To Get the Ball Rolling Again

So, it's been a long time. Months even. But I haven't died and I am still busy both reading and writing. I'm not going to bore you with my reading lists from the last 4 months, all I will say is that I've read a lot of new and cool books and from all the different sub-genre's of romance - historical, fantasy, contemporary, paranormal and even a couple futuristic. Some books are ones that have been out for quite a while and I just haven't picked them up or they hadn't quite caught my eye; others are ones that I had waited for with great enthusiasm and read with equal fervor. My TBR pile as always is at least a foot thick, I've always got a book to read, an idea to write about, or something else to do.

I'm going to try to update this page more often... More than anything else, my having not posted for the past several months is due almost entirely to sheer laziness. I can admit it, but I am going try harder. I have several ideas for blogs, some outlined, some half-written; but ideas none the less. Eventually I'll get them written down and posted for all to see. I guess that's it for now. I'll see you again soon!!

And now -- October's Reading List

Jo Beverley, M.J. Putney, Karen Harbaugh, Barbara Samuel
Dragon Lovers (Anthology)

Madeline Hunter
The Seducer
The Sinner
The Romantic
Lord of Sin
Lady of Sin
Rules of Seduction
Lessons of Desire

Lisa Kleypas
Secrets of A Summer Night
It Happened One Autumn
Devil in Winter
Scandal In Spring
Mine Till Midnight

Sabina Jeffries
Never Seduce a Scoundrel
Only a Duke Will Do
Beware a Scots Revenge

Mary Balogh
Slightly Married
Slightly Wicked
Slightly Scandalous
Slightly Tempted
Slightly Sinful
Slightly Dangerous

Adele Ashworth
Duke of Sin
Duke of Scandal
Duke of Indiscretion


So there it is... Where as September was a month of nearly all 'new reads,' October was a month of re-reads. Of course there were a number of new stories in the mix to keep me reading as quickly as could. Dragon Lovers was a new one. Lord and Lady of Sin and Lessons were all new as well. Mine Till Midnight and all of the Jeffries. Balogh's Married and the second and third books in Ashworth's Duke series were the final new ones for the month.

Again, I will have more to say on these but that will appear in a later blog. I'm thinking of doing an entry solely on Balogh's Slightly series and I've got the other two books of Hunter's Seducer series on order and once I read those I'm going to do a blog on that series as well.

That will all come later.... Till next time!!!

September Reading List... Finally!

Janet Chapman
Charming the Highlander
Loving the Highlander
Wedding the Highlander
Tempting the Highlander
Only With a Highlander

Julia London
Highlander Unbound
Highlander in Disguise
Highlander in Love

Kinley MacGregor
Sword of Darkness
Knight of Darkness

Jean Johnson
The Master

Mary Balogh
Simply Unforgettable
Simply Love

Liz Carlyle
One Little Sin
Two Little Lies
Three Little Secrets

Cynthia Cooke
Rising Darkness

Michele Hauf
Kiss Me Deadly

Monica McCarthy
Highlander Untamed
Highlander Unmasked
Highlander Unchained

JR Ward
Lover Revealed
Lover Unbound

Elizabeth Boyle
This Rake of Mine
Love Letters from a Duke


That's the list and, yes, there are a couple of books in there that I will be posting reviews and further musings for but for right now, I've only got a few quick things to say. Most all of the books this month were 'new reads.' The few that weren't are (also distinguished above in italics): Lover Revealed, This Rake of Mine, all of the Janet Chapmen's Highlander series.


For the others, well I had been looking forward to Johnson's The Master and Lover Unbound from Ward, for some time and both of those titles for than met with my expectations. (I have more to say on both of these books but you'll find that in a later blog.)













I really liked all the books that I read during September. For now, I guess that's all you're going to get out of me on this. More will come later!!!