LoveYourShelf (LAB☺)’s Comments (group member since Jun 16, 2017)

LoveYourShelf (LAB☺)’s comments from the Read, Reading, Planning to Read and More group.

TINNGG wrote: "I did read the epilogues (think ROTK level of ending here). It...doesn’t tell about everyone’s fate but those two are ok anyway. Funny that I never picked up on those hallows being mentioned in the..."

The bad guy in Fever (the one that was involved with Mac's sister) was the bad guy in The Immortal Highlander (Adam's book), that's how he ends up in the human world.

I also didn't care for character's being messed with after getting their happier endings in their books, that's why I'm hoping things work out, lol. But I love the Fever books anyway.

I'm doing a re-read of the Highlander series by Karen Marie Moning then will be moving on the a full Fever series reread so I will know WTH is going on the last book and can really enjoy it.

A lot of stuff mentioned in Fever was first seen in the highlander books (the hallows - spear, sword etc.) so I am really trying to pay attention to those details again. I'm on Daegus' book now, and last I heard he was not faring so well in the Fever books, and just saw Christian for the first time as a teenager and he was a hot mess the last time I read about him in Fever - hoping these two end up ok. But some characters were already killed off so who knows....

Georgiana wrote: "Hi all. I'm hoping for some information from the Charlaine Harris readers. I've never actually read any of her books but I'm considering the Gunnie Rose series. My problem is that I watched True Bl..."

I watched the first few True Blood shows and at first was very close to the books. Then there was just too much stuff added into the show and I stopped watching.

The Sookie books are very good, I enjoyed them. There are different men in her life throughout the series. Its been a long, long time since I read them, but its not like a Kate & Curran thing throughout the series. I don't recall cheating or anything but just breakups for various reasons and meeting someone else.

Gunnie Rose is a very different type of book. There is one love interest with its own difficulties that need to be overcome. Even with all the killing and some dark moments its also full of humor (at least I think its funny at times). :)

Just popping on to say that I am enjoying the Gunnie Rose books by Charlaine Harris.

Takes a bit of getting used to with the world building and there's a lot of killing. I just love Lisbeth (main character). I did not care for the plot of book 2 as much so 3* for that one but the other 2 have been 4* for me.

Line from last book as Lisbeth is making lunch, and the woman who owns the house she is in comes and apologizes because she is a guest in the house:

Who did she think was going to make lunch? I'd killed the maid.

(Don't worry, the maid was a bad guy.)

Oh and another thing about the different kindle fires.....

My older one has a feature where you can set it to automatically adjust the screen for the amount of light in the room. It adjusts by itself and I could read in the car with daylight no problem, no glare. This newer one does not have that feature so I am constantly adjusting the lighting on my own, and it s a pain.

HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "I just bought a new Kindle Fire - the newest version - and since I am an old fogey and detest change, I'm not happy with it. For starters, docs are found in a new utilities icon. When I sent a coup..."

I switched to the kindle fire I had given to my mom before she passed and it is newer than mine. I would open a doc from my cloud to read and it would open, but if I closed the kindle I would sometimes be back on the home screen next time I opened it. So I looked in docs and in the kindle app on it and it was nowhere. So I would have to download again, and it kept starting at the beginning. I like this kindle because it is much lighter than my other one, but I like the other one's features better. This one is also very glitchy - freezes often and have to wait for it to respond, sluggish when I open things, etc.

Finished my series reread of Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega books. Phew! Now I need to do a Fever series reread before I read the last book. Its been way too long and I want to love the last book. But I'm going to hold off a bit and get to some of these first.

I jut pre-ordered the next Patricia Briggs' book from Adventures Underground which will be a signed copy because Patty stops in there to sign all her books. Its full list price plus shipping makes it about $10 more for me than on Amazon since I have Prime, but worth it to me to have a signed copy and help out a small business. (

(If you preorder a signed copy you need to put in the notes section if you want just a signature or personalized note)

I believe all the Briggs books in stock are signed as well, if anyone wants something signed by her:
https://www.advunderground.com/search...

I went to the Used Book Superstore after my daughter's doctor appointment today, since we already were only 15 minutes away (its about an hour from my house).

I scored a first edition hardcover of and a hardcover of Patricia Briggs duololgy with Wolfsbane & Masques, and a hardcover of , plus a Kate Daniels MMP since I am trying to complete that series too.

And then finally the book I ordered off Amazon came today. Its a hardcover of . It goes for like $300-$600 online. I got an ex-library copy for $21 and used amazon points so it was free for me. It was in better condition than I expected. I managed to get the plastic library covering off and the dust jacket is in great shape. Only issue is a giant stamp with the name of the library across the top pages when the book is closed. But you can't see it when the book is shelved. It also has a stamp inside with a date and one of those magnetic things so you can't steal it. I'm very happy with it, since I would never spend the hundreds on it and this was the last difficult book to get for this series in hardcover. I just need Fair Game hardcover now and that's like $8 used online.

