Another week is gone. Where do they all go I ask you? I have not a clue.
Things here are good. My oldest started her tutoring this week. She’s going 6 hours a week – yes you read that right. No, you’re not hallucinating…I said 6 hours a week. It was her first week so she’s not complaining yet. She likes it and will hopefully continue. Cross fingers!
The youngest did great on her poetry reciting – at least I think she did since we didn’t get anything back from the teacher. I’m assuming she did by what she said. Thanks for all your kind comments – she loved hearing them (yes, I read them all to her).
Yesterday I realized I’m a fucking idiot a really good mom when I took the kids out Halloween costume shopping for 3 hours. Who knew there was a shortage of Batgirl costumes in my city? I sure didn’t! Needless to say they came home happy and I came home and drank. What? Like you don’t do that?
Ok – on to what I read this week:
I finished the other 3 stories in The Magical Christmas Cat. I liked them all. Erin McCarthy’s story, Christmas Bree, was a continuation of the story of the 3 witch sisters that she started in the An Enchanted Season anthology. It’s part of the Ohio’s Most Haunted Town series which includes the book Heiress For Heir that I read recently – but loosely. The Linda Winstead Jones story, Sweet Dreams, was interesting and a little out there but I liked it too. Then there was the Lora Leigh Breed story. I liked that one too. I liked Noble (Noble was also my favorite great-uncle and my youngest inherited Noble as a middle name!). Haley was a little annoying at first but she grew on me. I guess technically this story comes after Mercury’s War since they mentioned Mercury and his mate in the book. Just fyi for those Breed fans out there. I have to say that out of all 4 stories (these 3 and the one I read last week) Nalini Singh’s Stroke of Enticement was my fav.
The next 3 books were novella’s. First was Killer Curves by Regina Carlysle. A cute little story about a race car driver and the woman he’s loved for years but was off limits since she was his friends wife.
The next was I Spy Something Bloody by Josh Lanyon. I won this when Josh was on the DIK blog and it was fantastic. According to JL you either love it or hate it. I was definitely in the love category. Mark and Stephen had fallen in love and talked about the future but Mark got called back to his job as a spy for just one more job. It ends up being two years later when Mark returns and Stephen’s moved on. Great story. Read it.
The next was The Darkest Fire by Gena Showalter. This is actually a prequel to the Lords of the Underworld books. Geryon is the Guardian of Hell and Kadence is the goddess of Oppression. What a pair. But it’s a cute little story and a good beginning to the LOTU series.
My Prerogative by Sasha White was next. You’d all love to know what I thought of the book, wouldn’t you? Well, you’ll have to check out The Book Binge…um, sometime, (I’ll try to let you know when) and read my review. 🙂
Last but not least was The Chosen Sin by Anya Bast. This book was kind of hard for me to read. Right off the bat it reminded me of another of her series, The Embraced, and I just couldn’t stop thinking of the similarities. In The Chosen Sin they have the Chosen who are vampires and feed off of blood and then they have succubare that get the “dark kiss” but don’t quite make it to Chosen status and have to feed on sex. In the Embrace series there are Vampir who feed off of blood and demi-vampir who don’t quite make it to Vampir status feed off of sex. Just too similar – I hate it when that happens. The story was ok but not as good as I expected. The sex in Anya’s books is always very steamy so there was no problem there. 🙂 She does have great character and that’s always a plus too.
Happy Reading!
Damn girl, you read all those book in the past week? I wish I could read that quickly. I might actually get through my TBR pile.
lol – how funny that you say that – I was just talking to a fellow reader and found out that she can read 2-3 books a day. She said that she could read a 400 page novel in 2 hours with no interruptions!!! Ain’t no way I read THAT fast! lol
OK, I’m glad I don’t read THAT fast. There wouldn’t be enough good books to keep me entertained.
Oh, I think you won a prize over on Writeminded. You know… I was looking at the books in your haul. Any interest in reading and swapping prizes?
I’m about half through The Chosen Sin. I put it down to read another book and have had no interest in picking it back up :(. The hype for it, I thought it would be fabulous.
Hopefully, the oldest daughter continues to enjoy her tutoring.
Devin was very easy halloween shopping this year! We were in and out of the Halloween store in half an hour!! WOOT. No need for drinking…well, maybe I should have to celebrate the monumental ocassion 🙂 haha
I’m lucky I read this many books in a month! I’m surrounded by Tara Janzen’s Hot books, and I have the SEP you recently reviewed, and a ton more, and I just can’t decide what to read right now. I hate that.
I’m glad your oldest is liking the tutoring. Hope that means she’ll catch on quick.
Soon you will understand the love of Kel Paten!! When I was trying to pick my heroes for DIK it came down to Kel and Sully, but Sully won 😀
I have The Chosen Sin still to read but I am not sure after reading The Book Smugglers and vampire sex and sex toys in space O_O
Tank the furzel and I thank you muchly for trying GAMES OF COMMAND, Tracy! (That IS my cat on the cover, you know!). I hope you continue to enjoy my books and the entire genre of science fiction romance. And please come to my birthday bash on my Yahoo Group this Wednesday–I’m going to be giving away FREE book T-shirts, coffee mugs, mouse pads, tote bags and SIGNED BOOKS all day in celebration of my (mumble-mumble) birthday, October 15th.
