Books
Books bought / ordered:
Lara Adrian – Veil of Midnight
Tori Carrington – Reckless
Kresley Cole – Kiss of a Demon King
Megan Hart – Stranger
Sarah Mayberry – Cruise Control
Robin McKinley – Sunshine
+ the 16 free ebooks Harlequin offers to celebrate 60 Years of Romance:
– Once a Cowboy by Linda Warren (Harlequin American Romance)
– Slow Hands by Leslie Kelly (Harlequin Blaze)
– His Lady Mistress by Elizabeth Rolls (Harlequin Historical)
– Crime Scene at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels (Harlequin Intrigue)
– Price of Passion by Susan Napier (Harlequin Presents)
– The Bride’s Baby by Liz Fielding (Harlequin Romance)
– Snowbound by Janice Kay Johnson (Harlequin Superromance)
– Baby Bonanza by Maureen Child (Silhouette Desire)
– Kiss Me Deadly by Michele Hauf (Silhouette Nocturne)
– Stranded with a Spy by Merline Lovelace (Silhouette Romantic Suspense)
– Dancing in the Moonlight by Raeanne Thayne (Silhouette Special Edition)
– A Very Special Delivery by Linda Goodnight (Love Inspired)
– Homespun Bride by Jillian Hart (Love Inspired Historical)
– Hide in Plain Sight by Marta Perry (Love Inspired Suspense)
– Irresistible Forces by Brenda Jackson (Kimani Romance)
– Speed Dating by Nancy Warren (Nascar)
Books read:
Helen Brooks – Ruthless Tycoon, Innocent Wife
Tori Carrington – Reckless
Sandra Hill – The Love Potion (Re-Read Challenge)
Larissa Ione – Pleasure Unbound
Shirley Kennedy – The Selfless Sister (TBR Challenge)
Favorite novel:
Not counting my re-read, there’s no “real” favorite this month but I was pleasantly surprised by Tori Carrington’s Reckless, and I think Ione did some interesting things in Pleasure Unbound + I enjoyed reading it so I’m really looking forward to the next one in the series, Desire Unchained.
New-to-me authors: Shirley Kennedy, Larissa Ione
New-to-me authors I would read again: Larissa Ione
Comments: Books
Helen Brooks – Ruthless Tycoon, Innocent Wife
contemporary romance
1) I’m not much for revenge motivated characters and 2) even though it gets explained some and the hero realizes he’s made a mistake, I still thought the reason for revenge rather dumb. I also was a bit irritated about a daft misunderstanding near the end and the whole “waiting for the marriage after they seemed really committed to each other without at least some talk about it” seemed to come from another time. Otherwise, a nice enough read – (3/5).Tori Carrington – Reckless
contemporary romance (“Indecent Proposals” series, #2)
One woman, two men who are best friends – this might sound sleazy but the story isn’t for two reasons: 1) the strong focus on the heroine whose carefully planned life gets turned upside down, and not just because of the two men in her life; 2) a revelation later in the story. I didn’t need the second reason because I thought the heroine’s inner turmoil about the situation well developed but I understand why it was included – a good read (4/5).- Larissa Ione – Pleasure Unbound
- Sandra Hill – The Love Potion
- Shirley Kennedy – The Selfless Sister
- Stephanie Laurens – A Secret Love
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Games
Games bought: –
Games played:
Guitar Hero 1 (PS2)
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (PS2)
Shadow Hearts: From the New World (PS2)
Comments: Games
Guitar Hero 1
I blame this one on Christine. 😉 In a comment a few weeks back she mentioned playing this game. I thought “Fun!” and looked for our rusty guitar. I wanted 1. to score more than 100,000 points with one song and 2. get to the next difficulty level (I played on “Easy”) – yeah, I suck at this game.
After I realized I couldn’t get 100,000 points with Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust on Easy (I had around 71,000 after I played it with just one mistake), I finally managed it with Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water (goal 1). And I’m allowed to play on the next difficulty level now (goal 2).
More “accomplishments”: I have seven five-stars-songs on Easy; and I managed to finish five songs on the next level. But I fear I’ve reached the end of what I can do. I’m just too slow and uncoordinated.- Currently Playing – Prince of Persia – Warrior Within