April 2009 Reading Challenge

[DarkHeart "Vehngeance"]

Brandy wrote: "I don't know about the rest of you but i am having problems now. I have started a series and I want to finish it before I start all the other books UGH :)
To many YUMMY men to keep track of"

LOL that's going to be the worst bit about this challenge. I've got 16 different books already lined up to read this month, but I don't think for a second that one of these series books won't result in me running out to buy and read the rest, thereby throwing off of my well intentioned reading schedule (just like last month). sigh... ;)

[Brandy *Ahviel*]

NO Doubt, I have 2 books that just came out and are at the end of a series so I am good there, but the others are going to kill me. I might have to raise your 16 books.

[Yz the Whyz]

Moss wrote: "Yz wrote: "Note: For ease of tracking, please repost your official list with your progress after every update. Striking out the title and/or a finished date after the book's name will be best. "

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You do the same thing as in underlining or italicizing, except you use the letter "s" for strikeout....easy enough?

[The Flooze]

Moss wrote: "Yz wrote: "Note: For ease of tracking, please repost your official list with your progress after every update. Striking out the title and/or a finished date after the book's name will be best...."

strike text: <>The Fabulous Title of the Book I Read

Now, if you put the letter s between those first two brackets, you'd have a strike out.

[The Flooze]

If you swap out other letters for S:

B for bold Oooo!
I for italics Ahhh!
U for underline Yippee!

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Finished book #1

--My Favourite Earthling

2--Don't Talk Back to Your Vampire—

3--Devil May Ride—


4--Year of the Griffin—

5--Yes, I'm going to find another of the Dark Hunter books by Sherilyn Kenyon to read. Don't know which one, but 1 of them

6—Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead I did enjoy this book. It was a quick read, and I AM interested in finding out what happens next. Which, I guess is the whole reason for a series, right?

7--TBD

8--TBD

9--TBD

NO idea which book will be next. sigh, so many books, so little time. I'm also trying to get several costumes made (time consuming work on these, as they WILL be judged) and a quilt for my nephew as his wedding present. So, I'm not having quite as much time to devote to my reading this month. I'm thinking I might get only about 15 or 20 books read instead of my usual 40 or 45.

[The Flooze]

I feel some swap outs happening on my list since my copy of In the Blood (follow up to Rush of Wings) is on its way! Whoo hoo!

[[deleted user]]

Yz wrote: "You do the same thing as in underlining or italicizing, except you use the letter "s" for strikeout....easy enough? "

Yep, got it, thanks. Tracked list:

A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
If Angels Burn A Novel of the Darkyn by Lynn Viehl
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
Blood Ties Book One The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout
Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Evermore The Immortals, Book 1 by Alyson Noel

[The Flooze]

Ann: after 40-45 a month, how do you keep them all straight!

Whew!

[Valerie]

What a fun challenge!



1. Club Dead Sookie Stackhouse Book 3 – Charlaine Harris
2. The Hollow Sign of Seven trilogy 2 - Nora Roberts
3. Morrigan's Cross Circle trilogy 1 – Nora Roberts
4. Blood Lines The World of the Lupi Book 3 – Eileen Wilks
5. Twilight The Twilight Saga Book 1 – Stephenie Meyer
6. Lover Avenged Black Dagger Brotherhood Book 7 - J.R. Ward (fingers crossed)
7. Dark Magic Carpathians 4 – Christine Feehan
8. Deadly Game GhostWalkers 5 – Christine Feehan
9. TBD

[Yz the Whyz]

It is. Welcome aboard, Valerie.

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Moss wrote: "A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
If Angels Burn A Novel of the Darkyn by Lynn Viehl
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
Blood Ties Book One The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout
Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Evermore The Immortals, Book 1 by Alyson Noel "


Bum. I've just realised I read the Alyson Noel book before the challenge started (forgot it was on this list sigh). So will have to swap: either a Lynsay Sands title or a Nina Bangs one. Will confirm in a little bit. Bum!

