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Tee hee, Ian! Most of my schooling years (from 3rd grade up) were in Minnesota, so I learned a lot about Vikings and settling the "new world". They had to be fierce to endure the journey across the ocean, and then manage to go overland far enough to settle in Minnesota. I always wondered who would choose such a cold place to settle in? But I guess it reminded them of their home or something...Grew up with lots of Swedes and Norwegians... saying "Ooh Duh" and going to potlucks with "hot dishes" and even the occasional lutefisk!
ANYWAY... just barely started into the "Believe in Me" part of the Viking story in
.
Hey, guys. For all you KRISTEN ASHLEY fans, the next Chaos series book is available for request on Netgalley. I requested, but I probably won't get it. :(RUN! LOL
just finished up my ARC of Flirting with Disaster - loved it...even better than the last one (which I think was the weakest out of the 3, but still good)
I'm reading
and it's pretty good for being free! I love the heroine's wit and the hero's as well. It makes me laugh. So much better than the last book I read...
Courtney wrote: "I'm reading and it's pretty good for being free! I love the heroine's wit and the hero's as well. It makes me laugh. So much better than the last book I read..."Marsha Canham writes the best pirate books. I've had the sequel for ages and have been meaning to read it.
ETA: MC is an established author so this is not your run of the mill freebie. :) When it was free, I recommended it to everybody!
Angie wrote: "Hey, guys. For all you KRISTEN ASHLEY fans, the next Chaos series book is available for request on Netgalley."Ooh, you really need to tell Stacia about this...she's loves a
I started Duke and I by Julia Quinn. I have had the book for a while on my tablet, but only recently decided to read it. The story gripped me within the first few pages. I think I will be reading for the rest of the day.
Love that
is making you laugh! I need some of that right now... work is tense. BTW, the book is still free for Kindle - I checked and downloaded it.Dee - I guess today *is* the 15th, huh? Time to start
. I'm woefully behind on my reading right now, so I'm not going to be able to start until later this week or this weekend. But I'm sure I'll catch up.Latoya - The Bridgerton series is one of my ALL TIME FAVS! So good... they make me laugh and cry. I just love Violet, their mother.
Ian wrote: "Angie wrote: "Hey, guys. For all you KRISTEN ASHLEY fans, the next Chaos series book is available for request on Netgalley."Ooh, you really need to tell Stacia about this...she's loves a long goo..."
Hahahaha!!
So I cannot get away from Vikings it seems... I finshed Dream of Me last night and I started
but my mind is with Hawk... So I'm going to pick up Believe in Me too.Happy Wednesday... Woke up to ants invading the from entry. Ugh!
Yucko, Leea! I love homeopathic remedies, but the one time I used cayenne and cinnamon across the ant trail, it left behind a red stain that was tougher to clean up than dealing with the ants - LOL! But it was near my cat's food dish (they invaded that and her water), so I didn't want to use harsh chemicals. I'm sure there are easier alternatives to chemicals. But if all else fails, you can try sprinkling cayenne pepper and/or cinnamon over the trail.I have heard that you can mix up pepper sauce (like Tabasco) with water and spray it on the trail, too.
Latoya wrote: "I started Duke and I by Julia Quinn. I have had the book for a while on my tablet, but only recently decided to read it. The story gripped me within the first few pages. I think I will be reading f..."I love Julia Quinn & the Bridgertons! Enjoy!
I finished
and just picked up the next book
. I'm really liking this author.
Ok so I have a confession, I hate when I am in the middle of a good book and I have to stop for something (work, chores, etc.) On Mother's Day, I was having some quality time with my husband (which is very good), but after a couple of hours, I was looking forward to reading my book. Shame on me.
Lori McD wrote: "Yucko, Leea! I love homeopathic remedies, but the one time I used cayenne and cinnamon across the ant trail, it left behind a red stain that was tougher to clean up than dealing with the ants - LOL..."I had to get out the bug spray... Did it before walking the kids to school and it doesn't have an oder. Funny thing is my neighbor had ants in her kitchen too this morning.
