What are you reading this week (Aug 22nd)?

[Camy]

I just started The Apprentice by Tess Gerritson since I love the TV series Rizzoli and Isles, and while the book is good, I'm a little disappointed because it's not very much like the TV series. isles is hardly on the page at all. it's missing the humor and banter between Rizzoli and Isles on the TV series, which disappoints me a bit. Overall, though, really great mystery and suspense. I'm using it to help me craft my own suspense a bit better.

How about you?

[Ausjenny]

Im reading Sarah Sundin's Blue Skies Tomorrow now haven't read the first two in the series but dont feel I am lost at all. I got my dates mixed and thought this one was to be read in Sept but am loving it. a change from drama on the high seas!
interesting fact both Kaye Dacus and M.L. Tyndall have a ship called the same name HMS Audacious. different captains etc. If I hadn't read them straight after one another would not have noticed it.

[Camy]

Oh my gosh that's so weird! And kind of funny. :)

[Sandra]

I'm in the middle of Marta Perry's Buried Sins. This is the first book I've read by her and I'm enjoying it.

[Judy]

I'm almost finished with Dead Reckoning by Rachelle McCalla

[Camy]

Sandra wrote: "I'm in the middle of Marta Perry's Buried Sins. This is the first book I've read by her and I'm enjoying it."

I adore Marta's books! I liked Buried Sins (The Three Sisters Inn Series, #3) a lot.

[Camy]

Judy wrote: "I'm almost finished with Dead Reckoning by Rachelle McCalla"

Dead Reckoning just came out, didn't it? I have it on my TBR pile but I haven't read that yet.

[John]

I'm reading through FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING in Portuguese, but also re-reading the original at the same time for comparison.

[Regina]

I finished Susan May Warren's "Happily Ever After" on Friday, and have been chomping at the bit to read the rest of that series all weekend! This morning, first thing, I went straight to the shelf and pulled "Tying the Knot" and "The Perfect Match!" Other than that, I need to be reading my own manuscript before I send it in!

[Judy]

Just finished Dead Reckoning with tears in my eyes. Excellent read! I have enjoyed all five of her books so far.

[Sarah]

I hope you enjoy it! Perhaps I should have named Ray's plane Audacious instead of Ascalon. Well, I got the "A" right :)

Ausjenny wrote: "Im reading Sarah Sundin's Blue Skies Tomorrow now haven't read the first two in the series but dont feel I am lost at all. I got my dates mixed and thought this one was to be read in Sept but am lo..."

Ausjenny wrote: "Im reading Sarah Sundin's Blue Skies Tomorrow now haven't read the first two in the series but dont feel I am lost at all. I got my dates mixed and thought this one was to be read in Sept but am lo..."

[Sarah]

I'm reading Bonnie Leon's "Wings of Promise," which is a fun book. It's even more fun for me, because Bonnie's one of my critique partners, so I saw this book in its rough draft. She made some fabulous changes which really strengthened the book - and that's encouraging to me in the midst of a whopping edit :)

[Judy]

I keep trying to get my NetGalley pile down and somehow keep adding more then I'm reading! Every time one of the books is part of a series I go back and read the previous books. At least it gets a few off the shelf.

I decided to read Balancing Act by Patricia Davids.

I will also be working on my blog site to come up with a book rating system. Any ideas on that are welcome on my post in LIH.

[Amancay]

I just started to peruse The World According to Oprah: An Unauthorized Portrait in Her Own Words (for my current biography/memoir type)
plowed through most of Perfect on Paper: The (Mis)Adventures of Waverly Bryson yesterday... need to work on processing a wedding, before I run back to it though! ;)
and I hope to finally crack open Emerald Windows this week...
OH, and I should probably get back to The Voyage of the Dawn Treader eventually!

[Amancay]

Sandra wrote: "I'm in the middle of Marta Perry's Buried Sins. This is the first book I've read by her and I'm enjoying it."

gah I really enjoyed that whole series...
http://www.goodreads.com/series/56309...

[Sandra]

Amancay wrote: "Sandra wrote: "I'm in the middle of Marta Perry's Buried Sins. This is the first book I've read by her and I'm enjoying it."

gah I really enjoyed that whole series......"

I picked it up at the library the other day and didn't realize it was the third in a series until I got into and she talked about the sisters and their guys.