[Ann aka Iftcan]

well, I don't have a full time job. I haven't worked since a medical retirement back when I was only 44. (Stay out of car wrecks, serious warning) So when I am in a lot of pain and can't move, I read.

Now, for today's update. :o)

--My Favourite Earthling

2--Don't Talk Back to Your Vampire—

3--Devil May Ride—


4--Year of the Griffin—

5--Yes, I'm going to find another of the Dark Hunter books by Sherilyn Kenyon to read. Don't know which one, but 1 of them

6—Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

7—Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sands this is the latest in the Argeneau Vampires book. The Hunter in this case is one of the cousins who works for Uncle Lucien as a Council Enforcer. He finds his Life Mate by accident while trying to track down yet another cousin who has gone rogue. Instead he and his partner find themselves up to their armpits in a nest of rogues--more than that, rogues who have no fangs.

8--TBD

9--TBD

I had finished off a book called Ten Thousand Islands by Randy Wayne White also, and was going to put that in as one of my reads--but decided not to since I still have like 14 more books that COULD qualify for this months challenge even better than the "Doc" Ford book (Doc is the main character in this series.) And, while Doc IS made a little more aware of the existence of "something more than we understand" he is still resisting embracing anything but logic, logic, and more logic. So, despite the ghost, historic Florida Indian rituals I decided that this isn't going to be one of my books for the month. But I WOULD recommend the series to anyone who enjoys a taunt, fast paced thriller--which is really how I'd classify this series.

[Melinda]

1. Lover Avenged {BDB 7} by JR Ward
2. Passion Unleashed {Demonica 3} by Larissa Ione LOVE the Demonica series; they just keep getting better and better! read 4/2/09
3. Storm Born {Dark Swan 1} by Richelle Mead
4. Hostage to Pleasure {Psy/Changling 5} by Nalini Singh read 4/4/09
5. Succubus On Top {Georgia Kincaid 2} by Richelle Mead
6. Noah {Nightwalkers 5} by Jacqueline Frank
7. Halfway to the Grave {Night Huntress 1} by Jeaniene Frost
8. Working for the Devil {Dante Valentine 1} by Lilith Saintcrow
9. Beyond the Highland Mist {Highlander 1} by Karen Marie Moning read 4/5/09

[Melody]

Yeah, April! :O)

1. Sex & the Immortal Bad Boy (Immortally Sexy, Book 4) - Stephanie Rowe
2. Blood Bound (Mercedes Thompson, Book 2) - Patricia Briggs
3. Eternal Pleasure (Gods of the Night, Book 1) - Nina Bangs
4. Stray (Werecats, Book 1) - Rachel Vincent
5. Demon's Fire (Tales of the Demon World, Book 3) - Emma Holly
6. Primal Needs (Prime, Book 7) - Suzan Sizemore
7. Jacob (Nightwalkers, Book 1) - Jacquelyn Frank
8. Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 1) - J.R. Ward
9. The Pagan Stone (Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 3) - Nora Roberts

[Lori]

One down...



1. Nicholas by Elizabeth Amber (The Lords of Satyr Series #1)

2. The Dream Thief by Shana Abe (Drakon Series #2)

3. Stolen by Kelly Armstrong (Women of the Underworld Series #2)

4. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (Mercedes Thompson Series #2)

5. At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost (Night Huntress Series #3)

6. For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison (The Hallows Series #5)

7. Full Moon Rising by Keri Author (The Riley Jenson Guardian Series #1)

8. Soul Mates Deceptions by Jourdan Lane (Soul Mates Series #2)

9. Mona Lisa Craving A Novel of the Monere by Sunny (Monere: Children of the Moon Series #3)

[Ann aka Iftcan]

hey guys--anyone know if the book "Wicked Game" by Jeri Smith-Ready is supposed to be the start of a series? Amazon doesn't say, but I just got it on Monday and it really looks like a GREAT read. I mean, come on--vampire DJ's and a con artist radio station manager battling ancient vamps? Doesn't that sound like a great read to you guys? If it IS the start of a new series, then I am SO going to read it for one of my TBDs. :o)

[Dawn]

Jessie is Shadow of the Moon part of the moon series about were's? If so did you read all of them or is this the first?

