16 free ebooks on Jan 29

[lilac_jive]

Originally Posted by da_jane

Carly Phillips hasn't worked for me. I've tried a couple of her Bachelor books. Did you try Erin McCarthy? Hmm. Kathleen O'Reilly is my favorite Blaze author (Jo Leigh and Sarah Mayberry also).

I just looked her up, it looks a little dark to me (also a little nervous to get into paranormal, because if I like it then I'll have WAY too much to read).

But Kathleen O'Reilly looks good, hrmm...got a favorite?

[trishkit]

I looooove the first-person viewpoint in any genre. Keep that in mind whenever I make a recommendation!

[lilac_jive]

Originally Posted by trishkit

I looooove the first-person viewpoint in any genre. Keep that in mind whenever I make a recommendation!

I have trouble with it, because it puts me too close in the character's shoes, so when they start doing something I wouldn't do, I get frustrated.

Does that makes sense?

Maybe I just haven't read a good one though.

[trishkit]

I didn't realize until recently how many 1st person POV books I loved. It isn't something that I consciously seek out, but it is also not something that eliminates a book from contention for me.

I can see what you mean about getting frustrated by characters...they can bug me from any POV and turn me off of a book pretty quickly.

I don't identify books by the POV, but I'll try to pick out a few that I especially enjoyed sometime soon.

[trishkit]

Oooh, oooh, oooh, wait!

The ultimate: "Nine Coaches Waiting" by Mary Stewart. http://www.amazon.com/Nine-Coaches-W...3284680&sr=1-1
Come to think of it, most (if not all) of her stuff is written in the 1st person. And I started reading her at my mother's urging as a teenager.

It all makes sense now.

Mary Stewart for the win!

[lilac_jive]

Originally Posted by trishkit

Oooh, oooh, oooh, wait!

The ultimate: "Nine Coaches Waiting" by Mary Stewart. http://www.amazon.com/Nine-Coaches-W...3284680&sr=1-1
Come to think of it, most (if not all) of her stuff is written in the 1st person. And I started reading her at my mother's urging as a teenager.

It all makes sense now.

Mary Stewart for the win!

Thanks, I'll check it out

[RWJ]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Sometimes, the horses are different colors.

Seriously: Many of the same criticisms can be leveled at any genre - especially the type of reading YOU or I love.

Don

THANK YOU.

I read (and write) serious, high-minded academic crap far too much. To relax, I usually don't read anything that could be considered literature; mysteries, SF, romance, spy-action and sometimes horror, although they just keep me up at night lately.

Anyway, the one thing that gets potshots routinely is the romance reading. I have a friend who writes them (and makes some money doing so) and gets ridiculous abuse. Nobody asks mystery writers "so, do you kill people to research the books, wink wink, nudge nudge?"

And I shy far away from allegations of sexism in general, but I don't find it coincidental that the genre that gets the most sneering is the one that is 98% written and read by women.

/end rant

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I just looked her up, it looks a little dark to me (also a little nervous to get into paranormal, because if I like it then I'll have WAY too much to read).

Not all of Erin McCarthy's books are dark or paranormal. The last one I read was "You Don't Know Jack". I remember liking it well enough, but I don't remember too many details.

Has anyone recommended Susan Mallery? I also like Tanya Michaels. I haven't seen her published anywhere but on Harlequin, and most of her books have a humorous tone.

I first discovered Susan Mallery at the same time I found Maureen Child. I tend to like Mallery more often than Child, but when I like their books, I think they have a similar style. My favorite Child book was "Some Kind of Wonderful".

[Sydney's Mom]

Originally Posted by koland

BTW,

Has anyone actually gotten the Harlequin books to work in Mobipocket? They are DRM encrypted and the PID isn't one you have on account there. It apparently isn't the type that looks it up as you open the book, as mobipocket reader just complains of an unrecognized web site and refuses to open them.

Anyone know of a decent epub-to-mobi converter (that doesn't require rebuilding the book, like the ereader conversion does; I can do this one, but want to avoid doing so)?

I downloaded them in Adobe, and converted with Mobipocket Profesional. They look great!

[da_jane]

1) I think Erin's contemporaries are much more light hearted than her paranormals and are fun. Her most recent, Flat Out Sexy, was a blast (older woman, younger man - totally worked).

2) My favorite Susan Mallery is Irresistible. I liked the second book in the Bakery Sister series but I often find she's a hit or miss for me.

3) If you like contemporaries and the first person, try Kristan Higgins. I loved "Just One of the Guys" and her most recent release "Too Good to Be True" is also funny. Just don't read too many of hers right after the other. Her "voice" is too much the same from book to book.

4) Kathleen O'Reilly- Beyond Breathless and Sex, Straight Up are probably my favorites. Sex Straight Up was really interesting because it was one book in which it dealt with the 911 tragedy and the hero is a widower. There's a great line in the book in which the hero thinks that everytime he is ready to put away his past, the city (New York) won't let him because of their constant memorials and so on. O'Reilly also does a good job in exploring the struggles of a woman in defining herself while still letting go.

Also re: the Harlequin downloads, they are available all year and obviously they are still getting the kinks worked out.

(Loved Nine Coaches Waiting).

[lilac_jive]

Thanks everyone! Now I just have to wait to the first of the month to download these recommendations

[lilac_jive]

They are up on Sony now if anyone is interested (I found them by sorting by price, low to high, the ad isn't up yet).

Yippee!

[bookratt]

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

They are up on Sony now if anyone is interested (I found them by sorting by price, low to high, the ad isn't up yet).

Yippee!

The banner is on the Sony main page today. Oh well, I just downloaded them all off the Harlequin site (I'd rather have the Sony version - darn!)

[lilac_jive]

Originally Posted by bookratt

The banner is on the Sony main page today. Oh well, I just downloaded them all off the Harlequin site (I'd rather have the Sony version - darn!)

I knew they were coming to Sony so I waited patiently

Or not so patiently...