Today I taught the class Communication in the Technology Age and shared this blog with the class. Since I shared it, I received the following book recommendations.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Update
Just wanted to post that although I haven't been posting, that doesn't mean I haven't been reading. I'll post all of the books I've read since June within the next week or so.
Last week, I completed Raintree, an anthology by Linda Howard, Beverly Barton and Linda Winstead Jones. I read Foul Play by Janet Evanavich, Dark Summer by Iris Johanson, One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon, and Swallowing Darkness by Laurel K. Hamilton.
Today, I am currently reading Deadly Night by Heather Graham.
Last week, I completed Raintree, an anthology by Linda Howard, Beverly Barton and Linda Winstead Jones. I read Foul Play by Janet Evanavich, Dark Summer by Iris Johanson, One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon, and Swallowing Darkness by Laurel K. Hamilton.
Today, I am currently reading Deadly Night by Heather Graham.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
On Saturday, I finished Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews and then promptly read Magic Burns on Sunday.
It took about half the book for me to get interested in Magic Bites. The author has created a weird, wacky world which I generally like; however, in this case it took her quite a bit of time to fully explain the world. This is book 1 of the series, but I felt like I was missing a prequel.
She made statements of fact like "the tech fell" and "the magic hit". It took me half of the book to realize that magic grew in strength and then all technology items (light bulbs, cars, etc.) stop functioning. An hour later, in the "time of tech", magic is still present, but it isn't as strong and so the technology rules.
If it had just been this book, I probably wouldn't have picked up another book by Ilona Andrews, but the second book had the same characters, so I had to see what was going to happen to them. I liked the character that is the leader of the shape shifters "Beast Lord", I didn't like the vampires at all.
In this world, vampires are brainless undead and the Master of the Dead "pilots" them. He sits in his secured location and runs the vampires like playstation. I didn't really get how one gets to be the Master of the Dead. I don't know if the master is a vampire or not. There were 200 - 300 year old vampires who didn't think for themselves. It just wasn't clear.
All in all, I'll read another book with the same characters, but I won't recommend them to anyone else.
It took about half the book for me to get interested in Magic Bites. The author has created a weird, wacky world which I generally like; however, in this case it took her quite a bit of time to fully explain the world. This is book 1 of the series, but I felt like I was missing a prequel.
She made statements of fact like "the tech fell" and "the magic hit". It took me half of the book to realize that magic grew in strength and then all technology items (light bulbs, cars, etc.) stop functioning. An hour later, in the "time of tech", magic is still present, but it isn't as strong and so the technology rules.
If it had just been this book, I probably wouldn't have picked up another book by Ilona Andrews, but the second book had the same characters, so I had to see what was going to happen to them. I liked the character that is the leader of the shape shifters "Beast Lord", I didn't like the vampires at all.
In this world, vampires are brainless undead and the Master of the Dead "pilots" them. He sits in his secured location and runs the vampires like playstation. I didn't really get how one gets to be the Master of the Dead. I don't know if the master is a vampire or not. There were 200 - 300 year old vampires who didn't think for themselves. It just wasn't clear.
All in all, I'll read another book with the same characters, but I won't recommend them to anyone else.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
77
Since I last counted, I have read 21 books. Add that to the 56 I had read previously and I have read 77 books since I began this blog on November 29, 2007.
Bad Blogger, Bad.
Well, I have been very bad about keeping up with my postings. Here is what I have read (I think I got them all) since I posted last:
- From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
- If you Dare by Kresley Cole
- If you Desire by Kresley Cole
- If you Deceive by Kresley Cole
- Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
- Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
- Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell
- Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
- Two more short stories from the "Big Fat Supernatural Wedding" book
Right now, I have started Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews. She is a new author for me. I'm not sure what I think just yet, but I have two of her books, so I'll give her a try.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Vampire Alert
This memorial day weekend, I read Dark Desires after Dusk by Kresley Cole (book 5) and One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost.
The Kresley Cole book, as always was a fascinating read. It is very good writing that makes you root for the demon.
The Jeanine Frost book is only her second book and it is Great! I'm going to take them to Jennifer tonight because I know she'll love them. It has been so long since I read the first one that I didn't know how much I was going to want to read the second, but she didn't let me down. Very good read.
Spoiler for Book 1: The main character is a half-vampire, half-human enforcer for Homeland Security who eliminates vampires who kill humans. In this vampire world, the human race has no idea that vampires exist and that ghouls are cool.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Catching Up.. Again
I've not been in the mood to post lately, but here it goes...
The Hollow by Nora Roberts
This is the second book in the Sign of Seven trilogy. It didn't disappoint. There is mystery, magic, and mayhem. Love it.
Quicksand by Iris Johansen
Once again, a serial killer is taunting Eve Duncan by claiming to be the killer of her missing daughter, Bonnie. This was very well done. I liked the recurrence of the "Pandora" from the last book.
Playing with Fire by Katie MacAllister
This is the first of the Silver Dragons series, but we still have contact with Aisling and Drake from the previous dragon books. We get the story of Gabriel which is great and makes you just yearn for the next book.
She throws a lot of obstacles in the way of her characters and I can't wait to see how they get out of them. This book has dragons, witches, guardians, demons, and doppelgangers. Fun. And I must mention my favorite, the demon who chose "the most beautiful form" - a talking dog named Jim.
The Third Circle by Amanda Quick (Jayne Ann Krentz)
Jayne Ann Krentz writes her historical books under the name Amanda Quick. For this series, the Arcane Society, she is jumping back and forth between the past and the future in different books under different names. I don't care what name she puts on the book, they are all good. It took me a while to remember some of the main characters from the last books, but then I was happy to check up on them.
This book opens with a murder in a prosperous Lord's home and a man and woman with paranormal senses working together to find a murderer and uncover a secret society plot. Very intriguing.
The Hollow by Nora Roberts
This is the second book in the Sign of Seven trilogy. It didn't disappoint. There is mystery, magic, and mayhem. Love it.
Quicksand by Iris Johansen
Once again, a serial killer is taunting Eve Duncan by claiming to be the killer of her missing daughter, Bonnie. This was very well done. I liked the recurrence of the "Pandora" from the last book.
Playing with Fire by Katie MacAllister
This is the first of the Silver Dragons series, but we still have contact with Aisling and Drake from the previous dragon books. We get the story of Gabriel which is great and makes you just yearn for the next book.
She throws a lot of obstacles in the way of her characters and I can't wait to see how they get out of them. This book has dragons, witches, guardians, demons, and doppelgangers. Fun. And I must mention my favorite, the demon who chose "the most beautiful form" - a talking dog named Jim.
The Third Circle by Amanda Quick (Jayne Ann Krentz)
Jayne Ann Krentz writes her historical books under the name Amanda Quick. For this series, the Arcane Society, she is jumping back and forth between the past and the future in different books under different names. I don't care what name she puts on the book, they are all good. It took me a while to remember some of the main characters from the last books, but then I was happy to check up on them.
This book opens with a murder in a prosperous Lord's home and a man and woman with paranormal senses working together to find a murderer and uncover a secret society plot. Very intriguing.
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