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Whatcha Reading?
by SB Sarah | by SB Sarah | February 08, 2013 | Friday at 6:36 am | 84 Comments
Here in the northeastern US, we're getting ready for a big ol' blizzard, a Nor'easter that is likely to bring an epic dumpus of snow to New England. Here in the NY metro area, the forecasts range from 3-40+ inches (7-101cm). (Wow. Snow in cm is WAY more impressive!) So I've been preparing by making sure the crock pot is clean, the cars have gas, we have shovels and salt... and I have BOOKS TO READ.
Seriously, can you get through a snow dumpus without books? Inconceivable!
So on my docket this weekend: The Chocolate Kiss, by Laura Florand, and, depending on how much time I have, The Dark Lady by Maire Claremont. That would be light and fluffy vs. dark and angsty, which ought to cause my brain no small amount of ?!. I couldn't get through the first book in Florand's series, because I thought the heroine was an asshole, but I started this one and am enjoying the hell out of it so far.
What about you? Snow or no snow, what are you reading? This is one of my favorite threads because, well, it gets supremely expensive after awhile, since I go buy many of your suggestions (darn it). What are you loving or wishing you could read next? Share share!
Filed: General Bitching, Random Musings
Tagged: whatcha reading, maire claremont, laura florand, awesomesauce, angst
Ren said on 02.08.13 at 07:30 AM • [link]
I somehow acquired a stack of widows. I’m going to finish Meredith Duran’s That Scandalous Summer. I also have The Dark Lady on deck, or perhaps Juliana Gray’s A Lady Never Lies (suuuuuuuuuuuuuure she doesn’t…).
I have Kristen Callihan’s Firelight, too, but I’ve been avoiding it because tourists have turned my paranormal happy place into a shithole I dread visiting, and I’m not optimistic it can ever be rehabbed to its former glory.
rudi_bee said on 02.08.13 at 07:44 AM • [link]
I’m alternating between Devil’s Bride by Stephanie Laurens (comfort reading) and Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu. I scored Tiger Eye from a book swap that a friend of mine hosted and I’m really enjoying it.
Hope everyone stays safe from the storm.
Tam B. said on 02.08.13 at 08:00 AM • [link]
I don’t have snow but I do have an extra long weekend due to Chinese New Year - Gong Xi Fa Cai everyone.
I’ve been saving House Rules for the weekend so I could stay up late reading and sleep in.
elianara said on 02.08.13 at 08:11 AM • [link]
I have had trouble with reading inspiration lately, so I have been jumping from book to book, not really read anything interesting until today.
On my currently reading shelf is now: Have Space Suit - Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein, Patrick Rothfuss’s Name of the Wind and an Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple book, At Bentram’s Hotel . If these get boring, I have a bunch of books from the library, among them Boneshaker
Laragrey said on 02.08.13 at 08:51 AM • [link]
We may or may not get the snowdump where I am, but it’s always best to be prepared. Wine, chocolate, and books will be on-hand.
As for reading, I just finished Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl”, which was excellent, but which also has made me desperate for happy, sunny books where good is going to triumph over evil and happily-ever-afters are real. Thus the next three in my pile are Juliet Marillier’s celtic-themed fantasy “Shadowfell”, Anna Godbersen’s YA historical “The Lucky Ones”, and Georgette Heyer’s “Cotillion”.
Jamarleo said on 02.08.13 at 08:54 AM • [link]
I finished Angels’ Blood and Halfway to the Grave and- though I loved them both- I feel kind of spent on the warrior woman and the alpha supernatural. I think some Crusie or her ilk will be in order next.
DirtyGirlsGoodBooks_Anne said on 02.08.13 at 08:56 AM • [link]
I’m half way through Rough Ride by Keri Ford and it’s hitting me just right, though i think in a different mood I might not be enjoying it as much.
Next up for me is Painted Faces by L.H. Cosway. I’ve heard good buzz. It’s got a list of things going for it:
1)Set in Dublin
2)crossdressing hero
3)brash heroine
I can’t wait to see how this one goes!
