Holly: I managed to get a lot of reading in this week, which is a nice change from those weeks where I read nothing.
I did a lot of re-reading, which is totally Rowena’s fault for trying to one-up me in the book boyfriend game. Always by Jeanne Renick, The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning, Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard and Honor’s Splendour by Julie Garwood. All are old favorites.
I read two sports romances by new-to- me authors. Better than Perfect by Kristina Matthews and Playing it Close by Kat Latham. I liked PIC more than BTP, but both were good.
Count on Me by Lauren Dane, her upcoming Petal, Georgia book, was awesome. Dane does male/female relationships so well.
I also read Part 5 of The Kraken King. I’m loving the direction the story is moving. I only wish all the parts were available now. I hate waiting.
I’m not sure what I’m going to read next. I want to keep re-reading, but I should probably look at my TBR shelf instead.
Rowena: This week was a good reading week for me. I read Believe by Erin McCarthy, the Fifty First Times anthology and did some re-reading. The Wedding by Julie Garwood. Lots of good stuff.
Dear Holly: Stop blaming me, you’re the one that put all of those new rules into the game and now my TBR shelf is being put aside so that I can re-read a bunch of my favorites. LOL. I just finished reading Paradise by Judith McNaught. It’s a good story with a great hero but the heroine got on my freaking nerves. More than once, I wanted to throttle Meredith. I don’t remember being as annoyed with her before so it was surprising. I’m not sure what I’m going to read next. Maybe, The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine or Insurgent by Veronica Roth. We’ll see.
What are you reading?
You guys read so much more than me! My job seriously gets in the way. I read The Nerd Who Loved Me by Vicki Lewis Thompson this week, which I really enjoyed, as I always do with her books. I’m now a third of the way through Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, for a change of pace you know. It’s a pretty fascinating account. I haven’t seen the recent movie, but I did see an earlier movie version from several years ago, after which I hunted down the book, so it was time to finally read it.
I remember loving The Nerd Who Loved Me when I first read it. I may have to re-read.
Just stayed up late reading Play by Kylie Scott last night and also reading the fourth Game of Thrones book, A Feast for Crows and listening to The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith! Hoping to read Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt this weekend but we will see!
I have been in such a historical funk. I really liked the Hoyt books I read, but I have this giant block when it comes to historicals right now. Every time I start one I end up setting it aside after a chapter or two (or sometimes a page or two). So frustrating.