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[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

I might try Toby Days series another go too...if I could fit it into a reading challenge even better.

Finished yesterday and I understand why people like it so much.

[Margo]

Yeah first 3 books of The Mortal Instruments are great but unfortunately after the third book it is down hill from there :( (at least in my opinion)

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In my unceasing effort to get Toby all to myself, (view spoiler)[ I am leading a trail of cat food for Tybalt to follow...too bad it ends in the middle of the freeway! (hide spoiler)] LOL!

[Zeenat]

Duane, make it lead to me!

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I'll have to wait until traffic lets up - it's a little dangerous out there right now!

[Dale]

I just finished my 8th book this month, titled Sins of the Flesh (Otherkin, #3)
by Eve Silver. My next book is The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, #7)
by Eoin Colfer

[Lannister]

Yeah, just to remind everyone the October Daye group read kicks off mid-November. More info in this thread:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

I hope lots of you will join in, cos it really is a lot of fun discussing your thoughts with old and new readers when we're all at the same place in the series. :)

[Claire]

I just finished and it was actually quite good.

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

Good Claire, I plan to read it. Is there any time travel like in the previous books?

[Zeenat]

If I really like ICED and I can't wait for the next books, I may read the highlander books.

[Claire]

@Valerie Yes, there is time travel, but it's not the same way or as prevalent in the storyline as previous books. My favorite thing is that main character is a physicist (like me) so I was very excited

[Kathy]

I have to agree. I love Toby!

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

Oh, good. I needed a book for a time travel category and was hoping that it would fit and I liked the previous books. Thanks!

[Claire]

You're welcome!!

[Kathy]

I just finished Meljean Brook's Riveted and am halfway through Lee Child's 61 Hours.

[Dale]

I just finished my 9th book this month, titled The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, #7)
by Eoin Colfer. My next book is Body of Sin (Otherkin, #4)
by Eve Silver

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

I know it's light reading but I liked Eve Silver's Otherkin series. I don't know which brother I would choose if I could.

[Margo]

Okay I can officially say that I've tried October Days (I've listened to two audio books) and didn't like them.

*shrugs* Well at least I've tried :/

[Diane]

Margo wrote: "Okay I can officially say that I've tried October Days (I've listened to two audio books) and didn't like them.

*shrugs* Well at least I've tried :/"

I've heard both good and bad things....but I have to have a book that's not slow at all and pulls me in pretty fast.

[Gin]

I'm reading

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

I'm reading and .

[Kathy]

I finished 61 Hours and I'm about to start The Woman Who Died A Lot .

[Gin]

Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ wrote: "I'm reading and ."

Ooh I really want read Anna Dressed in Blood! How is it?

[Claire]

@Gin me too!! It's on my "to read" shelf

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

I'm listening to the audiobook of Anna and loving it. I rarely like YA but this one works for me.

[Margo]

Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ wrote: "I'm listening to the audiobook of Anna and loving it. I rarely like YA but this one works for me."

Really? That's good 'cause I bought it some time ago and am planning to read it this weekend.

[Lannister]

Margo wrote: "Okay I can officially say that I've tried October Days (I've listened to two audio books) and didn't like them.

*shrugs* Well at least I've tried :/"

Aw, that's too bad Margo :(

I am looking forward to giving it a try next month, but I have heard that it's slow to start. Maybe the group read will give you some enthusiasm to try the third book.

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

Margo, I dislike YA with a lot of angst and ranting over inconsequential things. In the Anna series, there is little of that and Cass knows what he's doing and pro-active about it and he picks up odd sidekicks along the way. Too bad that I only have about 3 hours left of audio to listen to.

[Zeenat]

Margo wrote: "Okay I can officially say that I've tried October Days (I've listened to two audio books) and didn't like them.

