I've joined the winter 2011 challenge in the Readers of Romance Group over at Shelfari.
This is my list.
1. Reader’s Choice - The Gold Coin by Andrea Kane
2. Reader’s Choice - Beyond the Rain - Tess Granger
3. Reader’s Choice - nothing yet
4. Read a book by an author you’ve been wanting to try, but haven’t yet - Venus by Jane Feather
5. Choose a cover with a headless model - Not Quite a Husband - Sherry Thomas
6. Read an Enemy story http://likesbooks.com/enemy.html - Keeper of the Dream by Penelope Williamson
7. Read a book by Jill Shalvis or Nancy Warren -
8. For MLK Day: Read a Title with 'Dream' in it - The Dream Hunter - Laura Kinsale
9. A book where one of the main characters has a weird/uncommon name - The Perfect Match - Kimberly Cates
10. Read a Christmas themed book OR an author that first or last name begins with C http://likesbooks.com/christmas.html - Sea of Fire by Carol Caldwell
11. Read a book that has 2 words in the title - Sweet Release by Pamela Clare
12. Read a book by picking one off your Shelfari’s friends shelf (and list who you got it from to make it fun!) By Design by Madeline Hunter (Kristine G)
13. Read an American Indian themed book http://likesbooks.com/native.html - Tall Cheif by Dinah McCall
14. Read a book that has been on your shelf for a while (Out with the Old!) Key of Light by Nora Roberts
15. Read a book that was published in 2011 -or Dec of 2010 (In with the New!) - nothing yet
Between this challenge and the TBR 2011 challenge I should have plenty of reviews to post to my blog. There are a few other challenges I may join as well. It will definitely make it easier to choose which of the books in my enormous TBR pile I should read next.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
2010 AAR Top 100 Results
Okay, so I managed to get my top 100 romances ranked into list form for AAR (although #40 - 100 are probably pretty interchangable). Anyhoo, if my math is correct:
I've read 35 of the top 100 Romances
25 of my top 100 Romances made the list
Only 2 of my top 10 made the list (Outlander - Gabaldon and Knight in Shining Armour - Devereaux)
29 of the Top 100 are in my TBR pile
There are only 2 books I have no intention of reading on the list (On the Way to the Wedding - Quinn and Ransom - Garwood)
Here is the full list of AAR's Top 100 with my ratings/comments below. I'm sorry if it's hard to read. You have no idea how much time it took to figure out how to get this table into blogger without having to re-do the whole thing with HTML.
Okay - I can't get it to work properly. It shows up in preview then disappears when I publish the post. This may have something to do with the reason I keep dropping out of blog land. I spend hours trying to get something set up on the blog - it doesn't work and then I don't want to look at it anymore. Boo.
Okay so I sort-of got something to work. Don't ask me how I managed to get the first one so easy to read and then not the rest. I don't know and I'm not going back to do it again. If you click on each picture it opens a little bigger.
I've read 35 of the top 100 Romances
25 of my top 100 Romances made the list
Only 2 of my top 10 made the list (Outlander - Gabaldon and Knight in Shining Armour - Devereaux)
29 of the Top 100 are in my TBR pile
There are only 2 books I have no intention of reading on the list (On the Way to the Wedding - Quinn and Ransom - Garwood)
Here is the full list of AAR's Top 100 with my ratings/comments below. I'm sorry if it's hard to read. You have no idea how much time it took to figure out how to get this table into blogger without having to re-do the whole thing with HTML.
Okay - I can't get it to work properly. It shows up in preview then disappears when I publish the post. This may have something to do with the reason I keep dropping out of blog land. I spend hours trying to get something set up on the blog - it doesn't work and then I don't want to look at it anymore. Boo.
Okay so I sort-of got something to work. Don't ask me how I managed to get the first one so easy to read and then not the rest. I don't know and I'm not going back to do it again. If you click on each picture it opens a little bigger.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Back Again
Who is the lonely bookworm? If you asked me in 2009 I'd tell you to read my side blurb. If you ask me now... she's a slacker!!! Holy Moses - no posts since August and only a pitiful handful of posts all year.
Well - I'm back again. It's been a busy/stressful year and I've had trouble finding time to read any of the other blogs let alone write my own. I've filled most of my spare time with reading which is so very relaxing for me after spending so much time on the computer at work.
But I miss writing about my books and I tried the handwritten journal but it's just not the same so I'm back and I'm going to try to post more often. I've joined the 2011 TBR challenge so that should guarantee at least 1 post a month. I also joined a challenge over on Shelfari and will be posting those reviews here as well so you never know maybe even two a month.
It used to be easier for me to post at work prior to my "pro"motion (you know the kind where you get more responsibility, longer hours and the same pay??) but when I was moved to my own office I got stuck with the slowest computer in existence so doing anything internet related on my lunch is beyond frustrating.
Anyhoo, onwards and upwards. I'm going to be posting about AAR's 2010 100 Top Romances List next but I'll need sometime to compare it to my own list and already read pile.