Jennifer Estep said on 02.08.13 at 09:14 AM • [link]
I’m in the mood to read some YA, so I’m looking forward to Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter.
Rij said on 02.08.13 at 09:24 AM • [link]
I’m going to start Demon Moon, the second book in Meljean Brook’s Guardian series. But it’ll have to wait until the evening since it just started snowing here and I have a four hour drive ahead of me to get to my parents’ place for the weekend. Thankfully I have an audiobook for the car, an Agatha Christie mystery.
Carolanne said on 02.08.13 at 09:38 AM • [link]
I’m working my way through a pile of MaryJanice Davidson. I’ve done some Betsy the vampire queen and now I’m working on the werewolves, Wolf at the Door right now.
Ren said on 02.08.13 at 09:41 AM • [link]
New plan: Rij made me think of Colin, which made me whimper a little bit, so maybe I’ll re-re-re-re-re-re-re-read Demon Moon instead.
*alternates cute-baby-animal cooing and porn noises because has no words*
Gail Leinweber said on 02.08.13 at 09:43 AM • [link]
I just finished If This Be Treason: Translation and Its Dyscontents; it’s Gregory Rabassa’s memoir about his path to translating works like One Hundred Years Of Solitude with some lyrical meditation on culture and language mixed in. It may actually get me to some Gabriel García Márquez of my own free will.
I also put Ilona Andrew’s two Kinsmen novellas, Silent Blade and Silver Shark, on my Kindle and gobbled them up.
Today is my day off and I’m going to look over Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies by Lauren Redniss. It’s a biography in graphic novel format, and while I don’t worship Redniss’s Radioactive: A Tale of Love and Fallout the way a lot of critics have she has an interesting style and it looked like it was worth the library check out.
Lostshadows said on 02.08.13 at 09:44 AM • [link]
I’m near the end of Justinian’s Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe, and I’m probably going to follow it up with The Name of the Wind or The Bell Jar.
I think I need some lighter reading. :/
CarrieS said on 02.08.13 at 10:24 AM • [link]
I just finished Northanger Abbey, and read parts of a travel memoir by Agatha Christie, and Mrs Queen Takes the Train and Shades of Milk and Honey. Am settling down to read some stuff to review now.
Karen Wapinski said on 02.08.13 at 10:25 AM • [link]
We are completely snowed in here in Ontario; all the colleges in my area actually called off classes today!
I am curling up with my coffee and finishing off Libba Bray’s The Sweet Far Thing and rereading Kelley Armstrong’s Dime Store Magic.
MissB2U said on 02.08.13 at 10:36 AM • [link]
Be warned that if you start Name of the Wind all is lost. You will neglect your pets, family and possibly your personal hygiene. Surrender now and get the sequel so you won’t be Jonesing for it later.
Joanna said on 02.08.13 at 10:38 AM • [link]
We have ice on top of snow this morning - so until it melts not going out much! Just finished John Scalzi’s Red Shirts. Highly recommend it, especially if you have seen the original Star Trek tv show you will really enjoy some of the references. Have been reading Gone Girl slowly, great writing but the characters are so unlikable I have only managed short sections so far. Have to find something lighter in my TBR to alternate with. Good thing there have been so many great ebook sales lately!
Amy Raby said on 02.08.13 at 10:39 AM • [link]
Currently reading ICED by Karen Marie Moning. I hope it’s as good as the first 5-book series, which was crack. Next up, NAKED IN DEATH for a book club, and then the new Ruthie Knox novella.
MissB2U said on 02.08.13 at 10:50 AM • [link]
I’m halfway through “Ever After” by Kim Harrison and loving it. Next up are “Lady of Secrets: a novel” from Susan Carroll then “A Gentleman Undone” by Cecelia Grant. And thank you Rij for reminding me of the Guardian series! Ima get me some of those today too. Stay safe in the snow all.
jliedl said on 02.08.13 at 10:56 AM • [link]
I just wrapped up “Austenland” the other day and I’m tempted to start it all over again. . . .
StarOpal said on 02.08.13 at 11:06 AM • [link]
I just finished PC Cast’s Beauty and the Beast tale, Goddess of the Rose, which I liked quite a lot.
