The Quasi-Official October Book Reading Game

[Jeff]

At 25% of Ender's Game, Anna. Not at all what I would have expected. I was hooked from the introduction. Thanks. I'd have never read it without your recommendation. Times like this are what make the The Quasi-Official October Book Reading Game so much fun.

[djgross]

Aside: I had the window seat. The couple who had the center and aisle seats both had Kindles, one K2 and one K3 (graphite).

Love the all Kindle airplane row! 

[Annalog]

Jeff, I am glad you are happy with my recommendation. It is one of those books that can be enjoyed at different ages for different reasons.

[Tuttle]

ciscokid, I was unable to get through the sample of Shirtless Joe, but I've started Marysvale and haven't found any reason not to read it yet. I'll see how it goes .

[ciscokid]

drenfrow, I've decided to go with The Red Tent since I've seen good reviews of it in the past.  I've been enjoying what I have read of it so far.

I think I've read Winds of War.  I really wish I had started recording the books I've read years ago.  So many times I've picked up a book that looked interesting only to realize I've read it already.   

[drenfrow]

I'm glad you're enjoying The Red Tent.  You certainly may have read The Winds of War back in the day.  I know that feeling of forgetting what you've read.  I only started keeping track year before last.

[Jeff]

Anna, I finished Ender's Game. I liked it, but not enough to read any more of Orson Scott Card's books. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Berrytastic]

JimJ sorry for the delay in my responding.I chose The girl next door and so far am really enjoying it.I  am also in the process of reading a real book in alternation to my kindle books so once i finish that if i have time this month i may go and grab the stephen king book as well.So i would definitely give you a 10 out of 10 for your choices .Thanks


Peter

[fadedrainbows]

fadedrainbows  - I know we’re friends on goodreads, but I had no idea we have read and liked so many of the same books!!  We also prefer the same genres, so it was harder for me to find something out of your comfort zone.  I tried to go for the ones you don't have in your "to-read" list, too.

I feel a little like a broken record, since I recommended this one last month, but I love it and it’s a little different than your “norm”.  Blood of Requiem by Daniel Arenson… I just LOVED this book.


Another author I love is Shelly Laurenston…  they are pretty steamy, but also hilarious.  This is the first book in one of her series – The Mane Event:


Another absolute favorite series of mine is the Vampire for Hire series by JR Rain… I just love these!  Here’s the first book – Moon Dance:

***As a side note, it looks like you can get all 6 related books in one set for $9.99… I wish he had this out when I was reading them:


Let me know if these work for you!! I look forward to hearing what you think!

I want you to know that I have finished two books and plan to read the third when I have time.

I read Moon Dance first and while I thought it was a pretty good book, it definitely needed an editor. The idea was innovative and interesting enough for me to keep reading, even though the grammatical errors were numerous. It did have an amateur/fanfiction feel, though. I might try the next books to see how her writing progresses

And Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston was so great! I couldn't put it down. I loved the new shifters and the romance/erotica was really great.  She was also hilarious, such a good mix. It was like a refreshing Anita Blake! Have you read the second book, by chance? It's supposed to be one full length book instead of two shorter stories, but the reviews are mixed. What do you say?

And I will be starting Blood ofRequiem later this week, probably

[Emily King]

I want you to know that I have finished two books and plan to read the third when I have time.

I read Moon Dance first and while I thought it was a pretty good book, it definitely needed an editor. The idea was innovative and interesting enough for me to keep reading, even though the grammatical errors were numerous. It did have an amateur/fanfiction feel, though. I might try the next books to see how her writing progresses

And Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston was so great! I couldn't put it down. I loved the new shifters and the romance/erotica was really great.  She was also hilarious, such a good mix. It was like a refreshing Anita Blake! Have you read the second book, by chance? It's supposed to be one full length book instead of two shorter stories, but the reviews are mixed. What do you say?

And I will be starting Blood ofRequiem later this week, probably

I've read all of Shelly Laurenston's books, I think... The Pride series and Magnus Pack (there is some overlap in them) as well as the Dragon Kin.  The dragon ones aren't as good, but I still enjoyed them.  I just love the humor and how she writes.  I'm so glad you enjoyed them!!  It looks like they're loanable, if you want me to send #2 (The Beast in Him) your way.

I agree with you on JR Rain.  I'm not sure if it's because it's so early in his writing or what.  The story was different than the more popular vampire series' that are out there nowadays. 

[Annalog]

DJ, I finished Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn and definitely enjoyed it. Thanks for recommending the book as I probably would not have found it on my own.

[djgross]

DJ, I finished Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn and definitely enjoyed it. Thanks for recommending the book as I probably would not have found it on my own.

