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Book reviews from a Uruguayan reader. I especially like romance novels, but I also read a bit of everything... mysteries, fantasy, sci-fi, erotica, general ficiton, etc.

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Another quick round-up
2008-05-01 09:47:00
A few books I don't have all that much to say about (though when I start writing, it will probably turn out to be looooong. I'm inconsistent and wordy like that):TITLE: The Fourth BearAUTHOR: Jasper FfordeI'm probably the one person on this world that prefered The Big Over Easy over the Thursday Next books, even over my favourite, The Well of Lost Plots. The Fourth Bear is the sequel to TBOE, and it's just the same mix of intrincately intertwining storylines, each as insane (and clever and funny) as the others, but all peopled with characters with hearts.The plot? Too much going on to list, but the basics are that even after the heroics of TBOE, Jack is still in bad standing at the Nursery Crime division. The Gingerbreadman ("—sadist, psychopath, cookie—", as described in my book flap) has escaped and is on the rampage. But Jack, the man who originally caught him, isn't allowed to go after him. Instead, he's to investigate the disappearance of Henrietta "Goldilocks" Hatchett, who v ...

Still trying to catch up
2008-04-28 10:42:00
A bit of everything, in a short-ish round-up:TITLE: A Walk in the WoodsAUTHOR: Bill BrysonThis was a reread of one of my favourite Brysons, and I had a blast as I followed him and the hapless Katz in their walk through the woods. The humour, as always, is top-notch and hilarious. The portrayals of the people he meets while on the trail are deft and entertaining, making them into comedic figures but without making them into caricatures. That's the main thing I like about his humour: it might get scathing sometimes, but it's never cruel.The book also contains some more "educational" information on the Appalachian trail and the different woods they walked through. This was really interesting stuff, and narrated without ever falling into dullness or infodumping. And through the entire book, his love and respect for the trail and what it represents shines through.MY GRADE: A B+.TITLE: The Warlord's MistressAUTHOR: Juliet LandonAfter all those years of asking for more varied and original set ...

Dime Store Magic, by Kelley Armstrong (Otherworld #3)
2008-04-25 10:53:00
TITLE: Dime Store Magic (prologue, chapter 1)AUTHOR: Kelley Armstrong COPYRIGHT: 2003PAGES: 448PUBLISHER: SpectraSETTING: Contemporary USTYPE: Paranormal fiction / romanceSERIES: #3 in the Otherworld seriesREASON FOR READING: Catching up with the series.Leader of the American Coven, guardian to the preteen daughter of a black witch ... it's not the lifestyle twenty-three year-old Paige Winterbourne imagined for herself, and it's wreaking hell on her social life. But she's up the challenge. When half-demon Leah O'Donnell returns to fight for custody of Savannah, Paige is ready.She's not as prepared for the team of supernaturals Leah brings with her, including a powerful sorcerer who claims to be Savannah's father. Cut off from her friends, accused of witchcraft, Satanism, necromancy, murder...Paige quickly realizes that keeping Savannah could mean losing everything else. Has she finally found a battle she isn't willing to fight? DSM brings us a shift in POV, as the narrator isn't Ele ...

Stolen, by Kelley Armstrong (Otherworld #2)
2008-04-22 17:49:00
TITLE: Stolen (prologue, chapter 1)AUTHOR: Kelley Armstrong COPYRIGHT: 2003PAGES: 532PUBLISHER: PlumeSETTING: Contemporary USTYPE: Paranormal fiction (verging on paranormal romance, sometimes)SERIES: # 2 in the Otherworld seriesREASON FOR READING: I really liked Bitten, the first book in the series. I enjoyed the story and the characters and the romance. However, there was something there that held me back from reading further. Compelling as I'd found it, certain elements made me uncomfortable, like the degree of violence in Clay's character and the ease shown by the werewolves when killing humans who hadn't really done anything wrong, other than being in possession of dangerous information. I told myself that wanting to be comfortable probably isn't the best way to challenge myself as a reader and find reads that really make me respond. I sincerely meant to continue with the series, but a couple of years later, I hadn't followed through. Which was when No Humans Involved came out, an ...

