April's Affections and Intrigues: Love and Mystery Bloom

Jill Hayden

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Re: Smash Cut (6:22pm August 16, 2009):

I'm a big re-reader. I've got quite a few books that made a lasting impression on me and I will pull them back out and read them or a scene that I particularly liked. Lots of times, I'm not of a mind set for anything in my TBR stack when I want to read something, so I'll pull out an old friend and re-read it. Then I can move on to the new books. Jennifer Crusie, Susan Donovan, Jane Green and Robyn Carr are authors I go back and re-read over and over.

Re: The Perfect Couple (2:37pm August 9, 2009):

Susan Anderson? Heck, I just finished Bending the Rules. If there's no Ava's story, the third in the trilogy, that'll be disappointing. I just hate when an author I like disappears.

Re: Hot Pursuit (11:08am August 2, 2009):

I don't use the library. I'm re-reader so I like to keep my books. I figure since I don't smoke, drink or have kids, books are my one splurge.

Re: Mackenzie's Legacy (11:36am July 26, 2009):

A lot of times there are secondary characters who don't get their own story and I wonder what happend to them. In Never Too Much, Lori Foster had the hero's mother, Brooke Badwin and Kent Monroe. They had wonderful chemistry but I wanted to know more about them. They were mentioned in a later novella about Kent's daughter, but they were already married by then. In Foster's books, Jude's Law and Murphy's Law, there was a character, Danny Zip, who was a trainer and assitant to Jude Jamison. I'd have loved to read a story about him.

Re: Mr. Perfect (1:02pm July 12, 2009):

It would have to be the Virgin River books by Robyn Carr. While I've enjoyed some of the books more than others, they've all been good reads and as a whole the series has been very entertaining.

Re: The Beach House (1:14pm July 11, 2009):

I was sitting in front of you at Jane Green's book signing and I was just as charmed by her as you were. I was crying as hard as Gwen when I spoke to Jane and told her how Jemima J touched me. She pointed out that Jemima J was her. That evening was truly special to me and Jane's warmth and kindness were added treasures.

Re: The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society (3:19pm July 5, 2009):

"Morning Light" by Catherine Anderson was a let down to me. I enjoyed her Coulter Family books which segued to the Harrigan Family stories. However "Morning Light" was too religious, too preachy for me. The combination of religion and the heroine's psychic abilities were a bit much. I finished the book but was apprehensive about reading the next story, "Star Bright". Luckily, Ms. Anderson was not nearly as heavy handed with the Catholicism in that book.

Re: Loving a Lost Lord (4:45pm June 28, 2009):

I've run across a number of similar plot lines and for the most part it doesn't put me off. What DOES frustrate me is the buy a book and fid that I truly have read it before but it's been released with a different cover photo and I just didn't realize i.

Re: A Thread Of Truth (12:35pm June 21, 2009):

Typos don't ruin the book for me. I notice them, wonder why the book wasn't edited better, and go on with my reading. One of my pet peeves is the misuse of the words affect and effect. That annoys me more than the bad spelling.

Re: Undead And Unwelcome (11:30am June 14, 2009):

Now that I've been to a few book signings with the DFW Tea readers I might not so dumb struck that I couldn't ask an author a sensible question or two. I'd like to meet Lisa Kleypas, Robin Carr and Susan Elizabeth Phillips.

Re: The Red Pony (11:48pm June 7, 2009):

During my Junior year of high school English I read lots of American literature and I chose Steinbeck's The Pearl (probably because it was such a thin book). It's a story that has stayed with me to this day.

I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time a couple of years ago for a book club selection and really enjoyed it. It's something I'll probably read again.

Re: Believe (5:07pm May 31, 2009):

I like anthologies. It's a break from reading one long book. It doesn't matter to me if it's one author with two or three shorter stories or if it's three authors with different stories. I'm more apt to pick the book up if I'm a fan of at least one of the authors, but I'm just as drawn to the common thread of the stories. It's an excellent opportunity to experience new authors without the monetary investment of a book written solely by one author.

Re: The Warrior (2:07pm May 24, 2009):

I'm afraid I'm temptable. I go into a book store to buy a specific book but seldom come out with just that one. Something on the new release rack or the sale table will call my name and it must come home with me.

Enjoy Fiddler on the Roof. I most always go to movies/museums/concerts by myself. I realized long ago that I prefer that than having to work around other people's preferences and schedules. Also, you can almost always find a fabulous single seat close to the front.

Re: Pretty in Plaid (12:16pm May 17, 2009):

I'd certainly rather be early than late to something, so I shoot for early. I've always got a book with me, so if I'm too early, I can read to pass the time.

Re: Comfort Food (12:02pm May 3, 2009):

Sandi, it's the never ending problem of "so many books, so little time". I have authors I love and their new releases will always be books I buy immediately. If I've stumbled upon a book that is part of a series, I can hardly rest before I've read them all. (Am I a bit crazy, obsessive, anal? Probably all.) Occasionally, however, the first few pages of a book, or even chapters, don't grab me, so I'll set that book aside and move on to something else and then go back to it. Since I've usually got a book in my purse and one by the bed, I'll eventually get them read.

What am I reading now? I'm re-reading a Karen Kendall book, Open Invitation? It's a quick, easy read and a very cute story. After that, I'm planning on reading Adriana Trigiani's newest book, Very Valentine. Her Big Stone Gap books were wonderful. Of course, I've also got Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Lori Foster in my TBR stack too. As I said.....so little time.

Re: The Promise (5:42pm April 19, 2009):

My earliest reading memories surround Little Golden Books. I smile when I see them in a store today and catch myself picking one up just to see if it's the same story....it is! As a young reader I was introduced to My Weekly Reader at school and read Nancy Drew at home. For me, reading was a place to hide. I was painfully shy (hard to believe it now, I'm sure). While reading, I didn't have to awkwardly try to carry on a conversation with someone. Though my friends waited until the last possible moment to finish their required book reading for class, I enjoyed every minute of it.

Strangly, I quit reading after college and only rarely picked up a book for probably 30 years. Don't get me wrong, I read, but it was magazines for the most part. One day, while I was in a Hastings Books to get a couple of magazines, I flipped through Jemima J by Jane Green, bought it, read it in one sitting and haven't put the books down since.

I usually have 3 books going at once: one in my purse, one by the bed and one on the coffee table. That way, I'm seldom caught without something to read. I still read because I'm shy, but for the most part, it's for the pure joy of it.