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

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

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "I finished . It was a solid 3.5 star read and I'm going to read the next one.

Also starting . I think a few of you have rea..."

I have read both and the whole "Blood Brothers" trilogy was excellent taken as a whole, some books better than others but a great story and one of the very few "horror" genre series I ever actually read and enjoyed since it was partially a paranormal romance also

The Governess Game is just plain old fun and entertaining IMHO :) Loved it

In other news the cover I ordered for about half price off of Amazon price arrived and it was for my version, works perfectly and appears to be pretty well built but does not have the little add-ons like the way to prop the book up like my nice expensive ones from Amazon do :) Anotehr note is that I really was kinda disappointed when my Paperwhite arrived since it was a bit smaller than anything else I use for reading but I adjusted pretty fast but the things seems to cut off fast if you lay it down for a minute, guess that is part of how it saves its battery for so long. I must say it seems to be a bit easier on the eyes

Well let me see if I can describe my mess of a day reading:

I wanted to add Broken Ice to my KU but it said I had 10 books already.

Solution: Read one of the books and then add Broken Ice so I grabbed My Best Friend, the Billionaire which worked out good since the book kinda sucked and was a DNF about 40% into it so went to erase it from my KU and ......... I had bought it for 99 cents to make room for another book (DAMN) so then I had to look through my KU list closely this time and ended up buying The Hellion for $1.99 so I could make room FINALLY for Broken Ice (don't judge me!)

In the middle of this chaos I did stumble up on a book I preordered by Tessa Dare that sounds like it will be a ton of fun in Aug when it releases :) The Wallflower Wager

Vanessa wrote: "Doug... I see from your A-Z challenge entry that you received an ARC of Circle of the Moon. Lucky you! I tried for an ARC on NetGalley and I ..."

Finishing up the last few pages, it is slow going in parts since at the very heart of this book it is like a police procedural trying to fit all the parts together and getting pieces of it as you go along, looks like it is going to be a BIG finish LOL Nell is such a multi-faceted character it just makes it hard to compare it to anything else.

My KU just does have enough slots to hold all my shiny new books I am finding :( This one caught my eye and I have liked most things by both of these authors so I wanted it (along with the other 10 books in my KU queue) !

Broken Ice

Well this is what I bought, Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 10th Generation 2018 Folio Case Cover Shockproof looks good and feedback was good, we shall see but it is a great price

https://www.ebay.com/itm/202487457710

@Melindeeloo - Midnight Valentine looked good so it got my last slot in my KindleUnlimited

@LAB - I grabbed a Fintie off of eBay for less than $10 and it looked just like the one on Amazon for about $20, we shall see when they both arrive :)

Thanks for the reminder BTW

I knew I would forget to keep this up to date LOL, now I got to catch up

HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Doug, try ebay for the cover. ..."

Thanks, did not even think of that, got to be cheaper than $40

Vanessa wrote: "If by chance that there is anyone here who hasn't read these...

Shelly Laurenston Bundle: The Beast In Him, The Mane Event, Big Bad Beast & Bear Meets Girl (The Pride Series) Kindle Edition is onl..."

That IS a great deal

Well I finally broke down and traded in 2 of my old Kindles which got me $20 off plus 25% off a new paperwhite so it was $99 plus tax when the deed was done, probably get the leather cover later but $40 for a cover seemed a bit much

Melindeeloo wrote: "Hey everybody:)
I am in need of a romance fix, I am looking for a good contemporary romance with a hero that is not an overbearing alpha type - i love friends to lovers or other such where the bal..."

OK, take 2 - try this trilogy, actually they can be read as stand alone pretty much but I read the 3 about these brothers and none of the others and it was seamless. You can skip the first 3 and lose pretty much nothing and read these 3 (books 4-5-6) they were solid 4 Star for me

Leave The Night On

When the Stars Come OutSet the Night on Fire

Set the Night on Fire

UPDATE: Just saw where you already read it (and did not like it as much as me LOL)

Melindeeloo wrote: "Hey everybody:)
I am in need of a romance fix, I am looking for a good contemporary romance with a hero that is not an overbearing alpha type - i love friends to lovers or other such where the bal..."

A few of us tried this one and liked it, it has a lot of sexual talk but not that much of the actual act , I should have hated it but the author really showed some skill in making this close to a "can't-put-it-down" read my review and maybe it will help. I did love it

The Billionaire’s Wake-up-call Girl

@Monadh - their customer service for reviewers is pretty close to non-existent, trying to get an idea what they want in a review is another useless quest. I seem to have benefited but have no idea how or why other than just sheer quantity??? I have had some popular reviews on things that are not literary related, have no idea if the diversity helps or not. I wrote a review on furnace filters that garnered over 150 "helpful" votes in less than 2 months but probably

For those of us who were not 100% sure what comes next after Summoned to Thirteenth Grave this is a bit of a hint she just posted a few hours ago.

https://www.facebook.com/darynda.jone...

There were a series of novellas that preceded the "Throne of Glass" and I loved them, they were assembled into 1 book later The Assassin's Blade , I managed to get through the first 2 "Throne of Glass" novels before the love triangle just bored/irritated me too much and I never went back.

Since Jan 15th I have posted 15 reviews, these 15 reviews have generated exactly 6 "helpful" votes. Somehow in the world of Amazon math, I went from Top Reviewer #212 to #199 (highest I have ever been) but while I do like that I can't feel as much pride as I might since I can't come up with ANY type of math that gives those kinds of results?????? I really start to wonder if there is a random number generator involved :)

He just released a new collection on KU of the first 7 books of The Kurtherian Gambit for free on KU or $5.99 to buy, those of us who are already addicted think this is a steal LOL

Kurtherian Gambit Boxed Set One: Books 1-7, Death Becomes Her, Queen Bitch, Love Lost, Bite This, Never Forsaken, Under My Heel, Kneel or Die

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J5WCP39

@Frisco - wait until you are on like book #20+ and still addicted LOL