Books I've Read Since the Fire
I have to admit I haven't been doing a lot of reading. During the fire, it was the farthest thing from my mind. After the fire, I read a little hear and there but mostly not. I'm trying to get back into it and have a lot of Christmas reading lined up. But since then this is what I've read:
Title:
Outlander
Series: Outlander
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Pages: 896
Rating:
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Description:
The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach-an “outlander”-in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of Our Lord...1743.
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire-and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Thoughts:
I've shouted it from the mountain tops just how much I love this book and this series and as always it has yet to disappoint. I enjoyed it once again and would recommend it (and do) to anyone. Some might be more inclined to listen to it as it is a long book and sometimes I feel those who can't read it can listen to the tale being woven around them.
I've already started in on the second installment and I'm surprised anew at home much I liked all the bits in the 20th century though the 18th century is just as good.
Title:
In Other Worlds
Series: Dark-Hunter, Were-Hunter, The League
Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Pages: 304
Rating:
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Description:
Fire and Ice: Livia is a Vistan princess who is to be married to an ambassador from a neighboring galaxy--a brutal man, many years her senior. She knows that the one thing he values in her is her virginity, and in a last-ditch effort to escape the fate her father has decreed for her, she sets out to seduce the first man she can find. Adron Quiakides was once a fierce League assassin. Now he lives in constant pain from wounds suffered years earlier at the hands of a madman. When Livia approaches him in a darkened bar, he willingly falls for her seduction. But when he feels the warmth of her healing touch he knows that he can't let her go. With her in his arms, he is free of pain, both body and soul.
Knightly Dreams: The dashing hero of a novel comes to life.
Dragonswan: Channon (Shannon with C) MacRea has spent years studying the legendary Dragon Tapestry, deciphering Old English symbolism. One evening delectable Sebastian Kattalakis appears -- a dragon slayer trapped between two worlds -- claims to hold the key to solving the tapestry’s mysteries. Channon follows him into a fantastic alternate world of magic, danger, and adventure.
Thoughts:
Overall it was a decent story. I liked the first and the last the most but I think my favorite is The League story of Fire & Ice. I can't wait for this novella to be relevant in the League series... you can see it coming.
Title:
Destiny Kills
Series: Myth & Magic
Author: Keri Arthur
Pages: 336
Rating:
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Description:
Desire calls. Danger Lurks. But...
When Destiny McCree wakes up beside a dead man on an Oregon beach, she knows only this: she has to keep moving, keep searching, and keep one step ahead of the forces that have been pursuing her from the heart of Scotland to this isolated spot. Why? The death of her lover has left her alone, with little memory of her past. A glimmering serpent-shaped ring is the one clue she has-and a bargaining chip in a most dangerous game.
Enter Trae Wilson, a master thief with a sexy, knowing grin and a secret agenda of his own. Destiny and Trae both have powers far beyond the human-and both are running for their lives. Together they’re riding a tide of danger, magic, and lust…but with killers stalking their every move, they must use any means necessary, even each other, to survive-until the shocking secret of one woman’s destiny finally unravels.…
Thoughts:
I have to admit I was rather bored with this book. I was listening to it which made me stick it out but it wasn't really very good which surprised me because I love the Riley Jensen series by Arthur. The story seemed to have some potential but it was about land and sea dragons who shifted into people and it was just odd.
Title:
Mercy Burns
Series: Myth & Magic
Author: Keri Arthur
Pages: 352
Rating:
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Description:
Mercy Reynolds is a reporter in the San Francisco Bay area, but she’s also more-and less-than human. Half woman, half air dragon, she’s a “draman”-unable to shift shape but still able to unleash fiery energy. Now something will put her powers to the test.
Mercy’s friend Rainey has enlisted her help to solve her sister’s murder. Then a horrible accident claims Rainey’s life, leaving Mercy only five days to find the killer: If Mercy fails, according to dragon law, Rainey’s soul will be doomed to roam the earth for eternity. But how can Mercy help when she herself is a target? With nowhere else to turn, she must join forces with a sexy stranger-the mysterious man they call “Muerte,” or death itself, who’s as irresistible as he is treacherous. But can even Death keep Mercy alive for long enough to find her answers?
Thoughts:
Typically I love Arthur's paranormal romance. Her Riley Jensen series still makes me want to go back and re-read it. I really wondered about the Myth and Magic series but was a little disappointed by the first novel.
This book really didn't change that either. While, it felt mildly better in story it really didn't stand out and on more than one occasion I found myself not really interested in reading it.