The latest 3 Brockmanns
2008-04-18 21:40:00
I've at least enjoyed all of Suzanne Brockmann's Troubleshooters books, but I hadn't read them for a while, a long enough time that there were already three books out by the time I started to catch up. It's strange, I did the same with the three books after Gone Too Far. Why? I've no idea. TITLE: Into the StormThis is one of those rare Brockmanns where the main storyline is a thousand times more interesting than the secondary one. The heroine is Lindsay Fontaine, a former police officer who works for Troubleshooters Inc. (Tom's firm, for those a bit fuzzy on the details). She and her colleagues have been hired to participate in a training exercise for Team Sixteen, and Lindsay is in charge of coordinating stuff with Mark Jenkins, the SEAL appointed as liaison.Lindsay is immediately very attracted to Mark. So is Mark to Lindsay, only the Troubleshooters Inc. new secretary is Tracy Shapiro, his childhood crush. Jenk used to be a pudgy little nerd as a boy, so now that he's a buff, sexy S ...

Which Mary Stewart book will I read next?
2008-04-18 20:15:00
Really cool quiz from Jennie and Julie's Mary Stewart blog: Which Mary Stewart novel should you read? Your Result: Airs Above the Ground Lovely Vanessa March did not think it was strange for her husband to take a business trip to Stockholm. What was strange was the silence that followed. Then she caught a glimpse of him in a newsreel shot of a crowd near a mysterious circus fire in Vienna and knew it was more than strange. It was downright sinister.Touch Not the Cat Nine Coaches Waiting This Rough Magic Wildfire at Midnight The Ivy Tree Madam, Will You Talk? My Brother Michael Which Mary Stewart novel should you read?Make Your Own QuizI haven't read that one yet, so it will definitely be my next! ...

The Laughing Policeman, by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
2008-04-14 10:22:00
TITLE: The Laughing PolicemanAUTHOR: Maj Sjöwall and Per WahlööCOPYRIGHT:1968PAGES: 216PUBLISHER: OrionSETTING: 1960's Stockholm, SwedenTYPE: MysterySERIES: 4th in the Martin Beck seriesREASON FOR READING: I can pinpoint this one quite well. I read a NY Times review a while back (a long while back, 5 or 6 years at least) which mentioned this series, and I was intrigued by the idea of mysteries set in the Sweden of a couple of decades ago (I've always had a fascination with Sweden, for some strange reason). I even ordered the first one, Roseanna. I never did read it (it's still in the huge TBR pile back in Uruguay), but the names of the authors stuck in my head, and when I saw this one in the library, I checked it out.In this classic police procedural, the ever-dyspeptic Martin Beck has nothing to be amused about, even though it's Christmastime. Åke Stenstrom, a young detective in Beck's squad, has just been killed in an unprecedented mass murder aboard a Stockholm city bus. Was he ...

The Doctor's Proposal, by Marion Lennox
2008-04-13 19:37:00
TITLE: The Doctor's Proposal (excerpt)AUTHOR: Marion LennoxCOPYRIGHT: 2006PAGES: 187PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon Medical Romance SETTING: Contemporary AustraliaTYPE: Series romanceySERIES: First in the Castle at Dolphin Bay series, but stands alone.REASON FOR READING: Malvina recommended the author as a good one in the M&B Medical romance line.Tragedy has left Dr Kirsty McMahon afraid to fall in love. So when she meets commitment-phobic single father Jake Cameron - Dolphin Bay's gorgeous doctor - she assures herself that the chemistry between them will never amount to anything...Kirsty busies herself with caring for her patients, getting to know the people of Dolphin Bay - and generally doing all she can to keep her mind off the handsome single dad. But when the attraction between her and Jack becomes too strong to ignore they find themselves having to reconsider the rules they've made for themselves.Wow, that blurb above is pretty uninformative. Everything there's quite true, FWIW, but it ...

