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I finished The Savior yesterday. It was a good read, solid 4* for me. Would've been higher but felt a little insta-lovey for me which is one of my pet peeves. I liked the way at around 80% some stuff was resolved and I didn't know what would come next; I enjoyed not knowing where the story was going towards the end. Kept me interested.
Vanessa wrote: "Vinity... First of all, that's a lot of lambs. Good luck with all of that. Re: Archer's books, I agree with reading them, besides, book 5? is really a novella and is only worth it on kindle. I wou...
On audio I am minutes away from completing Queen of Air and Darkness. Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices, #3) by Cassandra Clare I must say that parts of the book were enjoyable, but some of it was like squeezing 5 lb's. of lard into a 1 lb. can. Too, too much! I would read about the children of Will and Tess, but I'm not interested in all of these auxiliary characters.
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SLIGHTLY SPOILER-ISH FOR QUEEN OF AIR AND DARKNESS
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Yeah this book pretty much ruined this world for me. I could deal with all the characters, though it feels like some were thrown in there just to make a point. But the plot was just ridiculous. And the person the book was named after? What was up with that?! Had nothing to do with the plot as bizarre as it was. Don't even get me started on the ending. I like bad people to get what's coming to them. I think most people do. And the love triangle in a YA book that stayed a triangle was just too much on top of all the other kinds of relationships going on. It was like she was using a checklist to make sure everyone was included whether or not it fit with the story. I just don't know if I can read any more of her books. I am so mad I paid hard cover price for this book. I am afraid to read the next books about Will and Tess' children because I loved those earlier books and don't want them tarnished.
Vanessa wrote: "Lisa,,, I was wondering the same thing. I am around 1/2 way through Queen of Air and Darkness. I want to see this series end so this will probably be my last Clare novel. They're good but tedious."I may not pick up any more of her books at all. This one made me angry for days afterward. Not a good feeling to have afterwards.....
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Douglas close your eyes - Anyone reading 
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About 80% through now. So far about a 4* for me. I really like it, just some nitpicks I have.
Just saw on Facebook from Karen Chance that Penquin Random House has dropped her after the next Cassie book in August. :( She says she will keep publishing them though on her own.
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Well, it's happened! My beloved Kindle Keyboard has died... so sad.. and now I have to replace it. Opinions... what do you all have anything to watch out for?"
I have loved my first generation paperwhite since it came out. Once in a while it gets sluggish and I have to reboot it. Other than that no problems (but I don't read same book on multiple devices.)
I also have a kindle fire and while I do like reading on it, I can only use it in the house (and not the sun room) because of the glare. Can't use it in car or outside.
Douglas wrote: "This was an ARC for a book that will release on the 22nd (7 days) and I have gotten so used to series it was great to have an amazing stand alone that was not part of a series. The author J.C. McKe...I really hope that Wild Country Wild Country (The World of the Others, #2; The Others, #7) by Anne Bishop isn't her last book in that series. I really fell into this new town, and some of the characters have to have their HEA's. I wonder if this is a ploy to generate more interest or is it just too hard to continue writing in this world. That would be a tragedy, at least for her readers. I have no interest in her Black Jewels series, I tried to read the first book, but it didn't grab me.
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RE: Others books. In the facebook group for fans, one of them said she went to a book signing and asked about more books, Ann said that the next 2 books would be Black Jewels but Jana & Virgil's story is not finished yet".
I read the first 2 books in the Ransom Canyon series. They were ok (rated 3* but probably should've been a 2* for me) but I doubt I will continue. They just felt "off" to me. People NEVER having a cell phone when they needed one because they continually leave them behind (multiple characters do this), too much inner monologue for characters and not enough events. The last one ended and I am still not clear on who the bad guy was. I read Virgin River last year and felt more connected to those. Maybe I will try Thunder Point. Not the cowboys I was looking for with Ransom Canyon, but I do like small town stories now and then.
And to really mix things up I finally started Circle of the Moon
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Just thought I would confirm for you all that the Hugh Jackman thing was most definitely a hoax.He messaged me again tonight. He kept talking in circles about global citizens and then said had to make a pledge to be on his team. I kept asking how that would be done trying to catch him in the scam. And he finally FINALLY just said it would be to his admin in SPAIN via a MONEY GRAM.
I can't stop laughing - money gram!!! Do they still have those?
But I have some cool screen shots of things like "Hugh Jackman has sent you a message" .....
In a weird way I am so glad he messaged me me again just so I know 100% it was not real. I was actually a tiny bit worried.
Now I am considering contacting Hugh Jackman's "people" somehow or someone at Global Citizens to make them aware of the scam. He is trolling Hugh's page that's how he picked me. I made another comment today and tonight he messaged me again. These people are sickos.
Still working on Wild Country, and loving it. I was distracted this weekend by someone claiming to be Hugh Jackman messaging me through Facebook instant messenger. A few friends said it could've been real, but some of the comments were just a little odd. And I find it hard to believe that Hugh Jackman would chat with me off and on from Friday night until Sunday morning and send stickers and GIFs via messenger then get so upset when I was not convinced it was him that he would get rude and just end the conversation by disconnecting from messenger (was not using messenger through facebook but through a phone). Not sure what type of scam it was. He did say if I gave an email address I could've joined his "online family" in his humanitarian efforts. But we never got that far before he got kinda huffy and disconnected.