Still for a quick read it is a good one but if you are expecting to be riveted to your seat then you picked up the wrong book.
Title:
Outlander
Series: Outlander
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Pages: 896
Rating:
Links: click image
Description:
The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach-an “outlander”-in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of Our Lord...1743.
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire-and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Thoughts:
I've shouted it from the mountain tops just how much I love this book and this series and as always it has yet to disappoint. I enjoyed it once again and would recommend it (and do) to anyone. Some might be more inclined to listen to it as it is a long book and sometimes I feel those who can't read it can listen to the tale being woven around them.
I've already started in on the second installment and I'm surprised anew at home much I liked all the bits in the 20th century though the 18th century is just as good.
Title:
In Other Worlds
Series: Dark-Hunter, Were-Hunter, The League
Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Pages: 304
Rating:
Links: click image
Description:
Fire and Ice: Livia is a Vistan princess who is to be married to an ambassador from a neighboring galaxy--a brutal man, many years her senior. She knows that the one thing he values in her is her virginity, and in a last-ditch effort to escape the fate her father has decreed for her, she sets out to seduce the first man she can find. Adron Quiakides was once a fierce League assassin. Now he lives in constant pain from wounds suffered years earlier at the hands of a madman. When Livia approaches him in a darkened bar, he willingly falls for her seduction. But when he feels the warmth of her healing touch he knows that he can't let her go. With her in his arms, he is free of pain, both body and soul.
Knightly Dreams: The dashing hero of a novel comes to life.
Dragonswan: Channon (Shannon with C) MacRea has spent years studying the legendary Dragon Tapestry, deciphering Old English symbolism. One evening delectable Sebastian Kattalakis appears -- a dragon slayer trapped between two worlds -- claims to hold the key to solving the tapestry’s mysteries. Channon follows him into a fantastic alternate world of magic, danger, and adventure.
Thoughts:
Overall it was a decent story. I liked the first and the last the most but I think my favorite is The League story of Fire & Ice. I can't wait for this novella to be relevant in the League series... you can see it coming.
Title:
Destiny Kills
Series: Myth & Magic
Author: Keri Arthur
Pages: 336
Rating:
Links: click image
Description:
Desire calls. Danger Lurks. But...
When Destiny McCree wakes up beside a dead man on an Oregon beach, she knows only this: she has to keep moving, keep searching, and keep one step ahead of the forces that have been pursuing her from the heart of Scotland to this isolated spot. Why? The death of her lover has left her alone, with little memory of her past. A glimmering serpent-shaped ring is the one clue she has-and a bargaining chip in a most dangerous game.
Enter Trae Wilson, a master thief with a sexy, knowing grin and a secret agenda of his own. Destiny and Trae both have powers far beyond the human-and both are running for their lives. Together they’re riding a tide of danger, magic, and lust…but with killers stalking their every move, they must use any means necessary, even each other, to survive-until the shocking secret of one woman’s destiny finally unravels.…
Thoughts:
I have to admit I was rather bored with this book. I was listening to it which made me stick it out but it wasn't really very good which surprised me because I love the Riley Jensen series by Arthur. The story seemed to have some potential but it was about land and sea dragons who shifted into people and it was just odd.
Title:
Mercy Burns
Series: Myth & Magic
Author: Keri Arthur
Pages: 352
Rating:
Links: click image
Description:
Mercy Reynolds is a reporter in the San Francisco Bay area, but she’s also more-and less-than human. Half woman, half air dragon, she’s a “draman”-unable to shift shape but still able to unleash fiery energy. Now something will put her powers to the test.
Mercy’s friend Rainey has enlisted her help to solve her sister’s murder. Then a horrible accident claims Rainey’s life, leaving Mercy only five days to find the killer: If Mercy fails, according to dragon law, Rainey’s soul will be doomed to roam the earth for eternity. But how can Mercy help when she herself is a target? With nowhere else to turn, she must join forces with a sexy stranger-the mysterious man they call “Muerte,” or death itself, who’s as irresistible as he is treacherous. But can even Death keep Mercy alive for long enough to find her answers?
Thoughts:
Typically I love Arthur's paranormal romance. Her Riley Jensen series still makes me want to go back and re-read it. I really wondered about the Myth and Magic series but was a little disappointed by the first novel.
This book really didn't change that either. While, it felt mildly better in story it really didn't stand out and on more than one occasion I found myself not really interested in reading it.
Still for a quick read it is a good one but if you are expecting to be riveted to your seat then you picked up the wrong book.