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Today I finished an update to the Heat book lists I’ve had in the works. I split out the NAL Heat and the Berkley Heat titles since I’ve discovered that the books can actually be quite different.
I hope to have some reviews to post soon.
I started I Spy a Wicked Sin last night, and so far it’s been hard to keep myself from revisiting it today even though I’ve got stuff to do. ;)
Books are like that sometimes—they make it hard to concentrate on the real world!
It’s that time again. Although I still have many, many updates to do to bring my book lists up to date for 2010 (Berkley Sensation, Heat, Brava, Blacklace, Avon Red, Aphrodisia, etc..) I have brought the Harlequin Blaze books up to date with all the Blaze-y goodness from February and March.
I’m also trying to update some of my audio and ebooks links, so my formats available lists for each book will be accurate. If you notice in the Blaze lists, I’ve already done some of this and you’ll see lots of new audio links for the 2010 books.
Hope you enjoy the site! — Terescia
Does that make sense to you? What I mean is that there are plenty of books I read that are romance or romance related but that don’t have anywhere near the heat level to truly be classified as erotic romance. However, I love them, and I am planning to post the reviews here on the blog instead of on the site. However, I’ll be sure to preface the review with a note about the heat level, so you don’t waste your time reading them if you’re not interested in anything except spicy hot, steamy romance!
That’s really all there is to this post. I just wanted to warn you… :)
I just added the first of the 2010 books to the site, for Blaze! I can’t believe it’s already this close to being next year. 2009 has gone by so fast…
There’s also a new Spice book out this month.
I’m also gearing up to input some reviews I’ve been working on. I’ve read several good books lately, and I’d like to get the reviews up soon.
I just received an email from eHarlequin promoting their ONE DAY ONLY buy-one-get-one-free sale. There are several Blaze books featured, so if you’ve been wanting one but have been holding off, this might be the perfect opportunity for you. :) For every featured book you buy, get a 2nd title FREE* with coupon code TWOSALEONE. (*They have a few restrictions, but nothing out of the ordinary…)
However, it was kind of tricky to get it to work, so here’s what you need to do. Pick one (or more) of the featured books you want, then go to the regular books, and choose one (or more) of them. Then, when you go to your shopping cart, type in the coupon code in the coupon code box and “apply discount.” At that point, it should show your regular book(s) as free. :)
If you want to check it out, the link is below.
I’ve just updated the Blaze list for the August 2009 books. Many of them are already available for order on the eHarlequin.com website.
August’s books include:
Only the first two (#483 and #484) aren’t part of a Harlequin miniseries. August’s Harlequin Blaze books are part of these miniseries:
You can check out other series on the site on the series list. I also put up the titles and authors of the upcoming September – November Harlequin Blaze releases, but my information is incomplete at the moment. I’ll update when I get more details about the books!
The July Harlequin Blaze print books are still available, so get them new while you can. :)
I had a friend point this out to me today: http://www.scribd.com/Hazellea.
You can find many Harlequin books to read on Scribd, but if you do so, you’ll probably be breaking the law. Ethically speaking, I certainly wouldn’t be comfortable reading these books from the site.
I enjoy finding new and interesting websites, and I think Scribd is that, but I was disappointed to see what appears to be so many books on the site that probably shouldn’t be there… If you know any of the authors of these books, you might want to let them know about the site so they can take steps to be sure their books aren’t illegally posted.
Today I quickly updated the site to include the June 2009 books from Harlequin Blaze. Lots of great authors have books out this coming month, including Tori Carrington, Rhonda Nelson, Kate Hoffmann, Crystal Green, and Cara Summers. There was also new Blaze author in the lot, Heather MacAllister.
I always enjoy seeing new authors and reading their books to see if they’ve brought anything fresh to the series.
What about you? Do you enjoy trying the new authors or do you avoid them?
There’s a sad truth in my pile of to-be-read books. Some of the books in my pile just aren’t the kinds of books I enjoy reading.
Even some of those that were good just couldn’t hold my interest long enough for me to make it to the end of the book. Some books stalled sooner than later, and some I consider only temporarily stalled.
I’ve been known to stop in the middle of a book and then go back to it later and enjoy the book more than ever. I’ve even recommended some of those books, because who knows why I stopped reading in the first place? When I went back, I really did enjoy the book.
When I pick up a book I’ve put down unfinished, I never start reading back at the beginning. I prefer to make my way through the book from where I stopped previously. And maybe that’s some of the problem. If a book is that easy to start reading from the middle why was all that stuff included at the beginning anyway?
Don’t you often find that many books start too early in the story? I enjoy the occasional slow build up in a book, but most often, I find that some authors don’t want to leave anything for me to assume or conclude on my own. They want to explain every aspect of the story and characters, to the point where there’s no mystery left in the book at all. But I enjoy just jumping in and figuring out some of this stuff for myself.
In fact, I enjoy mystery in my reading, and I’m not talking about whodoneit. I’m talking about the mystery of uncovering character motivations. I don’t want to know everything at the outset of the book. I enjoy coming up with my own thoughts about why the characters might be doing whatever it is they’re doing and to have those assumptions either confirmed or ripped apart later by a great author who’s willing to leave a few things up to my imagination. What about you?
I thought it might be interesting to list a few of the books I haven’t finished so far this year and give some of the reasons why I put them aside. I make no judgment of the books that haven’t held my interest, because I haven’t finished them and because someday, I still might make it to the end.
| Book | Page I Stopped On | Why I Set Book Aside | Probability I’ll Finish the Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casual Hex | Page 155 | I’m waiting until I’m in the mood for more light and fluffy reading. It’s been a charming story, but maybe it’s a little too slow for me right now? | 80% |
| Witch Heart | Page 178 | I didn’t feel like the story was getting anywhere and I got a little bored with it. | 30% |
| Runaway McBride | Page 34 | I think I just got tired of reading historical fiction… | 80% |
| Revealed | Page 48 | I think I just got tired of reading historical fiction… | 95% |
| Till There Was You | Page 246 | The book changed setting dramatically (it’s a time travel), and I’m not sure I like it as much now that it’s gone from the past to the present. | 65% |
| Bound and Determined | Page 102 | At page 102, I still wasn’t sure if I liked Rafe. Since the hero is always the most important character for me in any book, this is a big stumbling block for me and the rest of this book. | 70% |
| Highland Rebel | Page 107 | I couldn’t figure out this heroine, and she was starting to get on my nerves. | 45% |
A few days ago I added the April 2009 and May 2009 Harlequin Blaze books to the site. Oh, and the latest Spice & Spice Briefs too. :) I know it wasn’t anyone’s intention that I do so, but every time I type Spice Briefs, I think of underwear instead of books…
I’ve read quite a few great books lately and have several reviews in the works. I hate that I’m so far behind with them, but I just can’t seem to put down the books long enough to type out the reviews for the one’s I’ve already read!
If you want a sneak peek at what I thought of some of them thought without having to wait for the reviews, just check out the ratings and the recommended reads. If I recommended it, I really liked it. :)
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