Robin's Reading Plan - October 2017

[Robin]

Here is my list for October:

Buddy/Group Read:
✓ The Black Box - Michael Connelly ★★★★★
✓ Make Her Pay - Roxanne St. Clair ★★★★★
✓ Last Man Standing - Cindy Gerard ★★★★☆

2, 3, 4:
✓ Secret Desires of a Gentleman - Laura Lee Guhrke ★★★★☆ 1/2
✓ Into the Fire - Jeaniene Frost ★★★☆☆
✓ Known - Kendra Elliot ★★★☆☆ 1/2
✓ Dark Debt - Chloe Neill ★★★★★
✓ Forever and the Night - Linda Lael Miller ★★☆☆☆ 1/2

Short story/Novella:
✓ Yesterday's Magic - Jacquie D'Allesandro ★★★★☆

Standalone
The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins

[Lauren]

Some great books on your list, Robin. I'm looking forward to Make Her Pay!

[Robin]

Lauren wrote: "Some great books on your list, Robin. I'm looking forward to Make Her Pay!"

Thanks Lauren!

[Veronica]

Have a great October, Robin. Your list reminds me that I need to get back to both the Chicagoland Vampires series and to Harry Bosch. :-)

[Robin]

Both are great series. It's so hard to fit in all the books I want to read.

[Veronica]

It is! I think we all need clones.

[Jonetta]

Great list, Robin! I’ll see you in the group reads:) Really interested in your opinion of The Girl on the Train as the reviews are so varied and I want to listen to the book before I watch the movie.

[Laura]

I loved The Girl On The Train. Hope you do!

[Monica]

Great list!

I've been missing Vlad. I need to get back to the Night Prince series. Hope you love Into the Fire.

[Anita]

The Girl on the Train was very well written, even though I didn't like any of the characters at all. I want to know your opinion of it.

[Robin]

In the past week I finished Into the Fire by Jeaniene Frost.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Today I finished Make Her Pay by Roxanne St. Claire. Definitely my favorite of the series.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also listened to Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward. I read this book when it first came out. It's surprising how much of it I didn't recall. I didn't update the review. It's still 5 stars for me.

[Robin]

Monica wrote: "Great list!

I've been missing Vlad. I need to get back to the Night Prince series. Hope you love Into the Fire."

I thought the book was just OK, mostly because it felt just like books 2 and 3 to me. I'm in the minority. Others liked it much better than me. I'm sure you will too, Monica.

[Monica]

Maybe, but we tend to feel pretty similarly about books. I do like Vlad though, so that might make all the difference.

[Robin]

I read Secret Desires of a Gentleman by Laura Lee Guhrke. The ratings seem to be all over the place for this book, but I really liked it.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Robin]

This week I read Dark Debt by Chloe Neill. Another excellent addition to the series.

My rating: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Then I read the first story in a romance anthology, The Hope Chest.

My rating: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Today I finished Known by Kendra Elliot. It's the last book in her Bone Secrets series.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Robin]

This week I finished listening to Forever and the Night by Linda Lael Miller. It's the first book in her vampire series (published 1993). Not a favorite of mine.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Today I finished The Black Box by Michael Connelly. This book was one of my favorite in the series.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Robin]

Last night I finished Last Man Standing by Cindy Gerard.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...