Romance, Historical or Otherwise discussion
What Are You Reading Now?
I want to read something while I eat lunch so I will be choosing soon! Yeah, because I deserve a lunch break since I have been working so "hard" (rolls eyes). There is some good steamy sex in Nine Rules, right?
Marcella wrote: "Hi Laura! Miss you!!!!"Hey Mar!! Miss you too! How the heck are ya? We need to read something together soon!
Regina wrote: "I want to read something while I eat lunch so I will be choosing soon! Yeah, because I deserve a lunch break since I have been working so "hard" (rolls eyes). There is some good steamy sex in N..."
Yes...there's good steam in it!
And you deserve a good lunch break!
Regina, how is Warm Bodies going for you? I liked that one but am curious if some of the dark humor would come across well on audio.Tellulah, the movie is very campy horror at times. It's definitely not polished like Hunger Games, and has MUCH more gore. There were a few times I was creeped out, but there were also a few times I laughed from the cheese. It was an interesting way to spend a couple of hours, even if I had one of those : WTF did I just watch? reactions when I was finished.
Kay wrote: "I finished
and 
. I will start 
sometime today but I'm super busy at work right now. So,..."No hurry. I'm about 10% in but I can put the book on hold until before bed tonight. It would give me an excuse to finish up Indigo Spell.
Pulled a DNF on
and I feel sort of guilty because the writing was good and the idea for the story was excellent. I think that I was expecting some sort of YA/NA paranormal magic type of book and instead was saddled with some sort of adult magical realism instead, which sort of stumped me with what was supposed to be happening.
Stacia (the hype killer) wrote: "No hurry. I'm about 10% in but I can put the book on hold until before bed tonight. It would give me an excuse to finish up Indigo Spell."Ok. Sounds good. Work is kicking my ass today. I'm also going to the Sophie Littlefield signing tonight but I will definitely get into the book when I get home.
Regina, I really want to read The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks, too, but it's so hard for me to find!
I know I'm late but I just have to say, I agree Kate Daniels, Mercy and even Downside Ghosts are all better written than Fever. Especially the first few Fever books. BUT, Barron's is so irresistible.
I don't know if I agree. I think Fever did a remarkable thing in having the readers constantly on so many mystery-guessing quests. The excitement level was much higher for me while reading Fever than something like Mercy (which bored me half of the time with random day-in-the-life stuff, like a concert scene that took pages and pages to get past).
Kay wrote: "Stacia (the hype killer) wrote: "No hurry. I'm about 10% in but I can put the book on hold until before bed tonight. It would give me an excuse to finish up Indigo Spell."Ok. Sounds good. Work is..."
Post pictures!!
Me too, lol. The excitement level was much higher in Fever too. Fever made me it's bitch, I was hooked! More than any of the others. I'm just not sure that has anything to do with better actual writing. I mean, when I was reading Twilight I felt like I was on crack, lmao. I couldn't put them down and read them obsessively. And they're not well written. (Not that I'm in any way comparing Fever to Twilight because I LOOOOOOVE the original Fever books. They're my favorite UF books. My reread recently was so awesome!)
BDB is another example. I love that friggin series, it's definitely in my top 5 series ever. But when I think of my favorite writers, Ward is not in there because her writing isn't actually that great. Her plot and ideas are great though.
Am I making sense, hahah? I feel like i'm struggling to explain myself.
Makes sense to me and I agree with everything - I had the same reaction to those same series. For me I attribute it to Fever and a twilight bringing me to UF, the same with BDB. Twilight was my first UF, then Sookie, then Fever and then BDB. So my experience with those were so unique.
I understand. I don't think that BDB is great writing on any level, yet many of us (myself included) love the books. But I also think that Fever has an edge over some other popular series because of the intricate world-building and mysteries surrounding the characters (some going back centuries). Moning has been caught making some cross-detail errors the further she progresses with her multiple series, but I'm actually surprised that she managed to keep as many balls in the air for as long as she did because she has a lot of background info (spanning 3 series now, some of it historical in nature) that has to match up.
