Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

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   Reneesance said on 08.24.12 at 10:10 AM • [link]

   Has the husband tried Patrick Rothfuss yet?  He’s the author of two hefty tomes of fantasy goodness.  The Name of the Wind is the first one and Wise Man’s Fear is the second.  And much like George R.R.  it takes him yearsssss between installments but it’s worth the wait. 

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   CarrieS said on 08.24.12 at 10:40 AM • [link]

   If you want hubby to try romance and he likes fantasy, try What a Scoundrel Wants by Carrie Lofty as is full of adventure, or Year of the Unicorn by Andre Norton - my husband likes that one and keeps telling me to review it here. 

   I am about to take a quick break from fantasy/sci fo stuff i am reviewing to read that swedish book, yay!  Just finished an ARC of Moonlight and Mechanicals and next will read Some Assembly Required by Anne and Sam Lamott just as soon as I stop bursting into tears every time I look at the cover.  Operating Instructions basically got me through my first year of parenting so every time I read “My son’s first son” on the cover I get all teary.

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   Karenmc said on 08.24.12 at 11:09 AM • [link]

   I stayed up late last night to finish S.J. Kincaid’s YA adventure, Insignia. Not my usual fare (I’ve never read Harry Potter, etc.), but I REALLY, REALLY enjoyed it. It’s the first book in a trilogy, and I’ll for sure be reading the next two books.

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   Sarah P. said on 08.24.12 at 11:17 AM • [link]

   A whole lot of Georgette Heyer is on sale on Amazon too.

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   DesLivres said on 08.24.12 at 12:01 PM • [link]

   In a book drought. Reread Mastiff by Tamora Pierce - it’s even better on second reading.

   Also watched the Entire Five Seasons of Friday Night Lights. As a devotee of relationship driven fiction, this show was ... right up there.

   Will be perusing this thread eagerly for more books.
   

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   Jimthered said on 08.24.12 at 12:07 PM • [link]

   I just finished THE MAGIC GOES AWAY by Larry Niven (a good read, loaned to me by a gaming buddy) and continue reading THE UNTIMATE GUIDE TO KINK: BDSM, ROLE PLAY AND THE EROTIC EDGE, edited by Tristan Taormino.

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   Greeneyelia said on 08.24.12 at 12:18 PM • [link]

   A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. Excellent read!

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   Jcode said on 08.24.12 at 12:24 PM • [link]

   Just finished a Lisa Marie Rice.  Total craziness, but I devoured it in about one gulp.  The sexual prowess of the heroes in these books is beyond insane—hilarious.  Am trying to finish Kristen Callihan’s “Firelight”, but for some reason have ground to a halt in the middle.  I have the new K.A. Mitchell queued up, and I will probably read another book in Janice Kay Johnson’s backlist. 

   Also reading a great book about female genitalia (believe it or not).  It’s called “Read My Lips” and is an excellent informative book that I wish my mother had given me to read when I was 16, instead of waiting to discover it at the age of 47.  It was recommended by one of the guests on Dan Savage’s podcast a month or so ago.

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   Katie Dunneback said on 08.24.12 at 12:35 PM • [link]

   Right now I’m finishing a reread of Howard’s Now You See Her. I have yet to decide what I’ll pick up next. Maybe Kristen Callihan’s Firelight. I have to second the suggestion for the Rothfuss books. If anything, he might be able to pinpoint what exactly he likes about the Martin books and go from there. Finally, I’m curious about why you now have conflicted feelings about The Duke and I. I don’t think I’ve ever reread it, though I’ve reread others in the series. There was something about it that put me off and I’ve never quite have been able to vocalize it. I think it was something about how Simon acts in the beginning of his relationship with Daphne.

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    Jennifer Estep said on 08.24.12 at 12:53 PM • [link]

    I’m hoping to read Kissing Comfort by Jo Goodman this weekend.

    If your hubby likes fantasy, I would suggest the Eddie LaCrosse series by Alex Bledsoe. It’s a mix of noir detective fiction and epic fantasy. The first book, The Sword-Edged Blonde, is really good. He might also try The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. It’s an epic fantasy book about a group of thieves.

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    cleo said on 08.24.12 at 01:10 PM • [link]

    I’m re-reading The Princess Bride and enjoying it (although I don’t remember it dragging so much the first time I read it, some 20ish years ago). 

