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  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,984 Member
    I decided that I needed a little break from Sharon Srock.
    Finished:
    SURVIVE THE NIGHT by Vicki Hinze (LIS)

    Current:
    THE GIRL FROM THE PAPERS by Jennifer L Wright (historical) - this is rather hard. The last one of her books I read, I couldn't rate because subject was so hard. This one seems pretty much the same. I will take it a little at a time and then go to something lighter. If I remember before checking out another by her, I will probably pass it up.
    SEASIDE COWBOY'S MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE by Alexa Verde (rom) - when I finish it, I will go to:
    HANNAH'S ANGEL by Sharon Srock
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,820 Member
    I downloaded (through KU) a couple of the books you mentioned, Connie.

    I'm doing some fantasy re-reading.

    I started on WILLIAM PENN in that series by Geoff and Janet Benge. So far it is very good.
    In the HEARTS OF FIRE series, I finished book one a while back and just finished book two. I definitely liked book one better, but a couple of stories in book 2 really touched my heart.
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,984 Member
    I finished the Valley View series by Sharon Srock. I have downloaded the fist few of the next series set in the same town.

    Current:
    FIXING UP THE FARMHOUSE by Catelyn Meadows (romance) KU. Book 2 of a series. It's okay.
    THE GIRL FROM THE PAPERS by Jennifer L Wright (historical) - absolutely not my favorite. I am plodding through it a little at a time. I thought about DNF, but it is well written, just hard to read. There is a lot of abuse, anger, hard times, theft and blame.
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,089 Member
    I started the last book in THE AGENCY FILES by Chautona Havig. Can't remember the title; I'll come back and update later
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,984 Member
    I finally finished THE GIRL FROM THE PAPERS. I can't say that I recommend it. It was a good but very difficult read. I can't say if I will read others by her. This is the second really hard read.

    Finished:
    KNIGHT IN SHINING APRON by Carole Brown (rom mystery)
    LOVE'S DWELLING by Kelly Irvin (Amish)

    Current:
    LET MY DAUGHTER GO by Creston Mapes (suspense) - very good so far.
    SUMMERTIME LILIES by LM Karen - Light and easy
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,089 Member
    I read LET MY DAUGHTER GO. I agree - very suspenseful and very good
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,984 Member
    Summertime Lilies was good. It was a light read but had a sad moment. You knew it was coming from the beginning, so it was not a surprise or an unexpected ending.

    I haven't done a lot of reading today, but have worked more on LET MY DAUGHTER GO and checked out the next book in the LM Karen series.
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,089 Member
    I finished HASHTAG ROGUE, the last book in The Agency Files series by Chautona Havig. I was disappointed in the ending of this one. The wrap up happened very quickly without explaining everything. In the pages that follow the book Chautona says she'll be extending the series with a new 3 book series. My Kindle indicated that first book (coming in 2020) is called POINTED SUSPICION. But that title isn't listed anywhere; I can't find it. Maybe she abandoned that project?
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,984 Member
    I think that Chautona really scaled by her writing the last few years. She is caregiver for her mother and has had a lot of stress. I read something the other day that she had to push back the date on something else she was writing, but hoped to have it published soon. I read a few pages in #ROGUE and couldn't get into it. I think it was the only DNF I ever had of her books.

    Currently I am YouTube listening to Jessie Gussman's newest series. She has 4 books available in the series so far. I am listening to the second one right now. The main issue I have had with these books is that some of the advertisements have been more like long infomercials (one 45 minutes long). I want them to be paid for the advertisements, but I am NOT listening to 45 minute commercials! Luckily you can easily skip, but then they don't get paid.
    Strawberry Sands
    THERE I FIND REST by Jessie Gussman (rom)
    THERE I FIND PEACE by Jessie Gussman (rom) current
    There I find love by Jessie Gussman
    There I find Joy by Jessie Gussman
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,820 Member
    Wow, that is a very long commercial. I rarely finish commercials when I am watching something on YouTube. I haven't tried listening to books through them yet though.

    I'm on the last book in one of my fantasy re-reads and finished the other re-read. I have to look through my books to see what I am going to read next. I downloaded two or three from KU, and I keep trying to start the Robin Patchen series, of which I have most of them, but I start and then just don't go back.

