Showing posts with label Tricia Rayburn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tricia Rayburn. Show all posts

Saturday, 28 July 2012

What I Did In July


Weeeehhhhh.

It has been almost a month of interweb silence. I’m sorry. I’m not a bad person, I’ve just been really busy with work, and then my family were abroad so I was solely responsible for all the household-y things-dude, it takes so long to change the bed sheets and do laundry for five people.
And, of course, they all went off and left me with about a weeks worth of their dirty clothes to look after. I wasn’t home for a few days before they left; trust me, if I had’ve been around, standards would not have slipped to such an appalling low (I’m kind of OCD about cleaning and laundry. Like, I iron our towels).
Plus, during their holiday I had lots of my own friends to stay (not the best plan when you’re working all the time but hey, we had our evenings).
And don't start me on work; Lord, but those ladies are demanding! Weh, weh, weh. 
So I’m sorry.
I have read a bit though.
I got through Dark Water by Tricia Rayburn, which I was so excited about and it was really, really good:
Dark Water (Siren #3)

Then, I went on an Artemis Fowl binge, which was fantastic. I forgot how downright awesome those books are. Holly Short is my icon; in fact, as my hair is already kind of auburn and I am very short, I may get a pixie cut and a jumpsuit to complete the look.

Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl,...                                 The Arctic Incident (Artemi... The Arctic Incident (Artemi...                                          The Eternity Code (Artemis ...

Dude, if you haven’t read this series you need to get on that immediately. And there are no excuses as the series is complete, so no waffle about no wanting to be stuck on cliffhangers and so on.
Awesome, awesome, awesome. 

Thursday, 17 May 2012

Wrecked by Anna Davies

Wrecked

Book: Wrecked
Author: Anna Davies
Publisher: Simon and Schuster

I feel sorry for mermaid-siren-water-person type books, because it seems like nobody really likes them except me! I love Tricia Rayburn's Siren novels (cannot wait for Dark Water) so I was so excited when I got Wrecked.

Good thing number one: This book is blurbed by Becca Fitzpatrick. Love her.

Good thing number two: I loved the setting of this book. Loved it. I am guaranteed to give any book set on the coast at least a five out of ten, just for proximity of the ocean. I can't help myself.

Good thing number three: I also liked that the main character had a legitimate reason to be upset and annoyed; most of her friends were dead and she was getting the blame for what happened to them. That would irritate me! Also, the love interest Christian? Swoon worthy.

Bad things? I can't put my finger on exactly why this isn't my new favorite book. It has all the ingredients: sea, paranormal romance, bitchy grandmother. This book should be rivaling Anna and the French Kiss for my affections and it just isn't. I think that's my issue though; it's not the books fault.

Rating? A good seven out of ten. I'd definitely recommend this as a start-of-summer read.