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What are you reading?
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Feb 26, 2013 04:32AM
We're going to do an unofficial group read of Kate Daniels if you can hold off for a little while. Or is there enough interest to do it soon? I know Zeenat wanted to reread too. What do you think, guys? Would you rather wait till maybe June or start sooner? (Bearing in the mind the Cassie re-read will probably start in July). What do you think?
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I'd like to re-read, but who knows if I'll actually be able to do it.Finished
. Nice prequel.Starting
Lannister wrote: "We're going to do an unofficial group read of Kate Daniels if you can hold off for a little while. Or is there enough interest to do it soon? I know Zeenat wanted to reread too. What do you think, ..."I'd like to reread perhaps before June?
I have some other reads lined up for the next 2 - 3 weeks. If a few people want to read along, how about reading through the month of April? Would that suit or are some of you desperate to start before then?
KD reread--I think if we do a book a week, we may have to start in may... at least end of May. But I totally want to do it! I love those books and have missed them ;)About allie beckstrom--I like those books, mainly because I really like the father/daughter angle. I really hoped that was stressed more and made more central to the story than the romance relationship. It's one I like a lot, but wouldn't call a favorite. But the book really stresses all types of relationships and I love love love Shame.
Dale--I totally understand adding 10 years. I approve of the addition to our reading lives ;) too bad that's not enough for us to get it! LOL
I am reading
and then finishing up
. I don't know if I will continue much with the Cal Leandros series. It's kinda boring till the end, and I really don't like the way she writes. Also reading
to help me with writing and rereading
Well I can easily wait till May/June for Kate Daniels. Just trying to get a feel for what suits others.Any other takers for a re-read? When suits?
(maybe we should move this to the IA thread? Just a suggestion :) )
Doh! I should have thought of that LOL!
@ Llaph, I do not mind swear words as a rule as long as it adds to the storytelling otherwise I would not have enjoyed
or
.
Dale wrote: "I just finished my 14th book this month, titled 
Black Moon (Alpha Pack, #3) by J.D. Tyler. My next book is 
..."I put the vampire support group on my tbr just be cause it looks like a fun book. You'll have to tell me how it is when your done :)
One of my problems is that y'all tend to give me so many damn good books to read I keep on adding to my list.
Grrr @ not having the 4th book to jump into. It is a good Tuesday for this month so I don’t have a shortage of new books to read though.Moonshine (Cal Leandros, #2) by Rob Thurman
And
Madhouse (Cal Leandros, #3) by Rob Thurman
@ Lannister:
I will watch a movie or tv show that I like more than once … if it is a good show. The same goes for books, I can deal with knowing the gist of what will happen. A really good book will suck me in regardless of knowing what will happen and I will get to notice something I didn’t see before.
There are series that I have read many times and there are books which I thought were pretty good, but would not froth at the mouth to read them again. Then there are those that just plain suck and I wonder why I even bothered to read them … waste of reading time.
@ val:
I didn’t know if you did or not, I tend to just be fast at offering my opinion on stuff I have read.
I agree on if the swearing adds to the story it is okie dokie. I remember some books where it seemed like the author had a character drop the f-bomb and swear all of the time thinking it made him look tough … it was just stupid.
@ zeenat:
It seemed to me that the romance was an after thought and was just added in like it was something that had to be there. I didn’t really get it tbh, just didn’t feel right. I really like the character of Shame too … I read somewhere that the next series revolves around him and Terrik.
The main thing that makes me dislike the story is the whole “I know what is best for you” thing that is done. The memory stealing/closing is something that is just so wrong to me. If someone screws up let them learn from it, don’t steal the memory from them. That is just a free pass to do it again and I really hate people that think like that and think it is okay.
(view spoiler)
It is just not for me, I really like the Cal series….
Pepsi vs coke!
Pros and Cons (Nikki Glass, #2.5) by Jenna Black<3 Jack, he is one of my favorite liberi…. Want Rogue Descendant now kk thnx It is as bad as waiting for the next Mercy book, they take so loooong.
Lannister wrote: "Well I can easily wait till May/June for Kate Daniels. Just trying to get a feel for what suits others.Any other takers for a re-read? When suits?"
I have been thinking about Re-reading KD for a while. I am totally interested.
It looks like I am the only one reading ... I already know I read stupid fast. <>Edge of Dawn (Midnight Breed, #11) by Lara Adrian
I was kind of hesitant about what she did with the timeline, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would have been.
Llaph wrote: "Pros and Cons (Nikki Glass, #2.5) by Jenna Black"I'm Green with envy!!
I can't get it yet! :( (Stupid Publishers!)
But at least I was able to pre-order Rogue Descendant!
I went off on a bit of a tangent, and read something totally out of my usual genres... 
Romance or NOT - they mentioned Special Ops + Custom motorcycles... I HAD to "see"!! :P
And they got a 3 star rating... I'd actually rate Hell on Wheels closer to maybe a 3.5?
However - In Rides Trouble was more a 2.5...
