Friday, December 16, 2011
Book Beginnings & Friday 56: Hidden Summit
Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
Turn to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog. Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by A Few More Pages. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence, or two, of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.
Brie Valenzuela finished her large latte and looked into the empty cup. She'd been waiting in this coffee shop for over an hour, trying to look engrossed in her newspaper, but as th time ticked by, she only grew more concerned.
Friday 56:
He looked into her eyes, caught that delicious smile and thought, Crap. It zinged him. Gave him a little shock of awareness in all his male parts.Hidden Summit by Robyn Carr
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Thursday Three {2}: Head Over Heels
What is Thursday 3? It's a new weekly meme, hosted by me, in which we will be discussing our love/hate relationship with our current read.
Here is how Thursday 3 works:
- Take your current read, or book you previously finished, and tell me the following 3 things about it.
- Character from the book you LOVE (This can be a character you want as your BFF or someone you want to take home to meet the parents)
- Character from the book you HATE (This character does not have to be the villian, just someone you disliked)
- Your overall LOVE/HATE of the book. (If you haven't decided your feelings for the book yet, or if you prefer, just provide a snippet from the book containing either the word "LOVE" or "HATE")
Loved: Chloe ~ She's so much fun! Watching her with her sisters, you know she's a loyal friend.
Hated: Todd ~ I didn't hate him, but I was hoping he'd be a redeemable character.
Overall: I loved this book! I so look forward to visiting Lucky Harbor again. It's another one of those series that make you feel a part of the community.Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis
{Washington}
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Review: Dark Predator by Christine Feehan
Christine Feehan
Series: Carpathians #22
Publisher: Berkley
Published: September 6, 2011
Audio Book {13hrs}
Source: Personal Library
Genre: Paranormal
Maguarita Fernandez, Zacarias de la Cruz
Challenge: 100+
Buy the Book: Amazon
Enter the world of the Carpathians: an immortal race of beings with animal instincts whose males, without their lifemate's light, only have one option ...turning vampire. Zacarias de la Cruz has finally found his lifemate, but is it too late? Is he too close to turning into a vampire to turn back?I was disappointed in this installment of the series. I really love the Carpathians, but I didn’t love Zacarias. I know he’s very very ancient, like no other, and has chosen a path of solitude, but his interaction with Maguarita was not that great to me.
As brutal as the undead he hunted, Zacarias De La Cruz was a master executioner. Over the long, dark centuries, he plunged into so many battles they blurred into an endless lifetime of evil that hardened the soul of this merciless, ruthless and implacable dark predator.
Now his stark and savage journey is over. After a thousand years in a gray world, he has accomplished everything he set out to do. His brothers are safeguarded. Each has found a woman who completes them. And they are at peace. For his brothers, Zacarias has walked the edge of madness, but with centuries as a killing machine now left to the past and without a hunt to define him, Zacarias wonders, for the first time in his life, who he really is.
The answer awaits him back home in Peru , in the betrayal of a woman who is readying her trap, in the vengeance of an old enemy, in the inevitable consequences of a bloody family legacy, and in the deliverance of a lifemate he never could have imagined.
His constant referring to her as a “lunatic” was not endearing although I know it was meant as an endearment. I didn’t feel that these two had any kind of depth or emotional connection. She was just his lifemate but not the love of his life. I didn’t feel that there was any more to it.
Their story I don’t feel added anything to the overall series and could have been a novella in an anthology instead of dedicating an entire book to these two. I kept stopping and starting with this one because I just couldn’t get into the two of them as a couple. I just finished this one to stay current with the series, but I think I could have skipped this one and still been able to pick up the next installment without being lost.
Definitely not my favorite of the series.
Read by Erik Bergmann, Kristine Ryan
Duration: 13 hours
Recorded Books
Narration: C-
The male narrator was okay, but the female narrator was a little whiny. I'm not sure if the narrators played a part in my dislike of this novel or not, but they did not help.
Waiting On Wednesday {75}: Lucky in Love
Lucky in Love
Jill Shalvis
May 22, 2012
Mallory Quinn has had enough of playing it safe. As a nurse and devoted daughter, she takes care of everyone but herself. And as the local good girl, she's expected to date Mr. Right. But for once, she'd like to take a risk on Mr. Wrong. And who could be more wrong than Ty Garrison? The mysterious new guy in town has made it clear that he's only passing through, which suits Mallory just fine. Besides, his lean, hard body and sexy smile will give her plenty to remember once he's gone . . .
For the first time in his life, Ty can't bear to leave. Helping this sexy seductress-in-training walk on the wild side is making him desire things he shouldn?t?including leaving the military for good. As their just-for-fun fling becomes something more, Mallory and Ty wonder if they could really be this lucky in love. After all . . . anything can happen in a town called Lucky Harbor.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
November Reads
The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle {did not review 2star}
Lethal by Sandra Brown
Dark Predator by Christine Feehan
The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter
Heartstrings and Diamond Rings by Jane Graves
Already Home by Susan Mallery
Taming Black Dog Four by Carol Lynne
Hunter of Shadows by Nancy Gideon
Making the Grade by Carol Lynne
Her Dakota Men by Leah Brooke
Dakota Ranch Crude by Leah Brooke
Unexpected Control by Ann Jacobs
Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay
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