Moderatrix Lori 's comments

Moderatrix Lori 's comments from the Urban Fantasy group.

Note: Moderatrix Lori is no longer a member of this group.

I'm involved in two reading challenges this month...9 books each so I've had to hunt and hunt to get the books I needed for the challenges. Here's what I got:

For the "New Author" challenge:
A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
Dark Protector by Alexis Morgan
The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter
The Smoke Thief by Shana Abé
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Moon Called by Partricia Briggs
Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson

For the other challenge:
#1. February: Read a book whose author's first or last name starts with the letter "F" - Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
#2. Valentine's Themes: Read a book that has a predominantly color "red" cover - Wolf Tales II by Kate Douglass
#3. Read a book whose title has either the following words: kiss, heart or love - Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole
#4. Read a book that has a kissing couple on its cover - If you Dare by Kresley Cole
#5: Read a book that you have chosen from the shelves of one of our February B-day Celebrants - Dark Protector by Alexis Morgan
#6. Geography: Read a book whose author, setting or a character is from New Zealand - Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh
#7 Love-A-Genre: Read a book from your favorite genre - Erotica - Interstellar Service & Discipline Series: Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke
#8. Share-the-Love: Read a book written by a Good Reads Author - Dark Elves V: Discovery by Jet Mykles
#9. Read a book that was published in 2008 - A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
#10. Read a book that has a person's name on the title. (Ex. Elijah, Megan's Mark, etc) - Mona Lisa's Blossoming by Sunny
"Pick It For Me" - Claiming the Courtesan by Anna Campbell

I just finished A Fistful of Charmsand I liked it but found myself wishing I could just finish it quicker so I could move on to Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry 7). I like the characters but I'm not as emotionally invested in them as I am is some of my other favorite series. I find myself struggling sometimes to understand the vampire society she has created which can be a little frustrating. I will continue reading them but they will never be at the top of my TBR pile.

Ladykati - hope you enjoy the BDB. It's one of my favorite series.

Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton, Anita Blake series
Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dark Hunter series

These two are fabulous!

Thanks Theresa. I wasn't sure where to put it.

Okay, I'm shamelessly pimping a new group I started. It's an erotica disscusions group for singles. Come on over and join us...the conversation is sure to be stimulating :)

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1186...

Recently purchased all of the Wolf Tales books, 1 through 6, by Kate Douglas.

Also got all of the Black Dagger Brotherhood books. Some I got from the library the others I had to buy.

Waiting to be picked up at the library is "Love at First Bite".

Megan, I love Cole's books and have a group devoted to them. Check us out at Immortals After Dark.

Ranata, Max and Bella don't break up but their story ends before the baby is born. There was so much made of the importance of this baby aka "the sword" that I thought we'd learn more about the kid. I can definitely imagine another book. There is plenty of story left to tell.

And yes, the ending for Cyrus is terrible. We get no closure. He witnesses the big climatic battle scene between his dad and Carrie but it just ends there for him. I'm assuming he survived but there's nothing else about him in the rest of the book. There has to be a sequel in her head somewhere.

Yea, the golem were kind of strange. I kept wondering how they were going to get rid of them when they no longer needed them.

Max and Bella's story would have made more sense if it had continued after she had the baby and reached some logical conclusion. Maybe there's another book to come and that union will have some greater significance.

And what the heck happened to Cyrus? I want to know how my boy's doing. I can't believe she just left it hanging that way as if he wasn't a major character that we cared about.

I'm almost finished with book 3 and will start book 4 today. I was so mad when Carrie turned Cy that I wanted to smack her too Ranata. As I kept reading I started to feel a little better about it but now she has made such a mess of her relationship with Nathan. The menage dream she had! OMG! I know, I sound like a 13 year old but OMG!! I love Cyrus and Nathan. I'm sure it will be resolved somewhat in book 4 but how would you choose?

Tabitha, after you've read the first one come over to the group to talk about it. Right now, I'm doing all of the talking and I'm starting to feel a little strange about it :)

I wasn't sure where to put this so I hope you won't mind me posting this here...

Hi everyone! Since I love Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark series and enjoy discussing them almost as much as reading them, I've started my own group, Immortals After Dark.

If you love her books too, please come join us.

I loved the lost boys and even had the soundtrack. There's a scene where they are down on the boardwalk and there is a bare chested guy playing the sax. He was Tina Turner's sax player and so hot! Great song too.

I just joined this group of the same name, and was pleasantly suprised that some of my favorite books are on this list. They are included in the horror chapter but are there nonetheless.

Dead Until Dark by Charlenne Harris
Dead Witch Walking By Kim Harrison
Guilty Pleasures By Laurell K. Hamilton

The Historian is also included though and I just could not get into that book and won't even finish it. I really hate to give up on books but I have way too many great books on my to read list to waste time on something I'm not enjoying.

I'm almost finished with Dead Witch Walking and it definately got better the deeper I got into the book. It just seemed to take awhile for me to get invested in the characters. I think because I just finished several books that had characters that I loved. Epecially Sookie. She's a hard act to follow!

Ranata, if you have not read City of Bones and City of Ashes yet, you've got to. I think you will really like them. I can't wait for the third book to come out. If I had to pick between the Twilight books and these, it would be very hard.

Okay. Ya'll got me fired up to start some of these series so I just came home from Borders with Guilty Pleasures, Laurell K. Hamilton, Dead Witch Walking, Kim Harrison, Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris & A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray. There's other series I want to start but I couldn't find the first book so I guess I'll have to order them. Now...which one do I start first?

Right Ranata! And he has no room to talk since he spends all day playing World of Warcraft! Who's the nerd? He's actually a champion water ski show skier too so he's not really your typical pale, pasty, obsessed gamer, but I like to tease him about it anyway.

Somebody already probably mentioned Moonlight but I liked that show pretty well. Of course it was cancelled after one season because every show I really like gets cancelled. I've watched Supernatual a few times but never really got into it. I also liked Tru Calling and will occasionally watch Ghost Whisperer. I wish there was a fantasy TV channel so these types of shows had their own venue.