Discussion of HR and other books. And recs. Showing 301-350 of 3,299

[Carol]

HBW, Lisa Genova talks about handling stress in her book, Remember.

[HappyBookWorm2020]

Thanks. It will get better.

[HR-ML]

Sleepless in Southampton
Mystery overwhelmed the love story.

[OLT]

HR-ML wrote: "Sleepless in Southampton
Mystery overwhelmed the love story."

You are so brave to read all these third or fourth tier HR authors. It's the only way, I imagine, to find the gem among the stones, but I can't make myself do it.

[HR-ML]

OLT----

I'm watching my budget. May look into setting up ARC books?

[OLT]

HR-ML wrote: "OLT----

I'm watching my budget. May look into setting up ARC books?"

Do you sign up for the giveaways here on GR? I do, but so far no luck with getting any.

[HR-ML]

OLT wrote: "HR-ML wrote: "OLT----

I'm watching my budget. May look into setting up ARC books?"

Do you sign up for the giveaways here on GR? I do, but so far no luck with getting any."

Just once.

[HR-ML]

Portrait of a Scotsman
Has anyone read this? It is more than I want to spend. (I skipped
bk #2.) A reviewer on Amazon claimed this one gave her a headache.

[Carol]

I'm on the wait list at my library.

[HR-ML]

Thanks for reply.

[OLT]

HR-ML wrote: "Portrait of a Scotsman
Has anyone read this? It is more than I want to spend. (I skipped
bk #2.) A reviewer on Amazon claimed this one gave her a headache."

I've noticed the price of all Kindle books going up irrationally. Now all I can afford to buy is the cheapies but that's not going well for me. There's a reason they are inexpensive. So I wait for the books like this Dunmore #3 to go on sale. That's how I bought #2, which wasn't all that, by the way.

[HappyBookWorm2020]

I second OLT - there are a few authors I like to support by preordering their books, but I can wait for a sale for most books. I follow authors I like on ereaderiq. Usually there is a price drop soon before the next book comes out.

I like Netgalley. Signing up is easy. You may not be approved for the books most in demand unless you have a blog, but there are plenty of others. Eidelweiss is another review site (Above the Treeline) that a lot of people like. You may like it better than Netgalley as there is a wider range of genres available, particularly non-fiction.

They may be restricted to the USA.

https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/cat...

https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/cat...

https://www.abovethetreeline.com/revi...

[HR-ML]

HappyBookWorm---

Thanks for info!

[Maureen]

I just finished the newest by one of my favorite authors, Lorraine Heath. The Duchess Hunt (Once Upon a Dukedom #2 )
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Maureen]

HR-ML wrote: "Portrait of a Scotsman
Has anyone read this? It is more than I want to spend. (I skipped
bk #2.) A reviewer on Amazon claimed this one gave her a headache."

That's an interesting comment, especially since I was so excited to get it from the library. Well I guess one I finish The Madness of Crowds I will see.

[HR-ML]

Hi Maureen---

Comments are subjective. The plot looked interesting to me.

[HR-ML]

Miss Delightful
Not quite 50% in. Love, love, love the hero!
Message #301- thanks HBW!

[HappyBookWorm2020]

Maureen wrote: "I just finished the newest by one of my favorite authors, Lorraine Heath. The Duchess Hunt (Once Upon a Dukedom #2 )
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
[bookcover:The Duchess Hunt|55..."

Oh, that sounds promising. I love the heroine's name Penelope Pettypiece.

[HappyBookWorm2020]

HR-ML wrote: "Miss Delightful
Not quite 50% in. Love, love, love the hero!
Message #301- thanks HBW!"

This may turn out to be one of my favorites by her. The plot had some turns. ETA I'm suppressing myself so as not to give spoilers.

[HR-ML]

Miss Delightful
Finished/ enjoyed/ reviewed.

[HR-ML]

Stranger at the Manor
Liked this.

[Carol]

HR-ML wrote: "Stranger at the Manor
Liked this."

Loved it.

[HR-ML]

Carol---

I liked the story of the man (38) & lady (40). And no Duke in sight!

[Carol]

And he was so nice, not the usual rake. Kingswood is one of my favs. Not too many traditional writers left.

[HR-ML]

He was nice and optimistic.

[Carol]

HR-ML wrote: "He was nice and optimistic."

So now that we know how the duke died, who did it?