Angel-Seeker, by Sharon Shinn
2008-03-31 12:44:00
TITLE: Angel-SeekerAUTHOR: Sharon ShinnCOPYRIGHT: 2004PAGES: 483PUBLISHER: AceSETTING: Samaria TYPE: Fantasy romanceSERIES: Part of Shinn's Samaria series, together with Archangel, Jovah's Angel, The Alleluia Files and Angelica. Angel-Seeker was the last Samaria book published, but chronologically, it comes right after Archangel, which was the first published. In fact, these two are the only books that take place in the same time, with the same supporting cast. You, could, therefore, read it before Jovah's Angel and The Alleluia Files. REASON FOR READING: I'd been hoarding this one, as it was the last Samaria full-length book I had left, but I couldn't resist any longer.Elizabeth has arrived at the new angel hold of Cedar Hills, determined to improve her lot in the world by seducing an angel and bearing his baby. To her surprise, she learns that she might be able to earn her keep instead by becoming a healer. Meanwhile, one of the Cedar Hills angels, Obadiah, has been sent by the Arc ...

Travel reading
2008-03-29 11:42:00
Hi everyone, I'm back! Scotland and Ireland were fantastic. I've already started posting photos at my travel photolog, so go take a look if you want to know more. So far, I've posted my first day in Glasgow, and I should be posting more in the next few days.But this is a book blog, so on to what I read while I was travelling. It wasn't much, just two Mills & Boon Medicals that I picked up from the 20p bin at the library. The idea was to be able to leave them behind when I was done with them, and get rid of some weight. TITLE: Crisis at Katoomba HospitalAUTHOR: Lucy ClarkI confess I picked this one up because I was tickled by the sonorousness of the word Katoomba. Seems it wasn't so bad a strategy, because this was a nice one, both because of the likeable characters and the cool setting: the small town of Katoomba, in the Australian Blue Mountains.Dr. Stephen Brooks has come to Katoomba to work with his twin sister, also a doctor. He's spent a year as a doctor on the frontlines in Afric ...

Away for a week
2008-03-19 12:47:00
My plane leaves for Edinburgh tomorrow at 6.45 AM (oy!), and then it's off to Glasgow. See what I mean when I say reading Susanna Kearsley's stories makes me want to visit her settings? I'm not making it all the way to Aberdeen and Cruden Bay, but hey, Scotland! And after this, I'll be in Dublin for a couple of days. I'm so excited! ...

The Winter Sea, by Susanna Kearsley
2008-03-19 12:42:00
TITLE: The Winter SeaAUTHOR: Susanna KearsleyCOPYRIGHT: 2008 (the UK release date is next Monday, March 24th. I won't be here, so I'm posting this early)PAGES: 527PUBLISHER: Allison and BusbySETTING: Contemporary Scotland, with sections taking us back to the early 18th century.TYPE: Fiction, with nice dollops of romance and paranormalSERIES: NoREASON FOR READING: The Winter Sea was right at the top of my most anticipated books of 2008. I adore Susanna Kearsley's books, and though I really liked her Emma Cole release in 2006, it was a vintage Kearsley that I was wanting. So can you imagine my reaction when she emailed me to ask whether I'd want to receive an ARC? Yep, there was much joyful dancing and a long series of "yes, yes, YES!". My flatmates must have thought I was insane. And Marta must be extra convinced, because she was the one to bring the actual book up from the mailbox a few days later. She never knew what hit her; I tore it out of her hands and started dancing again. From ...

Killing Time, by Linda Howard
2008-03-18 11:13:00
TITLE: Killing TimeAUTHOR: Linda HowardCOPYRIGHT: 2005PAGES: 330PUBLISHER: Piatkus in the UK (Ballantine in the US)SETTING: Contemporary Kentucky, USTYPE: Cross between romantic suspense and time-travelSERIES: NoREASON FOR READING: I tend to run away from time-travels, but the one time Linda Howard tried her hand at the genre, it resulted in the wonderful Son of the Morning. So in spite of the subject and of the fact that this book received a very lukewarm welcome, I thought I'd give it a try.In 1985, with much fanfare, a time capsule was buried under the front lawn of a small-town county courthouse, to be reopened in 2085. But just twenty years later, in the dead of night, the capsule is dug up, its contents stolen. That same night, one of the contributors to the capsule is brutally slain in his home - with no sign of forced entry or indication of a struggle. One by one, others who had placed items in the time capsule are murdered.Besides his suspicions about the sudden, mysterious ap ...

