Unraveled by CJ Barry is 343 pages of fun.
Genius, Tru Van Dye, grew up cloistered in a scientific research Institute, all of her work and research going to her father's Majj reputation. Now that he is dead she faces explusion from the sterile life of forced perfection unless she can make a brilliant discovery of her own by her rapidly nearing thirtieth birthday. She's certain that discovery can only be made off-planet.
But no Majj is allowed to leave the Institute.
So she does what she must and sneaks out.
Rayce Couburn lives in hatred of the Majj and struggles to create a bright future for himself. But he needs funds. Fast. He's even willing to team up with a beautiful Majj to realize his dream.
Together they race through the galaxy on a quest that forces them to face their worst fears, and leaves both changed and with much more than they bargined for.
I really enjoyed this book. It had an Indiana Jones feel. The sex was good and not overwhelming. The characters were interesting with good motivations. The hero reminded me of Han Solo. And there was even a black Lab named Elvis.
I found this book easy to read. It kept me up wanting to read just a little more. This definitely made me want to keep reading the series.
On the SFR Rainbow it was on the Romance side but very close to the middle. Very close. It had spaceships and aliens, surprises and tech, but nothing complex enough to scare off any readers.
And did I mention the dog? :-) I love it when there's a dog.
I recommend this book.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
SFR Challenge #14--Day of Fire
Day of Fire is book #2 in the 2176 series started by The Legend of Banzai Maguire.
Written by Kathleen Nance, it's 372 pages, medium sized print. The people on the back cover don't look like the character descriptions.
This is the story of Mountie Day Daniels and plague hunter, Lian Firebird. Set in future post-apocolyptic Canada, it's definitely a Romance first, SF second. The SF if good, important, and sprinkled in realistically. I liked the characters, the mystery and the race against time. The bad guy was suitably bad.
This was a fairly fast read.
I admit one of my favorite parts was the Due South nod. (Due South was a TV show about a Mountie named Benton Fraser sent with his white wolf, Diefenbaker, south to Chicago on the trail of his father's murderers.) In this book Day's unofficial partner is a silver wolf named Benton Fraser.
On the SFR rainbow scale this novel falls well onto the more Romance than SF end of the spectrum. The romance was the main focus and the sf elements part of the world.
My opinion is anyone who enjoys the JD Robb In Death novels would really like this one.
So, what's next for me to read? I think I'm taking a break from this series since, as I've said before I mainly read SF and find I need a fix right now. I'm going to keep Unraveled by CJ Barry as my car book and pick a more sf book as my main one.
I don't know which yet, though. Grimspace? Touched by an Alien? Maybe a Litchenberg novel? I'll go in search right now and try to decide. The hard part is that of all the hundreds of sf novels I have I don't know for sure which would fit the challenge. I've heard the Honor Harrington books are SFR, the Valor series, the Forever War, the Chanur series. I don't know for sure though.
I'll pick one tonight and start.
Happy reading, everyone!
Written by Kathleen Nance, it's 372 pages, medium sized print. The people on the back cover don't look like the character descriptions.
This is the story of Mountie Day Daniels and plague hunter, Lian Firebird. Set in future post-apocolyptic Canada, it's definitely a Romance first, SF second. The SF if good, important, and sprinkled in realistically. I liked the characters, the mystery and the race against time. The bad guy was suitably bad.
This was a fairly fast read.
I admit one of my favorite parts was the Due South nod. (Due South was a TV show about a Mountie named Benton Fraser sent with his white wolf, Diefenbaker, south to Chicago on the trail of his father's murderers.) In this book Day's unofficial partner is a silver wolf named Benton Fraser.
On the SFR rainbow scale this novel falls well onto the more Romance than SF end of the spectrum. The romance was the main focus and the sf elements part of the world.
My opinion is anyone who enjoys the JD Robb In Death novels would really like this one.
So, what's next for me to read? I think I'm taking a break from this series since, as I've said before I mainly read SF and find I need a fix right now. I'm going to keep Unraveled by CJ Barry as my car book and pick a more sf book as my main one.
