Favorite Read of the Month - May, 2014

[Gigi, Moderator]

Its that time again! I'm still working on and . I hope you all have had a better couple of months. What was/is your best read and worst read for the month of May?

[ShoSho , Moderator]

I listened to and and LOVED both of them . 5 stars . I only have 3 more books in this series I both want to jump to the next one and at the same time I don't want it to be finished!

I read 5 stars and 2nd in the series 4 stars.
Now I have to wait another year for the next one in the series.
I also read and both 4 stars

[Becky ♡The Bookworm♡]

My month started out rough (bunch of 3 or less stars), but things turned around. : ) Favorites were: The Blackhouse, A Kingdom of Dreams and Silken Promises

***** Stars:

**** Stars:

*** Stars:

** Stars:

* Star: Maid for Love was just...*shivers*

[Ipshita]

It's been a quite active month for me with 20 books completed so far.
My 5★ reads this month:

My worst single★ read this month: ( I've reserved a couple of punches for the hero and a long lecture on "Give yourself more credit and stop hanging onto that loser, Woman!" for the heroine)

[KarenF]

My 5*s this month weren't romance:

My favorite 4 *s were

[Christine]

5* reads:
4* reads:

[Nichole]

★★★★★:

★★★★☆:

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Best Audio ★★★★★


★★★★★
<-great book; was a “re-read via my ears”; the narration was good, but not “blow-your-socks-off.”

★★★★½


★★★★☆
<- This last one others might not rate this high; however, it is by one of my "go-to/comfort" authors.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Of course, I'm still listening to and that is looking great, as usual. Plus, I have a couple more I have open. So... I may be back before the end of the month.

[Oleander]

I've been wondering about Midnight Crossroad. Glad you liked it Lisa Kay.

After a long reading drought, I had a very good month. I had no 5 star books at all before May. Now I have several. Seems I needed to dip more into the thriller section. In order I read them:


Also had some nice 4 stars:

[Of Butterflies & Books]

I got through this book so quick. I read it for both Bookworm Bitches group and *Best Sellers* Book Club. I had been wanting to read this since it came out and I was so happy that two of my groups were doing it for their reads.

[Lauren]

My 5 star reads this month:

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Gabrielle wrote: " I got through this book so quick."

Yes, I've heard this book is good. It was BOM in one of my other groups.

[Susan (susayq ~), Moderator]

I had quite a few 5 stars this month:



my least favorite this month:
- I couldn't even finish it.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

You couldn't, Susan? You finish almost everything, don't you?

[Susan (susayq ~), Moderator]

Lisa Kay wrote: "You couldn't, Susan? You finish almost everything, don't you?"

I do finish almost everything, there have been very few I've left mid-book. I feel really guilty about not finishing, but it was slow moving and the subject matter was not to my liking.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Well, I know you've stayed with more than a couple that I gave up on. Don't feel guilty. Reading time is precious.

[Susan (susayq ~), Moderator]

reading time is very precious! Too bad we have to sleep LOL

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Yeah, that's a shame. ☺

[KarenF]

I had another last minute good one - Loved it!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

KarenF wrote: "I had another last minute good one - Loved it!"

Love your review, KarenF. I'm reading it now, when breaking from Skin Game - and am truly enjoying it.

[KarenF]

Thanks Lisa Kay! It's such a fun book.

Funnily enough I'm listening to Skin Game too. I've been avoiding the buddy read thread because I think you're all ahead of me.

[Gigi, Moderator]

I love that Kingdom of dreams was given 5 stars by two different people!

[ShoSho , Moderator]

KarenF wrote: "Thanks Lisa Kay! It's such a fun book.

Funnily enough I'm listening to Skin Game too. I've been avoiding the buddy read thread because I think you're all ahead of me."

We are doing DQs Karen . We've divided the book to 6 parts and you can see the link for it on the first page. You can answer the first part of DQs if you like. chapter 1-10

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Finished and LOVED it. I'm so tempted to give it five stars!

[⚜️XAR]

I think I had a rough month this past month. I took it "off" to focus on some of my longer running challenges, but overall though, it just seems like I disliked more than I enjoyed of what I read. Let's see how it breaks down:

Five Star


Four Star


Three Star


Two Star


One Star


Three stars are a mediocre read for me and while I like them, I much prefer my 4 or 5 star reads! But 12 two star reads...*sigh* rough month for sure!

[ShoSho , Moderator]

Wow Trea !40 books in a months? I don't think you can call that a rough a month!!

[Gigi, Moderator]

Trea, you're my hero!!! I'm trying to finish 2. Lol

[⚜️XAR]

ShoSho wrote: "Wow Trea !40 books in a months? I don't think you can call that a rough a month!!"