Up Close and Dangerous, by Linda Howard
2008-03-15 12:19:00
TITLE: Up Close and DangerousAUTHOR: Linda HowardCOPYRIGHT: 2007PAGES: 325PUBLISHER: Piatkus (in the UK - it's Ballantine in the US) SETTING: Contemporary USTYPE: Romantic suspenseSERIES: NoREASON FOR READING: Sooner or later, I always read Howard's books.Bailey Wingate's scheming adult stepchildren are surprised when their father's will leaves Bailey in control of their fortune, and war ensues. A year later, while flying from Seattle to Denver in a small plane, Bailey nearly dies herself when the engine sputters - and then fails.Cam Justice, her sexy Texan pilot, manages to crash-land the aircraft. Stranded in the wilderness, and struggling to douse her feelings for the ruggedly handsome man by her side, Bailey begins to wonder whether this was a mere accident. THE PLOT: Bailey's marriage to Jim Wingate was one of convenience: after his death, she was to manage the inheritances of his spoiled, irresponsible children, and in return she'd get a nice salary. But as it happened, she also ...

4 things meme
2008-03-08 11:10:00
Tagged by LLB!4 Jobs I've Had1) Tour guide for cruise ship passengers arriving at Montevideo2) Content editor for a financial services dot.com (which went spectacularly bust not long after I left... coincidence?? *g*)3) Product manager at a bank (I detest marketing, never again!)4) Economist at the Ministry of Industry4 Movies I've Watched Over and Over1) No Retreat, No Surrender (inexplicably addicted)2) Cenerentola '803) Forrest Gump4) The Three Caballeros (not for a while, but as a child, I watched that video until the tape was worn to shreds).4 Places I've Lived1) Montevideo, Uruguay2) Punta del Este, Uruguay (I used to spend all three months of summer there when I was a child, and I still spend my holidays there these days)3) Tokyo, Japan (well, only two months, but I hope it counts, because it's all I've got!)4) Nottingham, England4 Shows I WatchI don't own a TV right now, so I don't watch any shows at all.4 Places I've Been:1) Kyoto, Japan2) Buenos Aires, Argentina3) Mafra, Port ...

Mistress at a Price, by Sara Craven
2008-03-08 11:10:00
TITLE:Mistress at a PriceAUTHOR: Sara CravenCOPYRIGHT: 2004PAGES: 185PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon Modern (usually published in the US as Harlequin Presents)SETTING: Contemporary EnglandTYPE: Series romanceSERIES: NoneREASON FOR READING: I checked out a bunch of Sara Craven books from my library after reading and enjoying The Count's Blackmail Bargain.She just wants to be his mistress...Cat Adamson is intoxicated by Liam Hargrave when they share an explosive night of passion. Cat agrees to be Liam's mistress - but that's all. However, Liam's a man who always gets what he wants - and he wants Cat - all of her! ...and he's willing to play her game -for now!Cat starts to realise the game she's playing is dangerous - especially now she's falling in love. She wants Liam. But how can she change the rules that she made - and what price will Liam demand?MY THOUGHTS: This one was certainly an unexpected read, after the utter retrograde crap that was The Forced Bride. It's not even like The Count's Bl ...

Comments on 2007 AAR annual readers' poll
2008-03-06 11:43:00
Ok, here we go. The results of AAR's 2007 annual readers' poll were announced on Monday. You can take a look at them here and there's a column with analysis here.So go grab a cup of coffee and make yourself nice and comfy, because I'm going to be looking at all the results and sharing my ballot, and this could go on for a while *g*BEST ROMANCE NOVELSBest RomanceThe winner(s):A tie between:If His Kiss Is Wicked, Jo GoodmanandThe Serpent Prince, Elizabeth HoytI've read The Serpent Prince (*sigh* still need to post about it), and it was really good, so I'm not surprised it won. Goodman, OTOH, is an author I just don't get. I tried a couple of her books (most recently, One Forbidden Evening), but the writing style drove me insane. I'm half tempted to read this one, seeing as how everyone loved it, but I'm going to contain myself. My vote:Demon Angel, by Meljean BrookThis was my standout of 2007. I had quite a few other A- grades (and I promise I'll do a Top 10 post for 2007, no matter how ...

