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message 7701: by Angie Elle (new)

Angie Elle (angieelle) | 602 comments OK, yeah. I'm like 25% in, and all I can think is that it's a good thing I read Brian's book first, or I may have never picked it up after this one!


message 7702: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) Hey ladies! I finished Feral Sins (The Phoenix Pack, #1) by Suzanne Wright

I had a lot of fun with this book. I think it could have been 35% shorter. And yeah, the typos started to drive me crazy (like when she wanted to say alphas (plural) she would sometimes write alpha's). I think an editor could have made this as good as any BDB book. I am excited to read the next one. Not sure if I will read her vamp series -- Stacia are you going to?

Hmmm, the orgy scene. Yeah it was hot and I actually bought it. Especially how it went down and the "limits" set.

I am waiting for a challenge to be called tomorrow, so I can't start a book.

I am listening to A Summer in Sonoma by Robyn Carr it isn't romance and I guess more chiclit, which I never read -- but I am relating to one character a lot.


message 7703: by Leea (new)

Leea I agree about Feral Sins... I sat down 5 times to write this review and every time my kids needed something. So my review is in the works.

I'm 78% into Raid (Unfinished Hero, #3) by Kristen Ashley and it's okay but I haven't read a KA book in a long time and it's the same old formula. It's choppy but hot and I just am so conflicted about this book. It's a lot shorter than her other books and not some much useless info.


Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) I think the book edition that was published last month has been edited, so some of those errors might not be there anymore. I don't know. Wonder if book 2 will have been edited right off the bat?

Yes, I will probably read the vampire book at some point. I vaguely recall someone telling me that they thought I'd like it.


message 7705: by Tellulah (new)

Tellulah Darling (tellulahdarling) Stacia (the hype killer) wrote: "I think the book edition that was published last month has been edited, so some of those errors might not be there anymore. I don't know. Wonder if book 2 will have been edited right off the bat?
..."


I didn't notice a ton of typos. But the writing itself I found clunky at times. It could have used a good editor. Sadly, my copy did not have the orgy scene. Someone wanna let me know the who and where of it? Did really enjoy the dynamic between them though.


message 7706: by Leea (new)

Leea Finished Raid and I don't know what to read next...

I was going to start Gameboard of the Gods (Age of X, #1) by Richelle Mead but it's not released till June so maybe I should wait.

Right now i'm finally alone at starbucks enjoying coffee and updating my calendar


message 7707: by Angie Elle (new)

Angie Elle (angieelle) | 602 comments Leea wrote: "Finished Raid and I don't know what to read next...

I was going to start Gameboard of the Gods (Age of X, #1) by Richelle Mead but it's not released till June so maybe I should wait.

Right now i'm finally..."


Read it and report back, Leea! I am dying to hear what you think! :)


message 7708: by Leea (new)

Leea Not sure if i'll read it. Might pick up
Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) by Colleen Hoover
Black Ice (Ice, #1) by Anne Stuart
Sunrise Point (Virgin River, #19) by Robyn Carr

Not sure what to read... I hate this feeling. Normally I know what to read next but i'm at a loss right now.


message 7709: by Regina (last edited Mar 08, 2013 02:56PM) (new)

Regina (reginar) Well that sounds wonderful! What a great escape. :)

I heard Gameboard is addicting.

I am enjoying A Summer in Sonoma by Robyn Carr but definitely not a romance/HEA.

I am deciding between to read:

Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love By Numbers, #2) by Sarah MacLean If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende Sweet Surrender (Sweet, #1) by Maya Banks The Darkest Hour (KGI, #1) by Maya Banks The Dead of Night (Tomorrow, #2) by John Marsden


message 7710: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) Paloma there is an orgy in the first unedited version. She had the later version edited. It happens (view spoiler)


message 7711: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) Leea, I hate not knowing either!


message 7712: by Angie Elle (new)

Angie Elle (angieelle) | 602 comments Regina wrote: "Well that sounds wonderful! What a great escape. :)

I heard Gameboard is addicting.

I am enjoying A Summer in Sonoma by Robyn Carr but definitely not a romance/HEA.

I am deciding between ..."


Wow. I just read the synopsis for
Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende , and that one looks really good, Regina.


message 7713: by Leea (new)

Leea Regina, if you read Darkest Hour or 10 days - I'll read them with you. I didn't like Banks, Sweet series but i'm not big on menage...


message 7714: by Angie Elle (new)

Angie Elle (angieelle) | 602 comments Leea wrote: "Not sure if i'll read it. Might pick up
Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) by Colleen Hoover
Black Ice (Ice, #1) by Anne Stuart
Sunrise Point (Virgin River, #19) by Robyn Carr

Not sure what to read... I hate this feeling. Normally I know..."