Loving Believe in me... 15%(view spoiler)
Kay wrote: "I finished and just picked up the next book . I'm really liking this author."I read
from this author years ago, and I remember it being a really good book. I read the follow up, too, and it was good, but not as good as Final Exit. I'll have to check those out.
Ian wrote: "Angie wrote: "Hey, guys. For all you KRISTEN ASHLEY fans, the next Chaos series book is available for request on Netgalley."Ooh, you really need to tell Stacia about this...she's loves a long goo..."
LMAO. I think I'm one of the only people on the planet who hates most epilogues.
So far I'm loving Believe in Me and I also started
for a buddy read which is sort of reminding me of
, except for the fact that the people are turning into mutant bugs (aphids) instead of zombies.
Ohhh, First of Day's in a favorite of mine, i'll have to look into Dead of Eve... Can't wait to hear what you think Stacia.
Mine too, I'll have to look into it.
We'll see how it goes. I think it's supposed to get really gory near the end, and it might have weird sex, but I'm not far in yet to know. The chick is the last chick on earth and more than one man is interested in her...Well, there are technically women, but they're all aphid bugs now.
Dang. GR still hasn't fixed update feeds since yesterday?
Leea wrote: "Ugh Daria, [spoilers removed]"Leea, that was addressed (I thought) at the very end of "Dream of Me"... (view spoiler)
Hey ladies! I have been working around the clock and it stinks!Are we staring Dirty by Megan Hart today? I just got back to my hotel room. Got some work work to do but I plan to read some tonight. :)
I got booked into the business plaza level and they have cocktails hour "on the house" with cheese!!! So nice. The only nice thing about this trip.
I started it on the metro today - so far its an easy, but thought-provoking read - I like how she (view spoiler)
i just finished Magic In the Blood - so glad I decided to get back to this series - I can't wait to read more
Oh I like that too dee! Personally I identify with that and I can't identify with the virgins who only want one partner. Sorry girls!
or the ones who have sex and the omg time to get married...I really would love (and maybe it has but I can't remember) Megan Hart or someone else to tackle abortion and how its ok to not want kids - but I know that it is a hugely touchy subject and can understand why authors would opt to not do so
Dee wrote: "or the ones who have sex and the omg time to get married...I really would love (and maybe it has but I can't remember) Megan Hart or someone else to tackle abortion and how its ok to not want kids ..."I like that idea, Dee.
I'm rereading
so I can read
!
I agree about the sex not equalling marriage (at least for me), so I find it really really refreshing when characters dont' go there automatically in their mind. Thinking about controversial topics, I am not sure I have seen an author cover that topic. There was the Megan Hart story where the wife lied about being on contraceptives. Ewwww Stacia, I am not sure I could handle characters that turn in to bugs!!
I am 20% into Dirty and liking it a lot.
Regina wrote: "I agree about the sex not equalling marriage (at least for me), so I find it really really refreshing when characters dont' go there automatically in their mind. Thinking about controversial topic..."I'm so there with you, Regina. I know everybody is wired differently but it seems like in a lot of books, the woman starts picking china right after they have sex and sometimes she doesn't even know if the guy has a job or is nice to his mother.
Dee wrote: "someone else to tackle abortion and how its ok to not want kids "In Summer in Sonoma one of the women got pregnant (IUD failure) and because of severe financial hardship didn't think she could afford another child. She had the IUD removed which effectively ended the pregnancy.
Come to think of it, Robyn Carr has dealt with an unwanted pregnancy a few times. May have been Moonlight Road that a young couple felt they weren't ready for children and decided to put the child up for adoption.
But I can't remember the A word ever being used in a CR where the mother's life wasn't in danger.