[The Flooze]

Ann, sounds good and wow does she have some great reviews posted to her site.

And, you're in luck!

From http://www.jerismithready.com/books/

Bad to the Bone — Coming May 19, 2009! Pre-order at Mysterious Galaxy, Amazon.com, or Barnes and Noble.

Tie-in Short Stories: Crossroads (Monroe) Rave On (Spencer) When the Music's Over (Jim)

[Jacalyn]

Holy macaroni guys! I've been so busy I haven't been able to keep up with all my GR threads and I'm hurting now. I just had to read nearly three full pages of comments! ROFL!!!!

On the bright note, I have a nice report!! I've finished book 1 for this month's challenge! YAY It's only the 2nd! Well now the 3rd, but whatever!!

Book 1: Maximum Ride: School's Out--Forever by James Patterson. I read the first one last month (one of my non challenge reads) and it was fantastic. I then held on to book 2 for an entire day before reading it just so it wouldn't cross over into this month! LOL Plus I was busy with mum (Ann).

I've now got her library book, Vampire Academy. I'm gonna start it. You guys made it sound so good we had to try it! HEHE I gotta read hard so I hope I don't fall too behind on emails again! I need to be able to return it before our library sends out headhunters. THey are way strict and have way too short a check out time period!

Seems everyone is rocking!!! You guys are awesome! WOOHOO!!!

BTW If I finish this month's challenge I'll be well into my 50's for books read for 2009! ROCK ON!

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Lady Ozma wrote: "Holy macaroni guys! I've been so busy I haven't been able to keep up with all my GR threads and I'm hurting now. I just had to read nearly three full pages of comments! ROFL!!!!

On the bright n..."


hee. I love your enthusiasm.

[Martina the Book Fairy]

Martina's April Update:

1) Eclipse, Twilight Saga #3 by Stephenie Meyer
2) The Accidental Human, Accidental Friends #3 by Dakota Cassidy - 4/4 - 3 stars - cute but IMO not as good as first two in series.
3) Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand, Kitty Norville #5 by Carrie Vaughn
4) Angels' Blood, Guild Hunter #1 by Nalini Singh
5) Enslave Me Sweetly, Alien Huntress #2 by Gena Showalter
6) Lover Unbound, Black Dagger Brotherhood #5 by J.R. Ward - 4/6 - 5 stars - this series continues to rock my world!
7) Shadow Kiss, Vampire Academy #3 by Richelle Mead
8) On the Prowl, Tales of an Urban Werewolf #2 by Karen MacInerney - 4/2 - 4.5 stars - really liked it! Better than first book in series.
9) Stolen, Women of the Otherworld #2 by Kelley Armstrong

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[Michelle]

I only joined goodreads yesterday but this is too good a challenge to pass up. Hope it's ok I'm joining in!

1. Forbidden Magic - Cheyenne McCray
2. Dark Protector - Alexis Morgan
3. Memory Zero - Keri Arthur
4. Lifemate Connections:Eryn - Keri Arthur (read 3rd April)
5. Fur Factor - Christine Warren
6. Witchling - Yasmine Galenorn
7. On the prowl: Tales of an urban werewolf - Karen MacInerney (Read 1-2nd April)
8. Dream Warrior - Sherrilyn Kenyon (read 2nd)
9. White Witch, Black Curse - Kim Harrison (read 2nd)

Seeing as this challenge started on April 1st I'm counting the three I read since then.

[Yz the Whyz]

Welcome to GoodReads, Michelle and welcome to our challenge.

Great start. Be forewarned. GR is totally addictive.

[Michelle]

Yz wrote: "Welcome to GoodReads, Michelle and welcome to our challenge.

Great start. Be forewarned. GR is totally addictive."

Thankyou! I think I'm already addicted and my TBR list has expanded! I have so many new author's I want to try and I'm already looking forward to seeing what next months challenge is going to be...

[Valerie]

One down!



