Romance Lovers for the Challenge-Impaired discussion

Its that time again. I literally read nothing this month. So sad! I hope you've had better luck. What was your best and worst read this month?

Aww... sorry, Gigi. I'm still reading. I might post favs up to now, if I can get caught up on other stuff.

Otherwise, I'll post at the end of the month.

ok, no worries take your time

I'll add my list on the 30th!

Sorry you were in a slump this month, Gigi :0(
Hopefully, next month will be better!

Still reading and I don't know where that one will land, but this is what I have so far. No five star reads this month. Interesting.

★★★★½ - Audio


★★★★½


★★★★☆

My 4.5 and 5 stars are:


Just fantastic
My last Vorkosigan book , so sad to be done with the series :(
such an unexpected read!

In September I read so many disappointing books , I read books expecting them to be amazing they turned out to be awful or just meh , I read books I thought I would enjoy but I hated them so much I needed bleach afterwards . I hope October is better.

Oh, you liked SEP's latest, ShoSho. That is good news.

You should read it LK ! It was 5 stars for me too and has the best epilogue I've read in a while.

Neat, Judy. I 'tagged' a couple. Too bad about the one from Spellbound Falls. **sigh**

Only one 5 star read this month but a few 4 stars:

5 star


4 - 4.5 star

I really enjoyed especially as it was a free amazon download.

. Was the worst book ever, I only read about 100 pages, I just couldn't get into it at all.

Lauren wrote: "Only one 5 star read this month "

Loved this one, Lauren.

Oooooo! Lovely books, ladies. I want them all. Except the "worst" ones. LOL! I like C.L. Wilson's books, ✼Danielle. And I have several of Lauren's close to the top of my Mt. TBR.

My top-rated reads of September were

★★★★★ Not strictly classified as romance, but the romance aspect was very much a part of the plot. Loved them.
★★★★ Very hot for me. Really liked them, though the second one I liked a a bit better.

Kit★ wrote: "My top-rated reads of September were

★★★★★ Not strictly classified as romance, but the ro..."

I've not long ago read and loved. I need to make time to continue with them. So good to know the later books are good too.

I read that first trilogy twice. I loved it too :D

Kit★ wrote: "I read that first trilogy twice. I loved it too :D"

I've heard it was really good. It is on my radar.

You might like them! :)

Kit★ wrote: "You might like them! :)"

I might. I don't know if they are too violent for me or not.

They're definitely not anywhere near as bad as what I've heard Game of Thrones is ;)

Kit★ wrote: "They're definitely not anywhere near as bad as what I've heard Game of Thrones is ;)"

Yeah, that was too violent for me, even though I read them. Ugh. I'm not going any further after #5. That one was way, way too much.

I have the first on Mt TBR, but I'm a bit intimidated by it, lol.

✼Danielle wrote:4 - 4.5 star
" This one is still my favorite KGI book.

Lesley wrote: ". Was the worst book ever, I only read about 100 pages, I just coul..."

This one had such potential and I really enjoyed the first half but then something happened to ruin the rest of the book (view spoiler)[the main character turns into a humungous douche bag (hide spoiler)]. It is also far far too long.

Lauren wrote: "✼Danielle wrote:4 - 4.5 star
" This one is still my favorite KGI book."

I read up to book #7 in the series this month and it was my favourite.

Kit★ wrote: "★★★★ Caine's Reckoning (Hell's Eight, #1) by Sarah McCarty Sam's Creed by Sarah McCarty Very hot for me. Really liked them, though the second one I liked a a bit better. "

I like Sarah McCarty's westerns. Her Promises series is really good and I'm up to in her Hell's Eight series. Maybe I'll read it for this month's 2nd SGOM.

