunky Monkey says: @ Bare thoughts, Hey just lurking and responding to the comment about the fast actions in Florida (edited). I think it helped that they were evacuated and didn't sit while the storm hit them. That can be emotionally and physically exhausting. Many were able to come home energized to "fix" and clean up so they can get on to regular living.
D. Politis says: @lab: I didn't like Deadmen Walking either. I was excited to read about undead pirates but like you said, it was just a confusing book.
melindeeloo says: I am listening to the newest October days - I really like the reader and I just started Breath of Earth (Blood of Earth), which looks very promising.
Glad to hear that you all made it through the storm.
Traveling Reader says: Fair warning about Obsidian Liquor (Lion Security Book 1) and the rest of the trilogy: There are two drawbacks to the books. First of all, I had a sense of being dropped into the story line, as if I had somehow missed a book or two. Nope. These three are it. The other thing is that I had to read through errors that a proofreader would have picked up. Now, perhaps it is because I am in proofread mode, now that summer has passed. But, the errors were easy enough to read past.
That said, I am on my second read and still enjoying them.
Aussie Girl says: Hi all. Back from my UK trip, had a beyond fabulous time. Highlights had to be our two days in Haworth, home of the Bronte Parsonage. It was surreal seeing the kitchen table where such classics as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre were actually written. And got to be part of an awesome project.. recreating a hand written manuscript of Wuthering Heights (there is no original). Visitors got to write a line each in a commemorative edition which when finished will become part of the library for all time. Wow. Also did the Outlander Filming sites tour out of Edinburgh which included Doune Castle (Castle Leoch) Falkirk, (which becomes Inverness in the show) Culross which becomes the village of Cranesmuir and Midhope House which is Lallybroch. There were 9 ladies and one man on the tour a husband dragged along but he seemed to enjoy it. Now just have to get over the jet lag, had three separate flights and over 30 hours travelling to get home but it was worth every uncomfortable second.
Just didn't have time to read except on the plane and was too tired coming back to even manage that. I am 11 books behind on my Goodreads Challenge, oh my...
Douglas C. Meeks says: @aussie Girl - Sounds like a wonderful trip, glad you enjoyed it
Aussie Girl says: Thanks Douglas. It certainly gives watching Outlander a whole new perspective. We spent about 3 hours walking the actual Culloden Battlefield and the re-imagining on Outlander was really well done.
Vinity says: I just finished the latest White Trash Zombie, {sorry, name escapes me and I don't have my ipod with me} I got frustrated at the setback of Angel's character but it ended OK. I guess it was prolly real to life.
I started Deader Homes and Gardens (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries) (Volume 4) but I'm having trouble getting into it.
Douglas C. Meeks says: Looks like we are on track to make this incarnation of the forum last about 2 years, this one started Christmas Eve 2015. We have about 9140 posts here in mid Sept. . The first started in May 2009 so we look to have 70000 posts in about 8 years give or take a few months.
FoundQuilting says: I joined all the fun about a year later I believe. Got my first Kindle in the Fall of 2009.
I'm doing a reread of totally non-PNR set of books called the Liturgical Mysteries. They're about the sheriff/organist/choir director in a small North Carolina town who fancies himself a mystery writer in the Raymond Chandler style. So funny. The new priest added Kum-baya to the very traditional service. "The congregation, for some strange reason, didn't join in, but sat there, mute, as if suddenly struck dumb by the Holy Spirit."
It starts with The Alto Wore Tweed (The Liturgical Mysteries Book 1) if anyone's interested.
Lulu says: "The first started in May 2009 so we look to have 70000 posts in about 8 years give or take a few months."
Melindeeloo and fogarty have been around since pretty much the beginning I think. They were here when I joined, I know that for sure.
I'm going to start reading the latest Immortal Guardian book which just released, Blade of Darkness (Immortal Guardians Book 7).
fogarty says: hey dougie and i am proud to say i was one of the first to join.... I love this forum. thanks all for the years of great suggestions on not only book but tv and other things...
Yasamin says: Lulu, finally a new Immortal Guardians book! Yey!! Now, I just have to make time to read it. If only I could read while sleeping, lol.
