Friday, May 22, 2020

Friday Book Club

The Friday Book Club is now open. What are you reading and loving this week?

7 comments :

Patricia Schlorke said...

I read Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihailk and Say Yes to the Duke by Elosia James. Both books were really good.

Chaos Reigning is the third book in the Consortium Rebellion series. If you haven't read the first two books, you will be asking "why" if you read Chaos Reigning.

Say Yes to the Duke is part of the Lindow Castle series. It can be read separately from the other books in the series.

I'm also reading Ryder by Ilona Andrews. It's a serial on their website. It's awesome!

Not much longer for Alpha Night! :D

Skyler said...

I am reading again Kresley Cole, Bowen and Mariketa

library addict said...

I really enjoyed Jessie Mihalik’s Chaos Reigning (Consortium Rebellion #3). I hope she’s able to continue the series at some point in the future as I need Evelyn & Ferdinand’s romance as well as stories for Hannah, Ying, Aofie and Benedict.

I started rereading Ocean Light but set it aside to read Chaos Reigning. Then decided to reread Jeffe Kennedy’s The Orchid Throne in anticipation of Tuesday’s release of the second book in her Forgotten Empires series.

I don’t usually reread books before every new release in so many series like this, but have been a huge reread kick this year. (Gee, I wonder why?) I also reread the first two books in The Consortium Rebellion series last week and reread Amanda Bouchet’s Nightchaser before the release of the second book in that series earlier this year. It definitely helped refresh my memory. My TBR mountain is still growing and my planned reading schedule for the year is in shambles, but oh well.

Will get back to rereading Ocean Light this weekend. There are multiple new books I want to read coming on Tuesday. Then will still have over a week to reread Ain’t No Party Like a Bear Party, Wolf Rain and the other newsletter shorts before June 9th.

Kim said...

More writing than reading this week, but with the stores starting to reopen, took a chance and went to the used bookstore near me today! Felt more comfortable going there than the new bookstores yet. (though I did cave and order some new ones online for curbside - or maybe in store by the time they get here - pickup the other day.) Did a few other necessary errands first, and everybody seems to have things together, so felt safe enough to try to the used bookstore.

Felt so good to be surrounded by unfamiliar books again! Unfortunately, libraries will be one of the last things to open around here. (why gyms are going to be allowed to open sooner, I don't get, but... whatever, I guess.)

Anonymous said...

I'm in the middle of 'Shield of Winter' in my Psy/changeling re-read. Eagerly awaiting 'Alpha Night'.

I have bought some new books for curbside pickup, since the libraries have been closed. We are still very early in the re-opening cycle here, gyms not open either, but I do think part of the problem for some libraries will be layout of shelving and maintaining social distancing. We have three branches of our system opening Monday for drive-thru pickup of holds. They have been open to take returns only for this week. We have been able to check out eBooks and access reference databases all along, but I don't do eBooks. Luckily I do have a lot of my own books and have been relying on re-reads and my TBR pile for most of my reading.

Eva said...

I read D.S. Wrights The Beast And Me Series.
The story is told through different diaries.

http://www.dswrights.com/index.php/books/the-beast-and-me-series

Kim said...

I typically don't do ebooks either, but last summer's Wolf's Search by Jane Lindskold (new Firekeeper book!!!!) was MUCH more affordable in ebook and not at all really in paperback, so I learned how to use ebooks. Thought I'd try and see how it went. As a general rule, it works, but lately I've gotten tired of that and wanted a real paper book. (now if I could only settle on the same book twice!) Glad I was already familiar with the concept when the libraries shut down! But there are many books they have in hard copy they don't have in ebook version that I've been interested in!
I still prefer paper version, but sometimes the ebook version are way cheaper!

I WISH our libraries were open for either drop off or curbside pick up! Neither of those is happening for I bet, at least a month. And with holds suspended, there's transit time in any of those included too, so... even longer! (but at least I caved and bought the ones I've most been wanting from one of my bookstores for curbside pick up when they get here. - or instore, if it has opened yet. The other one has, and there are indications this one will.)

Despite our relatively low rate of I think our main branch of our library system here will have the most trouble. More traffic, and more varied demographic with different needs (beyond your typical library uses). The smaller branches seem to be more open plan, or have more open space, or... something.