I'm so glad you liked it!    I was a bit nervous making a fantasy recommendation as I haven't read very much in the genre

Enjoy the rest of October,

DJ

[kaotickitten]

Emily King I am glad you enjoyed I am Legend. I too picked it up his month I also picked up the r.l. stein one I recommended to you thought it would be fun to reread it.  Movies always seem to change the way a book goes.  Isn't that the way it always seems to go though.  I guess Hollywood has come to see movie goers as not wanting the detail.


Turtle I am so glad you recommended Water for Elephants.  It was a quick read.  It almost got me into trouble at work.  Seeing as how I had to stay up to see ho it ended.  I have already passed the recommendation on to others.  I love that it was not as dry and boring as other books in the genre are.

[Tripp]

imallbs, I finished Trading in Danger when I was out of town.  It is perfect escapism.  I only had one quibble.  I don't know if it was the author or the formatting, but the transitions from one character to another caught me by surprise.  Maybe if there were extra spacing or some sort of graphic to differentiate it would have been better.  But that is a nigglie.  Thanks for the recommendation.

[imallbs]

Tripp, I'm glad you liked the book.  It was a fun one.  I didn't notice the problem with the transition from one character to another (I read the HC).  I have noticed an excess of formating problems with older titles though.  Maybe this book suffers from that.  If you like the world, this is the 1st of a series...

[imallbs]

Berrytastic, I finished Deep as the Marrow.  It was a good story.  It may have been very good in the hands of a different author.  Between the detritus, inconsistencies and formating problems, I was irritated enough to only like the book.  Still, liking isn't a bad thing.

[Tuttle]

I just finished Marysvale and was surprised by how much I enjoyed the book. I also checked for the sequel immediately upon finishing it. This book was a winner , it just took a while for me to get back to it because I was distracted by Snuff (and lots of headaches).

[ciscokid]

Tuttle, I'm glad you liked Marysvale.  Its probably one of the best freebies I've read since I got my kindle.  I'm looking forward to the sequel. 

[ciscokid]

drenfrow, I finished The Red Tent.  It was a pretty good book, but it was a slow read for me.  My reading habits tend to change every few years. 30 years ago I would have zipped right through it and enjoyed it more(high school  and college was when I enjoyed historical and classic books more...or actually had more patience for them then.  lol).  Now I seem to be in a more "action" oriented, paranormal stage, which I hope doesn't last too long since there are some classics I missed and would like to read. 

Don't get me wrong.  I did like the book. I even went to my bible and read the story of Jacob, Joseph and his brothers again to get the bible perspective.  I liked the way the author fleshed out the story of Dinah, who was such a minor person in the bible. 

[drenfrow]

I'm glad you enjoyed it.  I know what you mean about long reads, I certainly don't do them back to back anymore.  I wonder if it's because of age or because with all our technology now, how our attention is pulled in so many directions, it's harder for us to focus on long reads.

[ciscokid]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to feel that way.  I think some of it can be blamed on technology. When I was a teenager I could read all day, but now this darn computer calls my name during the day.  lol  Unfortunately, I think I can also blame some of my attention problems on my age.  My attention span seems to get shorter the older I get. 

[KingAl]

KingAl,

My choice for you is a fantastic book but also a major endeavor (its 24k locations long) that encompasses about 7000 years of history of Salisbury in the UK.  Sarum: The Novel of England is an historical fiction that's worth the commitment, IMO

You're right -- this is a fantastic book! I'm about 45% through it, and its level of historical detail is amazing. That must have taken a lot of research on the author's part.

[Geoffrey]

You're right -- this is a fantastic book! I'm about 45% through it, and its level of historical detail is amazing. That must have taken a lot of research on the author's part.

I'm glad you're enjoying it, I've read much of Rutherfurd's novels and this is my favorite of the bunch.   This last time I read was my 3rd time through it .... Its an endeavor to read it but it's so worth it.

[KingAl]

Geoffrey, I'll try Sarum. Definitely sounds fascinating, and I'll try (no guarantees!) to finish it in October. Thanks!

I finally finished this book. The author certainly seems to have done a great deal of historical research (not knowing anything about archeology/history, I wouldn't know), and the stories (for each time period) were well written (though sometimes the book jumped to the next period right when the current story was getting to be really fascinating  )

I will definitely read more of the author's works. Thanks for the pick.

[Geoffrey]

I finally finished this book. The author certainly seems to have done a great deal of historical research (not knowing anything about archeology/history, I wouldn't know), and the stories (for each time period) were well written (though sometimes the book jumped to the next period right when the current story was getting to be really fascinating  )

I will definitely read more of the author's works. Thanks for the pick.

Good.   24k locations is a lot to get through and I'm glad you found it worth it.