What Are you Reading? Showing 6,751-6,800 of 16,523

[Antonella]

Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I read Love is a Stranger by John Wiltshire and I really enjoyed it. His other books are on my wish list so it is great to hear that you are enjoying it Antonella."

Probably I've read your enthusiastic review.

And now I see the third book of the ''More Heat Than the Sun series'' came out in August.

[Valerie]

Antonella wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "I have quite a few m/m historicals I own and need to read - Brothers of the Wild North Sea, Well Traveled, a few by Tamara Allen, etc. And I have This Rough Magic in audio."

This..."

Oh, you love living dangerously, Antonella. ;-)

I always get good recs here, this thread is a big reason why I'll never conquer my growing TBR list.

[Valerie]

Alison wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "I need recs for historical romance for those who don't like, or don't think they like, historicals. They have just never appealed to me. I've read and liked some m/m but I don't t..."

Thanks for the recommendations, Alison.

Lisa Kleypas might be a good place for me to start. I LOVE her contemporary Travis family series. I want the next one now, dammit! ;-)

I bought the first in Moning's Highlander series after reading the Fever series but never got around to reading it before taking a break from PNR a while back. Thanks for the reminder!

I own Lord of Scoundrels and a couple Tessa Dare historicals. Must get around to reading these, too.

Oh, and there are Sarah MacLean ebooks and audiobooks on Scribd. I was just browsing the site and it looks to me like they actually have a nice selection of historical romances.

I'll just have to dive in and see if I like any of them. My reading tastes tend to change over time, so what I didn't like a few years ago might be more appealing now. :)

[Jordan]

I'll add one more rec for historical MM. Ruth Sims The Phoenix. It's set at first in England then moves to the states for a good bit and as I recall, ends up back in England. It's the story of a stage actor and a doctor, and it literally covers YEARS of their lives, which is something you might want to be aware of. When I reached the end after both readings, I was so invested I didn't know what to do with myself for at least a day or two. :-) it's definitely one of my faves next to Alex Beecroft and some of the other age of sail authors mentioned.

For some reason, I really have a thing for age of sail romances. Getting to tour wooden ships recently was really awesome! No gay sailors on board though. :-(

[Murphy]

Georgette Heyer is a favorite of mine. Most of her stuff is very funny. I thought several of her mysteries were very good. Some were awful. When they were awful it was usually a publishing dispute. The Reluctant Widow and April Lady are two of my favorite regencies. They are both very funny.

[Murphy]

The Quiet Gentleman was another really good mystery/romance.

[HJ]

Murphy wrote: "The Quiet Gentleman was another really good mystery/romance."

Yes, I agree.

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "Haldis wrote: "Question: What do people do with books you are "currently reading" and decide 30% or so in that a root canal would be less painful? Do you create a "I would rather die then read this..."

I have to really hate a book to remove it. I think because I have gone back sometimes to abandoned books and been pleasantly surprised. Or maybe it's my hoarder tendencies.

[Josh]

I should add that my kindle shelves are not very well organized and I am always trying to rebuy books I've forgotten I already own. :-D

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "The Quiet Gentleman was the first Heyer I read. I loved it!"

That remains one of my all time favorite Heyers. :-)

[Jordan]

My kindle is very organized. I can't help it! I have a folder for Currently Reading, a folder for To Read, which is books I obviously haven't read yet. The rest are authors names, so I can find a title easier, as long as I know the author!

[Becky]

I don't have loads of collections, but I do have a small number of author collections for those whose books I have a lot of! Like this Josh Lanyon guy. ;D

[Anne]

Becky wrote: "I don't have loads of collections, but I do have a small number of author collections for those whose books I have a lot of! Like this Josh Lanyon guy. ;D"

I think I have heard of him ;)

[Na]

Jordan wrote: "My kindle is very organized. I can't help it! I have a folder for Currently Reading, a folder for To Read, which is books I obviously haven't read yet."

:D Me too. Plus, one for the books I've read, another for the book I love to reread, a folder for the book I never want to read again...

[Felice]

HJ wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "... I need recs for historical romance for those who don't like, or don't think they like, historicals ....

Has anyone read any of Joanna Bourne's Spymaster's series? They look i..."

Joanna Bourne's Spymaster series is wonderful. Fully of stories of teh French Revolution. The Black Hawk is considered one of the finest historical romance ever written. If you are interested in stories of the American Revolution, Danelle Harmon has sea-faring romances that take place both in England and Massachusetts, and Cindy Nord's writes books about Civl War Romance

[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "My kindle is very organized. I can't help it! I have a folder for Currently Reading, a folder for To Read, which is books I obviously haven't read yet. The rest are authors names, so I can find a t..."

