Category: Book Log
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Whoops I missed a post ebook roundup
Getting caught up on the ebooks acquired so’s I can clear out the inbox! And oops oh hey I forgot a few titles were languishing in the Drafts folder.
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2012 Book Log #16: Sweet Enemy, by Heather Snow
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Sweet Enemy was a recommendation I picked up from my regular visits to SmartBitchesTrashyBooks.com, a book that falls into the general category of historical romances with bluestocking heroines. This book’s heroine, Liliana Claremont, is a brilliant chemist who chafes at the restrictions that society places upon her, keeping her…
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2012 Book Log #15: Cape Storm, by Rachel Caine
My rating: 3 of 5 stars The second to last Weather Warden novel was one that it took me a bit to get to, on a couple of grounds. One, that one of the plot threads in it sounded like something we’d already seen happen earlier in the series. And two, that I’d started reaching…
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2012 Book Log #14: Downpour, by Kat Richardson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Oh, I do love me some Greywalker. I DO. And I happily devoured Downpour, the sixth in the ongoing Kat Richardson series. Given that this is an urban fantasy series, by now we’re well and thoroughly into the character progression–and into the inevitable levelling up of Harper’s Greywalker powers.…
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2012 Book Log #13: Follow My Lead, by Kate Noble
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Follow My Lead didn’t grab me quite as much as previous Kate Noble outings–but that isn’t to say I disliked this book. Because I didn’t! I still found this one an enjoyable read even though it didn’t click with me quite as much as the previous installments of the…
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2012 Book Log #12: Unraveled, by Courtney Milan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars The third of Courtney Milan’s Turner series, her Regencies following the Turner brothers, turned out to be just as entertaining as the first two. And in some ways, I found it the most satisfying of the three! Of the three Turner brothers, Smite’s the one who engaged my sympathies…
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2012 Book Log #11: Unlocked, by Courtney Milan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars As I’ve mentioned in my previous reviews of Courtney Milan’s work, I like her writing quite a bit–and Unlocked, her novella set between Books 1 and 2 of her Turner series, was no exception. This story features a side character that we briefly meet in Book 1, and how…
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2011 Book Log #48: Trash Course, by Penny Drake
My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have to admit, I liked the idea of this one–in no small part because the house wherein the mystery is set, filled wall to wall with the hoarded items of many years, rang true for me. I’ve known houses like that. Fortunately none that ever had anything like…
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2012 Book Log #10: Hellbent, by Cherie Priest
My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Cozily domestic” is not usually a phrase I would think to associate with the living situation of a vampire. It is a measure of Cherie Priest’s ability as an author to engage me so strongly that I not only was intrigued by her take on a vampire heroine, but…
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2011 Book Log #47: Deadline, by Mira Grant
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Oh man, Deadline. This was hands down one of the best books I read in 2011, and I was beyond delighted to see that it was every bit as gripping as book 1 of the Newsflesh Trilogy, Feed. What can I say about this book that doesn’t involve massive,…