I didn't finish anything new this week. That's because I DNF'd two books.

DID NOT FINISH

1. I gave up almost halfway through The Wild Girl because the stereotypes just got too offensive. Plus, editorial issues starting getting more prevalent - tense switches from past to present within a single paragraph, wrong word usage, etc. I decided it wasn' ( Read more... )

WHAT I FINISHED

Reading behind Bars: A True Story of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian by Jill Grunenwald: I finished this more out of curiosity than actual enjoyment. She really needed at least one more technical edit on this book as well as a content edit before it got published. There are mistakes galore, which really rub me the ( Read more... )

WHAT I FINISHED

1. The Passage by Justin Cronin. FINALLY. I got tired of having this still on my list, so I just sat down on Monday and finished the last couple hundred pages. It picked up a bit, but I hated the ending, especially when I realized it was just setting up for the next books. I'm not bothering with those. I went and read summaries to ( Read more... )

WHAT I FINISHED

1. Strangelets: After realizing I'd left the book in the garage last week, I decided to just finish this one off. In the end, what a waste of time. The whole second half was ridiculous, and the ending was too pat. I should've just given up on it.
2. A Skeleton in the Family by Leigh Perry: A cozy mystery that read quickly. It's ( Read more... )

WHAT I FINISHED

Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai: I got a little annoyed with the hero for not standing up to his father sooner, but I enjoyed this enough to want to read the next book in the series. It was hot, and I liked the heroine a lot.

WHAT I'M READING

1. The Passage by Justin Cronin: I am never going to get through this, because my anxiety ( Read more... )

I haven't actually done a lot of reading in the past two weeks, which is a little sad considering I have more time now.

WHAT I FINISHED

I finished Harrison Squared, Breakout, and Colder Than Sin. All three were fun and worth the time. I did think the last third in both Harrison Squared and Breakout weren't the strongest, but ultimately they were ( Read more... )

I didn't finish or give up on any books this week, so only have books I'm currently reading to report.

1. Still reading The Passage. It's getting progressively spookier, and I've been too susceptible to bad dreams lately so I've slowed down a little so it's not as intense.

2. I'm almost done with Colder Than Sin. It's soooooooo much better than ( Read more... )

BOOKS I'VE FINISHED

I finally finished Her Last Chance, as well as the novella, Her Risk to Take, which rounds out this short series. Neither is indicative of what I love about this author, but they make me appreciate her more recent more more.

I also finished Untraceable which improved as it went along. It still was too much like a first book ( Read more... )

BOOKS I'VE FINISHED

I finished both The Sleeping Night and You're Next. I definitely enjoyed the latter more. I never completely got over my issues with the mistakes I kept finding in the romance, and the thriller went to a place I didn't expect two-thirds of the way through, which was a nice surprise. I'm going to get another by Gregg Hurwitz to ( Read more... )

BOOKS I'VE FINISHED

I managed to finish Ruthless Heart, but it was pretty rushed through on the ending. I also managed to get through Mind Magic. It took me forever to get through the first half, but the second half was exactly what I love about the series.

The best of the bunch was The Book of Unknown Americans. It flowed well, I loved the ( Read more... )