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[Kathy Anne]

janeiowa
Yes Elizabeth does fit with the authors you list-they are all first class in my opinion and Lowell has some really 10* ones out there.Shes been around for a long time.Her Pearle Cove is one of my 5 top favorite books and has stayed there since I read it.

[Janeiowa]

Thanks!

I've found some really good authors lately, and I've found a couple others rave about who have left me cold. That's why I included authors I do like, hoping someone else was familiar with those and could tell me if Lowell would fit in that writing style.

Reading two at the moment....the COWBOY OF VALENTINE VALLEY, I mentioned earlier and a new-to-me author

[Dee]

To me I really like some of Lowell's books and others not so much. Which is funny, because my friend likes the ones I don't and doesn't the ones I do. I hope that makes sense.

[Janeiowa]

Yes, thank you.

(I feel the same way about Kristen Ashley...so many here rave about her, and the two I tried I could not finish. )

[Dee]

I have read a few of her books, and I liked them. To me they weren't outstanding, in fact I would be hard pressed to tell you what they were about.

I am reading a new author...well new to me. Shannon Stacey and . This is a trilogy and I will probably finish the book, but I have to say I am not all that impressed. I know I will not be reading anymore of her books.

The one thing I DO NOT LIKE is that two women did not want children. In one, not a main character, the woman told the man she wanted them, but after 10 years of marriage, when he pinned her down she said absolutely not. They get divorced. In another case the woman is 34 and after having a 16 year old son, by another man she refuses to have any more kids. To me, and maybe I am old fashioned (Yuck, I am old) I think having kids is a wonderful blessing. That is if you are stable and mature enough to be a decent parent.

[Nancy]

Hi i am new to this group..have read alot of your posts. I am currently reading RaeAnne Thayne's Christmas in Snowflake Canyon. Love her books. I also am a fan of Suzanne Brockmann, Georgette Heyer & Robyn Carr. Also JA Jance's JoAnne Brady & Ali ? series.
Nice to find a reading group that I can so relate to/ identify with ( sorry 4 the poor grammar)..So many good books & so little time to read! :(

[Sandra J]

Right now I'm reading , rereading , and getting ready to read as soon as I finish putting stuff back (the painter was here) and rehanging pictures (and shoveling snow-yuk).

[Janeiowa]

Vickie McKeehan's latest Pelican Pointe series has me involved at the moment

[Dee]

I am just starting Do or Die

[Janeiowa]

Reading a new-to-me author, Joleen James

[Anita]

My grandkids dragged me to the library yesterday for Storytime and I picked up The Husband List by Janet Evanovich. It is the only Janet Evanovich book I never read.

[Dee]

Anita wrote: "My grandkids dragged me to the library yesterday for Storytime and I picked up The Husband List by Janet Evanovich. It is the only Janet Evanovich book I neve..."

How was it Anita?

[Nancy]

Dee wrote: "I am just starting Do or Die"

What do you think of the book Dee? Am thinking I might try it if it is decent. I'm currently reading The Last Hour of Gann. It is a sci fi thriller with romance I think. Only 10% in; the writing and world building is very good. The H is an alien - a humanoid with lizard features, and from the reviews, the book get quite dark midway through the book.

Will update when I'm finished.

[Dee]

Ohh it sounds good. Let me know when you finish.

I am about 10% into the and so far it is REALLY good. My friend read it and she Loved it.

[Nancy]

Oooh....let me know when you finish.

[Dee]

Sure will. I can't put it down.

[Janeiowa]

I just finished a new-to-me author, Joleen James. Her Falling for Nick was wonderful.

I'm adding this author to my list to check out her other works. I like finding new authors outside the standard author names we all know.

[Anita]

Dee wrote: "Anita wrote: "My grandkids dragged me to the library yesterday for Storytime and I picked up The Husband List by Janet Evanovich. It is the only Janet Evanovi..."

It is so not in the Janet Evanovich style. No humor, witty dialogue or screwball heroine. It is an OK story, but I expected something totally different for an historical by Janet Evanovich.

[Nancy]

Finished . Really long book - took me almost 4 days to finish the book. It is my first read by this author, R. Lee Smith. Someone rec this book from an Amazon thread and had mentioned that the book is quite dark, even though there is a HEA. I mentioned earlier that it is a scifi with romance between a human h and a humaniod lizoid H. I would probably give the first 60% of the book 4.5 to 5 stars, but the remaining of the book is really hard to read due to the darkness of the story. If sexual violence is a no no for you, don't read the book. To the author credit, I could not stop reading until the last page but I took off a star. Overall, a 4 stars read. The H, Meorag made the book for me while the h had too many tstl moments for me.

[Dee]

Thank you so much, Nancy for that review. It is nice to know the good and the bad of the books. I am not sure if this is a book for me. I am really not into a lot of sexual violence.

[Dee]

I just finished Do or Die

[Peach]

I am currently reading Before I Die . If you've read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green , you will like this one too. It has become a movie titled "Now is Good", starring Dakota Fanning.

[Dee]

No I haven't, but I am always glad to hear new books/authors to be put on my TBR list.

[Dee]

I finished Do or Die and what a GOOD book! The book is really long 578 pages. This is the first installment of a new series the Reluctant heroes.

