MJ’s Comments (group member since Dec 23, 2014)

MJ’s comments from the What's the Name of That Book??? group.

To varying degrees...

Daughter Trilogy Bundle
The Dark Age
Destined for Time

Archangel's Heart. Sloppy, holes everywhere, useless characters, convenient plots, and so much more! Def not up to NS standards, which some people agree with, but most still love it.

Thistles good... My fav is still bumblebee, but I've also discovered I like revelry too... and squish!

Megan wrote: "That's okay but the other that I can think it could be is Fifty Shades Darker by E.L James ?"

Hmmm, sadly, you know, that may be it... I just had a look and it's at least similar, but it doesn't quite match what's stuck in my head.

Might leave it open for a while and see if my brain adjust to it. Will let you know. Thx!

Kris wrote: "Once Upon a Billionaire by Jessica Clare - Megan's suggestion"

Not the one either, thanks for trying :)

Ruzza wrote: "Maybe one of the books in The Weekday Brides by Catherine Bybee. I do remember that in the first one he was a duke [spoilers removed]."

Not the one Ruzza, but thx!

Omg, you're right! I am a HUGE Nalini fan, but only of her fantasy stuff... I have been trying to reread this book (a trilogy of romance books) since last year, but just can't get into it... and I say can't instead of couldn't, because it was just last night I tried to read it again!

Thx. Might have a bit more success if I skip to that story ;)

you're in luck, pretty sure it's Myrren's Gift

MJ wrote: "Bump (marriage)"

I'll try Jilted

I think my problem was it was too much 'telling this or that happened' and not enough 'in the moment'. If it's incorporated in the original book, it can work, but needs more finesse if your going to keep it separate AND charge for it IMO. The other pov's always good tho. I hope she keeps the series going. I'd love to read about (view spoiler)[Jordan giving them all hell, and Chris finding his mate when he FINALLY makes it to Longstone. Plus, just to up the 'why people are chasing Sara count', it'd be great if we found out Nate & Emma managed to keep their immortality when Sara knocked off the vamhir! Hmmm, guess I'd better spoiler those, just incase ;) (hide spoiler)]

Probably not, but maybe Jilted. It was awhile ago that I read it, but I don't think the H was too agro about it.

The Haunting of a Duke

Funny, when I've checked this thread out in the past, I've always thought it was looking at things/opinions/politics 'above' my understanding/interest. In theory, there are reasons I wouldn't read someone's book, but I've never really come across them in practice (I've just looked up what NAMBLA means, and that is appalling and would def be on any list I had of boycotting an author). I'm a solid fiction girl, but there have been the occasional times I've heard about a biography being released and thought 'that would have some great stories... but I wouldn't buy it cause 'that person is an idiot and doesn't deserve my money or time', and even a few times I've declined a book because the person would be 'telling stories' about others who I like or respect, so I'm not going to hand some greedy bastard money to use them as bait for others buying their own bland story. Like it's been mentioned about movies a couple of times here, if it's got Tom Cruise in it, I'm not watching it. Same for Jim Carry. I was a HUGE fan of Jean Claude VanDam(? the 'roided up action actor from the '90's) growing up then I heard he was abusing his wife... I was done.

I will read, and enjoy reading about things that I would NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS condone or put up with in reality. Be it sex, abuse, dominance, weaknesses, evil, addictions, whatever, it doesn't bother me to read it, and I quite often enjoy the insights and resolutions that the authors can come up with. I can even get all 'awe, they are so happy' about the kidnapped torture victim stockholming with the abuser and getting their f'ed up HEA. The times it does bother me, it can usually be traced back to the 'bad' characters intent. I loved FSoG in all its ridiculousness, yet I think I read another 'bdsm' book around the same time and slammed it. They were both ill-informed, and anyone who pays any attention can see the Christian is a bad and dangerous Dom who no one should be trusting him to submit to as he was portrayed. The difference between the two Dom's that got to me was Christian was focused on 'making her submit to make her happy to make him happy'. The other Dom was focused on 'her submitting cause he needed to Dom someone'. There's even a cheesy fluff author with ridiculously simple, predictable and standard plots that I enjoyed reading for the easy HEA factor, but she wrote a second set which I kept wanting to reread, but couldn't make myself cause my teeth would start grinding at the thought... Over time I'd forgotten why it had bugged me, but recently made myself reread it. The first two of the second set were like nails on a chalkboard to me and were almost painful to read, but I knew that I had liked it the first time for some reason and couldn't pin point why it was so grating now... The final story in that set was great, and was what had had me not trying to shred my iPad to get rid of the first two books. The difference between the three was that the first two H's were intent on making their h's pay for both tempting them and for all other slights that previous woman had made. The third books was the standard 'may or may not have been looking for a wife' H, who didn't punish her for things she had nothing to do with. Again, I can put up with a lot of 'you should be hung for that' if the intent is right. Doormat h's for their own sakes is not something I will put up with... If it's not just part of a learning curve, I'm done.

As for people bring up authors that annoy them rather than being a political type choice... I'm all over that shit! I used to be a huge fan of Anne Rice, but finally gave up after she seemed to drop the vamp/witch series with no word... above someone mentioned she's a review hater and incites fans against bad reviewers, I never knew that, and can say if I was reviewing back then, I would have probably made her list. Not finishing series drives me up the f'ing wall. I can vent for hours on the subject, so here is my (not so) short opinion.

If an author starts a series, finish it. If you are a person who struggles to finish things like this or can't perform under the pressure of eager fans, either don't publish (harsh), or finish the series before you release. If you 'lose the thread of the story' or the shit hits the fan in your life and you can't finish it... MAKE THAT CLEAR! That means clearly letting the fans know what's going on, ie. 'I'm done and it won't be finished', or 'I'm majorly delayed, and I hope to finish one day, but will update you all in 6mths.' I think they should also make it clear on any earlier books in the series that remain up for sale that the series has stalled and will remain incomplete, or regular updates will added. It's the electronic age, the authors can update these items from their living rooms. People have spent hard earned money and time supporting their books and deserve to know what's going on if it's stalled. And on the editing front... It should be done. Releasing books that have the characters names spelt incorrectly, spelling mistakes and continuity errors isn't justified by saying 'I'm an Indi'. The occasional error happens, but when they are constant it's just not fair to publish it because you're too lazy to clean it up.

Sorry, might have gone a little off track... But you get my drift ;)

Gracie wrote: "The only two I have put on my ban for life list are Stephanie Meyer and E.L. James ..."

Why them Gracie?

Nothing Left to Lose

Electronic? If it is, have a look thru your recently purchased/downloaded list.?

Relentless. Love the series.

Just finished rereading cause Nik's pov came out. That was a bit of a let down. More expensive and just 'point, point, point' like a report to fill in the few blanks there were. There were a few good things about it, but not too much new info...

Think this is too new to be your book, but Existence has a similar plot.

Interesting consept (vamp mayor)