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message 1301: by VMom (new)

VMom (votermom) | 23 comments Celine wrote: "I'm currently reading seven books (Inkheart, Eldest, It, Sense and Sensibility and Seamonsters, The Hobbit, Cry of the Newborn and Interview With The Vampire).
I just can't chose which one I would..."

Inkheart is one of my favorite YAs ever.


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Dawn (dawnv) | 367 comments Carolyn F. wrote: "Cherra wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I'm reading On the Prowl (Includes Monère Children of the Moon, #4; Briggs Alpha & Omega Prequel; World of the Lupi, #3.5; Dorina Basarab Prequel) by Patricia Briggs. I got it for the Patricia Briggs story (which was great), now I'm seeing how the others are.

I agree with Cherra, you really must read the series before this short story in order to understand it better."


I wanted to chime in and say I totally agree, I read
Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1) by Patricia Briggs first and then I read on the prowl and I can honestly say it made the story so much better.


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Darcy (sunnytat462) | 822 comments blackrose wrote: "Darcy wrote: "Darcy wrote: "I am reading Whitechapel Gods (Whitechapel, #1) by S.M. Peters."

Ended up not caring for this one, so moved on to The Dark Storm (A Dark Storm Novel) by Kris Greene."

I didn't really care for ..."


I was sucked in with the pretty cover. It is just as bad a a pretty label on a bottle of wine. LOL


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Kayzee | 115 comments I just finished reading Poison Study (Study, #1) by Maria V. Snyder

but now after I do the housework I am going to read Moon Called (Mercedes Thompson, #1) by Patricia Briggs OOooO im excited lol


I ♥ Bookie Nookie (bookienookiereviews.blogspot.com) (ibookienookie) Kayzee wrote: "I just finished reading Poison Study (Study, #1) by Maria V. Snyder

but now after I do the housework I am going to read Moon Called (Mercedes Thompson, #1) by Patricia Briggs OOooO im excited lol"


Moon Called--that is a great series!


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Rebecca (Bec) | 14 comments ohhh ans silverborn comes out at the end of march! YAY!


Shera (Book Whispers) (sherabookwhispers) | 204 comments Kayzee I love the Mercy Thompson serries! Hope you enjoy it!


message 1308: by Lisa M (new)

Lisa M | 311 comments @Kayzee, like many comments here, I also loved the Mercy Thompson series! I actually started Patricia Briggs on the Alpha & Omega series, but I think I liked Mercy just a bit more.


Shera (Book Whispers) (sherabookwhispers) | 204 comments Lisa, I agree. Omega was good, but Mercy is just all kinds of awesomeness.


message 1310: by Valorie (new)

Valorie I finished Wild Blue Under (Tritone Trilogy, #2) by Judi Fennell . Pretty good read. I liked it better than the first book. I'm now reading The Smoke Thief (Drakon, #1) by Shana Abé


message 1311: by Laura (Kyahgirl) (new)

Laura (Kyahgirl) (kyahgirl) I thought The Smoke Thief was a great book. I hope you enjoy it.

I'm reading Inked, an anthology with Karen Chance, Marjorie Liu, Yasmin Galenorn, and Eileen Wilks.

(do you have to put the picture of the cover when you post here? I don't know how to do that, maybe someone can tell me. thanks! :-) )


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MsBeaglely | 114 comments Darcy wrote: "Darcy wrote: "I am reading Whitechapel Gods (Whitechapel, #1) by S.M. Peters."

Ended up not caring for this one, so moved on to The Dark Storm (A Dark Storm Novel) by Kris Greene."


Darcy, what did you think of The Dark Storm. I was going to purchase it, but the reveiws on Amazon were so bad I changed my mind.


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MsBeaglely | 114 comments I recently finished The Iron Hunt (Hunter Kiss, #1) by Marjorie M. Liu Any Given Doomsday (Phoenix Chronicles, #1) by Lori Handeland and Red-Headed Stepchild (Sabina Kane, #1) by Jaye Wells . I did not like The Iron Hunt, but enjoyed both Any Given Doomsday & Red-Headed Step Child.

Currently I'm reading Vicious Circle (Persephone Alcmedi, #1) by Linda Robertson . It's good, but I wish things would start moving. I'm 170 pages in & they are just starting to figure things out.


message 1314: by Theresa (new)

Theresa  (tsorrels) Laura wrote: "(do you have to put the picture of the cover when you post here? I don't know how to do that, maybe someone can tell me. thanks! :-) )..."