Some of the Storyline in #2 irritated me a bit.
@ Jax:It was a nice short, a lot of story in that little package. It is a good tide over sort of thing until like april or whatever for rogue. :(
I think I started Hell on Wheels and gave up on it, either something about it annoyed me or I found a shiney.
Probably just was not in the mood for that type of book at the time!
Yup, I am the only one that reads stupid fast.Winterblaze (Darkest London, #3) by Kristen Callihan
I really like this series … I sometimes found myself wanting to read the book again before I was even done the first time. I liked the previous book more than this one, but it had a werewolf as mc and me likes werewolves.
It is tech historical and I sometimes like historicals, but it isn’t bogged down with facts and stuff about living in the time or whatever. Sometimes historicals annoy me because they sometimes fall under the “research for 5 damn minutes you asshat” or “my god I got it you researched I don’t want a damn step by step lesson on how to make biscuits in late 19th century” categories.
It has pnr aspects and imo the lead males in all the books are hawt. Especially Ian….
Most people would not think about saying this, but I really wish I had a job sometimes....
That and I need to stop being a pansy-ass and work on going to school. It is no fun feeling too old to go to college and having no idea really what you want to do when you grow up ... graphic design is so out. :P
Diane wrote: "Dale wrote: "I just finished my 14th book this month, titled Black Moon (Alpha Pack, #3) by J.D. Tyler. My next book is [bookcover:The Reformed Vampire Support Gro..."The Reformed Vampire Support Group was a good story but all I can give is a max of 3 star. The reasons are in short as followed; the story was to damn slow, the author took the charters way to damn fucking far they were a pain in the ass. Hell I've known and I know insane people as well as terrified people who were and are full of fear of what if someone finds out who they truly are. But the charters in this don't have shit on them. I keep thinking to myself if only I could climb in to the book I'd shake the hell out each of then knock the shit out of a few more. If I want to here people wine all day I'd join the the Republican party and go on Fox News. The books and TV show of Pretty Little Liars drags a little and a bit of wine but if this author of The Reformed Vampire Support Group was one in the same I'd I quit reading altogether, never watch anymore shows and unplug my computer and give it away. Anyways the plot of was great as a whole and near the very end it got better.
Dale wrote: "Diane wrote: "Dale wrote: "I just finished my 14th book this month, titled Black Moon (Alpha Pack, #3) by J.D. Tyler. My next book is [bookcover:The Reformed Vampi..."Holy shit! You were really annoyed at the whining I see. Will keep that in mind when/if I read this book.
Dale wrote: "Diane wrote: "Dale wrote: "I just finished my 14th book this month, titled Black Moon (Alpha Pack, #3) by J.D. Tyler. My next book is [bookcover:The Reformed Vampi..."LOL, that's great feedback Dale! Love it!
Dale wrote: "Diane wrote: "Dale wrote: "I just finished my 14th book this month, titled Black Moon (Alpha Pack, #3) by J.D. Tyler. My next book is [bookcover:The Reformed Vampi..."Thanks I'll have to rethink my reading it. Maybe if I run out of books on my TBR I'll try it.
not reading anything new for the next few days, I gotta get through rereading all the mercedes thompson books that are left
and rereading
. All before march 5th, which is when the new books come out
Llaph wrote: "@ Jax:I think I started Hell on Wheels and gave up on it, either something about it annoyed me or I found a shiney."
LOL... yup... I'm not usually in for the romancy type books... but as I said... Special ops + Bikes... and I got it for Free!
It could have been annoyance... as there was quite a bit of "misunderstanding"... I tried to ignore most of it, and tried to figure out the mystery instead, which did help.
But unfortunately Bk 2 was just a little too predictable so I didn't have anything to distract me :)
Immortal Ever After (Argeneau, #18) by Lynsay SandsLol @ anders first name…. I liked this book a hell of a lot more than the previous book. I am still on a book high since I just finished it, but so far I can’t think of anything that would annoy me about the book. Well, except Anders’s attitude was pretty “huh?” at the beginning.
My outlook might change later or after I have read the book again … who knows!
@ Jax:
I like all sorts of books and I have books in that sort of category that I really like and the mysteries in them are mysteries for the most part.
Figuring out a book before the mcs do is massively annoying as hell … the only thing that could possibly save that is a good author.
Predictability is stupid….
