As for that doctor appointment… it
was a follow-up from my skin cancer “surgery” back in February. There were some
spots I’ve noticed on my face and arm which I brought to their attention. The
spots I found were okay (whew), but… Yeah, she saw something else on my face
and it’s pre-cancerous. Now I have to put cream on the spot to kill the skin
cells. Basically it burns the skin off after 3 weeks (2x a day) of treatment.
That won’t be fun. Hubby had to do that to his whole face before and he was
miserable! At least I can wait until I get back from vacation to start and then
I can moan and groan like he did. Okay, maybe not like he did. I don’t have to
put it all over my face. Just on the spot on my cheek. Still… pre-cancerous.
Ugh!!!
One of these days I’m going to go
to the doctor and leave without a follow up appointment!
Here’s what I finished reading this week:
Book #34
Dates read: September 5-11
Title: Don’t Tell
Year of publication: 2003
Author: Karen Rose
Genre: Romantic suspense
Series: Romantic Suspense #1/Chicago #1
# of Pages: 482
Paper or plastic: Mass market paperback
How obtained: Purchased
Blurb from book: It was a desperate plan. But Mary Grace Winters knew the only way to save herself and her child form her abusive cop husband was to stage their own death. Now all that remains of their former life is at the bottom of a lake…
Armed with a new identity in a new town, she and her son have found refuge hundreds of miles away. As Caroline Stewart, she has almost forgotten the night-mare she left behind nine years ago. She is even taking a chance of love with Max Hunter, a man with wounds of his own. But her past is about to collide with the present when her husband uncovers her trail and threatens her hard-won peace. Step by step, he’s closing in on her—and everything and everyone she loves.
My thoughts: Man, what a page turner! I hated putting this one down. I had started reading some of Ms. Rose’s books further on in the series after I had met her at a convention and got her to sign the few books she had on hand (which I bought after someone had said they stayed up all night reading them—when I hear words like that, I gotta check them out). Then after reading those books, realized I wanted (WANTED, not needed) to read them from the beginning. You don’t have to if you don’t want (they can be read as stand alones), but man, if you love romantic suspense, you’ll want to start these from the beginning, too, if only because some of the characters will show up in future books. I have found myself another author where she’ll be an auto buy, but first I gotta get through the series (which is up to #22). I look forward to reading them all.
Title: Don’t Tell
Year of publication: 2003
Author: Karen Rose
Genre: Romantic suspense
Series: Romantic Suspense #1/Chicago #1
# of Pages: 482
Paper or plastic: Mass market paperback
How obtained: Purchased
Blurb from book: It was a desperate plan. But Mary Grace Winters knew the only way to save herself and her child form her abusive cop husband was to stage their own death. Now all that remains of their former life is at the bottom of a lake…
Armed with a new identity in a new town, she and her son have found refuge hundreds of miles away. As Caroline Stewart, she has almost forgotten the night-mare she left behind nine years ago. She is even taking a chance of love with Max Hunter, a man with wounds of his own. But her past is about to collide with the present when her husband uncovers her trail and threatens her hard-won peace. Step by step, he’s closing in on her—and everything and everyone she loves.
My thoughts: Man, what a page turner! I hated putting this one down. I had started reading some of Ms. Rose’s books further on in the series after I had met her at a convention and got her to sign the few books she had on hand (which I bought after someone had said they stayed up all night reading them—when I hear words like that, I gotta check them out). Then after reading those books, realized I wanted (WANTED, not needed) to read them from the beginning. You don’t have to if you don’t want (they can be read as stand alones), but man, if you love romantic suspense, you’ll want to start these from the beginning, too, if only because some of the characters will show up in future books. I have found myself another author where she’ll be an auto buy, but first I gotta get through the series (which is up to #22). I look forward to reading them all.
So… Do you prefer to binge read a series or spread them out?
I’ve done both and I think I prefer binge-reading. I remember more when I’m
reading them back-to-back.
Happy Reading!
Stacy
6 comments:
I'm sorry. Hopefully the skin cream is all you need for that spot.
Here's hoping the cream does the trick.
Tough call on the series. As much as I like to continue reading right away about characters I like, in practice I find fatigue setting in fairly quickly. Ten or so years ago, I read something like seven Lemony Snicket books in short order (laid up with a broken ankle). Haven't read one since.
You cannot catch a break. But at least it was precancerous so you can get a jump on it.
Alex - I hope so too.
Jeff - Maybe the series just got stale. That's been known to happen.
Maria - I'm jumping all right! :)
Well, when you get right down to it, all of those "Unfortunate Events" books are the same thing, with different side characters and settings. At least, the first seven are. Part of me would like to find out how it all ends for the Baudelaires (I like them!), but I don't know if I could wade through thirteen more books of the same, and I don't just want to skip to the end.
Jeff - When books in the series become the same 'ol, same 'ol, I tend to stop reading them, too. I need character growth, especially if it's the same person/couple in each book.
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