Casee
October hasn’t been a kind reading month to me. I’ve DNFed two books already. Hemy (Walk of Shame #2) by Victoria Ashley and Wolf Marked (Magic Side: Wolf Bound #1) by Veronica Douglas. I finally read Rogue Darkness (Immortal Guardians #12) by Dianne Duvall and really enjoyed it. I’m currently reading Don’t Forget Me Tomorrow (Time River #2) by A.L. Jackson. It’s standard Jackson fare, so it’s really angsty. I think I’m going to take a break and reread A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark #1) by Kresley Cole.
I’m listening to Things We Left Behind (Knockemout #3) by Lucy Score. I’m not too far into it, but so far, so good.
Holly
I had a slow reading week due to work commitments. I read Ascending by Meg Pechenick, a new-to-me author. It reminded me somewhat of Stray by Andrea K. Host, though I think this one was done better. That was the only book I managed to finish this week, though I did read a ton of samples. I also listened to Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison, a personal favorite. For all of my re-reads, this is the first time I listened to the audiobook. I enjoyed it and I am considering whether I’ll continue the series on audio or move onto something else.
I’m about two-thirds of the way through Alexis Hall’s TEN THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED, and it’s very good: lots of snarky humor and big feelings. I’m really enjoying it.
I read the two Pechenick books back in March 2023. My notes say that I enjoyed them, but I don’t recall them at all. (My husband had just been diagnosed with cancer, so I was likely distracted.) I might have to reread them, Holly, especially given that the first reminded you a bit of Stray.
Over the past week ~
— continued with my reread of Michelle Diener’s Class 5 science fiction romance series and have now happily revisited:
Dark Deeds (Class 5 Series Book 2)
Dark Minds (Class 5 Series Book 3)
Dark Matters (Class 5 Series Book 4)
Dark Class (Class 5 Series Book 5)
Dark Ambitions: A Class 5 Novella (Class 5 Series)
and Dark Class: Bonus Epilogue
— For my book group, the memoir Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile. This was an intriguing read especially since I had no idea who Brandi Carlile was when I started the book. I borrowed several CDs from the library to get a taste of her music.
— I’m planning on making a bookmark for a friend and ended up getting sucked into rereading the book ~ Naked in Death (In Death, Book 1) by J.D. Robb. This is a book I probably read about twenty-five times over the years. I read it when it was first published in 1995 and then would reread the entire series each time a new book or two was released. I stopped reading the series (now at fifty-seven) in 2011 at book 32, Treachery in Death. I still collect the books and have great plans of returning to the series. We shall see!