Day 10 of the Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon

     I finished two books and reached one of my goals! Woot! YAY ME! I am now back on track for my 2015 reading challenge. Now to stay that way :-s

Day 9 of the Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon

Waiting For Nick by Nora Roberts
Book 5 in The Stanislaskis: Those Wild Ukrainians series
251pp
I give it 4 stars!

It was cute, plenty of laugh out loud humor and very little garbage drama usually found in romances.

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Total Books Finished: 11
Total Pages Read: 1949

Key of Knowledge - Featured Author Review

Key of Knowledge Key Trilogy #2 by Nora Roberts Genre: Paranormal, Romance

     Dana Steele is a woman on a quest. She must find the second in a set of three keys to unlock the box holding the souls of three goddess sisters. The pressure is on since Mallory has not only already found the first key but also snagged a boyfriend in the process. But Dana is dealing with different circumstances. A new key, a new clue, starting her own business and her ex-boyfriend thrown into the works just complicates matters even further. How is she supposed to concentrate on the matters at hand when his just walking into a room is distracting to her?

     I was fairly upset to find that this was the second book in a trilogy. I knew I had wanted to feature Nora Roberts this month. When I packed to come visit my friend, like I do every year after the holidays, I just grabbed four Nora Roberts books off my bookshelf at random. I was highly tempted to run into town and visit the local used book store just to substitute this week's book selection with another. But I didn't get very far into the story before I was hooked and decided to just go ahead and read it.

Divine Evil - Featured Review

Divine Evil by Nora Roberts Genre: Romance, Suspense,    Romantic Suspense

     It is quite ironic really. I picked Roberts for the featured author this month because it seemed fitting to review romance novels during the month which contains Valentine's Day. This was the first book that I randomly selected from my bookshelf in preparation for this month's reviews and it is not the typical romance novel.

     Clare Kimball has fled from the little "bo-hunk" town that she grew up in, become a successful sculptor in New York City, yet decides to move back into her childhood home for a sabbatical. Her brother's best friend had been a trouble maker while they were growing up and Clare is surprised to find that Cameron is now the town's sheriff. This isn't half as shocking to her as her reaction to seeing him again as he has aged well, like a fine wine. But evil resides in their small town, it has for generations, but as it grows more powerful it has become more convinced of it's invincibility and come out of the shadows, getting bolder and more noticeable in town.

Birthright - Featured Review

Birthright by Nora Roberts Genres: Romance, Suspense,    Romantic Suspense

     Callie Dunbrook is an archaeologist. She is passionate about her work and loves digging up the past, literally. While on her latest dig site, she is forced to deal with her own past. The anthropologist assigned for this job is her hot super hunky ex-husband Jake. Callie prefers to hold onto her anger towards him rather than admit that she still goes weak at the knees with the mere sight of him. As if this wasn't enough stress in her life, a strange woman shows up at Callie's motel room claiming to be her mother. Callie finds out that not only had her parents never told her that she was adopted, she was in fact the baby that had been kidnapped from this small town as an infant. As Callie digs into her past she turns up a black market kidnapping/adoption ring that someone wants left buried and is willing to kill in order to deter Callie from uncovering more information.

Reunion - Featured Review

Reunion by Nora Roberts Genre: Romance

     Roberts gives us two stories within this book. Both plots follow the theme of a couple who had broken up, never got over each other, and meet years later to find the chemistry is still strong. However with most break-ups, someone had gotten hurt, sometimes there is pain on both sides of a break up, and the couples have some issues to deal with before they can be blissfully happy together.

     A basic romance, hardly the best book I've read by Nora Roberts, but also not the worst book that I've ever read in my life. While the characters are charming and the obstacles they must over come aren't the usual annoying issues typical in romances, I'm afraid that this book doesn't rise above the status of mediocre. At least not in my opinion.

I give it 2 stars.

February Featured Author - Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts Born:   October 10, 1950 Main genres:   Romance, Fantasy, Suspense

     Born Eleanor Marie Robertson is best known by the pen names Nora Roberts or J.D. Robb. She has also written under the pseudonyms of Jill March and Sarah Hardesty. The first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame, Nora has written more than 209 romance novels! It is only fitting to honor this author as the featured author during the month of love and romance.