Books and What Not

I've started off reading slow this year. Or at least not finishing books that I've started. I have a few of those that I really need to sit down and read. So far this year, I've only gotten through a whole five book and a collection. There was a whole week where I was busy with family that cut into the reading time. Not that I'm complaining. So anyway I have finished two other books by Scott Hildreth and two books by Jo Raven.

Rough and Dirty are books two and three from the Filthy F*ckers MC series by Scott. I talked very little about Hard in a previous post. I enjoyed the book lots and made me want to continue to read the author and this series in particular. I think as of right now Rough is my favorite one. (I could always change my mind at a later date.)

Something about the series I enjoy, is the realism in the stories. They, especially book two for me at least, also invoke serious emotions. I think I ended up crying through the last 10 percent of book two. It's definitely an emotional story. Love and loss for sure. But certain elements actually mirrored something in my own life so therefore the story hit harder than I thought or knew it would. Plus Pee Bee and Tegan are an awesome couple.

The books by Jo Raven were more of a fun romantic read without there being too much drama. In short, the opposite of the Filthy F*ckers. Candy Boys and Candy Boys Ever After were fun and flirty. They are about Candy and her two "boys" she ends up in a relationship with. I had fun reading Candy's POV along with the boys. There was some struggle among the characters, but there was also a lot of humor. Something that I was looking for at the time, along with hot scenes.

I've been bouncing back and forth between several books since I've finished the ones I've listed so by the time I write another post I should have a few more books to mention. As I've said before, me and reviews are not friends. I don't feel as if I get the words right. But the above books are awesome.

On another note, I watched Underworld: Blood Wars and man was that an intense movie to see in the theater all by myself. Kate does a great job. I have enjoyed the entire series and there is just something about how she kicks butt in the movies that's enjoyable to watch.

Now I am also looking forward to seeing the new Resident Evil movie. I've never played the games, but I'm good with that. I don't play games well, even if I have a few. It's been almost two months since I've done anything with ESO and I love my dark elf. He's a blast to play!

Now, back to reading and to my own writings that I hope one day I say are done.

MC Romance and Lady Grey

One of the genres I enjoy reading is MC (motorcycle club) romance. I've read several of Joanna Wylde's Reaper series. Something that I have done for many years and with many many book series is that I didn't actually start with book one when I found this author and began reading her. Nope I started with book two. Reaper's Legacy got me into a really good book series. Thank you Books A Million for your bargain section cause I would have missed out.

Not sure when I started getting into this genre but it was in the last few years, this I know. Since then I have read Devil's Game (book 3), Reaper's Stand (book 4), Reaper's Property (book 1), and Reapers and Bastards (anthology). I'm in the process of reading book 5 Reaper's Fall. That will only leave me with a couple of her books left to get and read. Something I'm looking forward to doing. I mostly read the books in order, though I found it wasn't super imperative to do so, it would still be a good idea due to characters and timelines. Pesky details and what have you. (Important pesky details.)

Reviews are actually very difficult to write for me. It's good buy it are the perfect way to get friends to try something. Having to come up with reasons as to why one should buy something with examples is hard for me. Motorcycles, humor, romance, and action. Those are good key words to the books I've read. Emotional response is another thing I experienced while reading. Being able to get sucked into a story and care about the character's it a big thing for me. Though depending on my mood I sometimes switch books because my headspace changes. One reason I have too many books I'm in the middle of reading.

In review, these books are kick ass and really read written. This is also a series that I've gone back to to reread. I love books that allow me to do that. The males have made me wish I could hit them upside the head on occasion while going "What in the hell are you thinking?". Though what well written book doesn't have you wanting to strangle the characters. It's a way to really get into a book.

Reading these different books I don't have a favorite because they are all different and I like them equally due to this. All the men are awesome and have a quirk or action that makes you love them and want to keep reading. The women all have reasons why they are strong, each in their own way.

Onto a separate note, I have tried both the Prince of Wales and Lady Grey teas. Each was very good, but the Lady Grey trumps Prince of Wales at this time. The Earl Grey was just Earl Grey (still a good tea mind you), but Lady Grey is the winner so far. I still have a few more to try and debate on. I have a feeling I will choose teas based on how I'm feeling and not just the taste. (Coffee still rules the mornings, but I did have an entire day of drinking Lady Grey, so point scored there. lol)  

Tea!

