What are you reading
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Kim - I agree with HER SECRET SONG. I didn't think it was one of her best. Actually, I was rather disappointed in that entire series.
I am reading ROMANCE UNDER WRAPS by Claire O'Sullivan (suspense) KU. It is pretty good. The author puts a lot of the reviews for it on MeWe, so I decided to go ahead and try it. It is about a con-woman that has lost her past memory. She remembers from the time she woke up from a coma (a few years ago), but nothing prior. Right now she is working as a Nurse Practitioner, but has no training - everything is forged.
I am also hoping to get through BREATH OF HEAVEN by Alana Terry (family drama) today, so the series can all go on July's book list. We will see. I have about 90 pages left.
I am listening to THE CONFESSION by Robert Whitlow (legal), but I don't think I will get it finished today. We will see, we will see.
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Finished:
ROMANCE UNDER WRAPS by Claire O'Sullivan (suspense) KU
BREATH OF HEAVEN by Alana Terry (family drama) - glad to have that series finished. I really didn't like the endings to any of them...the outcomes were just alluded to. I don't regret reading them, but NOT ON HOOPLA. Now, if I check out another ebook on hoopla, I will check how long the chapters are.
THE CONFESSION by Robert Whitlow (legal) - good
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DUST by Kara Swanson (Peter Pan) hoopla - Heirs of Neverland series. I didn't know if I wanted to actually read this series, but heard good things about it. I don't really see any Christian influence, but it is good. I have the next checked out as well, so we will see.
I think I will start on INJUSTICE FOR ALL by Robin Caroll (suspense) for an ebook. This will be my August read.0 -
Hi all - I am needing to do a "buddy challenge" for the facebook book challenge I am doing. I am going to closely watch what you guys are reading and try to pick up one of your books.
I am almost finished with DUST by Kara Swanson. Again, it is considered Christian Fiction, but other than it being clean, I haven't found a Christian influence. I am fairly sure I will go to the next one because I don't think this one is going to really end.
I am reading INJUSTICE FOR ALL by Robin Caroll (suspense). I kept starting and stopping it so much with "stuff" going on that I kind of got lost. I will probably back it up a bit to catch anything I missed. So far, it is good and starting to get exciting.0 -
I think I read DUST, but I will have to go back and see. I know that I read two books not that long ago with the Peter Pan theme and the plot of this books sounds familiar.
I'm finished HER SECRET SONG by Mary Conealy (sometimes I see it with two n's, as on Hoopla). I really enjoyed this series. Ursula had some attitude problems at times, but the guys in this story are incredibly patient, although Mitch needed a thump in the head now and again!
I am re-reading BAMBOO AND LACE by Lori Wick (through Hoopla) and quite enjoying it again.
I'm also reading the last book that fiinnaallyy came out by K M Shea, TRIAL OF MAGIC. This is a spin-off of her fairy tale series and a character shows up in each of the stories, Angelique, who is an enchantress in training. Only problem is, her mentor is captured by the evil mages and his power is stolen to accomplish their evil deeds. In her series THE FAIRY TALE ENCHANTRESS the other stories are revisited from her point of view and she is searching for her mentor and teacher throughout. It has gotten a bit old though, waiting for him to be rescued. I think everything resolves in this one.0 -
BAMBOO AND LACE by Lori Wick - that sound like something I could "buddy read". I checked it out on libby (hoopla was awful on the last ebook I tried). Just let me know what you think at the end, and I will give my "thoughts" when I finish. One or two sentences are fine...
I'm listening to SHADOW right now. I looked it up on Amazon and they are not noted there as Christian fiction, although on Avid Readers, many have mentioned them. One lady asked the other day if they were Christian fiction and the moderator (who is STRICT) said that she was currently reading them and that the author is Christian and she would recommend them.0 -
Currently listening to FLIRTING WITH DANGER by Wendy Davy. I started it last night before bed and promptly fell asleep. I backed it up a chapter and when I turn it back on, I will decide if I backed it up far enough. It seemed like it was going to be pretty good.
Reading: ME AND THE SWEET SNOWSTORM by Jessie Gussman (rom/com) - light and short. They are trapped by a snowstorm in a small cabin right now, but I'm sure it will wind up with a laugh or two at the end.
