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Nov 22, 2013 02:58PM
I just started "Out of the Blue"
by Opal Mellon. It is the 2nd book in her "Sunset Series". I decided to read it after reading the preview at the end of the 1st book "To Be with You"
which I thought was a great reading.
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Lisa Kay wrote: "Sounds really, really good, Heather. LOL!"I've read two of the three novellas so far, and both were good. The first one started off HOT, which was a pretty good sign of what was to come. ☺
I have been loving this series
Lisa Kay wrote: "Leslie wrote: "In the middle of 
"I was just looking into that series yesterday, Leslie. Let us know how you like it."
Ack! Sorry for being so late with this Lisa. I liked the book. Mostly because of the male lead. Since this is the first book you got an overview of the Sullivans and what I saw interested me. If I manage to get my hands on the other books I wouldn't hesitate to read them.
Currently reading The Color Purple and totally loving every page of this one!
Thanks for the info/update, Leslie. ☺
I've had a run of really average reads, so I'm not sure what I'm going to do next!I'm thinking of starting this one today
An author I've enjoyed before, so I'm hoping I'm 'safe'...
Read
Really great romp. So funny.
Halfway through my reread of
Beyond that, I've no idea what I'm going to read. :/
Maybe
Currently reading
and this just keeps getting better. So hot!
I'm almost halfway through
Wasn't meant to randomly buy another book when I have a mountain of review books, but I had a sudden desperate need to read it!
Very good so far.
Anushri wrote: "The book theif by Markus Zusak"Loved this book!
Heather L wrote: "Anushri wrote: "The book theif by Markus Zusak"Loved this book!"
I really should read that, as it’s an Australian book…
But – ARGH! – I went to read some reviews and some of my ‘friends’ have major spoilers with no spoiler tags. I’m not going to unlearn what I read!
Sonya~ Ugh! Hate when that happens, and one of the many reasons I tend to avoid reviews. The book actually opens with a spoiler that is alluded to a couple more times during the book. Yet, even though I knew what was going to happen, I cried when I finally reached the "spoiled" scene. Would really like to see the movie (have heard it's pretty faithful to the book), but it's not looking like that's going to happen before the end of the year.
I'm almost done with the (wonderful, innovative) Sabrina Jeffries book:
But am also reading this one:
It's not bad so far. Very much a Harlequin romance (which isn't a bad thing, it's just you can often pick the line they belong to without seeing the cover!), but I'm enjoying it...
Heather L wrote: "Sonya~ Ugh! Hate when that happens, and one of the many reasons I tend to avoid reviews. The book actually opens with a spoiler that is alluded to a couple more times during the book. Yet, even tho..."
It's so easy to add a 'spoiler tag' to reviews (on this site, at least!). I can't believe how many people have no problem with giving away twist endings...
Has anyone started Searching for Someday by Jennifer Probst yet? I just loaded it on my Nook and am debating if I want to start that or an indie book I picked up.
I haven't heard of that one, Barbara.
Lisa Kay wrote: "I haven't heard of that one, Barbara."Thanks Lisa. It's her new series now that she wrapped up the Marriage Bargain series. I'll check out the reviews....
Oh, yes. I read some of those.
Barbara wrote: "Has anyone started Searching for Someday by Jennifer Probst yet? I just loaded it on my Nook and am debating if I want to start that or an indie book I picked up."I have it on my Kindle app but haven't gotten to it yet. But I have heard some good things about it. Planning on reading it soon actually.
. Really enjoy this series. It's like an updated regency with witty banter and steam.
In the middle of
and enjoying it so far.
Almost finished with
I have
and
from the library waiting on my coffee table.
I'm reading this
which is actually a collection of books.The one I'm actually reading (rereading) is this one
One of my all-time favourite contemporary romances - it won a RITA. :)
Plus you can (after *I* bought it!) get it really cheaply on Amazon at the moment!
I'm working on a "Lifetime in Books" challenge, so I'm listening to
. I've never read anything by this author before, and while dated as far as male chauvinism goes, I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying it.
Finished The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann and am now about halfway through Untraceable by Laura Griffin.
Oh,
has been on my radar for year, Heather L. Did you get the discount at Amazon when it was on sale, or did you get the Barnes & Nobel bundle with all three books in the trilogy?
Heather L wrote: "Finished The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann and am now about halfway through Untraceable by Laura Griffin."The Brockmann series gets better and better. Over the Edge and Out of Control are my favourites.
I also love Laura Griffin's books. :)
I started Mistletoe Not Required because i have never read the "Kiss" genre from Harlequin. I should have known i was asking for trouble just by the title. I am only on ch. 2 and already feel as though I am going to have to slog through this one. The problem though is that it is too fast moving for my taste. either the Harlequin "Kiss" genre might not be for me or its just this book.
Stories&Verse, I've never read anything under Harlequin's "Kiss" genre. So, the relationship goes at a faster pace?
Lisa Kay wrote: "Stories&Verse, I've never read anything under Harlequin's "Kiss" genre. So, the relationship goes at a faster pace?"According to the Harlequin website (http://www.harlequin.com/store.html?c...) , the 'Kiss' genre is about flirting as an artform. I thought the pace of the flirting would be a sort of longing before the couple meets, but in Mistletoe Not Required, the flirting leads to a one night stand by the 2nd chapter. I am hoping there is more to the story so I am going to slog through the rest of the book to find out.
The KISS books... Hmm... It's a very strange new line. I've read quite a few of them as review books. Unlike the other Harlequin lines, there don't seem to be any 'rules' about them, which actually is a bad thing. Some books read like (very) sweet Harlequin Romance books, while I've read one with BDSM elements in it!You never know what to expect, and that confusion has already turned a lot of readers off.
Stories&Verse wrote: "I started Mistletoe Not Required because i have never read the "Kiss" genre from Harlequin. I should have known i was asking for trouble just by the title. I am only on ch. 2 and al..."I just realised that book is set in southern Australia, so I might look into it anyway. It's not often Australians get romances set in places they live or have visited!
Yes, that is weird. Harlequin usually sets up their lines so you know what to expect. I remember in the Harlequin Presents group I'm in someone was complaining about the hero
always
being a rich million/billionaire and the heroine being the poor, almost destitute one -- and someone responded with, "Then read another line."
Reading further into Chapter 3 of Mistletoe Not Required (Harlequin Kiss genre), I see the characters are as concerned as I am about the results of the flirting, and are discussing the appropriateness of the one night stand. Now I see where the romance is going... I guess this book is about how a relationship advances after a one night stand...
I'm reading
but the more I look at the cover, the weirder I'm finding it. The guy on it looks likes he's stepped off a fashion runway - couldn't look less like a Regency gentleman if he tried!
Lisa Kay wrote: "Yes, that is weird. Harlequin usually sets up their lines so you know what to expect. I remember in the Harlequin Presents group I'm in someone was complaining about the hero always being a r..."Really? Did they honestly not know how the lines worked? I've read some Presents books with unusual heroes (for that line) - a doctor, a professional athlete. But they were all still millionaires/billionaires.
True, Sonya, he does.And, yup, they didn't know.
Thinking of starting
today. Happy New Year everyone!!! ^_^
Yes, Happy New Year, everyone!
Finished reading
yesterday, and started the new year with
. A very Happy New Year !P.S. Does anyone know if Rawley from Texas Glory and Texas Splendor Has his own book?
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