  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,984 Member
    I'm still working through the Jessie Gussman books. I haven't seen any other author that has these horribly long infomercials. I just skipped another 22 minute one. Jay Dyess is the narrator and it is his channel. I did put a comment about them. He is a really good narrator and I would rather listen to him than text to voice, but I may switch back to Ebooks if these continue.
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,089 Member
    Unless I find a movie on the plane that grabs my attention, I'll be starting VESTIGE OF POWER by Sara Blackard
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,820 Member
    I liked that series, Cindy.

    I am almost done with the fourth book in the Seventh Son fantasy series.
    I started reading CONVENIENT LIES by Robin Patchen and realized that I had already read this one. I am reading it again just to get back into the series before going on to book 2.
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,984 Member
    I am reading CHARLEY by Sharon Srock (wm fict). This is book #3 in her Sisters By Design series. I am really enjoying her books.

    I am listening to THE BILLIONAIRE’S NANNY by Elizabeth Maddrey (rom). I'm not far into it, but is light reading for bedtime listening.

  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,984 Member
    Oh my goodness, I got a copy of Jessie Gussman’s newest book...to be released later. It was a birthday gift. It is so cool. At the end of every chapter it has this sentence, "Made with love for connie.randel@gmail.com".
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,820 Member
    Oh, how awesome is that???

    I'm all over the place with my reading. I am almost done with WILLIAM PENN by Geoff and Janet Benge. Very good. So much I didn't know about his life. I finished one of the fantasy re-reads and am almost done with another one. I started another re-read by Rachel Rosanno who I really like reading from! This one is a medieval story that starts with DUTY. I also started VYPER which is the sixth book in the Laynie spy series by Vikki Kestell. Vyper is a super hacker gal who now works for the government. Have been in and out of some others as well.
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,089 Member
    edited October 2023
    I'm onto a different series by Chautona Havig - SIGHT UNSEEN. This one is about people who have lost their memory... waking up and not knowing who they are. The first in the series (I started it on the plane, read for 4 1/2 hours and finished it after midnight when I got home) is NONE SO BLIND.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,820 Member
    I like those kinds of stories. I haven't read anything by her in quite awhile!

    I finished the WILLIAM PENN biography by the Benges. I never knew that he spent so little time in Pennsylvania and faced so much trouble in England and even years in prison. Then he had a "friend" whom he trusted who had been robbing him for years and then tricked him into signing over Pennsylvania to him, which, after his death his wife took advantage of and tried to take everything from him. Yikes!

    I'm not sure who I will go on to next. Still reading VYPER by Vikki Kestell and the fourth book in a fantasy series.
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,089 Member
    I finished the SIGHT UNSEEN series by Chautona Havig: NONE SO BLIND, WILL NOT SEE, TIES THAT BLIND. This was a good series, with a decent amount of suspense. I started A BIRD DIED by the same author, but it's hard to read in that it's based on a tragic accident that happened to Chautona's grandson. I'd still like to wrap up the add on books to THE AGENCY FILES (same author), but that will probably have to wait.

    So many Chautona books! (Most of them downloaded on her birthday.)
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,089 Member
    I've read a couple of Lacy Williams books over the last couple of days. UGH. I can't find the name of the one I finished yesterday, but right now I'm reading WINNING THE SCHOOLMARM.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,820 Member
    Listening to William Bradford by the Benge's on Hoopla. So far very good.
    I started re-reading THREAT BY NUMBERS by Kimberley Rogers. As good as the last time I read it.
    I started A PRIDEFUL HEART by Heather Blanton, and so far very good.
    Still working on VYPER by Vikki Kestell, also very good.
    I'm almost finished with THE SHADOW ELF'S MISSION by Elisa Rae (Rachel Rosanno), very good.
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,984 Member
    I read a really cute anthology. Evidently it is part of a multi author series, but these are just one author. It is about telephones coming to Alaska.
    Dial 0 for Operator: Switchboard Sisterhood KU
    CONNIE by Lynn Donovan (#4)
    PENNY by Lynn Donovan (#8)
    TRACY by Lynn Donovan (#11)

    I haven't done a lot of reading...just too much going on.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,820 Member
    I'm jumping around a lot - again.

    I finished a fantasy freebie by an author I like, EXPECTATION OF MAGIC. It's the prequel to a series I'd already read, but it was nice to go back and read about the previous generation.

