Day: June 8, 2008

Books and dads

Posted June 8, 2008 by Casee in Discussions | 7 Comments

So with Father’s Day coming up, it got me to wondering…does your significant other/boyfriend/husband read?

My husband has read the Left Behind series, but he only got to the 6th book before he called it a day. It also would take him about a month to read one of the books. Not that he didn’t like the books or didn’t have the time, but his concentration would go out the window after about 20 minutes.

The only reading material I’d get for my husband this Father’s Day is a subscription to Maxim magazine or Golf Digest.

What about you? Does the man in your life enjoy reading? Would he ever read a romance?


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What I’ve Been Reading This Week

Posted June 8, 2008 by Tracy in Features | 13 Comments

Hello again!

I’ve read some really great books this week. I’ve been horrible about posting reviews and need to do more, I know. As much as I’ve loved the books I’m reading I’ve just not been able to get in the review typing mode. I’ll be better soon, I swear.

I started my week off with Lover Enshrined. You all know my opinions by now and if you missed that just go down one post and all will be revealed. If you’ve never read the Black Dagger Brotherhood series then shame on you! (except you Sarai!)

After seeing all the talk about Josh Lanyon and his Adrien English Mystery series on Lisabea’s blog I felt compelled to read the books: Fatal Shadows, A Dangerous Thing & The Hell You Say. This was my first foray into the M/M Fiction (well, full-length, I’ve read shorts) and I loved it. The mysteries were great, JL kept me guessing through most of the books wondering whodunit. I loved Adrien – he’s funny, sarcastic, good looking (supposedly like Montgomery Clift – yeah, baby) and he has this dialogues with himself that I just love. His serious love interest throughout the series is Jake Riordan. Ah, Jake. I love Jake, but yet…I want to slap Jake. Let’s just say it’s an ongoing relationship that runs through all of the books and they just need to be together – forevah!! Great books – I highly recommend them. I can hardly wait for the next in the series – Death Of A Pirate King


The next was a short from Shiloh Walker (RAW author) Drastic Measures. It was a nice short story and a good distraction

Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie was up next. I love Crusie’s work and have read almost all of it. This one didn’t disappoint. The main characters were down to earth and easily likeable, the story was funny and quirky and I loved it.

On the recommendation of a friend I read Lacey Alexander’s Voyeur. It was an erotic story of Laura Watkins who has writers block. She goes away to a friends cousins house in Colorado for R & R to see if she can rid herself of this block. The owner of the house, Braden, is checking out the house on his webcam from California and see’s Laura pleasuring herself. What follows is hot, hot, hot. I liked this story and the “relationship” between Laura and Braden…it was a good read. Just be warned if you don’t like a ton of sex, don’t read this book! lol
(FYI – Lacey Alexander is aka Toni Blake who wrote Letters To A Secret Lover that I liked so well)


Last but not least was Unsung Hero, Book 1 of the Troubleshooters series by Suzanne Brockmann. This is the first book that I’ve read by Ms. Brockmann and it was great. I loved Tom and all of his so called paranoia. I loved Joe and Charles and their quarrels, their flashbacks and their friendship. I liked heroine Kelly, but she just got a little annoying after a while. If you haven’t read this put it in your TBR. Thanks Shannon! 🙂

Happy Reading!


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Review: Engaging Men by Lynda Curnyn.

Posted June 8, 2008 by Rowena in Reviews | 1 Comment

Hero: Kirk
Heroine: Angela DiFranco
Grade: 4 out of 5

A novel about men . . . and the woman who loves them!

When one ex-boyfriend gets married, a girl can laugh it off. With two, she begins to get nervous. But three? Three?

Angie DiFranco is starting to take it personally. What is it about her that doesn’t incite men to plunk down large sums of money in the name of eternal love?

According to her one successfully married friend, men are like tight lids. One woman comes along, loosens him up, leaving him for the next woman to pop off the lid, no problem. After all, would Jennifer have landed Brad so easily without the Gwyneth factor?

Suddenly Angie looks at Kirk, her current boyfriend, with new eyes. Kirk, whose last girlfriend loosened his lid by giving him The Ultimatum. Kirk, who suddenly seems primed to be popped right open.

If the tight-lid theory is true, Angie could be married within a year — with a little effort. And a little help from her friends . . .

The author of Confessions of an Ex-Girlfriend will utterly engage you with her vibrant new novel chronicling Angie’s angst and euphoria as she resolves to mate and make it in Manhattan.

What a great read this book was for me.

It was light and fluffy and not at all like the serious books that I’ve been reading for the past few months or so. Angela DiFranco was fun, witty and the perfect heroine for this goofy, sometimes silly but at times serious story. It’s funny how the author tricks you into liking one character at the beginning of the book and then has you cheering for someone else entirely by the middle of the book. It was really great.

I have a serious mad crush on Justin I don’t remember his last name in this book. He was delightful and lonely and needed love more than he let on from the beginning. He transformed before your eyes and made you yearn to be HIS room mate because he was perfect for YOU.

I loved the way this book ended, the way this book flowed, it was a bit cliched (the storyline) but it was a great read nonetheless. I thought about this book long after I finished the book, so much so that I’m STILL thinking of it and I’ve since started a new book. The characters grab you and reel you in, they become your friends and they have you wishing you were in the audience to support Justin on his big night. I highly recommend this book if you want a feel good, fun loving book to read on those nights when nothing seems to work for you.

A treat.

This book is available from Red Dress Ink. You can buy it here.


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