Iola’s Comments (group member since Jan 02, 2013)

Iola’s comments from the Mount TBR 2013 Reading Challenge group.

Finished on the 30th (but have been out of wifi range since then):

#47 The Hunger Games
#48 Catching Fire
#49 Mockingjay

all by Suzanne Collins

#46 Wildflower Bride by Mary Conneally

And she's making a last-minute attempt to scale those heights ...
#45 The Husband Tree by Mary Conneally. The first 75% was better than Montana Rose, but then the hero had a personality transplant and turned stupid.

Are you male or female? Hatteras Girl by Alice J Whisper
Describe yourself... Words by Ginny Yttrup
If I could go anywhere ... Moon Over Tokyo by Sri Mitchell
Favourite form of transportation... Texas Roads by Cathy Bryant
Where I currently live ... Barefoot Summer by Denise Hunter
The weather ... Gone South by Meg Mossley
Favourite time of day ... Captured by Moonlight by Christine Lindsay
Your relationships ... Right Where I Belong. By Krista McGee
You fear ... Wounds by Alton Gansky
What is the best advice you have to give? Take a Chance on Me by Susan May Warren
If I could change my name... Jennifer by Dee Henderson
My souls present condition... All God's Children by Anna Schmidt

P.S. Yes, I did make it to the top of Mt Ararat. Completed book 48 on 30th December (and even managed book #49!).

#44 Montana Rose by Mary Connelly. To answer the discussion questions, is Red too sweet? Yes.
Is Cassie too scattered? Yes.
Is Mort to be respected or despised? Despised. He's in his seventies, and not ole did he think it was okay to marry an eighteen year old widow, he planned on 'sharing' her with his son.
Is the discussion on childbearing too graphic? Yes. And unrealistic.
Is the birth scene fun or nonsense? Nonsense.

#41 Chameleon by Jillian Kent
#42 Her Good Name by Ruth Axtell
#43 Lady Dearing's Masquerade by Elena Greene

Only five to go ...

#40 The Trouble With Harry by Katie McAlister

As I read this, it seemed familiar, but I hadn't previously recorded it on Goodreads, so it counts, because it was in my TBR file and now it isn't.

Been busy since my holiday, but Christmas/summer holiday is about to start. Nine books in eleven days. Possible...

I've been on holiday for the last few days - sunbathing and reading:

#32 Long Trail Home by Vickie McDonough
#33 Lone Star Trail by Darlene Franklin
#34 Captive Trail by Susan Page Davis
#35 Rose of Winslow Street by Elizabeth Camden
#36 Nickels by Karen Baney
#37 Sixty Acres and a Bride by Regina Jennings
#38 Love in Disguise by Carol Cox
#39 Texas Roads by Cathy Bryant

Yay! Only 9 to go!

Bev wrote: DNF's absolutley count ... if you're positive that you're never going back to them--then you've moved them off the TBR pile and they count.
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I like that logic. After all, that's the point of the challenge, to move books off the TBR pile.

I'm also in the GR 2013 Reading Challenge, but am not counting DNFs on that list (but I am counting re-reads - after all, that is books I've read).

These two are actually DNF's. I read a quarter of each, then gave up because neither the plot nor the characters had captured my attention. I actually tried to read one of them three times.

#30 Latter-Day Cipher by Latayne C Scott
#31 The Country House Courtship by Linore Rose Burkard

It might be kind of cheating given I didn't finish them, but I'm never going to finish them.

#29 - Just Between You and Me by Jenny B Jones - another Chick-lit like Hatteras Girl. Very good.

#28 - Hatteras Girl by Alice J Whisler. I'm slowly catching up...

#27 - Hand of Fate by Liz Wiehl with April Henry

#26 - Unending Devotion by Jody Hedlund. Recommended.

Made some progress this week...

#22 - Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green
#23 - Words by Ginny Yttrup
#24 - The Mailbox by Marybeth Whalan
#25 - Still Life in Shadows by Alice J Whisler

#20 - Courting Morrow Little by Laura Franz - Good

#21 - The Frontiersman's Daughter by Laura Franz - not as good as Courting Morrow Little, but it was her first book - at least this means she's improving.

#19 - I'll Take Forever by Barbara McMahon - short.

#18 Full Disclosure by Dee Henderson - as bad as the reviews indicated

Been a while...

#17 - The Last Waltz by GG Vandergriff. Not what I was expected, but quite brilliant.

#18 - The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr Wright by Tessa Dare - shorter than expected.