Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy discussion
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What are you reading right now?
@ Iain: what did you think of Wool? I abandoned it halfway through and never picked it up again. I found the pace a bit slow, I think.
@Josie: that's why I'm not sure if/when I will finish out the trilogy... it's easier for me to finish slow books on audio since I do a lot of my listening at work, but that one was slow at times, and gloomy and a lot of death towards the end... and the 2nd book is a prequel back to the cause of the Silos and the Uprising that lost all the data before the 3rd finishes out with the continuation of the Juliet storyline...Many more interesting books out there to hold my attention... like Illuminae... I can't recommend it enough... the audio is really good with a ton of narrators to tell the story made up of internet transcripts, interviews, wikipedia-type articles, and classified documents...
@Iain: I'll give Illuminae a go, thanks! I don't think I'll ever go back to the Wool trilogy. I like my books pacy.
I have so many series I started and never officially quit, but haven't continued in several years now... probably won't be going back unless a whim strikes me... too many books out there to spend much time looking back unless I really like a series...On Illuminae... the only annoying thing is how much half-blocked swearing there is... either swear or don't... don't do all this "f--k" "sh-t"
Why can't they just swear?!? Is it YA?
I think so... I don't understand the rules... I mean... its the same difference when books/shows make up their own swear words and can say them all they want... the rules should be universal or not exist at all...
Started Defying Pack Law I enjoy Eve's books they are good, quick fun reads. (and awesome "coupling" lol)
Iain wrote: "I think so... I don't understand the rules... I mean... its the same difference when books/shows make up their own swear words and can say them all they want... the rules should be universal or not..."I actually think it's because they are government classified documents. It could also be looked at from a satirical standpoint on how the government likes to suppress words for their benefit, kind of like American TV.
Summer wrote: "I'm finally reading Lynsay Sand's Argenaeu Vampires series, due to numerous recommendations here. I like! Read The Accidental Vampire yesterday and am about half-way through Vampire, Interrupted to..."That is good to know about the Argenaeu series. I have that on my plan to read, and I have two of the books in the middle of the series.
@Sarah: I meant censorship in general more than the book in specific... You can't say fuck... but frack is fine in Battlestar Galactica, or Silent Night, Stars & Stones, and Hell's Bells are the three swear phrases in Dresden Files...
I realize those are 2 completely different levels of swear words... the Battlestar Galactica one is designed to make you think fuck in your head... and when a word does that, or a bleep... why censor it at all... everybody KNOWS...
@Danielle: Argeneau Vampires is great... I think most books can be read standalone... altho as the series has progressed it has created some ongoing bad guys that have recurred before being taken care of... and all the main characters are related, however distantly, and there tends to be a lot of cameos...
Finished
and to my surprise, I found this book a little 'wanting'. I could not connect to the bears nor to Silver. This shocked me, because I always appreciated the character of Silver Mercant and looked forward to meeting the bears, but both in this book did not make a good combination for me. The reader is reminded frequently of the high intelligence of the bears, and there were a few that delivered on that description, but Valentin still came across as a 'lunk head', I liked him, but he seemed all brawn and very little brains. Also, I found that the story had a few small areas of 'dead space' like the author had a story to tell and then...nothing. Kaleb Krycheck was a bit muted and normally his presence in any book was powerful. Otherwise, the rest of the book was very good...not great like all her other books, but good. I love the Psy/Changling series as well as The Guild Hunter series and this author enthralls me with her writing, story telling, world building and character development, but this book fell a little short for me. Still looking forward to future books in the Trinity series.
*sigh* I'm still reading
and
. I'm not sure why, but I'm not reading very fast right now. I'm getting close to the end of City of Ashes and hoping to start book three soon.
Christy wrote: "Finished and to my surprise, I found this book a little 'wanting'. I could not connect to the bears nor to Silver. This shocked me, because I always appreciated ..."Yes, it wasn't as good as her other stories. Still, I enjoyed it.
I finished reading
and now I am reading
. I am loving this series! I can't wait to read Lothaire!
Library of Souls the third novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
The Pax Arcana series by Elliott James-- LOVING IT! Can't decide if I'm more into Charming or Sig.:) Decisions decisions! Love this series... I'm on book 4 right now...
Finished
... Loved it. Sighs...Reading
*Sigh* I'm gonna have to put my reading for pleasure on hold for awhile. I have for different ARC's I have to read.
Just finished and enjoyed
Starting
Finished and a keeper author for me. First read, will re read and going for more reads.
Audiobook
Finished audiobook
and
. Perfect for vacation and then roadtrip back Chicago to FL.Audiobook
Really enjoying
Book 1 was really good and now have moved onto book 2 Very good so far
Finished
. Intense...Just discover tons of audiobooks available on my library Hoopla, yipee!
Audiobook
. Reading
I'm currently reading Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, but I'm hoping to start The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King after
Alice wrote: "Really enjoying Book 1 was really good and now have moved onto book 2 Very good so far"
LOVE Hoopla! I discovered it last year when we moved from Massachusetts to California. I had books for the WHOLE trip, all free from the library :-)
I loved sunbolt and need more.....Thorn was good too
I re-read
and then finished
. I enjoyed them.Just finished
and it was disappointing. I confess I’m getting tired of potentially good stories that end up being an excuse to write about sex, the plot being just a secondary item.
I always find that with Gena Showalter's books, so I don't read them anymore. For me, there's too much sex, not enough story.
Josie wrote: "I always find that with Gena Showalter's books, so I don't read them anymore. For me, there's too much sex, not enough story."You're right. I don't know why, but this year I've struggled to find new good stories.
Just finished Jessica McClain 6 by Amanda Carlson and started Grave Witch (Alex Craft) by Kalayna Price. I'd recommend Jessica McClain series and Alex Craft is so far so good!
I am reading INCUBUS DREAMS by Laurell K Hamilton...
Is the Anita Blake series good? Not sure I can start a series with over 20 books in it! If I do I will probably read about 5 then have a break with something else and come back to it!
Thats what I do... I like the books.
The Anita Blake series was good for me in the beginning. Then I flaked out of it. I felt like I was rereading the same book over and over. I didn't see much development so I stopped.
♥ ♥Lynn ♥ ♥ wrote: "The Anita Blake series was good for me in the beginning. Then I flaked out of it. I felt like I was rereading the same book over and over. I didn't see much development so I stopped."Same here. The first few books for the Anita Blake series were great and then you said it --- "I felt like I was rereading the same book over and over." >>> Exactly my reason for stopping with the series.
@Shari Kay: I felt similarly when I got around to continuing past book 5... quit at book 9... should have kept to my first instinctI've been listening to Sandman Slim:
and reading
... probably gonna jump over to
next on my Kindle
Finished
I had gotten it free on one of the Genre sites. It was good. Now on book 2,
, so far so good!
Finished audiobook
. Can't wait for book #2Listening to
, so fun, so far.Almost done with
...
Finished
, my blood is too boiled to jump into book 2. Need a fun read first
Is it a good thing to have your blood boiling? Was it bad/good?
I recently finished
and just finished
. Next up In the series is Lothaire. I can't wait!
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