What HQNs are you reading right now?

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

This thread is to talk about your reading adventures. Of course you should feel free to start your own thread, but if you are bashful, please feel free to talk about your reading here.

[AgentScully]

I'm starting a reread of .

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

I haven't read that for the first time. Is it a really good one, Scully?

[AgentScully]

I enjoyed it. The H is not an ass and the h is not a doormat :-)

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

Sounds good!

[Kouk]

Sounds nice AgentScully!
I will add it to my tbr list!

[Melanie♥]

I just finished The Wrong Mirror by Emma Darcy. Kind of a strange book and not my favorite by this author, but I do like her writing style and it has angst - a must for my HP reads!!

Next up for me is The Heir from Nowhere.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

Melanie, I'm not a huge fan of Emma Darcy, although I do have a few of hers on my keeper shelf. I really liked The Wrong Mirror. Go figure!

[Melanie♥]

I just couldn't get over the twin thing. Hal was with Kirsty for 6 years and then switching to Karen (despite all the circumstances) just seemed off to me, but it was still a 3.5 star read for me.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

I got you. It was pretty twisted!

[Reader in NJ]

Melanie wrote: "I just couldn't get over the twin thing. Hal was with Kirsty for 6 years and then switching to Karen (despite all the circumstances) just seemed off to me, but it was still a 3.5 star read for me."

Melanie, like you I didn't like the fact that Hal was with both sisters. I try to avoid books where siblings have had the same lovers/husbands.

On that note, Sally Wentworth wrote two books (I didn't read them) where twins fell in love with the same man. The one who made him think at first that she was the original twin ended up marrying him (I think the twins tossed a coin to see who would "keep" him). When she dies, the second twin comes back and eventually ends up with the H (that is the second book).

[Lisa]

I just finished by: Sharon Kendrick. I hated this book. The H cheated on his wife with the h, while his wife is in a coma in the hospital. He didn't even tell the h that he's married.

[Reader in NJ]

Lisa wrote: "I just finished by: Sharon Kendrick. I hated this book. The H cheated on his wife with the h, while his wife is in a coma in the hospital. He didn't even tel..."

Lisa, I haven't read that book yet but the plot seems similar to Emma Darcy's "The Last Grand Passion." The H's wife was in a coma, her parents wanted to take her off life support he didn't. He had a relationship with the h. She finally found out about the wife. He told the h that if the wife ever came out of the coma he would leave the h and go back to his wife. The h ended up having his baby.

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Ugh, that's low!

[AgentScully]

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "Ugh, that's low!"

Ditto! That's horrible :-(

[Lisa]

I know. is it horrible? I hate cheating in a book. The H even asked the h to married him and she said yes, and the wife is not even dead yet. After i finished this book i throw it away in the recycle bin.

[Lisa]

Now i'm reading by Sharon Kendrick. I hope this book doesn't have cheating on it.

[AgentScully]

I'm starting next.

[Kouk]

Lisa wrote: "I just finished by: Sharon Kendrick. I hated this book. The H cheated on his wife with the h, while his wife is in a coma in the hospital. He didn't even tel..."

That is really awful!

I read on amazon that the book is part of a series in which the books are retellings from classics.
This one has to be Jane Eyre.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

Lisa wrote: "I know. is it horrible? I hate cheating in a book. The H even asked the h to married him and she said yes, and the wife is not even dead yet. After i finished this book i throw it away in the recyc..."

I agree. I hate cheating!!!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

The thing about Jane Eyre is that she resisted when she found out he was married, and ran away. I guess they feel like a modern relationship would involve sex, but I think if they are going to retell Jane Eyre, they should do it right.

[Melanie♥]

I was curious about the Jane Eyre re-write, so I loaded Forbidden Wife onto my e-reader and will check it out today. It starts with a misty day and a mansion with orphaned heroine on her way to a new secretarial job.

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We'll see what you think, Melanie.

[AgentScully]

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "The thing about Jane Eyre is that she resisted when she found out he was married, and ran away. I guess they feel like a modern relationship would involve sex, but I think if they are going to ret..."

Here's what Sharon Kendrick posted about that:

"In the modern version, I thought that they would inevitably sleep together - so they do."

http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-r...

[willaful]

It's interesting to see how an author reimagines a situation like that for a modern setting or some other reason. There's a YA trilogy by Adele Geras which are modern fairy tale retellings -- sometimes it really works, other times she had to twist things a little too much and it falls apart. The best one, IMO, was . In this, "Sleeping Beauty" is not really asleep, but in deep shock.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

I think them sleeping together really robs Jane Eyre of all its power. She was strong enough to resist what she wanted more than anything because it was the right thing to do. I have no desire to see this modern version of Jane Eyre in this case (Jane Eyre is very much a favorite of mine and I'd like to see it done justice).