I think in many ways that does take some decent amount of skill. I almost see what she does as being a lot more work than some UF series where everything flows from left to right in such a way that you don't have to backtrack too much to remember details - you can just make everything up as you go. Not sure if that makes sense?
I completely agree with that Stacia, she absolutely does write a very intricate world that actually crosses both Fever and the Highlander series. I would never hold it against her if a fact was wrong because it is a lot to remember. I think that that's her forte. The world is really deep and well thought out. And you know how they say she used to keep outlines on the walls around her when she wrote, and even found pictures that she tacked up on the walls, all so she'd really get into the world? Well, you can really tell. I definitely think she's seriously skilled.GREAT worldbuilding and storyline with writing that's good enough.
My favorite writing in a UF is Downside Ghosts.
Wait for me for Grace Valley - Please ;)I say try a Maya Banks KGI book.... I want to read those also, I wonder if it's along the lines of Troubleshooters?
LOVE BDB - caught up in that world again, preparing for the next book.Fever... well, I didn't read the Mercy books, and the Twilight, Fever, BDB stuff isn't my usual. I only stumbled into Fever because I'd read and loved KMM's Highlander series. I read BDB because Wendy highly recommended it. (Thanks, Wendy!)
Great writing? If you mean great literature, no. If you mean writing that captures your imagination and places you into that world with those characters - makes you care and want more... well, that might be a form of great writing.
Do you consider Diana Gabaldon a great writer? (Just curious.)
Yeah, I meant in terms of like... a wordsmith. But yes, there's a way to be a great writer in just being able to lasso your audience and hold them hostage. In that way, she's absolutely a great writer because I was consumed with the Fever books. Yes, I definitely consider Diana a great writer.
Regina wrote: "Post pictures!!"I didn't take many pictures bc it was so quiet in there and it seemed like no body was moving. LOL
But I did get a couple of pics and also had her sign 2 books. We talked about you bc I told her you're the reason I found her Aftertime books. She got real happy bc she said that you've been so good to her.
I posted a pic on my profile.
http://www.goodreads.com/photo/user/3...
I just read
. Twice. Back to back. I've never done that before. Now I want to devour my way through Samantha Young's backlist!
Kay wrote: "Regina wrote: "Post pictures!!"I didn't take many pictures bc it was so quiet in there and it seemed like no body was moving. LOL
But I did get a couple of pics and also had her sign 2 books. We..."
That's so exciting, Kay! I wish people did book signings where I live.
Thanks, Angie. I never did these signings before until last week. LOL I'm gonna start going to more. They are kind of fun.Where are you Angie? Are there any signings at indie bookstores in your area?
Kay wrote: "Thanks, Angie. I never did these signings before until last week. LOL I'm gonna start going to more. They are kind of fun.Where are you Angie? Are there any signings at indie bookstores in your a..."
I'm in Maine. There's nothing here. LOL Except Stephen King, and wouldn't you know? I'm not a fan. LOL
I would go to as many as I could, too!
Do you girls know of any romance books that include meeting online and continuing that relationship online for a time and then eventually meeting each other? I'm just curious to see how that would work out in a book.Thanks in advance!
I don't know but I should write one, since that's how my marriage started. :p
Stacia - I know, and I love your story! You should write one ;D
Really, how cool! You should write that. :)I am liking Warm Bodies, that narration is really done well. I am finding it hard though to like R .. I still see him as gross. But I feel bad for him.
I finished
and it was fun! I am starting
Regina wrote: "Really, how cool! You should write that. :)I am liking Warm Bodies, that narration is really done well. I am finding it hard though to like R .. I still see him as gross. But I feel bad for hi..."
Glad you liked NIne. :) I finished
Want the next book please. Also read some disappointing HR -
which was a DNF for me, despite having wanted to read it for quite a while now, and
which was meh and the Marcia Brady allusion annoying.
Courtney wrote: "Do you girls know of any romance books that include meeting online and continuing that relationship online for a time and then eventually meeting each other? I'm just curious to see how that would ..."I can't think of anything exactly like that but here are a few that have the meeting online element
Courtney wrote: "Do you girls know of any romance books that include meeting online and continuing that relationship online for a time and then eventually meeting each other? I'm just curious to see how that would ..."
