Showing posts with label Janet Evanovich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Janet Evanovich. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Eleni's reading for October 2018

A mixed bag this month. Lots of books seem to come through at the library at once for my series reads. Happy to have read 3 print TBR books this month.


Read: 20               (up 4)
Series: 12              (down 1)
TBR:   5                (down 4)
Audio: 3                (up 1)
AWW: 5               (down 1)
Graphic novels: 1  (no change)



Historical Romance

  • The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons #2) by Julia Quinn | 5 stars | 2009







Anthologies

  • Little Gems Short Story Anthology 2009: Turquoise by Romance Writers of Australia Inc. | 4.5 stars | 2009









Romantic Suspense / Crime

  • Pros and Cons (Fox and O'Hare #0.5) by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg (audio narrated by Scott Brick) | short story | 4 stars | 2013
  • The Shell Game (Fox and O'Hare #0.25) by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg (audio narrated by Scott Brick) | short story | 4 stars | 2014
  • Full Scoop (Full #6) by Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes (audio narrated by Lorelei King) | 4.25 stars | 2006



YA

  • Drama by Raina Telgemeier | 4 stars | graphic novel | middle grade | 2012
  • The Girl with the Red Balloon (The Balloonmakers #1) by Katherine Locke | 4.5 stars | YA | 2017
  • The Transfer (Divergent #0.1) by Veronica Roth | 5 stars | short story | YA | 2013




Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance / Sci-Fi with Romantic Elements

  • Birthright (Beacon #1) by Valerie Parv | 4.25 stars | 2012
  • Soul Stealer (The Anomaly #3) by Anna Hackett | 5 stars | 2013
  • The Given (Celestial Blues #3) by Vicki Pettersson | 4.5 stars | 2014





Fantasy

  • The Uncrowned King (King Rolen's Kin) by Rowena Cory Daniells | 4.5 stars | 2010







      Children's

      • Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! by Dr. Seuss | 5 stars | children's - picture book | 1971
      • Matilda by Roald Dahl (audio narrated by Kate Winslett) | children's | 5 stars | 1988
      • The Cat in the Hat Comes Back by Dr. Seuss | 5 stars | | children's - picture book | 1958
      • The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill | 4.25 stars | children's | 2016
      • Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Underland Chronicles #4) by Suzanne Collins (audio narrated by Paul Boehmer) | 4.75 stars | children's | 2008



      Non-fiction

      • No Plot? No Problem! Revised and Expanded Edition: A Low-stress, High-velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty | 4.5 stars | non-fiction | 2014







      Other

      • What Matters Most by Dianne Maguire | 4.5 stars | 2015
      • Very Good, Jeeves (Jeeves #4) by P.G. Wodehouse (audio narrated by Jonathan Cecil) | 4.25 stars | 2008 <1930>






      ~Happy Reading~

      Tuesday, December 6, 2016

      Series Reading - Authors Beginning with J (part 1)


      The books in series with authors beginning with J. This is a long list and so it has split over two posts.


      Janet Evanovich 

      Stephanie Plum 
      Genre: Fun mystery

      "Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey. She's a product of blue-collar Trenton, where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, windows are clean, and dinner is served at six."


      Up to: #15- Finger Lickin' Fifteen

      2016: #14.5 - audio

      Full 
      writing with Charlotte Hughes
      Genre: Romantic Supsense

      "Janet Evanovich and her good friend Charlotte Hughes have teamed up to write this romantic suspense series—full of fast-paced action, dysfunctional, loveable characters, steamy sex, suspense and non-stop hilarity. The series kicks off with Full House, featuring polo instructor Nicholas Kaharchek and divorced mother Billie Pearce. Starting in Full Tilt, the series shifts to Beaumont, South Carolina and a new romance between Jamie Swift, a local newspaper reporter, and Holt, a mysterious millionaire. Just like Janet Evanovich's New York Times bestselling Stephanie Plum series, the Full series has fun, loveable, characters, villains you love to hate and a cross-eyed way of looking at life and love."

      Up to: #5- Full Bloom 

      2016: 0
      #1-4 pre 2011

      These are Janet Evanovich series I have on the list but yet to start. 

      Alex Barnaby (#1: Metro Girl on TBR)
      Fox and O'Hare (#1: The Heist)
      Lizzie & Diesel (#1: Wicked Appetite)











      Janni Nell


      Allegra Fairweather Mysteries
      Genre: Paranormal Mystery

      "Allegra Fairweather here. Paranormal investigator. Got problems with specters? Shapeshifters? I'm the woman to call. Just don't call me a Ghostbuster. The last guy who did that ended up flat on his back with my boot at his throat."



      Up to: #2 - South in Salem (on eTBR)

      2016: 0
      #1 in 2012 



      Jayne Castle 

      Harmony
      Genre: sci-fi romance

      "Here on Harmony, however, things are a little different, especially after dark. There are the creepy ruins of a long-vanished alien civilization, a mysterious underground rainforest, and a most unusual kind of animal companion. In addition, a wide variety of psychic powers are showing up in the population. Seems that something in the environment on Harmony is bringing out the latent psychic talents in people."

      Up to: #3 - Ghost Hunter

      2016:  #0.5; #2 audio




      J.D. Robb

      In Death 
      Genre: futuristic mystery- police procedural

      Set in the distant future New York where the no-nonsense Detective Eve Dallas investigates homicides. She has had an horrific upbringing and finds herself falling for  Roarke despite herself. Roarke grew up on the streets and understands Eve's pain. Eve has a group of eclectic friends who she is very loyal too.

      Up to: #6 - Vengeance in Death

      2016: #5 audio


      Jeaniene Frost

      Night Huntress
      Genre: Paranormal romance

      "Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father - the one responsible for ruining her mother's life. Then she's captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter, and is forced into an unholy partnership."

