Category: Book Log
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Book Log #77: Naked Heat, by Richard Castle
I’m still greatly, greatly amused that the Richard Castle books even exist–it remains an excellent marketing ploy for an enjoyable TV show. That said, I didn’t quite enjoy Naked Heat, the second of the Nikki Heat series, as much as the first one. Most of this I attribute to the overall style of the writing…
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Quick book roundup!
Yoinked for free from B&N’s ebook store: Picked up from Amazon because it’s not available for the nook, and because Amazon’s customer service was awesome to me: Purchased in print from B&N: Total for the year: 369!
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Shiny big bonus ebook roundup!
It will or at least SHOULD surprise none of you that since I was handed a raise and a review bonus, in addition to getting my shiny new guitar, I also cut a big swath through my ebook wishlist! Drum roll, if you please: Also, although this is an audiobook it does IMO count: That…
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Book Log #76: The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood
It wasn’t until I actually started reading Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood that I found out it was in fact a sequel to Oryx and Crake, which I am told is actually a better book. This I didn’t find a hardship, because I did actually like The Year of the Flood. And thankfully,…
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I got paid!
And I still have room on the nook (although I’m getting close to needing a memory card for the thing)! So y’all should be able to guess what that means. Yes, that’s right: another book roundup! Purchased electronically recently (and most of these were last night): And, bought this morning in print, just because I…
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Book Log #75: Scoundrel, by Zoe Archer
Scoundrel, Book 2 of Zoe Archer’s Blades of the Rose series, came across my radar with a bang thanks to the Smart Bitches Trashy Books ladies and their current montly book club. As I mentioned in my review of Book 1, Warrior, I was very happy to see a cover with a hero who’s not…
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Book Log #74: Warrior, by Zoe Archer
I came into Zoe Archer’s Blades of the Rose series courtesy of the fine ladies at Smart Bitches Trashy Books, when they chose the second book of the series as a book club read. Pretty much right out of the gate I wanted these books, and I’m not ashamed to admit that a big part…
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Book Log #73: Lord of the Silent, by Elizabeth Peters
After the mighty awesomeness that was He Shall Thunder in the Sky, any book Elizabeth Peters might write would have its work cut out for it. Thunder is so clear a culmination of the Ramses/Nefret love story that in many ways it serves as an admirable stopping point for the series. It would be somewhat…
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Book Log #72: He Shall Thunder in the Sky, by Elizabeth Peters
Now we are TALKING. He Shall Thunder in the Sky is perhaps my absolute favorite of the entire Amelia Peabody series–and as I’ve indicated in my reviews of several of the earlier books, it’s got some very strong contenders for my affections. It won’t have nearly as much meaning if you don’t read the series…
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Book Log #71: The Falcon at the Portal, by Elizabeth Peters
The first time I read through The Falcon at the Portal, book #11 of the Amelia Peabodies, I pretty much wanted to smack Nefret upside the head for what she pulls partway through the book. I am sorry to say that my impression on my recent re-read of her actions in this story have not…