    I just read the new K. A. Mitchell - it was fun and compulsively readable, but not as good as some of her others, imo.  Dylan was a little too young for me - I’m realizing I don’t have the patience for 22 yo heroes, at least not ones that actually read like 22 year olds.  And, continuing my m/m glom, I just downloaded a Josh Lanyon novella - The Dickens with Love (or something like that).

    I bought several Georgette Heyers while they were on sale (the big sale seems to be over, at least at BN - they were 2.99) and am just waiting to feel calm enough to get in the proper Heyer head-space.

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    cleo said on 08.24.12 at 01:23 PM • [link]

    I really liked Some Assembly Required.  I haven’t read Operating Instructions, so I’d be curious to hear how it compares.  I’ve read most of her non-fiction and she’s definitely mellower in this book, but still feisty and insightful.

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    cleo said on 08.24.12 at 01:28 PM • [link]

    Can’t speak for Sarah, but I know what bothers me about The Duke and I - the scene where Daphne seduces/forces Simon into not withdrawing when they have sex, even though she knows he doesn’t want to have kids.  That ruined the book for me.  And I really loved it up until then. 

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    F_borto said on 08.24.12 at 01:34 PM • [link]

    I’ve been re-reading David Eddings’ The Belgariad and The Malloreon series. They are fantasy and they are very good. There are 12 books so it takes awhile. Belgararth is awsome.

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    Ladyof Lostshadows said on 08.24.12 at 01:35 PM • [link]

    I’m currently alternating between an ARC* and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.

    *Not romance, or good, so I’ll leave it nameless.

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    Darlynne said on 08.24.12 at 01:44 PM • [link]

    Everyone, not just Mr. SBTB, should read Zoe Ferraris’s Finding Nouf (crime novel set in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, featuring a female medical examiner, a Palestinian-Bedouin investigator and a look into a culture most of us don’t know) and Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (modern day Middle Eastern computer hackers, djinn (oh, my, yes), the Arab Spring, love and another look into that world). These two books are brilliant, imho.

    Currently I’m reading The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye, a crime novel set in 1845 Manhattan when a force of “copper stars” was created by the city to keep order. It’s so interesting to read about the violent resistance to a police force, which many considered to be a standing army and railed against. Plus, anti-Irish, anti-Catholic sentiment was rampant, no, virulent, from the likes of Sam Adams and Samuel Morse. What an eye-opener.

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    Rij said on 08.24.12 at 01:54 PM • [link]

    I just started Blood of the Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski. It’s well written gritty manly fantasy. I also have a couple of romances waiting on my kindle, in case I want something happier.

     

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    GhengisMom said on 08.24.12 at 02:03 PM • [link]

    Just finishing up Jennifer Crusie “Trust me on This”. It was the perfect curled-up-by-the-campfire read after the rest of the family had gone to sleep.

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    Dwndrgn said on 08.24.12 at 02:17 PM • [link]

    Currently reading Maria Snyder’s ‘Touch of Power’ which is good but not great though I’m only 1/3 of the way in so far.  But I also just finished DB Jackson’s ‘Thieftaker’ which I liked but had some issues with one of the characters - probably driver error there though because I can easily get crabby when I don’t like characters.

    For the SB Husband I’ll second Rothfuss and toss in Scott Lynch and his Gentlemen Bastards series, Robert Redick’s Voyage of the Chathrand and Steven Erikson’s Malazan books of the Fallen.  All long, complex and interesting fantasy stories.  The Redick series is considered YA but I personally think it has more to offer for adults.

    For a fantasy/romance crossover to get him moving in that direction he could try Maria E. Schneider’s Dragons of Wendal.
    

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    kkw said on 08.24.12 at 02:26 PM • [link]

    I’ve been reading the Dresden Files and some Charlaine Harris because lately romance novels have all seemed disappointing (case in point: I read a Miranda Neville book yesterday and I have already forgotten every single thing about it).  I’m also rereading the Spenser novels, trying to space them out so I don’t get overdo it.  Fabulous nostalgia, particularly if you remember Boston in the 70s and 80s.  I’m having a hard time resisting glomming them all down at once.

    When my dad wanted more Martin books and there weren’t any, I got him some Cornwell, and he was really into the Saxon series.  I like them too, but I’m still looking for a better substitute.

    I’m with Cleo on the problem with the Duke and I.  Such a shame.  One assumes Quinn knows her business, and they’re her characters and all, but I still prefer to believe it’s a reporting error.  That is *not* what happened, because that is *not* how the Daphne I know would behave.  I’m not saying I know her better than Quinn does, I’m just staying, I heard a different story (that I made up in my own head, whatever).