Oops, sorry, the baron.

[HR-ML]

Carol---

I'm unclear on baron. Will they solve it in the next book? You could message me if it's a spoiler.

[HappyBookWorm2020]

HR-ML wrote: "Stranger at the Manor
Liked this."

I put that on my KU list of books to read.

[Carol]

HR-ML wrote: "Carol---

I'm unclear on baron. Will they solve it in the next book? You could message me if it's a spoiler."

It's a six book series, so it will be solved at the end of the sixth book. Besides using some of the same people in her novels, she uses a mystery as a hook to tie them together. It's just kind of there in the backround.

[HR-ML]

Thanks Carol.

[OLT]

I read The Widow. Would you say that one is typical of all the rest of the series or did you enjoy the rest more than that one?

[Carol]

The Widow is from a different series. It was the first series I read of hers. I'm learning to be more discriminating in my star awards now. I enjoy no. 1 and this one, no. 4 the most in her Stranger series.

[OLT]

I see my mistake now. If you read that Silver Linings series, how does Strangers compare to it? Better?

[Carol]

I find all of Kingswood's novels an easy, clean, traditional read. I can't say which would be better in your opinion because I'm not you. I can say that none of them are unusual, like Fresina, but I find the comforting.

[Maureen]

HR-ML wrote: "Miss Delightful
Finished/ enjoyed/ reviewed."
I was the first person to receive this book from the library, so I didn't have to wait.
I adore this series, but then I am a big fan of Burrowes' series. I must have read the Windham books so many times, but I think my favorite book will always be My One and Only Duke or is it...or maybe.....She is that good! PS I enjoyed your review aussi!

[HR-ML]

My One and Only Duke had depth & heart. Thanks for comment on
Delightful review. I have read Burrowes for yrs, and have liked
some books better than others.

The next one after Miss Delightful also looks good.

[HappyBookWorm2020]

Stopping in to wave hello.

I've finished reading the first two books in Julie Anne Long's Palace books. She writes so well, I thoroughly enjoyed both of them.

Lady Derring Takes a Lover

Angel in a Devil's Arms

[HR-ML]

HBW----

IMO, I liked Lady Derring better than the 2nd one.

[HappyBookWorm2020]

I really liked them both. I'm reading the 4th one in the series right now - didn't realize I'd skipped over the 3rd until I was a third through the book. This one has a hero in his 40's - older heroes are catnip to me ever since I read These Old Shades. The heroine is a young woman in her 20's who is a singer and was involved in a scandal. She has taken refuge at The Grand Palace on the Thames.

Publishes 11/2021
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/boo...

[HR-ML]

Stranger at the Manor
He was 38 & she was 40. A nice change from a fickle 17 or 18 YO girl. Sorry if repeat info.

[Carol]

THE SKYLIGHT ROOM is now KU. I highly recommend it.

[Roberta2]

Just jumping in here with my opinion on Kingswood's books. I think the new series is better. I like the setting in the small village. I will have to go back and look at it again though because there was one title that seemed heavy handed with the religious tones, but I can't remember which title I am thinking of.

[Roberta2]

Just looked at the Strangers series again. I prefer this series to the Silver Linings one. Maybe that series contained the preaching?

[Carol]

Carol wrote: "THE SKYLIGHT ROOM is now KU. I highly recommend it."

Sorry, I appear to be repeating myself. Chalk it up to a senior moment.

[Maureen]

HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "I really liked them both. I'm reading the 4th one in the series right now - didn't realize I'd skipped over the 3rd until I was a third through the book. This one has a hero in his 40's - older her..."
These Old Shades is in my top ten all time favorite books. I didn't reread it for fifty years because I remembered it so well.

[Maureen]

Just finished another Lenora Bell that I really liked! The Devil’s Own Duke
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Carol]

I signed up for Mary Kingswood announcements on her website and downloaded her short about Capt. Edgerton, The Captain and the Country Cousin. Very cute and free.

[HR-ML]

Carol---

You are a good book sleuth!

[Danker]

Thanks for the rec of the MK freebie.
I’ve just finished (and reviewed) a Jo Beverley Malloran title previously unknown to me. It is An Unlikely Countess. I enjoyed it. I needed something kind, gentle and adult that was written by someone knowledgeable and literate.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

[HappyBookWorm2020]

Thanks - I've added both books (Stranger and Skylight) to my KU list.