Book 12: Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins.
This was one of the free Friday books available to
nook users. The heroine gets a metric crapton of money in her divorce,
so she buys a town founded in Kansas by freed slaves in the 19th century but now floundering and saves it. Some of the townsfolk don’t really
want her there. The children, praise the Lord,
are NOT plot moppets. It was a rather wish fulfillmenty sort of book with religion/spirituality sort of skirted around. I have heard great things about Jenkins historicals and I will have to pick one or 2 of them up.
Book 13: Sweet Enemy: A Veiled Seduction Novel by Heather Snow
I find historicals with scientists to be rather
interesting. I wish I had taken some of the classes in college about
the history of science. The heroine is a chemist. Sadly the book lacks
in explosions. Well, outside of the bedroomy
types.
Book 14: A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare
More historical science, this time archeology. A nice addition to the series.
Books 15 and 16 The Year of Living Scandalously and The Revenge of Lord Eberlin by Julia London
Book 15 has a plot moppet, but I did like the story
overall. Book 16 has an Alpha-hole hero I was much less fond of this
one. I have the 3rd book in this set, but I’m not in any hurry to read it.
Books 17, 18 and 19 The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Like millions of others around the world, only
slightly later, I have finished reading the Hunger Games Trilogy. I
read nearly the entire trilogy over Easter weekend when we were in
Western Nebraska. So I sort of pictured a beige expanse
of emptiness as the perfect stadium for a battle to the death. It’s
harder to hide on the prairie. Also, the water above ground frequently
has farming and ranching runoff.
I found the first book to be the best in terms of
pacing. Very tightly wound. I have a hard time following Epic Battle
Scenes. Yes, Epic Battles are chaotic, but the writing of this was more
organized and I didn’t have to go back and
reread to find out who killed whom. The ending really was an ending but
also was an introduction to the idea that it was about to hit the fan.
Catching Fire was full of fan hitting craziness,
but the ideas were plotted well. I did find the whole dithering over
whether or not Katniss would pick Gale or Peeta to be supremely
irritating. Reminiscent of the dreaded Team Edward Team
Jacob Nonsense from the Twilight books. Katniss’s experiences growing
up under the regime of the capital made her emotionally crippled in many
more ways than an ability to give and receive romantic love. Those
other ways were not really plumbed to their depths.
Mockingjay could have explored the differences between the two oppressive regimes a bit more. In fact, I think Star Trek TNG did a better job with the idea of a regime that is peacefully oppressive in several episodes. Ultimately, a lot of pointless deaths and a not very satisfying ending. I have to imagine the survivors made some of the most fucked up parents of all times
Books 20 and 21: A Great Deliverance and Payment in Blood by Elizabeth George
I’ve picked up the Inspector Lynley series. It
should take me a while to get to a point where I am impatiently waiting
the newest book. These people are SO MESSED UP. Sure, they can spot
murderers, but they can’t seem to get their acts
together and be anything but glum, lonely, or grimly determined.
Allow me also for a moment to beat upon my old drum. Ebooks where the original
publication was years ago should not cost the same as a new paperback.
I’ve purchased the first 2 Lynley’s as ebooks, but
I’ve got the next several from the used book store I would be so much
more inclined to pick up established series of books if any books over
10 years old were half the price.
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