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Thanks, Jennifer :) I wonder if the problem is with the publisher? Publishers seem to be the 'bad guys' in a lot of these situations -- including dropping series where we all want to read more books!
Finished the book Jennifer chose, and agree with her wish that more of the series would be available on audio :)Oh Say Can You Fudge (Candy-Coated #3), by Nancy Coco, finished 8/18 ★★★★
If you haven't already read it, Jennifer, I'm picking
for you. Love that wide open sky!My next five :
I finished a prior pick:
which was a good heartwarming read, typical of Carolyn Brown. I have not yet read Hadley, Barb!
I'm picking
for you, Barb - I like the cover and I'm curious about this series.My next five:
I'm curious about it too, so I guess I'll find out :) This is one of those times when I've chosen a book specifically to fit a challenge task, so ... who knows?
Finished the book Jennifer chose for me and am sorry to say I didn't care for it. If you like books filled with sexual innuendos/jokes on every page and bumbling sleuths who are connected to the Family, then you might like it, but it's not my thing. By now, I should know that when a book is described as "laugh out loud funny" or "hilarious," I won't find it funny at all, let alone hilarious. Sprinkled (Lacey Luzzi Mafia #1), by Gina LaManna, finished 9/7 ★★
Jennifer, the orange on
jumped right out at me. Hope the book is good :)My next five :
Barb wrote: "Finished the book Jennifer chose for me and am sorry to say I didn't care for it. If you like books filled with sexual innuendos/jokes on every page and bumbling sleuths who are connected to the Fa..."Come to think of it, that's true -- the ones that are actually funny don't advertise themselves with that phrase.....
Barb, I'm choosing
for you, more for the title than the cover lol. My next five:
Thanks, Jennifer! The title of that book could be the ... mantra? of the entire series so far -- which is part of the reason I like the series so much :)
I've finished my book chosen in Post #592:Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones - 9/23/21 ♥♥♥♥
Technically this is the end of this fun series, although there are a couple more novellas that will tie up a couple of loose ends.
I've finished my book from Post #594:
by J.D. Robb (10/8/21) Rating: ★★★★
Jennifer, sorry it took so long for someone to pick for you. I pick
because it is so cute.My next 5:
Finished the book Jennifer chose for me awhile ago and enjoyed it as much as the others in the series :)What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Chronicles of St. Mary's #6), by Jodi Taylor, finished 10/27 ★★★★
Marla, the yellow on
jumped out at me. Hope you enjoy it!My next five :
I've finished two recently:
good, but the first was better and
very fast reading, OK but not great.
Barb, I'm picking
for you.My next five:
Thanks, Barb, this was an excellent book. Sad but not depressing. Totally different than anything I normally read.Book:
by Trish Doller Read: 11/6/21
Rating: ★★★★
Hey Jennifer, I'm going to pick the cute one for you again
, it looks like fall and Thanksgiving.My next five:
Marla wrote: "Hey Jennifer, I going to pick the cute one again My next five:
[bookcover:..."Well, I finished the last cute cover book you picked for me last week, and it was good, so I'll trust your taste!
Marla wrote: "Thanks, Barb, this was an excellent book. Sad but not depressing. Totally different than anything I normally read.Book:
by Trish Doller Read: 11/6/21
Rating: ★★★★"
Glad you liked it, Marla :)
I've finished two in the last few weeks and liked both:
and
.Marla, I'm choosing
because I read this series recently, and liked it much better than I expected to. My next five:
Thanks Jennifer, I am so bad at reading books that I own, so I'm glad that you picked that for me.
Finished the book Jennifer chose for me awhile ago but forgot to post it here, ooops! Enjoyed the story a lot, but sure can't understand how grown men -- including a college professor! -- can get into a physical fight over a woman *shaking my head*The Pawful Truth (Cat in the Stacks #11), by Miranda James, finished 11/20 ★★★★
Jennifer, if you haven't read it already, I'm picking
for you. The deep blue caught my eye right away, and I know the series is a good one :)My next five :
I finished my Christmas pick from last year (Post #501):In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren - 12/7/21 ♥♥♥♥
A fun and quick read to put me in the holiday spirit!
Connie N. wrote: "I finished my Christmas pick from last year (Post #501):In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren - 12/7/21 ♥♥♥♥
A fun and quick read ..."
I obviously just need to bite the bullet and read this. It's been wagged in my face via various posts on GR about six times in the last week.
Barb wrote: "Enjoyed the story a lot, but sure can't understand how grown men -- including a college professor! -- can get into a physical fight over a woman *shaking my head*I just read a book that had a college professor in a fight with a student over a girl! Addiction, go figure, that's a pretty detailed plot item. And I was incredulous too.
Marla that plotline always makes me uncomfortable.
Barb, if you haven't read it yet, I choose
for you.I've finished two recently:
. Both were good: the latter took me a bit to get into because I like her Deadwood series so much and this was such a different setting. But I'll be continuing. My next five:
Jennifer wrote: "Barb, if you haven't read it yet, I choose for you.Well, I started it yesterday, but haven't read much of it yet, so does that count?
Counts as still being fair game as far as I'm concerned, and I knew from my feed that you'd already knocked out at least one of the others.... I count myself lucky that you hadn't already finished this one!
Finished The Stars Are Not Yet Bells, which ended up not really being my cup of tea. It was well-written, but confusing. It makes sense, given the MC's health issues, but I frequently lost track of what was going on.
Jennifer, the bright cover for
jumped out at me. Hope the story is just as good :)
Barb wrote: "but I frequently lost track of what was going on."I have enough of that in real life. LOL
Well, I've read four of the last five I posted, so here's another batch:
I'm choosing
for you, Barb.I read my last pick:
- I gave it a three, which is partially because I remain tired of these "thrillers where someone's past catches up with them."My next five:
Jennifer wrote: "I'm choosing for you, Barb."Thanks, Jennifer. I'm eager to get back to Three Pines, so I imagine I'll get to this sooner rather than later :)
I read my last pick:
- I gave it a three, which is partially because I remain tired of these "thrillers where someone's past catches up with them.""Why do authors -- or is it publishers? -- seem to jump on these bandwagons? Book A sold really well and got great reviews, so we're going to use the same idea because we know it will be a hit! *sigh*
They follow the same trends with TV shows too. Remember when Survivor was such a hit, then there were suddenly a bunch of reality shows?
Or so-called reality shows -- I'm not sure how "real" some of them are (were?) LOL
Completion post:Eye of the Beholder #3
Book:
by Kevin KwanRead: 2/16/22
Rating: ★★★
Sadly, it wasn't as good as the first book in the series.
Jennifer, I'm picking
for you.My next 5:
Marla wrote: "Jennifer, I'm picking for you.My next 5:
[bo..."Marla, I'm picking [bookcover:The Burial Hour|31423445] for you because I love Deaver and the color blue.
Finally finished
so I'm going to go ahead and put my next 5.
Chelsea,I'm picking
for you (love the image).My five:
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