While I continue to work on my lists and the actual Posts describing why I'm doing this and what everything means, I figured I should at least post what I've read so far this August. Especially as the next week and a half will likely slow me back to a crawl reading wise.
Engines of God - Jack McDevitt - First Book in the Engines of God of series (also know as the Priscilla Hutchins Series). Like a lot of McDevitt's novels it can take awhile to really pick up. I actually was picking it up and putting it back down so often, it took me more then a week to get through Part One. However once past Part One the book really began to gel and I was much more interested in reading it. It wasn't his first book ever, but it is still rather early and it shows in some of the pacing. However the by the end, the roughness is quite forgotten. I would still recommend this book to those who like more cerebral type novels, as like a lot of his books it's less about the Action, and more about the why. [Cost 8.00 / Rating 6.00]
Wishful Thinking - Evangeline Anderson - First book in the Swann Sisters Chronicles Trilogy, this was one of my off beat choices. I think I was trying to pick up a light Fantasy/Supernatural type novel, but what I really picked up was a romance/erotica book. Still, it was rather good. Light in the fantasy elements, they really were just there to trigger plot, and light in overall erotica aspects I would still come away and say this was a good book. [Cost 5.20 / Rating 3.50]
Working Stiff - Rachel Caine - First Book in the new Revivalist Series. This is going to have to be a down check. So the writing was good. I can never fault Rachel Caine for her actual writing as it flows decently well. The problem is, I'm starting to realize that the author seems to be giving her female characters a rather large inferiority complex. That is, her main character is often female, is often special, often has some sort of special power, and is often described as being tough. But then throughout the novels the character essentially gets beaten up, bullied, and has very little real backbone. Oh usually there is an apex point where they do kick some ass, but even then you got to wonder why the bad guys went from being normal to just being idiots during this pivotal scenes as the main character still doesn't seem any different from the beginning of the book. These characters are definitely no Sydney Bristow. [Cost 8.00 / Rating 2.00]
Karma Girl - Jennifer Estep - First Book in the Bigtime Superhero Universe. Here I had the opposite issue from Rachel Caine. Some of the elements in the book irritated me just a smidgen, such as the fact that every town was suddenly Gotham. Yet the main Character's journey was much more enjoyable to see. She also had Backbone! So I will give this one a thumbs up for quick, campy, Superhero/Romance fun. [Cost 3.00 / Rating 4.00]
Marion G Harmon - Wearing the Cape - Apparently I had a strong desire to read some Superhero based novels lately. On the plus side, I found a diamond in the rough. From what I understand this novel was/is self-published, but the editing sure doesn't prove it. By that I mean, it's good. It's got great flow, good info dump, good universe, good pacing, good characters (mostly) and some really good action scenes. Got it off Kindle for only 2.99, I say it's a steal and gladly recommend it to anyone who also likes Mur Lafferty Playing For Keeps. [Cost 3.00 / Rating 7.00]