Started The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, to read while in waiting rooms last week (I don’t have a problem reading romances in public usually, but the rerelease cover for Goddess of the Rose is really bad y’all).
I was going to read Nora Roberts’ The Blue Dahlia, but I’m kinda stressed out right now and a book opening with not one but two hyperdepressing scenes just isn’t what I need right now.
So I put that aside and picked up The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley. Enjoying it so far, but I’m only a chapter and a half in so hopes high!
katherinelynn_04 said on 02.08.13 at 11:08 AM • [link]
I am going to be finishing up a book called ‘Cinder’, which is a quite good retelling of Cinderella in which Cinder is a cyborg. I was kind of questioning it, but the story is well done and the characters are very likeable. Next up will be ‘Widdershins’ by Charles de Lint, which is part of his Newford series (I’ve not read any but a friend told me this is actually a standalone, so I’m giving it a try). From what I understand it’s fantasy, fairies and Native American spirits, but set more like American Gods. It’s quite the long book but I’m definitely looking forward to it!
jcp said on 02.08.13 at 11:09 AM • [link]
I’m reading Tangled by Mary Balogh. Looking for other recs on the hero pining for heroines theme.
Holly Gault said on 02.08.13 at 11:26 AM • [link]
I’ve just finished The Shortest Way Home by Juliette Fay and I’m about to start Homecoming by Cathy Kelly, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, and some Jill Mansell rereads.
Amelia said on 02.08.13 at 11:49 AM • [link]
I’ll be reading The Smart One and The Pretty One by Claire LaZebnik and finishing up my rereads of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.
Jessigage said on 02.08.13 at 11:59 AM • [link]
I’m reading Karen Marie Moning’s Iced and am slightly less annoyed with Danni than I expected to be, seeing as I pretty much skimmed her scenes in the Fever series. The setting and supporting characters are excellent, and there’s more povs than just Danni’s, so that helps. At 30% in, it’s looking like a 4star read for me.
Up next, I have to decide between Mr. Insatiable by Serenity Woods, Curveball by Charolotte Stein or Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning. I think it’s clear I need something very ADULT after spending so much time in the head of a hormonal 14 year old.
Jimthered said on 02.08.13 at 12:04 PM • [link]
No storm down here (North Carolina), but I’m currently working through BONK (from the recommendation here at SBTB), THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES, and a Frederick Pohl best-of called PLATINUM POHL. It’s a lot…
ECSpurlock said on 02.08.13 at 12:17 PM • [link]
We’re actually supposed to have a pretty nice weekend here in Atlanta; hope y’all don’t have too much of a dumping after what you went through with Sandy.
I’m still forging my way through the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. Y’all, it is unbelievable how complex and convoluted this story can get and still make perfect sense in retrospect. This is a brilliant (if dark) series full of musings on the nature of power and religion and I’m on the last book, waiting to see how he will pull it all together. When I’m done with this I’m going to be so ready for a light historical romance…
GHN said on 02.08.13 at 12:23 PM • [link]
I am reading the “Gray Court” books by Dana Marie Bell. I saw the ad for the fourth book in the series her on SBTB and the cover looked very enticing - so I had a closer look at that book and the entire series, and bought them all.
Yum! Me likey!
Vasha said on 02.08.13 at 12:26 PM • [link]
Currently utterly failing to understand a book of Japanese poetry. About to start The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama, which a friend of mine enthused over.
laj said on 02.08.13 at 12:33 PM • [link]
@Holly: How did you like The Shortest Way Home? I love Fay’s first book Shelter Me with a passion, but I had a hard time finnishing TSWH.
Mochabean1 said on 02.08.13 at 01:09 PM • [link]
Name of the Wind! Name of the Wind! :jumping up and down:
Mochabean1 said on 02.08.13 at 01:13 PM • [link]
Alternating between “I Kissed an Earl” and installments from John Scalzi’s “The Human Division” having just finished a re-read of the Old Man’s War series. It’s genre whiplash! Have “Divergent” (book club) and “Necessity’s Child” on deck. Need moar romance
Lyra Archer said on 02.08.13 at 01:47 PM • [link]
I just finished The White Queen by Philippa Gregory. I’ve been trying to get my hands on a copy of Destiny’s Embrace. Apparently the library around here believes that romance novels give you devilcancer or pantsfeels, I forget which. So I have to ILL it from lands afar.
