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 past week I've seen a handful of mentions of "Super Short Reviews" and a lot of them had the person kind of doing a "duh!" moment. Why didn't I think of that before, why did I think I have to write long reviews for everything I read? So went back and wrote 1-2 sentence reviews for the books I haven't reviewed this year. I'm not going back past what I started reading in 2012. Today we'll start with January. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James My rating: 2 of 5 stars It was okay, but it wasn't what I like from a Jane Austen sequel. There wasn't enough Elizabeth, I didn't get enough of the Darcy's as I would like them to be and I didn't care for the "murder mystery". Full Moon Bride was reviewed for January's Book Club . Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really liked the family dynamic of this story and Liberty & Gage together. The book jacket blurb didn't do a g...