I don't know which yet, though. Grimspace? Touched by an Alien? Maybe a Litchenberg novel? I'll go in search right now and try to decide. The hard part is that of all the hundreds of sf novels I have I don't know for sure which would fit the challenge. I've heard the Honor Harrington books are SFR, the Valor series, the Forever War, the Chanur series. I don't know for sure though.
I'll pick one tonight and start.
Happy reading, everyone!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Hello!
Wow, just started the reading challenge and I've already screwed up my book count. LOL. I was off by one. But that's okay. My TBR room is stuffed full.
It's sunny with a chance of tornadoes today. Heat index up to 115. No, I'm definitely not near the beach.
Stay cool, everyone!
Anna
It's sunny with a chance of tornadoes today. Heat index up to 115. No, I'm definitely not near the beach.
Stay cool, everyone!
Anna
Sunday, July 11, 2010
The Stars Down Under (#13 SFR Challenge)
Hi!
Yes, I'm reading fast. It's summer. The books are short. This one had me rushing back to read every free second of my day, and I stayed up late. LOL.
The Stars Down Under by Sandra McDonald is the sequel to The Outback Stars, and an SFR (science fiction romance)but with an ending that is definitely SF, questionably R since I couldn't tell if it was truly happy or not.
You MUST read The Outback Stars first or this won't make sense. Seriously. This series cannot be read out of order.
The first book was very romantic with a HFN, while this one isn't quite so romantic and has a not-so-happy but hopeful ending that made me go Whoa! It's a good book and definitely advances the world and the characters. It was deep and heartrending in places. The h/h definitely love each other very much.
This series would make a terrific mini-series or long movie. It's chock full of Australian and Aboriginal myths and history.
The ending makes me wish I had the next book (The Stars Blue Yonder) just to find out what ultimately happens to Myell and Jodenny. This book drew some powerful emotions from me with questions of the meaning of love, destiny, and sacrifice. I learned things about Australia (where my Dad was born) that I didn't know.
Alas, I don't have the third book yet or I'd have started it at 11:30 pm last night immediately after finishing this one. It's $14.99 at the Sony ebook store! Yeah, I'll have to find a cheaper copy or wait for the paperback because that's way too much for an ebook for me, especially a fairly short one (this series averages around 330 pages each.) that I'll probably read in 2-4 days. Amazon only has the hardcopy. On payday I'll probably drive down to B&N to look for it so I don't have to wait.
My main quibble with this series is the books aren't long enough. LOL. I want to spend a lot more time in this world. However, each book is written concisely and everything is important to the story somehow. There isn't really room for extras.
Despite making me cry this book is a keeper and this series in on my auto-buy list.
My recommendation? Wait to read this series until you have at least the first three books available to read all in a row. That way you can jump right into the third book right after this one.
What's next on my reading list? I found the rest of the 2176 SFR series. I'm already on page 13 of book 2, Day of Fire by Kathleen Nance. At 372 pages it might take me a week, but given that the kids all have swim lessons for 45 minutes a day this week I may get to the third book quickly.
Happy reading!
Yes, I'm reading fast. It's summer. The books are short. This one had me rushing back to read every free second of my day, and I stayed up late. LOL.
The Stars Down Under by Sandra McDonald is the sequel to The Outback Stars, and an SFR (science fiction romance)but with an ending that is definitely SF, questionably R since I couldn't tell if it was truly happy or not.
You MUST read The Outback Stars first or this won't make sense. Seriously. This series cannot be read out of order.
The first book was very romantic with a HFN, while this one isn't quite so romantic and has a not-so-happy but hopeful ending that made me go Whoa! It's a good book and definitely advances the world and the characters. It was deep and heartrending in places. The h/h definitely love each other very much.
This series would make a terrific mini-series or long movie. It's chock full of Australian and Aboriginal myths and history.
