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What Are You Reading Now?
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Angie Elle
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Aug 24, 2013 02:28PM
I finished
, and will be starting
. I've never read this author before, but I've heard good things about her writing. I'm excited about this one!
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Domino (aka Meme) wrote: "haha! i feel ya Angie. Into the Wilderness is a great book. i have a few books i'd like to read too, but they are a bit long. sometimes i just want to read shorter books that distract me and ar..."I agree. This time of year is always busy for me, and I like something that's easy to come back to.
I did love the sample, though. This book is right up my alley! I'm thinking this is a hot chocolate, Nor'easter snowstorm, housebound kind of read! :)
Angie wrote: "Domino (aka Meme) wrote: "haha! i feel ya Angie. Into the Wilderness is a great book. i have a few books i'd like to read too, but they are a bit long. sometimes i just want to read shorter boo..."u hit the head on the nail about Into the Wilderness. it is a great book to get comfortable with. it's got some great characters and the story develops well. it's got some happy moments, some struggles, and some journeys. nice book to snuggle up with when u have time. can't wait til u have a chance to read it =D
Domino (aka Meme) wrote: "Angie wrote: "Domino (aka Meme) wrote: "haha! i feel ya Angie. Into the Wilderness is a great book. i have a few books i'd like to read too, but they are a bit long. sometimes i just want to re..."Me, too! :)
I would like some help. Quite a few years ago I read a romance novel where there first scene is a woman who is escaping through the secret passages in the walls of her castle while it is being taken by a cruel lord who wants to marry her for her land. She watches through a hole in the wall as the lord rapes her maid and then watches his men take their turns at her. She wants to go out and save the woman, but her servants keep her hidden because the same thing will happen to her if she comes out of hiding. Later, when the heroine meets the hero, there is something about how it is possible to not have spilled the virgin blood on the bedsheets through a certain sex position. I can't remember the title or author of the book, so if anyone has any idea, please let me know! Not knowing is driving me crazy!
i'm not sure what book that is Mary, but when u find out can u post? i'd love to read it. thanks =D
Domino (aka Meme) wrote: "i'm not sure what book that is Mary, but when u find out can u post? i'd love to read it. thanks =D"Definitely!!
I feel like it's been forever since I've read a historical, and now I have an overwhelming urge to read one! I'm going to go with
since Gaelen Foley is one of my very favorite historical authors!
still reading Texas Tangle and i've also started
. it's starting out really good. i've been putting it off and now i'm glad i've started it.
I am currently reading
by Julia Crane.
i finished Lover Avenged which i really enjoyed. i loved Rehv and Ehlena, but i wished there weren't as many side stories. now reading
. this one is starting out pretty good. still has the side stories and is really making me want to read Qhuinn and Blay's story.
I just finished that one today, Domino! I loved it, but you'll also find a lot of side stories :S. John Matthew is amazing in this one. Enjoy!
I just finished
. Talk about a book that came along at just the right moment. I felt like I needed that book!Now it is on to
!
Kari wrote: "I just finished that one today, Domino! I loved it, but you'll also find a lot of side stories :S. John Matthew is amazing in this one. Enjoy!"it sure does Kari. but the one thing is i really like the Qhuinn and Blay story. i'm just anxious to see how Qhuinn behaves once his cousin flirts more with Blay =D i am liking this story.
gonna start
. i've been itching to read this plus i need a good book to read in between listing to Lover Mine
Domino (aka Meme) wrote: "gonna start . i've been itching to read this plus i need a good book to read in between listing to Lover Mine"I am dying to read this book.
Domino (aka Meme) wrote: "started 
a couple days ago. i'm loving it. the conflict and tension between Vlad and Leila is written really well."I keep forgetting I have this book. I think I may read it next.
