Msmiz - I read almost anything!

What a Blog you say? Really you shouldn't have, no I am serious, you shouldn't.

 

I love that I have a place for a blog description.  I am not creative enough to blog, hence never blogging before.  I absolutely stink at well thought out reviews, but I read. I read A LOT.  It used to be more, I could average 800+ books a year.  But then the EDJ started asking me to put forth more effort for pay.  Bastards.  

 

Written in the Stars

 

Most important here though is my rating scale.  I put forth a lot of 3 stars.  I would prefer a scale of 7 points measurement, hence my 3s are more like 3, 4, and 5 respectively.  In fact, most books that fall within the 3, I would like to take out to the 3rd, if not 4th decimal.  With that said, here is the basic summary of scale. 

 

5- Beyond brilliant, would read again without question

4- Better than your average bear.  Would not hesitate to recommend

3- Do not be fooled.  These are books I liked but the fall into the category of:

     Cotton Candy for the brain

     Great story, needs editing 

     Great characters, needs editing

     Hit the right spot, needs editing

     Could not quite get me there.  The story was just short of a home run.

     Short stories.  While I do love a good Novella/short story, etc, it has to be AMAZING          

     to the Nth degree to knock it up to a 4.

2- Story, characters, and/or editing were not enough to pull it out.  My head popped up              

    and out of the story too often

1- Are you kidding me with this shit?  

 

What I read

As the title professes, just about anything.  I prefer stories that take me out of real life.  I get enough of that at home. Thus, I tend to stay away from self help or theory based books.  I am a very character driven reader.  I like a good plot just like any reader, but for me, a story really wins if I can fall into the stories and feel the characters.  

 

Enough out of me for now!  

   

 

Elixir - Jordan Castillo Price This review is basically for the whole 10 pack. Overall the series gets a 4 star. Just like everything, some are better than others, but overall JCP delivers a fantastic stories of Michael, the sometimes vamp slayer and full time lover of Wild Bill. Wild Bill is our resident vamp who falls in love with Michael and will basically do anything for him. Following them throughout the Midwest as they trip over strange happenings is fun, entertaining and will make you want to reach for the next installment. Each book changes POV from Michael to Wild Bill. Needless to say, it was easy for me to fall in love with these two.

These stories are delivered to have fun. There are more hot hot hot, let me say it again, hot sex scenes than anything else. While we get vamp slaying, family issues, religious discussions (even dare I say a confession scene with Bill), illness, etc, the stories are very focused on the relationship between Wild Bill and Michael for the majority of each story. That for me is never a bad thing as I am a character driven reader.

There are still so many stories to tell and I for one would love to read more stories about these two.

Currently reading

Truckers
Terry Pratchett
A Dangerous Fortune
Ken Follett
Wicked Gentlemen (Hells Below)
Ginn Hale
Beloved Son
Carole Cummings
Ghost
Carole Cummings
The Round House
Louise Erdrich
The Cat in the Cradle
Jay Bell
Chasing Magic (Downside Ghosts, #5)
Stacia Kane
Reach for the Moon (Alejo and Bobby, #2)
Val Kovalin