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[Sandra J]

It was, I think. Still it bothers me a bit (view spoiler)[ ditzy, scattered, and borderline TSTL isn't my favorite, even if she is an artist who is supposed to be distracted by her art (hide spoiler)].

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

I just finished which I highly enjoyed but feels like it may be the last in the series...does anyone know??

I also finished which was one of those books on my kindle that I do not recall buying so it was an awesome surprise. I will also say that while there are lots of sexy bits the story really held up well .

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Sara wrote: "The books I've read in November:

[bo..."

I have had Deadtown on my tbr forever I think it is still on my bookshelf. What did you think of it?

Also how was Hell Bent? You know I could never get into Magic to the Bone ...I want to like it and then I get about 100 pages in and start looking for something else to read. So I wonder is the writing similar??

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Sandra J wrote: "I just finished a reread of and read . I'm finishing up a reread of (actually I'm l..."

I really like Dana Marie Bell I cannot wait to read Red Riding Hoode. The first one was super cute.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Darcy wrote: "Alisa wrote: "Dying is my business sounds really good. Let me know what you think. I've never heard anything about it."

Will do, I don't really know much about it other than the title caught my eye."

Yes do tell I saw that one as well and put it on hold

[Darcy]

Alisa wrote: "Dying is my business sounds really good. Let me know what you think. I've never heard anything about it."

Sadly this ended up in my dnf pile. I felt like the story was fairly boring. I almost quit around chapter 5, but kept reading, although I did switch to a different book. Today I went to pick it back up and realized that I just didn't care, not a good thing when you are 200 pages in.

I would still give it a try, maybe go the library route though.

[Sara]

I highly recommend - a very underrated series.

- I loved the book. Some say you can enjoy it without reading the Allie Beckstrom series but I think to have a better understanding of the characters you need to read the Allie books first. The first two books of the Allie series were okay for me but the third book is where it became a mandatory read. The supporting cast expanded at that point and it's also the beginning of Shame and Terric's story. If you want to read Hell Bent without reading the Allie books I would gladly answer any questions.

[Thethriftybooklady]

I just finished and of course loved it as I have the rest of the series. Now I'm giving a try because my best friend gave it to me and really wants me to read it so we'll see.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Sara wrote: "I highly recommend - a very underrated series.

- I loved the book. Some say you can enjoy it without reading the Allie Beckstrom series..."

Ok I will move that one up on my list.
I may try the other series and perhaps if I skim a bit it may pick up.

[Snarktastic Sonja]

Ugh. I finished and have no idea what to read now. I have read the first chapter of so many books that don't seem to grab me. I am contemplating but am resisting because I have read that there are poorly handled rape references.

I feel as though I am banging my head against a brick wall. Of course, reading withdrawal will do that to you.

I also feel bad because I am WAY behind on reviews . . .

[Samantha]

and now getting ready to read

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Finished the other day and I agree that its taking a dark turn ;)

Presently enjoying

[Sara]

Finished - superheroes and zombies - what's not to love? I have finished my Goodreads 2013 Reading Challenge - 200 books pledged and read.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Hooray, Sara!!!!!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Finished and really enjoyed the humour in ordered the next one in the series ;)

Started and liking it, but it does sound familiar, aka BDB, Midnight Breed, Demonica etc etc.

[Alisa]

@Sandra....I have enjoyed the Sentinel Wars books that I've read but be prepared for the heroine in book one to be one of those TSTL heroines. The future story girls are better.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Sara wrote: "Finished - superheroes and zombies - what's not to love? I have finished my Goodreads 2013 Reading Challenge - 200 books pledged and read."

Awesome Congrats!!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Sandra wrote: "Finished and really enjoyed the humour in ordered the next one in the series ;)

Started and liking it,..."

The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires was really cute. The next one was not quite as good but still very enjoyable I hope you like it.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

I'm sure I will Dawn ;)

Alisa, yep I'd agree, TSTL is a good description of her, with a side of Miss Goody2shoes.

