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Mystery Read-a-Thon

January 16, 2010January 15, 2010 by Carol3 Comments

The Mystery Read-a-Thon is this weekend! The idea is to find 12 hours over these two days and dedicate them to reading mysteries. I'm going to be fitting some hours in here, some there. I'm starting with 13 1/2 by Nevada Barr. I'm counting it as a mystery, although technically it may be more of a thriller. Those lines are always blurry to me....

Rion by Susan Kearney

January 15, 2010January 23, 2010 by Carol19 Comments

Rion by Susan Kearney Back in September, I read Lucan, the first in the Pendragon Legacy series, and loved it, so when I got a chance to read Rion, I couldn't pass it up. Marisa is Lucan's sister and Rion is his best friend, but I don't think you need to have read the first to enjoy this one. In this future world, one-tenth of Earth's population are dragonshapers and Marisa is a telepath who is helping them learn to control themselves as dragons. Rion is from the planet Honor, where his people, all dragonshapers, have become enslaved to an evil alien Tribe, the Unari. Only with Marisa's help can Rion organize a revolt and save his people. It took me a little while to warm up to the book. First off, even though I knew they were both dragonshapers and Marisa always has scales on some parts of her body, during the first sex scene, when "her scales rumbled in wave after wave...

Our Bookshelves

January 14, 2010 by Carol14 Comments

Earlier this week, a lot of people were posting photos of their bookshelves, so I thought I'd share mine. This one is in my living room. It's the neatest of the lot. The bottom shelf has scrapbooks and a couple photo albums. The snowmen will get put away, probably at the end of January, making room for Valentine's Day things. This is one of Amber's bookshelves. Well, the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia are technically mine, but she'll read them sometime and the rest are all hers. Usually the top would have DVD's on it, but they were put away for Christmas and are currently in a stack somewhere. Her other bookshelf is below, beside our game shelves. I've got a few other bookshelves, but they're a mess. The one on the left is by our desk and holds some of David's old textbooks, in addition to random things. The two on the right are in a storage...

W is for Warders

January 13, 2010January 13, 2010 by Carol9 Comments

Vicki of Reading At The Beach hosts A-Z Wednesday. Today's letter is W. This is one I read in the spring of 2008 and I still remember. Of course, I'm waiting for the sequel, which hasn't come out yet. Last I heard, the author was hoping for 2010. Warders of the Gate by Mark Murray In Rhillai there is no High King, and the nine dukes of the realm fight amongst themselves for the coveted seat. Alisandra, a powerful mage, wants nothing of it and she plots to put a puppet on the throne. someone that she can control. But in her attempt, she opens a Gate to another world and provides entry to the Hylnan--an alien race bent on destroying everything in sight. Caught in the midst of the mayhem are the Warders--the sworn protectors of these magical Gates. Using their abilities to shape shift they fight against the oncoming power struggles in an attempt to keep the Gates open with the...

Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz

January 12, 2010January 23, 2010 by Carol6 Comments

Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz I'm a fan of the Arcane Society series. This is the 7th and I've read each of them. I know what to expect from the series, and enjoy them. If you haven't read the series, I would probably start with one of the earlier ones. This one does not give you much of the back story; it expects you to already know a lot about the society members. Take two people with special talents, add a touch of danger, physical attraction, respect and love, and you've got the formula. This one takes place in modern times. Chloe Harper is a private investigator who can read dreamlight and access dream psi. Jack Winters is the man who needs her help. He is convinced he is falling prey to the family curse and his only hope is to find the Burning Lamp and a woman who can work it before he becomes a monster. The two are immediately...

Teaser Tuesday

January 12, 2010January 11, 2010 by Carol11 Comments

Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page. You also need to share the title of the book that you're getting your "teaser" from...that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you've given. Please avoid spoilers! My teaser: Clients came in an endless variety of guises, but you did not last long in the investigation business unless you learned to distinguish between two broad groups: safe and dangerous. Jack Winters was clearly in the second category. -pg. 13, Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along. My copy was borrowed from the library. I am an Amazon associate....