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[library addict]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

I'm listening to the interview now, and she says Valentin the way I expected - with the stress on the first syllable. But the audiobook narrator is both 1) stressing the second syllable instead and 2) sometimes she's ending it with "ian" instead of "in". Think of how you'd say Se-BAS-tee-un. She's more than half the time saying Val-IN-tee-un. Arrgh.

Like you, I studied Russian long ago (I was in college, not high school, but that was almost 40 years ago!!) So I understand about the "a" being more like "ah". To my mind, it would be AHN-uh-STAH-seeya, not Ahn-uh-stuh-SEE-ya.

But I also admit that it's been a long time since I was exposed to anything but the most peripheral Russian (two of my co-workers speak it, so we all say the Hi, and How Are you....but then I'm out of conversation. )

Yeah, I think we're on the same page about Anastasia. Stressing the second syllable in Valentin does sound strange.

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

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I've gotten so far behind on Anna Hackett since she went Amazon only. I have a list of books I was waiting to come out in ePub, but she writes so fast I think even that is out of date. I still need to finish her Phoenix Adventures series.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by library addict

I've gotten so far behind on Anna Hackett since she went Amazon only. I have a list of books I was waiting to come out in ePub, but she writes so fast I think even that is out of date. I still need to finish her Phoenix Adventures series.

She is one of the reasons I enjoy KU. I think Phoneix Adventures is the only one which goes out of Amazon. She has a series about treasure security that I'm enjoying a lot (Amazon only, sorry).

[ferrywoman]

Hackett's Treasure Hunter Security series is also available widely since I get them on Kobo (and ARe before it closed). Unless she's enrolled the books to KU recently (I hope not).

I get lost with really prolific authors sometimes, as well.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by ferrywoman

Hackett's Treasure Hunter Security series is also available widely since I get them on Kobo (and ARe before it closed). Unless she's enrolled the books to KU recently (I hope not).

I get lost with really prolific authors sometimes, as well.

Yes, you're right, there are another two series in KU, not this.

[library addict]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Yes, you're right, there are another two series in KU, not this.

I want to read the treasure series too. It's on my To Buy List. I'm just trying to be good this year about not buying books until I'm ready to read them unless I've got a good coupon or they're on sale. I make an exception for a few autobuy authors I need to be in the right mood to read, but otherwise I am trying to only purchase when I plan to read right away.

Actually my list of truly autobuy authors had gotten much shorter than it used to be. I have a group of favorite authors who I am caught up on and read their new releases right away so they are still autobuys. Then I have a list of favorite authors I am trying to get caught up on plus authors like Anna Hackett where I have enjoyed what I've read so far but haven't quite made my favorites list. Those are the books I am trying to be patient and not necessarily buy right away (or the book is Amazon only so I am waiting to see if it will more widely released). And then books by new to me authors which also fall into the waiting to buy unless I plan to read right away category. I haven't been 100% successful in sticking to this plan, but I am trying

[Terisa de morgan]

At least you have a plan, mine is Buy!

[briefcandles]

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[Atunah]

As someone always looking for the rare sci fi romance, I always get exited when I see Anna Hackett titles and then I get disappointed again that they seem to be all novella length. I don't read those, I want full books.

I keep getting drawn by the covers so I keep forgetting that this author writes novellas.

But holy moly are there as lot of those novellas now by this author. .

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Atunah

As someone always looking for the rare sci fi romance, I always get exited when I see Anna Hackett titles and then I get disappointed again that they seem to be all novella length. I don't read those, I want full books.

I keep getting drawn by the covers so I keep forgetting that this author writes novellas.

But holy moly are there as lot of those novellas now by this author. .

With my current mood, novellas fit me well, so it's a win-win.

[worktolive]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

At least you have a plan, mine is Buy!

Describes me perfectly!

I try not to think about the height of my TBR mountain.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

With my current mood, novellas fit me well, so it's a win-win.

I like novellas between serious reading. Right now I can't read even that as sis had a stroke was rush to the hospital then a day later mom collapsed and is in the hospital. So both mom and sis are both in the same hospital. I'm scrambling to get things set up long term because both will go to rehab after their stay. I hope the same place. As you know sis is mom's caretaker and she can't be now. There are dogs and cats involved. Bills needing paid and it falls on me who doesn't drive. No other family has stepped in to help.

I am still reading Archangel's​ Shadows. Nalini writes okay Novellas. Angel's Flight was pretty good.

Do you remember that group of well known authors who got together several years ago to write lunch hour stories? What ever happened to that?

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[worktolive]

Blossom, so sorry to hear about your family's problems. It must seem overwhelming, but hopefully you'll get it sorted out. Best wishes to you.

[worktolive]

Time For Love by Marie Force is currently free.

This is book 9 in her long-running Gansett Island series. Book 1, Maid For Love is on perma-free. I'm very excited because the later books are never on sale, and this is where I left off in the series.

I don't necessarily recommend jumping in here as each succeeding book continues with side stories on previous characters and I think you'd be lost if you hadn't read at least a few of the previous books.

Spoiler:

Dr. David Lawrence has spent the last two years atoning for his sins and recovering from the devastating breakup with Gansett Island golden girl Janey McCarthy. As the island's only doctor, he's had ample opportunity to show his fellow island residents that there's more to him than the guy who disappointed Janey so profoundly. Now if only he could find a way to forgive himself, he might be able to move on with his life without the woman he'd expected to love forever...

Daisy Babson, probationary director of housekeeping at McCarthy's Gansett Island Inn, is in bad need of a fresh start after her relationship with Truck Henry took a violent turn, leaving her battered and broken-in more ways than one. As she recovers from her injuries, her days are made brighter by her visits with David Lawrence. The kind and caring doctor who tended to her after the attack has become much more than a friend to her in recent weeks.

Will these two wounded hearts take comfort from one another and move forward on a new path toward love together? Or will ghosts from the past derail them before they get the chance for their own happily ever after?

Catch up with many of your favorite characters from earlier books in the McCarthys of Gansett Island Series, and get set for another summer of love on Gansett!

[library addict]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Do you remember that group of well known authors who got together several years ago to write lunch hour stories? What ever happened to that?

They have a Facebook page but it looks like it has not been updated in a few years.

Sorry to hear about your sister and mother. I hope you are able to get things sorted out and get some help.

[bluesapphires2k]

Best wishes for an uncomplicated recovery for your mom & sister, Blossom.

Isabel Cooper's Dark Powers series is $.99 for each book. It's been a while since I read them but they're PNR and I enjoyed them.

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