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Jun 07, 2011 06:11AM
morning....I am about 50% through my book...hoping to have it done by tomorrow morning....
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Guess that depends on what you call big. I have at least 800 books here to read. Brought in another 8 just a couple of days ago, got 2 in the mail from games at PBS, and found 1 more at HPB today!It'll sound big to some, but I know folks at PBS that have over 1000 books TBR.
Oh yeah - I didn't include ebooks in that total. Probably have a couple of hundred there.....
I have a huge TBR pile....I would estimate my TBR pile is over 1500 books....I have been meaning to take a day and put every single book I have on goodreads and then I would know for sure....
Yeah.....I keep meaning to do that too! So far I've only put in the YA stuff....and I've gotten more than that since I put it in.
I'm the same! I have so many books to be read and yet I have new releases coming out (some of which I have to read as soon as it comes through the door) so I'm not entirely sure how I am going to get through them all! Not counting the fact that I have two little girls (one 3 and the other 1) who don't like mummy's attention anywhere apart from them! lol:)
Carlyn you must be quite busy with your little ones...how do you find time to read?....My problem is I always end up buying more than I can read....I wish I had gads of time to sit and read then maybe I might be able to get in the 300+ books/year ranks....
I end up buying books with covers I love, or stories that sound interesting but then I dont get around to reading them for awhile...And series I wish I could just read one series at a time but then they dont always fit into my challenges....
Anyone have an idea about chip placement?
Zina I have to read when ever I get the chance! I also unfortunately judge a book by it's cover, or good recommendations by friends! Don't even get me started on series' I can't stop and apparently a lot of them cant either! lol
With chip placement I would go with in the centre because we hace more space to move ! :)
That's a good spot!Have a nice day/evening everyone. Heading home from work so I'll talk at ya tomorrow.
We could go D2 to cut Teals moving possibilities and leaving us with a few ways to move.
Morning ladies as promised I finished my book
June 8 5 stars
Brenna, the young wolf female introduced in Slave to Sensation has emerged from her horror a changed person. No one seems to understand what she went through. No one except for former Arrow Judd Lauren. He finds himself drawn to the strong female, yet caught within the constraints of his Psy conditioning. When it seems like the threat to Brenna has not decreased, Judd and Brenna must fight for their lives and what has started to spark between them.
Nalini Singh is an amazing writer and weaves a wonderful tale of love and triumph. This is a terrific book with fully fleshed out characters, a fast-moving plot with many twists and turns as well as some tantalizing surprises. I love the Psy Changeling series, and absolutely fell in love with Judd.
now that I am done lets look at chip placement.
C1, D2, E2 or F1 would be the best placement possibilities. Carlyn suggested D2 and I'm willing to go along with that.
Thought I would get into the spirit of things and change my profile pic! :)
Great pic Carlyn....How long has everyone been reading PNR/UF....this is new for me since the beginning of the year....I was a chick lit babe and mystery/thriller reader but have definitely flipped over...
I've been reading it for about 3 or 4 years, my friend Michelle (team teal) introduced me to it. My man will never forgive her for that judging by the amount of money i've spent on the books. LOL :)
Great pic, Carlyn! ;)
CONGRATULATIONS, Yolks on U! Your chip has been placed in your requested spot.
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Good Job!! :D
Congrats on your chip Eggies!
Congrats ladies! Wow - didn't realize ya'll were quite so new to the genre. I was reading everything I could find vampire related even before they started calling it PnR.
Glad you guys found us here @ SOS - we'll get ya broken in but good. ;)
Oops! Almost forgot to leave the flowers.....
Carlyn wrote: "I've been reading it for about 3 or 4 years, my friend Michelle (team teal) introduced me to it. My man will never forgive her for that judging by the amount of money i've spent on the books. LOL :)"I saw an icon once and it said "If I stare at you it's not because I like you it's because I'm trying to figure out how to kill my villain" Yeah! I'm curious as to how many ways he's plotted my death ;)
And Congrats on the chip!
Michelle wrote: "Carlyn wrote: "I've been reading it for about 3 or 4 years, my friend Michelle (team teal) introduced me to it. My man will never forgive her for that judging by the amount of money i've spent on ..."You have no idea hun! No idea :)
thanks for the congrats and flowers...couldnt sleep so have been up since 3:30am.....got extra time to read.....but probably will be bagged tonight after work....
