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

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

So I have $80 in gift cards at Barnes & Noble. You think I could find anything to buy at the store?! I primarily read on kindle but will buy DTB copies of favorites. Nothing. Their in-store selection is awful. And they have authors in different parts of the store - found Ilona Andrews in both scifi/fantasy and romance. But the selection was poor. They didn't even have lake Silence and only a couple of earlier Ann Bishop books. Other authors were not on shelves at all. I know I can shop online but since there is store not far I prefer to to actually buy in store. I ended up getting the hardback version of Queen of Air and Darkness only because I had a 20% off coupon and the gift cards, and because I got the first 2 in hardback used from the used book store near my house, so now I have the trilogy in the same formats for my OCD.

They did have Muse of Nightmares in hard back but book 1 Strange the Dreamer was in paperback, and I couldn't do it. If I am going to buy them I want them to be the same. So I guess I will wait until book 2 is in paperback. Meanwhile, I still have $59 left in giftcards....maybe I will look at their site after all....

Finished reread of Seventh Grave and No Body. Really glad I'm rereading this series, I forgot so much.

Of the 132 books I have read so far this year, these were my favorites:

Becoming A Vincent
Going Wild
Strange the Dreamer
Muse of Nightmares
Diamond Fire
Phoenix Unbound
Dark Queen
Storm of Desire
Clash of Storms
Magic Triumphs
Iron and Magic
Lake Silence
High Voltage
Burn Bright
The Thief
Hot and Badgered
Ride the Fire
The Kingpin of Camelot
That Guy
Shadow's Bane

Series I binged on: Virgin River, Louisiana Longshot

Finished Fifth Grave Past the Light. Since I am reading these in a row, the humor is starting to not be as effective. But I am getting a great refresher on events and who everyone is.

One line that did crack me up:

Cookie: "If I was a guy, would you think I was attractive?"
Charley: "Hon, if I was a guy, I would be gay."
Cookie: "Yeah, me too."

Vanessa wrote: "Mindy... I happen to like Feehan's "Reapers". They are just different enough to keep me interested. I just hope that she doesn't develop a story for all of the Shadow Keepers in the universe, so to..."

I was literally just scrolling through my facebook feed and it was right there about a character dying. First sentence of the post. Sigh. I normally do read favorites as they come out, but after I read the first book when I could barely remember who these people were (set up from last Immortal Instruments book) I thought I would wait until the last 2 came out and read them together. But the flaw in that plan was that I read the first book 2 years ago now.....

Anyway, I might not reread the first book again. OR maybe I will just do a complete TMI reread and then go right into these.

I have only read TID once. The ending to the last book wrecked me. I don't know if I can go through that again..... hahaha

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "I'll be reading .

I think I read somewhere that she is going back to the time period after the Infernal Devices to the new generation, Tess and Will'..."

I have to reread the first book I think. I was waiting until they were all out to do these 3 together. Or maybe I won't bother. That book was L-O-N-G. But on the author's facebook page there was a huge spoiler posted in the promo for last book, so that kinda made me mad. It was the first sentence in the post.
Yes, I know the previous book came out a year ago but some of us haven't read it yet!

I finished a reread of Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet . This was one with the PTSD and the surprise ending to the case she was working on. I still loved the surprise ending and actually was able to catch a few hints this time around, even though it was 6 years since I read this the first time.

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You should get Doug's opinion/recommendation or Melindeloo. They were both in the top 500 at one time (Doug might be even higher. I think he was top 100 at one point).

A lot of it is scam. People have their friends go on and upvote their reviews. Doug had quite a few stories in the past of shenanigans that go on with reviews.

Doug also has a facebook page for reviews where he posts the link to his review on amazon and asks for likes/upvotes if his facebook friends find the review helpful.

I used to review on Amazon and will still occasionally if I get a rare ARC (its only happened like 4 times). I prefer to review on goodreads, its not as strict or painful to post a review.

Douglas wrote: "I can proudly say I managed to not choose even 1 winner in the Goodreads Choice Awards, methinks it is rigged :)"

One of the books that won was that author that accused Nora Roberts of plagiarism for a similar title.