I’m also trying to get my hands on a copy of Fairest of All, but that too is proving elusive. Pray for me, for though I walk through the Valley of No-Books I shall fear no foul weather, for the bitchery is with me!
Michelle C. said on 02.08.13 at 01:54 PM • [link]
I’m reading Jennifer Ashley - Lady Isabella’s Scandalous Marriage. And I’m heading straight for Lord Cameron when I’m done. :)
Mirandaflynn said on 02.08.13 at 01:56 PM • [link]
I just finished India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy by Carol K. Carr AWESOME! Now, I’m starting Moonshifted by Cassie Alexander (Book 1 was Nightshifted).
Laura said on 02.08.13 at 02:07 PM • [link]
I read Austenland a couple of weeks ago and really liked it!
I’ve got a ton of books from the library, so I think I’m tackling Anna Karenina on the Kindle, The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick, and The Devil’s Delilah by Loretta Chase this weekend. I’ve also got the latest Charles Lenox and something about a poisoning at a monastery/convent to read this week too.
Moe said on 02.08.13 at 02:37 PM • [link]
I’m reading The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison
moweezy said on 02.08.13 at 03:20 PM • [link]
... I can tell you, it is absolutely crack.
In an awesome way.
Raine said on 02.08.13 at 03:28 PM • [link]
I am not staying home this weekend- heading out with the BFF to our first experience at the Ballet to see Cinderella tonight and an Origami owl party with my new sister-in-law tomorrow. But I am trying to finish a physical copy of Pride and Prejustice and Zombies while also working through the first 5 in the Gena Showalter Atlantis series on my Nook that I got as a bundle.
Stay safe and warm up in the Northeast area!
beletseri said on 02.08.13 at 03:54 PM • [link]
I’m going to try my damnest to finish this really great academic book called “When Women Were Priests” by Karen Jo Torjesen. But I also just picked up Megan Hart’s Pleasure and Purpose and I might read that instead.
Roserita said on 02.08.13 at 04:00 PM • [link]
Here where I am (Ohio), we’re evidently supplying the wind and cold to get the snow machine cranked up where you are (sorry). At least with the Blizzard of ‘78 we shared the experience. I’m at that oh-shit-it’s-the-weekend-and-I-haven’t-made-my-reading-plans stage. I just re-read E.L. Konigsburg’s A Proud taste for scarlet and miniver (which is one of the oddest, wasted-on-children books ever), and that lead me to re-read Lord Darcy, but now I’m stuck for direction. Historical? Mystery? Maybe a nice Mary Russell? Or—-oooh—-I haven’t re-read any Georgette Heyer mysteries lately. Maybe I’ll go grab Death in the stocks or Duplicate death.
Elizabeth Gunther said on 02.08.13 at 04:22 PM • [link]
I’m reading The Witness by Nora Roberts.
cleo said on 02.08.13 at 04:30 PM • [link]
I love Charles de Lint. And I loved Widdershins. I wouldn’t call it stand alone - it’s the sequel to The Onion Girl (also fabulous). They both star characters that have appeared as supporting characters in other Newford books and short stories, but the two books together are more or less stand alone. Trigger warning - Widdershins (and The Onion Girl) deals with the aftermath of child abuse (but it’s really well done).
Carlammm said on 02.08.13 at 04:47 PM • [link]
I’m finishing up Michael J Sullivan series “Heir of Novron.”
Beth said on 02.08.13 at 04:55 PM • [link]
I’m reading Merrie Haskell’s “The Princess Curse” while I work on a book proposal form Something Completely Different.
cleo said on 02.08.13 at 05:17 PM • [link]
Yesterday’s slush is now frozen here, so it’s more slippery today but less messy than yesterday.
