From the monthly archives:

September 2006

More Books TBR

by Avid Reader on September 30, 2006

Well, I bought more books yesterday and one I just took a chance on and bought it. New author and all and it was on sale (more on that later). I am excited to have two books by Julia Spencer-Fleming to read back to back or I may take a break between them but I […]

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What’s On Tonight?

by Avid Reader on September 27, 2006

 America’s Next Top Model comes on tonight. I love this show just for the utter bitchiness and backstabbing that occurs when you have 33 wannabe divas models who think they are the next undiscovered model.

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The First Cut is Ms. Emley’s debut suspense novel and I don’t think she did a bad job for her first time. This is the start of yet another series.
The First Cut narrative is told in third person but shares a POV that is split between the protagonist  and the antagonists of the story. Rarely do I […]

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The Issue With Weight

by Avid Reader on September 19, 2006

AAR has a column up discussing the weight issue in romances. As I was reading the column I remembered a book I had read where the heroine was not exactly obsessed with her weight (if I recall correctly) but she eventually lost the excess weight by the end of the book and I felt that was […]

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The Edge of Justice by Clinton McKinzie was a breath of fresh air. I seem to be in the mood for suspense novels of late and picked up this novel. It was slow getting started but ended up picking up a quick pace and I couldn’t put it down.
The story features Federal Agent Antonio “Anton” Burns who […]

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Top 100

by Avid Reader on September 16, 2006

Yes, I was inspired. Readers love lists, don’t they? It seems that AAR’s Top 100 Romance list has been making the rounds on the ‘net. I went through the list and quickly spotted some omissions for this reader like Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught and a few others; and yes, I do think there are way too many Garwood titles on the list. Anyway, never mind me.  I […]

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