*laughs* Eh, some were novellas that I read in less than a day and started (and finished!) a second book on the same day, so looking at it that way, it's not as impressive. But when 15 out of the 40 are a one or two star read...yeah, I consider that kinda rough!

[⚜️XAR]

Gigi wrote: "Trea, you're my hero!!! I'm trying to finish 2. Lol"

*laughs* Gigi, it helps that I'm a stay at home mom with a son in preschool 4 mornings a week! 3 hours of reading time in the morning, 2-3 hours of reading time a night makes it easier to finish a book in a day. Sure, I spend a little time checking GR, my e-mail, Facebook, or gaming on Rift or World of Warcraft, but that takes maybe an hour of time at most. Plus, on the nights I can't sleep, I wind up reading anyway!

[Ren Puspita]

I read 12 books this month and most of all are PNR.
My 4,5-5 stars:

: I don't know why I'm so stubborn to decline read this. Love Kaleb and Sahara!

: OMG, guys! If you love PNR mix with suspense, you must read this! Cynthia Eden's books are very, very underrated

: Pretty cover and great story as well!

4 stars but recommended to read:

- this is erotica, despite a "not-erotic" cover. But the issue of this book related with problem in real world. Prepare tissue when read this :)

: If you fans of Charley Davidson, you will like this one

Also read . More like 3,5 stars for me. I did't found this one as funny, but another think otherwise, so maybe it's just me *shrug*

And that's my May read. So happy to find so many great books to read :)

[Rachel]

I had a pretty good month overall, with my lowest rating being 3-stars. was definitely my favourite for the month, and a pleasant surprise as I had read one of Laura Frantz's books before and enjoyed it, but not loved it. was probably my "worst" book of the month at 3-stars, but I honestly wouldn't have chosen it if it hadn't been free on Audible, so I'm not going to complain too much.

5 Stars:


4 Stars:


3 Stars:

[ShoSho , Moderator]

I really liked that Robyn Carr book, moonlight road,Rachel.

[⚜️XAR]

Rachel, how was ? I know you rated it 4 stars, but I'm a bit behind on the series and really want to get to that one at some point. I loved the premise...one of my favorite movies is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers!

[Rachel]

ShoSho, I thoroughly enjoyed that instalment in the series! I hadn't been such a big fan of Angel's Peak, the previous book, but this one reminded me of why I enjoy Virgin River so much :)

Trea, I definitely didn't enjoy The Kissing Bridge as much as Tricia's other Amish novels. It was a really tough one to rate. I think my main gripe was that most of the book took place over the space of a week, and it felt like the romance developed a bit too quickly. The conflict mainly revolved around the characters keeping secrets from each other, which isn't a favourite of mine. It was a really sweet story, I won't deny that, and I liked the chance to revisit characters from previous books (including ones from the Big Sky series). I swung between not liking the lack of a conventional plot structure, and enjoying seeing the characters learn to trust each other. Not a favourite, but sweet enough.

As for the series, I loved the previous two books. I felt like they dealt with deeper issues than this one, without detracting from the romance.

[⚜️XAR]

Rachel wrote: "Trea, I definitely didn't enjoy The Kissing Bridge as much as Tricia's other Amish novels. It was a really tough one to rate. I think my main gripe was that most of the book took place over the space of a week, and it felt like the romance developed a bit too quickly. The conflict mainly revolved around the characters keeping secrets from each other, which isn't a favourite of mine. It was a really sweet story, I won't deny that, and I liked the chance to revisit characters from previous books (including ones from the Big Sky series). I swung between not liking the lack of a conventional plot structure, and enjoying seeing the characters learn to trust each other. Not a favourite, but sweet enough.

As for the series, I loved the previous two books. I felt like they dealt with deeper issues than this one, without detracting from the romance."

Thanks for the details! I actually haven't read the Big Sky series, but I think I'm going to have to move it up in the TBR now, just so I can follow what happens in this series. I don't remember being lost in the first book of this series, but I'm a bit OCD and want all my backstory first.

[Rachel]

The references aren't the kind that would make you feel too confused, but I'd still recommend reading the Big Sky series as it's one of my favourites! It's a lot deeper than typical Amish fiction, and has a lot less of the "The Amish lifestyle is perfect and lovely and everyone should be Amish!" feel that some books in the genre have.

[⚜️XAR]

Rachel wrote: "The references aren't the kind that would make you feel too confused, but I'd still recommend reading the Big Sky series as it's one of my favourites! It's a lot deeper than typical Amish fiction, ..."

Thanks for the heads up! I have the Big Sky books, just have never read them yet!

[Maggie the Muskoka Library Mouse]

Lenore Hart's "The Raven's Bride."