[Mike]

Sara wrote: "Finished - superheroes and zombies - what's not to love? I have finished my Goodreads 2013 Reading Challenge - 200 books pledged and read."

Is Ex-Heroes well written? I keep going back and forth on reading it. I like the superhero comic aspect but I'm kind of burned out on zombies.

[Shanna]

This and this I will be starting tonight.

[Sara]

Sandra & Dawn,

Thanks!

Mike,

I went back and forth on Ex-Heroes too but I really enjoyed it - I started the next book in the series as soon as I finished Ex-Heroes. I understand the zombie burnout but it was fun seeing how superheroes would react in a zombie apocalypse. Of course, the heroes in this universe are powered down - there is no Superman, Green Lantern, Doctor Strange, or Mister Fantastic to solve the problem in two minutes.

[Mike]

@Sara
Thanks, I'll probably pull the trigger.

[Raymond]

Hypocrites In His Midst: A Story About Flawed Human Beings by Donnell Wilson – Book Review

4.5 out of 5 stars


The long road from street gangs to success…
Wilton Latso is seventy two years old and a grandfather. In the middle of a heated argument with his adult daughter Abbie, Wilton realizes that she has no idea of who he is, where he came from, and why he did the things he did when he was bringing her up. Spontaneously Wilton starts remembering and soon he decides to write down the story of his life. Wilton came from a poor family living in a poor suburb of St. Louis, Missouri in the late 1940’s / early 1950s. In this era of street gangs Wilton is soon introduced to a world of violence, ego and selfishness. Wilton’s parents are staunch Pentecostal Christians, but Wilton doubts that faith from the start. The trouble is that he can see all too clearly his parent’s hypocrisy, particularly his mother’s. Throughout his life Wilton will continue to observe people, noting many to be hollow, offering friendship, espousing beliefs but proving to be fakes.

Donnell Wilson’s Hypocrites In His Midst: A Story About Flawed Human Beings is a fictional autobiography spanning seven decades. It is a story of “redemption” (Ch. 8) in a secular sense. This is a book about trying to “do the right thing” (Ch. 3), though the “right thing” (Ch. 2) is not always obvious or easy to achieve. Wilson’s novel, especially in the first three Parts, is broadly comparable to Nicky Cruz’s real life autobiography Run Baby Run (Logos, 1972), though that book is firmly Christian, while this book is firmly agnostic (Ch. 31). Most of all, this book is about how a person can growing to maturity (or avoid it).


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[Mike]

Finished and finished listening to . Going to start listening to read by Wil Wheaton.

[Snarktastic Sonja]

Mike wrote: "Finished Spider's Bite and finished listening to Promises in Death. Going to start listening to Ready Player One read by Wil Wheaton."

I really enjoyed Wil's presentation. Probably more than if I had read the book. :) What did you think of
?

[Mike]

Snarktastic Sonja wrote: "Mike wrote: "Finished Spider's Bite and finished listening to Promises in Death. Going to start listening to Ready Player One read by Wil Wheaton."

I ..."

I enjoyed Spider's Bite. I liked that it was a little grittier then most UF. I am enjoying Wheton's reading. I have listened to another book that he read before so was excited to listen to another.

[Mike]

Finished now I have to decided what to read next. I'm thinking and .

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Finished and now reading

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Finished still cannot get into so I am going to try and finish

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Doing a re-read of before jumping into &

[Karena]

Sandra wrote: "Doing a re-read of before jumping into & "

I loved Discount Armageddon! Seanan McGuire is amazing.

I just finished Unholy Ghosts. I'm not sure how I felt about it. I am about to start Cold Blooded.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Hope it lives up to the hype I've heard Karena :)

Unholy Ghosts is a strange one, I loved the world building but hated Chess and the drug taking. Terrible is fabulous, more so in #2. But I just couldn't keep reading the series, even though I've got friends who absolutely love it.

[Darcy]

I've just read , next up will be and .

[Sara]

Finished - another great installment in the series.

[Alisa]

Sandra wrote: "Doing a re-read of before jumping into & "

OOhhhh Tiger is my favorite. I love Tiger and his mattress in the forest. Grrrrr.......