The ending makes me wish I had the next book (The Stars Blue Yonder) just to find out what ultimately happens to Myell and Jodenny. This book drew some powerful emotions from me with questions of the meaning of love, destiny, and sacrifice. I learned things about Australia (where my Dad was born) that I didn't know.
Alas, I don't have the third book yet or I'd have started it at 11:30 pm last night immediately after finishing this one. It's $14.99 at the Sony ebook store! Yeah, I'll have to find a cheaper copy or wait for the paperback because that's way too much for an ebook for me, especially a fairly short one (this series averages around 330 pages each.) that I'll probably read in 2-4 days. Amazon only has the hardcopy. On payday I'll probably drive down to B&N to look for it so I don't have to wait.
My main quibble with this series is the books aren't long enough. LOL. I want to spend a lot more time in this world. However, each book is written concisely and everything is important to the story somehow. There isn't really room for extras.
Despite making me cry this book is a keeper and this series in on my auto-buy list.
My recommendation? Wait to read this series until you have at least the first three books available to read all in a row. That way you can jump right into the third book right after this one.
What's next on my reading list? I found the rest of the 2176 SFR series. I'm already on page 13 of book 2, Day of Fire by Kathleen Nance. At 372 pages it might take me a week, but given that the kids all have swim lessons for 45 minutes a day this week I may get to the third book quickly.
Happy reading!
Friday, July 9, 2010
SFR Challenge finished #12
Hello,
Today I finished reading The Legend of Banzai Maguire by Susan Squires. This is book one in a five book series set in the year 2176. I'll try not to give many spoilers. Bree Banzai Maguire and her wingman, Cam, are US pilots on a peacekeeping mission in 2006 over North Korea. They get shot down, but not by the enemy they expect. They're put into bio-stasis.
Banzai is awakened into a different world in the year 2176. Revolution is in the air, and Bree is a hotly contested prize.
It was fast and interesting with a satisfying and realistic love triangle with a HFN. There was a little sex. I'm actually glad there wasn't a lot. Banzai didn't just jump into the sack with anyone she could. Whate there was was hot and emotional.
I enjoyed this book enough to want to read the rest of the series, which I do own. Of course, I can't find book #2 so I won't be reading the whole series until I find it. Grr. Did I mention I "lose" books a lot? LOL.
So, next I will finish reading The Stars Down Under by Sandra MacDonald. It's the sequel to the book I read last week called The Outback Stars. Yes, I'm also one of those people who reads more than one book at a time. My car book, whose name escapes me at the moment, may also be an SFR. It's an alternate history in a contemporary setting--the Russians never gave up Alaska and so there's a monarchy. I don't know if AU is enough to make it SFR because I don't think there's any SF in it. LOL. So, I don't think I'll count that one.
Have a great day!
Anna
Today I finished reading The Legend of Banzai Maguire by Susan Squires. This is book one in a five book series set in the year 2176. I'll try not to give many spoilers. Bree Banzai Maguire and her wingman, Cam, are US pilots on a peacekeeping mission in 2006 over North Korea. They get shot down, but not by the enemy they expect. They're put into bio-stasis.
Banzai is awakened into a different world in the year 2176. Revolution is in the air, and Bree is a hotly contested prize.
It was fast and interesting with a satisfying and realistic love triangle with a HFN. There was a little sex. I'm actually glad there wasn't a lot. Banzai didn't just jump into the sack with anyone she could. Whate there was was hot and emotional.
I enjoyed this book enough to want to read the rest of the series, which I do own. Of course, I can't find book #2 so I won't be reading the whole series until I find it. Grr. Did I mention I "lose" books a lot? LOL.
So, next I will finish reading The Stars Down Under by Sandra MacDonald. It's the sequel to the book I read last week called The Outback Stars. Yes, I'm also one of those people who reads more than one book at a time. My car book, whose name escapes me at the moment, may also be an SFR. It's an alternate history in a contemporary setting--the Russians never gave up Alaska and so there's a monarchy. I don't know if AU is enough to make it SFR because I don't think there's any SF in it. LOL. So, I don't think I'll count that one.
