Eleni's Reading for September 2018

I'm so close to finishing the e-book Author A-Z challenge. It's helped me get through my eTBR pile. Three more titles to go.

On the whole a good month.


Read: 16               (up 3)
Series: 13              (up 5)
TBR:   9                (up 3)
Audio: 2                (down 2)
AWW: 6                (up 3)
Graphic novels: 1  (up 1)

Historical Romance

• A Scandalous Wager by Cassandra Samuels | 4.75 stars | 2014

• The Winter Bride (Chance Sisters #2) by Anne Gracie | 5 stars | 2014

• Saving Grace (Fair Cyprians of London #1) by Beverley Oakley | 4.25 stars | 2013

Contemporary Romance

• His Until Midnight by Nikki Logan | 5 stars | 2013

Romantic Suspense / Suspense with Romantic Elements 

• Nothing to Fear (Blackridge #1) by Claire Boston | 5 stars | 2017

• The Bride, The Groom, and Me (Sassy Chance #1) by Janni Nell | 4.5 stars | 2014

• Hide (D.D. Warren #2) by Lisa Gardner (audio read by Maggie-Meg Reed) | 5 stars | 2007 

YA

• Fallen (Fallen #1) by Lauren Kate | 4 stars | re-read | 2009

• Fearless and Neiderwald (short stories in Soul Screamers Volume 4) (Soul Screamers #0.4, #4.5) by Rachel Vincent | 5 stars | YA | 2014

• Last Request (Soul Screamers #7.5) by Rachel Vincent | 5 stars | YA | novella | 2014

• The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices Manga #2) by Cassandra Clare and Hye-Kyung Baek | 4 stars | graphic novel | 2013

Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance

• Angels' Pawn (Guild Hunter #0.6) by Nalini Singh | 5 stars | 2012

• Enslave Me Sweetly (Alien Huntress #2) by Gena Showalter | 4.25 stars | 2006 

• DEAD Hunter (DEAD #3) by Lizzie T. Leaf | 4.25 stars | 2012

Children's 

• The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl #5) by Eoin Colfer (audio read by Nathaniel Parker) | 5 stars | children's | 2006

Non-fiction

• Brave by Rose McGowan | 5 stars | 2018

~Happy Reading!~

September 2017 reads

Here's a list of what I read in September. 
A total of 15 works with 6 of them being audio. As for series reading, there were 9 titles.

Historical Romance

• The Elusive Bride (Black Cobra Quartet #2) by Stephanie Laurens (audio read by Simon Peeble) | 4 stars
• Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove #5/Castles Ever After #4) by Tessa Dare (audio read by Carmen Rose) | 5 stars - just love these series. Are such fun!

Urban fantasy/ paranormal romance/ fantasy

• A Dance with Dragons, Part 2 (A Song of Ice & Fire #5) by George R.R. Martin | 5 stars - finally I have 'caught up' to where the books have ended for the series, though I want to read the offshoot series about the Knight.
• At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3) by Jeaniene Frost (audio read by Tavia Gilbert) | 5 stars
• Before I Wake (Soul Screamers #6) by Rachel Vincent | YA | 5 stars - amazing. 
• Merlin edited by Martin H. Greenburg | anthology | 4 stars

Sci-Fi Romance/ Futuristic

• The Recruit (The Morcai Battalion #2) by Susan Kyle (aka Diana Palmer) | 4 stars
• Lifer (Lifer #1) by Beck Nicholas | YA futuristic | 5 stars - amazing!! - I wrote about it on the ARRA blog.

Contemporary Romance

• Christmas Wishes by Rhian Cahill | novella | 4.5 stars - lovely friends to lover story.

Children's

• The Opal Deception Graphic Novel (Artemis Fowl Graphic Novels #4) by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, artist: Giovanni Rigano | 5 stars - great artwork.
• The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson & the Olympians #3) by Rick Riordan (audio read by Jesse Bernstein) | children's | 5 stars

Other

• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (audio read by Juliet Stevenson) | 3.75 stars
• Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson | non-fiction | 4 stars - fascinating. 
• Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye (audio read by the author) | non-fiction | 5 stars - fascinating!
• Liz Fielding's Little Book of Writing Romance by Liz Fielding | non-fiction | 5 stars

~Happy Reading!!

September reads

It's the beginning of October, so that means my wrapping up posts for the month of September. Firstly, my list of what I read in September.

This is the most I've read in a month, and I'm feeling good about it. (I wrote a blog about reading feeding the soul on the Musa blog - hop on over)

Here are my goodreads review for

Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/423037906

Sep 27, 12  

Really enjoyed the second installment of the series. Nice to see Vaughn get his lady. On CD and the narrator was excellent as well and brought the story to life.

The rest I will put my reviews in the DarkSider Challenge update coming up shortly.


How was your September?

September reads

I can't believe it's the 9th October already. Seriously, where has the time flown.

I read / finished the following in September. I am quite pleased with this effort.

Goddess Girls - Persephone the Phony
Book 2 of the Mount Olympus Academy sees Persephone feel like a phony because she feels she has to agree and be nice with everyone. All that gets shaken up when she meets supposed bad boy, Hades. A cool take on Greek mythology and a book that's written well for the kids.

It suited the age group this is aimed for. I would have enjoyed when I was a child.



Penumbra by Keri Arthur
Book 3 of Spook Squad series which ended up being a trilogy. While it wraps up much of the mystery of the first 3 books, the upcoming war is left in the air. I'm not complaining as Keri wrote Riley Jensen and her story. I would have love to see how the characters progressed with the knowledge they have. Great stuff by Keri Arthur.

I reviewed End of the Night Girl in an earlier post, but I will say again that it's brilliant.

You have probably noticed an increased reading of romance genre books, with this month having Rachel Bailey's At the Billionaire's Beck and Call? and Claire Baxter's Her Mediterranean Makeover. I'm loving reading these books more regularly. While I don't write in these styles I appreciate their good stories and the category length. I believe that everything we experience (be it reading, writing, watching tv, taking the dog for a walk) all helps us with our own stories and inspiration. These two ladies are people whom I admire and it's no coincidence that I had them on my Writing Buddy Wednesday column over at Eleni's Taverna. What I have been trying to do is read the the author buddies featured as I go along. So the book goes to the top(ish) part of the TBR pile. It helps me get back to these books and support my friends.

So what am I currently reading from the WBW ~ Tracey O'Hara's Death's Sweet Embrace, and I'm totally loving it. She has such a fantastic style. 

So to date, how am I going with the challenges?

Speculative fiction = 11/12 (no change)
Currently reading: 

Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara
Covet by J.R. Ward

Troubletwisters by Garth Nix and Sean Williams

The King's Bastard by Rowena Cory Daniells

Horror & Urban Fantasy = 9/24 (up by 1)
Currently reading:
Death's Sweet Embrace by Tracey O'Hara


Mystery & Suspense = 4/12 (no change)
Currently reading: Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark


Stephen King = 1/12 (up by 1)
Will read: Under the Dome


Romance = 11/24 (up by 7)
Currently Reading:
Home is Where the Bark Is by Kandy Shepherd.

So not a bad effort. :))