I'm doing a series reread of Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega - chronologically with the short stories from Shifting Shadows intermixed.

Anyway, this part in Moon Called struck me differently since the "Bran revelation".

(Bran and Mercy in her motel room)
**
He sighed heavily and leaned back in the chair, balancing it on two legs, his own legs dangling in the air.

"People don't do that," I told him.
He raised an eyebrow. "Do what?"
"Balance like that - not unless they're teenage boys showing off for their girlfriends."
He brought all four legs back on the floor abruptly. "Thank you." Bran liked to appear as human as possible, but his gratitude was a little sharp. I took a hasty sip of cocoa so he wouldn't see my amusement.
**

The FINAL Fever book by Karen Marie Moning is coming out in February.

I just heard the delay was because she had long term CO2 poisoning (like 2 years) and suffered cognitive issues she had to overcome.

Kingdom of Shadow and Light

DemetraP wrote: "Has anyone read author Amelia Hutchins?

I've heard The Fae Chronicles is good. Fighting Destiny is book 1. I've never heard of it before so I guess it's not very popular?

Looking for opinions fro..."

I had it on my list for awhile but never got to it. It did get some hype a while back. If I recall I didn't bother because a common complaint was the editing was bad and that really irks me. But corrections could've been made since then, it was a couple of years ago.

Douglas wrote: "Well I just got an email from Amazon saying that my preorder of Tessa Dare upcoming book "The Bride Bet (Girl Meets Duke, book 4) " had been cancelled and I was WTF?? So I got the below information..."

I met Tessa Dare at book signing, she was super nice. Hope she is better soon.

Vanessa - did you meet Tessa Dare that day we met up at Mohegan Sun?

Karen Chance was dropped by her publisher. She's doing independent publishing now soshe can finish the series. I love the Cassie Palmer series and the Dorina books. She does go on facebook regularly letting people know what's going on, if there are delays, etc.

speaking of authors/series that have not moved forward, what about Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole? I have been waiting YEARS to read this series because of reported cliff hangers, etc. Next book says 2021 but no date. (Last book was 2018)

I don't even ask any more about IAD books from her. I guess Munro was supposed to be next. I know I shouldn't complain, I mean these authors are human beings with lives to live and their own problems and issues and it sounds selfish of me. I just like series to actually end and not leave people hanging.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "LAB☺ wrote: "So did anyone read A Warm Heart in Winter? Vanessa? Where are my BDB buddies! I have a question! lol

Question: [spoilers removed]

I did round up to 4* because the boo..."

issues: (view spoiler)[Kinda wondering why Luchas character was even brought up/ "saved" only to end like this. It was strung along through several books. I also kinda wondered why they didn't give him a room in the mansion and instead kept him in the clinic all this time. Since he liked the pool I guess to be close to that. This was something Quinn thought afterwards as well. But still seems off, that no one ever thought of him until they went to visit him there. I guess the whole suicide topic is a hard one to do obviously. Just don't get why he was put through that suffering and stretched through multiple books only to have this. Just to give Quinn something to have to deal with all this time? Or Ward just didn't know what to do with him and got rid of him? I guess I have to remember not everything in BDB land is a happy ending....we learned this early on with with Wellsie. And the ending with his secret love just it made it worse for me. (hide spoiler)]

So did anyone read A Warm Heart in Winter? Vanessa? Where are my BDB buddies! I have a question! lol

Question: (view spoiler)[did we ever find out where that black robe Luchas wore when he died came from? (hide spoiler)]

I did round up to 4* because the book made me cry. But I did have some issues with it.

Douglas wrote: "Well for those like me who believe this book will never be published, it has been moved to Oct 2021, I have had it on preorder for almost 4 years

Wherever You Are (A KGI Novel Book 12)

https://ww..."

there's another book by Maya Banks that keeps getting pushed out year after year. It was book 3 in a highlander trilogy. Its been like 4 years now. Something about the publisher changed and they have to wait for some reason blah blah blah.

Just saw on Patricia Briggs facebook page that she stopped at a local bookstore and signed all the copies they had in stock of her books, and she will be back next month sign the new book coming out.

The store ships, so I bought the last 2 Mercy books in hardcover that I needed. So I get signed copies and supporting a local business (even if not local to me).

If anyone is interested here's the facebook post on her page:
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialPatr...

Here's the link to the books on the store site:
https://www.advunderground.com/Search...

Vanessa wrote: ""Btw, Happy New Year everyone! Can't ever remember being so happy to see a year end and head into a new one!"

Amen to that Lulu! I think that we all agree!

Bec McMaster is part of an all dragon s..."

It looks like the Bec McMaster book is her first book her dragon series Heart of Fire so some folks might already have it. I know I do! This is the one where they used my review as front matter in the later books. I'm thinking of purchasing them all in paperback for my shelves just because of that.....