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[Becca]

It is. There is a companion novel which doesn't finish Katsa and Po's story but tells a different one and the third book Bitterblue will be out sometime soon, like May of next year or something. It's supposed to finish both stories from Bitterblue's POV.

[Elaine]

Becca, we must have been posting at the same time.

[Lani]

I'm late to the prude party but would like to join the club! I've suck mainly with YA books, but jumped into the adult fiction world with Catch A Mate by Gena Showalter and outwardly blushed. I couldn't read it in public for fear that someone would notice, lol!

[Elaine]

Well, I most definitely cannot attend the prude party. I have to make a conscious effort to remember my age groups when I am reviewing books for the students.

Of course, some of the YA fiction is as explicit as anything I read for adults!

[Heidi]

Oh Elaine, just because we are prudes, does not by any means mean that we don't enjoy some racy things, just that we blush when we read them :)

[Peep (Pop! Pop!)]

Ohhhhhh, I was confused. I guess I am still a prude then!

[Elaine]

Well, I can read anything and it doesn't phase me. Funny thing is though, if I hear it on audio, I will blush. LOL

[Heidi]

Elaine have you read any of the Black Dager Brotherhood books (BDB)? If so, and you still weren't phased I am impressed. Emily the Sookie books have nothing on BDB. I listened to the first Sookie books on audio and now they seem tame (even though I thought they were racy at the time :)

[Heidi]

Peep wrote: "Ohhhhhh, I was confused. I guess I am still a prude then!"

Yeah! We're in the same club again :)

[Sheila]

I'm reading The Necromancer, the fourth book in Michael Scott's "Immortal Secrets of Nicholas Flamel" series. It's a terrific series, filled with all sorts of characters from myth, legend and history.

[Alan]

Kids get exposed to too much, too early in my opinion. I was appalled at some of the things I heard when I was coaching middle schoolers and the last couple of years when my younger daughter was in middle school (she'll be a freshman next year - yikes!). PG-13 movies are getting racier and worse with language all the time. Used to be the F-word meant an automatic R rating... not any more.

So, yeah, count me in to the prude club I guess!

[Elaine]

Heidi wrote: "Elaine have you read any of the Black Dager Brotherhood books (BDB)? If so, and you still weren't phased I am impressed. Emily the Sookie books have nothing on BDB. I listened to the first Sooki..."

Heidi, yes I have read BDB although not the last couple of books. I got tired of her killing off people I liked.

Isn't that the one where an angel drops in towards the end of one? I thought that plot device was too contrived. Anyway, if I have the right series, that was the last one I read.

I do plan on getting back to BDB one day. I did love the earlier books.

I also read a lot of erotica, so no prude here! LOL

[Heidi]

Elaine not sure about the BDB book you read. I have only read the first one and it had all vampires, no angels. I don't know how you do it! Perhaps it is because I listen to them on audio that my face turns a little pink. It is like I think all the other people in all the other cars on the road can hear it. Sorry, but in light of this new info you can't join our prude club. Just kidding :) p.s. Now swearing I can handle. It doesn't even phase me, but Alan is right about authors needing to tame their use of it in YA books.

[Heidi]

Bluemoon wrote: "Still on Unwind. I don't even know when I'm gonna finish this. Month of May has been a bookless month."

Hang in there June is a whole new month :)

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On the prude thing, I love reading BDB-type books but I don't think I could listen to them. To add to the blush factor, they probably have someone with a sexy voice reading them, right? Haha!

[Becca]

Honestly, I don't see the point of swearing in books. It's just a really crude way to get your point across. As a writer, there are much better ways. It's a cultural thing and something I don't do personally. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth when I read a book that has A LOT in it. I don't mind one here and there to remind me of the culture we live in, but some books are WAY over the top about it.

[Becca]

I stayed up until 3am reading and I must say I wasn't as impressed as I could have been. The story line was pretty cool, and the characters weren't bad, but it felt so rushed and the very end of the book felt so unfinished. It was a bit of a let down. The beginning of the Luke/Dee relationship was just weird and very very rushed. I'll read the next one, but it isn't being moved immediately to the top of my tbr pile.

[Heidi]

Yes Becca! Someone with my same opinion of Lament. It was like I was thrown into the middle of a story. There was no build up, just BAM!

[Amanda]

Last night I finished a book called I Am the Ice Worm. Plucked it off the library shelf because the title was so eye catching. It's the story of a girl who gets lost in Alaska when her plane crashes. Sort of in the spirit of Hatchet, but the coming of age for her is not survival and isolation, but learning to see and value what is really important in life and people. I really liked it.

I guess I should finish Lady Fridaynow. For some reason I have been putting it off. And without meaning to start an all out war...I have been listening to Eclipse (again) in preparation for the movie release.

Also...rambling now, but kudos to Alan! I couldn't agree with you more. That's why I homeschool my boys. And preread a lot.

[Rochelle]

Starting Sookie Stackhouse #5 (Dead As A Doornail).

[Becca]

That was exactly it Heidi! It's like she forgot to give us the back story, something to wet our appetite and make us really intrigued with the relationship instead of just plain confused by it. And the end of the book was like she got tired of writing or something. Cool story, cool scenes, but such a choppy story. I felt rushed and like I was missing vital information the entire book.

[Traci]

I'm in the middle of Lament right now and I feel the exact same way! I was so thrown off by their relationship and I thought the whole thing was completely unbelievable. I've still got about 150 pages or so left.. but apparently it doesn't get much better :[

[Heidi]

100% agree with you Becca. Not sure why we are the only ones that feel that way??

[Alan]

Thanks Mandi! Well I guarantee my book is safe to read : )

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Heidi wrote: "100% agree with you Becca. Not sure why we are the only ones that feel that way??"

