Kindle Catch up 3

Some old favorite authors books I've continued reading the last few years...

Deanna Raybourn
  Midsummer Night (Lady Julia Mystery - mini)
  Twelfth Night (Lady Julia Mystery- mini)

I enjoy these, a little taste of some favorite characters with some mystery.

Jayne Castle :
  Deception Cove (Rainshadow series book 2)
  The Hot Zone - book 3

JAK's futuristic series, I like to keep up with these, the characters are fun and the reading light.

Jayne Ann Krentz : River Road

I have a soft spot for JAK romance and love her style.  I always pick up new ones as they come!

Lisa Kleypas : Hathaways
  4. Married By Morning
  5. Love In the Afternoon

I don't actually remember these but I like Lisa Kleypas victorian romance and always read them when they come out, nice easy light reads.

Julie Kagawa
 The Iron Traitor (Book 6)

I love the Iron fey series and highly recommend it!

Julie Kagawa : Blood of Eden series
 1. The Immortal Rules
 2. The Eternity Cure
 3. The Forever Song
This is a very interesting vampire series, distopian young adult - loved it - Julie Kagawa's characters are tough and her stories are dark but captivating!

Julie Kagawa : Talon Saga
 1. Talon
 2. Rogue

A Dragon series!!!! Seriously they are dragons - disguised as humans.  Umm... couldn't turn that down!  Looking forward to the next book!

So many books...

It has been a long time since I posted and a lot of reading has happened so I'm going to try to summarize the books here and I'll add labels based on authors to make it easier to search later.

Iron's Prophecy by Julie Kagawa.
   This is a follow on book (novella) that gives some information following the first 4 books that is important for the new spinoff series.  It gives some insight into how things are going and some possible future outcomes... with some twists.

The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
   This is a follow on book/spinoff of the original series.  It follows Ethan (Iron Queen's brother) and his adventure now that he's grown up.  I really enjoyed it, although it was driving me nuts that he was so angry and wouldn't just talk to his sister but it definitely has some potential as a series and I hope she continues it.

Angelfall (Penryn & the end of days) by Susan Ee.
   A new series that I really really enjoyed.  Unfortunately there is no book 2 yet.  This is after the angel apocolypse and follows Penryn as she meets up with a fallen angel as she's on route to get her sister back from the angels.  I was captivated by this story and hope the author continues the series!

The Lost Night (Rainshadow Novel ) by Jayne Castle
  I really enjoyed this book but realized I had missed a story and some introductions.  Luckily it didn't ruin the book, just got me more interested in reading her other new book I had missed.  Just another futuristic/paranormal romance, just comfort food for the brain :)

Canyons of Night (Looking Glass book 3) by Jayne Castle
  So the looking glass trilogy wasn't my favorite, i'm actually not a huge fan of JAK's trilogies where she has one book per time period but I still always enjoy reading them as individual books.  I actually missed reading this the first time around (my family) so after reading Lost Night i realized i was missing some details and this book filled those in.

Edge of Oblivion (Night Prowler book 2) by J.T. Geissinger.
   Mmmm... I love this series.  This follows book 1 immediately, new characters (but still in touch with the old) and I loved it.  I really enjoy this new series, shape shifters (panthers) living in secret among us.  Old society, old rules, with a new modern queen now.  Definitely a lot of potential for stories here.  Book 3 comes out in June 2013!

Silent Night (Lady Julia Grey) by Deanna Raybourn
  A novella/mini mystery set at xmas time for Julia and Brisbane.  Just a nice little short story to keep in touch with the characters we all love!

Compulsively Mr. Darcy by Nina Benneton
  I loved this book.  I've been following this video blog adaptation of P&P and it really got me in the mood for this other modern adaptation where Darcy is OCD and Elizabeth is a doctor.  Misunderstandings arise a lot but it's fun and interesting.  I like how the characters actually talk (usually anyway) and the adaptation was well done for sure.

Dream Eyes (Dark Legacy book 2) by Jayne Ann Krentz
  Some more paranormal romance, another Coppersmith and a lot of murder mystery.  Ties in to her other books outside of Coppersmith but only by reference which is nice.  I always enjoy these books!

These were all on kindle which is how i'm mostly getting my reading done lately.  I just finished Compulsively Mr. Darcy and next on the reading list is Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.

The Dark Enquire (Lady Julia Brisbane book 5)

by Deanna Raybourne.

So much better than book 4!  Lady Julia and Brisbane have settled back in England and into more of a routine where Julia is attempting to help with Brisbane's private enquiry business.  This does not mean she stays out of trouble and follows the rules but they are more open with each other than in book 4 and it's a delight to see.  They still have their fights and misunderstandings but they think about each other more and it shows.

We got to see more into the Roma world that Brisbane comes from as well and that was a delight.  This remains a favorite series of mine but books 1-3 will always be my very favorite, I will probably not re-read the rest of them (not 4 and 5 anyway) as I will the first 3.  They're almost stand alone but I look forward to the next even though I know it will be a while.
Deanna is working on another standalone novel that I am really looking forward to (loved her first - the dead travel fast) and hopefully after that she'll write the next Lady Julia!

