Showing posts with label Kindle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kindle. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

The Slow Way to Gay

Author Riley Hart seems to be implying that some people are just on a collision course and are in each other's orbit in Collide.  I don't know if I really believe that, but Hart does go a long way to persuade me with a very good story.

What I liked best, and don't say in the review, is that Hart ties up all the loose ends very well, making what seems to be a coincidence fit neatly within the storyline.  I like the symmetry of that since so much of the fiction I read these days reminds me of the buildings in Cairo, all bare rebars in the sky because finished buildings are subject to tax.  So the stories, like the buildings, consist of bits and pieces left handing.

Another thing that I liked was how patient Noah is with his friend Coop.  Deep friendship, which usually demands copious amounts of patience, is the best basis for a romantic relationship, meaning Noah and Coop have a very good chance of happily ever after, a rarity in many gay romances that are based solely on sex.

I'm not sure I would have chosen the cover as the one to illustrate all of this, however.  The cover models don't look like they're colliding nor do they look particularly loving.  But maybe the publisher thinks this will sell books.  Thank goodness (again!) for my Kindle, so I don't have to see this when I go to reread the book.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Dancing Their Way to Love

This weekend my review of Dance with Me by Heidi Cullinan is featured on AAR.  If there'd been a little more information about one of the characters, I would have happily given the book an A rating.  But even with its B+, I'm glad I've got it on my Kindle and will have it read again wherever I go.

Actually, there are a few of Cullinan's books that I've enjoyed.  Her men act and sound like real men, and not feminine parodies.  I especially like the Tucker Springs books and I can't wait to read Family Man even though I'm bummed that neither Amazon nor Samhain Publishing have a page count for it.  I'm staying away from novellas and short stories these days.

In other news, while we were away celebrating my mother's 90th birthday last weekend, AAR ran my Desert Isle Keeper review of After the End by Alex Kidwell.  The story revolves around how one man gentles another back into the world of the living and loving.  Brady is a caterer and top-notch chef, and uses his talents to lure Quinn in a non-threatening way back from his grief after Quinn's partner of ten years dies of cancer.  It's a solid, compassionate book about a touchy subject.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Today at AAR

My review of Liz Fielding's Tempted by Trouble ran.  I currently have no review books to read and am waiting to get more.

Unfortunately, I've lost my Kindle recharger and had to order a new one from Amazon, so I'm forced to read (gasp!) paper books.  Now I'm just hoping that they aren't missing pages--the biggest drawback of tree-based books.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Oh, my!

Well, a cold slowed me down from blogging, but not from reading.  I finished and reviewed some for Booklist and some for AAR: Lori Foster's When You Dare, Katie Lane's Going Cowboy Crazy, Fern Michaels' reprint Golden Lasso, Shirlee Busbee's Rapture Becomes Her, Elizabeth Jennings' Darkness at Dawn, Shelley Shepard Gray's The Caregiver, and Stefanie Sloane's The Angel in My Arms.

I'm currently reading Lynn Kurland's One Magic Moment and really enjoying it.

And I've got to review sometime soon Carolyn Brown's Walkin' on Clouds and Cindy Jones' very disappointing My Jane Austen Summer.

All in all, getting sick was great for the reading time, but deathly on the reviewing.  I couldn't think!  Eeek!

That only leaves me to read six review books: Stefanie Sloane's The Sinner Who Seduced Me, Linda Lael Miller's Creed's Honor which I'm really looking forward to reading, Vicky Dreiling's How to Seduce a Scoundrel, Karen Robards' Justice, Liz Fielding's Tempted by Trouble, and Kaki Warner's Hearbreak Creek, another one I'm looking forward to reading.

As if all of that isn't enough, I'm currently reading Kathleen Eagle's Once a Father on my Kindle for pleasure!

As we say, let the summer begin!

Monday, March 21, 2011

Reading and Writing

Three new reviews went up on the All About Romance (AAR) site in the last few days: Restless Heart by Emma Lang, Rebel with a Cause, and today Texas Blue.  Since I have no more books to read for AAR, they are on my back burner until I get new fodder or I find time to review a book that I just read on my Kindle and absolutely loved.

Sweet as Sin by Inez Kelley, an author I'd never read before, features one of the more tortured heroes that I've read in a while - and that's including the Rebel above.  If I'm given the go-ahead and review it, I'll be sure to link to it on the side where the reviewed books are.

So what am I reading?  Demons Prefer Blondes, a talky, talky, talky paranormal, by Sidney Ayers, and Nalini Singh's hardback debut, Kiss of Snow, another paranormal that I'm really enjoying.  In the to-be-read pile are Death Amid Gems, But Remember Their Names, and Nearly a Lady - all for Booklist.

That should be enough to keep me off the streets!

Friday, March 11, 2011

Finishing Texas Blue and Starting Rebel with a Cause

Fortunately, Texas Blue is living up to my expectations.  In fact, I will probably end up buying it for my Kindle and making it one of my Desert Island favorites.  Author Jodi Thomas has written a nice juxtaposiion between a gambler and a woman wary of men, and has added a nice subplot with a lawyer/Texas Ranger and an abused native Mexican woman.  With about 50 pages to go, I still have high hopes for this book.

I've gotten a little over 40 pages into Rebel with a Cause and am already dismayed.  My likes for romances are so minimal: two people who are decent, likeable characters and a love story I can buy.  So far Mr. Hero isn't too likeable, so I'm getting leery about liking this one.  Really, it's difficult to wish jerks well.  But things could change.  He may be prickly and rude for a reason - but it better be a pretty good reason for me to buy his lack of manners and haughty attitude.