I think if you're going to retell a story you have to preserve the aspects that give it the most power.

[willaful]

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I think them sleeping together really robs Jane Eyre of all its power. She was strong enough to resist what she wanted more than anything because it was the right thing to do. I have no desire to..."

That's a very good point... Jane Eyre is not Jane Eyre without that moral center. Them sleeping together would be the modern thing to do, I suppose, in that modern people generally do whatever the hell they want. This is why I like historicals. ;-)

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

I agree, Willa. I have to say that not all people have those kind of modern morals, and that's sort of overlooked in modern romance. I think that's why I'm more of a historical person because it fits some of my morals a little better in that context.

[Lemon]

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I think them sleeping together really robs Jane Eyre of all its power. She was strong enough to resist what she wanted more than anything because it was the right thing to do. I have no desire to..."

Completely agree. Sometimes modern iterations of classics can work (I really enjoyed the "Clueless" iteration of Jane Austin's Emma, for instance) but they rarely work. Sometimes the modern versions mutilate the original to the point of being sacrilegious. I strongly support the idea that "if it ain't broken, don't fix it." Classics are classics for a reason after all so why mess with it.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

I do agree that an author has to be very careful about messing with a classic too much. I think some of the Shakespeare remakes are pretty good. I guess it's hard to mess his works up terribly because the themes are somewhat eternal.

[Reader in NJ]

Someone said that the h in the new "Jane Eyre" didn't know that the H was married. Therefore in her mind at least, she didn't think that she was doing anything wrong by sleeping with him. The H was the adulterer and what's worse is that he put the h in the middle of that without her knowledge. Jane Porter had a book like that and I "hated" the actions of the H for not telling the h the truth up front.

[Lisa Kay]

Currently reading and am loving it.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

I love Sarah Morgan!

[Lisa]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Currently reading and am loving it."

I readed this book a while back. I love it and gave it a 5*****.

[Lisa]

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I love Sarah Morgan!"

I also love her and have almost all her books.

[Lisa Kay]

Lisa wrote: "Lisa Kay wrote: "Currently reading and am loving it."

I readed this book a while back. I love it and gave it a 5*****."

Looks like it is headed there for me too! So well done.

[Lisa]

trying to finish but cannot get into it. Did not finish.
and i don't know why.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

I haven't felt any urge to read Sharon Kendrick. I don't know why, but her books don't jump off the tbr pile at me.

[Lisa Kay]

Finally finished . Took me so long b/c I left it at a friend's house. Here is my Review of NFS for those of you who want to read it. ★★★★ ½

[Lisa]

Reading One Night in Rome this weekend

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

That one looks good, Lisa.

[Lisa]

I just start it. So far it's good. The h is housesiting and the H mistakes h for the owner of the house. Slept together and h left and found out she's pregnant. The H went looking for h and found her. That where I'm @ right now.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

I might have to read that one soon. I have the urge to read some romances with pregnancy/babies.

I finished Katrakis's Sweet Prize this morning. Now, I'm reading An Accidental Birthright. I really like Maisey Yates' writing. It feels fresh.

[Kouk]

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I might have to read that one soon. I have the urge to read some romances with pregnancy/babies.

I finished Katrakis's Sweet Prize this morning. Now, I'm reading [book:An Accidenta..."

I like Maisey Yates too!
I have read An accidental birthright and have ''The inherited bride''

[Vashti]

Like Maisey Yates alot,so far have read all of her books and have loved them!......recieved my harley shipment yest and soooo excited,will proably start AFTER THE VOWS, the new Michelle Reid or the new Jennie Lucas...hey Danielle, that one has a baby!

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After the Vows or the Jennie Lucas?

[Lisa]

Starting by Helen Bianchin

[Vashti]

Danielle ,the new Jennie Lucas"ONE NIGHT IN RIO" has the secret baby plot line.I read this book the other day and really enjoyed it.Something of a twist where the hero sees his baby for the 1st time and does not know that the baby is his immediately.The h wwas his PA and was in love with the H for the past 5 years, unbeknowst to the h the H also was in lust with her.He gave into lust one night after a bad business deal and they had sex on his desk where he took her virginity .In the morning ,she gave her resignation and went back home.All in all, a very good book.Do enjoy her writting,she seems to get better with each book so far, def 4.5 ***** in my opinion.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

That sounds good. I will have to pull that out of the pile. Thanks, Vashti!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

Girls, don't be afraid to add your books to the bookshelf as you read. I have been adding mine, but there needs to be more books. :)