Off to the lake again this weekend...so excited....it means tons of reading time for me.....I have to finish
and I am in a group read for
......What is your preference for reading books? hard copy or digital? ....I am a hard copy girl but have recently beeen introduced to didital....just got my iphone and I am blown away.....I had a kobo but hubby kept hogging it and then I broke it .....my elbow smashed onto tthe screen...oops....
I was very weary of digital until I got my kindle! I love it and I have no space left in my house for books. This is the perfect solution and it lets you download free books! You can't argue with that. Although I still have to get all my fave series' and author on paper! :)
I agree, Carlyn. Space saving is HUGE + for me and eBooks. But, like you, I continue to buy my faves in PB or HC.
Things finally started picking up at work this week, we're moving into our busy season, and I wasn't able to participate in the discussion about UF & PNR before now.I read an eclectic mix of books: UF, Romance, Mysteries, Horror, SF/F, biographies, ... But I tend to concentrate more on books with fantastic elements. Come to think of it, that's a good reflection of my Movie & TV viewing choices also, LOL. I loved the Chronicles of Narnia as a child and soon moved on to Susan Cooper's Dark is rising sequence. I still like to do the occaisional reread of these old favorites.
I fell in love with King & Koontz in high school and discovered Mercedes Lackey at college. The Last-Herald Mage trilogy is still my all time favorite of her works. Lackey's Diana Tregarde series was another favorite, unfortunately UF wasn't a trend yet and they didn't sell well enough for the author to continue. I tended to read a lot of straight fantasy and SF and happily zipped through any paranormals I stumbled over, including P.N. Elrod's Vampire Files and Tanya Huff's Victoria Nelson series & Keeper Chronicles (mini-vans are tools of the devil).
Then I discovered Anita Blake, Vampire Executioner and happily so did a lot of other readers. Regardless of where you stand on the Laurell K Hamilton debate (I personally prefer the older books over the newer), she deserves a lot of credit for her contributions in making UF a genre in its own right. After a couple years, UF was everywhere and it's still going strong. The majority of my book purchases are UF, PNR, paranormal-mysteries, ... and there are plenty of options to choose from now.
I'm with you on that! I much prefer the earlier Anita Blake's but the new one was a lot better (mostly because Edward was in it a lot!) Lot less orgies and more story! :)
LOL Lovin' your yolks, Daffodil.
Since everyone has finished their Week 1 reads, thought I'd announce the next wk's cats a little early. :) Happy Reading!This Week's Categories Are:
1. Cover Color: Yellow
2. Setting: Urban**
You may choose to pick a book using both or either category. Be sure to include your cover, if using that category.
** When picking books using 'setting: urban', please keep in mind this is not referring to UF, but books in an urban setting.
ur·ban
1. Of, relating to, or located in a city.
2. Characteristic of the city or city life.
Okay I'm so glad it came early! I'm going to go for Lora Leigh's Harmony's Way
:)Yellow Cover!
I will read Passion Unleashed
. Nice sunny day here. Great for reading about hot sexy demons. Enjoy our reads.
I love Larrissa Ione! The demonica series is fantastic, you will really enjoy it :)
Yellow!And of course, I'm going for the Urban setting because I've put off reading this book long enough.
Harmony's Way by Lora LeighMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was the story of Harmony, an assassin known as death and a sheriff named Lance. This is the eighth tale in the breeds series. The breeds are genetically altered humans who have the characteristics of animals. They experience the mating hear when they meet their mate.
These books can be a hit or a miss for me as sometimes it seems like they have no choice in the matter and that can seem like a shady line at points and the mating heat only ends when the woman conceives. The villains in these books range from the people who created them to the people who believe they should die because they are not god's creatures.
I hope she will evolve the books so that the mating heat is not the base of it all.
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That's another series I keep meaning to start. One of these days ... :)
It's a smutfest Steph, you'd love it!
;) Woohoo! I'll move them up on my "series to start" list. I do love me a good smutfest!
No problem Jessica, you're article's more important. Besides, that means I don't have to rush through MS, I can savor it!. . .
Nahh. Who am I kidding? I'll read it as fast as I can. Then maybe go back and reread some of the good parts.
LOL! Enjoy what you digest the first go round!
That'll work, Jessica. I haven't read the book, but I saw the movie. It was a fantasy of sorts, yah? So, that fits too. :)
I loved that book in middle school!
Yay, go Jessica!
Hey girls the ladies over on team teal have finished their books and are discussing chip placements!
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