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    Liz Tea Bee said on 08.24.12 at 02:42 PM • [link]

    I was about to go a huge Loretta Chase spree. Unfortunately, Barnes and Noble is having some sort of syncing issue and they won’t download. B&N assures me it will be fixed by Monday but I want them now! Hmph. I have plenty of book in my TBR pile but you know how it is when you are excited to start something. Nothing else will do.

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    Nadia said on 08.24.12 at 03:21 PM • [link]

    I am in the middle of two Shana Galen books.  “The Rogue Pirate’s Bride”, because, well, aristocratic pirates can never be wrong.  And because I saw the sale price here, I downloaded “Lord and Lady Spy” to my phone for some waiting-on-the-children reading. 

    When I’m done with either/both, I have a ginormous stack of books from the libary that includes the latest from Angela Knight, Christene Feehan, Rhyannon Byrd, Larissa Ione, Gail Carriger, Ilona Andrews…as well as a few where-I’m-at-in-the-backlist for Sabrina Jeffries and J.D. Robb, and a few never-heard-ofs that looked interesting. 

    Kids are back in school on Monday morning, and reading time returns.

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    Karin said on 08.24.12 at 03:40 PM • [link]

    I started reading “Shards of Honor” which is the first(I think) of the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold, and also “Defiant”, which is the 3rd MacKinnon’s Rangers book by Pamela Clare. Oddly, they have quite a bit in common, at least in the beginning. Besides both of them being cracktastic, there is a female heroine who is a captive in an alien environment which is very challenging, and she goes through a physical and mental ordeal. She is forced to cooperate with the hero to survive, but doesn’t know him or trust him.

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    Lauren said on 08.24.12 at 03:40 PM • [link]

    I just finished Anne Calhoun’s “Liberating Lacey” based on one of your “what to read if you couldn’t get past chapter 4 of 50 Shades but still like reading about the hot sexy times” lists that I read a while ago, Sarah - thanks for the rec!  I loved it.

    For your hubby - if he’s a George RR Martin fan and hasn’t at least tried to read Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, I highly recommend picking it up.  I had the great fortune to pick up the first book in the series shortly after it was published.  That was 23 years ago.  The final (14th, I think) book is being published in the spring (I hope).  It’s been worth the wait. (Plus he stole his pen name from For Whom the Bell Tolls, which is just cool).  I’d also really recommend Black Prism by Brent Weeks.  Good worldbuilding and lots of manly intrigue and violence.

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    Castiron said on 08.24.12 at 04:15 PM • [link]

    I’m reading Ben Aaronovitch’s Midnight Riot (U.S. title for The Rivers of London) and finding it a really interesting mystery/urban fantasy combo; so far, I’m in agreement with the DA review that it’s an excellent book.

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    Crisopera said on 08.24.12 at 04:29 PM • [link]

    I’m about 3/4 of the way through “Wolf Hall” by Hillary Mantel - one of the best books I’ve read in YEARS.  Also recently read the new biography of Catherine the Great by Robert Massie - absolutely fascinating.

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    jenniferh said on 08.24.12 at 04:36 PM • [link]

    I am about to read A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer. I think this is the is the only romance of hers tulip haven’t read & I bought on sale. I have just enjoyed reading Ravishing the Heiress and I gather it is a similar trope.

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    Bnbsrose said on 08.24.12 at 05:15 PM • [link]

    I leave for Boston Sept. 10, but haven’t decided what I’m bringing. Hopefully Amazon will cough up something from the ridiculously large order I placed last month. In the meantime I am STILL doing the Anne McCaffrey Memorial Read. In between I’m reading “The Raven Print” by Elizabeth Hoyt and the first Books and Braun installment, “Phoenix Rising”. Reading schizophrenia, I has it.

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    Amy said on 08.24.12 at 06:13 PM • [link]

    I’m reading Nice Girls Don’t live Forever by Molly Harper. I really love this series, it always makes me laugh.

    If you started a Drop Everything and Read Camp I would definitely be there! I’ve been on vacation and haven’t read nearly as much as I would have liked. Although I’m not sure how much reading I would get done at a camp either. With all the other book lovers around, I’m sure we would spend most of our time talking about books!

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    CarrieS said on 08.24.12 at 06:51 PM • [link]

    Finding and Alif duly requested from library..both sound awesome, thanks for tip!