The Dead Travel Fast

by Deanna Raybourn.

A new book - not a Lady Julia Grey novel, this one is set in Transylvania with a new heroine (a writer) and some very lively characters.

One word: Awesome. Truly! I loved it. It was unique and a little bit unpredictable. I enjoyed it immensely. Deanna Raybourn is definitely my favorite author - consistently! I can't wait for the next Lady Julia Grey or anything else she may write now!

Silent on the Moor (silent book 3) (again)

by Deanna Raybourn.

Unlike the other 2, this one I've only read once (when I re-read the others it was too close to having just finished this one). This one is however my favorite, the mystery is a good one and there's much more relationship between Brisban and Julia. There are some frustrating parts but not as bad as the second book (he was engaged to someone else in the second book!). I finished this up during some marathon costume sewing for the cousins! Ahh.. now what!

Silent in the Sanctuary (again) (silent series book 2)

by Deanna Raybourn.

Again!!! Nuff said :) Started right onto Silent on the Moor which is my favorite of them all :)

Silent in the Grave (again) (Silent series book 1)

by Deanna Raybourn.

Yup - AGAIN. An absolute favorite series and they re-did the audiobooks so that Ellen Archer was reading all 3! So a nice consistent listen I buzzed right through book one and on to book 2 already!

Silent in the Sanctuary (silent series book 2)

by Deanna Raybourne.

I love love love this series! And I'm catching new things this second time around. For example the reference to the Duchess of Devonshire - since I saw the movie The Duchess I now understand the reference to Devonshire! It's great!

I just finished this book and I'm not sure if I'll do book 3 yet or not since I just listened to it recently. I did not purchase it in paperback yet because it's not mass market so I may wait. That means I have to decide what to read next!

Silent in the Grave (silent series book 1)

by Deanna Raybourne.

I loved this even more the second time through. I even found a passage I wanted to mark because of the great foreshadowing. I absolutely love this series and I can't wait to start on the second one again now :)

Silent on the Moor (silent book 3)

by Deanna Raybourn.

I bought this the very day it came out in audio form! I've been waiting so long for it! My first (and hopefully only) complaint - they changed readers AGAIN! That's 3 different readers. Luckily there has been a lot of time since I listened to the first 2 so I could almost forgive this - but I really wanted to re-listen to 1 and 2 but that would have driven me batty. Instead a friend of mine listened to 1 and 2 and gave me very detailed recaps so I was ready to start 3.

I thought this was a trilogy at first, when I found out it was a series instead I was a little worried certain things would get dragged out, get old etc. But she has done an amazing job with this series so far. I absolutely loved this one! I even went and ordered the first two in paperback so I can re-read them now! This series is right up there in my very favorites.... if I recall correctly my favorites right now are:

Pride & Prejudice
As Assembly Such as This ... (trilogy by Lady Aidan)
Poison/Magic/Fire Study trilogy
Silent series

So it's really up there!

Silent in the Grave

by Deanna Raybourn.

Wow this book was just awesome! I thoroughly enjoyed this one and couldn't wait to get on to the second! It's amazing that this is the author's first book, she's a great story teller and I absolutely fell in love with the characters. I'm kind of sad that it's only going to be a trilogy but I can't wait for the third to come out (not until next March I fear).

This book is set in the Victorian age, it's a murder mystery where the main character is recently widowed and after finally realizing her husband was murdered and not just dead of natural causes, she investigates with the help of the investigator her husband originally hired. It is quick paced and mysterious and just very satisfying!

On to Silent in the Sanctuary the evening I finished this one :) Unfortunately it's a different reader but now that I'm almost done with the second I'm not noticing the difference any longer.

Audiobooks

I've been very bad updating on my audiobooks! But I have listened to a lot in the last few months...

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - What an enjoyable read. Kept me captivating wanting to know what was next and guessing all along the way. So very much fun with some wonderful characters!

The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue - This was good, very enjoyable, not a page turner but kept me going to the gym at least.

Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer - This series (4th coming out in August) was amazing. I couldn't put these down - literally. I was up late listening, I'd lay on the couch listening while doing nothing else because I had run out of things I could do while listening. I was obsessed. I loved these books, I love the characters. The third book was difficult for me because I didn't love exactly how things went but the ending was very good and I can't wait until the 4th! What a treat when I get back from my honeymoon i'll be able to jump into this!

Now I'm on to another series - a trilogy - only 2 books out so far but the third planning to come out March 2009.
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn - absolutely wonderful. I'm enjoying myself immensely, the mystery is strong and the characters stronger! I'm getting close to the end and if I wasn't at work I'd just stay up listening until it ended - I'm going to the gym at 4pm today - can't wait to listen some more!

Next up - Silent in the Sanctuary to continue the series!