Damn these books went by so fast, I even spent time today working on other things. That included not killing one of my dogs because her barker is stuck on "on" when the windows are open. Someone down the street came out of their house and breathed ... ohnoes there goes she-ra because she has to bark at everything....Beauty Awakened (Angels of the Dark, #2) by Gena Showalter
meh …
*This is the list of book for March. 2013**1.* On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1)
by Cleo Coyle
*2.* Through the Grinder (Coffeehouse Mystery, #2)
by Cleo Coyle
*3.* Bloodring (Rogue Mage #1)
by Faith Hunter
*4.* One Silent Night (Dark-Hunter #16)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
*5.* Dream Warrior (Dream-Hunter, #4; Dark-Hunter, #17)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
*6.* Latte Trouble (Coffeehouse Mystery, #3)
by Cleo Coyle
*7.* Murder Most Frothy (Coffeehouse Mystery, #4)
by Cleo Coyle
*8.* Death's Rival (Jane Yellowrock #5)
by Faith Hunter
by Victoria Laurie
*10.* Better Read Than Dead (Psychic Eye Mystery, #2)
by Victoria Laurie
*11.* Kiss of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #1)
by Lara Adrian
*12.* Kiss of Crimson (Midnight Breed, #2)
by Lara Adrian
*13.* In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by Tana French
*14.* The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)
by Tana French
*15.* Not Taco Bell Material
by Adam Carolla
Since my last post, I've finished
and this series turned out to be pretty good, actually. I also finished
and have nothing but love for it. It was wonderful. I cried. Then I read
and
and this series is now one of my top 5 favorite YA series. So freaking awesome. I need book 3 right now. Kelly Creagh is so mean for ending book 2 like that.Reading
Woohoo!
Starting
Mello ❣ Illium ✮Harry✮ ☀Myrnin☀ Torin wrote: "Since my last post, I've finished and this series turned out to be pretty good, actually. I als..."I also really liked On the Island when I read it. Its a very very sweet book.
I just finished my 1st book this month, titled
On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1) by Cleo Coyle . My next book is
Through the Grinder (Coffeehouse Mystery, #2) by Cleo Coyle
read by Christine Feehan Dark Descent and Dark Dreams
Just finished Better Off Dead In Deadwood by Ann Charles. This is one of my favorite series. If you haven't taken the time to read them your really missing out. It has everything I look for in a book. Mystery,romance,paranormal,and laugh out loud funny. Violet is a character that I'd love to be bff's with.
Ann did leave the end of this book with a lot more questions than usual though,and no clue to when the next book comes out.
Starting Vampires,Warlocks,and Exes-Oh My. By Laura Lee.The first book was fun and funny and I'm still into light reading at least for the next few books.
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1) by Patricia BriggsI blame zeenat … peer pressure or something. This is one of the series that I have/will read a bunch anyway. :P I had run out of stuff to read for the most part!
Still hate Leigh—check.
Still hate Marsilia—check. Though I know I will dislike her more—if that is even possible—in the next book.
Still <3 Adam … will be revisiting the start to my growing crush once again.
nomnom
@ Diane:
I heard Laura Lee and since I use a screen reader I was like "wtf Lora Leigh wrote a funny vamp book????"
They both actually sound the same, which is kind of weird because I can hear the difference most of the time. Screen readers are awesome for editing btw ... you would not believe how many people just run through spell check and just hit okay on the default and the wrong word is used.
READDDD ITTTT! LOL I love that in the 4 books with Stefan, she has some kind of talk with him at the end. I just realized that. They have an interesting relationship. They aren't in love (well she's not) but they have something more than friendship. I'M EXCITED!!! As soon as it gets in my hands I will read
and then
The relationships and people seem more realistic to me in the mercy-verse. Any hint of a triangle is not drawn out and all angsty-ish and you don't feel bad for the "losers".I felt bad sort of for Stefan though, his relationship with mercy is special though and I dunno how many books that I have read where a relationship with a vamp does not always mean a physical sort of thing. Maybe that is wishful thinking....
I am trying not to get too excited for the next armageddon book ... the library where I get most of my books do not even have any of her books. The NLS (which is a LoC thing) have the first 3 toby books and the first armageddon book, mainly because I am thinking amazon donated the audio books.
As for Frost Burned, I have high hopes that I will be able to get it soon since she is a pretty popular author and her books usually have a history of going up close to the publishing date if not on the same day.
hrrm, apparently caffeine is like booze if you haven't drank it in a while. omg light weight ... how will I sleep?
I just finished my 2nd book this month, titled
Through the Grinder (Coffeehouse Mystery, #2) by Cleo Coyle. My next book is
Bloodring (Rogue Mage #1) by Faith Hunter
Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2) by Patricia BriggsI wish sometimes I could slow my reader down … I try then I find myself increasing the speed little by little. It is almost like wanting to take a quick peek at the last page….
Llaph wrote: " Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1) by Patricia BriggsI blame zeenat … peer pressure or something. This is one of the series that I have/will read a bunch anyway. :P I had run out of stuff to read f..."
It's really not a vampire book.....ghosts and demons are more like it. It's a paranormal mystery.
Reading
and as soon as I'll finish I'm gonna read
Llaph wrote: " Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2) by Patricia BriggsI wish sometimes I could slow my reader down … I try then I find myself increasing the speed little by little. It is almost like wanting to take..."
I find myself wanting to do the something even in audiobooks; I've done this few time but then I missed something important
Finished
Which was entertaining.Busy with
- I'm not enjoying it as much as I thought I would, given how I rated the first 3. I'm wondering if they really were that good and this one is just not quite up to par...or if I was just in a really generous mood that week - or if I'm just in a really miserly mood this week...:-|
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