Laura, no, you don't have to post the link or cover photo. Some people just choose to do so... If you'd like to add a link or cover photo, here is how:
When writing in the comment section, click the "add book/author" option, type the name of the book and select "cover" instead of the auto-picked "link" option, and click "search". After your title comes up, click "add".


message 1315: by Theresa (new)

Theresa  (tsorrels) Laura wrote: "I'm reading Inked, an anthology with Karen Chance, Marjorie Liu, Yasmin Galenorn, and Eileen Wilks.

How is Inked? I've been debating whether to buy it or not. My library doesn't carry it and it has several of my favorite authors in it.


message 1316: by Darcy (new)

Darcy (sunnytat462) | 822 comments Jen ~ I ended giving that one up too, but did make it a lot further than Whitechapel Gods, around page 125. There was so much background stuff that it was info dump after info dump. The little part of the story you did read was interesting, I just wasn't willing to wade through all the info to get to the heart of the story. You may want to check it out, but don't buy it, get it from the library.


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Julia | 615 comments My last book was Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen . Now I'm reading The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott . Neither is uf, both are historical fiction.

No Laura, there's no rule about putting the covers on our posts. I do it cuz it looks pretty and people can link to the book from there. See when you're writing a comment that it says "add book/ author" directly above the box? You can click on covers or links there.


message 1318: by Darcy (new)

Darcy (sunnytat462) | 822 comments @ Theresa ~ I thought Inked was good. A lot of times in these anthologies I don't read all the authors and skip those stories, but this time around I only ended up skipping one.

@ Jen ~ I thought Viscous Circle was good. I liked that it was different, then second one is even better, packed with a lot of action.


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Vicci (theibookemporium) | 17 comments I just finished "On the Edge" by Ilona Andrews, great book! Starting "Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs" By Molly Harper White.

On the Edge (The Edge, #1) by Ilona Andrews Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs (Jane Jameson, #1) by Molly Harper


message 1320: by Carolyn F. (new)

Carolyn F. I finished Dates From Hell. I loved reading about Kisten again in Kim Harrison's story. Lyndsy Sands story was okay. Kelly Armstrong's story was good - it shows the start of Hope and Karl's relationship. And Lori Handeland's story was very sweet. Now I'm onto another group's challenge book - HR.


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Amanda (aeriga) I'm reading Changeling (Sisters of the Moon, #2) by Yasmine Galenorn


message 1322: by Darcy (new)

Darcy (sunnytat462) | 822 comments Amanda wrote: "I'm reading Changeling (Sisters of the Moon, #2) by Yasmine Galenorn"


I really like this series, mostly because with each book changing points of view you get to see each sister differently.


message 1323: by Laura (Kyahgirl) (new)

Laura (Kyahgirl) (kyahgirl) Hi Theresa, thanks for the tip on adding a cover photo.

You asked about Inked...well, the Eileen Wilks story was great but I've been following her Lupi series from the beginning and am a big fan. 4/5 stars

The Marjorie Lui story was cute. I read The Iron Hunt last year and, although I found it a bit boring, I'm glad I read it because otherwise I might not 'get' the demon references. 3/5 stars

The Karen Chance story was good. She was a new author for me. I've tried reading one of her books once before and couldn't get into it. Now I will check her out. 4/5

The Yasmin Galenonorn story I can't rate. I started it and stopped...will try again.

I got it from the library but would probably buy it just for the Wilks story...I'm collecting that series.


message 1324: by TheThirdLie (new)

TheThirdLie Currently reading The Devil You Know by Mike Carey. First in the Felix Castor series and it's enjoyable thus far.


message 1325: by Rebecca (Bec) (new)

Rebecca (Bec) | 14 comments I liked the smoke thief aswell when I read it. I ahve the 2nd book The Dream Thief (Drakon, #2) by Shana Abé on my shelf ready to read after I finish the Anita blake series. I am currently reading Danse Macabre (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #14) by Laurell K. Hamilton


message 1326: by Valorie (new)

Valorie I finished The Smoke Thief (Drakon, #1) by Shana Abé . Really enjoyed it. A great Dragon shifter historical book. I'm now starting Sunshine by Robin McKinley


message 1327: by Carolyn F. (new)

Carolyn F. Rebecca wrote: "I liked the smoke thief aswell when I read it. I ahve the 2nd book The Dream Thief (Drakon, #2) by Shana Abé on my shelf ready to read after I finish the Anita blake series. I am currently reading [bookc..."