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    Tarja said on 08.24.12 at 07:07 PM • [link]

    I am currently marathoning the Emperor’s Edge series thanks to the review here and loving the books! I already read the three first books, plus the short stories, and am about to start the fourth book any time now. Lindsay Buroker’s work has definitely moved into my must-buy list!!!

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    Maryheather said on 08.24.12 at 07:23 PM • [link]

    Just finished A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer. Loved it! Now I am trying to start A Night To Surrender by Tessa Dare but I just can’t seem to get into it. It’s looking like a rainy weekend here in South Florida so I will have plenty of time to work on it.

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    Unimaginative said on 08.24.12 at 08:21 PM • [link]

    Wen Spencer’s new Tinker-related novel, Elfhome, is out in hardcover, but the e-book is available from Baen for around $5.  GLOMPH!  Consumed in very short order, with about 4 bathroom breaks, in one highly enjoyable afternoon.  I’m currently re-reading her backlist.

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    Darlynne said on 08.24.12 at 08:30 PM • [link]

    OMG, really? Really really? I’m there. Thank you!

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    Crystal Grey-Hewett said on 08.24.12 at 08:43 PM • [link]

    The Kingmaker’s Daughter by Philippa Gregory.
    

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    DreadPirateRachel said on 08.24.12 at 08:50 PM • [link]

    I love that book so hard. A word of warning, though. It is not a traditional romance. It is incredibly good and a fabulous story of love/affection growing slowly, but some people really don’t like it because the passion is not overt. I would love to see a film adaptation (hopefully directed by Emma Thompson).

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    Phaenarete said on 08.24.12 at 09:50 PM • [link]

    Just now discovering the “Within” series by Mima. Interesting, well done fantasy and romance for the hubby maybe? A spin on the “Alpha Male” concept, as well as to the shapeshifting romance genre in general—to date, none of the hereos in the parts of the series I’ve read so far are wolves—were-lizard, anyone?

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    Crystal F. said on 08.25.12 at 12:03 AM • [link]

    The Summer of You, by Kate Noble. (I want to squeeze it in while it’s still ‘technically’ summer.)

    I don’t know if I care for the highwayman mystery, but I am enjoying the narration.

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    Mims said on 08.25.12 at 05:40 AM • [link]

    I’m on a YA reading spree since I bought Enclave (2.99 at Amazon) and have been getting YA recommendations. 

    Team Human-It was okay.
    For Darkness Shows the Stars-(a post apocalyptic retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion) I really liked it.
    Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow-(it’s not new but it was only 1.99 on Amazon) I am really liking this book so far.  This book came out after Edith Patou’s East and for some reason I thought one retelling of East of the Sun, West of the Moon was enough.

    Shadow of Night is next on deck for me.

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    Sarah said on 08.25.12 at 05:56 AM • [link]

    You guys are so cool and good at suggestions. Hubby bought a bunch of books last night. Thank you!

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    LG said on 08.25.12 at 07:27 AM • [link]

    In print, I’m currently reading Pearl S. Buck’s Pavilion of Women. I’m enjoying that one a lot, except I flipped to the end and realized there’s a good chance the ending will not appeal to me. Darn. Well, I’ll keep reading.

    In e-format, I’m reading Sword of the Guardian by Merry Shannon. It’s f/f fantasy in which one of the characters is a princess and the other is her guardian. The guardian has lived as a young man for years, and the princess has no idea “he” is actually a “she.” I’m not enjoying this one quite as much, in part because it doesn’t fit my requirements as a romance reader. In order to deal with her feelings for the princess, the guardian sleeps with one of the maids a lot. No on-page sex, but still. I’d prefer her to just mentally lust for the princess.

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    Jewel said on 08.25.12 at 08:03 AM • [link]

    The Bitchery rules! We leave this coming Friday for a week at the beach, and hubby hasn’t found any books he’s been interested in for a while, but he loves sf/f, so I will definitely point him at this thread and have him check out a few of them.  Thanks everyone!!

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    romsfuulynn said on 08.25.12 at 09:45 AM • [link]

    My hubby inhaled all the Brockmann Troubleshooter books in a post Game of Thrones mood.  Gave him a printout to stick in the cover of his Kindle so he knows what to read next.  Outlander he stalled at about the fourth book, because he got confused as to which was next.  I’d try the Aaronovitch (not romances) mentioned above.  Has hubby done Patrick OBrian? (not romances either obviously.)