Grimspace, by Ann Aguirre
2008-03-04 19:35:00
TITLE: Grimspace (excerpt)AUTHOR: Ann AguirreCOPYRIGHT: 2008 (it was released last Tuesday)PAGES: 320PUBLISHER: AceSETTING: FuturisticTYPE: Sci-fi romanceSERIES: Starts one. Will be followed by Wanderlust in September.REASON FOR READING: So much great buzz! I was actually one of the happy ARC winners at DearAuthor. I know I'm a bit late with my review, but I've had a complicated last couple of weeks (and to my defense, the ARC took a while getting here). Still, better late than never, I suppose.By all accounts, Sirantha Jax should have burned out years ago...As the carrier of a rare gene, Jax has the ability to jump ships through grimspace -a talent that cuts into her life expectancy but makes her a highly prized navigator for the Corp. But then the ship she's navigating crash-lands, and she's accused of killing everyone on board. It's hard for Jax to defend herself: she has no memory of the crash.Imprisoned and subjected to a ruthless interrogation, Jax is on the verge of madness. The ...

Off The Record, by Matthew Haldeman-Time
2008-02-26 09:35:00
TITLE: Off The RecordAUTHOR: Matthew Haldeman-TimeCOPYRIGHT: 2006PAGES: Calculating from the number of pages in my ebook reader, I'd say it would be equivalent to some 250 mmpb pages.PUBLISHER: Available from Lulu.comSETTING: Contemporary HollywoodTYPE: RomanceSERIES: No.REASON FOR READING: Because Stephanie Vaughan recommended it. Actually, it was stronger than that. She sent me a copy as a gift and told me I should read it *g* And hey, if the author who's written my favourite m/m romances tells me a particular m/m romance is good, I'm reading it!Because of his infamous birth (and famous parentage), Jordan Jennings' every move made the headlines, and he soon learned that the only way to keep the media out of his life was not to have a life at all. Charged with keeping his family's secrets, as well as his own, he put aside his own desires for the sake of family pride. With the chance of love on the horizon, will Jordan have to sacrifice his family's reputation in order to have a life o ...

Pug Hill, by Allison Pace
2008-02-25 10:04:00
TITLE:Pug HillAUTHOR: Allison PaceCOPYRIGHT: 2006PAGES: 312PUBLISHER: BerkleySETTING: Contemporary New YorkTYPE: Chick LitSERIES: NoREASON FOR READING: I really liked Pace's If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend.For Hope McNeill, pugs are love, unconditional friendship, happiness, and freedom. She doesn't have one of her own (busy life, tiny apartment), but she does have Pug Hill in Central Park, where pugs (and their owners) from all over New York convene. She also has a crush on one of her co-workers, a flailing romantic relationship, and an unspeakable fear of public speaking. Then Hope's father calls with an assignment: to make a speech at her parents' anniversary party. Frantic, she signs up for a public speaking class, but can't help wondering-will it transform her into an eloquent orator? Maybe some fears are so big that even all the pugs in the world might not be enough to assuage them.MY THOUGHTS: This is one of those books where not much really happens, but which are still pleasant ...

By British Authors
2008-02-24 17:05:00
I've been reading a lot of British authors lately, as obviously, it's quite easy to find their books in my local library.TITLE: The Murder RoomAUTHOR: PD JamesI'm not exactly sure why I keep reading PD James, as lately I've been finding her voice a bit annoying and judgmental and her detective, Adam Dalgliesh, bores me. I think I might keep reading because her plots do feel fresh and interesting and intrincate, or because her rendition of contemporary Britain feels real (and completely different to that I see in chick lit). The Murder Room of the title is in a small museum devoted to England in the interwar years of 1919 -1939, an exhibit featuring the most notorious murders of that era. The museum is in danger of closing because one the trustees is determined not to sign the new lease, and without his agreement, there's no way of continuing. When the man dies, and in exactly the same manner illustrated in one of the cases included in the Murder Room, Dalgliesh and his team are called ...

