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What I’ve Been Reading This Week

Posted July 7, 2008 by Tracy in Features | 11 Comments

It was an interesting week this week. The kids were kind of off and anyone with children know that if your kids are feeling off then it kind of throws off the whole household. This happened to me. Also my dad, who lives about 20 minutes away from me and is watching my kids this summer, stayed the night a couple of nights this past week and he likes to talk. I thought I like to talk? I’ve got nothing on this man! lol But despite all of that it turned out very nicely and we had a nice leisurely holiday weekend. I hope you all had a safe holiday!

I started off the week reading yet another book in the Troubleshooters series by Suzanne Brockman. I feel certain that I’ll finish this series by the time I turn 80! Actually, as you already know, I love the series so far so I like the fact that there are already a ton of books in it so I can just keep going with no interruptions! Gone Too Far was an exceptional book. The culmination of all that sexual tension and love between Alyssa Locke and Sam Starrett. Oooh baby – I loved it!

I started Someone To Watch Over Me (review below) right after that but kind of got distracted (remember kids throwing whole week off?) and started reading several shorts and novella’s.

The first short…and I do mean short (19 pages)…was sent to me a while back by a friend. It was called Gideon’s Bargain by Christine Warren. I can’t find any mention of this on her website so I’m thinking it might have been one of those free stories that authors have on their sites from time to time. It wasn’t very good, which was odd for me since I like Warren’s writing so much.

Next was Hallow’s Eve Hunk – a quickie from Ellora’s Cave. I was reading something about M. A. Ellis and her new book Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal and started reading this quickie instead. I really liked it. I thought for such a short story it did a very nice job of telling it’s story. The cover of this one is kinda freakishly weird…especially because in the story the guy has short hair.

Next was Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal. After reading the quickie it was just a natural progression! 🙂 A cute story about a 30ish (never actually said his age) who gets involved with his 44 year old neighbor.

Since the DIK ladies were having Evangeline Anderson as a guest author I thought I’d read another of her books, Eyes Like A Wolf. I liked it. (added: yes, I did have some issues with the book but overall it was ok)

Next up was the 3rd novel in Gena Showalters Lords of the Underworld series, The Darkest Pleasure. I really enjoyed this book. I think she did well integrating several stories into 1. There are so many different Lords and she really trys to show all of them in the books and I like that.

Sam’s Creed by Sarah McCarty was next. I loved this book! Look for a review on Tuesday.

Last on the list was Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was an impulse buy…the hardback was on sale for $3.99 and I couldn’t resist. It sat on the shelf for a month or so but it was well worth the wait. I laughed out loud several times while reading this book. I loved the dry humor and sarcasm that was a staple throughout it. I will definitely be looking into reading more of Phillips’ work.

Happy Reading!

What have you been reading this week?


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