What Are You Reading August 29?

[Okie]

Good Monday morning, everyone! I can hardly believe August is on its way out. I'm starting the week with A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young.

[Janga]

I'm reading Jane Austen Made Me Do It, a collection of stories inspired by Jane Austen, including some by familiar names and some autobuys for some of us in this group: Lauren Willig, Adriana Trigiani, Jo Beverley, Syrie James, Janet Mullany, Beth Pattillo, Myretta Robens. As with most collections, there is some unevenness, but overall I'm loving the stories.

I also just finished Saving June, a YA with a vital, genuine protagonist.

I'll be reviewing both soon.

[Okie]

I marked Saving June to read, Janga. It sounds interesting.

[Janga]

I liked it a lot, Okie. All of it rang true to me--the protag's reaction to her sister's death, the best friend who owns her heart but sometimes hits her last nerve, the guy and the first time. It was also refreshing to read a YA with no touch of the paranormal or apocalyptic themes. Not that there's anything wrong with either of those. It's just that they seem to be so dominant, and I like variety.

[Okie]

lol, Janga! I'm a huge fan of post apoca, but even I'm tiring out on YA dystopian, post apoc, and para. Can't wait to read Saving June.

[Theresa]

Lucked out with an early copy of Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels by SB Sarah. It's such a smart, funny explanation of WHY we love romances, and why they're awesome. Great follow-up to Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels, which made me laugh harder than almost any book ever, including Dave Barry. Once I'm done, really looking fwd to A Night to Surrender and Good Girls Don't.

[Kasey]

Right now I am part way through A Tale of Two Lovers by Maya Rodale. After I finish that I plan on reading What I Did For a Duke by Julie Anne Long.

I am waiting for A Night to Surrender to arrive from Amazon so I will probably read that one next week.

[Romanticbookworm]

I am going to start Frostbite by Richelle Mead (library book)tonight which is the second book in the vampire academy series, I really loved vampire academy so I am looking forward to finding out what happens next.

[Okie]

Huge fan of RM Vampire Academy :) Enjoy your read!

[Janga]

I read another YA last night, from BellBridge Books, My Lunatic Life by Sharon Sala, the recent recipient of the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. It was a quick, fun read about a girl with psychic gifts and a couple of guardian ghosts, but i think it's more a middke school book. I plan to buy it for the 12-year-old grand.

Today's read is Robyn Carr's new Virgin River Christmas book. Then I'll start A Night to Surrender.

Kasey, JAL's What I Did for a Duke is my favorite book of 2011 and my favorite JAL book, which is saying a lot since her books almost always score high with me.

[Okie]

I'm starting on Possession by Elana Johnson.

[Susan]

I've been reading a free e-book series by Nicky Charles. Obviously, she's a fan of the Thin Man movies, hence the pen name. First off was The Mating, followed by The Keeping. I'm now about to start The Finding. Although these need some serious copy-editing for obvious grammatical mistakes, once I strengthened my stomach against those I found that I have been enjoying the stories very well. The Mating The Keeping The Finding

[Okie]

Susan, I really liked The Mating! I was so-so on The Keeping- I didn't like the reporter "/ I haven't read The Finding yet.

[Susan]

Okie,
I liked her. She's naive, cocky, makes silly assumptions, and asks the wrong questions; just like several young, newly graduated from J-school, reporters I have met and dealt with over the years. Obviously, the rich dude did Not Want a more-experienced reporter who could get the answers more quickly but would ask too many questions about his own motives for wanting the information.

[Aly is so frigging bored]

@Elyssa: I was a bit disappointed in it... The start was so good but the last 25% of the book seemed rushed and I didn't like that the conflict was dispatched so quick.

[Pj]

Ely, I'll second your rec of IN BED WITH A HIGHLANDER. I ADORED this book from start to finish! It went straight to my keeper shelf where it will no doubt be re-visited many times over the years. (I've already read it three times.) :)

[Pj]

Janga wrote: "I read another YA last night, from BellBridge Books, My Lunatic Life by Sharon Sala, the recent recipient of the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. It was a quick, fun read about a girl with ..."

Like Janga, JAL's WHAT I DID FOR A DUKE is one of my top reads of the year and my favorite JAL book. She just gets better and better...and better!

[Kasey]

I am about a hundred pages into WHAT I DID FOR THE DUKE and I am loving it thus far.

[Dls]

I've been on a Heyer rereading binge.

[Susan]

Dls wrote: "I've been on a Heyer rereading binge."

Are you reading Heyer as books or e-books? Last month, all the e-books were "on sale" at a reduced cost, so I wondered...

[Dls]

No, I own a bunch and my library has a bunch.