Melindeeloo’s Comments (group member since Jun 15, 2017)

Melindeeloo’s comments from the Read, Reading, Planning to Read and More group.

Congrats Lab, your store looks lovely from your Facebook page. If I lived anywhere remotely in your neck of the woods, I'd be there all the time :)

DemetraP wrote: "I have all of the Ilona Andrews books. But that is a good sale."

I do too (and bet that most of us do too), but gifts?! The book devouring hoard needs new members;)

Most of the Ilona Andrews Hidden Legacy books are on sale now in Kindle - if anyone doesn't have them yet. 1,2,5 and 6 are .99 and 4 is 1.99 (3 and the novella are the only ones not on sale)

.99
Burn for Me
White Hot
Ruby Fever
Emerald Blaze
1.99
Sapphire Flames

I don't know if I mentioned that I was listening to the first Hidden Legacy book since it just came out in graphic audio, but I finished that and decided I couldn't wait gor the next one graphic audio and just dove into the the reread in mixed ebook and regular audio and I've now finished all the Nevada books and most of the Catalina ones - I only have the last one to go. I think I like the first Nevada book and the Connor - Nevada pairing much less. The uber Alpha guy doesn't really do it for me anymore and kidnapping and torture as a meet cute....? That said the second Catalina book yotally worked for me and her and Allesandro - there was so so much that was good about the character development for both of them, not to mention a grest mystery. Loved it even more. On to the final book and I am already lamenting that there isn't any more in this series.

I just finished up with Annette Marie's two Guild Codex series. They are free through KU and Audible plus so I shifted back and forth between reading and listening. I still really liked these in my second read/listen. Hope the author continues to recover from her post concussion syndrome, sounds like it's been a long road.

Up next, Burn for me Graphic Audio snd the new Molly Harper A Proposal to Die For

I am done with the Archangel books too, I just got tired of the whole thing. I think illium and aodhan's book was the last one I read. (I still get suckered into Psychangling from time to time even though I find the books a bit prose-y)

Finished the latest Kate Daniels that was just released in graphic audio (second to the last) just loved Roman the Dark Volvh wedding planner;)

I've pretty much reread all the llona Andrews Kate Daniels World books and the Kinsman. I was going to start the hidden legacy but saw that they are going to be released as graphic audios, so I'll wait.

In the meantime, i found the Annette Marie Three Mages and A Margherita book series is free right now with audible plus so I started listening to those - it's been awhile since I read the series - it took a bit to get rolling but I enjoyed the first enough to yo continue. Hope everyone is doing well and everyone's team are winning;)

Vanessa wrote: "I've been listening to an excellent Historical murder series. It is the Redmond and Haze Mystery Series. Jason Redmond is an American Civil War Captain who inherits a title and an estate in England..."

These sound good.

I am well into a relisten of the murderbot diaries, these are so good. There is just something so appealing about the lead who is a amagram of bio and hardware and how it learns to interact with humans(if it must) and how it deals with all those pesky new emotions.

@LoveYourShelf (LAB☺) ... I saw on your shop's facebook that you were at a Lucy Score signing. Is she as funny in person as she is in her newsletter?

That works for me too. I just finished listening to the kate and curran go Europe story (Magic Rises), and then Hugh's book and Derek's (Magic Stars).

Magic Rises was a Graphic Audio, I really like the full cast audiobooks. I see that Hidden Legacy is in the works now too for those - I am so excited about that since there are so many good characters in Nevada's family.

I've been on a good roll. I read The Blonde Identity and The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year - both by the same author and both fun. Blonde has a woman with amnesia being targeted by the enemies of her spy sister and on the run while being protected by another spy of dubious trustworthiness. Wonderful Crime has two rival mystery writers trying to solve the locked door disappearance of their host. Both have romance.

I also really enjoyed my ARC of Death at a Highland Wedding book 4 in Kelly Armstrong's Rip through time series. This one was a little different since it's out in the country, but I am still liking this series alot.

Vanessa wrote: "Melindeeloo... I don't know how I got on her ARC lists, but I love Kelley Armstrong's writing and that series is so good. I agree edge of your seat, and you just never know who will do what!! I lov..."

I totally agree, i like all of her new series!

Vanessa wrote: "Just wanted folks to know that the next book in Deanna Raybourn's "Killers of a Certain Age" series "Kills Well With Others" is being released on March 4th. The first book was excellent and I'm rea..."

Oh I liked that one too. Yay for a sequel!


I just finished listening to the latest Rockton. Had me on the edge of my seat in the last half hour or so, since I just 'knew' what was coming. It's sort of Armstrong's formula at this point. Still thought it was good though.

I am listening to the graphic audio of Magic Breaks Dramatized Adaptation I forgot that I had it. I always forget how much I love thus series. Speaking of graphic audio, I didn't realize that first five Mercy Thompson books were available in graphic audio too. If I hadn't done a series reread last year I'd be tempted...

TINNGG glad to hear thing are going well for your son. I am jealous about the book store trip. I remember prowling the bookstores fondly in the old days....

I did get approved for The Other Side of Now on NetGalley. I thought it was good - I am a sucker for an element of magic in stories and this has a bit of a peek at roads not taken and is partly set in Ireland. It also has a goodreads giveaway going for a couple more days if it sounds interesting and you don't want yo wait til it comes out in June. There is also a touch of romance though it isn't the main part of the story - so more womens fiction.

LoveYourShelf (LAB☺) wrote: "Melindeeloo wrote: "LoveYourShelf (LAB☺) wrote: "If you have a netgalley account the new Katherine Center that comes out in May ...

I'm reading it now. Love it so far!"

I really enjoyed it! It could have used just a tiny bit more of the male lead in the epilogs - instead of just mentioning their lives in passing. So, I'd classify it more as womens' fiction than romance, even though I thought the was a good connection developed between the leading lady and the leading man. But I really liked her learning to love herself over the course of the story and I liked the aunt and her gal pal group.

I also finished an ARC of Behooved which was a cute fantasy romance with two sort of misfit-y leads who start as antagonistic strangers - both of them think that the other has coerced them into their arranged marriage. It has magic - he is cursed by accident to be a horse by day and man by night during a failed assassination attempt.
I also finally finished Only Cold Depths, which took me a long time since I haven't been listening as much lately and since I was weirdly disappointed that this wasn't the last book in the series - I thought it was a trilogy for some reason. I still enjoyed it and will read the next, i was just hoping that the author would switch to the next pair. Somehow the getting under the annoying male characters facade and the antagonistic relationship with the female character really feels promising.

HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "One of my favorite audiobook series was Murderbot.

All Systems Red"

I love these too. I think this us the reread I've been searching for since I'm done with my light christmas reads which spun off into a KU series read of Lucy Score's Blue Moon series after reading The Mistletoe Kisser