Douglas C. Meeks says: "If only I could read while sleeping," - now THERE is a solution to my TBR
Lulu says: "The first started in May 2009 so we look to have 70000 posts in about 8 years give or take a few months."
Melindeeloo and fogarty have been around since pretty much the beginning I think. They were here when I joined, I know that for sure.
I'm going to start reading the latest Immortal Guardian book which just released, Blade of Darkness (Immortal Guardians Book 7).
fogarty says: hey dougie and i am proud to say i was one of the first to join.... I love this forum. thanks all for the years of great suggestions on not only book but tv and other things...
Yasamin says: Lulu, finally a new Immortal Guardians book! Yey!! Now, I just have to make time to read it. If only I could read while sleeping, lol.
Douglas C. Meeks says: "If only I could read while sleeping," - now THERE is a solution to my TBR
Vanessa C says: Welcome home Aussie Girl. It sounds like a phenomenal trip, did you go with family? I think that all of the traveling that you have been doing makes up for all of the books that you are behind in your Goodreads challenge. Has Outlander started at home yet?
While I am usually a fan of Julia Quinn, I listened to The Duke and I With 2nd Epilogue (Bridgertons), and for the most part it was repetitious. I will eventually continue with the Bridgerton family, but this book did not resound with me until about the last 1/4. I did like the additional epilogue, I thought that it was clever and informative.
On audio I am listening to The Black Wolves of Boston. On kindle, I have been attempting to read The Kingpin of Camelot (A Kinda Fairytale Book 3). I just don't have enough time to sit and read.
Lulu says: Yasamin! You're another poster who was already here when I got here, along with melindeeloo and fogarty. It's been a long time, hope the baby is doing well. I plan to start the latest Immortal Guardian book tonight!
Daniel Bowen says: Chunky Monkey --
Re: Florida and recovery. I thought I'd add what a friend in Ohio emailed me. She has a friend in Naples, Florida. Kathy lives next to the airport, where they clocked 130MPH winds. Her home didn't flood but she's still without power. She sheltered in place. While she does have a generator, and gas stations are coming back, neighbors are / have returned home - Power lines are down, and the city is turning off the water to fix their problems. Up until the water was shut off, they've had to boil water. It's difficult going through every step. A really heartbreaking situation.
I don't know which is better or worse, sheltering in place or evacuating. I guess it depends on the storm. I did read about a family in Dallas that couldn't find a gas station with gas to drive back to Houston. That's when it gets bad. Dallas is a five hour drive from Houston. - Dan's Wife
Vinity says: Huh, I agree with y'all. I'm one clicking less. I have been hitting KU pretty hard. But I've been more careful with my budget. I've given a lot to the storm charities and I went a bit wild buying daylilies the last 2 months. I have a weakness for purple daylilies and I joined a fb hybrid selling group. I have 5 more coming tomorrow and I think that's it for the year. I might buy some seeds of interesting crosses.
P. Bovalino says: KSM. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm hooked on Jayne Castles Harmony books at the moment and they are all over the place. It is hard to find a site that labels them well in order.
P. Bovalino says: I have to say that this group and another on GR are where I get almost all my one-click addiction books from.
frisco ready to read says: P. Bovalino: I found Fantastic Fiction dot com to be better than fict fact since they changed their website. I have been doing less one-clicking and more library reads to help the budget since I have been on a fix it binge for my work vehicle and winter tire time is coming up. The joy of AWD is when you get tires you gotta do it 4 at a time ....per my mechanic. I forgot if it was tranny or drive train related. Anyway your tread has to be even wear. I have also found I am buying less because their hasn't been really anything I can't live without.. haha. Now if it was Faith Hunter or Anne Bishop or the top 5 people I read .. yep I would find the money.
P. Bovalino says: Thanks frisco. I'll give it a try.
HappyBookWorm says: Daniel Bowen, also unless you stay in a shelter, many families can't afford hotels and then you have to eat also, all this on top of not being able to work - and maybe not having a job to go back to if the damage is bad enough. It's a terrible situation.
HappyBookWorm says: Vinity, I love daylilies but I'm okay with the regular orange ones. One thing I love about them is how they come back every year and are so resilient. One day I may garden again. We had the drought, and also my ground is clay so it is containers, raised beds or nothing. Shovels and hoes bounce off this ground.