I just read Josh Lanyon’s Come Unto These Yellow Sands and it was a great romance/mystery for a snowy day, even though the hero was a bit TSTL. I’m also re-reading James Herriot’s memoirs. I’m on the second one - All Things Bright and Beautiful. I loved it when I read them all in middle school, and I remember a lot of it - but it is sooooo slow. And I don’t know what I’m going to read next.
Also, as an aside, I am still processing the news that Mary Ingalls didn’t actually go blind from scarlet fever (even though I read it in a book when I was like 8 or 10 and therefore it must be true) - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-20…
Cbeta Fiberson said on 02.08.13 at 05:19 PM • [link]
Did it eat up my comment? Gah! I’m reading six books, three are for my own creation of Time Challenge and other three are for goodreads firstreads. I’m reading Miriam by Maggie Anton, The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, The Court of the Lion by Eleanor Cooney, Rootless by Chris Howard, Elihu Washburne letters, and The Witch of Little Italy by Suzanne Palmieri
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Tara O'Donnell said on 02.08.13 at 05:25 PM • [link]
Lucky for me,early on today as the snow was starting to fall,my new selection of Booksfree titles arrived,yes! In addition to my regular batch of reading,I now have the choice of Friendship Bread by Darien Gee or Dear Mr. Darcy by Amanda Grange. Oh,and I downloaded the B&N Free Friday book,Boomerang Bride-anyone here read that one?
threegoodrats said on 02.08.13 at 05:32 PM • [link]
I’m in Boston so we are definitely getting snow! I’m reading the young adult novel Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein. I think next on my agenda will be Mariana by Susanna Kearsley.
pwm in mi said on 02.08.13 at 05:56 PM • [link]
I’m 70% through The Bronze Horseman. I’ve been told it ends in a cliff hanger and there are 2 more books. I don’t know if I can take it… its an amazing book, but the angst is off the charts. I may need a med adjustment when I am done LOL
Lenorej said on 02.08.13 at 06:07 PM • [link]
It’s 69 and sunny here in Texas, but I’m still going to curl up with a book. I’m in the middle of Snobbery with Violence by MC Beaton….an Edwardian country house party, a spunky failed-first season debutante, a dark and dour Boer war vet, murder & mayhem. Yay. Stay warm y’all.
ridiculousspider said on 02.08.13 at 07:20 PM • [link]
It was supposed to be sunny here in Louisiana but it was overcast most of the day. No rain, snow, sleet, or other precipitation, though. Thank goodness. It has been a ridiculously wet winter. Hope everybody in the midst of the blizzard stay safe and warm. I wouldn’t trade places for all the money in the world. My southern blood is just too thin.
I’m reading “Peril at Somner House” by Joanna Challis. It is a mystery featuring Daphne du Maurier. The mystery is fiction. When I checked the book from the library I didn’t even realize Daphne Du Maurier was a real person. (Oh, how uneducated did I feel?) Anyway, it is a decent read but not particularly engrossing.
ridiculousspider said on 02.08.13 at 07:21 PM • [link]
“an Edwardian country house party, a spunky failed-first season debutante, a dark and dour Boer war vet, murder & mayhem”
Sounds amazing. *____*
Nadia said on 02.08.13 at 07:28 PM • [link]
No snow on my horizon, but I finally have a relatively free weekend and need to get some of these library books read before fines pile up. In the middle of “Shades of Gray” by Maya Banks. Trigger warnings ahoy, y’all, it’s pretty serious in there right now.
On the TBR pile is “Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet” by Darynda Jones, “Rapture” by J.R. Ward, “Haven” by Kay Hooper, “Demon Night” by Meljean Brook, and “Rogue Rider” by Larissa Ione. Also have “Poison Princess” by Kresley Cole that I’m test-driving for my 13 year old.
That’s a lot of paranormal! But I just finished a three-book glom of Laurens’ backlist, so I guess it’s time to flip. I bet I will get a couple books into the list and need to break it up with a trip to Almack’s.