*I so wish you could do eye roll emojis on goodreads....*

Douglas wrote: "I can proudly say I managed to not choose even 1 winner in the Goodreads Choice Awards, methinks it is rigged :)"

Yeah, a bit surprised by some of those winners...but whatever. Funny thing is 2 books I marked as never to read were winners. hahaha

A first time author accused Nora Roberts of plagiarism and sent her minions after her on social media. Nora handled it with such class. I was thinking of reading the other book, but not any longer.

https://brittlepaper.com/2018/11/nora...

I finished First Grave on the Right and I am about halfway through Second Grave on the Left. I'm glad I am rereading these. I forgot a lot.

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Finished my 4th re-read of The Kraken King . Ariq will always be one of my all time favorite Hs, and this story will always be special to me.

So now I again don't know what to read after such an amazing book. I think I will start a reread of the Charley Davidson series, since there are so many books and the last one is coming out in January.

Happy birthday Doug!

Hey everyone! Thanks for the well wishes for my husband! He is doing better and went back to work this week. He was pretty stir crazy from being home so long. And now the cats are all over him when he gets home cuz they missed him.

So I finished Strange the Dreamer and Muse of Nightmares. I did not realize there was a tie in with the Daughter of Smoke & Bone series until the 2nd book. I did read DoSaB series and enjoyed those books, though I don't remember a whole lot of what happened. You do not need to read them to read Strange the Dreamer/Muse of Nightmares.

Anyway, I gave both books 5* and marked them as favorites. I will reread them at some point. The writing is just that amazing. The only thing is that these are dark books. Bad things happen. I cried. But that's how I judge a book - how it makes me feel. And
I was totally caught up in these books and the city of Weep. These are YA books technically, but not really. Most of the characters are younger 16-25 years old, with a few older characters, but there is very little of "boy/girl/teen" problems - just some parts to help develop the characters and help you connect with them. The book has multiple mysteries going on that come out as the story progresses. It's told from multiple POV which sometimes can irritate me when it flows from one person to another within a chapter, but this author did it masterfully as if you were being told the story. It was such an experience reading these books, that I have no clue what to read next. I'm totally unprepared to read anything else that might be just mediocre. I might do a The Kraken King reread.

Vanessa, so glad to hear your husband is doing well! My hubby was diagnosed with pneumonia last Thursday so he has not been to work since and has barely left the house. He gets tired doing everything - even shaving!. He is a bit better the last couple of days, and plans to go back to work on Monday. We were supposed to get like 2 inches of snow overnight and instead got more like 6 inches, then it rained on top of it so moving the snow was like moving cement. He came out to help me and I yelled at him to get back in the house. He stayed until we got the end of the driveway cleared anyway.

And thanks for your comments on Wild Hunger. I was hesitant about reading it, but I'll give it a try.

Finished and it ended up being just ok. Started off good then went downhill a bit. It wasn't horrible but felt the characters weren't very believable and the dialogue felt weird at times. I may continue at some point since the idea was interesting and I got the first 3 books free through Prime.

Currently reading Strange the Dreamer and I absolutely love it so far. I love the writing style. Feels like I am reading a fairy tale, although it is not a light story. I really feel connected to the main character right from the beginning. I waited to read it until the sequel came out cuz I heard there was some sort of cliffhanger . And I am on vacation after today so yay for more reading time! The first book is very long (over 7k kindle locations)

So I started The Soul Summoner and its not bad. Seems like a Charlie Davidson "lite". Similar concept, not as hilarious, but its ok. Its keeping my interest, anyway. This is the first time I got books from Prime reading, so free is good too. :)

Finished - awesome of course. Can'twit for next book.

Also finished , which was a prequel to the other Royally books that already came out. This was Queen Lenora's story (the grandmother/Queen in the other books). I liked it, but knowing some stuff that happens in later books made me sad while reading this book. I know that sounds silly, but I couldn't shake it. Anyway, a 4* read. Was quite touching at some parts. is still my favorite for this series. I loved the ending to that one.

Not sure what is up next. I got the first 3 books of the Soul Summoner series from Prime reading for free, so I might try those. .