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Searock wrote: "Unfortunately, Lori, I think that Bash has been sold out for awhile :(."Wow, they're advertising the heck out of it on Facebook. Wonder if the authors know that it's sold out? Both Karina Halle and Gail McH are pushing it on FB.
Kay wrote: "Lori, what did you rate Lingerie Wars? I don't know if I will pick it up again.I think I will join you all on Cut & Run. I might start it tomorrow. Is there a thread to discuss?"
We can just chat about it in the Cut & Run Thread if that's okay with everyone.
Here is the link: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Ian, I love the As the World Dies series!! I miss Jenni and Katie so much. I still have the shorts to read. Have fun!LOL!
Lori McD wrote: "Searock wrote: "Unfortunately, Lori, I think that Bash has been sold out for awhile :(."Wow, they're advertising the heck out of it on Facebook. Wonder if the authors know that it's sold out? Bot..."
How weird.
I wanted to go with a couple friends, but we arranged it just a tad too late. If there's still a way to go, I'd like to know about it...
Thanks for the info, Lori. I'll have to look into it.
Hi everybody! I'm back after a couple of really EXHAUSTING days at the BEA. The Bloggers Conference was OK but going to the Exhibit Hall was great! I got to talk to people in the industry and get tons of free books. If only I didn't have a couple of work meetings (I went there with the CEO at my company), I would have been able to roam around more.I think next year I'll just skip the conference and spend a day at the Exhibition.
Cut & Run and As the World Dies series both look really good. I have Rhiannon Frater's vampire books on my kindle waiting to be read. Has anybody read them - are they good? I'm nearly caught up with the Sarah Booth Delaney series, reading
and really liking this series still. Kinda like a Southern Stephanie Plum, which I believe others had made that comparison. Fun, fast reads. Slowly, nearing the end of
which is weird, but good. Glad I'm listening to it because I probably would've given up if reading it.
Lisa, I read Frater's vamp books and her zombie books several years ago (I think) and they are amazing. The good thing about Rhiannon's writings are the characters she creates. They are so unique and unlike characters in other books.
D.G. wrote: "Hi everybody! I'm back after a couple of really EXHAUSTING days at the BEA. The Bloggers Conference was OK but going to the Exhibit Hall was great! I got to talk to people in the industry and get t..."The speakers are boring?
Regina wrote: "Lisa, I read Frater's vamp books and her zombie books several years ago (I think) and they are amazing. The good thing about Rhiannon's writings are the characters she creates. They are so unique..."Thanks Regina! I'll scoot them up on my reading queue.
D.G. wrote: "Hi everybody! I'm back after a couple of really EXHAUSTING days at the BEA. The Bloggers Conference was OK but going to the Exhibit Hall was great! I got to talk to people in the industry and get t..."Welcome back D.G!! I'm so glad you had fun!
I liked the combination of drama and romance.
Lisa wrote: "Cut & Run and As the World Dies series both look really good. I have Rhiannon Frater's vampire books on my kindle waiting to be read. Has anybody read them - are they good? I'm nearly caught up wit..."Yes!! Move As the World Dies series up - it's one of my favorites. I have Stacia and Regina to thank for that fabulous recommendation.
I'm about 22% (Chap 4) into Cut & Run. It's just starting to pick up and I already have a HUGE crush on Ty :)
I'm going old school and I'm going to read a Nora Roberts series I read and loved years ago:
Regina wrote: "Lisa, I read Frater's vamp books and her zombie books several years ago (I think) and they are amazing. The good thing about Rhiannon's writings are the characters she creates. They are so unique..."I think you and Kay are the Frater experts around here. I keep meaning to try something else of hers. She even has another zombie series that I'm interested in.
Do you mean
- it's entertaining. Not as good as first days.
Regina wrote: "The speakers are boring? "Not necessarily, but I'm not sure that I learned anything ground breaking. Given that I have limited time, I think that it would have been more useful to meet authors and chat with Publishers. I didn't have time to do that as much on the day I went my boss because we had a few meetings.
Angie wrote: "I'm going old school and I'm going to read a Nora Roberts series I read and loved years ago:"Angie, I read those last year before my trip to Ireland and really liked them. I'm slowly building a Nora Roberts shelf in my bookcase.
OOOkay... I might be the wimp here... not loving the
books. When books or movies are harsh, tough, gritty, and "real", I have a tough time with them. I admit, I'm often into escape.And yes, I know that my reading preferences seem contradictory.
could certainly be termed as all of those things. And to be honest, I almost couldn't get through the end of that book the 1st time. It took 3 reads or so before I could deal with it and move on without flinching and putting it down every few minutes.I think Regina was disappointed in me over
, because I felt the same way about it. I only gave it a 3.5 star rating, because it's tough for me to recommend books to others that are so darned tough for me to read. With "After Hours", the recommendations would be sparse for me because of the high-steam content... that, and the ambiguous ending that's not exactly a HEA. Again - it's "real".This is how I feel about
and
. I love Karina Halle, and I recognize that these are well-crafted and this world is very consistent. It's just that I don't really want to be in that world. Hey, I had a tough time getting through The Hunger Games trilogy, OK! I thought series like Fever toughened me up a bit, but maybe because that's still enough "fantasy", I can get through it? I don't know.And yes, I had a tough time with
- the last currently published Ty & Zane book for the "reality" factor. That's not a spoiler, is it?
LOL, you just convinced me to push onin On Every Street. ;) And honey I was NOT disappointed in you about After Hours! I completely get where you are coming from. Everything I loved about After Hours is why I have trouble with many romance novels.
Well then, my work here is done - LOL!
