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Trea wrote: "I'll read Your Planet or Mine? by Susan Grant"That sounds fun. Let us know what you think of it.
ShoSho wrote: "Trea wrote: "I'll read Your Planet or Mine? by Susan Grant"That sounds fun. Let us know what you think of it."
Will do!
I was figuring on a Wallflower book for this month, since it was winning in the poll. Had to do a mad scramble when I saw the newsletter this morning!
Trea wrote: "I was figuring on a Wallflower book for this month, since it was winning in the poll. Had to do a mad scramble when I saw the newsletter this morning!"Yes, Trea. Aliens took over! If they release their hold on us by October, we'll do Septembers winner then.
Alfie (Online Elf) wrote: "Trea wrote: "I was figuring on a Wallflower book for this month, since it was winning in the poll. Had to do a mad scramble when I saw the newsletter this morning!"Yes, Trea. Aliens took over! If they release their hold on us by October, we'll do Septembers winner then."
Cool, I'll keep my planned book handy then!
Might be an opportunity to re-read 
- 03/09/2016
I think I'm going to go with the short
and see if I want to get into the series. I've read the first couple of pages already and it is holding my interest. If I like it, and I finish it before the end of August, I'll go with the next in the series
for September.
I have tons to choose from!LK,
and
just takes place on an alien planet. The people are all human. I love this series and have read them all, some more than once.
Lisa Kay wrote: "I think I'm going to go with the short and see if I want to get into the series. I've read the first couple of pages already and it is holding my interest. If I li..."I love this series - it's so quirky and fun.
Lara wrote: "LK, and just takes place on an alien planet. The people are all human."GTK, Lara. Thanks!
Will try and read the last book in Showalter's Alien Huntress series:
Eve Langlais has an alien series. I'll read
.
Sandra J wrote: "Eve Langlais has an alien series. I'll read ."I'mgoing to read that one too. I like EL's writing style.
Since I enjoyed
so much, I'll go with
from the same author.
I'm not sure if this fits... but I think it does.
Lisa Kay wrote: "I'm not sure if this fits... but I think it does. "That one looks interesting. The hero is human, but the summary doesn't clarify if the heroine is too. Sometimes these aren't very clear.
I've started listening to
, which I've had for a while and is definitely an alien romance. In this one aliens have taken over the earth, but there is no apocalypse, unless you consider everyone becoming green-vegetarian/vegan and environmentally conscious an apocalypse. It also has an interesting alien history on earth and different human origin story.So far, I'm not very impressed with the story. The hero is condescending, patronizing, manipulative, and intimidating. The heroine is shy and backward and easy to push around. It is also a bit erotic as there is a lot of warm pooling and wetness.
**gigglesnort** Okay, I was going to give you an update, Lara, but now you just have me giggling and snorting. LOL!
Now that I've stopped laughing (a bit), I pretty sure the heroine is also human in Legend Beyond the Stars. But she keeps referring to him as alien. **shrugs** I think he's human, too. I'm not sure if he was originally from Earth, though. And, if he isn't, but his parents were, does that make him an alien?
Lisa Kay wrote: "**gigglesnort** Okay, I was going to give you an update, Lara, but now you just have me giggling and snorting. LOL!"You know, I didn't read 50 Shades, but I'm wondering if there isn't a connection with the book. It's got a young and inexperienced woman taken up by a powerful, experienced, and older male who knows what he wants and doesn't give her much opportunity to be herself. She pushes back out of self-defense and there is no equal ground so far. At the same time, the loving descriptions of the vegan meals they eat is a weird juxtaposition. Even mushroom ravioli in cashew cream!
Lisa Kay wrote: "Now that I've stopped laughing (a bit), I pretty sure the heroine is also human in Legend Beyond the Stars. But she keeps referring to him as alien. **shrugs** I think he's human, t..."I usually think a human is a human is a human. Sometimes there is interbreeding, which muddies the water. However, there may be something else going on with that book.
