Little Thoughts About Books and Stuff

The first semester of my work towards my second masters degree started this month.  This is week five and I'm please that I'm able to still get some pleasure reading in while doing a lot of intense reading for my two classes. Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward My rating: 5 of 5 stars No enough Z for my liking but it was a great story. How long do I have to wait for the next book? Keep a Little Secret by Dorothy Garlock My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was our April book Club pick. No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon My rating: 4 of 5 stars WOW! While not a favorite, it was a good one, I've always thought the Peltier brothers sounded interesting, I hope we see more of them in the future. Sherrilyn added a nice little twist to help set up future books. Can't wait to see where she takes this. Retribution by Sherrilyn Kenyon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Another really good book, thought not a top favorite. I like when we take a break from New Orleans to s...

This might be my last month of big numbers. I start my MA English and Creative Writing in April (yesterday by the time this posts) and probably won't have a lot of time for pleasure reading. I haven't do anything toward the Color Reading Challenge and I'm hoping to start on the Green Mile this month. We read two books for Book Club and had an author reading/signing. I read 9 books this month and started 1: I finished The Apothecary's Daughter by Juile Klassen Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas Engaged in Sin by Sharon Page A Man to Trust by Carrie Turansky Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick The Statistical probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith Torn by Amanda Hocking The Border Bride by Blyth Gifford Spirit Bound by Christine Feehan I started Jane Austen Made Me Do It I Listened to 2 audio books and started 1: I finished Texas! Chase by Sandra Brown (debating if I want to read/listen to the other books in the series) The Hunger Games by Suz...

February I challenged myself to read from my Nook and try to avoid paper books. I think I did quite well. I finished reading Nachtstürm Castle: A Gothic Austen Novel by Emily C.A. Snyder and I really liked it. So if you happen to read this post and read Northanger Abbey I suggest you give this book a try. After reading it I'm now tempted to read The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe. I got Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer and only got a few pages into it, it just wasn't capturing my attention. I'm not giving up on the book, I'm just putting it off for awhile. I'm going to try to pick it back up later this year to see if I can read it, (I really want to!). This last week I got the newest J.D. Robb book in at the library so there was no putting off reading that for a week so I started and finished it in a few days and got back to The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen. I read six ebooks this month: Harlequin Holid...

So I've been posting more this month. I don't know if twice a week is going to keep up, but I'll be happy if I can put together a post at least once a week. So far I've finished 11 books this month on my goal to 100. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James The Full Moon Bride by Shobian Bantwal (book club pick) Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler Switched by Amanda Hocking Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas (color coded reading challenge ) Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas Covet by J.R. Ward Crave by J.R. Ward Envy by J.R. Ward The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley