Commuting CD

I ended up going with a bunch of shorter books because it’s nearing the end of the semester (OMGWTFBBQ!) and a lot of these I can pick off in a day during a commute.

• Atlantis Rising by Alyssa Day (paranormal romance) - So far the reviews have been meh, but it was good enough for someone I used to roleplay with to crib entire concepts from.

• Blood Rites by Janrae Frank (dark fantasy) - I read a few lines here and there as I was converting this one to mp3 for my CD. It definitely does seem to promise violence and sexx0rz. And I’ve been in the mood for something dark.
• Coming in Last by Shiloh Walker (erotic romance) - This made it onto the CD because it’s really short for a novel. This will be the third attempt on my part to be impressed by a Shiloh Walker book, and I picked this one from my librarything recommendations. (Although it was listed under nonfiction, which was a little… odd.)
• Glory in Death by J. D. Robb (romantic suspence) - I’m definitely ready to see what else Eve and Roarke get up to. Also, I don’t classify these books as futuristic romances. Futuristic romance, to me, implies that there’s a lot of emphasis on the, well, futuristicness of the setting. And at least for me, the first book didn’t provide that. But hey, J. D. Robb has written the only romantic suspence series yet that I’ve actively enjoyed, so I can classify her books there if I want to.
  • It Had to be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (contemporary romance) - I hate most of SEP’s book titles, and her plots look, well, wacky. But this one was on my librarything suggester, and so I figured it was as good a place to start as any to see if SEP is for me. (There was a huge hue and cry on my romance discussion group when I mentioned that I’d never read SEP before and wasn’t sure I’d like her. So I’m assuming that a dozen other readers plus librarything can’t be wrong.)

  • Jovah’s Angel by Sharon Shinn (science fiction) - I have decided as of today that I need to get Archangel for the more fantasy and science fiction inclined half of a couple of dear friends I have referred to here before as the quaker Lesbians. I’m really curious to see what she’d make of the book. As for me, I’m still interested enough in this series to keep going.
  • Midnight Sun by Rene Lyons (paranormal romance) - The reviews I’ve seen made it seem very good, and a friend of mine loved the third book in this series, so I’m willing to give it a try.
  • Tiger Eye by Marjorie Liu (paranormal romance) - I haven’t talked to anyone who didn’t like this book, and my mom has told me repeatedly that I ought to read this series. (Of course, my mom also reads and likes crap even I don’t have any patience for, so maybe that’s not the best recommendation.) (One of these days, my mom is also going to stumble across my blog, and then I’m going to have to hear her make fun of me for making fun of her reading tastes, and thus, the circ le of life continues.)

  I still didn’t get some of the books I really wanted to read included this time, but I should be finished with the CD sooner.