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    romsfuulynn said on 08.25.12 at 09:45 AM • [link]

    Oh, and I’ve had very good luck with hubby and Nora Roberts standalones.
    

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    PamG said on 08.25.12 at 11:29 AM • [link]

    I am currently midway through Wise Man’s Fear, and immediately thought of Rothfuss when you mentioned that your husband was in the market for some post-Martin fantasy.  I hope the Rothfuss series was among the the books he ordered.  My own spouse really loved the Leviathon trilogy by Scott Westerfeld.  This series provides an abundance of YA steampunk goodness, though I must admit that Gerry (the spouse) is not an aficionado of the extremely dark and dramatic school of fantasy.  Neither of us has read Martin, though the kid and her fiance are big fans.  The fiance is getting Rothfuss for Christmas.  However, everyone in the fam loved the Westerfeld books. 

    I am actually on a brief hiatus from Wise Man’s Fear.  I’ve just finished Buroker’s Empire’s Edge, the purest definition of book crack I’ve yet to encounter!  I expect to order the rest of the series, but hopefully will be able to restrain myself until I finish the Rothfuss.  I’m just starting What Happens in London based on recommendations from an earlier posts.  (I actually thought I was done with Quinn.)  And I’m also reading Sacre Bleu! by Christopher Moore, since the library wants its back by the 4th.

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    Heather said on 08.25.12 at 11:42 AM • [link]

    Thanks for the heads-up on the Heyer sale, Cleo. I got “The Grand Sophy”, since it comes so highly recommended.

    I’ve got a few of K.A. Mitchell’s books waiting their turn to be read on my Kindle, and I read “The Dickens with Love” because I have such a weakness for books about books—and a gay romance with books is just icing on the cake. :) Willa Okati wrote another m/m story with one of the protagonists being a bookstore owner. It’s called “Lovers, Dreamers and Me”.

    http://www.amazon.com/Lovers-D…

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    cleo said on 08.25.12 at 04:24 PM • [link]

    Lovers, and Dreamers and Me is on my wishlist - it’s been there for awhile.  I’ve been on the fence about buying it - it sounds Gay for You and I don’t usually care for that trope.  But I do like books about books and books about bookstores.

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    Aziza said on 08.26.12 at 05:06 AM • [link]

    It looks like this is my weekend for picking up suggestions others are laying down, as I have just put my hands on Finding Nouf and Mr. Impossible.

    I don’t consider myself much of a romance reader, but I’ve been checking out SBTB for about two years. Go figure. For the heck of it, here’s the list of books I’ve picked up because they sounded interesting and/or terrible:

    Black Dagger Brotherhood. Read them all. Thoroughly enjoyed them all. (Yeah, I skim the ‘lesser’ portions, but who doesn’t?) The right amount of ridiculous for me.

    Midnight Breed. Skimmed a few. Setup similar to BDB but more ‘straight’ (as straightforward as you can get with Alien Vampires From Outer Space) and ultimately kind of dull for me.

    Dark Gold. I started reading, then I started skimming, then forget it. Ugh. Bad crazy.

    Devil’s Bride Skimmed. I’m not sure why, I don’t recall not liking it. I started skimming, then I missed stuff, and then skimming momentum built up, and….

    Bridgertons. Read most of them and Just Like Heaven and found them generally enjoyable except for that problem in the first one. I also had a disproportionate response to to a rather innocuous, insignificant line in one of the later ones. Someone (Hyacinth?) asks a servant to take her reticule upstairs to her room. Mind you, it’s a polite and not unreasonable request, but I got unreasonable and ALL CAPS about it. ARE YOUR LEGS BROKEN? TAKE YOUR OWN GODDAMN RETICULE UPSTAIRS! Perhaps I am not cut out for historicals. We’ll see what happens with the Chase.

    Welcome to Temptation. After hearing lots of great things about Crusie, I picked this one from the Crusie books on the shelf at the library. Very enjoyable! Later got Bet Me, read a few chapters, got busy doing other things, oh look it’s due back at the library.

    Another Life: A Memoir of Other People by Michael Korda. (This came up in a discussion of major plot errors, as editor Korda writes about Harold Robbins refusing to fix a book where he changed the main character’s name halfway through, IIRC.) Very enjoyable.

    Brockmann’s SEALS/Troubleshooters. Read most of them. Couldn’t get into the new speculative fic one. Liked Infamous.

