Greetings!
How was your week last week? Did you read anything spectacularly wonderful? If so you need to let me know!
This past Saturday we had a small gathering of the So Cal Bloggers. Wendy, Lori, Renee, Holly, Rosie and I all got together and did a little used book store hop along with lunch. It was great fun and I’m pretty sure we all had a good time – at least I know I had a good time. 🙂 Let’s see…I got books 1 & 3 in the Tessa Dare trilogy, one of the Lynn Kurland time travel books that I’ve been getting (I really should start reading those), the remaining 3 books in Anne Stuart’s series about the Committee, The Hello Girl by Merline Lovelace and…wait, I think that’s it. lol I’m trying to do this off the top of my head but I think that’s it. Anyway, a good haul.
One of my local reading friends, Jen, was given a Total Gym by one of her friends. She decided she didn’t want it so she brought it to me and I am the new of own of parts of a Total Gym. There are no instructions how to put the darned thing together or how to use it but I’m sure a trip & search to the internet will supply me with that. Now I just have to get off my lazy ass and use it. We’ll see. 🙂
So what I read last week:
I started the week off with Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr. I reviewed it here. 4.5 out of 5
Then there was Wild Heart by Lori Brighton. I was really looking forward to this book because for some strange reason I thought it had to do with shifters. Where on earth did I get that idea? IDK, but there were no shifters in this book. lol. It’s a historical novel that has a paranormal element in that the heroine can feel the feelings of animals and calm them – only this man that she’s supposed to be teaching…she can feel his feelings too. (Maybe that’s why I thought he was a shifter). It was an ok read. I found it to be slower than expected. I did like the hero but he was so quiet it was hard to get to truly know him. Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Next up was a “From Holly’s Bookself” read and my Tracy’s TBR Challenge read for the week – See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson. I borrowed the book from Holly way back when I visited her at her home. I’ve written a review for The Book Binge and will let you all know when it posts.
His Convenient Husband by JL Langley was my next read. I added this one to my M/M Challenge and you can read my review here. 3.5 out of 5
Another M/M Challenge review will be for Chasing Smoke by KA Mitchell – this review will post Wednesday. Yep, I’m on a roll! lol
My next read was Shifting Winds by Lex Valentine. This is the first short in the Tales of the Darkworld series. I have to say that I expected the story to be much darker than it was – hence the word “Darkworld” but really, it wasn’t at all. The story was about a vampire, Elysia, and a dragon shifter, Declan, who finally get together and have a night of passion. They fall in love quite quickly but the story is so short that it really doesn’t show us why they fall in love with each other, other than the fact that they discover they are mates and very much enjoy having sex. Some pretty hot sex scenes but I found the love story itself just so-so. Rating: 3 out of 5
Last on my list for the week was Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughan. This was recommended to me by Renee when the So Cal Blogger went to Costa Mesa and stalked the UBS there. I really liked the book for the most part and am looking forward to the next book. I did find the Warlord, Keir, much more communicative and understanding than I would expect a Warlord to be, but I didn’t think that it took away from the story at all. Rating: 4.25 out of 5
Happy Reading!
You are on a roll! Oh, I bet your weekend get together was a blast. 🙂
Yay! I wish I lived in the Us so I could get together with all my bloggin gbuddies. *sigh*
I see Elizabeth Vaughn's name bandied about all over and I have never lifted one of her books yet. Perhaps I should….
Sounds like a wonderful thing to do – catch up with online friends and talk books 🙂
I adore Warprize. I didn't enjoy the second book as much but loved the third book. I keep hoping the author will write a fourth 🙂
Oh, and I look forward to seeing what you think of See Jane Score as it's on my TBR list!
Ooh! Two of my favorite romances of all time listed! I'm not kidding, I've probably read Warprize 30 times, I love it so. And See Jane Score is another absolute favorite. I love the professional athletes books, and this one is one of my all time faves. Luc's tattoo is just so…enticing. Heh!
Chris – we did have a really good time and it's always nice to meet up with like minded book lovers and talk till you can't talk anymore! lol
Sayuri – I know! I wish EVERYONE lived closer. 🙂
I had heard of Warprize but hadn't picked it up. That Renee talked me into though and I'm glad she did.
Orannia – I just bought the 2nd and 3rd books in the Vaughan series so I'll let you know what I think. 🙂
Kati – I really liked both books a lot. They were both very good and just fun to read.
Luc's tattoo is so, um, lickable! lol
I'm a fan of the Elizabeth Vaughan series, although, like Orannina, I was a bit mehish about the 2nd book. It will be interesting to see what you think, Tracy.
Ok – I'm getting a little scared to read book two, Kris. But then you say book 3 is good. *sigh* I'll not be able to pass them up. 🙂
Lucky about the meeting!! 😀
I'm glad you enjoyed Warprize!! I think it was a nice touch for Keir to be so communicative. It made it different… this is what he wanted, bringing changes to his people.
Do you have the other two books?
Oh and since you enjoyed Almost Like Being in Love so much, read My most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger! 😀
So glad you enjoyed Warprize! It was a great, light, fantasy romance. I love Keir.
Actually, I never read #3. I kept meaning to get to it, and it just sort of fell off my radar. ::blushes::
Oh, it was so much fun on Saturday! I can't wait for next month!
I have been meaning to read See Jane Score for ages now and haven't gotten to it. I'll be curious to see what you think.
I love Warprize. I actually love the whole trilogy and wish Vaughan would write more. Kier is an amazing hero!
Nath – It was nice to have Keir be different than expected. It was slightly off-putting at first but I got used to it quickly and thoroughly enjoyed it by the end of the book.
I bought books 2 & 3 yesterday. 🙂
Thanks for the Kluger heads up – I'll check that one out. 🙂
Renee – Well according to most people 3 was better than 2 so maybe you should get on that! lol
I had a great time too, Renee!
Jill – Yeah, See Jane Score sat there for months before I got to it but I'm glad I did. I enjoy sports romances and this was a good one.
The Warprize Trilogy is great. I had a lot of fun with that one. I really liked Keir. The reader learns much of him in the 2nd and 3rd books.
Mariana – I am looking forward to reading more about Keir – he was just a great character.