This was more of a reading orgy

For whatever reason, I was consumed by the need to read over the long weekend. I haven't had the urge that strongly in a long time and it was sort of fun to wallow in. I don't know if it's the feeling of summer that is beginning to creep in or what, but it's nice to revel in once in a while.

#73 is Smart Boys & Fast Girls by Stephie Davis(May/07). I'd seen this author recommended, but found the book to be fairly lacking in depth. There are a lot of other YA genre authors that I'd read first.

#74 is All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris(May/07). My hold on the latest Sookie Stackhouse came in at the library. Perhaps I'm getting less critical in my old age because I enjoyed it. Sookie's suitor juggling does have a tendency to get a little tiresome, but I'm willing to go with the flow for now. There does need to be more Eric though!

#75 is All the Possibilities by Nora Roberts(May/07). See below.

#76 is One Man's Art by Nora Roberts(May/07). These were combined into one volume and once again I'm realizing that early Roberts has more of the "strong man overcoming a woman's no because she doesn't really mean it" than I'm comfortable with. The first more so than the second.

#77 is Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson(May/07). An attempt to create a southern version of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants built around a Georgia peach orchard. Somewhat uneven, but it does have occasional whimsical moments of magical realism and I was interested enough to read the sequel.

#78 is The Secrets of the Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson(May/07). Sequel to the above and written in exactly the same vein.

#79 is Little Jordan by Marly Youmans(May/07). Technically this one should probably be listed as a novella, but I quite like Youmans writing. I think this was her first published work. She's a local writer and I read "Catherwood" by her several years ago and found it haunting.

#80 is For All the Wrong Reasons by Lousie Bagshawe. While there were things I enjoyed about this one, it too fell victim to the "he man overpowering the heroine" that I find so offputting. Is there some anti-feminist trend in chick lit that I was unaware of because unlike the Roberts, this is a title published in 2000. I hope that it's not on the rise because I find it very disturbing.


I need something wonderful and totally engrossing to read now. Hmmm. Off to look for possibilities.

This was more of a reading orgy

For whatever reason, I was consumed by the need to read over the long weekend. I haven't had the urge that strongly in a long time and it was sort of fun to wallow in. I don't know if it's the feeling of summer that is beginning to creep in or what, but it's nice to revel in once in a while.

#73 is Smart Boys & Fast Girls by Stephie Davis(May/07). I'd seen this author recommended, but found the book to be fairly lacking in depth. There are a lot of other YA genre authors that I'd read first.

#74 is All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris(May/07). My hold on the latest Sookie Stackhouse came in at the library. Perhaps I'm getting less critical in my old age because I enjoyed it. Sookie's suitor juggling does have a tendency to get a little tiresome, but I'm willing to go with the flow for now. There does need to be more Eric though!

#75 is All the Possibilities by Nora Roberts(May/07). See below.

#76 is One Man's Art by Nora Roberts(May/07). These were combined into one volume and once again I'm realizing that early Roberts has more of the "strong man overcoming a woman's no because she doesn't really mean it" than I'm comfortable with. The first more so than the second.

#77 is Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson(May/07). An attempt to create a southern version of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants built around a Georgia peach orchard. Somewhat uneven, but it does have occasional whimsical moments of magical realism and I was interested enough to read the sequel.

#78 is The Secrets of the Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson(May/07). Sequel to the above and written in exactly the same vein.

#79 is Little Jordan by Marly Youmans(May/07). Technically this one should probably be listed as a novella, but I quite like Youmans writing. I think this was her first published work. She's a local writer and I read "Catherwood" by her several years ago and found it haunting.

#80 is For All the Wrong Reasons by Lousie Bagshawe. While there were things I enjoyed about this one, it too fell victim to the "he man overpowering the heroine" that I find so offputting. Is there some anti-feminist trend in chick lit that I was unaware of because unlike the Roberts, this is a title published in 2000. I hope that it's not on the rise because I find it very disturbing.


I need something wonderful and totally engrossing to read now. Hmmm. Off to look for possibilities.