FREE/BARGAIN - Romance + Discussion - 2014

[Britomart]

Originally Posted by booklover6

Britomart -

If the book is still to large for my taste, I open it by right-clicking on the title list and opening "edit book". I scroll through the various text files, looking especially at early and late chapters to see what kind of stuff - the book's back cover, other book covers, ads - is hiding there. Then I open all the image files too see what I've got there. I leave in illustrations and maps, obviously, but I mostly remove ads for other books that I find at the end, if they are in pictures anyway. I don't mind reading about the author's other books, but a description is enough, no cover image needed.

I do this with every single book/story before I put it on any of my readers. I also get rid of title page, TOC page, copyright page. No extras, I just keep the book!

booklover6, I am not quite as radical as you are! But I fully understand where you come from, seeing as how cluttered some books are!

[cfrizz]

Originally Posted by BuyMore

Whoa!

I'm rather interested in Nalini Singh's books, too. But the Psy-Changeling series seems a bit too long and complicated for me to catch up with, so I've got the Guild Hunter series instead. (Weren't freebies, though.)

I haven't started reading it yet, but I hope it won't disappoint.

Does anyone here have anything to say about the series or the author?

I have both series and love them both. She is terrific at world building, and keeping your interest.

Do yourself a favor and get them both.

[Atunah]

Is the Psy and Guilt Hunter series intertwined? I mean can I read the Psy first and then the GH without it messing with my OCD reading order? Or is it like the Kristen Ashley nightmare where you have to intertwine books from 4 different series . I still haven't figured that order out yet with KA and its the reason I haven't read any more books, even though I own some. Its really upsetting to me. I need an ultimate reading order list, book by book.

I read the first in the Psy and I know I will have to be in the right frame of mind to read the next. Lots of details going on there. Sometimes I feel more like reading some easier fluff.

[Kiya]

Originally Posted by Atunah

Is the Psy and Guilt Hunter series intertwined? I mean can I read the Psy first and then the GH without it messing with my OCD reading order? Or is it like the Kristen Ashley nightmare where you have to intertwine books from 4 different series . I still haven't figured that order out yet with KA and its the reason I haven't read any more books, even though I own some. Its really upsetting to me. I need an ultimate reading order list, book by book.

I read the first in the Psy and I know I will have to be in the right frame of mind to read the next. Lots of details going on there. Sometimes I feel more like reading some easier fluff.

No they are not intertwined. Separate series and separate worlds.

I love Guilt Hunter series. One of my favorite series. And the novellas are also great. I always reread them too, when new book in series is out.

[apesmom]

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[apesmom]

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When Riker stumbles upon Nicole in a chance meeting, he immediately recognizes her as a member of the Martin family that once enslaved his wife—and she recognizes him as the wild vampire she saw kissing a pregnant slave in the moments before her violent death—an image that has haunted her dreams for years.

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[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by Britomart

booklover6, I am not quite as radical as you are! But I fully understand where you come from, seeing as how cluttered some books are!

I resized some of the images in a few epubs as you suggested in other thread and it helped reduce the size a lot. But, when I convert them to AZW3 they triple in size again, some of them even 4x the size.

[Britomart]

Originally Posted by Blue2u

I resized some of the images in a few epubs as you suggested in other thread and it helped reduce the size a lot. But, when I convert them to AZW3 they triple in size again, some of them even 4x the size.

Sorry, I can't help you there, I read the majority of books in ePub, and have never converted to AZW3. But maybe someone else knows what's going on there?

[Britomart]

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Ellie and Logan's love story begins one hot August night…

Ellie

My mom betrayed me in the worst way possible. I can't forgive her, but I can outwit her. I'm going to unravel the family secret she's been keeping from me my whole life. So I'm going to college across the state from her, to the place that has the answers. I hope. But I have to be careful or I'll blow everything. I can't tell anyone what I'm doing.

I didn't mean to fall in love. I can't afford to give my heart away or open up to anyone, least of all charming, rich, former bad boy baseball star Logan Walker. But he looked so adorable sitting there nursing a black eye the night I met him at my very first campus event. The way he held my hand made me flush in the suffocating heat of August and feel really beautiful for the first time in so long I can't remember. My scar didn't even hurt.

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[Atunah]

Originally Posted by Kiya

No they are not intertwined. Separate series and separate worlds.

I love Guilt Hunter series. One of my favorite series. And the novellas are also great. I always reread them too, when new book in series is out.

Thanks, good to know. I guess I'll just do the Psy first, or I suppose I can do both at the same time if they aren't related. I never read the novellas and short stories in those series, I hope I won't miss anything. I just don't enjoy reading anything but novels in series. Some series drive me nuts with all the in between short thingies. So many of the PNR and UF series do that.

[library addict]

Originally Posted by Atunah

Thanks, good to know. I guess I'll just do the Psy first, or I suppose I can do both at the same time if they aren't related. I never read the novellas and short stories in those series, I hope I won't miss anything. I just don't enjoy reading anything but novels in series. Some series drive me nuts with all the in between short thingies. So many of the PNR and UF series do that.

I love her Psy/Changeling series and have reread some of the books several times and the entire series once since I first read them all last year.

Yes, some couples work better for me than others for sure. And there have been a few h/h I didn't care for. But there is enough going on with the worldbuilding and overarcing plot that I don't regret reading/rereading a single one. As the author describes it, each book provides a piece of the puzzle. I'm only sorry I waited so long to read them. Then again, it was sure fun not to have to wait between books

[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by Britomart

Sorry, I can't help you there, I read the majority of books in ePub, and have never converted to AZW3. But maybe someone else knows what's going on there?

At this point I'm just glad to have them reduced as much as they are. I'm tech challenged and I'm fine with leaving them as is. Thank you so much for your help.

[Blossom]

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OT: We have a new audiobook forum! I know many of you do not browse the forums so I thought I let you know we finally have a place to talk about audiobooks.

[ScalyFreak]

Originally Posted by Blossom

OT: We have a new audiobook forum! I know many of you do not browse the forums so I thought I let you know we finally have a place to talk about audiobooks.

And here it is

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

And here it is

Forgot the link. I am a bit ill today with only 4 hours of sleep. No not what hubby had thank goodness.