Oops, I seem to have not written anything in a few days! Sorry. So...news...
I did not get selected for the jury I was pulled for. I was actually kinda sad about it since it was a big animal neglect case and probably would have been rather interesting. But it also would have been very long and cold and require going downtown for over a week. I did spend ALL day sitting on a hard bench listening to lawyer-ese as they grilled each and every other juror. Guess I was just down the list.
I got an ARC of Shadow Touch by Marjorie M. Liu in the mail today. They transposed some numbers in the zip, so it took a little sidetrip before landing in my mailbox. Can't wait to read it.
Also got Hot Spell by Mel! Also can't wait to read it.
Started Cara King's Regency Challenge at the Risky Regencies blog. Five Regencies in...well, not long. I'm beginning with Megan's A Singular Lady. Read some of it over lunch and then took it with me to the gym tonight. So far it's very good.
Still haven't started up the Midnight Work again. I think I might just put it on the shelf for awhile.
Wasn't in the mood for much romance last night, so I read some Doc Savage on my iPaq. I think it's The Land of Always-Night, but don't quote me. Doc's definitely hero material. And the stories are always fun.
A few non-Regency-set historicals
When I get bored, I tend to hop on over to Amazon and see what's coming out. I'd previously posted a cover to Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeanne Westin that I liked. Wasn't until today that I headed over to the author's site. It's a beautiful looking site, so I recommend at least checking it out. I just love the cover. It has a artsy look to it and definitely appeals to me.
And...she's writing historical romance set in Restoration England. Nice to see something different. I might just have to buy the book just for that.
We also have Lydia Joyce's Whispers of the Night coming up, set in the Ottoman Empire.
Deborah Hale has The Bride Ship for Harlequin Historicals. It's set in Nova Scotia.
There's a western by Charlene Sands called Renegade Wife and another called Wyoming Wildfire by Elizabeth Lane.
Destiny by Helen Kirkman should be a Saxon/Viking story. Done before, but at least it doesn't involve the ton.
Another western, Midnight Marriage by Victoria Bylin. I like the cover.
There's The Bride Hunt by Margo Maguire, a medieval with the most godawful cover ever. Margo, when you saw that cover, you should've raised hell to get it changed.
And sadly, that's all I can find right now. The rest were all Regency-set historicals, so those seem to still be there. Though maybe I just got sick of looking. That could be it, too.
I also noticed a lot of discounting going on. There are going to be a lot of $4.99 books for popular authors next year. For instance, Sabrina Jeffries' Brotherhood series was that price. I saw others, but that's the one that I remember off the top of my head.
I'm going to hold off reading The Midnight Work for awhile. Maybe the errors will mysteriously go away.
And...she's writing historical romance set in Restoration England. Nice to see something different. I might just have to buy the book just for that.
We also have Lydia Joyce's Whispers of the Night coming up, set in the Ottoman Empire.
Deborah Hale has The Bride Ship for Harlequin Historicals. It's set in Nova Scotia.
There's a western by Charlene Sands called Renegade Wife and another called Wyoming Wildfire by Elizabeth Lane.
Destiny by Helen Kirkman should be a Saxon/Viking story. Done before, but at least it doesn't involve the ton.
Another western, Midnight Marriage by Victoria Bylin. I like the cover.
There's The Bride Hunt by Margo Maguire, a medieval with the most godawful cover ever. Margo, when you saw that cover, you should've raised hell to get it changed.
And sadly, that's all I can find right now. The rest were all Regency-set historicals, so those seem to still be there. Though maybe I just got sick of looking. That could be it, too.
I also noticed a lot of discounting going on. There are going to be a lot of $4.99 books for popular authors next year. For instance, Sabrina Jeffries' Brotherhood series was that price. I saw others, but that's the one that I remember off the top of my head.
I'm going to hold off reading The Midnight Work for awhile. Maybe the errors will mysteriously go away.
Started Midnight Work by Kassandra Sims
And I think this is the worst edited book ever. First page starts out talking about "plane trees". yeah, they're "plain trees". The FIRST line of the book has an error! *ahem* I feel stupid here. Plane trees are an Old World name for sycamores. Just so you know. ;-) Hell, what was I supposed to think when the next line talks about the plain? Still doesnt explain the misspelling of Outremer.
And then there's a history lesson of sorts, but it keeps spelling Outremer as Outermer and it's driving me absolutely up the wall. How on earth did something like this get past editing and what was the author thinking??? I could forgive it once, not at least twice! That leads me to believe it was the author who screwed up and not some editor who'd never heard of it (though I find it hard to believe they'd never come across the word before). And honestly, if she gets Outremer screwed up, what else is screwed up?
And then there are some blog postings in it with grammatical errors, though I haven't decided if they're accidental or not. This is all in the first 17 pages, which is all I got to last night.
I mean, Midnight Work is interesting, but I see less errors in most ebooks! Honestly I spent quite a few minutes trying to figure out what the hell plane trees were.
And then there's a history lesson of sorts, but it keeps spelling Outremer as Outermer and it's driving me absolutely up the wall. How on earth did something like this get past editing and what was the author thinking??? I could forgive it once, not at least twice! That leads me to believe it was the author who screwed up and not some editor who'd never heard of it (though I find it hard to believe they'd never come across the word before). And honestly, if she gets Outremer screwed up, what else is screwed up?
And then there are some blog postings in it with grammatical errors, though I haven't decided if they're accidental or not. This is all in the first 17 pages, which is all I got to last night.
I mean, Midnight Work is interesting, but I see less errors in most ebooks! Honestly I spent quite a few minutes trying to figure out what the hell plane trees were.
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