Maryse's Book Blog WolfPack/Bridesmaids Meeting Place discussion

How is it almost May already?

May is Nay's choice. She'd like everyone to "try again".

...try, try again: book you started but never finished

Reserved for individual picks.

Amy - End of Day by Jewel E. Ann

Ela - The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur

Fabi - Enemies of the State by Tal Bauer

Grey - The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur

Leslie - Carter Reed by Tijan

Lisa - Thoughtless by S.C. Stephens

Michelle - The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur

Renee - Seducing Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

Robin - Spiralling Skywards: Falling by Lesley Jones

Tessa - Avoiding Commitment by K.A. Linde

Mine is Avoiding Commitment by KA Linde

I'm thinking mine should be Fish Tales, The Man I Love. After reading Larks, by same author, I am excited to give it another try. Some said it was even better!

IMine originally was Wolfsong but I read it during a different month so I wouldn't mind budding up with Fish Tales

I'm the same as Michelle, I'm going with Fish Tales The Main I love, too...

Budding? Buddying! BUDDY READ!

YAY TESSA!!!!

Mine is most likely going to be End of Day.

Tessa wrote: "Mine is Avoiding Commitment by KA Linde"

Good luck with FUCKING JACK

Amy wrote: "YAY TESSA!!!!

Mine is most likely going to be End of Day."

Good choice!

ROFL I'm like 30% in from last I checked. I just love her writing so I have to give it another chance.

I'm not sure what to pick for this one. I may bend this theme a little and chose a second chance romance instead of going back to a dnf.

I'm leaning toward The Debt. Only because I'd made it to 60% and I don't have far to go to add to my year end challenge!

I am going to finish Thoughtless

I'm going to bend the theme like Anna. If I dnf'd a book, I dont want to read it. :(

So I figured I'd try an author again. You all seem to love Tijan. I did not love Fallen Crest (sorry). But will give Carter Reed a try.

Honestly, your taste don't really run to Tijan's work. :) This is the most adult of all of them, though. And goodness knows, Carter was easy to love.

Yes Leslie!! I LOVE that idea! It won't help my TBR but it may change my opinion of an author. I'm switching to Spiralling Skywards: Falling by Lesley Jones. I HATED Carnage, but I loved the writing and the storytelling. My issue was with the plot. Yay!! I'm so excited now!

Oooh, I love the various ways of thinking about a book to read for this!

Really and truly, when I came up with the 'try, try again' theme, I wasn't thinking of a book that you dnf'd because you didn't like it--because who wants to go back and try to read a book that you originally stopped because you hated it?

What I had more in mind was a book that you're reading that you know you're going to finish, but you're just not in the mood for it right now, so you'll come back to it. Or a book that you're reading when a new release that you HAVE to read RIGHT NOW comes out, so you stop reading it because you'll 'go back to it as soon as you finish the hot new release', but then you go on to something else and kinda forget about it, so it's still sitting there on your 'currently reading' shelf.

So anyway, that's another interpretation of the the theme if anyone wants to think of it that way or has any books like that.

I know that five years ago, I never would have put a book down to start another nor would I have dnf'd a book, but I've majorly relaxed my 'rules' since then, so I have about 5 books hanging out there that I want to finish, but I just never have for whatever reason. Now I just have to pick one of them for the challenge!

Nay, I think your idea was awesome! I got what you meant....but unfortunately I never do "go back laters". I'm a "finish it before starting new book" or "dnf, never to go back to again" kind of a gal. Hee hee

But I think this "try again" could also be interpreted by genre, right? Thats another option.

Robin, I am glad my pick gave you an idea.

Nay I love this idea too. Your idea is why so many people are giving The Man I Love some love and I'm more excited about that than anything!!! I'm just like Leslie though. Once I give up, I'm pretty much done. Except for Stephen King. I've tried IT four times and I know one day I'll go back to The Shining, but that time is not now. I need to be hooked or I won't pick it up right now.

Hmmmm...now I'm rethinking my choice. I'm going to have to take a peek at my most hated books and see if the author(s) have other books I might try.

You guys are brilliant. ;)

Oh wow--it's May! So I guess I should mention what my May book is going to be, especially since I picked the month's theme! lol

After picking this up and putting it down more times than I can count, I am finally going to try one last time and FINISH:

Seducing Destiny

Renee wrote: "Oh wow--it's May! So I guess I should mention what my May book is going to be, especially since I picked the month's theme! lol

After picking this up and putting it down more times than I can coun..."

YOU BETTER FINISH AND LOVE IT OR ELSE WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS ANYMORE!

No pressure or anything...

Though, it's kind of the worst of the bunch. Just read it so you can go Play with Monsters!

Tessa wrote: "No pressure or anything...

Though, it's kind of the worst of the bunch. Just read it so you can go Play with Monsters!"

Is #4 of the Fae Chronicles a requirement before Playing with Monsters? Have I asked this question before?

Maybe that's why I haven't read PwM. I only got through the first 3 FCs.

Fabi wrote: "Tessa wrote: "No pressure or anything...

Though, it's kind of the worst of the bunch. Just read it so you can go Play with Monsters!"

Is #4 of the Fae Chronicles a requirement before Playing wit..."

