Hello there!
I hope you all had a wonderful week – whether you were celebrating Thanksgiving or not. I personally had a wonderfully quiet Thanksgiving spent at my parents house and it’s always nice to have 4 days off of work to spend time with the family. 🙂
Yesterday two of my friends and I made an improptu drive to Costa Mesa and they both drooled over the UBS New and Recycled Romances – yes the same one that the So Cal Blogger went to. It was great fun and we spent a good hour and a half just browsing, talking and having fun. I think my friend Jen bought something like 18 or 20 books. 🙂 I love that! lol
I haven’t blog hopped in about 3 weeks and I think I’m going through withdrawals! Hopefully I’ll be able to this week cuz I feel like I have no idea what’s going on with any of you! I hope you’re all well
My first read of the week was Genesis by Jet Mykles. This is book 5 in the Heaven Sent series and it’s was pretty good. It was a New Year’s story involvoing all of the couples. I liked seeing all of the couples together and having normal every day issues like the rest of us. 3.5 out of 5
Next up was the novella Look What Santa Brought by Annmarie McKenna. This was an impulse holiday buy and it was cute. A story about a hero who’s blind and has the hots for his sister’s best friend and the best friend who is trying to get away from her incredibly possessive/psycho boyfriend who wants to take over her life. While it was cute it had what seemed like a very rushed sex scene (the only one in the story) and then the ending was very abrupt. I would have liked to see just a few more pages here and there. 3.5 out of 5
Alas my Tracy’s TBR Challenge read for the week is a fail. I bought Never Dare a Duke by Gayle Callen after reading Never Trust a Scoundrel and enjoying it. Unfortunately it sat there unread until now. I was sent Never Marry a Stranger – the 3rd book in the trilogy – for review and thought I’d read this one first. Well I just couldn’t do it. After about 20 pages I was ready to throw put the book down. The heroine is a commoner who’s father’s newpaper is failing. She decides that what the paper needs is more gossip and she wants to get the skinny on a Duke that supposedly has paid big money to keep a secret. (I won’t go into great detail but her father sounded like a pretty honorable man who doesn’t print gossip so why she thought he’d print this is beyond me.) She meets the Duke and her best friend (an Earl’s daughter) lies about who she is, so that about did me in. She’s already lied about her identity and then she’s going to scrounge into his past (and lie to get what she wants) and wreak havoc on his reputation no matter who he is – cuz people need to know and he’s a Duke, dammit. Oy. I did read 60 more pages and decided I just couldn’t do it. The heroine’s personality was so annoying to me I just couldn’t go further. DNF
Never Marry A Stranger by Gayle Callen is the next book in the Sons of Scandal series and one I read for The Book Binge. My review should post this week so I’ll alert you went that happens – I think tomorrow should be the day.
Another read for my Year of the Category Challenge was Blackmailed Into Marriage by Lucy Monroe. You can read my review here.
Wow! You read a lot of books, I am lucky if I can finish one a week. Happy reading for this week.
looks like you had a productive reading week. 🙂 I do hate DNF books…so frustrating. hope you had a nice thanksgiving!
Indeed – a productive week! Hmm, maybe I should brush up on my Adrien English, too.
Wow… what an array of books there. Very intriguing!!! And Yea, I am agreeing with Marissa.. you read fast!!! Hell, I am happy if I can finish one book in a couple of weeks, lol!!
I am very glad that you had a great holiday!! Getting in touch with family is very important!!!
I hope your Monday is fairing well for you honey!
So glad you had a good Thanksgiving, Tracy.
I've read 1 book by Lucy Monroe and I enjoyed it. I need to look at some of her other works. I have Lament on my TBB list, that's an interesting take on the book Tracy. Thanks.
I'm going to echo the others – you do read fast 🙂 DNF books are..depressing. Although *puts on Pollyanna hat* at least you decided to stop instead of forcing yourself to keep read.
I can't wait to read the Adrian English series! Roll on Xmas and the purchase of my multi-purpose device!
Marissa – I love to read so make the time to do it. Of course not watching television at all makes a huge difference. 🙂
Sula – DNF's ARE frustrating. It's especially awful when you're truly excited to read a particular book and it doesn't work out. So sad.
Chris – I probably won't post my DoaPK until tonight but it was still so good the second time around. 🙂
Cecile – thank you! I hope you had a great holiday as well.
Hilcia – you too. I like Lucy Monroe's book for the most part. Not all of course. I really liked the trilogy Ready, Willing, and the last one – And Able.
I emailed you about Lament. 🙂
Orannia – nice hat. 🙂 I have a problem with DNF's and continuing to read far past when I know I should have stopped. Does that make sense? Usually I'm a good 200 pages in and just can't stand it any longer. I just KNEW with this one and didn't feel like torturing myself. lol Maybe there are others who would like it, but it just wasn't my thing.
*sigh* Adrien. I just love him!
There's nothing quite like turning friends on to a good used bookstore. They'll either be thanking you profusely, or cursing your existence when they realize their wallet is a whole lot lighter.
You should have seen my first haul from that store. This was back when they had a WHOLE room devoted to Harlequins. Yeah, I was a goner.
I can't wait to find out what you thought of Never Marry A Stranger… I almost bought it, but put it back… now I wonder if I should go back for it 😀
and yay you, going back to the UBS. lucky 🙂 What did you buy?
Oh, that was such a great ubs! So glad you got to have fun there with your friends.
Hmm…I have Lament on request. I loved Shiver by her.
I plan on reading the AE series again this month to get ready for The Dark Tide. I can't wait! I'll be looking forward to your re-read review. 🙂
Cool readingl ist this week…
I love Annmarie Mckenna… I thought the first book was so much better, but was very pleased her brother got his HEA..
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Wendy – I know – evil bookstore fun with friends. lol In fact I think she might come with us in January when we do our UBS hop. If I didn't have so many books on my shelves already I would have bought many more but I had to limit myself. I think I only bought 6 or 7. 🙂
Nath – I'll let you know when the review's posted! What did I buy? hmmm – I can't think of all the titles off the top of my head but mostly contemporaries. I've had a hankering for them lately and I just don't have that many on my shelves so that's what I searched for. I'll have to look at the titles when I get home and let you know.
Renee – I've heard good things about Shiver – but I heard good things about Lament too so I think that's why I was so disappointed.
Yeah – I think I need to go back and read all the AE books cuz I just love Adrien!
EH – This was my first A. McKenna book. I'll have to check out the first one. Thanks.