BareThoughts says: HBW - it is terrible, but there is a lot of bright spots there too. For instance, I know of many retailers in the area and they are open (some opened without power) and actually doing business (which surprised the heck out of me). Corporate for those retailers are doing everything they can to help not only their employees, but also the community. I know one company that has their own branded water bottles that they offer to shoppers... and they are giving what they have to everyone they see. More is coming in from other locations and money is also coming in to help.
Power companies from all over are there helping restore the power... yes, things are bad, but there is good there too.
HappyBookWorm says: frisco ready to read, yeah, for my favorites I'll pay the top prices, but otherwise I'm being a little more restrained. I have a *lot* of books I haven't read yet, including some pre-orders.
Right now I am reading my way through another Anne Gracie series. This time I am reading the series named after seasons - I've read the Autumn, Winter and am currently on the Spring book. Very good reads. The Autumn Bride (Chance Sisters series Book 1)
Then I am going to read a loan that someone graciously made to me, and then the KU books I have in my library - some of them have been there for months.
Speaking of KU, Penny Reid has announced she is removing her Beard brothers books from the KU program pretty soon, so if you have KU and like Penny Reid you may want to read them in the next month or so.
BareThoughts says: I borrowed a book today on KU (just came out today and had on my wishlist) that I immediately purchased as I decided I wanted to own it, not just borrow it. It was not the best written book, the cover was slightly misleading as was the synopsis - but the story was great, lots of twists and turns. A few things really surprised me and I usually can figure things out and am not surprised. One issue I did have with the book (and not really a spoiler as it happens early and the synopsis hints at it) - she was not captured... they had their suspicions, but no proof, but due to other issues, she surrendered and confirmed the suspicions.
The book is The Vixen's Lead (Kit Davenport Book 1). Fun read.
HappyBookWorm says: Barethoughts, I put the Vixen book on my KU list - it looks humorous and interesting
D. Politis says: I started reading a contemporary called Hardball. Main characters are a professional baseball player and a school librarian. What caught my attention about this book is the wooing. So far hero gives her amazing compliments, has texted quotes from Shakespeare to her, brought her flowers, and planned an amazing date. If this keeps up when I finish this book is going on my keeper shelf. It's rare to see actual romance in relationships these days.
Also hero likes to talk dirty. Hardball: (A Sports Romance Standalone)
Douglas C. Meeks says: @jasamin - "all the books titles seem very similar." - sad but true but it looks like she may be taking it off in a new direction but at the same time if you insert Mab into the place of these new "bad guys" it looks a lot like others but there are some really interesting revelations coming in the book you are reading and the next one.
love jayne castle Harmony series also love the cross over from past, present to the future in the series enjoy i read them all
LAB says: I DNFed Rhapsodic (The Bargainer Book 1). It was new adult sort of PNR with fairies but not much world building. Then I tried to read Lost Rider (The Coming Home Series Book 1) and gave up at about 30%. The H was a horrible, unlikable person. So I've been in a reading slump lately,
I just started Mine Till Midnight (Hathaways Book 1). I know I probably should've known this but I had no idea that the Hathaways was a spin off/sort of continuation of the Wallflowers series. Anyway, liking this one so far so hopefully the slump is over.
fogarty says: lab read mine till midnight and wanted to read the rest but not sure what happened i know i liked the first one
Vanessa C says: LAB... I have read all of the Wallflowers and Hathaways books and I don't really remember a bad one in the bunch, unless of course my mind is failing, LOL!! :-}
I am really liking The Black Wolves of Boston. I know that some others here have read this book, what did you think? I haven't read her Elfhome series, so I can't compare to that. Does she take a really long time to write books? I thought that I remembered that about her.
Chunky Monkey says: Hey Vanessa, I love Wen Spencer. I've read her Elfhome series. She takes a real longtime writing her books. You can read some of her short stories for free on the pubs website (they have some shorts of the Elfhome series). You would have to read some of the books to understand the content. Baen.com in the free library catalog.
Chunky Monkey says: I have the first and second bks for the Elfhome series if you'd like to borrow them. I cked they're loanable.