No... It really isnt. I mean it mentions a couple things in passing, but this is the start of a whole new series! Like an amazing new series!!! My number one book last year!

Whoa!!!

I added to my reading schedule. June 21st. yeah, that's how far out it's gotten. Yikes. Never thought I'd say this, but I need some dnfs. lol!

Fabi wrote: "Tessa wrote: "No pressure or anything...

Though, it's kind of the worst of the bunch. Just read it so you can go Play with Monsters!"

Is #4 of the Fae Chronicles a requirement before Playing wit..."

It may not be for everyone, but as I read (I got to 60% in PWM), I kept feeling like I was missing something. Something about the hero's (can't remember his name--sorry!) personality and some event(s) that were mentioned. I don't think they were anything earth-shattering, but for ME, personally, I felt like I didn't know HIM or something about the story well enough, so I quit reading and decided I was going to finish Seducing Destiny first.

And it's not that SD isn't good. I'm just finding the book putdownable because (view spoiler)[I'm not big on reading about a couple after they have babies. It's a *ME* thing. It bores me. (hide spoiler)]

Thoughtless.

bev wrote: "Thoughtless."

Shudder!!!!! But I AM gonna finish it!

Renee wrote: "Fabi wrote: "Tessa wrote: "No pressure or anything...

Though, it's kind of the worst of the bunch. Just read it so you can go Play with Monsters!"

Is #4 of the Fae Chronicles a requirement befor..."

They're already a couple and they have babies?! :-O Tell me it isn't so.

Oh, you meant SD, not PwM

Fabi wrote: "Renee wrote: "Fabi wrote: "Tessa wrote: "No pressure or anything...

Though, it's kind of the worst of the bunch. Just read it so you can go Play with Monsters!"

Is #4 of the Fae Chronicles a req..."

No! Not at all, Fabi. Nothing was said about that here--just move along...

*facepalm* I'm sorry! I forgot that not everyone in the world has read the first three books like I have, and when I saw it was mentioned in the blurb, I just thought it was ok to say! I added a spoiler tag.

Sheesh, I'm such an idioto!! (my word for the singular, most major idiot E-V-E-R--comes from the same dictionary as 'ridiculi')

No, Nay. I've actually read the first 3. Although it was a long time ago and couldn't for the life of me tell you what they were about. I haven't read #4.

My question is, were you referring to #4 or were you referring to Playing with Monsters?

Playing With Monsters was only a 3 star read for me. Didn't have the Fae Chronicles magic of that first book!

Proof we are different. I liked them both but for different reasons. I loved the darkness that was added in PwM. Fae Chronicles does get dark, don't get me wrong, but PwM has that "bully" thing that had me going crazy.

Fabi--I was referrring to #4, but I just realized that it wasn't specifically Seducing Destiny that I wanted to read first (I think Lucian has one little mention in SD)--it's A Demon's Dark Embrace, which is Ristan's story and is another spinoff (why is AH doing more than one spinoff???)

So anyway, when I felt like I was missing something, I started looking at the reviews for Playing With Monsters, and I found this snippet:

"We were introduced to Lucian in yet another spin off book from the fae chronicles...A Demons Dark Embrace. And honestly, if you want to know more about Magdalena and her secrets, you should read that book because it actually gives a much better explanation of her coven than this book. It gives you a better look at Lucian too, even with the brief interaction Ristan has with him.

So after I finish Seducing Destiny, I'm reading A Demon's Dark Embrace and then I'll pick Playing with Monsters back up. I'm just anal about reading things in order if I miss anything about how a character is 'shaped' in a previous book.

Im thinking True Love Story. Maybe Making Faces. I was enjoying both just put them down for whatever reason. I have a ton of these in my tbr. I squirrel.

Bev, True Love Story reminded me of Thoughtless. So....might not be your cuppa.

Alright, Nay. I'm pretty strict about reading things in order too. I hate it when things are mentioned that I feel like I should know but don't because they were in another book.

I guess I'm putting PwM on the backburner again.

Thanks for all the explanation.

Maybe not, though I already liked what I had started. Plus, (view spoiler)[I am not in the head of the cheater (hide spoiler)]
And I remember the writing being better.
Though you know I like the Storm one and its Tru's POV....

I'm sposed to be doing The Man I Love, but as yet I just can't bring myself to have another go. Maybe later in the month the mood might strike? At the moment I'm reading my pick-for-me book so we'll see.

Hang on, did I say I'll DO the man I love? *quickly censors self* Ahem. I meant READ The man I Love.....

Well dang it. It's May 1st and I read The Man I Love today - so now what? That was my May book.

what did you pick for me Ela... I need to go find out.

I still need to read that one. I do not know why im so resistant.

Michelle wrote: "Well dang it. It's May 1st and I read The Man I Love today - so now what? That was my May book.

what did you pick for me Ela... I need to go find out."

*chokes* You read TMIL TODAY??? You go, girl.

I cheated & started last night & took a half day from work. I'm nuts.

bwahaha! atta girl!

Ive never stayed home from work to read.
School yes, but not work.

School - work, it's all the same to me. I work at a school. My kids don't suffer, they don't get a sub for me - I'm an SLP.