PamG said on 02.08.13 at 08:17 PM • [link]
I am currently reading and enjoying Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson and Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani. In the past week, I read and was bored by Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey. I also re-read Mallory’s Oracle for my Mystery Book Group and was reminded all over again of why I love O’Connell’s Mallory series. The last thing I read was Shannon Hale’s Austenland. Though it’s not my usual fare, I loved it. It made me smile so much, and I read the last chapter about three times. Next up: my shiny new copy of Necessity’s Child by Lee & Miller. Interestingly enough, every one of these authors/titles barring O’Connell came from recs or sale tips offered on this site.
I wish you Good Book Noise(tm) during this latest “storm of the century.” We’re getting thunder and lightning along with the white-out. How about you?
Aziza said on 02.08.13 at 08:36 PM • [link]
I’ve just experienced Failure To Glom. I saw some of the Argeneau books at the library and thought: hmm…? Wikipedia says 17+ books, noted for humor. Sounds promising, so I quickly assembled the first half-dozen stories.
It was a no from the get-go. The heroine has a phobia. Why yes, she sure has a phobia. Have you heard about her phobia? Because she has a phobia! There is no doubt about that phobia, it’s a phobia all right. GADS. Some positive notes: I was fine with this take on vampires (humans enhanced with nanotech from Atlantis—why not?) and there didn’t seem to be the typical paranormal super-angst which was a nice change of pace. On the other hand, while there isn’t a heavy/dark tone I don’t recall anything all that humorous (in a good way). Also, these vampires seem to live lives that are too high profile for a group that has to keep under the radar.
Since I already had ‘em, I flipped through a few more. In the second one, does the “mischievous” cousin really put <del>Spanish</del> Atlantean Fly in the drinks of two people who barely know each other? Then there’s the book editor. When a bunch of the vamps slip out of a function to feed in van in a parking lot (possibly down by the river), our not-in-on-the secret-yet editor heroine shows up and announces she *knows* what’s going on. They’re doing POT-JOINTS. That’s right, smoking DEBBIES. She may have grown up in Nebraska, by golly, but she’s been living in that there Big City so she knows about artist types. She later frets: It might all turn farcical! Yeah, but have you heard about the first heroine’s phobia?
Maybe I’ll watch movies this weekend.
GatorPerson said on 02.08.13 at 08:48 PM • [link]
Lois McMaster Bujold’s Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance. Excellent. A romantic comedy. Also has some history of Barrayar in it. I’ll wait a few days before rereading it, it’s that good.
SusannaFraser said on 02.08.13 at 09:07 PM • [link]
I’ve just started The Caves of Perigord, by Martin Walker. I’m enjoying it so far, though it jumps in time between the present day, WWII, and 17,000 years ago (when the famous cave paintings of Lascaux were produced), and as soon as I’m good and hooked into one time period, I have to switch mental gears.
I’m also working my way through a history of New Orleans’ first century called The Accidental City, by Lawrence Powell—research for one of my WIPs, which I hope will be released in the first half of 2014.
Karin said on 02.08.13 at 09:29 PM • [link]
I don’t know about pining, but I just read a book description on GoodReads that referred to “recovering heroine users”.
Vicki said on 02.08.13 at 09:34 PM • [link]
I’m re-reading the Unknown Ajax by Heyer. Not sure what next - tons of books in the TBR - also Flatliners just came in the mail - I may watch that yet again as I love it to death, so to speak. My husband still tells the story of seeing that with me in the theater and me standing up and yelling “Give him oxygen, dammit” at one juncture.
Karin said on 02.08.13 at 09:39 PM • [link]
I just finished “The Death of Bees” which is more fun that it sounds. It’s about 2 teens who bury their dead parents in the back yard so the authorities won’t find out they are home alone. There is actually an HEA. I’m now reading “Death Comes as Epiphany” and “Barrayar”, and I’ve got “The Cocoa Conspiracy” on deck. I’m also making the famous “No-Knead Bread” which was a big success when I tried it last weekend. It seemed like a good weekend for baking.
