Mar 13: “Runaway
Vampire” by Lynsay Sands, #23 in the Argeneau Vampire series, a paranormal
romance at 349 pages. Blurb from book: Dante Notte has heard it said that love hurts. He just
wasn’t expecting it to run him over in an RV. Still, a punctured lung and
broken ribs are nothing compared to the full-body shock he feels whenever he’s near
the vehicle’s driver, Mary Winslow. He needs to keep her safe from their
pursuers while he rescues his brother. Most challenging of all, he needs to
claim this smart, stubborn woman as his life mate. The naked, injured, insanely
gorgeous younger man who clambered into her RV insists they belong together. If
Mary wasn’t feeling their incredible connection in every inch of her being, she
wouldn’t believe it. But now that the men who took Dante’s twin are after her
too, trusting her gut means risking her life for an immortal who’s the very
definition of a perfect stranger. These books are so much fun to
read and this one is no exception. One of these days she’ll end the series.
That will be a sad day for me.
Mar 19: “Entwined
with You” by Sylvia Day, #3 in the Crossfire series, an erotica at 356 pages.
Blurb from book: From
the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I
needed. Something I couldn’t resist. I also saw the dangerous and damaged soul
inside—so much like my own. I was drawn to it. I needed him as surely as I
needed my heart to beat No one knows how much he risked for me. How much I’d
been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would
become. Entwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. We made our own
rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession…
Normally, erotica in first person doesn’t interest me, but I like Eva, and
she’s hooked me. Gideon’s not so bad, either. Haha! There are two more books in
this series. I own the next, but the last one doesn’t come out until April 6 (I
have it on preorder). This series has intrigued me and I want to know how it
all ends. Good thing I’m enjoying the ride.
Mar 20:
“Captivated by You” by Sylvia Day, #4 in the Crossfire series, an erotica at
356 pages. Blurb from book: Gideon calls me his angel, but he’s the miracle in my life.
My gorgeous, wounded warrior, so determined to slay my demons while refusing to
face his own. The vows we’d exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood
and flesh. Instead they opened old wounds, exposed pain and insecurities, and
lured bitter enemies out of the shadows. I felt him slipping from my grasp, my
greatest fears becoming my reality, my love tested in ways I wasn’t sure I was
strong enough to beat. At the brightest time in our lives, the darkness of his
past encroached and threatened everything we’d worked so hard for. We faced a
terrible choice: the familiar safety of the lives we’d had before each other,
or the fight for a future that suddenly seemed an impossible and hopeless
dream… Oh man, when I opened this book up and started reading, I
nearly squealed in joy. I was reading Gideon’s point of view! I finally,
FINALLY, got to see what he was thinking. Now, the whole book isn’t Gideon’s—the
chapters alternated between him and Eva—but that didn’t matter. It was great
and I loved it and now I have to WAIT until the next book comes out. Arrgh!
Last week I actually stopped reading a book after 70 pages.
I just couldn’t see me reading the next 400 (yeah, it was a monster, plus, the
type was small and tight making for a really hard read). I refused to mark the
book DNF*, though. Instead, I just deleted it from my Goodreads list as if I’d
never gotten it. No reason to give it a low score; I just wasn’t the audience
for this book (I now know why women’s fiction doesn’t appeal to me—nothing
really happens). I feel a little bad because I had won it (I was trying to
broaden my reading genre), but those are the risks an author takes, right?
So... How often do you try to broaden your reading genre?
Happy Reading
*DNF = Did Not Finish
11 comments:
Was that the sound of you opening up a whole big can of worms? Methinks if you have any readers who are women's fiction authors/fans, they will take issue with your assertion that "nothing happens." It's probably safer to say that nothing happens that's of particular interest to you--or, maybe, you just got a bad book.
I tell myself I try to broaden my reading, but I'm not sure how successful I am in actually doing it.
I wish more people thought like that and realized the book wasn't of interest to them rather than mark it dnf or give it low reviews.
We can't be the audience for everything even if it's well written.
Yeah, I don't rate a book if I don't finish it. Usually, a DNF is a matter of personal preference - why heap a rating on that? Most of the time, it's early enough in the book that I haven't spent too much time on it, and I delete it entirely. Sometimes I leave it as read but DNF, but that's really rare.
I read all over the genre spectrum. Right now, I'm reading Dracula for the first time because I like to throw in a few missed classics a year.
Jeff - What I meant by "nothing happens" is that there's no crime to solve. No bad guy to run from (or face). No action happening. No romance brewing. It's just life, and really, I already live life, I don't necessarily want to read about it.
Maria - I can understand someone marking a book DNF if it's for their own reference. And if I had BOUGHT this book, I probably would have done that (without any stars, though). Since I won it, I thought it best just to delete it from my list.
Beth - You'll have to let me know how you liked Dracula. I read it a couple of years ago for the first time (I know, shocker!). I really enjoyed it.
Stacy,
I've tried to read women's fiction and didn't care for it either. I have enough drama in my life and don't want to add more. I'll stick to romance because I know whatever happens there will be a happily ever after at the end. I also like urban fantasy and sci fi because it's an escape from my real world.
Bonnie - Yeah, I like to escape in my reading, too. I don't mind being scared (I love a good horror/thriller), but please don't depress me. I get enough of that already! Haha!
I try to broaden my reading horizons at least every couple of months. Maybe more, now that I'm reading genres other than romance more often lately. I am also not the readership for women's fiction, for the same reasons you gave in the comment above. Same with anything else I know has a gloomy ending. Bittersweet is OK, but leave me with some hope, yanno?
Jennette - I remember reading "Love Story." What a depressing book! Which is one of the reasons I stay away from Nicolas Sparks (since he tends to write the same kind). If I'm gonna cry at the end of a book, I want it to be happy tears!
What does DNF mean?
Ivy - My bad. DNF = Did Not Finish. I made sure that's in the post now. :)
Thanks, I really don't know anything about GoodReads. Thanks for explaining it.
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