Have a great day!
Anna
Thursday, July 8, 2010
SFR Challenge books I've read
Hi!
The SFR Challenge is to read a certin number of Science Fiction with Romance books from Jan 2010 to Dec 31 2010. Since I'd been on an SFR reading spree already I'm way ahead. I signed up for the Venus Challenge (25 SFR books).
What is SFR? Any SF book with a romantic subplot and a Happy Ending for the Romance plot--a Happy For Now counts too. It's also any Futuristic Romance book that has SF elements in it. I've read tons of these in the past--the Skolian Empire series by Catherine Asaro and the Vorkogsigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold are two of my favorites.
Here are the books I've read so far in 2010:
By Linnea Sinclair:
1. Games of Command
2. An Accidental Goddess
3. Downhome Zombie Blues
4. Star Crash by Elysa Hendricks
5. The Outback Stars by Sandra MacDonald
The entire six book series The Lost Fleet by Jack Campbell.
6. Dauntless
7. Fearless
8. Courageous
9. Valiant
10. Relentless
11. Victorious.
Currently reading: The Legend of Banzai Maguire by Susan Grant.
(From now on I'll start writing a short review as I finish these.)
Non-SFR books I've read this year are:
Stargate Atlantis The Chosen
A Wasteland of Flint
The first Firefly comic
and one of the Torchwood comics whose name escapes me.
I've also started and quit three books and started and misplaced four or so more. Yeah, my personal ghost thinks it's funny to steal my books and hide them.
Could also be my weiner dog.
Or my toddler. LOL.
Looking forward to this challenge! I have boxes of books that must read and passed along in the name of clutter wrangling. And my ereader is quickly filling up with new SFR releases that, alas, will have to wait until I read enough books to fit the car in the garage again. LOL.
Have a great summer!
Anna
The SFR Challenge is to read a certin number of Science Fiction with Romance books from Jan 2010 to Dec 31 2010. Since I'd been on an SFR reading spree already I'm way ahead. I signed up for the Venus Challenge (25 SFR books).
What is SFR? Any SF book with a romantic subplot and a Happy Ending for the Romance plot--a Happy For Now counts too. It's also any Futuristic Romance book that has SF elements in it. I've read tons of these in the past--the Skolian Empire series by Catherine Asaro and the Vorkogsigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold are two of my favorites.
Here are the books I've read so far in 2010:
By Linnea Sinclair:
1. Games of Command
2. An Accidental Goddess
3. Downhome Zombie Blues
4. Star Crash by Elysa Hendricks
5. The Outback Stars by Sandra MacDonald
The entire six book series The Lost Fleet by Jack Campbell.
6. Dauntless
7. Fearless
8. Courageous
9. Valiant
10. Relentless
11. Victorious.
Currently reading: The Legend of Banzai Maguire by Susan Grant.
(From now on I'll start writing a short review as I finish these.)
Non-SFR books I've read this year are:
Stargate Atlantis The Chosen
A Wasteland of Flint
The first Firefly comic
and one of the Torchwood comics whose name escapes me.
I've also started and quit three books and started and misplaced four or so more. Yeah, my personal ghost thinks it's funny to steal my books and hide them.
Could also be my weiner dog.
Or my toddler. LOL.
Looking forward to this challenge! I have boxes of books that must read and passed along in the name of clutter wrangling. And my ereader is quickly filling up with new SFR releases that, alas, will have to wait until I read enough books to fit the car in the garage again. LOL.
Have a great summer!
Anna
SFR Challenge Participant!
Hello,
I'm taking part in the 2010 SFR Reading Challenge!
http://raelori.blogspot.com/p/2010-sfr-reading-challenge.html
More details about my level and books I've read to come.
I'm taking part in the 2010 SFR Reading Challenge!
http://raelori.blogspot.com/p/2010-sfr-reading-challenge.html
More details about my level and books I've read to come.
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