1. Club Dead Sookie Stackhouse Book 3 – Charlaine Harris
2. The Hollow Sign of Seven trilogy 2 - Nora Roberts
3. Morrigan's Cross Circle trilogy 1 – Nora Roberts
4. Blood Lines The World of the Lupi Book 3 – Eileen Wilks
5. Twilight The Twilight Saga Book 1 – Stephenie Meyer
6. Lover Avenged Black Dagger Brotherhood Book 7 - J.R. Ward (fingers crossed)
7. Dark Magic Carpathians 4 – Christine Feehan
8. Deadly Game GhostWalkers 5 – Christine Feehan
9. TBD

[Lori]

@Ann...according to fantastic fiction...

Jeri Smith-Ready
Aspect of Crow Series:
1. Eyes of Crow (2006)
2. Voice of Crow (2007)
3. The Reawakened (2008)

WVMP Radio Series:
1. Wicked Game (2008)
2. Bad to the Bone (May 2009)

[Ann aka Iftcan]

--My Favourite Earthling

2--Don't Talk Back to Your Vampire—

3--Devil May Ride—


4--Year of the Griffin—

5--Yes, I'm going to find another of the Dark Hunter books by Sherilyn Kenyon to read. Don't know which one, but 1 of them

6—Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

7—Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sands

8--Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn SparksThe latest book in Sparks series. The Vampire in question is the son of THE Cassanova. Only he is nothing like Daddy dearest. The love interest is a NYC cop who comes in response to the report of a really LOUD party at a hotel. She can’t be controlled by a vamp, so of course our gorgeous alpha vamp falls for her on the spot. A good read, especially if you’ve been following the series.

9--TBD


OOHHH Michelle looks like someone ELSE who just flies through books. Welcome. And I'm SSOOOO happy that I get to add my Wicked Game book to this month's challenge. I'm not sure I could have held out til next month. :o)

That's 3 books down so far. I'd be further along in the challenge except that I'm spending a LOT of time over at Oz's working on our costumes for CostumeCon. Only have the rest of this month to get them finished.

[Jacalyn]

Michelle - Welcome to GR and the group and the challenge!!! We're hustling this year... but these challenges are fantastic! YZ has kept her whip cracking on all of us! HEHEHE

I'm on page 80 of the first Vampire Academy book. It has promise but seems to have "First in a series" issues of having this rich world, tons of back story, and then somehow there needs to be a plot thrown in... you combine that with the "Read 5 sentences and get pestered by boys for 5 minutes" that's been going on this morning... oh yeah. ROFL Hoping that maybe if I duct tape them to a wall and force them to recite multiplication tables, maybe they'll chill out.

And then I can finish this book. HAHAHA

[Ann aka Iftcan]

do what your Grandmother did the one and only time in my life I EVER admitted to being bored. Put them to work polishing silver, brass, copper, furniture, windows, whatever. I'm SURE some of your neighbors would be glad to bring over their stuff in need of polishing for the boys to work on. Hum, speaking of which--where DID I put those silver pieces that I have. . .

[Jacalyn]

They aren't bored. They are doing schoolwork. But they are having to ask for my help to correct things that they know how to do and are right so I'm having to decipher funky handwriting because they are BOYS. Man I thought my handwriting was bad! Sheesh. Then they are arguing over reading styles. Then they are spazzing because they chose to read Kidnapped on one site and it isn't all there so they had to go find another site. We only have like six different sites we use for books. HAHA I mean really. Sheesh!

Oh and in there we had the round of psycho freaky fast sit ups for scouts and then the "Hey look I can bend my hand!" which I'm still not sure what was up with THAT and then the "Where are the tissues, I can't find the tissues" Uh they are right here under your NOSE (ha!) thing.

This is what it is like to homeschool. It's always an adventure.

Oh and did I mention the five minutes (seriously, it had to be at least five minutes) of oohing and aaahing and cheering over our new sprouts in our dining room? (We're preparing for garden planting but we've got two weeks before supposedly frost safe.)

And people wonder why I struggle to get MY stuff done? LOL

[Michelle]

Ann wrote: "--My Favourite Earthling

2--Don't Talk Back to Your Vampire—

3--Devil May Ride—


4--Year of the Griffin—

5--Yes, I'm going to find another of the Dark Hunter books by Sherilyn Kenyo..."