    Decadent by Shayla Black due to the SBTB review (see “Greatest Hits”). Skim. Oy. Should have just stuck with reading the review.

    In Death series. Read the first few. Liked the setup, but found the mysteries to be dull.

    Shelly Laurenton’s Pride books and the Aiken Dragon books. Some goofy fun. I think I’ve had my fill of the dragons, though.

    The Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne books. The review for One Was A Soldier caught my interest.

    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society owing to the recent discussion of epistolary novels.

     

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    ms bookjunkie said on 08.26.12 at 08:08 AM • [link]

    I followed your name link and found out that Lois McMaster Bujold visited Finland and I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT! *sob* Woe is me! *wail*

    (I’m listening to The Emperor’s Edge and enjoying myself immensely.)

    *returns to sobbing, wailing and tearing of hair*

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    Taylor Reynolds said on 08.26.12 at 09:26 AM • [link]

    I just ordered Miss Wonderful after reading the Chase recommendations, so that’s on this list for later today.

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    Doug Brunell said on 08.26.12 at 09:54 AM • [link]

    I’m reading “Pure Filth.”  I like to think of it as research for my next manuscript.

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    CutMyTeethOnKleypas said on 08.26.12 at 10:10 AM • [link]

    RE: Duke and I - the last third of the book killed it for me. :(  I seem to recall that Simon was also fall-over-whiskey-soaked drunk at that point too…  Gross.  Not sexy.

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    Velocireader said on 08.26.12 at 10:32 AM • [link]

    Another vote for Rothfuss…but the best sci-fi I’ve read lately has been Scot Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora. Fabulous. Also just read the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne. Not in the same league, but very good and full of mythological references, etc.

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    Darlynne said on 08.26.12 at 01:55 PM • [link]

    How did you find The Emporer’s Edge in the iTunes store (saw your post over at SBTB? I can never successfully search for audio books, the results always return to iBooks.

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    Heather said on 08.26.12 at 02:32 PM • [link]

    Reading Much Ado About Magic by Shanna Swendson. It’s book 5 of Enchanted Inc. and looks like an e-book only. Just a chapter in, but it’s very good

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    LauraN said on 08.26.12 at 06:03 PM • [link]

    OMG you guys, I finally read Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (I know, I’m so behind) and it was so good.  So, so, so good.  The characters had a relationship that grew and changed (you know, like a real relationship!).  They dealt with issues and made mistakes but acted like real people (not like people who only make asinine decisions because It Is Necessary For The Plot).  There were bad things (lots of bad things) but it was not a Life Sucks And Then You Die kind of book.  It made me cry.  At the end, I had a happy smile on my face.  You guys, it was so so good.  Read it.  Now.

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    Carol said on 08.27.12 at 03:16 AM • [link]

    Thanks for the recommend, Amy. I’m devoted to Lynsay Sands’ Argeneaus and have been randomly reading through Kerrelyn Sparks’ vampire series when I find one. They are the perfect thing to cheer one up; especially Sands, whose Argeneau family connections make a better series thread than the ongoing guerrilla war in Sparks’ series. I read The Lady is a Vamp as soon as it came out (a few weeks ago) and thought it was especially good.

    This weekend, which has not been good for reading, I’ve been starting an old Patricia Rice (Blue Clouds) which I haven’t gotten far enough into to guess how good it is (though there are strong hints that it’s going to be OTT—and maybe not in a good way).

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    ms bookjunkie said on 08.27.12 at 05:35 AM • [link]

    Podcasts.

    I go to iTunes Store (from iTunes on my Mac in case it matters), search for Lindsay Buroker, choose podcasts …and find both The Emperor’s Edge and Dark Currents for free subscription.

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    Darlynne said on 08.27.12 at 10:41 AM • [link]

    I never thought of podcasts. And those have to be listened to on the Mac/PC, as far as I can tell. Thanks for the information.

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    Kim Le said on 08.28.12 at 08:27 PM • [link]

    Don’t forget the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson! It’s definitely close to some of the genre that your hubby seems to like. And like other people said, Rothfuss is amazing, too. Tell him to look out for Jay Kristoff, too, because Stormdancer seems pretty amazing!

    XOXO Kim

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    K D Sweet said on 08.30.12 at 06:50 PM • [link]

    Just finished re-reading “Shanna” by Kathleen Woodiwiss and am on to re-reading “Shadowheart” by Laura Kinsale.  Both are on my yearly read list.

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