My Yahoo Group is here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinneaSinclair/
If party guests just want to sub into the group for the party and then unsub after that’s okay. I know a lot of people don’t have time to keep up with a Yahoo Group and mine can get pretty wild at times. 😉 It IS a bar, after all.
But do come to the party. Please! And bring all your friends! Hugs, ~Linnea
Hi Tracy! Just stumbled across your blog. Can’t believe how many books you plow through in a week. Impressive! Thanks for reading and mentioning Killer Curves. Made my day!
My daughter is getting some math tutoring now. She’s a senior who is getting ready to take the high school exit test and she always stresses over math. Hopefully it’ll make her feel more confident when she takes this in a few weeks.
You make me feel like such a slacker. *hangs head in shame*
Shannon – Thanks for the heads up! I had checked it earlier in the day yesterday but hadn’t checked back! I emailed you!
Amy – you’re so stinking lucky! A half hour? That just doesn’t seem fair…are all boys that easy to please with their costumes? Yeah, The Chosen Sin just wasn’t as good as I was expecting.
Stacy – Happy B-day, once again! lol Which SEP do you have? NBC?
KB – I lOVED Kel-Paten! How could I not? He can come to my hut and play any day of the week!
Linnea! Thanks for popping by and for the heads up on your party. I love a good party! Those furzel’s are great btw. I wouldn’t mind having one myself. 🙂
Regina – You can stumble on to my blog anytime! lol Glad I could make your day. I know that JT made mine while I was reading KC.:)
Hopefully your daughter will enjoy the tutoring as mine is. I can’t help but think that gaining the knowledge they need to do well will bring their confidence up.
They give High School exit tests? Wow…luckily mine aren’t anywhere near that yet.
Jenb – You’re soooo not a slacker. I’m thinking you just need to read some JR Ward and maybe a little more Z and things will look up! *snort* (You know you love me!) lol
I don’t know, this year was the easiest. I think it was last year, he decided his first costume wasn’t going to work so I had to take him for round two.
Great lot, Tracy.
Out of those, which was your favorite read?
Well Amy I guess you can’t win em all of the time! lol
Christine – I’d have to say that I Spy Something Bloody by Josh Lanyon was my favorite of the week with Games of Command an incredibly close second. Both really great reads.
Z? *shudder* LOL
I was so impressed w/ The Magical Christmas Cat, b/c I never enjoy all the stories in an antho, but all of these were stellar, IMO.
Your SW review is up, btw. You’re special. 😛
Jeez, 2-3 books in a day? What a freak…*snicker*
You make me feel like a slacker, too. I srsly need to get out of my funk and just READ already. *sigh*
I’m SO glad she enjoys her tutoring so far. You know that’s going to make your life a LOT easier. LOL
heh Holly – you know I put that Z stuff up just for you and Jenb!
You ARE a freak when you read 203 books a day Holly. Um, I mean, whoever that random person is. 🙂
Well, we’re starting week 2 on the tutoring so we’ll see how it goes!
203 books a day? Even I’m not that talented. heh
Stop torturing me w/ talk of Z. That’s just mean first thing in the morning.
OMG lol Big Fat OOPS! 203 Wow – that would just be…scary!
Oh come on Holly – you and Jenb looooove Z. He’s your man. He’s your best bud. You want to read about him constantly! And Jeb wants to read about Z’s little blood sucking babies! You know you want to. Just admit it.
Hands off my pimp daddy barby Rehv!
All the other BDB bros are up for grabs, well as long as I cna borrow Rhage from time to time 😀
Wow, you’re reading is impressive (considering you can do that and be friggin super mom, lol!) Definitely going to check out The Magical Christmas Cat, love LWJones!
OMG how could have forgotten about Rehv’s Bahrb??? You are a crazy perverted sheep my friend. But I love ya!
Z of the, “OMG, What IS THAT THING BETWEEN MY LEGS”? Notsomuch. But thanks.
You. Know. You. Want. Him.
Katie – I am (as Lisabea puts it) Super Sub-par Mom! lol
Check out the Magical Christmas Cat – very good stories – all of them!
Z did not like his wee between his legs. But apparantly he learned to use it quite well.
As for Rehv… he is a monster.
Great reviews, as usual, Tracy!
I *love* the Anya Bast cover. I just love that leather duster. Sooooo yummy!
KB – no Z did not like the “monster” (I just can’t call it a wee) between his legs – but he DID learn to use it well.
MK – thanks. Yes, I’m a huge fan of The Chosen Sin cover as well – just everything about it…duster, pants, body, hair, mouth, chin. Omg I’m such a psycho! lol I wish I’d liked the book more.
Z used his wee little Z well 😀
As I’m sure Rehv will use his wee bahrb well. Ouch.
more like his barb will latch on and suck all the juices away.
yup, I said it.
omg you’re a total perv!! I love it! lol Suck the juices away. Won’t that be painful for you?
Tracy, in many books past, many a juice was sucked and the woman on the receiving end had no problem, so why would I?
wow, we have ventured into a very naughty, maughty zone.
ok – yes, juice has been sucked and many a woman has loved it. When you mentioned his barb would latch on and suck the juices away I was thinking more of say…a Hoover! lol She’d be dry as a bone and wouldn’t that just be painful???
My bad. He will leave a few drops for when he is thirsty later in the night. She will replenish for sure.
Oh, well, then it’s ok. And hey as long as you…uh, I mean, she is liking it – no worries!!