Little Thoughts About Books and Stuff

When I was deciding to come back to the blog I was looking through all the blogging memes that the blogs I read follow. I had done Book Beginnings and The Friday 56 a handful of times, but over at  Mixed Book Bag , JC merged them together and I really like that idea.  So borrowing from her I'm going to start linking up to both Book Beginnings on Friday from  Rose City Reader  and The Friday 56 with  Freda's Voice . I just finished reading The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh. I really enjoyed it but when I got home from my book discussion Wednesday night I wanted a comfort read and not one of the 10 books currently checked out from the library. So I opened up the OverDrive App (great library service) and searched for what Nora Roberts titles were avaliable and ended up seeing that book 1 of the Three Sisters Island trilogy was free. I don't think I've re-read this series so it had to be checked out! This week the book Dance Upon the Air   by Nora Roberts...

Well I've read everything that has been published and now I can relax and just read the new stuff as it comes out! This is the Complete Booklist from Nora Roberts'  website .  Highlighted books are ones that have been read.  Yellow highlighted books were read prior to the start of this list. Fuchsia  highlighted books have been read in 2011.  Orange highlighted books have been read in 2012. Blue highlighted books have been read in 2013. Lime highlighted books have been read in 2014. TITLE - Series(s)/Connected Book(c)  1981  IRISH THOROUGHBRED  s – Irish Hearts 1982  BLITHE IMAGES  SONG OF THE WEST   SEARCH FOR LOVE   ISLAND OF FLOWERS  HEART'S VICTORY  1983  FROM THIS DAY  HER MOTHER'S KEEPER   ONCE MORE WITH FEELING   REFLECTIONS  c – Dreams  TONIGHT AND ALWAYS   DANCE OF DREAMS c – Reflections   UNTAMED   THIS MAGIC ...

has been answered! Back in September I had posted A Call for Help in getting my hands on the last remaining Nora Roberts book on my backlist: Well a friend has come through and I am in possession of a copy of the book. She kindly checked it out of her local library and has lent it to me for her borrowing duration. I'll be reading the book this weekend! This is a great end to the year!

Here's Where I Stand on the I Love the Library Challenge Books Checked Out and Read: The World's Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne (BCD) Super Graphic by Tim Leong Finding the Dream by Nora Roberts Holding the Dream by Nora Robers Little Humans by Brandon Stanton The Guernsy Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Stars by Nora Roberts Treasures by Nora Roberts Books Checked Out and Currently Reading The Gospel According to Coco Chanel by Karen Karbo Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Books Checked Out and Not Read - Yet Think, Eat, Move, Thrive by James Rouse The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev Lizzy & Jane by Katherine Reay Here's Where I Stand on the TBR Pile Challenge In my book basket: Blood Trinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love Book from my Kindle App Elanor & Park by ...

Here's Where I Stand on the I Love the Library Challenge Books Checked Out and Read: Caffeinated: how our daily habit helps, hurts and hooks us by Murray Carpenter (BCD) Immortal by J.R. Ward Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman Books Checked Out and Currently Reading The World's Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne (BCD) The Guernsy Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Books Checked Out and Not Read - Yet Super Graphic by Tim Leong Think, Eat, Move, Thrive by James Rouse Here's Where I Stand on the TBR Pile Challenge I didn't get anything read, but I did cross off my list any book that wasn't book 1 in a series I haven't read. I've got too many books on my list to mess around with trying to locate previous books since I try really hard not to read books out of order. Nora Roberts Reading Challenge Suzanna's Surrender Daring to Dream With any luck I'll be done with the bac...

A friend posted on Facebook yesterday that we have just entered the last quarter of the year. (It's a little depressing.) Anyway I thought it would be a good idea to see where I stand with my Reading Challenges for 2013. Nora Roberts Reading Challenge I don't really set any goals with this one. I try to stay current on her new releases while putting  dent in her back list.  I've pretty much current (just need to read the novella and wait for the new series to start). I've read about 30 of her back list titles.  I read the MacGregors series. It also helps that they have been re-releasing her back list.  Of course it's two titles to a book so my overall book title count is lower (if I'm reading them in one book, it counts as one book). The 2013 TBR Challenge I started off strong with this one, and then hit a wall. I just couldn't get into the one book I picked up, and then everything just seemed to bump those books down the list. It looks like at least...

In honor of Halloween I had wanted to read some appropriately themed books. (This post is late due to Super Storm Sandy and my own laziness.)   Moon Shadows by Nora Roberts My rating: 4 of 5 stars Just reading Wolf Moon for my Nora Roberts Reading Challenge. I have read everything published since 2004 (except for the books that haven't been released yet). I have to say I like how Nora Roberts seems to write these male characters who just worm their way into the woman's life.  Simone wants to keep her distance since she's been turned into a werewolf but Gabe just nudges his way into her life.  Together they end up working on a way to cure Simone of being a werewolf. Personally it's the first time I've read this concept of trying to cure the werewolf.  I've seen it done in TV shows and it never really goes far, but I like the way Nora worked with the concept.  Simone had been working on it but she just needed Gabe.  A fresh set of eyes, a medical ...

I've read six books towards this challenge this year; three new books ( Celebrity in Death, The Witness , and The Last Boyfriend ), and three old books ( The Art of Deception, Impulse, and Temptation ). I just recently finished Impulse and Temptation in a 2-in-1 book called Windfall. Windfall: Impulse\Temptation by Nora Roberts My rating: 3 of 5 stars Impulse had the feel of a Harlequin romance novel.  It should be titled something like The Greek Billionaire's Summer Fling. I don't know, it just felt like that kind of story.  I liked Rebecca and Stephen but at a few different points I wanted to hit Rebecca.  I felt like if she was so smart she should have been able to put a few more things together and realize that Stephen was more than what she believed him to be, but *shrug* such is the case with romances. I liked Temptation a little bit more.  Eden and Chase were really great.  These two felt more like the Nora Robert's characters that I love. ...