Hey There!
I can’t believe Monday is already half over and I’m just now writing this out. Sorry to be so behind but that’s about my life right now.
I’m trying to get reading for GayRomLit. It doesn’t start until the 13th but I leave on Sunday the 9th to go visit my sister in Alabama for a few days first. Getting myself ready is one thing but getting the rest of the family ready for my absence is taking up way more time than it should! Really? I do THAT MUCH? lol It sounds ridiculous but when I sit down to organize it all for my husband I realize there’s a lot to do and remember and take care of and shuttle around and etc., etc. Who knew? Anyway, I’ll be leaving whether it’s all done or not so I try to not to stress but yeah, easier said than done, right? 🙂
I didn’t get as much reading done (kind of like last week) as normal but what I read was good. I want to read the free book of shorts that the authors from GRL put out but so far I haven’t been able to get to it – that puppy is like 800 and some odd pages! Maybe on the plane…
What I did end up reading…
I started out with Bounty of Love by Scotty Cade. This was a great book about a man who’s fiancé and parents are killed the night before his wedding. He mourns his fiancé and is determined to find out who and why. He is aided by FBI agent and eventually the pair fall in love. If you’d like more info you can read my review here. 4 out of 5 (nice hot men on the cover too!)
Next up was Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl. This is book 2 in the Donovan Brothers Brewery series and it was a good one. I absolutely loved Jaime even though I felt so sorry for him at times. You can read my full review here. 4 out of 5
After that it was Skin Dive by Ava Gray that I read for The Book Binge. This is book 4 in the Skin series and it was oh so good as well. This was the story of Taye who can pull electricity and Gillie who is a healer. They escape from a Foundation facility and try to make it out in the world without being caught and pulled back in. They succeed to a point but eventually seek help from a group of resisters that they join. Gillie and Taye’s relationship was so intense but Taye constantly pushed Gillie away thinking that he wasn’t good enough for her. It just broke my heart. He was also hiding another secret from Gillie and this was another factor in his decision. The romance was good and bittersweet at times and the book was a really good read. 4 out of 5
Last on the list for the week was Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis that I also read for The Book Binge. Book 2 of the Animal series and this was Dell’s book. He has series commitment issues and Jade, his receptionist, has trust issues. Jade was attacked in Chicago and basically ran away – Dell is trying to help her but the pair can’t seem to keep their hands off of each other. Doesn’t matter how they feel though as Jade is returning to Chicago. This was a great book – different from book 1 but still with the hot sex, wonderful romance and fun humor that Shalvis always gives us. 4 out of 5
My Book Binge reviews that posted last week:
Happy Reading!
Wait, I thought you were coming in from California, not Australia. ;p
It is work leaving family behind. When th kid was younger it was a major hassle. Now I said yesterday, "Oh, by the way I'm leaving Wed night not Thurs." She just looked at me. That something could be wrong. 😉
Can't wait to see you.
Chris – You dork you had me thinking that I'd actually typed that I was flying into Australia first. lolol I'm glad it's only Alabama – that other flight would be SO LONG! 🙂
Tam – Can't wait to see you either. Hopefully by the time next Thurs. rolls around I'll be de-stressed and ready to have some fun! 🙂
Looks like a wide variety of books this past week. I'll have to put Skin Dive and Animal Attraction on my list, they both sound interesting.
Enjoy,
TBQ
Enjoy your trip, Tracy!! 🙂 But then, it does sound like you're going to have fun already 🙂 and LOL, hopefully, your family will survive 🙂
While not as much as you usually do read, there's a nice average though 🙂 4 out of 5.
TBQ – If you haven't started either of those series you should! The Skin series gets more and more paranormal as the books go on but they're very good. The Animal series is fun contemporary. I love Shalvis.
Nath – I think my family will survive. I can only hope, right? lol
Yep – lots of 4 out of 5's this week – that's a good thing! 🙂