April Books: 60-72/200
Silent in the Grave, Silent in the Sanctuary, Silent on the Moor, Dark Road to Darjeeling, and The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn
Lover At Last by JR Ward
The Sins of Rachel Ellis by Philip Caveney
The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore
Llewellyn's 2013 Witches' Companion ed. Nicole Edman
The Farm by Emily McKay
My Bonnie Wee Librarian by joylee56
the course of my fate by bayloriffic
Something Wicked This Way Comes by RaeAnne
Only 13 this month, though I expected it to be less than my goal anyway.
Lover At Last, while being far and away a better story than Ward's last tragic exercise in writing "romance", still fell flat for most fans of the series, myself included. This novel finally gave us the long awaited story for gay vampires Qhuinn and Blay, and Ward really should have done her homework about the realities of male/male sex as there was not one word mentioned about lubricant in the entire novel. Seriously! Most of the sex scenes had me cringing, expecting to next read about blood on the sheet (and not the good vampire kind that you would expect in a vampire story). Like Charlaine Harris of TrueBlood fame, Ward has also gotten into the habit of resolving her plots/character issues in the last 20-40 pages quickly and without much thought to how her readers will understand such spontaneous and unexpected turns in emotions and reasoning. And she really REALLY needs to work on writing women! I've been saying this since Phury's book, but Ward's female characters come out of nowhere (no "seemingly" about it!) and barely develop as one dimensional characters. Like Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake, Ward's heroines began as people/vampires with spunk or a story. Now it's ALL about the men. Even the sex! All about the male's pleasure.
I don't read much in the mystery genre but I've fallen in love with Raybourn's Lady Julia Grey series. It definitely has something to do with the Victorian-era setting and the hulking Scot Nicholas Brisbane. I have no idea when or even if there will be another novel - fingers crossed!
The Sins of Rachel Ellis by Philip Caveney is an older novel with an interesting take on the Merlin legend and Celtic mythology in general, though Caveney-in my opinion-had trouble writing in the mindset of a 12 year old girl, even one as sophisticated as his main character. Rape is rape people. WTF.
Lover At Last by JR Ward
The Sins of Rachel Ellis by Philip Caveney
The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore
Llewellyn's 2013 Witches' Companion ed. Nicole Edman
The Farm by Emily McKay
My Bonnie Wee Librarian by joylee56
the course of my fate by bayloriffic
Something Wicked This Way Comes by RaeAnne
Only 13 this month, though I expected it to be less than my goal anyway.
Lover At Last, while being far and away a better story than Ward's last tragic exercise in writing "romance", still fell flat for most fans of the series, myself included. This novel finally gave us the long awaited story for gay vampires Qhuinn and Blay, and Ward really should have done her homework about the realities of male/male sex as there was not one word mentioned about lubricant in the entire novel. Seriously! Most of the sex scenes had me cringing, expecting to next read about blood on the sheet (and not the good vampire kind that you would expect in a vampire story). Like Charlaine Harris of TrueBlood fame, Ward has also gotten into the habit of resolving her plots/character issues in the last 20-40 pages quickly and without much thought to how her readers will understand such spontaneous and unexpected turns in emotions and reasoning. And she really REALLY needs to work on writing women! I've been saying this since Phury's book, but Ward's female characters come out of nowhere (no "seemingly" about it!) and barely develop as one dimensional characters. Like Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake, Ward's heroines began as people/vampires with spunk or a story. Now it's ALL about the men. Even the sex! All about the male's pleasure.
I don't read much in the mystery genre but I've fallen in love with Raybourn's Lady Julia Grey series. It definitely has something to do with the Victorian-era setting and the hulking Scot Nicholas Brisbane. I have no idea when or even if there will be another novel - fingers crossed!
The Sins of Rachel Ellis by Philip Caveney is an older novel with an interesting take on the Merlin legend and Celtic mythology in general, though Caveney-in my opinion-had trouble writing in the mindset of a 12 year old girl, even one as sophisticated as his main character. Rape is rape people. WTF.