Thank you ladies, I was enjoying the Figure Skaters in the Winter Olympics and I felt in the mood to read about ice skaters. I have Mariana Zapata on my reading list and so these new ones will also join my list.
It was so very beautiful to watch the figure skaters in motion. I didn't get to see who won, I fell asleep but it was simply beautiful and amazing.
From Lukov with love got me in the mood for more figure skating so I re-read Elizabet Harmon's Pairing off just in time to watch the Olympics. It was such fun to actually see the "triple lutz" and salchow and all the other jumps and spins from the books (I know nothing about skating so this is all new to me). Loved the german pair (who won - she is 34 and this was her first olympic gold!) but felt soooo sorry for the french pair because I had seen a video of them doing that rutine perfectly and it was awesome (gave me goosebumps).
I loved Pairing Off, it is a great book. I honestly loved watching the pairs skate together, so beautiful and yes they are goose-bump inducing.
From Lukov with love got me in the mood for more figure skating so I re-read Elizabet Harmon's Pairing off just in time to watch the Olympics.
Whoa! Had to one click Pairing Off! Sounds really good! I love watching the figure skaters and anyone who tells me they're not "real athletes" is nuts! I'm like you, I read From Lukov with Love just in time to see what the various jumps and so on are actually about. Now I want more ice skating books. Crossing Ice, which I mentioned above is good but not Mariana Zapata good. I'll read more of her books and wait patiently for the the next Zapata book. I enjoy the skaters that put a little pazazz in their routines with facial expressions and interesting dancing moves.
Whoa! Had to one click Pairing Off! Sounds really good! I love watching the figure skaters and anyone who tells me they're not "real athletes" is nuts! I'm like you, I read From Lukov with Love just in time to see what the various jumps and so on are actually about. Now I want more ice skating books. Crossing Ice, which I mentioned above is good but not Mariana Zapata good. I'll read more of her books and wait patiently for the the next Zapata book. I enjoy the skaters that put a little pazazz in their routines with facial expressions and interesting dancing moves.
Banana Boat I hope you like it - I loved the hero and the author seems to know a bit about skating and the enormous work it takes to be good at any sport. And there is slow burn too which is a win for me
"Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book." -Terry Pratchett, Soul Music
Me too! Do you know of any other good ice skating books?
This one and Lukov are the only figure skating books that I have read - but I have Crossing the Ice by Jennifer Comeaux on my to-read list (she has 2 figure skating series and I've heard good things about them)
"Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book." -Terry Pratchett, Soul Music
This one and Lukov are the only figure skating books that I have read - but I have Crossing the Ice by Jennifer Comeaux on my to-read list (she has 2 figure skating series and I've heard good things about them)
Lukov is by far the best. I've read the Jennifer Comeaux "On Ice " series and while they're good they aren't up with Lukov.
So I finished Pairing Off and enjoyed it. Would I recommend it, yes. Not on the Mariana Zapata level but interesting. It has skating, family drama, jealous ex's and HEA.
and like it, too. The only problem with books like this is that the characters aren't really fleshed out and the stories are so short, only 100+ pages or so.
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Banana Boat Thank you . I will read it then, I don't mind a bit of light reading after I finish my next book, since I am now reading the 4th installment in Tillie Cole's Hade's Hangmen series. That series is intense and not for the faint of heart.
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