Never Deceive a Duke, by Liz Carlyle
2008-02-19 11:24:00
TITLE: Never Deceive a DukeAUTHOR: Liz CarlyleCOPYRIGHT: 2007PAGES: 397PUBLISHER: PocketSETTING: Victorian EnglandTYPE: Straight RomanceSERIES: Second in the Neville trilogy. Follows Never Lie To A Lady.REASON FOR READING: Carlyle's been on my autobuy list since her debut, My False Heart.They call her the porcelain princess...With her fragile beauty and regal bearing, the Duchess of Warneham knows how to keep her admirers at a distance. Twice wed and twice widowed, Antonia has vowed never again to marry; never again to surrender her freedom. But when her husband's death is deemed suspicious, and his long-lost heir returns to seize control of the dukedom, she finds that fate has placed her future in yet another man's hands -- but not just any man.They call him a cold-hearted bastard...Deep in London's docklands, Gareth Lloyd runs Neville Shipping with an iron fist. Unrecognizable as the starving orphan who was abandoned by his family and sent an ocean away from home, Gareth has put his ...

A Bit of Bryson
2008-02-18 10:25:00
Bill Bryson's one of my favourite authors. I love his travel books, his language books, his collections of essays... everything. His sense of humour kills me, every single time. When I found a few of his books that I hadn't read in my library, I was ecstatic. Turns out they weren't exactly the best I've ever read from him, but they were enjoyable.TITLE:The Life and Times of Thunderbolt KidAUTHOR: Bill BrysonThis is a (hopefully!) somewhat fictionalised account of Bryson's experiences growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, in the 1950s and 60s. It's as much about himself and his family as about what middle America was like at the time, a place that seemed particularly foreign to my late 20th century Uruguayan eyes. What makes this so great to read is that Bryson's wry, self-deprecating humour is at its best here. His commentary is perceptive and subtle, but it's also funny as hell. And the best thing was, even through his most ridiculous stories, his affection for his subject matter shines thr ...

A bunch of C books
2008-02-07 08:06:00
I've fallen a lot behind with my reviews, so I refuse to spend a lot of time writting about C books. So here we go, a quick round-up.TITLE:The Lightkeeper's WomanAUTHOR: Mary BurtonThis Harlequin Historical has a unique setting and the storyline intrigued me (plus that cover... ohhhh!). It's set in an isolated lighthouse off a small North Carolina fishing village in the late 19th century, and it's a reunion story. A few years earlier Alanna, the daughter of a shipping magnate, had fallen in love with Caleb, one of her father's ship captains. Evil dad engineered a separation in such a way that each believes the other one comitted a huge betrayal. But now they meet when Alanna seeks him out in the lighthouse he's taken over, determined to give him a box left to him by her father (yeah, very flimsy reason). Isolated surroundings, forced proximity (there's a huge storm), you can guess what happens. It could have been a nice story, but though I loved the atmospheric setting, I found it hard ...
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Demon Night, by Meljean Brook
2008-02-05 18:31:00
TITLE: Demon Night (excerpt at Sybil's)AUTHOR: Meljean BrookCOPYRIGHT: 2008 (comes out today!)PAGES: 448PUBLISHER: BerkleySETTING: Contemporary US West Coast.TYPE: Paranormal romanceSERIES: # 5 in the Guardians series (you can see the reading order here).REASON FOR READING: Ditto what I said about Nalini Singh's latest: this is one of my favourite ongoing series. Explore the seductive corners of the dark, as a forbidden attraction tempts danger under the canopy of the demon night...Charlie Newcomb worked hard to get her life back together. But all that is shaken when she's set upon by three vampires desperate to transform her beauty into something evil. Because Charlie is the vital link to something they want-and need. It's Charlie's flesh and blood sister, a medical scientist whose knowledge could be invaluable to the predators. But to get to her, they must first get to Charlie, now under the intimate protection of Ethan McCabe. As her Guardian, Ethan is attracted to her vulnerabiliti ...
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Mine to Possess, by Nalini Singh
2008-01-31 18:52:00
TITLE: Mine to Possess (excerpt 1, excerpt 2)AUTHOR: Nalini SinghCOPYRIGHT: 2008 (comes out next Tuesday, February 5th)PAGES: 352PUBLISHER: BerkleySETTING: Near future alternate-reality version of the USTYPE: Paranormal romanceSERIES: Book 4 in the Psy/Changeling series. I'm not going to go into details about the universe set-up in my review, so if you want to know more, read the first few paragraph of my post about Slave to Sensation, the first book in the series.REASON FOR READING: This is one of my favourite ongoing series. Nalini Singh pulls away another dark layer of sheer desire, revealing passions unknown, in her latest novel about the world of the Psy. A ghost returns from a leopard changeling’s past, making him question everything—even his base animal instincts…Clay Bennett is a powerful DarkRiver sentinel, but he grew up in the slums with his human mother, never knowing his changeling father. As a young boy without the bonds of Pack, he tried to stifle his animal nature ...
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Blue Skies, by Robyn Carr
2008-01-29 13:17:00
TITLE: Blue SkiesAUTHOR: Robyn CarrCOPYRIGHT: 2004PAGES: 377PUBLISHER: MiraSETTING: Contemporary Las Vegas, mostlyTYPE: Straight romanceSERIES: NoREASON FOR READING: I've been hearing good things about Carr (about her Virgin River series, mostly), and I wanted to give her a try. Blue Skies was the only one of her books that my library had.Nikki Burgess has survived a terrible marriage and an even worse divorce. And she's just about given up hope of every finding love and happiness. But when her ex-husband suddenly dies, she gets custody of her kids again and a chance to start over and do it right.Dixie McPherson, on the other hand, has had way too much love. She has eleven tennis bracelets, dozens of trinkets, piles of sexy lingerie and a tarnished reputation when all she ever wanted was true love, a partner and a family.Carlisle Bartlett is loyal, generous, kindhearted and the funniest guy slinging drinks in the back of an airplane. But he has an ugly little secret. The only kind of l ...