Tam said on 02.08.13 at 09:40 PM • [link]
I just finished Jim Butcher’s ‘Cold Days’. For a series which started out as a rather ‘meh’ read (which I only began because I got the first three books in a library sale for something like 15 cents each), it’s now going better than any other thirteen-book series I can think of. (Except for Harry Bosch, perhaps, because I love him and all his dark angst.)
I have ‘Gone Girl’ sitting in a stack of books, but I’m not sure I feel like anything gloomy right now. I might pick up vintage Jennifer Crusie instead.
Aziza said on 02.08.13 at 09:54 PM • [link]
Were any of the heroines named Debbie?
cleo said on 02.08.13 at 09:59 PM • [link]
Ooh, thunder snow! Nothing that exciting in chicago right now, but we did get thunder snow during the blizzard of 2010 and that was definitely my fave part.
Ljdownie88 said on 02.08.13 at 11:55 PM • [link]
Due to my new horrifically disorganised work roster, where I’m either working 4 hour shifts or 14 hour shifts with no particular pattern to them whatsoever, I have been alternating between several books.
HHhH by Laurent Binet - which is written as a personal take on Reinhard Heydrich, who was Himmler’s right hand man; excellent but quite depressing at times,
The Viscount Who Loved Me - for when it’s late and I’m exhausted and can’t deal with reading about WWII
and on my kindle, I’m working through JD Robb’s In Death series - quick to read at work, well written, and comforting.
Judith B said on 02.09.13 at 12:05 AM • [link]
Ooh! That sounds like my sort of thing. And only $2.99 on Amazon. Thanks!
Elyse said on 02.09.13 at 12:32 AM • [link]
I just finished a Harlequin Presents called A Royal World Apart, which was intetesting because the hero was a virgin, not something you see in Presents.
Mikaela Lind said on 02.09.13 at 03:15 AM • [link]
I just finished the swedish edition of Fated by Benedict Jacka. Highly recommended in you like urban fantasy
Charli Denae said on 02.09.13 at 05:16 AM • [link]
I just finished Jennifer Probst’s ‘Marriage’ trilogy. I’d read the first book, The Marriage Bargain when it first came out but had to wait for the other two. I got caught up in other books in the meantime, so I just got back to them and decided to read number 1 again. I really enjoyed them! Not sure what I’m on my way to next. Way too many books in my ‘Next to Read’ pile.
Got some snow north of Chicago but not as bad as East Coast. Stay safe and warm everyone!
Happy reading!
Char
Mepamelia said on 02.09.13 at 07:36 AM • [link]
Despite the half dozen new books on my Kindle I have been on a re-reading track for the last week and just finished re-reads of Kristen Ashley’s “Rock Chick Rescue” and Sarah Mayberry’s “Suddenly You”. I’m thinking I’ll read the new-to-me “The Perils of Pleasure” by Julie Anne Long next (I’ve read some of the later Pennyroyal Green books and really liked them) OR maybe I’ll read Kresley Cole’s “Shadow’s Claim”—choices, choices…
Melissa said on 02.09.13 at 07:58 AM • [link]
I just finished Firelight and Moonglow, the next book in Kristen Callihan’s Darkest London series, and I will put your fears to rest. They are AahMazing!!! I personally liked Moonglow better than Firelight, but that’s just me. I’m a writer and often am disappointed with the treatment another author gives a novel. The point is, I loved it enough to pick up Moonglow, which I REALLY loved. You won’t regret reading it.
JudyK said on 02.09.13 at 09:47 AM • [link]
Im reading The Rose Garden by Suzanna Kearsley! Next is Karen Marie Moning Highland Series…
rayvyn2k said on 02.09.13 at 11:43 AM • [link]
Reading the “Temptation” series by Lauren Royal. Working on the second, Tempting Juliana, which is not as good as the first…I’m a bit irritated with the heroine pushing another character at the hero in spite of her “tingling” every time he touches her. And I’m only halfway through, although I don’t see where else it can go. I will finish it because there’s some nice secondary stories and I want to see what happens.
Since I got my tax refund (yay e-file!) I’ll probably buy the other Kingsley series by Andrea Kane since I enjoyed the first one so much (thank SBTB for the notification of the sale).