I don't know if anyone noticed, but right now I have about 13 KU books checked out. I'm sure that it is a glitch, but on the facebook group I belong to, someone mentioned it.0 -
I read The House at Sandalwood by Virginia Coffman an old gothic suspense story. Also read The Sign of the Golden Goose by Janet Loise Roberts another old one. Read Finding Love Again by Shelley Galloway; an Avalon romance. Read The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Masset it is a Perveen Mistry novel about an Indian woman in India. She is sent to the palace to help decide the princes place of education since the maharanis disagree on where he should go to school. The norther-in-law wants him to stay and be educated by the tutor while his mother wants him to go to England. Also read Aunt Dimity Down Under a very weird story about a woman who speaks to her dead aunt via the woman's journal and her trip to New Zealand to find the brother of these two twin older neighbors of hers before they die.
Also read Murder by Fireworks by Susan Bernhardt a mystery.
Reading Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey, Becoming Elisabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn; a biography. And another old gothic mystery which I do not have with me. I will put it in when I am finished.0 -
Oh, sounds like fun. I'll work on BAMBOO AND LACE tonight!
BIGWIMP, sounds like you are doing some interesting reading!
I started a non-fiction today, THE WAY OF HOLINESS by Phoebe Palmer. It's a very old book, first published in 1849! So far it has been very good. It kind of reads like the story of a woman who discovers that walking in holiness is real! I also got WITH CHRIST IN THE SCHOOL OF PRAYER by Andrew Murray. I want to spend more time with stories like these during the day and save my fiction for when I go to bed.
Still working on the K M Shea ending to her series. It repeats quite a bit from another of her fairy tale books, which all of the books in this story have done, but this one more so. I felt like I was re-reading the other book! Made this one drag a bit. I'm at the crux of all of the stories right now - if she can't save her mentor, well, I'll just be very disappointed.0 -
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BAMBOO AND LACE by Lori Wick - I am really enjoying this. Her books are written with a "different voice" than the books today. I had only read one of her (at the time) contemporary books.
HEART ON THE LINE by Karen Witemeyer (historical). I am enjoying this books. This is one of the ones about the all women's community and definitely has some funny moments, but mystery abounds. These poor men coming into the town!0 -
Kim - As I was on the search for freebies for tomorrow, I ran into two series that are fairy tale/fantasy and I thought about you. I don't know if they will still be free tomorrow, so I thought I would put the links here. They are individual books, but I am linking the series links so you will see all of the books on each.
A Twist of Adventure (5 book series) by Kendra E. Ardnek (Author)
https://tinyurl.com/6f6kn8zr
The Bookania Quests (6 book series) by Kendra E. Ardnek (Author) , Brooke Younger (Illustrator)
https://tinyurl.com/se8zj8dw
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Thanks, Connie. I went ahead and got all of the first series and the first one of the second series. We'll see how they are!
Reading BAMBOO AND LACE and almost done with the K M Shea book.0 -
Still working on Bamboo and Lace. Really enjoying it. I read the first story CINDER EDDY by Kendra E Ardnek. It was very good and very short. A prince is treated like a slave after his mother and then his father dies and his step-mother and step brothers take over. When a princess is kidnapped and the prize is marrying her if they can find her, his brother's take off. When he realizes he is free, Eddy takes off too, but half heartedly is looking for the princess. The moral of the story is how he wins her over the others.0
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Looks like I haven't been here in a while. I've been busy on a multi day job with early mornings and long days. I'm still reading NEARLY by Deborah Raney.0
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Cindy - Take care of yourself with all of the travel and hours!
I finished:
BAMBOO AND LACE by Lori Wick - I enjoyed it!
HEART ON THE LINE by Karen Witemeyer (historical) - I always enjoy her books.
THE WIDOWS OF CHAMPAGNE by Renee Ryan (WW2- LI) - I didn't realize this was by Love Inspired until I started on it. It must be one of their new longer ones. It was very good.
Current:
LOVE UNEXPECTED by Jody Hedlund (historical) - not too far into it, but so far, so good. About a lighthouse keeper.
TO RIGHT A WRONG by Robin Caroll (suspense) KU - I'm not too far into this one, either. I'm sure it will be good, though.
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Thanks, Connie. I'm just about finished with NEARLY by Deborah Raney. Maybe I'm see if I can find BAMBOO AND LACE by Lori Wick.0
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I couldn't find it on Amazon, Cindy, but I got BAMBOO AND LACE through Hoopla. I thought I had it in my Kindle and am sad that I don't! This is a re-read for me. I'm half-way through with it. Was interrupted a bit last night when Wade wanted to watch TV in the bedroom, so didn't get very far.0
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Current:
THE HOPE OF HER HEART by Liz Isaacson (Christmas) KU
THE ICE SWAN by J’Nell Ciesielski (historical) - I'm not too far into it, but will be turning it back on pretty soon to listen to in bed.