They meet on-line in this one. It was a good read with just a bit of intensity.
Courtney wrote: "Stacia - I know, and I love your story! You should write one ;D"I'm working on a different book at the moment but maybe someday!
Finally found another book that would work for a Choose-Your-Own Adventure. It was horribly awkward at the beginning but ended up being cute at the end so I liked it rather well for a freebie. :) I ended up reading it last night instead of the Mead book, since I didn't want to get too far ahead in the buddy with Kay (although I'm falling behind now because I had a hard time reading it today).
Kay, weren't you looking for more Pretty Woman type of books? This one is sort of an opposite play on that.
Thank you Kay and Angie! If you have anymore recs, I would love to get them!Stacia - Looking forward to that one then, anyway!
Stacia (the hype killer) wrote: "Finally found another book that would work for a Choose-Your-Own Adventure. It was horribly awkward at the beginning but ended up being cute at the end so I liked it rather well for a freebie. :) I..."I actually just added that to my list a couple of days ago and yes ..I've been looking for PW type books. Thanks!
is free today! -- I remember several of you liked it so I grabbed it. :)
I've recently finished reading
by Ernest Hemingway and
by Janet Evanovich. The Old Man and the Sea
I enjoyed this book. At 127 pages, The Old Man and the Sea was a quick read. I managed to read the entire novel in just under an hour. It was a touching and thought-provoking tale. I admired Santiago's determination and his refusal to let his spirit be broken. I loved Ernest Hemingway's writing style. I thought it was very similar to John Steinbeck's style (who is my favourite author by the way). Although it is a very short novel, the story got quite slow and repetitive in places. It is a good novel but I honestly didn't think it was worthy of the Pulitzer Prize it won in 1953.
My full review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Lean Mean Thirteen
I enjoyed this book but I didn't think it was anywhere near as good as the previous instalment, Twelve Sharp. The plot was predictable and virtually nothing happened in it to develop the characters further. I'm getting tired of the love triangle with Joe Morelli and Ranger and I wish Stephanie would finally choose one of them or else dump them both and date someone new! Janet Evanovich has let this go on for far too long and now there's no sexual tension left between the characters.
My full review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Now I'm halfway through
by Jane Casey.
13 was where it started to go down hill. In my opinion.
I'm 50% done with All Through the Night: A Troubleshooter Christmas and I like it but parts feel rushed or something. I love reading about Jules and Robin!!I won Garden of Stones from this cool blod *Wink Wink* and I cannot wait to read it. Has anyone started it? I think it's going to be a tear jerker.
Let me know when you're gonna read it Leea. I remember learning about this topic in the 8th grade. When I went to Sophie's signing she mentioned that they didn't teach this where she grew up. When she heard about it from a friend, she just had to find out more details about it.
I may be able to start it tomorrow night or Monday... I know that's early but i'm so excited to read this book. Yeah, i'm ready to cry my eyes out. This is such a hard subject to read.
I can start Monday. I'm nervous about the subject but excited to read it.
Yeah, it's a heavy subject. It's something that i've learned about from a person who was born in a camp and I would encourage you to see some of her films on the subject. They're amazing! Check out my review, I posted the links there.
I will definitely do so before I begin on Monday!
Frost burned comes out on Tuesday... I'm so excited!!
I am currently reading a YA fantasy, but I just got a stack of Bronwyn Willaims' historicals and I am itching to get to them!
I finished
, and now I'm reading
.
Hey ladies -- I missed a lot. ;) I started Garden of Stones and I couldn't keep going, it effected me emotionally and I was in a stressed out spot so I put it down. It is well done though, I really like Sophie Littlefield's style of writing. Tellulah you and me both! Have you read the Curran POVs or the short stories there are several shorts/novellas and povs. That should tide you over. ;)
I am reading
and listening to
I think Warm Bodies is really well done, beautifully written but for some reason it isn't compelling me to listen when I am not listening. I am sure it is all mood.
All through the night rushed? I don't remember .......
For a challenge I need to pick out a book with green in the cover. So I am looking around ...
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As for what to read, I am thinking of reading:
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Love Nine Rules. Would be curious to see what you think. :)