Are these re-reads for you or your first time reading them?

I'm looking forward which comes out next week I think.

[Alisa]

I just finished which I enjoyed. Probably the best in the series besides Raphael.

I also finished which was really good. I love this author. This book is part of a series (he mostly just does stand alones). It's a mystery/who done it type series. This one focuses on LA cops and DEA and the complex relationship between us and Mexico in relation to the drug cartels and guns sales. BUT he adds a bit of the paranormal w/a character who is a lower level demon and causing havoc throughout. I've never read a series that is mostly murder suspense but with the paranormal thrown in just a bit the way this author does. I highly recommend this series (& really anything this author does) but it must be read in order.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Alisa wrote: "...I'm looking forward which comes out next week I think. "

Me too!!
Funny how much I enjoy the series I would think I would be sick if it by now but for whatever reason I really enjoy it

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Alisa wrote: "I just finished which I enjoyed. Probably the best in the series besides Raphael..."

Good to know...finally a decent cover...the covers are often the worse!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Finished I will admit I like Ethan better in this book he is finally getting his emotions together. I still dislike the best friend Mallory ugg. But anyway I find I care less and less about what happens next...starting to wonder if I am breaking up with series??

[Alisa]

Dawn wrote: "Alisa wrote: "...I'm looking forward which comes out next week I think. "

Me too!!
Funny how much I enjoy the series I would think I would be sick if it by now but for wh..."

That series is a total guilty pleasure for me. You know exactly what you're going to get each book. Lot's of yummy Me-Tarzan, you-Jane, alpha nonsense & lot's of hot, hot sex scenes. They're like cupcakes. You can't eat them all the time but gosh when you're in the mood for one nothing else will do. :)

[Alisa]

Dawn wrote: "Finished I will admit I like Ethan better in this book he is finally getting his emotions together. I still dislike the best friend Mallory ugg. But anyway I find I ..."

Me too. I've only read the last two cuz I had a friend who loaned me her copies. I won't buy them myself. I don't care enough (& for some weird reason my library doesn't carry them).

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Alisa wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Doing a re-read of before jumping into & "

OOhhhh Tiger is my favorite. I love Tige..."



Alisa, they are first time reads for me. I like to space them out cause they are so similar to Lora Leigh's Breed series, which I'm up-to-date with ;)

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Sandra wrote: "...Alisa, they are first time reads for me. I like to space them out cause they are so similar to Lora Leigh's Breed series, which I'm up-to-date with ;) "

You know they are but they feel different to me...which I did not think they would. I think the Breeds have a better over arching plot maybe...huh go figure I have no idea

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Alisa wrote: "...Me too. I've only read the last two cuz I had a friend who loaned me her copies. I won't buy them myself. I don't care enough (& for some weird reason my library doesn't carry them). "

Mine are library rentals but I wonder how many more books are left in the series??

[♥ Ashleigh ♥]

Sara wrote: "The books I've read in November:

[bo..."

impressive selection.

[♥ Ashleigh ♥]

finished which i have been looking forward to for ages - was pretty good, not as fantastic as i had hoped but pretty good, looking forward to reading the next book in the I Am Just Junco series.
now reading which im really enjoying. i like the different types of energy and characters. plus the different breeds.
plus there's some hilarious lines.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Read that one was not for me

Next up I think is

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Craved was different, seemed to be the usual type of pnr then wham, turned nasty. I gave it 3 stars and I'm a generous rater. Not to say it was bad just not my usual sort of thing. So understand Dawn :0

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Sandra wrote: "Craved was different, seemed to be the usual type of pnr then wham, turned nasty. I gave it 3 stars and I'm a generous rater. Not to say it was bad just not my usual sort of thing. So understand Da..."

That was the thing I loved the plot hated the execution just to many holes like ...you use magic to change your clothes and dress other people but you need a tailor to make a dress?? Then at one point (view spoiler)[Gwen is dying and but the next line is like she can feel the embalming fluid ?? (hide spoiler)] and I did not buy into the romance actually I felt bad for the vampire lol