But why shouldn't abortion be mentioned/used - it exists, women every day opt for them - why not...I've only read a couple Robyn Carr - she is too natural birth preachy for me (virgin river)
I'm not saying it's right but it's a topic that will polarise. An author might write the best book ever written but if she goes there people will hate it for no other reason than she went there. Imagine the furore if a male author wrote about it. (hesitates)
I can predict how the attacks will go when an author does broach the subject. People opposed to abortion will suggest she isn't qualified to discuss the topic. They will suggest she is a feminist (like that's a bad thing). They will suggest she's ignorant of the real situation. They might even use the other A word (atheist).
It is def a book that will polarize but someone has to be the first - just like the first to write an IR romance or first to get M/M or f/f closer to the mainstream - but once that risk is taken its like others feel like they can as well
What about a male writing under a pseudonym - I mean the first female to write m/m had to deal with likely being told not qualified since she doesn't have a penis or the first guy to write a traditional romance
I agree. I can pretty much guarantee that person won't be Jill Shalvis.
Of course not - I think MH would be great because she already writes stuff that could be seen as controversial
Dee wrote: "What about a male writing under a pseudonym - I mean the first female to write m/m had to deal with likely being told not qualified since she doesn't have a penis or the first guy to write a tradit..."Just my opinion but there are people out there who won't let the truth stand in the way of their outrage. Doesn't matter what you do or say, they will give it the meaning they want to give it.
When I was young I was walking through a mall and a bible thumping preacher was talking about that band Kiss. He said and I quote "Kiss stands for Kids in Satan's Service". And here was I thinking it was just a cool name for a band.
Doesn't that happen all the time though - not like fiction is the only thing that happens in
I don't think Robyn Carr is not the person to write it. I also don't think she is preachy at all. She had a book that provided abortion as a legitimate option for a woman. What Robyn Car does do is present natural birth as natural and not as hokey or biazarre or simply for hippies (not to bash hippies, but you know what I mean I hope). I was so excited to read how she writes about it because it is not normal to see natural birth or home birth presented in mainstream books in a matter of fact and realistic factual way -- in fact outside of Outlander I can't think of another book that presents natural birth as not scary or not bizarre. She isn't preachy -- she has c-sections, she has women who choose otherwise, she doesn't lecture about natural birth it is just somethin that comes up in the context of her books and she writes about it in a matter of fact way. That isn't preachy. Preachy would be to say this is the only way and she isn't doing that. I wish I could remember the book that had abortion in it, but like her other books -- she presented it as a health choice. I'll have to think about it.Megan Hart -- I referenced above -- has dealt with a woman who didn't want kids and went to the extreme of lying to her husband about it in Tempted. There are many literary fiction books, not romance that deal with this topic. I want to say Suzanne Brockmann has touched on this, not sure why but I can't remember the book now so I could be wrong.
I am just thrilled when I find a romance book that has a woman who likes sex, has had sex before and her appearance isn't the focus of the book but instead her character and personality are. On that note I am really liking Dirty. I like how the main character likes to drink too. I guess I am just full of my vices.
I guess my RC issue is that all her women seem to be into home birth which IMHO doesn't seem like an accurate representation of how things stand now - but then I've only had limited experienceRe: abortion as a health choice - why does that have to be the only way that it is portrayed - why not someone who cannot take care of a child at that time in their life and opt for one...
I don't remember a SB that dealt with it - unless it was one of her earlier books (pre-SEALs)
That is what I loved about it though. :) For me who home birthed her last baby and have many friends who did, I loved that the women around her accepted it. But all the women are not necessarily into natural birth or home birth at all, but they do come to like it. There are hospital births with epis in the book and c-sections due to emergency.Dee I don't think it should only be presented as a health choice at all. What I meant was, this was a situation in where a woman had limited options and what I meant was that the main character (Mel) presented it in a matter of fact way as a health a choice not as something that was really out there.
Regina wrote: "her appearance isn't the focus of the book but instead her character and personality are."Also something I prefer. I mean, I understand that looks are the first thing you see about a person and if they are attractive, of course that will stand out first. But after that first impression, I want couples to focus on personality and character. I know that after a while, looks banish for me and I just see the person.
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