Sonia’s Comments (group member since Feb 10, 2012)

Sonia’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

hey Claire, some authors got together to write short heat stories at prolific works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/t...

One of them is K.M. Neuhold that tried her hand at Omegaverse with no mpreg. Short and Hot. And her fans are demanding a series now.

55% of book #5 done. I'll finish it later today. Then we'll see if I go to #7 or jump right into Gone But Not Forgotten for TBR. Although, with a title like that, it can be used for story too.

*happy dances*

I can go with THIRDS... maybe that way I finally decide to read TIN, which I do have on my tbr since 2021...

okay, I'll start with #5, and we'll see after that one is done.

Lemme look at my re-read possibilities :D

I can read one of them, which one do you prefer?

Yes, the snowman



So pretty. I finished it yesterday, but was sucked up in a 500 pages MMMMM paranormal book.

Claire wrote: "I get why ;) Oh I can't wait !
I think the next series I'm going to try by Jecelynn Drake is her Dragon series. I believe this one is co-written."

With AJ Sherwood. It's sligthly different as Sherwood has a more cheesy style - I do love her Jon's Mysteries series to pieces.

I think I've read book #2 for towers, lemme check. Yep, it was the first book I read for Hector.

I tried her warriors series, but it was a bit confusing. I was sad because I was totally obsessed with the Unbreakable Bonds and the Ward Security series by the same co-writting team.

I am curious about the Godstone saga. But it sounds more fantasy than paranormal... so... I'm finishing with the dragons first. LOL.

[Edit] unless we need swords on the cover for tasks.

Her words were:

"Just in case you missed my announcement in the last newsletter, I am planning to return to the Variks world in late 2022/early 2023 with a brand new vampire clan who happens to come to town. I'm not ready to share any details yet as I'm still figuring things out, but I expect there to be appearances from the various Varik brothers.

More details on the new series, which I am tentatively calling the Lords of Chaos, will be coming later in the year."

I hadn't give it much attention because at the time of the first announcements, I haven't yet heard of the Variks. However, when this one came, I was all kinds of obsessed. So, it branded itself in my memory.

Claire wrote: "I just finished the Variks' series. It was so good !
Sonia, thanks again for the rec !"

YEY!!!

Glad you liked it.

I get Jocelynn Drake's newsletter and she announced a spin-off on the work shop. Next year, I think. I'll let you know.

Sammy, do you think a snowman works for decoration? If not, it's a #4 in series. So, it has options

Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "I work from home. Eni has peace and quiet to read. And I mostly spend my days on calls :P

Of course, I have my work space set up in my room. AKA Sonia's lair."

Yeah, there is defini..."

I usually hear my neighbours talking too... And by talking I mean, yelling, because it seems they don't know another form of communication.

That been said, since we're basically on opposite sides of the place, if we close the doors sounds get pretty muted. My door is usually slightly open to avoid cat hysterics

So. I tried. Twice. I tried to read Feed. Then I switched to Into the Drowning Deep. I still want to read it, but I hate to be stuck for so long. Heck, we did a whole team maze for towers and I'm still stuck in the same task.

Task: Read a book that is in the "Best Horror Novels" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)
Direction*
North (Title starts with A-M)

S - A Mage's Guide to Aussie Terrors by Aj Sherwood
K - Crankshaft by KM Neuhold
I - It's Just a F***ing Date: Some Sort of Book About Dating
P - Patrick O'Malley from Don't STAHP Me Now

I work from home. Eni has peace and quiet to read. And I mostly spend my days on calls :P

Of course, I have my work space set up in my room. AKA Sonia's lair.

Btw, it seems only fair warning to say that Team Trouble is all geared up and ready to go. So. if you want to lay down special conditions to us, now is the time!

Passion Fruit mojitos sounds intriguing... I had a ginger mojito once at the portuguese Jamie's Italian - non alcoholic, which is a bonus for 10 AM. I'll have one, please :D

Owl and the Japanese Circus by Kristi Charish


Ex-archaeology grad student turned international antiquities thief, Alix—better known now as Owl—has one rule. No supernatural jobs. Ever. Until she crosses paths with Mr. Kurosawa, a red dragon who owns and runs the Japanese Circus Casino in Las Vegas. He insists Owl retrieve an artifact stolen three thousand years ago, and makes her an offer she can’t refuse: he’ll get rid of a pack of vampires that want her dead. A dragon is about the only entity on the planet that can deliver on Owl’s vampire problem – and let’s face it, dragons are known to eat the odd thief.

Owl retraces the steps of Mr. Kurosawa’s ancient thief from Japan to Bali with the help of her best friend, Nadya, and an attractive mercenary. As it turns out though, finding the scroll is the least of her worries. When she figures out one of Mr. Kurosawa’s trusted advisors is orchestrating a plan to use a weapon powerful enough to wipe out a city, things go to hell in a hand basket fast…and Owl has to pick sides.

The Fire by Katherine Neville


I have this one on my bookshelf since we had The Eight as a BOM many many moons ago. It feels like it was back in the 70s *giggles*


Synopsis:
Twenty years ago Katherine Neville's groundbreaking thriller THE EIGHT was a global bestseller – a thriller in the style of THE DA VINCI CODE way before Dan Brown ever got there…
In this long-awaited sequel, Alexandra Solarin, a chess-wizard and the only daughter of Cat Velis, the heroine of THE EIGHT, arrives at her mother's Colorado lodge, only to discover that her mother has disappeared. Finding string of clues, Alexandra is soon joined by a group of people called there by her mother, including her aunt Lily, who explains the truth of Cat's past.

In 1822, as the fortress of Sultan Ali Pasha falls to the Turks, the Sultan's daughter Haidee attempts a desperate journey taking her through Albania, Morocco and Rome, while carrying an invaluable object and seeking the one man who can help her: the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron.

Ultimately both Alexandra and Haidee learn that their missions are even more desperate than they first seem, for both are players in a dangerous game, a game that began more than a millennium before either of them were born and that has the power to affect the fate of human civilization itself.

This made me giggle out loud... I was in a teams meeting dang it! WITH THE CAMERA ON!!!

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Well, not that climate change exists apparently (ha!), but while we continue to cope with floods and the wettest winter in who knows how long... I am sitting here watching the heat wave in Europe o..."

I thought the hit wave had passed... Last week we reach 40+ ºC (in Lisbon) since the temps were lower this week. But. They're going up again in the next few days.

We were planning to visit the minion's godfather this saturday - he lives in a not as close to the sea city as we do - I am not ready for the scorching heat.

What worries me the most, apart from the lack of water on a lot of places to water the crops. it's the fires. Summer fires are always bad, but this year with the heat wave and lack of rain during winter, have been a challenge.