Reading is fun

I have not done a reading update in so long!  wow.

Highlights from the "I have read shelf":

 



I finished GOT Dance with Dragons.  I love the book but I am going crazy trying to keep all the story lines straight and this book made it more difficult.  Martin wrote this in a manner where the stories from the last book do not line up.  Made it very hard to follow a time line that is divided between the books. Overall I was very pleased with the book but not looking forward to the next due to time line issues.

Aurora Teagarden -- I love this series and I have just devoured the entire thing this summer.  There was only one book where I was not totally enchanted with story but that was also the emotional bridge book in the series.  Overall I love Aurora!  She gets into the oddest situations.

Ok my father got me addicted to Issac Bell when we drove support for Kelley.  I have read/listen to almost all of the books and the series.  To be honest I am not thinking of a bad thing to say about the lot or the books themselves.  Bell is a great detective story set in the US around the 1910s and I love them.

I started the Hannah Swenson novels recently.  The storyline and character development for me was a bit slow and predictable.  Not to say it was not a good story because it was a nice story with a good ending.  The best part are the recipes.  Since the main character, Hannah, is a baker the book was peppered with recipes for the cookies she was baking or handing out.  Very enjoyable and I will be looking for the next book at the Library.

I decided that after rereading the 2 Sarah Addison books I have on my Kindle that I should read the first 2.  I remember now why I love her so much.  All her books make me feel like dancing on a cloud of magic.  Keep in mind these books are not about magic.  But we all have those people that seem to have a certain effect on others.  If you have not read anything by her I strongly suggest you try her books, any of her books!

I have also been reading the Anita Blake series this year.  I was totally against constantly reading Vampire/Werewolf stories but I am so glad that I caved.  I am not very far into the series since at first I was listening to the audio books but now I am reading them and I like it so much more.  Anita is just downright spunky, short and kick ass.  She reminds me a lot of one of my friends.  I am looking forward to getting my hands on the next one.

Now to the "Currently Reading":

As I said I am rereading the Sarah Addison Allen books.  Sugar Queen is one of my favorite books.  I so feel a strong connection to the main character Josey.  I am not at all ever in the same situations as her but I just feel she is a kindred spirit.  I am looking forward to this book!

Over the past month or so I have been rereading the Parasol Protectorate.  Also another series with werewolves and vampires  ( I should just cave totally) but this series is also steampunk so there is a little of a branch out.  I love rereading and picking up on the story faster and faster.  Yay!


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