Thankyou! I do love to read, don't always get the chance, so when my boys are behaving I try to squeeze them in! I had to laugh when I saw the groups for people trying to read 50 books in a year! In a good month I can do that! Do you read a lot? What's your favourite's?

[Ann aka Iftcan]

I read a LOT. My fav--that depends on my mood. If I'm hurting (long story, but I am always in pain, just some days its all I can do to not scream constantly from it) then I want light and frothy. Those days I want my Plums, my Hills, even my old Georgette Heyers. All are guaranteed to raise your spirits and make you lol.

Sometimes I want mystery, others adventure, and still others scifi/fantasy. I haven't really put the PNR's into that category (PNR) before. They were fantasy/scifi depending on the venue of the story. I'm really bad about finding a series that's been out for a while and HAVING to get all of the stories and read them in order one right after another. Can we all say OCD much? Thank heavens for used bookstores, Amazon.com and the library. All 3 feed my addiction.

Jennifer, as soon as I finish Don't Talk Back to Your Vampire I will be reading the Jeri Smith-Ready. Be sure to tell us if you like it or not.

[Gail]

One down!! (Angel's Blood)

And I LOVED it. I like Kim Harrison and Rachel Caine, but sometimes those books are hard for me to read, because they're so mean to their characters, and they don't always have happy endings. This book is urban fantasy in a similar vein, but with a HAPPY ending! If you like Harrison or Caine, or the early Anita Blake books--I bet you'll like Angel's Blood.

1. Angel's Blood by Nalini Singh (Guild Hunters #1) **04-02-09
2. Kitty Raises Hell by Carrie Vaughn (Kitty the Werewolf # 6)
3. Wanderlust by Ann Aguirre (Jax #2)
4. The Snow Queen by Mercedes Lackey (500 Kingdoms #4)
5. The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe (Dragon thing #1)
6. Night Huntress by Yasmine Galenorn (#5 in the Fae Sisters)
7. The Warlord's Daughter by Susan Grant (#5 or so in her SF series)
8. Echoes in the Dark by Robin D. Owens (#5 of Lladrana series)
9. Duainfey by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

I'm currently reading the Balogh historical, because I want to.

If I didn't have the part time job, I'd read more than I do, but I'm slowed way down because of it... Wish I had all that time to read... (I'm going to put up the covers of the ones I've already finished.)

Stay well, people.

Oz, you might want to try running your boys around the house three times (or something similarly active) when they get antsy like that. I have a grandboy who Cannot concentrate until he's had some physical activity.

Let's see--welcome Michelle. Glad to have you.

Now, back to your previously scheduled program.

[Gail]

Lori wrote: "One down...


Nicholas: Lords of Satyr

How do you like these Lords of Satyr books? I've seen them here and there, but haven't heard what they're like/about...

[Michelle]

1. Forbidden Magic - Cheyenne McCray
2. Dark Protector - Alexis Morgan
3. Memory Zero - Keri Arthur
4. Lifemate Connections:Eryn - Keri Arthur (read 3rd April)
5. Fur Factor - Christine Warren (read 3rd April)
6. Witchling - Yasmine Galenorn
7. On the prowl: Tales of an urban werewolf - Karen MacInerney (Read 1-2nd April)
8. Dream Warrior - Sherrilyn Kenyon(read 2nd)
9. White Witch, Black Curse - Kim Harrison (read 2nd)

Having a healthy appetite for books does get expensive, luckily I have a friend who reads PNR too and we swap a lot (twice the books that way). We also check out Car boot sales and charity shops, we often picck up books for as little as 25p! I do check ebay aswell. If I was to buy all brand new books I'd have to work more than my 20hrs.

My reading also depends on my mood, I'm sorry you are in a lot of pain Ann. When I feel crappy I usually go for a Ranger Fix (I love Janet Evanovich's Plum series). I recently just replaced all my Patricia Cornwell books that I lost and have to make time to read them.
I think I'm going to continue reading the rest of the Christine Warren books, I read 1-3 today, then I will tackle another on this list.