I make a nice mushroom & leek cashew ravioli cashew cream. Yum. Thinking of it makes me want to make some now.BTW, I just got back from a trip (10 days to Portland, OR & back) for a week's vegan intensive cooking training. I'm training to demonstrate vegan cooking. Loved it. But as my BFF said one night, in reviewing what she had to do the next day: "Oh. Yeah. I've got to cook my ass off. ... Again!" LOL!
One really nice thing was that there was kitchen help to clean up after us. Wish I had that at home!
Lara wrote: "I usually think a human is a human is a human. Sometimes there is interbreeding, which muddies the water. However, there may be something else going on with that book."I'm thinking you're right.
I'm in.read:
~ 9/5
~ 9/8
~ 9/6
~ 9/7
I've been planning to read
and own most of the ebooks when I got them on a special deal a while back. I read the first book a couple of years ago and enjoyed it, though the heroine made things harder for herself than necessary.
I read
and it was hilarious in places and lots of fun sex. Cygnus is a 7' tall purple alien Aura rescues from an escape pod. He has ears on top of his head like a bear. They are chased by space pirates and Cygnus goes all Warrior to protect Aura and kills a bunch of the pirates. It's a fun chase through space and the things that Aura and Cygnus have to adapt to is fun.
Vicki wrote: "I read and it was hilarious in places and lots of fun sex. Cygnus is a 7' tall purple alien Aura rescues from an escape pod. He has ears on top of his head like..."Vicki, that sounds like a fun book. I'm going to check it out.
Finished both
and
. These are definitely on the erotica side of the spectrum.
Carolyn F. wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I read and it was hilarious in places and lots of fun sex. Cygnus is a 7' tall purple alien Aura rescues from an escape pod. He has ears on top of..."It was and I bought the rest of the series to read and there were a lot of unusual physical traits of Cygnus's I didn't mention you will get a kick out of them
I finished
. I went back and forth between a 3.5 star and 4 star. I really enjoyed the first 250 pages and they flew by for me. But then I felt like the author tried to "Soften" the hero up a bit too much. He was a fierce warrior and I liked that about him. I could have done without the whole "mate" thing since I get more than enough of that in shifter books and didn't need it in an alien book. Still I liked it enough that I'll read the next one in the series. The aliens in this book look human and that's a tad disappointing - I just added a book to my TBR with blue aliens
which I think I will get a kick out of.
I read
, it was fun. I usually like this author's work. They are easy hot reads as this one was. I'll probably read the next one in the series before the end of the month.
I just started
so far it has got my attention.
Rosemarie wrote: "I just started so far it has got my attention.":) enjoy
I read
last night. Somewhat interesting read, but not much world building done.
I started
last night. It's different than I expected and I'm not sure where it's heading. I can guess what will happen eventually with the hero and heroine, but the rest of the plot has me feeling a bit uneasy.
Lara wrote: "I started last night. It's different than I expected and I'm not sure where it's heading. I can guess what will happen eventually with the hero and heroine, bu..."What's the part that's making you feel uneasy?
ShoSho wrote: "What's the part that's making you feel uneasy?"(view spoiler) The hero has noticed some things, but is inexperienced at investigation (he's a soldier, not a spy), so is accepting answers rather than checking on them.
I read 2 more books
which was good and then I read
which left me speechless :DThe subject matter was very unexpected and there were some very weird stuff in there but I enjoyed it very much. I'll be reading the next in the series as soon I find time!
I read
and while the book is good, the romance didn't work for me.
Gisela, I enjoyed that book, but didn't care so much for Jace.
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Aliens have taken over our SGoM choice! Ack!
For September the RLftCI SubGenre is ♥ Alien Romance, featuring heroes and heroines that are out of this world. For help, check out Best Alien Romance, Mars Needs Women Trope, Alpha Male Alien Meets Human Heroine Romances. Lots of Erotica in this SubGenre, but for those of you that find that too far out of your Comfort Zone, you might find something within SFR/Sci-fi/Futuristic Romances that are NOT Erotica.