Finished:
TO RIGHT A WRONG by Robin Caroll (suspense) KU - It was very good, but my brain was fried. I had to back it up a couple of times because too much "stuff" was in my mind for me to comprehend the book.
MEETING UP WITH THE BOOKWORM by Elizabeth Kirke (rom com) KU - too short 3.5*
MEETING UP WITH THE IT GUY by Mila Sweet (rom com) KU - too short 3.5* - I checked out 6 books in this series, but I'm not sure I am going to read all of them. They are just too short to really be developed well.
LOVE UNEXPECTED by Jody Hedlund (historical) - good. I will check into some of the others in the series. I'm pretty sure I will find them on one of the library sites.
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INSIGHT by Deborah Raney is free today...May be just today. https://tinyurl.com/3brvpt3t
I had a lot of doubts about THE ICE SWAN by J’Nell Ciesielski (historical). I just wasn't really crazy about it, but decided to listen for more than a few minutes at a time when going to bed. I turned it on yesterday morning and listened while getting ready for church, then finished it last night. I think that I just didn't give myself long enough to get into it. It was pretty good. She isn't my favorite author, but I think this was probably her best book.
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PROVENANCE by Carla Laureano - I am not very far into this one, but it is starting out very good. It is her newest book and I found it on hoopla audio, but I realized that it is also available on KU. It is about a lady that was raised in foster homes and owns a restoration company in California. She returns from a European buying trip and finds a letter telling her that her grandmother (that she knew nothing about) had left her property to her. It was right on the line of being reverted to the county. I think there will be some romance between her and the mayor. He is trying to get her to keep the property when she really needs to sell to fund her company in California.
RUN AGROUND by Christy Barritt (Lantern Beach Mayday #1) KU - Her newest Lantern Beach series. It takes place on a yacht. I think it will be very good, too.0 -
I have INSIGHT and I have RUN AGROUND. I want to get to that Christy Barritt one though but am trying to get through the last little bit of BAMBOO AND LACE - phew, I read and read and read and that line on the bottom doesn't seem to move! LOL! I do like it though. At times she seems to be a bit more "frank" than I'm comfortable with - nothing bad, just more than I think some people would talk about or be as open about.
I'm working on the Ronie Kendig book for my monthly read, DISCARDED HEROES series, the first book. Right now there isn't much in it that isn't dark or sad or bringing any kind of joyful relief to the story, so I just read a few chapters and then go on to something else less heavy.0 -
Thank you, Connie, for mentioning the free Deborah Raney book. I just downloaded INSIGHT. 🙂0
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Kim - I wasn't uncomfortable in PRETENSE, but I cringed at the girl not being able to look men in the eyes. I really didn't like her dad! There was a little bit that was frank, but not uncomfortable for me. It was all handled with a Christian outlook, anyway. I did notice the difference in writing from 20 years ago, and today!
I have pretty much given up Ronie Kendig. They are just a bit too heavy for me to enjoy.
Current:
STRAND OF DECEPTION by Robin Caroll (suspense) - I had this one, and wanted to finish out the series, but I think there is another novella that I didn't get. I need to see if I can find it.
Finished:
PROVENANCE by Carla Laureano - I really liked this one. There were a couple of places where each of them had a single beer, then went to soda or water. Not for me, but not a deal-breaker unless it is a Christian drinking to excess (but it makes me cringe).
I haven't started my next audiobook yet. I will probably do that here in a few minutes. I'm not sure which one, yet.
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I finished THE DASHING DUKE AND TWO SISTERS by Hedley Hunt - a regency romance. This was cute and a bit different from a lot of the regency stories. The sisters are sometimes close and sometimes not and one Duke is vying for them, but he has a dark secret! It was good, and clean.
I also finished POISON KISS: A TWIST OF SLEEPING BEAUTY by Kendra Ardnek. This was a twist of Puss and Boots and Sleeping Beauty, throwing in a lady in a tower as well. They are cute. This one was harder to stay interested in than the first one was. I'm on to the third one, RED AS SNOW.