I break it up by genre. And in some cases I have duplicates. But then again it's not like I separate my physical bookshelf into books I've read and books I haven't read, so maybe it's okay.

[Becky]

Josh wrote: "I break it up by genre. And in some cases I have duplicates. But then again it's not like I separate my physical bookshelf into books I've read and books I haven't read, so maybe it's okay."

That's the cool thing about collections, they are really only labels or tags, like the shelves here on Goodreads, so the same book can in several collections, wherever it fits and is useful to you.

[Susinok]

My books on my phone are in one giant alphabetical list (520 to be exact) on my MoonReader app. Same with the Kindle App. Since it's fast to scroll around on my phone I haven't subdivided.

[Idamus]

Becky wrote: "I don't have loads of collections, but I do have a small number of author collections for those whose books I have a lot of! Like this Josh Lanyon guy. ;D"

I organize by author too, as long as I have at least 2 books by someone, the rest are in my misc or anthology collections
Unread books are not yet in a collection

[Ame]

Organize the Kindle, what is that?!

[Anne]

Ame wrote: "Organize the Kindle, what is that?!"

Good question ;)

[HJ]

I used to find it so difficult to organise the Kindle that i gave up on it. is it easier now? How do people do it? -- by which I mean, do you do it on the Kindle itself, or on a computer? and is it still Collections?

[Idamus]

HJ wrote: "I used to find it so difficult to organise the Kindle that i gave up on it. is it easier now? How do people do it? -- by which I mean, do you do it on the Kindle itself, or on a computer? and is..."

I do it on the Kindle
For example, I have a collection called Josh Lanyon, odly enough full of Josh Lanyon books ;), every time I get a new one and I've read it I add it to that collection, I find that quite easy

[Alison]

HJ wrote: "I used to find it so difficult to organise the Kindle that i gave up on it. is it easier now? How do people do it? -- by which I mean, do you do it on the Kindle itself, or on a computer? and is..."

I do it all on the Kindle. I'm not sure which one you have, but I spent a while figuring out what the buttons did and eventually, I worked it all out. I've got lots of categories now.

[Haldis]

I was wondering what that "create new collection" tab was for. Dang...I just checked my kindle, I only have 151 books, 90 of which are on my kindle...I feel like such a loser. I need to buy more books so I can "create new collection".

[Karen]

I don't have a Kindle, just the app. The app on too many devices (4 of them). The only device with the collections capability is my iPad. I also load my library on to Calibre (when I remember to do that). And I have a bunch of different files to collect books to load on to only device or another. I am so "organized" that it's chaos. I could spend a lot of time re-organizing. Or I could read. ; )

[Haldis]

Just read. And read.

[Mtsnow13]

Just finished The Jesus Injection and Balls & Chain. Was expecting something quite different, but they were a fun escape for a bit.

[Averin]

Just finished Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery, really enjoyed it. And it is free at Amz, right now.

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

Averin wrote: "Just finished Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery, really enjoyed it. And it is free at Amz, right now."

I saw the freebie and downloaded it. I will push it up my to read pile. It is always great to find another great author.

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

I finished reading The Dark Horse and The White Knight by Josh. I really liked the way the two books fit together and I always enjoy Josh's stories. I am now reading Captain's Mate which is a dragon shifter/marine story. It is ok but I think the world building could have been better. I am also reading August Ice which is shaping up to be a really great story. It is by Dev Bentham and is set in Antarctica and has a fantastic way of portraying life at the bottom of the world.

[Antonella]

Averin wrote: "Just finished Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery, really enjoyed it. And it is free at Amz, right now."

Thank you, Averin. Here the link:
http://www.amazon.com/Lake-Mountain-D...

[KC]

Read Keira Andrews' Semper Fi which was beautiful, poignant, and exhilarating; i do love a book that makes one's heart break and soar at the same time.

And started reading Brushback which is a mystery with a gay PI. Not sure yet. It started well enough but it feels a bit like it's trying too hard.

[Anne]

Averin wrote: "Just finished Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery, really enjoyed it. And it is free at Amz, right now."

I liked it, also the second book in the series.

[Idamus]

KC wrote: "Read Keira Andrews' Semper Fi which was beautiful, poignant, and exhilarating; i do love a book that makes one's heart break and soar at the same time.

And started reading [book:Br..."

