by Julie Klassen.
I really enjoy Klassen's work. The books are romances but they're more involved than that. There's either more to the main character (a coming of age) or just more characters and stories to learn within the main character's life (this one fall in that genre). Lots of neat characters with their own stories to tell which kept this very interesting. There was a naval story/theme feeling to most of it which I enjoyed.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Suddenly You
by Lisa Kleypas.
I really really enjoyed this one. It was funny (the main character hires a male prostitute for her 30th birthday!). Of course it turns out he's not a prostitute but a publisher (and she's an author), he wanted to meet her. It went on from there, she's a strong character which made her easy to relate to. All in all it made me want to read more of Kleypas' work again. Although I've been waiting for the new Julie Klassen so I jumped right to that next. I will probably get a new Kleypas or two when I finish my current book.
I really really enjoyed this one. It was funny (the main character hires a male prostitute for her 30th birthday!). Of course it turns out he's not a prostitute but a publisher (and she's an author), he wanted to meet her. It went on from there, she's a strong character which made her easy to relate to. All in all it made me want to read more of Kleypas' work again. Although I've been waiting for the new Julie Klassen so I jumped right to that next. I will probably get a new Kleypas or two when I finish my current book.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Book Catch Up
I've been reading a lot since the last time I posted, I don't even remember it all but this is what I remember...
Jeanine Frost:
- Eternal Kiss of Darkness (Night Huntress World)
This book covers the love story of Mencheres who we finally get to learn about, and Kira, a new character. I really enjoyed this one, this whole series really and it's great that I read them in order because both of these offshoot books came before the new Bones/Cat book.
- Halfway to the Grave (book 1)
Re-read - probably my favorite of the series!
- One Foot in the Grave (book 2)
Re-read, not my favorite but probably my second favorite.
- At Grave's End (book 3)
Re-read
- Destined for an Early Grave (book 4)
Re-read - probably my least favorite of the books, and i had read it but forgotten pretty much everything about it. Since it's referenced by the off-shoot books this threw me off a bit.
- This Side of the Grave (book 5, or night huntress world book 7)
A new book, not the best in the series but good. It ties a lot of stuff up which is nice and we get to see some of the new characters we got to know in the off-shoot books (Kira again for example).
After reading that series again (which included some audiobooks, then picking it up in paperback to read faster). I started the new Walker Papers book by C.E. Murphy but paused halfway through to start The Host by Stephenie Meyer and I'm still listening to that.
Then on the Kindle I read:
The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen
This was a serious favorite. I really like Klassen's books, they have so much to them. No disappointments in this one at all, although it was a bit more predictable than her first couple of books. I'm looking forward to starting her new one soon.
And finally I'm reading Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas on the Kindle now. I think that's it. I'll follow up once I finish some of the current ones I have going.
Jeanine Frost:
- Eternal Kiss of Darkness (Night Huntress World)
This book covers the love story of Mencheres who we finally get to learn about, and Kira, a new character. I really enjoyed this one, this whole series really and it's great that I read them in order because both of these offshoot books came before the new Bones/Cat book.
- Halfway to the Grave (book 1)
Re-read - probably my favorite of the series!
- One Foot in the Grave (book 2)
Re-read, not my favorite but probably my second favorite.
- At Grave's End (book 3)
Re-read
- Destined for an Early Grave (book 4)
Re-read - probably my least favorite of the books, and i had read it but forgotten pretty much everything about it. Since it's referenced by the off-shoot books this threw me off a bit.
- This Side of the Grave (book 5, or night huntress world book 7)
A new book, not the best in the series but good. It ties a lot of stuff up which is nice and we get to see some of the new characters we got to know in the off-shoot books (Kira again for example).
After reading that series again (which included some audiobooks, then picking it up in paperback to read faster). I started the new Walker Papers book by C.E. Murphy but paused halfway through to start The Host by Stephenie Meyer and I'm still listening to that.
Then on the Kindle I read:
The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen
This was a serious favorite. I really like Klassen's books, they have so much to them. No disappointments in this one at all, although it was a bit more predictable than her first couple of books. I'm looking forward to starting her new one soon.
And finally I'm reading Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas on the Kindle now. I think that's it. I'll follow up once I finish some of the current ones I have going.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Soft Focus
by Jayne Ann Krentz.
A strange concept, kind of sci-fi-ish but a quick easy read which is always enjoyable.
Not my favorite but doing it as an audiobook is the way to go when they aren't 'can't put down books' :)
A strange concept, kind of sci-fi-ish but a quick easy read which is always enjoyable.
Not my favorite but doing it as an audiobook is the way to go when they aren't 'can't put down books' :)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Slightly Dangerous (slight series book 6)
by Mary Balogh.
Finally it's Wulf's story and it starts at a house party (he never goes to house parties but is feeling lonely after all his siblings have recently or not so recently become happily married). He meets Christine, a widow. Neither of them want to like each other but of course in the end things work out. I really enjoyed this one and it tied up some loose ends of some side characters which was nice.
Finally it's Wulf's story and it starts at a house party (he never goes to house parties but is feeling lonely after all his siblings have recently or not so recently become happily married). He meets Christine, a widow. Neither of them want to like each other but of course in the end things work out. I really enjoyed this one and it tied up some loose ends of some side characters which was nice.
Death Du Jour (temperance book 2)
by Kathy Reichs.
The second book started out much more slowly than the first but the ending was pretty fast paced and interesting. They are good mysteries and I kind of like that these are abridged although I do wonder what I'm missing out on.
One more to go in the set that I got from a friend!
The second book started out much more slowly than the first but the ending was pretty fast paced and interesting. They are good mysteries and I kind of like that these are abridged although I do wonder what I'm missing out on.
One more to go in the set that I got from a friend!
Slightly Sinful (slightly series book 5)
by Mary Balogh.
Book 5 follows Alleyne Bedwyn who was presumed dead in the previous book. He winds up in a brothel in Brussels with no memory of who he is. Rachel York, the woman who saved him ends up entering a fake marriage with Alleyne (this series is full of fake engagements so why not a fake marriage) :). Of course in the end he does remember who he is (or is helped to remember), and it completes the scene from Morgan's story where she sees a man standing at the house just before her wedding breakfast (it's Alleyne). It was a nice book to round out the family, leaving only the Duke of Bewcastle left to go!
Book 5 follows Alleyne Bedwyn who was presumed dead in the previous book. He winds up in a brothel in Brussels with no memory of who he is. Rachel York, the woman who saved him ends up entering a fake marriage with Alleyne (this series is full of fake engagements so why not a fake marriage) :). Of course in the end he does remember who he is (or is helped to remember), and it completes the scene from Morgan's story where she sees a man standing at the house just before her wedding breakfast (it's Alleyne). It was a nice book to round out the family, leaving only the Duke of Bewcastle left to go!
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