I'm still working on DISCARDED HEROES by Ronie Kendig. Most of the way through this one. Phew, took the wife awhile to figure out she didn't have all the answers and probably acted to swiftly in kicking her husband out! I don't know, you vow to God to stay with him until death parts you, and you listen to your brother, knowing your brother hasn't ever liked him, and kick him out when in a fight with a guy she gets in the way and gets socked in the face by her husband. He has PTSD but is still doing clandestine missions; and she is doing really stupid stuff that could get her and her unborn child killed!0 -
Kim - I didn't find your monthly book list. Are you going to post for July?
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YOURS IS THE NIGHT by Amanda *kitten* - This is one I am having a hard time staying with. It is in WW1 Europe. I'm about 1/3 though it, but I keep losing my place and have to go back a few pages. It is one that I probably need to really get involved actually reading before I turn on the text-to-voice.
THE CRYPOGRAPHER'S DILEMMA by Johnnie Alexander. This one I really am enjoying. I didn't want to quit listening last night. I kept re-setting the sleep timer and grabbed a Bluetooth headset to listen so I didn't wake Bill.
I don't usually like to read/listen to two historical fiction books at the same time, but that's what is happening.0 -
Oh, I thought I had, I'll do that after I'm done here!
Still working on the same stories!0 -
Whoa - I just re-read my post and they change the name on the author of YOURS IS THE NIGHT by Amanda D y k e s. I don't know what the point is, but maybe because of the name. I did finish it, but wasn't overly impressed. I really liked the other books that I have read by her.
I finished:
SWEET AFTERNOONS by Jessie Gussman (Blueberry Beach) KU - It was pretty good. I have enjoyed this series.
A DOCTOR SECOND CHANCE FOR THE RANCHER by Dobi Daniels (romance) KU - This was a new-to-me author that was recommended. NOPE, I probably won't do any more. It was very short, no time for development of the story, and unnecessary steam at the end.
Current:
LOVE AND THE SILVER LINING by Tammy L Gray (romance) - So far this is very good. The last book that I read by her had some inappropriate language, but I haven't noticed it so far in this one. There is some drinking, but it is not being "justified" as a good or normal thing at this point.
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Yes, Connie. I learned from poking around the site that anything the MFP app considers swearing is changed to *kitten*.
Odd that they did it to her name... must not be the greatest algorithm.0 -
Oh, I like that they fix cussing, just a wee bit touchy on what that means!
I finished RED AS SNOW BY Kendra ?. It's part of that fairy tale series of short and short short stories. This was a short short re-telling of Snow White. I'm not sure where the Red as Snow comes in because there wasn't anything red in the story - unless it was the apple!
I also finished the Ronie Kendig story, DISCARDED HEROES and moved on to the second book in the series (which I've had forever), just can't remember the name right now. So far it's good.0 -
Finished:
LOVE AND THE SILVER LINING by Tammy L Gray (romance) - I really liked this one. I don't think that there is anything that would really make anyone uncomfortable.
THE CRYPTOGRAPHER’S DILEMMA by Johnnie Alexander (WW2 era FBI) - Good!!
Current
THE WALNUT CREEK WISH by Wanda Brunstetter (Amish-ish) - This has an "English" couple with some marital issues that moves to Walnut Creek and befriends an older Amish couple. So far, I am enjoying it.
BLIND DATE WITH A BILLIONAIRE REALITY STAR by Evangeline Kelly (romance) KU - This is pretty good. It is light and easy. I expected it to be funny like some of the other in the series, but I am enjoying it.
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I am working on SWIFT again since I recently got NOMAD cheap or free (who can remember a week ago???) I'm enjoying it as much the second time around as I did the first. It takes place in Cornwall and it's about Piskey's and Faery's, and the elusive Spriggan! It's a light fantasy.
I'm also reading RUN AGROUND by Christy Barritt. So far so good.
And the second book in the DISCARDED HEROES series by Ronie Kendig.0 -
Currently I am reading:
HOSTILE INTENT by Lynette Eason (suspense) - Oh, starting with a bang! I'm about 1/3 though it and it's very good.
BEYOND THE TIDES by Liz Johnson (romance) - I will start this tonight before bed.
Finished:
BLIND DATE WITH A BILLIONAIRE REALITY STAR by Evangeline Kelly (romance) - good
BLIND DATE WITH MY BILLIONAIRE PROTECTOR by Evangeline Kelly (romance) - I really liked this one. Just light and easy to read.
THE WALNUT CREEK WISH by Wanda Brunstetter (Amish-ish) - pretty good. I have a few Amish books checked out again, and they still aren't my favorite. In this one the main couple was not Amish, so it really wasn't that Amish.0