No snow here, but it’s cold.
Jane_Stewart said on 02.09.13 at 01:25 PM • [link]
I’ve read three winners recently.
5 stars to You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sarra Manning. Overweight woman with a cool looking guy. Fun and enjoyable contemporary romance.
5 stars to No Such Thing as a Lost Cause by Shelly Fredman. This is the fifth book in the series. But you really need to read them in order. The first book is No Such Thing as a Secret. These are about Brandy Alexander who wants to be an investigative reporter. They are laugh out loud funny.
4 ½ stars to Dead of Eve by Pam Godwin.
Apolcalyptic Sci Fi - not a straight romance, but there is love, more than once. It’s great suspense.
Ella said on 02.09.13 at 01:49 PM • [link]
Just finished “Grave Mercy” by Robin Lafevers - assassin nuns in medieval France and a touch of fantasy. What’s not to love? (Apart from the fact that book 2 in the trilogy won’t be out til later in 2013)
DonnaMarie said on 02.09.13 at 05:29 PM • [link]
We had our snow Thursday, after 12 hours of rain, you can take it from there. I have been rereading Tara Janzen’s Crazy and Loose series’ for comfort - not because the weather is bad but because I’ve spent two weeks driving a little 4-banger that’s half the size of my bad tempered road runner which has been in the shop having her front end fixed. Glance in your rearview for one second…. Why, why, why do you not have to pass an IQ or literacy test to get a driver’s license in this country? WHY!!! She stopped, slammed on her brakes and STOPPED on an onramp because the sign said “Entrance to Express Lanes Prohibited”. So I’ve been revisiting Charlotte and Corinna and the rest of the Steel Street muscle cars cause I miss my baby sooooooooooo bad.
JenM said on 02.09.13 at 07:31 PM • [link]
Just finished Painted Faces by LH Cosway. OMG, so good! I’m so happy the good reviews convinced me to take a chance on it. Now I’m reading Crazy For You, an old Jennie Crusie, and loving it also. I guess I’m just in the mood for contemporaries, although I think I’ll pick up River Road by Suzanne Johnson next since I really liked her first UF, Royal Street.
Melisse Aires said on 02.09.13 at 10:04 PM • [link]
I just finished Krenz’s Dream Eyes and was going to read the Mammoth Book of Futuristic Romance but instead picked up Laurann Dohner’s Mine to Chase and several Harlequin Intrigues. Started Rita Heron’s Native Cowboy.
lonamh said on 02.09.13 at 10:58 PM • [link]
Hey! I went to Chloe Neill’s book signing at Powell’s Books here in Portland Oregon. She is funny and gracious. She is a total fan also of other authors. She told a funny story of seeing Sherrilyn Kenyon and having a fan moment! I started House Rules last night and will finish this weekend after my 2 12 hour shifts at the hospital are done.
Crystal F. said on 02.10.13 at 01:42 AM • [link]
I live in what’s dubbed as ‘The Icebox of Pennsylvania’. Blizzards mean nothing to us, other than “Hey, at least it fills up the potholes in our crappy roads.” ;) Stay safe!
Laid up in bed with a bum leg this weekend, reading The Captive, by Victoria Holt. Dara Joy’s Ritual of Proof also came in the mail today.
cleo said on 02.10.13 at 12:53 PM • [link]
How was Dream Eyes? I’ve been a JAK fan for a long time, but she’s kind of fallen off my autobuy list recently
Estara said on 02.10.13 at 04:08 PM • [link]
Games of Command by Linnea Sinclair which is a sf romance, with two couples (quite a long book) - has one of the men be in love with the woman for years before he makes his move, because he feels he isn’t worthy of her. Also, they were on enemy sides.
D Cross said on 02.10.13 at 04:31 PM • [link]
“...but I’ve been avoiding it because tourists have turned my paranormal happy place into a shithole I dread visiting, and I’m not optimistic it can ever be rehabbed to its former glory.”
Thank you for that! :) I just snorted coffee up my nose but it perfectly illustrates my feelings as of late.
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