*shrugs* Well at least I've tried :/"

Not everything is for everyone! :)

[Zeenat]

So I read the first Charley Davidson. Ehhhh . . . It was ok. A bit boring actually. I don't think I'm gonna try the second one any time soon. I'll stick to reading for now and rereading and

[Margo]

@ Lannister - I don't think I'm gonna give the 3rd book a try 'cause I already give it to book 1 and 2. I would give it a shot if the 2nd book was even the slight est bit better but unfortunately it wasn't (at least for me) :( so I give up

@ Val - I think I finally grown out of teenage girls and their love life. I want to scream every time my friend lends me another teenage drama romance which is strange in itself 'cause I don't mind if it's manga or anime :/ but if I read another "good girl & bad boy" combo in high school (even if his a werewolf and she's a fae) that are "star cross lovers" or any age "star cross lovers" for that matter then I'm gonna be sick. I prefer my female characters to be at least mid twenties and my friend says she can't identify herself with 30 year old woman (which is also strange 'cause she's 26 just like me :P)

[Zeenat]

maybe she doesn't want to identify with a 30 year old woman ;) ROFL!

[Claire]

I didn't know it was YA. Hmmm. Well, I'll try it anyway. But generally speaking, I don't really like YA novels because of the style of writing and such. And I've never really thought like a typical teenager, so more often than not I just get mad at the characters.

[Margo]

Zeenat wrote: "maybe she doesn't want to identify with a 30 year old woman ;) ROFL!"

LMAO :D:D:D

@ Claire - I never thought as a "typical teenager" either :p

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

Claire wrote: "I didn't know it was YA. Hmmm. Well, I'll try it anyway. But generally speaking, I don't really like YA novels because of the style of writing and such. And I've never really thought like a typical..."

Totally in agreement with you there. I loved YA like and puked my guts out on .

Thinking back on those....they are the only YA books I've ever read. I have tons of YA on my TBR pile that I touch with a 10 foot pole. I must be in a bind to even pick one up for a reading challenge. Lately I lucked out with the good ones so my knowledge is very limited.

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

Anyone can suggest another YA I might like? I'm game to at least try.

[Lannister]

Valerie, I highly recommend if you haven't read it. It's one of the best books I've read in ages. It's officially YA, but is completely remote from the bitchy high school kind of YA books that annoy so much! Be warned though, if you find you like it, come the end you'll be desperate for the next one!! :)

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

The premise looks interesting. I'll give it a try, don't know when but within the year I hope.

[Lannister]

LOL, I say that about so many books then I forget all about them! You could wait until the second one comes out, which is sometime next year (to be confirmed). That way, if you like the first one, you can go straight on to the second, and if you don't, well nothing was lost!

I don't normally read YA at all. I usually avoid it like the plague, but I really enjoyed this book and tons of people recommended it.

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

My biggest problem is when I browse Amazon for reduced or free reads....most of the time they are YA. I do get them but I don't know when I'll get around reading them. The covers are so pretty and everything.

[Lannister]

Yeah, I'm a bit of a sucker for a good cover too. It's kinda ridiculous that we still 'judge a book by its cover' in the days of ebooks, yet we do!

God knows how many free books I've downloaded but never got round to reading, but what the hell, they were free or ridiculously cheap! That Angelfall book I talked about above was dirt cheap when I bought it, but the author's been signed by a major publisher now, so naturally the price shot up!

[Claire]

There are the occasionally YA books that I really enjoy but it's rare. I will say that they have the prettiest covers!

[Jax]

Finished and
Now reading

[Margo]

Good to know I'm not the only sucker for a good book cover :) The truth is that I bought City of Bones only because the Polish version of the cover looks like this: and 'cause I was into manga and anime at that time the guy from the cover looked like anime character :). City of Glass was the last book I've read in Polish then I switched to original :)

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I've picked several series due to the covers, and for the most part I've been more than satisfied. Of course, I usually try to investigate the series first as well, so many times the cover is what determines which series I read; two or more series in contention for a read, and only one with a cool cover? Problem solved.

[Lannister]

I rely more on the blurb than the cover, though I cannot deny a nice cover makes a good impression. But if the book description sounds a bit crap, no cover in the world is going to make me buy it.

[Claire]

A book cover was actually how I found one of my favorite authors and got into adult urban fantasy novels in the first place. I saw in a book store while on vacation and just had to have it. I ended up loving the book and reading a lot more of Christopher Moore's work.

[Diane]

I agree with Duane, I usually look at the cover then find out what the book is about and any reviews.

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

I guess it needs to catch you eye before you even consider reading the blurb. Hook, line and sinker.

This one has been vegetating in my TBR pile for a long time because there are so many books already published. I don't know if I'll read all the books, I don't know what I'm getting into.

[Lannister]

That's also a series I've thought about reading too, Valerie. But sometimes a big long series can seem so daunting!