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Monday, January 17, 2011

It's Monday What are You Reading January 17, 2011?

This meme starts at One Person's Journey Through A World of Books!

What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list.

I finished three books last week and posted three reviews, two book Giveaways; one blog hop; and a couple of announcement and winner posts.

As noted before, for this feature I will only be giving a rating and a short summary comment on books I read from my TBRs or as fillers - which aren't many :).

I did a little better early last week replying to posts and visiting a bit. Still lots of room for improvement.
These were last week's posts plus Winner posts not listed.

Finished Reading:

Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of AnjouPrint/Kindle: The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou by Susan Higginbotham. Emotionally sad and stirring Historical Fiction. Review and Giveaway will be posted this week.Rating: 4.25.



Coming Back (Sharon Mccone Mysteries)Audible/Print: 
by Marcia Muller.
Interesting Mystery;
Review & Giveaway linked above.




The Bricklayer's HelperKindle: The Bricklayer's Helper by Amy Corwin.  
A very enjoyable sweet Historical Romance. I am reading this for the author; Review and interview later this month. Rating: 4.5.

Line Edits/Releases: Two books ready for release this week I hope.


Currently reading:

Sins of a Highland Devil (Highland Warriors)Print: Sins of a Highland Devil (Highland Warriors) by Sue-Ellen Welfonder.  I am two thirds completed on this and have mixed feelings. I will post the Review and Hachette Giveaway for this on Wednesday.
Product Description
The first book in the Highland Warriors trilogy, in which three heroes make a pact to insure that a rival clan does not take over their Glen of Many Legends. At the same time, three women plot to marry these heroes to insure peace.

In SINS OF A HIGHLAND DEVIL, James Cameron is concerned when the King's decree states all three neighboring clans must have a battle to the death in order to lay official claim to the scared Glen of Many Legends. James attempts to make a pact with the heads of the other clans to fight this decree. But he ends up fighting his own fierce desire when coming head-to-head with Lady Catriona of the opposing MacDonald clan, who has her own plan for peace. 
Print:  Blood Prophecy by Stefan Petrucha. I am midway in this and liking the story and hero.
Blood ProphecyMan and monster are in his blood. . .
His name is Jeremiah Fall. A soldier of fortune, he has been fighting his own war for 150 years--ever since the beast in him was born.
Desperate to restore his lost humanity, Fall crosses the sands of Egypt, discovers a lost city off the coast of France, and finally arrives at the birthplace of all mankind. Shunning daylight and feeding only when he must, he battles the monster who transformed him forever. He can share his deepest secret with no one . . . not even the beautiful woman he starts to love, the only human who grasps the mysteries of an ebony stone as old as creation itself.
Across the world, across time, Fall seeks the stone's secret. But has he found a cure for himself or unleashed a final curse on all mankind?
Hell's Corner (The Camel Club)Audio: Hell's Corner (The Camel Club) by David Baldacci.  I did get my DH to listen along for part of our drive to and from NC.  We are on disc 8 or 12. Some slow spots and good intense spots.  I will post a review and Hachette giveaway probably next week.
Product Description:
Oliver Stone and the Camel Club return in #1 bestselling author David Baldacci's most stunning adventure yet.

An attack on the heart of power . . .
In sight of the White House . . .
At a place known as . . .

HELL'S CORNER

John Carr, aka Oliver Stone-once the most skilled assassin his country ever had-stands in Lafayette Park in front of the White House, perhaps for the last time. The president has personally requested that Stone serve his country again on a high-risk, covert mission. Though he's fought for decades to leave his past career behind, Stone has no choice but to say yes.

Then Stone's mission changes drastically before it even begins. It's the night of a state dinner honoring the British prime minister. As he watches the prime minister's motorcade leave the White House that evening, a bomb is detonated in Lafayette Park, an apparent terrorist attack against both leaders. It's in the chaotic aftermath that Stone takes on a new, more urgent assignment: find those responsible for the bombing.

British MI-6 agent Mary Chapman becomes Stone's partner in the search for the unknown attackers. But their opponents are elusive, capable, and increasingly lethal; worst of all, it seems that the park bombing may just have been the opening salvo in their plan. With nowhere else to turn, Stone enlists the help of the only people he knows he can trust: the Camel Club. Yet that may be a big mistake.

In the shadowy worlds of politics and intelligence, there is no one you can really trust. Nothing is really what it seems to be. And Hell's Corner truly lives up to its name. This may be Oliver Stone's and the Camel Club's last stand.
Alas, BabylonAudible:  Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. This is a classic book I still have on my shelves from the 1970s. When I saw it on Audible I decided to listen to it before reading another more recent disaster survival story.  I am half way.
Product Description
The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the world.

Line Edits: I am finalizing two more releases. Then edits to two more are due.


January 2011 books coming up:  
Print:

1/26 - My Immortal Assassin by Carolyn Jewel. Hachette review, giveaway and guest post.
Unscheduled:

Review Books from Sourcebooks: Kiss at Your Own Risk by Stephanie Rowe;
then I Dream of Genies by Judi Fennell.

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