We all have different reasons that make is like books. :)
lol, a 3 star review for me is about my average - it takes quite a bit for me to go to the 4/5 star point
I had isseus with Touch & Gaeux for the reality factor as well
Dee wrote: "lol, a 3 star review for me is about my average - it takes quite a bit for me to go to the 4/5 star point"Same. I use 3 stars and 3.5 more than anything because a book really has to sell me to make me give out a solid 4 these days. I don't consider 3.5 to be bad, if 3 is my average/standard rating. 3.5 is my "slightly above average" rating, and it depends if I was closer to really liking or just liking a little which determines if I'm rounding up or down.
The more I think about it, the more I really think that people should skip On Every Street and read Sins & Needles first, then decide if they want to go back to OES. I really don't think OES is strong enough to sell the books.
I think a lot of prequels are like that. They are almost written for fans as a gift sort of. I will put aside On Every Street and read Sins & Needles first.3.5 isn't bad for me either I just thought After hours was a 4.5 to 5 star type of book. :)
I recently read a book that I found randomly at the library and really enjoyed!
is a friends to lovers story and it's really focused on the relationship. It's actually not that steamy but there are tons of frank conversations about sex, including serious discussions about birth control in a non-hookup environment, possible dangers of the pill, what makes a man a man, and society's attitude about women and sex. Plus lots of sexy banter. It was great! I'll definitely write a review soon.
That looks interesting, D.G. I love those types of friends to lovers stories.
I'm struggling with
it's like a 1 star book right now. I'm going to start sins & needles later next week.
I started
, but it's a loooong book, lol. I'm only at 3%.
Wendy are you struggling with Cut & Run too? Leea, why are you not liking it? I am only 3% in and haven't had time to read at all since Thursday.
I finished Cut & Run, but I only gave it 2 stars. I didn't like it very much, lol. My review was pretty much a rant. (there are two very small spoilers in it that I bitch about, so maybe don't go read it quite yet, lol). But because so many of my friends love it I'm gonna give it another chance and see if the next one is a little better.
You know the writing is really choppy and the chatacters Ty and & Zane, it feels like each author wrote for each one so the conversations are almost hard for me to follow. I'm 75% into it and man there has been a lot of WTF moments and the plot is changing and jumping around. The suspense aspect is seriously ridiculous, at 64% they finally start dealing with the serial killer. Oh man, i'm just rolling my eyes. Basically read Wendy's review and I feel the same way.
I do see some potential in Ty & Zane but it's hard getting to know them under all this crazy writing.
Huh, I don't know if I want to push in then since I have so much I need to read.
Leea wrote: "I do see some potential in Ty & Zane but it's hard getting to know them under all this crazy writing. "
LOL!! That sums it up perfectly!
Save yourself Regina! lol!
Wendy F wrote: "I started , but it's a loooong book, lol. I'm only at 3%."I'm still planning on reading Under the Dome tomorrow too, just have to finish Cut & Run!
We have some packing to do so I may be slower than you and Stacia.
Well I'll still be about 3-5% in. It's definitely slow going. It's over 1000 pages, lol.
I'll probably start tomorrow afternoon. I have to hurry up and finish
.I finished
and liked it, although I found some similarities between the characters in this and her book Skin Game, which threw me a little.
I had to put
down... I'll pick it up again when I'm not so stressed.BTW, Karina Halle replied to my inquiry about Dex & Perry go to Target. She directed me to Maryse's site. Isn't that where we found it?
Through FB and her blog, I realized she's been on tour. So I thanked her for responding & told her we did find the story.
Finally trudged slowly through to the end of
. What a battle. The idea was very interesting and definitely intriguing, but the constant repetition of their feelings for each other was annoying. Glad I'm done with it.Moving on to
!
Leea wrote: "You know the writing is really choppy and the chatacters Ty and & Zane, it feels like each author wrote for each one so the conversations are almost hard for me to follow. I'm 75% into it and man there has been a lot of WTF moments and the plot is changing and jumping around. The suspense aspect is seriously ridiculous, at 64% they finally start dealing with the serial killer. Oh man, i'm just rolling my eyes. "Those were EXACTLY my feelings about C&R. I read it a couple of years ago and although I said I was going to read the second book, I haven't been able to. I'll only try because I know so many friends love it but I didn't see anything special about it.
DG, Michelle felt the same way -- she listened to the audio.I am enjoying
, I love Camden. I am about 20% in.I am listening to
and so far it is a 2 star book for me. I can't figure out what the storyline is.
Regina, I am a big Camden fan. You probably haven't met Javier yet but meh. Finished
and
, both of which were underwhelming. I think Gameboard set up the end of the book for an interesting book 2, so I'll be reading it, but there was too much of the boring politics and military stuff going on before we got to the mythology portion of the story, which I was more interested in. I was saddened to have to rate anything by Mead so low, but I have faith that she'll bring it with the story arc and it will progress on to something better because that's where she excels.Started
with Wendy and Leea in prep for the t.v. show that comes out this month.
Just starting The Siege by Rhiannon Frater and The Newcomer by Robyn Carr. Might also start Home to Whiskey Creek by Brenda Novak at some stage. 
What's with the strange 2 Star thing they have going on in book recommendations?
Ian looking forward to what you think of Newcomer.
Yeah, same here. Finally got a chance to start under the Dome. Wow! Starts right off, action packed already. This is my first Stephen King book.
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I started reading On Every Street... not so sure about this one. I know this is all set up for the 1st book, so I'm trying to be p..."
OES is one prequel that might work better if you read it after book 1. I don't know if I would have continued with the series if I'd read OES before S&N, but after reading S&N, I was curious enough to want to see why Javier was the way that he was.