    I'm still working on William Bradford; I'm on book two in the Threat by Numbers fantasy series; I'm still reading VYPER by Vikki Kestell but am almost done!
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,089 Member
    I've been reading a bunch of Lacy Williams books recently - mostly from the Wind River Hearts series: MARRYING MISS MARSHAL, COWBOY PRIDE, CATCHING THE COWGIRL, HER COWBOY DEPUTY... and maybe one or two others... and I didn't read all of them in order.

    I went back to VESTIGE OF POWER by Sara Blackard. I had trouble getting into it at first.
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,984 Member
    Right now I am listening to an anthology of all 6 of the books in a series I'm on book #6. I needed a light read for driving back to Kansas and I needed it long enough that I could get all of the way home. I saw this and thought it would work fine. They are all marriage of convenience books about 6 brothers that have to all be married to inherit their father's ranch
    Carson Brothers of Sweet Rivers Ranch marriage of convenience - Hoopla
    HER CHRISTMAS COWBOY by Marie Richards (rom)
    HER COWBOY HERO by Marie Richards (rom)
    HER CHRISTMAS COWBOY by Marie Richards (rom)
    HER FAKE FIANCE COWBOY by Marie Richards (rom)
    HER SECOND-CHANCE COWBOY by Marie Richards (rom)
    HER LAST CHANCE COWBOY by Marie Richards (rom)
    HER COWBOY PROTECTOR by Marie Richards (rom)
    .
    I have really not gotten a lot of reading in for the last couple weeks. Everytime I open a book, or turn one on, I get phone calls or something.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,820 Member
    I've finished one of the fantasies that I was reading. I'm still all over the place with my reading though.
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,089 Member
    edited October 2023
    I'm reading a CUPCAKE CRIMES series by Molly Maple. Made the mistake of starting with book 4 - PUMPKIN SPICE SCARE: A Small Town Cupcake Cozy Mystery. I liked it well enough to go back and download book 1 from KU: VANILLA VENGEANCE.
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,984 Member
    AARG! I am so tired of phone calls all day long! Hopefully we are getting to the bottom of that problem.

    Currently I am going through the next series by Sharon Srock.
    Crafted with Love
    EMBER by Sharon Srock (wms fict)
    HOLLY by Sharon Srock (wms fict) KU
    MAGGIE by Sharon Srock (wms fict) KU
    Currently there are 6 books in the series with #7 coming in the spring. I have enjoyed her books.

    I am listening to GINGERBREAD MAN by Lee Straus (susp) libby. I'm not crazy about the subject matter - College campus rapes, so I am not totally sure that I will finish. I will try again tonight before sleep and see what happens.

    finished
    HOW MR GRINCHLY FOUND CHRISTMAS by Donna K Weaver (Christmas) - just cute. Nothing special, but light and easy.
    INTO THE FIRE by Irene Hannon (susp) - I love her books! This is the newest. They are set in St. Louis which is 20 miles from my hometown, so I know the area well. And, a good friend of mine has a son with a well known bakery there...it always winds up in her books. It's kind of fun. This time it was in chapter 13 (at least audio chapter 13). I had to send the location to his mom!


  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,820 Member
    How fun! He needs to advertise it on his window - Famous Bakery - mentioned in Irene Hannon's books!
    LOL.

    I finished the second book in a series that I've enjoyed. It has a Christian theme to it, but very shallow. The first book is THE RECRUITS OF TALIONIS, and this one was FUGITIVE OF TALIONIS. It isn't fantasy, but it is futuristic. This girl is kidnapped and wakes up as a recruit for a city that she's never heard of. She is pushed to be her best or die! With the help of a friend, she and several other recruits are able to escape the city - end of book one. Book two is their journey to find this city of refuge so they can get help in shutting down Talionis and it's very wicked leaders. If you fail at an assignment - you die! It has been pretty good.

    I also finished Glitch Society. This is a tongue-in-cheek kind of story. This girl thinks she is a jinx because she can't get tech to work for her - as it turns out she has a hyper-magnetised system that just glitches whatever equipment she is trying to work with. One day she accidentally sends out a picture of her mom and before she knows it, Mom is missing and the bus (Skoolie) they live in is trashed. These very weird people find her and take her to a dirigible that they work out of - they are all Glitches. It's a fun story.
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,089 Member
    You do find some interesting books, Kim.

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