Rebecca, I went through the whole series last year. It was kind of nice jumping into the next phase of Anita's life without waiting for a year.


message 1328: by Carolyn F. (new)

Carolyn F. I'm reading My Immortal.


message 1329: by Melodie (new)

Melodie (melodieco) ~♡Katie♡~ wrote: "i have started to read Vampire Kisses"

I've read all the Vampire Kisses books and while they weren't bad, they are definitely geared toward pre-teens and very young teens, IMHO. There are no raging hormones apparent in either of the main characters and that is something that just doesn't ring true for me. She has another one due out this year and I'll give it a pass.


message 1330: by Valorie (new)

Valorie Ok I've put aside Sunshine by Robin McKinley because so far it's kinda slow and I just got [image error] from the library!! I'm excited to start it! It sounds hilarious!


message 1331: by Rebecca (Bec) (new)

Rebecca (Bec) | 14 comments Carolyn F. wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "I liked the smoke thief aswell when I read it. I ahve the 2nd book The Dream Thief (Drakon, #2) by Shana Abé on my shelf ready to read after I finish the Anita blake series. I am currentl..."

I am finding I am getting through alot of series this year. I think after a few years, I will have so many going, that I will not need to start new ones, but get the next installment every month to the ones I already have going! wouldn't that be grand!


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Lisa M | 311 comments Valorie wrote: "Ok I've put aside Sunshine by Robin McKinley because so far it's kinda slow and I just got [image error] from the library!! I'm excited to start it! It sounds hilarious!"

I really enjoyed Sunshine by Robin McKinley , although some of the fight scenes were confusing. It does take awhile for McKinley to develope the world too. But I love the writing style, very descriptive.


message 1333: by Valorie (new)

Valorie Lisa wrote: "Valorie wrote: "Ok I've put aside Sunshine by Robin McKinley because so far it's kinda slow and I just got [image error] from the library!! I'm excited to start it! It sounds hilari..."

Oh good, glad to hear it gets better, I'm planning on going back to it after I finish Wild Ride.


message 1334: by Laura (Kyahgirl) (new)

Laura (Kyahgirl) (kyahgirl) I'm looking forward to opinions on Wild Ride. I have LOVED everything Cruisie and Mayer have written together.

Sunshine is a great story....McKinley has a really different writing style from the current crop of UF/paranormal writers. Less focus on a central sizzling couple and more on really making the characters solid, believable and compelling.


Shera (Book Whispers) (sherabookwhispers) | 204 comments I find that Mckinley's writing takes a bit to get into, but it's definitely worth it.


I ♥ Bookie Nookie (bookienookiereviews.blogspot.com) (ibookienookie) Shera wrote: "I find that Mckinley's writing takes a bit to get into, but it's definitely worth it."

OMG! Is Shera your real name? Pronounced like Cher the singer with a "ra" on the end?

That is my name--obviously spelled differently. I have never known another person with my name.


Shera (Book Whispers) (sherabookwhispers) | 204 comments Yep, I've never met another person with my name either. I usually get called She-ra, you know He-mans sister, or sara and Shara. I like your spelling can't get that mixed up.


message 1338: by I ♥ Bookie Nookie (bookienookiereviews.blogspot.com) (last edited Mar 18, 2010 09:24PM) (new)

I ♥ Bookie Nookie (bookienookiereviews.blogspot.com) (ibookienookie) Shera wrote: "Yep, I've never met another person with my name either. I usually get called She-ra, you know He-mans sister, or sara and Shara. I like your spelling can't get that mixed up."

First of all, I prefer "Princess of
Power"--and yeah, I get called that A LOT...idiots!

Bullcrap on the whole "people can't mess that spelling up" theory. You would be surprised at what I get called: She-ra, Shar-ra, Sherry & Cherry being among the most popular eff-ups. Then it really goes downhill from there, so I answer to just about anything that sounds close. My middle name is Starr...I have been asked many times if "Cherra Starr" is a stage name--as in "Share a Star with me". No, asshole, I am not a stripper--but if I was, that is a really nosy-rude question.


message 1339: by Rebecca (Bec) (last edited Mar 18, 2010 09:42PM) (new)

Rebecca (Bec) | 14 comments Cherra wrote: "Shera wrote: "Yep, I've never met another person with my name either. I usually get called She-ra, you know He-mans sister, or sara and Shara. I like your spelling can't get that mixed up."

First ..."


okay.. I would have pronounced your name as it looks, with the CH sound and the RA sound Cherra (chair-ra) or Shair-ra for Shera. I wold never have thought She-ra princess of power though....


Shera (Book Whispers) (sherabookwhispers) | 204 comments Wow! That's crazy. I work a phone job. I could spend 30 min trying to get my name across the line. When they say "Is your name ______" I just say yes.

