“Christian Notte’s story, the sixteenth book in the Argeneau series is set on an island paradise called St. Lucia. After a bad relationship and an even worse divorce, Carolyn decides to go on a long overdue and much needed vacation with the ‘girls’.” –from lynsaysands.net For those of you a little behind on the series, [...]
Filed under: Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Series on August 31st, 2012 | Comments Off
Amanda Quick (Jayne Ann Krentz) has got to be one of my favorite authors of all time. One could argue that she’s not exactly writing high literature, but when I want to sit back, relax, and enjoy a good story I often grab one of her books. There is a time and place for Austen [...]
Filed under: Recently Published, Romance, Series on April 26th, 2012 | Comments Off
I’ve only read a few of these books, ones that I bought a few years ago, and lately I’ve been re-reading most of what is in my library so I decided to pick these up and rummage through them as well. What surprised me the most is that, other than some vague details, I barely [...]
Filed under: Series on April 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
I really don’t see how I can get into a review of this book without dropping some major spoilers so consider this your warning. The previous book ends with the death of the entire royal family, minus Prince Gar. The kingdom’s master magician Durm causes their deaths while possessed by a piece of the spirit [...]
Filed under: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Series on February 9th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
It’s been a while since I read this book, and I didn’t review it at the time because after I finished this I went straight into the sequel – and after reading the sequel I was ranting like a lunatic because with the two books combined I hated the way the story ended. However, now [...]
Filed under: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Series on January 31st, 2012 | 2 Comments »
These two books follow, Maggie Needs an Alibi with two interesting new murders. I will give each of them this: the murder happens sooner in each book than it did in the first. With Alibi some reviewers on Amazon complained that the murder didn’t take place until like halfway through the book. True, but the [...]
Filed under: Mystery/Thrillers, Series on September 23rd, 2011 | Comments Off
This is the first book of a series which, unfortunately, I started in the middle. You may remember my review and short rant about High Heels and Homicide when I read it, only to realize that events in that book occurred somewhere later in a series. Fortunately for me, I did finally manage to find [...]
Filed under: Humor, Mystery/Thrillers, Series on September 17th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Heartless is the fourth book of the Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger. In the previous books, we’ve discovered that Alexia Maccon (previously Tarabotti) is a preternatural. This means that, like her father before her, Alexia has no soul. Knowing this, Alexia has done her best to develop sound ethics and cultivate good manners. She [...]
Filed under: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Series on September 16th, 2011 | Comments Off
I am not a fan of much in the world in Sci-Fi. I mean, I love the original Star Wars trilogy – episodes 4,5, and 6 – and Firefly is surely one of the quickest ways to my heart, but when it comes down to a choice between reading a science fiction novel and watching [...]
Filed under: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Series on September 14th, 2011 | 5 Comments »
So, manga is a new set of material for me. I can’t decide if it qualifies as “books” or not, but hey since they come in bound covers and I find them in bookstores, let’s say yes to that question, eh? My newest “oh-if-I-only-had-more-money” obsession is the Fruits Basket series, which is a fairly long-running [...]
Filed under: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Series on July 7th, 2011 | Comments Off