Recently I was at Epcot at Disney World and wanted to hit up the Twinings tea store in the United Kingdom portion of the World Showcase. I was running low on my good tea such as Earl Grey and this was just a tea store. Granted it was only a single brand of such tea, but that's okay.

I stepped in and looked around and they had a Jasmine Earl Grey which I will be trying soon. I love Jasmine Green Tea so I assume I'll love this one. I picked out four boxes and one had several flavors. I love the names of the tea as well. I have one called Lady Grey and there is the Prince of Wales. They had some others I wanted to get just based off of the names.

I am looking forward to drinking this tea and reading. This past week I have read very little due to a family reunion and lots of stuff was going on. I mean lots. Disney happened every single day. Rides, food, and fun. It was a blast. Now, I'm back home and can get lost into words again. So many words.

Yummy looking!

Gaming has been happening a lot however. We got a new game called Orleans and it's a pretty fun game to play. Lots of moving parts going on. It's not a quick game, but it's pretty in depth and fun as you race to score more points than your opponent. The game can be played with 2-4 players. What's kind of cool is that this is a German game that a company has translated into English so that all the tiles and rules are in English. There's even a way to get a 5th player for the expansion of the game, but it has to be bought from the German game website. lol.

I've been reading a lot on the Kindle app, but I'm itching to read a paperback right now. I'm in the midst of several books and must decide on one to read and finish. Just depends on the mood I'm in as to what genre and style.

Until next time. Then I'll have a book I've read and tea I've tried.

Happy New Year

Hello once again. I can't believe it's been basically a year since I've posted anything. Especially, since I've done a ton of reading. When I say a ton, I mean around 60 plus books (this includes shorter and longer works). I have many in various stages of being read. Many on Kindle, but several in paper format.

2016 was a weird year and I'm glad it's over. With that being said, it means I should make some kind of list and knock stuff off of it. Such as shows or movies I want to watch, books I want to finish or begin, crafts I want to craft (because I totally have a ton of free time to craft #notreally), and anything else I'm forgetting because... something shiny.

Honestly, I have drafts of posts I intended to post and well didn't. I really thought I would have. I found some great new authors last year and watched some awesome new shows. One of the posts was about Stranger Things. A show that I fell in love with. I'm looking forward to Season 2 and can't wait to see how they use Dungeons and Dragons in the new season.

Ah, gaming. Another hobby I have acquired. (See above something shiny.) I love DnD because its fantastic. I also play Elder Scrolls Online (ESO). Dark elves rule! Yes, I'm a weird player that loves doing weird stuff. Like being the only dark elf warlock in a group of good doers. Well, there's a cleric and a band of how the hell did we all become a group. Oh right, tavern plus job for money. Off topic about books, but if we want to get technical, I can tie it together with coffee (or tea depending on the time) and books. Though now I'm also playing tabletop games with the hubby.

See, I need to make lists.

Anywho, as I was saying. I've been finding lots of good books from either other authors on Facebook, or randomly stumbling onto them because they were free on Kindle or by some other means aka friends. I mean if you can't trust friends to give you good advice on books to read then who can you trust. 😺

Now that I've rambled for a bit I'm thinking I'll maybe post books and authors I've currently read or something.

For 2017, I've finished one book that technically I started in 2016.

Hard (Filthy F*ckers MC Romance Book 1) by Scott Hildreth

This book was put on a list back in July and I know I had to have seen it from Facebook, cause that's basically where I get all my wishlist books from, though I'll never be able to figure out where I saw it. No matter. It went on sale and I got it. Then well you know, I read it. Took a couple of days. (Work and other things in life like 12 hours of tabletop gaming with friends oh and New Year's Eve. Pesky people wanting me to participate in the real world with real people.)

There's a disclaimer somewhere and I could see why it was there. It's listed in Erotica, but I found it to be pretty realistic for the most part and a fast paced read. I had to stop for a few moments before picking it back up. It was a great book. A bit gritty and raw. This was also the first book I'd read by this author and won't be the last.

That's it for now. Have a great start to the new year. Now if only Florida would act normal and cool off. Seriously, it's too hot outside.