Neither do I. Ugh. I don't trust myself to pick up anything good right now!


message 7715: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) Years ago I was a fan of Isabel Allende's earlier works (some have been made into movies) so I am really looking forward to this book!


message 7716: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) Leea wrote: "Regina, if you read Darkest Hour or 10 days - I'll read them with you. I didn't like Banks, Sweet series but i'm not big on menage..."

Oh -- either one. You pick it Leea. I am starting tonight. You would help me a lot by narrowing it or picking! LOL. :)


message 7717: by Leea (new)

Leea Well, I have Darkest Hour but I might have 10 days... I can't decide... anything is fine... see what kind of mood i'm in :)


message 7718: by Kay (new)

Kay (calikay) | 1216 comments I'm still slowly working my way through Garden of Stones by Sophie Littlefield .

I finished Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell which is such a sweet young adult love story set in 1986. I'm not sure what to read next...some books just hasn't been clicking with me lately.


message 7719: by Stacia (the 2010 club) (last edited Mar 08, 2013 04:22PM) (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) Regina, I've heard that If You Find Me is excellent. I have the galley but keep forgetting about it.


message 7720: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) Stacia I heard the same thing. No matter what, I need to fit that one in.

IF you want to read it together, I may be reading it over the next few weeks.


Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) Just let me know if you can at least a few days in advance and I will squeeze it in.


message 7722: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) Okay! Cook.

Weirdly enough I think I may have discovered I like chic lit.


message 7723: by Angie Elle (new)

Angie Elle (angieelle) | 602 comments Regina wrote: "Okay! Cook.

Weirdly enough I think I may have discovered I like chic lit."


Then you MUST read Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie ! This book inspired me to learn how to make chicken marsala. I don't like it, but I know how to make it!


message 7724: by Leea (new)

Leea I love chicken Marsala!!! I need to read that book.


message 7725: by Angie Elle (new)

Angie Elle (angieelle) | 602 comments Leea wrote: "I love chicken Marsala!!! I need to read that book."

Yes, you must! It's such a fun read! :)


Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) Finished The Shattered Dark (McKenzie Lewis, #2) by Sandy Williams and loved most of the book but the ending pissed me off. It didn't piss me off enough to want to stop reading because I had a lot of fun reading the book - I just had a moment of "sigh...no, she did not go there."

Now I can get back to Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker


message 7727: by Kay (new)

Kay (calikay) | 1216 comments Stacia (the hype killer) wrote: "Finished The Shattered Dark (McKenzie Lewis, #2) by Sandy Williams and loved most of the book but the ending pissed me off. It didn't piss me off enough to want to stop reading because I had a lot of fun reading the..."

was the love triangle resolved in The Shattered Dark? Did you find the book just as good as the first one?


message 7728: by Stacia (the 2010 club) (last edited Mar 09, 2013 10:58PM) (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) I really don't want to answer that Kay because it would be a spoiler? If you want to know, here you go (view spoiler)

I liked the first book a little bit better but still enjoyed book 2 other than what I said in the spoiler. Her writing style is so similar to Richelle Mead's that I enjoy all of the world building and don't find it tedious at all (even though there are so many characters that it took me a few minutes to figure out who was who again).

So last night, I had a conversation with a friend about offbeat erotic books and we ended up reading this very short story together. Bred by the Tree Man (Forest Monster Sex - Ella & The Tree Man) by Amber Black
It was amusing. But it was dub-con/taboo. I have to wait to get a loaner copy for the second part because I'm not paying $2.99 for 20 page short story. I only read the first because it was a free loan on Amazon Prime.


message 7729: by Kay (new)

Kay (calikay) | 1216 comments Thanks, Stacia. I do like the author's writing and I've been wanting to read Shattered Dark but have been putting it off b/c of the triangle. Oh wells.


message 7730: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) I dnfed Shattered Dark. I was so bored, I heard it got better around 50%, but I was only luke warm about the first one in the series so I likely wasn't the right audience for the books/series.

I am about 10% in to Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love By Numbers, #2) by Sarah MacLean


message 7731: by Leea (new)

Leea I'm at 16% and it's okay, must be my mood because it's not grabbing me. And it has all the things I love and that normally do make me want to keep reading. I think i'm on the cusp of getting there. I won't be able to read very much today because I have to pack and get ready for our trip tomorrow.


message 7732: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) I understand completely -- maybe too anxious about your trip and Ethan's health? Or you need a genre switch?


message 7733: by Leea (last edited Mar 10, 2013 04:36PM) (new)

Leea Yeah, I ended up putting it aside for Glory in Death (In Death, #2) by J.D. Robb . Ethan's doing better. We're playing outside, it's warm here 70. He playing & I'm reading.