Vanessa C says: Chunky Monkey... I might take you up on the loan, but I have a ton of books in my kindle and audio TBR. That's very nice of you to offer, thank you. I thought that was the biggest complaint about Wen Spencer, the time it takes her to write books. I suppose that I might take a long time if I lived in Hawaii too. :-}
Carol B. says: Just finished Etched in Bone (A Novel of the Others). I loved it!!! It's one of my best reads for 2017. Loved the ending. Thanks again BareThoughts!! :-)
Douglas C. Meeks says: If you are a GoT fan and love dogs, you will love this LOL
(Amazon will prob remove this post for the outside link)
Vinity says: HBW~ I have sandy loam so it's really good daylily ground. The purple {and all colors} daylilies have come so far. All these I'm getting are registered so I could breed them. I haven't paid more than $35 for a double fan but I see them as much as $300 for a double fan. YIKES! I can't wait for next season. This is my favorite I got today www.daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/detail.php?id=167916&name=Blue%20Viper
frisco ready to read says: I am another huge Wen Spencer fan... found her after a lot of her books were out. What I love most about her books is they are longer than most coming out these days so it is a good read even for the length... more to enjoy. She doesn't seem any slower than most writers and puts out a book a year as far as I can figure out... which happens with a lot of good writers. Just seems longer. I loved her The Black Wolves of Boston but I found her Elfhome series first. I can't even count how many times I have re-read her books when I am in a funk and can't find anything I like. Project Elfhome (The Tinker Series Book 5) was the last book anthology of hers I read. Lendable if anyone wants
Traveling Reader says: I grabbed a Wen Spencer book from a garage sale years ago and it came back overseas with me, sitting lonely on the shelf, until I finally picked it up. I absolutely loved it, and I was lucky enough that it was the first book in the Elfhome series. So, I then went to abebooks and comparison shopped with Amazon, finding hard copies of the rest of the series.
I enjoy my kindle, but I really do prefer to read books I can fondle, sniff, and hoard. If it is a keeper, I want it, will treasure it, and look forward to those dark days of despair when I can't find anything to read. At those moments I slump up the stairs, open the door to the office and behold the light shining from the shelves.
Granted, that was a little over the top, but I promise you, it's fairly close. lol
Daniel Bowen says: Re: Florida and Houston and storm stuff. Yes, BareThoughts is right - People come together in times of need. What was shown with Harvey and people bringing in their boats and neighbors lending a hand, getting people out - What wasn't told was those boats were running out of gas and people were donating their own gas, bringing out their gas cans, so they could help. And it didn't stop there. If their boats couldn't run on fuel, they were pushed. Or pulled by those jacked up monster trucks.
People are stepping up to donate, to volunteer, just on the news someone donated money to each police officer in the Houston PD. I think it was $400.00 to each officer. They lost their homes, too and their personal cars which were parked at the flooded police station. The Red Cross is helping. FEMA. Even the lost pets have a place and waiting for their owners to claim them.
It's not easy, people are suffering, but if people are homeless, there is shelter. Red Cross has stepped up and FEMA is also there. Many have family and at least here family takes care of family. Churches have also stepped up.
We're also keeping an eye on Maria. --------------- I wanted to thank whoever recommended Obsidian Liquor (Lion Security Book 1) I needed that break from reality and the wonderful family drama. Not a boring moment. Nothing like a big strong boss and dedicated family man dealing with a small outspoken woman that won't let him run roughshod over her. - Dan's Wife
Traveling Reader says: Dan's wife: It was me. If you finish the trilogy, you will see how she gets stronger. Watching the family dynamics made me wish there were more of that world to read. If you know any similar style of hero/heroine, please let me know. I read the trilogy twice, without a break. Usually, IA is the only author I do that with.
Daniel Bowen says: Traveling Reader - If you need a book similar in some respects Vexing Voss (Coletti Warlords Book 3). I read this one as a stand alone years ago. The first two in this series weren't available. Since then other books have come out but this one is a re-read for me. I'll have to think on this for another that is like Obsidian Liquor (Lion Security Book 1) and get back to you. - Dan's Wife EDIT: This one is a family drama story but it is m/m fantasy -- It's the other one I thought of. Family of Lies: Sebastian. www.goodreads.com/book/show/25072476-family-of-lies?from_search=true The top reviewer on Goodreads said it best. This one is funny.