Because we aren't uber-picky? LOL! Just kidding...kind of! ;)

[Lani]

I just finished reading Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception and am almost halfway through Ballad: The Gathering of Faerie.

I see what you guys are saying about how you feel thrown into it and everything happened so quickly at the end of Lament. I still don't fully understand what the deal was with her aunt.

Even though there was a gap between books (like Emily said) I'm enjoying Ballad. I really liked James' character and wanted more of him in the first book. I look forward to seeing how it ends...

[Linda]

In reply to the comment about POISON STUDY, it's one of my favorite books ever. MAGIC STUDY, the sequel, is great, too. And I recently read Maria V. Synyder's newest book, INSIDE OUT, which is very different, but fascinating and exciting with some romance, too. Totally recommend it!

Linda Joy Singleton (author of DEAD GIRL & THE SEER)

[Laura]

You guys have made some good observations about Lament. I agree that the relationship had a rushed feel. It definitely wasn't one of my favorite romances, but I think Maggie's writing is beautiful, so for me, that compensated. (And in Shiver I thought the writing compensated for some highly questionable science.)

Lani - I completely agree with you about the aunt situation in Lament. Dee puts some odd pieces of evidence together a little too quickly, and I was pretty confused.

Linda - I loved the Study series, too, and I'm excited to try Inside Out.

[Kourtni]

Finished up Poison Study late last night and I really liked it. Starting Dark Lover today! I'm excited for the blushing!! ;)

[Linda]

If anyone enjoys lighter fantasy like ELLA ENCHANTED, I just started reading a really delightful princess & dragon story called IVY'S EVER AFTER. It's very creative, different twist on usual story, and fun. And it's the first book from author Dawn Lairamore.

[Mirza]

Ias just reading the 4th book of the Percy Jackson series, but i don't like it one bit ... it seems a complete rip-off from the harry potter series.

[Heidi]

Kourtni wrote: "Finished up Poison Study late last night and I really liked it. Starting Dark Lover today! I'm excited for the blushing!! ;)"

Ohhhh two great books!

[Heidi]

Mirza wrote: "Ias just reading the 4th book of the Percy Jackson series, but i don't like it one bit ... it seems a complete rip-off from the harry potter series."

I did not get into Percy Jackson. I read the first one, but it did not have the cross over appeal that HP did. It was a little to middle grade for my taste, but I can see why others like it.

[Heidi]

Shannen wrote:
Because we aren't uber-picky? LOL! Just kidding...kind of! ;)"

It is called good taste Shannen. (right back at you!)

[Heidi]

Becca - I see we are bringing others around on our thoughts of Lament. p.s. It is not that I don't like the author, I liked Shiver, but Shiver had a beginning, middle, and end. Lament only had a middle and a rushed ending. Also, I totally agree about the aunt in Lament. What was with her? Not enough character development. Also, it just seemed like the main character bought into the whole fairy thing way too easily.

[Amanda]

Alan wrote: "Thanks Mandi! Well I guarantee my book is safe to read : )"


A Measure of Disorder? I'm going to check that out.

[Heidi]

Callie wrote: "what exactly is lament about? is it a sequel to Shiver (which i've not read either)"

Lament is a book about faeries and it has nothing to do with Shiver, but the same author wrote both books.

[Heidi]

Shiver hands down.

[Heidi]

A girl who falls in love with a werewolf. It is better than it sounds. It is more of a love story, so if you are not into those, I would skip it.

[Heidi]

Callie, you will find I am a tad bit picky *waits for items to be thrown at her* and I liked Shiver, so take that for what it is worth.

[Heather]

OK, I took at look at my Romantic Times and noticed a YA book that looks good. Has anyone heard about Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs? Also, has anyone read her?

[Jaimie]

reading right now. Not very far into it and it seems ok so far. BTW read the first three Plum books - awesome! I'm goint to get a couple more after work, they are so quick.

[Rachel]

I've been reading this new book in the Powerless series: I am LOVING it! It just keeps building and building and every new addition makes it more and more fascinating. I probably won't be able to put it down until I'm finished with the whole thing!

[Heidi]

Jaimie wrote: BTW read the first three Plum books - awesome! I'm goint to get a couple more after work, they are so quick."

Yeah!!! I am super excited you like them Jaimie. I am also excited because I just saw that I can check out the audiobook of the 16th Plum book that is not even out yet through my libraries overdrive service. Of course, they only let you have two audiobooks at a time, and I already checked two out, so now I have to wait until my lending period is up! Grrrrr

[Jaimie]

you need to open a second account under you husbands name so you can check out 4 at a time!

[Jaimie]

Emily they are the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich - starts with One for the Money. They are mysteries and Stephanie is a would be bounty hunter - pretty funny

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Heidi wrote: "It is called good taste Shannen. (right back at you!)"

That's what you keep telling me. I prefer uber-picky. :P

To chime in more about Maggie Stiefvater's books...Shiver was the best of them. I really loved that book. Lament was very good and Ballad was OK. I'm excited for Linger (the sequel to Shiver and I'll read any sequels to Lament and Ballad.

[Heidi]

Jaimie wrote: "you need to open a second account under you husbands name so you can check out 4 at a time!"

ohhhh sneaky! I love it! I may do that tonight.

[Heidi]

Whatever Shannen!

[Elaine]

Okay, I really disliked Shiver. I thought it was much longer than it needed to be. That does not encourage me to read Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception and I really like both faeries and werewolves.

Oh well, I'll give Lament a try this fall after school starts back.

I am about to start Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow. It is another of the Teens Top Ten nominees for 2010. I hope to read all of them before August.