[Amancay]

Sandra wrote: "I picked it up at the library the other day and didn't realize it was the third in a series until I got into and she talked about the sisters and their guys."

that's why I love checking stuff on GoodReads... but, if it's any consolation, they are surely decent stand-alones... I'm just slightly neurotic about reading/watching things in chronological order! ha!

[Judy]

fictiondb is fairly good about listing series too.
But not all. That is why I just collect all of the authors books and one day will read from the first to the last catching any series in between.

[Ausjenny]

Sarah wrote: "I hope you enjoy it! Perhaps I should have named Ray's plane Audacious instead of Ascalon. Well, I got the "A" right :)

Ausjenny wrote: "Im reading Sarah Sundin's Blue Skies Tomorrow now haven't r..."

Sarah glad there wasn't another Audacious! I am loving the book about 150 now but I need sleep so had to stop. I feel so for Helen. Dont want to say why cos it could give things away but lets say I dont like her father in law.

I want to read Bonnie's book as I really liked the first book.

[Camy]

John wrote: "I'm reading through FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING in Portuguese, but also re-reading the original at the same time for comparison."

That is flippin' awesome. I am so impressed!

[Camy]

Regina wrote: "I finished Susan May Warren's "Happily Ever After" on Friday, and have been chomping at the bit to read the rest of that series all weekend! This morning, first thing, I went straight to the shelf ..."

Isn't Susan a great writer? I love her suspense books.

[Camy]

Judy wrote: "Just finished Dead Reckoning with tears in my eyes. Excellent read! I have enjoyed all five of her books so far."

WOW what an endorsement!

[Camy]

Sarah wrote: "I hope you enjoy it! Perhaps I should have named Ray's plane Audacious instead of Ascalon. Well, I got the "A" right :)"

Yay! Sarah stopped by! Thanks so much!

[Camy]

Sarah wrote: "I'm reading Bonnie Leon's "Wings of Promise," which is a fun book. It's even more fun for me, because Bonnie's one of my critique partners, so I saw this book in its rough draft. She made some fabu..."

I love that cover, too!

[Judy]

I just finished Balancing Act and cried even more on that one!

I have Courtin' The Enemy by Renee Ryan to read for NetGalley but since I own Dangerous Allies and it precedes it, that is next on the list. I can't catch up. NetGalley has too many good books!

[Camy]

Judy wrote: "I decided to read Balancing Act by Patricia Davids."

You finished that fast! You gave a really great review!

[Camy]

Amancay wrote: "I just started to peruse The World According to Oprah: An Unauthorized Portrait in Her Own Words (for my current biography/memoir type)
plowed through most of [book:Perfect on Paper: Th..."

Do you think you're busy enough????? I think you also need to learn Portuguese. ;)

[Judy]

Thanks. It hit home in a few ways. I think sometimes we hold the past against ourselves as much as others hold it against us.

[Camy]

Amancay wrote: "that's why I love checking stuff on GoodReads... but, if it's any consolation, they are surely decent stand-alones... I'm just slightly neurotic about reading/watching things in chronological order! ha!"

I'm the same way about checking on Goodreads! The best part is that Goodreads is pretty good about that even if the series is "unofficial."

[Camy]

Judy wrote: "fictiondb is fairly good about listing series too.
But not all. That is why I just collect all of the authors books and one day will read from the first to the last catching any series in between."

I like Fictiondb because they're really good about listing the number the book is in if it's part of a category line. I don't know why but I'm a bit anal about that. They also list if the book is published under a different line or anthology title, which is very useful.

[Camy]

Ausjenny wrote: "Sarah glad there wasn't another Audacious! I am loving the book about 150 now but I need sleep so had to stop. I feel so for Helen. Dont want to say why cos it could give things away but lets say I dont like her father in law.

I want to read Bonnie's book as I really liked the first book. "

Audacious is a good name for a ship! Makes me think of a flirty redhead. ;)

[Camy]

Judy wrote: "I have Courtin' The Enemy by Renee Ryan to read for NetGalley but since I own Dangerous Allies and it precedes it, that is next on t..."

Ooooh Netgalley has that title? Man, you're killing me--I can't request too many from Netgalley b/c they only last 55 days once I download it and I'm on deadline so I don't have as much reading time as I'd like! But I'd really like to read Renee's book!