Marcella wrote: "Domino (aka Meme) wrote: "gonna start . i've been itching to read this plus i need a good book to read in between listing to Lover Mine"I am dying to read this book."
i haven't gotten very far in the novel yet, but it is good. there is some great tension between the two main characters in the novel. i'm anticipating some conflict because one main character is a prince and the other a fairie and they are pretty much enemies. great stories come from plots like this =D
Marcella wrote: "Domino (aka Meme) wrote: "started a couple days ago. i'm loving it. the conflict and tension between Vlad and Leila is written really well."I keep forgetting ..."
the second Vlad book was good. i love Frost. she really knows how to develop characters and their relationships. both Vlad and Leila keep things to themselves so much they keep up lots of disconnects. it's make for a great story. i hope u enjoy it =D
Thanks Domino! I love Vlad so I'm looking forward to it.
Marcella wrote: "Thanks Domino! I love Vlad so I'm looking forward to it."awesome! glad i could help =D
I am starting the book tonight...so excited!!
Have you read any books by Dana Marie Bell?
i haven't yet but i have purchased
. have u read that one?
I have read all her books that are actually out, except her novellas. I love the Halle Puma series. Her books are must reads. Her characters are just awesome. I want to be friends with ALL of them. Ha ha!
haha! i'm glad to hear it! i'll have to give her book a read next. it's a good thing i'm on a PNR kick right now. i'm listening to
at the moment. i just re-read the plot and now remember why i purchased it. hehe. i'll read Bell's book after i'm done with Counterpoint. thanks Marcella =D
Her books are a riot. I haven't read one I didn't like. Another great series of hers is
. There is m/f/m in this one.
ooh, thanks, i do enjoy menage novels ;D i'll take a look at that one.
She actually has more than one good series. When it comes to her books, you can never go wrong.
that's great to hear. i'm always looking for a new great author with lots to read =D
I have friend in another group who's also a very huge fan of DMB. We have her new releases marked in our calendars. Lol!
too funny. u guys are hardcore DMB fans. i'm sure she loves u guys. hehe =D
We are hardcore. We practically stalk GR to see when her next book comes out. Ha ha!
Marcella wrote: "We are hardcore. We practically stalk GR to see when her next book comes out. Ha ha!"with this much like for the author, i have no doubt i'll enjoy her novels =D
The Dinner by Herman Koch Would not recommend it
Finished reading
which was pretty interesting and intense, and now reading
which I am really enjoying
started listening to
. really happy to start this one. still listening to The Gentleman and the Rogue. i'll be alternating between the two.
Crimson Footprints by Shewanda Pugh - Book Review 5 out of 5 stars
The balancing act of life…
Deena Hammond is a 24 year old architect living and working in her home town of Miami, Florida. In some ways Deena is very successful, but she comes from a poor background, and in many ways she is still inextricably tied up with those origins. Her grandmother, Emma Hammond, who brought Deena up, is constantly demanding and never satisfied. Deena’s adult brother Anthony is a small-time criminal, and her sister Lizzie, though still at school, is incorrigibly wayward and seems headed for a disaster of a life. Deena is half African-American and half white and feels that she was never really accepted by the black side of her family when they took her in as a child. In very harrowing circumstances Deena meets Takumi (Tak for short) Tanaka, the son of her world famous, distant and demanding boss Daichi Tanaka. Immediately the personal chemistry and attraction seems right, but everything else between these two people seems impossible. Deena is a mere underling. Should she even be talking to the son of the owner of the business she works for? What is more Deena’s family very much expects her to date a black man. Can these two people overcome the odds and form a friendship, or even the romance they both desire?
Shewanda Pugh’s Crimson Footprints can certainly be classified as a romance; however, it is much more than that. It is a story of class consciousness and racial division. It is about the struggle to find the right equilibrium between work and family, and it is a story about trying to ‘do the right thing’. Most of all, this novel is about balance in all things. We are all different, but we must overcome our resistances and come to the centre ground if we are truly going to be a success in life.
http://goo.gl/HwV0jG Crimson Footprints (Book ed.)
http://goo.gl/vyOHiw Crimson Footprints (Kindle ed.)
http://goo.gl/aTcWKT Shewanda Pugh’s Blog
http://goo.gl/gcUo06 Shewanda Pugh’s Facebook Page
For the full review please click:
http://raymondmathiesenbookreviews.bl...
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