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, Mike Ashley, ed
2008-01-27 13:04:00
TITLE: The Mammoth Book of Historical WhodunnitsAUTHOR: edited by Mike AshleyCOPYRIGHT: 2005PAGES: 564PUBLISHER: RobinsonSETTING: Varies wildly. From Ancient times to 1912, and the settings range from Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa to North America. I think the only ones not represented are Latin America and Antarctica (and doesn't that say a lot about how important we are to the world?)TYPE: Historical mysteries.SERIES: Some of the stories are.REASON FOR READING: I saw it in the library and it looked interesting.MY THOUGHTS: Just as the locales and the time periods vary wildly, so does the quality of the stories.At the beginning, I got worried because I noticed that in every single one of the stories the crime-solving seemed unbelievable and forced, especially the introduction of the detectives. Say, someone was asked to solve a crime because they were foreigners and therefore either impartial (His Master's Servant, by Philip Boast) or trained in logic (The Judgement of the Gods, by ...
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Never Lie to a Lady, by Liz Carlyle
2008-01-26 11:05:00
TITLE: Never Lie to a LadyAUTHOR: Liz CarlyleCOPYRIGHT: 2007PAGES: 432PUBLISHER: PocketSETTING: Victorian EnglandTYPE: Straight romanceSERIES: First in Carlyle's latest trilogy (what is it called? The Never trilogy? The Neville trilogy?). Though there's a short story in the School for Heiresses anthology which introduces the characters.REASON FOR READING: Autobuy author.In her dazzling new historical trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Liz Carlyle plunges readers into the steamy underworld of nineteenth-century London. Among the swirling glitter of English high society, a scandalous rogue gets more than he bargained for in the lady of his desires.Lord Nash is a creature of the night -- his wealth and title provide but a tenuous entrée into polite society. Notorious for his sophisticated manners and a dark, dashing elegance, rumors abound of the men he has bankrupted and the women he's left heartbroken. But when Nash leaves his lair for a rare foray into the ton, he faces a lure ...

Chill Factor, by Sandra Brown
2008-01-23 16:27:00
TITLE: Chill Factor (excerpt)AUTHOR: Sandra BrownCOPYRIGHT: 2005PAGES: 389PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton in the UK SETTING: Contemporary North CarolinaTYPE: Romantic SuspenseSERIES: NoneREASON FOR READING: Because I haven't read SB in ages. She used to be among my faves back when I started reading romance, but she lost me when she started heading more into suspense and neglecting the romance. I was curious to see how I'd like her these days.Suspense abounds in this gripping new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown, in which a successful magazine editor is trapped in her remote cabin with a man believed to be a serial killer. Cleary, North Carolina, is a sleepy mountain town -- the kind of place where criminal activity is usually limited to parking violations. Not so, lately. Four women have disappeared from Cleary over the past two years. And there's always a blue ribbon left near the spot where each of the women was last seen. There are no bodies, no other clues ...

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