Almost done packing. For a 3 day trip I have 5 pairs of shoes packed. Lol!!


message 7734: by Julie (new)

Julie Shelton | 2 comments Just finished Master and Inquisitor (Masters of Submission, # 4) by Jan Bowles
Really hot! I recommend all of Jana Bowles' books.


message 7735: by Angie Elle (new)

Angie Elle (angieelle) | 602 comments I finished two in my currently reading pile and now I'm trying to finish up a third. Abduction by Varian Krylov
This book is so screwed up.


message 7736: by Tellulah (new)

Tellulah Darling (tellulahdarling) Leea wrote: "Yeah, I ended up putting it aside for Glory in Death (In Death, #2) by J.D. Robb. Ethan's doing better. We're playing outside, it's warm here 70. He playing & I'm reading.

Almost done packing. For a 3 day..."

I love the In Death series but I kinda wish it would wrap up so I could have some satisfying closure on it. Big finish with her and Roarke.


message 7737: by Leea (last edited Mar 10, 2013 05:25PM) (new)

Leea So for In Death fans... 36 books - how does this story not get old? I mean, I love Eve and Roarke's relationship dynamic, right now she's all (view spoiler)


message 7738: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) I am reading an ARC in one of my favorite indie PNR series Eddie's Prize (After the Crash #4) by Maddy Barone


message 7739: by Gwennie (new)

Gwennie (blessedwannab) Funny, normally I'm all about closure, but I think with the In Death series the continuation works for me because life progresses. It's not a series arc about the character so much as the individual mysteries and her life just progresses in the series. Like a real detective. We know her husband and her friends and life events come and happen and it's interesting, and we follow along with her case. I don't feel like it's stagnant.


message 7740: by Angie Elle (new)

Angie Elle (angieelle) | 602 comments Wendy F wrote: "Funny, normally I'm all about closure, but I think with the In Death series the continuation works for me because life progresses. It's not a series arc about the character so much as the individu..."

Maybe it's a 'Law & Order' type of situation and it'll never end. LOL


message 7741: by Gwennie (new)

Gwennie (blessedwannab) yeah, that's how it feels. Like the structure of it let's it get away with that, lmao. It's not like I read them going "i can't wait to find out how the series ends". Or some kind of big reveal I'm waiting for. I'm going, "Oooh, in the next few books she'll go that baby shower she's been fretting about." It's just, normal life except for the individual mysteries.


message 7742: by Angie Elle (new)

Angie Elle (angieelle) | 602 comments Wendy F wrote: "yeah, that's how it feels. Like the structure of it let's it get away with that, lmao. It's not like I read them going "i can't wait to find out how the series ends". Or some kind of big reveal ..."

I've never read any of the In-Death books, but I do like some of Nora Roberts other stuff. That woman is one of the most prolific writers I have ever read!


message 7743: by Gwennie (new)

Gwennie (blessedwannab) I swear I think she's like... a novel machine or something. It's crazy. It's gotta be a pen name for like 3 or 4 different authors, lol.


message 7744: by Angie Elle (new)

Angie Elle (angieelle) | 602 comments That's what I was thinking! I was thinking that it's a corporation, not a person. LOL


message 7745: by Leea (new)

Leea That's great!! I can't wait to get into the series more and see what happens. Right now they're just figuring things out sounds like they'll get married and have babies...


Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) I finished Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker . It was okay - interesting, but had a few frustrating flaws about the male lead which bothered me. I think I'm one of the only people who didn't fall in love with it though, so I'm sure most romance fans would like the book more than I did.

Now on my second attempt of Nightshifted (Edie Spence, #1) by Cassie Alexander


message 7747: by Kay (new)

Kay (calikay) | 1216 comments I finished a chick lit book When in Doubt, Add Butter by Beth Harbison and it was okay. I've been in a funk lately. Not too sure what I'll be reading next.

Goodreads has been on & off all day. I hope the bugs are fixed soon.


message 7748: by Leea (new)

Leea Yeah, it's getting old. Hope it's fixed soon


Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) Kay wrote: "I finished a chick lit bookWhen in Doubt, Add Butter by Beth Harbison and it was okay. I've been in a funk lately. Not too sure what I'll be reading next.

Goodreads has been on & off all day. ..."


GR was pointless today. I gave up trying and went and cleaned the house.

We both finished books with butter in the title, hah. I read Butter by Erin Jade Lange and it was interesting but but strange. I liked the story but not the characters if that makes sense.


message 7750: by Tellulah (new)

Tellulah Darling (tellulahdarling) Kay wrote: "I finished a chick lit bookWhen in Doubt, Add Butter by Beth Harbison and it was okay. I've been in a funk lately. Not too sure what I'll be reading next.

Goodreads has been on & off all day. ..."


I'm in a funk too. I keep DNFing books that I don't even care enough to post that I DNFed. Can't find anything to hold my interest and just want Lover At Last to come out already.


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