I read 9 books in February, plus 3 short stories for the monthly reading challenge (short month, short books), and I started 3 books that I'm still currently reading.
Love Comes Again (Loves Comes #1) by Laura Ann
My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Romance
Content: Clean
I wanted to like this more than I
did. I liked the overall plot and the way the romance came about, but
the main character and love interest were both too irrational at times
for me. Add on top of that two over-protective older brothers that I
felt should have been put in their place more firmly, and it just ended
up not being a book that worked for me. I also wondered why this woman
was worrying about what her brothers, who were grown men, were eating
for dinner.
Summer with the Leprechauns by Tanis Helliwell
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Supposedly Non-Fiction, but I'm categorizing it as Magical Realism
Content: Clean
Review to come.
The Affair at the Victory Ball (Hercule Poirot # 0.04) by Agatha Christie
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Clean
The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (Hercule Poirot #0.14) by Agatha Christie
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Clean
The King of Clubs (Hercule Poirot #0.16) by Agatha Christie
My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Clean
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham #1) by Benjamin Stevenson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Strong Language
Review to come.
Fat Vampire (Fat Vampire #1) by Johnny B. Truant
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Humor
Content: Strong Language
I got this free from Chirp on one of their Freebie Friday deals. From the description it sounded like it would be funny, and it was! Some of the scenes had me laughing out loud. I picked up books 2 and 3 to listen to later. I noticed that it was made into a TV show and I was interested in watching the show, but the reviews aren't good. In particular, some of the reviews say it doesn't resemble the book very much, so that has me not wanting to watch it now.
The Crumbly Old Castle (The Irish Escape #1) by B.E. Baker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Women's Fiction
Content: Clean
See my review here.
The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Strong Language, A man walks in on two people having sex and we get a brief description of the scene.
Review to come.
A Pocket of Stars (A Gentleman's Heart #1) by Laura Rollins
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Romance
Content: Clean
I enjoyed reading this, but the typical romance novel misunderstanding at one point in the book drove me crazy. The way it was resolved was cute but unnecessary when just a little explaining would have done just fine. Despite that, I'm planning on reading the rest of the series.
Pretender (Foreigner #8) by C.J. Cherryh
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Sci-fi, Space Opera
Content: Mild Language
This one dragged in the middle, worse than most of the books in the series.
Dragons of Summer Flame (Dragonlance Chronicles: The New Generation #2) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Content: Clean
I originally gave this book 3 stars but I'm bumping my rating up to 4 this time. In some ways I like this book better then the others in the series. I think the writing improved and the characters felt like they had more depth to them. Tasslehoff is definitely the best character. I love him in this! There were some very poignant moments in this book that had me crying all over again. There are also some things that frustrated me about the story.
There was one interesting thing that I discovered on this reread. At one point in the book Tasslehoff finds something with the name Haplo written on it. Haplo is a character in the Deathgate Cycle. This got me thinking...when Fizban / Paladine says he has to leave Kryn and he's going to create another world was he going to create the world in the Deathgate Cycle? There's a wizard that resembles Fizban called Zifnab in that series.
Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels #4) by Ilona Andrews
Rereading with my husband. Started but not finished yet.
A Rip Through Time (A Rip Through Time #1) by Kelley Armstrong
Started but not finished yet.
Age of the King (The Echoes Saga #6) by Philip C. Quaintrell
Started but not finished yet.
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