16 August, 2010

Read-A-Thon Wrap-Up: Completed Books





These are the books that I have read during the read-a-thon. I started a little late on Friday, and didn't get to devote as much time as I wanted to reading over the weekend. (Or maybe, I just overestimated how much time I would have to spend reading!) Now, I didn't want to use up my reading time writing reviews. Sometimes, I can get them down really quickly, but other times, writing a review can take the better part of an hour. However, I wanted to do a little more than just a list of the books. So, here's what I came up with:



Book: TOUCHED BY AN ALIEN
Author: GINI KOCH
Genre: FANTASY
Rating: 3.5 STARS Highly Recommend


The Girl: Katherine "Kitty" Katt

The Boys: Jeffrey Martini and Christopher White

The Tweet: A woman, her ex-Mossad mother, CIA-operative father & a team of good-looking alien men fight invasion of superbeings. Cue laughs & mayhem.





Book: MASKED BY MOONLIGHT
Author: NANCY GIDEON
Genre: URBAN FANTASY/ PARANORMAL ROMANCE
Rating: 3.5 STARS Highly Recommend


The Girl: Charlotte Caissie

The Boy: Max Savoie

The Tweet: By day, Charlotte and Max are cop and criminal. Until they share one explosive, sultry New Orleans night. Murder, distrust and...love?





Book: SINS OF THE HEART
Author: EVE SILVER
Genre: URBAN FANTASY
Rating: 4.5 STARS Must Read

e-book

The Girl: Roxy Tam

The Boy: Dagan Krayle

The Tweet: The gritty Underworld, a soul reaper, and a Daughter of Aset collide, when the search for a dead man just might make allies out of enemies.



Book: CRUX
Author: MOIRA ROGERS
Genre: PARANORMAL ROMANCE/ SUSPENSE
4 STARS Must Read

e-book


The Girl: Mackenzie Brooks

The Boy: Jackson Holt

The Tweet: The future of a dying race of shapeshifters may rest on the shoulders of one woman. A madman has chosen her mate; her heart wants another.



Book: THE SUMMONING
Author: KELLEY ARMSTRONG
Genre: YA PARANORMAL/ SUSPENSE
3 STARS Recommend

Playaway audiobook

The Girl: Chloe Sunders

The Boy: Derek Souza

The Tweet: Mental patient or Necromancer? Chloe Saunders finds herself committed, with a motley crew of "special" teens, and must figure out the truth.




Book: WINTERCRAFT
Author: JENNA BURTENSHAW
Genre: YA FANTASY
2.5 STARS Worth Trying


The Girl: Kate Daniels

The Boy: Silas Dane

The Tweet: Kate Daniels is able to see through the veil of life & death. Taken by a killer, she's also pursued by another, far more dangerous, woman.






Book: OTHER
Author: KAREN KINCY
Genre: YA PARANORMAL
3.5 STARS Highly Recommend


The Girl: Gwen Williams

The Boys: Zach Arrington and Tavian Kimura

The Tweet: Maligned by humans, Gwen hides her Other status. But when a friend dies, she must seek answers, and avoid becoming the killer's next target.




I really enjoyed taking part in this read-a-thon, not just because it gave me a chance to read some of the books that I had hanging around, but because I gave myself permission to read books that may not end up being featured on my blog.

Thanks to Monica at The Bibliophilic Book Blog for putting this together. I hope all of the participants had as much fun as I did!

3 comments:

  1. I've never heard of Wintercraft, what'd you think? :) Great job! That's a ton of books!

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  2. You just happened to be the 5th time I'd seen "touched by an alien" mentioned today, so I bought the book.

    What did you think of "Crux" and "Wintercraft"

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  3. Wintercraft is a UK release. I don't know when it will be available here. I borrowed from my sister, though, so if you're interested in more info see her review at her blog: An Avid Reader's Musings. She also has an affiliate button to order from The Book Depository.

    @ Jennifer: I liked Wintercraft. I LOVED Crux. But, I haven't found a Moira Rogers yet that I didn't adore.

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