Thank you Rebecca, I feel loved. It's a rare person who actaully hits the mark! The Princess of Power thing is old. Don't get me wrong I love She-ra as a kid, but some of the lude jokes people come up with are crazy. It also spawned a crazy nick name my fellow employees use one me: She-ra Princess of the Forest. I shiver every time.

Any who way of topic here. So, I'm reading The Frog Princess (Tales of the Frog Princess, #1) by E.D. Baker . It's so cute.


message 1341: by Rebecca (Bec) (last edited Mar 18, 2010 10:03PM) (new)

Rebecca (Bec) | 14 comments Shera wrote: "Wow! That's crazy. I work a phone job. I could spend 30 min trying to get my name across the line. When they say "Is your name ______" I just say yes.

Thank you Rebecca, I feel loved. It's a rar..."


I just want to say before we get back on track...My last name is "Broomhall" - thank god Im getting married soon.


I ♥ Bookie Nookie (bookienookiereviews.blogspot.com) (ibookienookie) Rebecca wrote: "Cherra wrote: "Shera wrote: "Yep, I've never met another person with my name either. I usually get called She-ra, you know He-mans sister, or sara and Shara. I like your spelling can't get that mix..."

the traditional "ch" sound is totally understandable...but after 35 years of repeating the pronounciation my mother intended, I usually throw in the towel an accept defeat.


message 1343: by Rebecca (Bec) (last edited Mar 18, 2010 10:11PM) (new)

Rebecca (Bec) | 14 comments Im still reading what I posted like yesterday or the day before Danse Macabre but I am following the threds... Its friday afternoon at work, got 1 hour to go and was bored so I thought I'd join the conversation lol

Cherra I know how you feel, you would think they could get Broomhall correct... but they look at it and think..."nooo that can't REALLY be your last name!?!"


I ♥ Bookie Nookie (bookienookiereviews.blogspot.com) (ibookienookie) Rebecca wrote: "Shera wrote: "Wow! That's crazy. I work a phone job. I could spend 30 min trying to get my name across the line. When they say "Is your name ______" I just say yes.

Thank you Rebecca, I feel lov..."


let me guess...new last name is something like Jones, Smith...I always swore I would marry someone with a normal last name--my heart did not listen. I went from one bad last name to another :-((

now I will get back to topic...sorry for derailing it.


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Rebecca (Bec) | 14 comments it's KING!

woohoo!!! i will literally have a normal typical no mess name

Rebecca KING, trust me I have all the paperwork in for everything to be changed over at work LOL


I ♥ Bookie Nookie (bookienookiereviews.blogspot.com) (ibookienookie) Rebecca wrote: "it's KING!

woohoo!!! i will literally have a normal typical no mess name

Rebecca KING, trust me I have all the paperwork in for everything to be changed over at work LOL"


congrats! Surely there is no way to butcher your name now. :)


message 1347: by Melodie (new)

Melodie (melodieco) Cherra wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "it's KING!

woohoo!!! i will literally have a normal typical no mess name

Rebecca KING, trust me I have all the paperwork in for everything to be changed over at work LOL"

congrat..."


While it's obvious how my name is pronounced, no one EVER spells it correctly. And I won't even get started with my last name. My maiden name was Perkins. Everyone can spell that. With my married name even after I spell it for people they will STILL misspell it! And they'll say, "Oh, it's spelled just like it sounds!", while adding extra letters the whole time!


message 1348: by Paula (new)

Paula (pauldajo) I just finished Leviathan and I thought is was really creepy. I did not like the universe or the graphic violent descriptions of the war. The long descriptions of the machinery bored me. The descriptions of the living air ship (whale like) and all the genetically altered beasties disturbed me. The interaction between the human characters was nice.

I am continue to read Dead Beat and started Archer's Goon.


message 1349: by Theresa (new)

Theresa  (tsorrels) Shera wrote: "Wow! That's crazy. I work a phone job. I could spend 30 min trying to get my name across the line. When they say "Is your name ______" I just say yes..."

I do the same thing with my name. People get so confused by the "h" in my name. Most people that haven't run across my name before pronounce it "THA-resa" or "THE-resa". I used to correct people and tell them the "h" is silent, but then they would usually respond with "then why is it there?" I don't know - why don't you ask my mom? :)

Don't get me started on my last name. Geez Louise! :)


message 1350: by Melodie (new)

Melodie (melodieco) Theresa wrote: "Shera wrote: "Wow! That's crazy. I work a phone job. I could spend 30 min trying to get my name across the line. When they say "Is your name ______" I just say yes..."

I do the same thing with m..."


I have a cousin named Theresa and her's is spelled the same as yours. I tend to spell the name the way you both do.


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