I love Brushback, I'm still hoping she'll finish book two one day

[Susinok]

I am halfway through The Wings of the Sphinx, book 11 of the Andrea Camilleri Inspector Montalbano mysteries. I forgot how numerous the dialog is in these books. Time to really catch up in this series.

And... it's a paper book! OMG! It's been a long time but I'm headed back to the library.

[Averin]

Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I finished reading The Dark Horse and The White Knight by Josh. I really liked the way the two books fit together and I always enjoy Josh's stories. I am now reading [..."

Bentham always does such great research and applies it well.

[Averin]

Anne wrote: "Averin wrote: "Just finished Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery, really enjoyed it. And it is free at Amz, right now."

I liked it, also the second book in the series."

Hope to read that one soon. I was really irritated that someone obtained an ARC from Netgalley of the third one, then posted a DNF review on GR. How can you jump into the third volume of a series and expect to be grabbed?

[Sara]

Antonella wrote: "For I eliminated several ones from my Kindle because I thought: ''If I die, I don't want anybody to think I read such shit ;-)''."


Sooo glad I wasn't drinking just then, lol!

[Sara]

Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I finished reading The Dark Horse and The White Knight by Josh. I really liked the way the two books fit together and I always enjoy Josh's stories. I am now reading [..."

I really liked August Ice. But then I don't think I've read anything by Dev Bentham that I haven't liked.

[Valerie]

Felice wrote: "HJ wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "... I need recs for historical romance for those who don't like, or don't think they like, historicals ....

Has anyone read any of Joanna Bourne's Spymaster's series? ..."

Thanks for the recommendations. I will add them to my TBR. I started a Civil War era historical, Always to Remember which I sort of randomly picked from a GR list of American Historical romances. Such a horrible cover ;-) but it is good so far. I have been trying to remember some of the authors my Grandma loved, like LaVyrle Spencer.

[Valerie]

Ame wrote: "Organize the Kindle, what is that?!"

Yep. Mine is not really organized at all right now.

[Valerie]

I just returned from Lancaster County, PA. We went to Amish country to see a rock concert (and visit some relatives). :-) I was thinking of Hank and Sloane from Unwrapping Hank. We were in downtown Lancaster but I didn't get a chance to look for the Tally Ho. ;-)

[Haldis]

Averin wrote: "Just finished Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery, really enjoyed it. And it is free at Amz, right now."

Thanks for the heads up. Just downloaded it.

[HJ]

KC wrote: "And started reading Brushback which is a mystery with a gay PI. Not sure yet. It started well enough but it feels a bit like it's trying too hard. ..."

I remember liking this when it first came out, and I've re-read it a couple of times. I check periodically hoping for more from Jamie Scofield but she's been silent for ages.

[HJ]

Valerie C wrote: "I have been trying to remember some of the authors my Grandma loved, like LaVyrle Spencer. ..."

This may be a personal thing, or it may be a US /UK divide thing, but I find the classics from that era to be unreadable. Very odd ideas in some of them.

[Idamus]

HJ wrote: "KC wrote: "And started reading Brushback which is a mystery with a gay PI. Not sure yet. It started well enough but it feels a bit like it's trying too hard. ..."

I remember liking this when it fi..."

I know the author somewhere else on the Interwebs, she has had some RL issues, layoff from work, moving and new job, but she's still writing, just veeeeeery slowly. The outline is done, but that's it.

[Jordan]

I should say, I also have an Anthologies collection on my kindle, though if there are authors I have other books for in that anthology, like Josh, I will also put the book in the author's collection too.

My print books are divided up into six ways! I actually had to stop and think about that. Mostly it's due to space/shelving constraints. The most basic for me is a separation of fiction, nonfiction, and everything I haven't read sits on my coffee table. However, I have so many Dean Koontz books and so many MM Romance books that they require their own bookcases! And not all of my nonfiction fits on that bookcase so the books on writing got shelved temporarily on an extra DVD cas. It's crazy, I know. I can't wait for the day I have space to organize properly!

[Jordan]

The thing I dislike about organizing on my kindle is that when I want to add/remove anything to/from a collection, if the title starts with a letter at the end of the alphabet, I've got to scroll all the way through everything else to get to it. When you have several hundred books, that's a lot to scroll through and becomes tedious and time consuming. I can't not organize though. I just don't see how they couldn't make it easier.

[KC]

Jordan wrote: "The thing I dislike about organizing on my kindle is that when I want to add/remove anything to/from a collection, if the title starts with a letter at the end of the alphabet, I've got to scroll a..."

I divided my kindle books into: fic, non-fic, fantasy/sf, Josh, mystery, and romance, and I keep only the books that i might want to reread someday.