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

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

I have been enjoying a KU series find
How to Save an Undead Life
How to Claim an Undead Soul
How to Break an Undead Heart
How to Dance an Undead Waltz I just started the fourth one

well I just spent a bunch of time writing a post with all the great things I read this week only to fall victim to the terrible interface on my fire :)

The best were the new Grace Draven , and the new Toby Daye .

Also good that are less well known

I am on a good roll and have enjoyed the last few books I've read. I read A Devil in the Details for a pick-it-for-me challenge and continued on and read the next four books - I liked the normal guy hero who is a modern day samuri demon fighter who wins back the souls of those who made "deals".
Also for the challenge - but on my to read shelf because of recs from y'all - Just One Damned Thing After Another was a great action packed read - I loved the heroine and the way that she morphs the job for time traveling historians. I've already down loaded the next for after I catch up with some newer releases.

i just finished listening to a fun (very smexy though) contemporary Stud in the Stacks. He's a librarian who writes a romance book blog - and can rec the perfect romance to any one. Part of the fun was the name dropping of many romance books and authors that us die hard romance readers will recognize. He is sexy but very likable - a sucker for a DinD and he helps the leading lady realize how awesome she already is.

I am finally caught up on the Elantra series, now I just need to wait for the next book as the last one was pretty much a part 1 of 2. As such, it wasn't my favorite of the series, but I still enjoyed it.

I have also been doing some kindle reading in addition to my listening

Companion Pieces: Stories from the Old World and Beyond was a nice collection for fans of the Scarlett and Lex series. It had a couple of fill in the blanks stories , I am hiding the summary under a spoiler tag for those who aren't caught up with the last couple Scarlett books (view spoiler)[the resolution for Sashi and Will who started out with their own short in Blood Sick and who have been side characters throughout the series, and the arrival of Scarlett's baby,
as well as two follow on stories in the aftermath of Midnight Curses (hide spoiler)]

I also read a new to me UF series starter as part of a reading challenge A Devil in the Details - I thought this was pretty good and will read the next one. He's a modern day Samuri and fights demons for the souls of those who've made "deals". I like that he's middle aged and has a family. Except that he's not particularly religious, he reminds me of Michael from the Dresden series.

Vanessa wrote: "Good luck Vinity. I hope that everything bypasses you and your town. It could happen.

On an entirely different note, the book that has been anticipated for many years will be released on Septembe..."

I like the Finishing School series, I've only listened to one of the daughter's books.

The first october daye book >was< weird, but the series gets much better it goes on.

Douglas wrote: "@Melindeeloo - I went and looked at the Elantra books and they are all pretty much 500 page books, is the story riveting enough to keep you interested for 500 pages in each book?"

i am doing them in audio (at 1.75 speed) so I didn't realize that they were 500 pages. I've kept interested in them the whole way though each book. The MC is forthright and caring even when dealing with
powerful "people". The world has magic and several different races in additions to humans. The MC is the equivalent of a beat cop and the stories normally have some kind of investigation that ties into some significant political/cultural aspect of on of the other races. Part of the appeal is the continuing cast. As an analog I would say that it is somewhat like the October Daye series. This one has no romance even though six or so books were part of the audible romance package. I don't know what these are like in print, since the reader's performance potentially can make up for short comings in some types of stories. But I've enjoyed them.

Somehow I've missed my forum fix for the last couple of days...

Vanessa, hoping for the best possible outcome for your gran.

Lisa, congrats on the newest grandbaby.


I am finally to the last of the Elantra books in audio, still enjoying them.

Can I just say that I am envious of those of you who still have big bookstores in town? I miss my Borders and Barnes and Nobles....

Finished Magic Triumps and thought it was a good wrap up, look forward to more in that world.

Still on my Elantra marathon, on book 10 and still going strong, I don't mind that there's no romance. What was kind of weird though is that now that I finished all the free one in the audible romance package, I moved on to the ones that I could get from Hoopla. Hoopla has a different player that keeps dumping me back to one times speed, which made me realize that the reader that I love at 1.75 speed is agonizing at normal speed. At 1.75 she just sounds energetic/peppy. I didn't fall in love with audiobooks until I discovered that I could speed them up, I am a fast text reader and just didnt have the patience for normal speed and all the measured pauses.

Douglas wrote: "For anyone who has read the new series by Keri Arthur The Lizzie Grace Series this is really a great series, seems to get a bit better each book, reading book #3 Hunter Hunted.

Fir..." I enthusiastically second this. It is my favorite of Arthur's series so far.

Vanessa wrote: "Liz... The latest T.S.Joyce book is out, Redemption of a Wolf and is about the Wolf half brother of Rike and Ramsey Blackwood. This is the ..."

Ditto on audible, seems like it could sync when it marks the audio finished...

I am still working my way through the Elantra series in audio and still enjoying them. I am up to Cast in Chaos

I did read Hell's Bell so I am ready for the next.

I did a reread of Hugh's book - this time in audio - I liked the male reader and enjoyed it just as much the second time around (still think the sex scene is weird though)

I also listened to my last untried Zapata book Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin - a good friends to lovers with lots of goofy banter

DemetraP wrote: "If anyone liked Ilona Andrews Kinsmen series, Silent Blade and Silver Shark and A Mere Formality, a special limited edition bound in leather for $75 is coming out in December. Here are the details ..."

I really like those three stories - even if Mere Formality is a total tease since it is so short- Silent Blade is a good revenge story. Ive read all three multiple times. $75 is alot though, I wonder if it is illustrated like Clean Sweep.

I got a bit sidetracked. Felt more like kindling yesterday than listening,

so i read Wolves and Daggers steampunk loosely inspired by red riding hood. This was KU, not earth shattering but decent.

And Blood Kissed, which I enjoyed. A big plus for this was the lusty id of most of author Arthur's leading ladies was spilt into a separate character which helped alot. I already dl'd the next book.

Happy Bday Vanessa, hope it's the start of another great year!!!
Did you have fun at the anniversary party yesterday?

Carol wrote: "Melindeeloo - The "Cast In" series was one of my favorites. However by book 8 & 9 I lost interest. The journey to the West March did me in. The author ruined one of my favorite characters... sort o..."

Oh that's too bad.

LAB☺ wrote: "Well, I finished the Virgin River series. Overall I enjoyed the series and would give a 3* - 3.5* for the series as a whole. A few individual books got 4*. Most books seemed to have that one or two..."

Coop starts off the thunder point series and then is a continuing character - but not as prominent as jack was in virgin river.