I've read one of the Promises series awhile back, , was my first book by her, and I liked it a lot. I really want to read the others! As for Hell's Eight, I'm hoping to read Tucker's story here in October if I can fit it in. Curious to see how he and the prim and proper and religious lady are going to work it out :)

I think I had a rough month...I know I didn't get as much reading done as I usually do, especially at the end of the month, because I got sick with a nasty cold. Also, many of my reads for the month were only three star reads. I also had a lot of books reviewed that I read to my son, because one of the challenges I was in in my other groups was having me track every thing I read, even children's books. In the interest of space though, I'm not adding the children's books in.

Five Stars


Four Stars


Three Stars


Two Stars


One Star
None!

Lauren wrote: "✼Danielle wrote:4 - 4.5 star
" This one is still my favorite KGI book."

That's the only 5 stars in that series for me.

I've been pretty busy and haven't been on GR much but I've been reading. I get cranky if I don't get my reading time, lol.

5 Stars:


4-4.5 Stars:

Sorry you weren't feeling well, Trea. I liked Romeo, Romeo more than you did, but I wasn't too crazy about the rest in that series.

Nichole! Glad you're back on GRs! Missed you. Yes, I get cranky when that happens, too. Well... maybe "cranky" isn't the word to describe me.

Thanks, Lisa Kay :) Cranky, moody, crabby, whiny-they all apply, lol.

LMBO!

Lisa Kay wrote: "Sorry you weren't feeling well, Trea. I liked Romeo, Romeo more than you did, but I wasn't too crazy about the rest in that series."

Thanks for the heads up, LK! I thought about continuing the series, but figured out that I didn't like the first one enough to care about the rest, so abandoned it. Good to know that I made the right call about it!

Trea wrote: "I think I had a rough month...I know I didn't get as much reading done as I usually do, especially at the end of the month, because I got sick with a nasty cold. Also, many of my reads for the mon..."

Sorry you're feeling poorly, Trea. I see you read the Harry Potter prequel. Truly, how was it? I've been trying to save it but it tempts me...

And I should not be trolling this thread for recommendations when I'm currently partway through more than five books. Somebody stop me!

Alexandra wrote: "Somebody stop me!"

LOL!

Alexandra wrote: "And I should not be trolling this thread for recommendations when I'm currently partway through more than five books. Somebody stop me! "

We are here to encourage you not to stop you !There is a rule against that :D

Alexandra wrote: "Trea wrote: "I think I had a rough month...I know I didn't get as much reading done as I usually do, especially at the end of the month, because I got sick with a nasty cold. Also, many of my read..."

*laughs* I won't stop you, I've been in the middle of at least three before myself!

The prequel wasn't bad...we really got to see some of the dynamic between James and Sirius that you couldn't get from the books, but that's all there really was to it. There was no explanations as to events, and it was confusing to me. Granted, it's only 800 words or so, but still, I like things to make more sense than this did. I gave it three stars based on seeing the friendship in action more so than anything else.

My 5 stars were:

and < this one was a surprise the banter was wonderful and the heroine is an opium addict in denial!

4.5 stars



4 stars

Trea wrote: "The prequel wasn't bad...we really got to see some of the dynamic between James and Sirius that you couldn't get from the books, but that's all there really was to it."

That's what I was curious about. Years ago I read fanfiction about the 'prequel' generation all the time - some really good stuff, too. Will definitely pick this up after I finish what I'm currently reading.

Gisela wrote: "4.5 stars

Firelight (Darkest London) by Kristen Callihan Moonglow (Darkest London, #2) by Kristen Callihan Winterblaze (Darkest London, #3) by Kristen Callihan"

Love this series! is my favorite and I hope to get to soon.

Okay, I've got the Darkest London series to start this month.

Lisa Kay wrote: "Okay, I've got the Darkest London series to start this month."

Just popping in to say this series is awesome...

Lauren - is amazing - I loved Holly & Will so, so much!

GTK, Alexander!

Thanks Alexandra - I will read it this month!

Oh I read some great books this month! Here's my list that I rated 4 or 5 stars!