Rogue navy seal, Ian Dunn was put in prison. Along come the FBI and offer him a get out and stay out of jail free card if he helps them retrieve two kidnapped kids that a terrorist has. These kids are children of a nuclear scientist and Kazbekistani warlord. The FBI is afraid that if the wife is forced back to Kazbekistan she will be forced to make a nuclear bomb for the country, and then they will kill her. But Dunn wants to stay in prison. It is imperative that he stays there. Of course, the FBI force him out. Without giving everything away, the first half of the book is Dunn trying to fix the damage that was done when he got ejected out of prison. The second part of the book was retrieving the kidnapped children. I had a such a hard time putting the book down that I would read until my eyes blurred. Then I would put the book down and wait until they would unblur and start back up. I cannot wait until the next installment comes out.

[Anita]

I read almost all of Suzanne Brockmann's Tall, Dark and Dangerous series and loved every one of them. Same for the Troubleshooters series. In fact, I have never read a Suzanne Brockmann book I didn't like, even her early romances are great. I have three more Troubleshooter books to read then I will get Do or Die. It sounds like a really great book too.

[Anita]

I got a ARC of Primal Instinct from author Janie Crouch. I am going to start it today.

[Nancy]

Thanks Dee for the Do or Die review. I can't wait to read it!

[Wendy]

I finished maczenzies mountain. I had trouble getting into it

[Dee]

Wendy wrote: "I finished maczenzies mountain. I had trouble getting into it"

That is interesting. What was it the made it hard to get into, Wendy?

[Dee]

Hunted

[Nancy]

I agree with Wendy on MM. But it's been so long since I looked at it that I can't remember why it didn't "capture" me as most of her other books did....

[Kathy Anne]

I am so glad to see both Wendy and Nancy feel about like I do about the MM books-in all the yrs I`ve been reading LH I keep reading how wonderful these books are-yet they do nothing for me .I don`t know that I ever finished any of them.
And if that isn`t bad enough I have never gotten past the the part in Dream Man where I saw what a jerk the so called Hero is.
I guess I really missed out on some LH genes on these books.

[Dee]

Well I must have gotten part of the LH genes. I love the Mac series, all of them...well except for Mac's Magic. But I do agree with you Dream Man. for some reason I can never remember which book that is without looking at the synopsis.

[Janeiowa]

Me, too, Dee, for the contemporary ones; not so much for anything historical or paranormal.

I did not get the KA gene, though, or some authors that other readers here enjoy so much.

I do love seeing new-to-me authors and titles listed here. I've also found some amazing ones via the Book Gorilla and Book Bub for free or very little $$. I don't mind the $$ when the author is good; I gnash my teeth when the writing is poor and the story rambling or full of holes.

[Nancy]

Just read The Woman Most Likely To... by Jennifer Greene. I like many of her books.
c2002.

[Dee]

Since I have retired I don't have the money to go out and spend the $$$ for books that I don't want to keep. I usually get books from the library first, then if I really like it then I may buy it. Still I hate to buy new, so I usually go to yard sales, or used books places.

[Nancy]

That's my preference too Dee.
[Why spend alot of money on a book you r not sure u will like? ]

[Dee]

The other problem since I read incessantly where do I keep the books? I only have so much room, and once I have read them how often do I go back and reread them. I do keep certain authors, but even those how often do I go back and reread them. I have found that I can go to the library and pick up the books I want so easily. Now I can even download books without waiting for them.

Of course, certain authors are not in the library, those I will look for in a used books store, or wait until Amazon has them on sale for cheap.

[AliciaJ]

Dee wrote: "Hunted"

I didn't know Karen had a new one out Dee. This is exciting news! Have you finished it yet? I hope it's good.

[Sera]

I'm reading Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon, it's an awesome futuristic story i love it!

[Dee]

Alicia wrote: "Dee wrote: "Hunted"

I didn't know Karen had a new one out Dee. This is exciting news! Have you finished it yet? I hope it's good."

Apparently, she came out with it last Dec 13. I just started it, then had to put it down to finish another book from another book club. Should restart on it today.

[Dee]

I stayed up all night and read and finished Concealed in Death by J. D. Robb (there isn't a picture of it yet)

OMG is that book good!!! When I heard what Bella called Summerset I laughed until I cried.

[Janeiowa]

FYI...I just received an email that a "new" Linda Howard book was out. It's NOT new stories, however. It's called ESCAPE, but it's 2 of her older stories...HEARTBREAKER and DUNCAN'S BRIDE.

[Kathy Anne]

Thanks or the warning Janeiowa

[Janeiowa]

I'm enjoying the second in the Tallgrass series by Marilyn Pappano and hope I'm correct in seeing the ground work being laid for at least two more novels with these characters.

[Ovanda]

I just bought mrs. Linda Howard's book titled cry no more. I don't have time to read it right now, but, I want to ask. Is this book that good? well, I didn't see any review when I bought it.

[Dee]

I went to the Chiricahua National Monument, Cochise's strong hold, on my little road trip and I got a book called Champions of the Wilderness and the Fable of the Little Bit Bear. Both Books are books on ecology. Champions of the West is a montage of different people that made a difference in the west including Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt. There are also some women who I have never heard about. I also got a pop up book which I am giving to my niece and nephew. It is about the desert, and the book is so detailed that I am going to read it first.

[Janeiowa]

There are over 6,000 reviews listed.

Check here for some of them

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[Dee]

Thanks for that Jane. I had no idea there were that many review on Cry No More.

[Dee]

I am reading After the Night and River Road