      Up to: #2 - One Foot in the Grave (audio)

      2016: #1 (audio); #0.5 (ebook)


      Night Huntress World (spin off series - to read in order of publication with Night Huntress series as does contain some spoilers - #1: First Drop of Crimson to be read after #5 of Night Huntress)


      Night Prince (spin off series - #1: Once Burned, to read after Night Huntress World #1)



      Broken Destiny
      Genre: Paranormal romance

      "In a world of shadows, anything is possible. Except escaping your fate.

      Ever since she was a child, Ivy has been gripped by visions of strange realms just beyond her own. But when her sister goes missing, Ivy discovers the truth is far worse—her hallucinations are real, and her sister is trapped in a parallel realm. And the one person who believes her is the dangerously attractive guy who's bound by an ancient legacy to betray her. "

      Up to:  #1 - The Beautiful Ashes



      Jennifer L. Armentrout


      A Wicked Saga
      Genre: Paranormal romance

      "Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans.
      Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost everything at the hands of the creatures she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart."

      Up to: #2 - Torn

      2016: #1 audio



      Jennifer Fallon

      The Demon Child trilogy
      Genre: Fantasy

      "The small country of Medalon lies between the vast nation of Karien in the north and the nations of Fardohnya and Hythria in the south. For centuries the Medalonians co-existed peacefully with the Harshini, a magical race that abhors killing. But now they are gone and in their place the Sisters of the Blade rule Medalon from the Citadel. An elite army of Defenders enforces the Sisterhood's oppressive rule. The Harshini and their demons are believed to be extinct and Medalon has an uneasy peace with its northern and southern neighbours."
      Up to: #2 - Treason Keep

      2016: 0
      #1 in 2011



      Jenny Schwartz

      Out of the Bottle
      Genre: Paranormal Romance

      A series about Djinns that have been stuck in bottles.

      Up to: #2 - Angel Thief (currently reading)

      2016: 0
      #1 in 2012





      Jim Butcher

      The Dresden Files
      Genre: Urban Fantasy

      "HARRY DRESDEN — WIZARD

      Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.

      Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does...Chicago’s first (and only) Wizard P.I."

      Up to: #4 - Summer Knight

      2016: #3 audio;  #0.2 online read, #2.5 as ebook, #0.5 graphic novel


      The Dresden Files Graphic Novels
      Genre: Urban Fantasy/ Graphic Novels

      Graphic Novel version of The Dresden Files - has some short stories not found in novels.

      Up to: Storm Front, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm

      2016: #0.5



      Codex Alera
      Genre: Epic fantasy

      "For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies - elementals of earth, air, fire, water, and metal. But now, Gaius Sextus, First Lord of Alera, grows old and lacks an heir. Ambitious High Lords plot and maneuver to place their Houses in positions of power, and a war of succession looms on the horizon. Far from city politics in the Calderon Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him fly, no fire fury to light his lamps. Yet as the Alerans' most savage enemy - the Marat - return to the Valley, he will discover that his destiny is much greater than he could ever imagine."

      Up to: - #1: Furies of Calderon



      J.K. Rowling

      Harry Potter 
      Genre: Children's - Fantasy

      "Orphan Harry learns he is a wizard on 11th birthday when Hagrid escorts him to magic-teaching Hogwarts School. As a baby, his mother's love protected him and vanquished villain Voldemort, leaving child famous as "The Boy who Lived". With friends Hermione and Ron, he has to win over the returned "One Who Must Not Be Named"." The series continues his ongoing battle with forces wanting to use dark magic to rule the wizarding world.

      Up to: #4 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - re-read,  audio

      2016: #1 - #3 (re-read | audio)




      Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams

      Goddess Girls
      Genre: Children's - Fantasy

      "Puts a modern spin on classic Greek myths! Follow the ins and outs of divine social life at Mount Olympus Academy where the most privileged godboys and goddessgirls in the Greek pantheon hone their mythical skills."

      Up to: #4 - Artemis the Brave

      2016: #3



      ~Happy Reading~


      Sunday, January 31, 2010

      January reads

       


      I read/ finished the following this month:


      Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordon (childrens) - Fantasy

      Thoroughly enjoyed this modern take on the Greek gods still living among us. It had wit & charm. Definitely will continue reading the series.

      Astonishing X-men Vol 1: Gifted by Joss Whedon & John Cassaday - Comic

      Great story. This is the first X-men comic I have read and so not sure what the complete backstory is (helps abit to have watched the movies). 

      Lights, Camera...Kiss The Boss by Nikki Logan (debut book!) - Harlequin Romance

      I LOVED this book & it's written by someone I very much admire. You wouldn't think it was a debut book - honestly, it just flowed so well & kept me entertained. It does have a nature theme but it's very cleverly woven into the story & tied to the characters. We will be seeing much more of Nikki Logan, no doubt.


      Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer - YA - Paranormal romance
      review here.

      Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich - Mystery/ Humour
      I enjoy reading this series but I do have to be in the mood. The triangle between Stephanie, Morelli & Ranger is getting a little on the 'old' side. But the humour and the way Stephanie always seems to get into trouble make up for that. And the secondary characters are a scream.

      Astonishing X-men Vol 2: Dangerous by Joss Whedon & John Cassaday - Comic
      A good continuation of the story.

      The Morcai Battalion by Diana Palmer - Science Fiction
      I really like the premise of this and I did enjoy the characters. I just felt it jumped around with the character's perspectives. I'm interested in reading the rest of the series though.


      Favourite was....drum roll....

       

      Nikki Logan's Lights, Camera...Kiss The Boss

      The cover left is the Australian/New Zealand version that will hit the shelves in March. 


      Happy Reading!


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