[Camy]

Judy wrote: "Thanks. It hit home in a few ways. I think sometimes we hold the past against ourselves as much as others hold it against us."

That is really neat about how that book impacted you. Now I totally want to read it.

[Judy]

I actually had the larger print book of Love Your Enemy so I was able to read that rather then on the computer. I have checked several books like that and they are word for word the same, just different titles.

I listed both pictures of the book on my blog :-)
http://justjudysjumbles.blogspot.com/

[Terri]

I am reading " marrying the preacher's daughter" by Cheryl St. John.

[Lindi]

I'm finishing Hearts in Flight by Patty Smith Hall. Great book.

[Amancay]

Camy wrote: "Do you think you're busy enough????? I think you also need to learn Portuguese. ;)"

hahaha... nah, I'll pass! ;)

(actually, I honestly have an aversion to Portuguese... I blame my step-mother!) I'll stick with Spanish!

[Camy]

Terri wrote: "I am reading " marrying the preacher's daughter" by Cheryl St. John."

Oooh, how do you like that?

[Camy]

Lindi wrote: "I'm finishing Hearts in Flight by Patty Smith Hall. Great book."

I LOVE Patty! I don't have her book yet, though.

[Camy]

Amancay wrote: "Camy wrote: "Do you think you're busy enough????? I think you also need to learn Portuguese. ;)"

hahaha... nah, I'll pass! ;)

(actually, I honestly have an aversion to Portuguese... I blame my st..."

Gosh I wish I knew another language! I can't even order in a Japanese restaurant.

[Patriciaw]

Camy wrote: "I just started The Apprentice by Tess Gerritson since I love the TV series Rizzoli and Isles, and while the book is good, I'm a little disappointed because it's not very much like th..."

Camy, I heard that TV series was only "loosely" based on Gerritson's books. I agree the banter is what makes the show.

[Patriciaw]

Regina wrote: "I finished Susan May Warren's "Happily Ever After" on Friday, and have been chomping at the bit to read the rest of that series all weekend! This morning, first thing, I went straight to the shelf ..."

I just added SMW's Heiress to my TBR pile. I keep saying I'm cutting back but it's so hard. I've started turning down review requests.

[Patriciaw]

Terri wrote: "I am reading " marrying the preacher's daughter" by Cheryl St. John."

I read that over the weekend. Really fun book. St. John has a sense of humor that comes across in her writing.

[Patriciaw]

I'm just about at the end of Charlotte Carter's Blue Sky Reunion. Next up, I think, will most likely be Brenda Jackson's In The Doctor's Bed followed by Susan May Warren's Heiress. Gotta hurry up. Steven James's The Queen should be showing up in the box any day now.

[Christy]

This week, I'm working on Healing Hearts: A Collection of Amish Romances by Beth Wiseman. It's a collection of all her novellas. I've already read one of them that was part of another anthology, so reading the other two in this book shouldn't take long at all. :o)

[Patriciaw]

Did I type Blue Sky? I meant Big Sky Reunion. It was a May LI.

[Sandra]

Patriciaw wrote: "I'm just about at the end of Charlotte Carter's Blue Sky Reunion. Next up, I think, will most likely be Brenda Jackson's In The Doctor's Bed followed by Susan May Warren's Heiress. Gotta hurry up..."


This is a question for anyone. Do you ever feel like you rush through books because there are so many you want to read?

I've felt that way lately. I'm going to make a concerted effort to slow down and enjoy the stories... the characters...a little more.

[Patriciaw]

Sandra wrote: "Patriciaw wrote: "I'm just about at the end of Charlotte Carter's Blue Sky Reunion. Next up, I think, will most likely be Brenda Jackson's In The Doctor's Bed followed by Susan May Warren's Heires..."

I've definitely felt pressure to hurry up and read in order to meet blog review dates. I think my blog readers appreciate getting a review so I really try to read the book before the blog date. That stress can take away from the enjoyment.

[Camy]

Patriciaw wrote: "Camy, I heard that TV series was only "loosely" based on Gerritson's books. I agree the banter is what makes the show."

Aw shucks. Well, the book was very good, but I don't know that I'd read the others in the series if it's not very much like the show.

[Camy]

Patriciaw wrote: "I just added SMW's Heiress to my TBR pile. I keep saying I'm cutting back but it's so hard. I've started turning down review requests. "

I totally hear you! I've been doing the same because I just don't have time.