Thanks for the welcome Gail, are Nalini Singh's books any good? I've seen a few on Amazon and have been tempted.

[Delitealex]

1. Bad Blood by LA Banks
2. dark lover JR Ward apr 3
3. Nice girls don't have fangs by molly harper
4. at graves end jeaniene frost
5. midnight rising Lara adrian
6. iron kissed patricia briggs
7. mona lisa awakening sunny
8. fistfull of charms kim harrison
9. industrial magic kelley armstrong

I really liked dark lover I can't wait to read the rest of BDB series.

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Gail wrote: "One down!! (Angel's Blood)

And I LOVED it. I like Kim Harrison and Rachel Caine, but sometimes those books are hard for me to read, because they're so mean to their characters, and they don't alwa..."


Gail, yay, I'm planning to buy it, I'm so glad I'm only hearing good things about it.

Also I need to make official notification that my list is altered thusly slightly:

A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
If Angels Burn A Novel of the Darkyn by Lynn Viehl
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
Blood Ties Book One The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout
Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Evermore The Immortals, Book 1 by Alyson Noel
-- replaced by Love Bites by Lynsay Sands.

[Stav]

Finished A Rush of Wings and now on to Acheron...woot!

1. Acheron (Dark Hunter #22) – Sherilyn Kenyon
2. Curse the Dawn (Cassie Palmer #4) – Karen Chance
3. Minion (Vampire Huntress Legend #1) – L.A. Banks
4. The Nymphos of Rocky Flats (Felix Gomez #1) – Mario Acevedo
5. The Last Watch (Night Watch #4) – Sergei Lukyanenko
6. A Rush of Wings (The Maker’s Song #1) – Adrian Phoenix 4/3
7. Undead and Unwed (Undead #1 ) –Mary Janice Davidson
8. Dark Lover (BDB #1) – J.R. Ward
9. A Kiss of Shadows (Meredith Gentry Series #1) – Laurell K. Hamilton

[rebecca j]

My tentative list:

1. --Small Favor - Jim Butcher (Harry Dresden #10)Finished 4-4-09
2. Lover's Bite - Maggie Shayne
3. Song in the Dark - P.N. Elrod (Vampire Files)
4. Holy Smokes - Katie MacAlister (Aisling Gray #4)
5. Bound By Light - Anna Windsor
6. Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews
7.The Salem Witch Tryouts - Kelly McClymer
8. The Lost Queen - Frewin Jones (Fairy Path #2)
9. The Immortal Hunter - Lynsay Sands

[Ann aka Iftcan]

1--My Favourite Earthling

2--Don't Talk Back to Your Vampire by Michele Bardsley Light amusing, mostly, read. This one is about Lucan, the formerly "tainted" vampire/lucan cross who caused the turning of the 11 humans of Broken Heart, OK into vamps, which set up the whole "turn BH, OK into the paranormal capital of the country" thing. His "fated" female is the town librarian and single mother Eva LeRoy.
3--Devil May Ride—


4--Year of the Griffin—

5--Yes, I'm going to find another of the Dark Hunter books by Sherilyn Kenyon to read. Don't know which one, but 1 of them

6—Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

7—Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sands

8--Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

9--TBD

Anyway--4 down, 5 to go. I feel that I should be further along than this, but between frantically working on costumes, hurting and general day-to-day stuff, I am not getting quite as many knocked out as normal. Still, it IS only the 4th, so I guess I'm doing OK, right?

[The Flooze]

Oh, hush. You're doing more than okay, Ann! I haven't done any yet. I'm still trudging through library books that have nothing to do with the challenge!

[Lori]

Gail wrote:How do you like these Lords of Satyr books? I've seen them here and there, but haven't heard what they're like/about...

Gail, I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to the rest. I will warn you though, because of all the sex, I would classify them as erotica/romantica. The sex starts on page one and doesn't let up. There is a plot and a good story though. The series centers around 3 brothers, Italian winemakers, who are Satyrs. They are descended from Bacchus, the Greek God of wine and intoxication. Each book centers around one brother and his search for the half fey, half human woman he is commanded to find and marry. The sex is unflinching and if that's not your cuppa...then I would pass on this series.