Well - I'm back again. It's been a busy/stressful year and I've had trouble finding time to read any of the other blogs let alone write my own. I've filled most of my spare time with reading which is so very relaxing for me after spending so much time on the computer at work.
But I miss writing about my books and I tried the handwritten journal but it's just not the same so I'm back and I'm going to try to post more often. I've joined the 2011 TBR challenge so that should guarantee at least 1 post a month. I also joined a challenge over on Shelfari and will be posting those reviews here as well so you never know maybe even two a month.
It used to be easier for me to post at work prior to my "pro"motion (you know the kind where you get more responsibility, longer hours and the same pay??) but when I was moved to my own office I got stuck with the slowest computer in existence so doing anything internet related on my lunch is beyond frustrating.
Anyhoo, onwards and upwards. I'm going to be posting about AAR's 2010 100 Top Romances List next but I'll need sometime to compare it to my own list and already read pile.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
E-Book Deal and Recent Reads
It's been a very busy few weeks for me. I was on vacation last week and of course with the joys of full time employment that means double the work before I leave and double the work when I get back from vacation so I've been busy little bee.
In the meantime I have managed to squeeze in some reading. The first book I read was To Speak for the Dead by Paul Levine which is the first book in his Jake Lassiter series. If you've read some of my previous posts you may know that I'm a huge fan of Paul Levine's Solomon vs. Lord series (even though I loathe Victoria). I'd been scouring used books stores trying to find the first book in the Lassiter series and having no luck. Some time ago I'd signed up for Paul Levine's newsletter and a few weeks ago I recieved an e-mail that said Paul had re-released 3 books in e-book format. The first two Lassiter books and one stand alone. Not only that but they have been released at the (temporary) very attractive price of $2.99 - that's right $2.99 and what's more is that proceeds from the sale of the first Lassiter book goes to the Four Diamonds Fund which supports cancer treatment for children at the Penn State Hershey Childrens Hospital. It's a win-win I had to buy them.
I've since read To Speak for the Dead and while I didn't enjoy it as much as the Solomon novels it was still a very good read and if your interested in courtroom legal thrillers I'd recommend scooting over to the website and purchasing the e-book.
I also read Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding - I spent the whole book waiting for something to happen and then it finally did and it was over in 2 pages. Basically the writing was okay, the characters were thoroughly unlike-able and the suspense was non existent - just an overall mediocre read for me.
The last book I read was for the book club and I didn't expect to enjoy it but it's one of my best reads so far this year. I'm going to post a full review on it later but The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton was totally awesome. I finished the book and could not think of one negative thing about it.
In the meantime I have managed to squeeze in some reading. The first book I read was To Speak for the Dead by Paul Levine which is the first book in his Jake Lassiter series. If you've read some of my previous posts you may know that I'm a huge fan of Paul Levine's Solomon vs. Lord series (even though I loathe Victoria). I'd been scouring used books stores trying to find the first book in the Lassiter series and having no luck. Some time ago I'd signed up for Paul Levine's newsletter and a few weeks ago I recieved an e-mail that said Paul had re-released 3 books in e-book format. The first two Lassiter books and one stand alone. Not only that but they have been released at the (temporary) very attractive price of $2.99 - that's right $2.99 and what's more is that proceeds from the sale of the first Lassiter book goes to the Four Diamonds Fund which supports cancer treatment for children at the Penn State Hershey Childrens Hospital. It's a win-win I had to buy them.
I also read Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding - I spent the whole book waiting for something to happen and then it finally did and it was over in 2 pages. Basically the writing was okay, the characters were thoroughly unlike-able and the suspense was non existent - just an overall mediocre read for me.
The last book I read was for the book club and I didn't expect to enjoy it but it's one of my best reads so far this year. I'm going to post a full review on it later but The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton was totally awesome. I finished the book and could not think of one negative thing about it.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Sookie and the Trouble Shooters
Lets start with the Trouble Shooters. While I did enjoy reading more about Jules and Robin I was a little dissappointed to reach the middle of the book and realize this really wasn't a romantic suspense at all. It was very much a contemporary romance with a bit of drama thrown in at the end. Which is fine. If I'm in the mood for a contemporary romance. Which I wasn't. I'm sure if I'd done a little digging around I would have realized this prior to starting but when I see Brockmann and Troubleshooters on the cover of a book I tend to assume things. Otherwise I did quite enjoy the story. I wish Will and Dolphina's story was a little more fleshed out since I really like Will from the previous book he was in but it is a novella so I can see why it was a tad abbreivated.
Now on to Sookie. After I read the first book I mentioned that I had trouble warming up to Sookie. I found I liked her quite a bit more in this book and I found the action/mystery was able to hold my attention more in this book as well. My only problem this time is Bill. He just seems so blah - like there isn't a whole lot of personality in there. Eric on the other hand seems far more developed as a character and I find I enjoy the scenes with him far more than those with Bill but maybe that's intentional. I haven't read a whole lot about this series other than that lots of people seem to like it so perhaps Sookie is going to go in a different direction. I don't know but I don't really see whats so great about Bill.
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