Vanessa wrote: "I finished Wild Country 
2 days ago and after that and Circle of the Moon I can't seem to ge...On audio, I am listening to a very different series, (the first 3 books are available for 1 credit), called The Ministry of Curiosities series by C.J. Archer. The Last Necromancer The Last Necromancer (The Ministry of Curiosities, #1) by C.J. Archer is the first book and because there is so little info about the Male lead, (possible H?), I am intrigued. "
Please let us know how this turns out. Looks interesting!
Sharon wrote: "I just finished this series think someone on here recommended and I absolutely fell in love with it. The last one was amazing couldn't put it down sighhhhh wish there was more,[bookcover:Reluctant..."
I read the first one awhile back then stopped when I realized the 3rd one had been delayed for a long time. I'm hoping I will remember enough if I start reading the 2nd one now....
Finished Diplomats and Fugitives
, whic hwas pretty good. 4*Also finished DRAGON LORD: A Dragon Shifter Romance
which was fun. I liked the dragon humor "did they run out of virgin's in the village?" Gave it 3*And finished Ransom Canyon
last night. Some parts felt a little off to me but overall liked it and gave it 3*. I like "small town" series when in the right mood and this did capture my attention so will continue with the series. But up next is Wild Country
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Melindeeloo wrote: "Well I just dnf an audio after 7 hours with one chapter left, Into the Deep. It was a second chance NA romance and I got to the reuniting part and decided that I just don't care - e..."Wow! Once chapter left? Must've been pretty brutal.... hahaha
Doug, I liked both as well, though didn't love the first one. I did like Marrying Winterborne quite a bit though.
I'd rather a better book after waiting a bit as well. But I am glad I did not read book 1 yet, I'd never remember enough so now I will wait until closer to release of book 2.
From Jeaniene Frost's facebook page..._________________________________________
I’ve been dreading writing this post. So, I’m just going to rip off the bad news quick like a band-aid: the release date for Wicked Bite, the second Night Rebel novel featuring Ian and Veritas, has been pushed back from July 30th to January 28, 2020.
Ouch. Saying that hurt as much as I knew it would.
Short version of why Wicked Bite got pushed back: I’m not done writing it yet, and my publisher (any traditional publisher) requires several months at least to process a book after it’s turned in. It’s not just a matter of releasing Wicked Bite as soon as it’s gone through edits. My publisher has a lot of other books in their queue, so they had to find an opening. This required considerable juggling and I’m very grateful to them. Contractually, Avon could’ve waited until 2021 to release Wicked Bite, so they really hustled to get it into readers’ hands by slotting it in January 2020.
Why aren’t you done writing it yet, Jeaniene?
Another short answer for those who don’t want details: there was something wrong with it.
Long answer for those of you who do want details:
It takes me about nine to eleven months to write a book. Yes, other authors can do it much faster, but I can’t, and I am in continual denial about this. That’s why, after I turned in Shades of Wicked last year, I told my publisher I would have Wicked Bite done in six to eight months. Thus, they scheduled my July 30th release date.
Sigh. It almost worked. It would have been a tight turnaround time revisions-wise, but it was doable. However, as I was writing Wicked Bite, something kept feeling…off. I couldn’t put my finger on what. I kept combing through the pages trying to find the problem, and rewriting when I thought I had found it, but still, that “off” feeling persisted. It was so frustrating. Ever spent several minutes searching your pantry for an item you knew was there, but you just couldn’t seem to see it? That’s what it felt like, multiplied by months.
Eventually – much like when I yell to my husband “Where’s the ketchup? I know it’s in here!” and he comes over to look – I asked for help. In this case, I asked BFF and fellow author Ilona Andrews. I sent her everything I’d written and asked her to please find what was wrong.
Much like when my husband points to the ketchup bottle on the same shelf I’d been repeatedly searching, it didn’t take Ilona long. Also, much like that ketchup bottle, as soon as it was pointed out, I could suddenly see it, too. But unlike the “Here it is!” relief with the ketchup bottle, this wasn’t a quick fix. What was wrong with the book would require an extensive re-write.
Reader, I cried. My “turn in or else” deadline was too close to do that and keep my July 30th release date. I could either keep writing as fast as I could and HOPE I had time to fix it during my quick-turnaround revisions, or I could stop writing to revise it, which meant losing my summer release date, losing the money that came along with it (half my advance is held up until after publication) and disappointing all the readers who already thought July 30th was too far away.
Okay, I might have cried a lot. Poor Ilona. She’d only done what I asked her to do. She’d even stopped working on her own book to do it, and how did I thank her? Hiccup tears.
Anyway, after I hung up with Ilona, I thought about what to do. It didn’t take long. I’ve always told readers I couldn’t promise that they’d like my books, but I could promise that my books represented my best effort. I’m not breaking that promise now. I’d much rather have readers mad at me for a publication delay than mad at me for knowingly giving them a sub-par book.
So, I stopped writing and revised. It took a while, but now, I’m going forward without that horrible “something is wrong” feeling. I can’t tell you what a difference that makes. Please know that I am sorry for the release date being pushed back. I really am. But I’m not sorry that I’m going to give you a better book because of it. After all, I didn’t start writing just to push out books as fast as I could. I did it to share the characters and stories inside me. They deserve my best effort and so do you, readers. Always.
Hugs, apologies, and hugs again,
Jeaniene
Diane wrote: "So I just noticed something weird. I only read on kindle. Normally, when I finish a book and enter the rating it would post to my Reading Challenge and Books read automatically. I have had to add t..."Only thing I can think of is you have to have a finished reading date listed, otherwise it won't count.