[Lori]

Two down...I really enjoyed Mona Lisa Craving A Novel of the Monere. It's my favorite of the series so far. Next I'm starting Blood Bound for a little change of pace...in other words, no sex. Which I'm not at all happy about :)



1. Nicholas by Elizabeth Amber (The Lords of Satyr Series #1)

2. The Dream Thief by Shana Abe (Drakon Series #2)

3. Stolen by Kelly Armstrong (Women of the Underworld Series #2)

4. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (Mercedes Thompson Series #2)

5. At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost (Night Huntress Series #3)

6. For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison (The Hallows Series #5)

7. Full Moon Rising by Keri Author (The Riley Jenson Guardian Series #1)

8. Soul Mates Deceptions by Jourdan Lane (Soul Mates Series #2)

9. Mona Lisa Craving A Novel of the Monere by Sunny (Monere: Children of the Moon Series #3)

[The Flooze]

Hey, Ann. Have you read Bellwether by Connie Willis? It's hilarious, with a sci-fi leaning, and has a dash of romance. It's about a woman who tries to scientifically quantify fads for a living. And of course she's disgusted with everyone who follows the crowd as a result. I was sending recommendations for it to other people and I thought you'd like it too!

[Melody]

2 er 3 down.

(Edited 4/5) 3 down and a reboot.

1. Sex & the Immortal Bad Boy (Immortally Sexy, Book 4) - Stephanie Rowe
2. Blood Bound (Mercedes Thompson, Book 2) - Patricia Briggs
3. alternate One Bite With A Stranger (Others, Book 6) - Christine Warren
4. Stray (Werecats, Book 1) - Rachel Vincent
5. Demon's Fire (Tales of the Demon World, Book 3) - Emma Holly
6. Primal Needs (Prime, Book 7) - Suzan Sizemore
7. Jacob (Nightwalkers, Book 1) - Jacquelyn Frank
8. Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 1) - J.R. Ward
9. The Pagan Stone (Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 3) - Nora Roberts

[Delitealex]

1. Bad Blood by LA Banks
2. dark lover JR Ward apr 3
3. Nice girls don't have fangs by molly harper apr 4
4. at graves end jeaniene frost
5. midnight rising Lara adrian
6. iron kissed patricia briggs
7. mona lisa awakening sunny
8. fistfull of charms kim harrison
9. industrial magic kelley armstrong

nice girls don't have fangs was really funny. I'm reading mona lisa awakening next.

[Dawn]

Make that three down

1. Valiant:A Modern Tale of Faerie by Holly Black 4/4
My son recommend this book to me and I have to say it was really good. For a YA book it tackled some real adult issues. I was impressed with it.

2. [Book: The Becoming] by Jeanne C Stein 4/3

3. The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu 4/3
Ok word to the wise if you want to read this book I just found out there is a short story be sure to read that first. Because I was clueless through most of thei book

[Jael ~ *~ Syhren ~* ~]

Update 4/4
1. A Rush of Wings by Adrian*** Phoenix
2.Desire Unchainedby Larissa Ione
3.The Rogue Hunterby Lynsay Sands
4.Frostbiteby Richelle Mead****
5.Chosenby P.C. Cast***
6.Tall, Dark and Kilted by Alie MacKay
7.Faefeverby Karen marie Moning
8.Devil of the Highlandsby Lynsay Sands
9.Playing With Fireby Katie MacAlister

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[Ann aka Iftcan]

1--My Favourite Earthling

2--Don't Talk Back to Your Vampire by Michele Bardsley—

3--Devil May Ride—


4--Year of the Griffin—

5—Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon

6—Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

7—Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sands

8--Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

9--TBD

well, that's another one down, only 4 more to go. This is Xypher's story. I like that his love interest is half demon and half human--and that it seems to be the human half that rules her. And I LOVED Jesse (the ghost that she sees as her big/little brother)