Thursday, January 26, 2006

February Books - Fantasy Romance Month

Here, forthwith, is the lengthy list of books I'm considering buying in February.

Bad Boys Ahoy!
by Sylvia Day
Price: $11.20

Note: someone blogged about this, and it sounded good, so I may give it a whirl.

Flesh and Stone (Berkley Sensation)
by Vickie Taylor
Price: $6.99

Note: I read the first and thought it was OK-to-good.
(The cartoon series Gargoyles ran too strongly in head reading it, though.) I'll probably check out this sequel.

Sex, Lies, and Online Dating
by Rachel Gibson
Price: $6.99

Note: I haven't read her last couple of releases, but maybe this will be the one that rekindles my interest in Gibson's books.

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Note: What happened here? This was one of those novellas republished as a $2.99 stand-alone book. Is the entire program kaput, or is it just this novella that was pulled? Not that I was going to buy it anyway.

The Queen in Winter
by Lynn Kurland
$11.20

Note: Sharon Shinn and Sarah Monette stories. Yay! Lynn Kurland and Claire Delacroix stories. Yawn.

Crown of Stars #7 (Crown of Stars)
by Kate Elliott
Price: $17.13

Note: Brick of a book that ends a long series. Will look in library for it.

Solstice Wood
by Patricia A. McKillip
Price: $16.29

Note: Seems strangely unappealing. May give this McKillip a miss. Looks like a gothic--not my favorite type of book.

Sebastian (Ephemera #1) (Ephemera)
by Anne Bishop
Price: $16.29

Note: I have high hopes this will be good.

Moon Called
by Patricia Briggs
Price: $7.99

Note: A departure for Briggs. I'm curious about it.

Shadow Touch
by Marjorie M. Liu
Price: $6.99

Note: Somehow my excitement level around this is low despite having enjoyed her previous two books.

The Spy's Reward
by Nita Abrams
Price: $5.99

Note: I've enjoyed all her books. She is about the only "traditional" Regency author I buy.


Crescent Moon
by Lori Handeland
Price: $6.99

Note: I liked the first book in this series very much. The rest are just racking up in the TBR pile, including, I'm sure, this one.

The Devil's Waltz
by Anne Stuart
Price: $6.99

Note: She's resumed her place in my auto-buy list.

Crazy Wild
by Tara Janzen
Price: $6.99

Note: Loved the first two and expect to love this one. I'm sure this will be the first book devoured from February batch.

The King of Attolia
by Megan Whalen Turner
Price: $11.55

Note: Listen, if you like Miles and Niccolo and ilk, do yourself a favor. Don't read anything about this book. Just buy book 1, THE THIEF, without reading anything about that one either. You can thank me later.

The Silver Rose : A Novel
by Susan Carroll
Price: $11.16

Note: The first two books were "eh" so I'll probably skip this one. I was looking for something richer and more complex than Carroll has on tap.

Master of Darkness
by Susan Sizemore
Price: $6.99

Note: Did I say rich and complex? I meant, give me "popcorn" books like this one. Probably the second book I will read from February batch.

Full Moon Rising
by Keri Arthur
Price: $10.20

Note: Not sure I'll be paying hardcover price for this, but looks interesting.

3 Comments:

At 11:15 PM, January 26, 2006, Blogger Nicole said...

Is teh Crown of Stars series FINALLY done? Maybe I'll actually start to read it again. I stopped in high school.

 
At 9:57 AM, January 27, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nicole, hah! I'm a skimmer rather than a reader of the series. I just have to know how the Sanglant/Liath thing ends.

Keishon, the first page of FREAKS was fabulously funny, but I put it down after a couple of chapters, to read when I'm more in the mood for it.

 
At 11:55 PM, January 27, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've bought the new Briggs as well as MWT's THE KING OF ATTOLIA. Haven't read either one yet. If you're interested, there's a reading group for MWT at LiveJournal (Sounis):

http://tinyurl.com/d9ktk

 

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