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  Any great reads lately?

  I've done some great reading recently. This one isn't a romance, but I highly recommend it: Middlesex, which won the Pulitzer several years ago. My daughter loved it and passed it along to me. It's simply phenomenal and my EIGHTH DIK of the year.

  Also, I finished LKH's Merry Gentry series by reading last year's Lick of Frost and this year's Swallowing Darkness in a one-two punch on my Kindle. This urban fantasy series is very sexual, but not necessarily erotic. The sex is all about creating life, and I've liked every single entry in the series. It ends with Swallowing Darkness, which earned a straight B. Lick of Frost earned a B-. It's really kind of cool to read an entire series (seven books, I think) that works in its entirety.

  Who else has read it, or part of it?

  Laurie

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  Joni U 

  According to LKH's website, Swallowing Darkness is not the end of the series, although it certainly did feel like an ending to me. I enjoyed the series as a whole, but definitely some installments worked better for me than others. I enjoyed, but didn't love Swallowing Darkness, but Lick of Frost was probably my favorite in the series. I'll be interested to see where she takes the series now, since there is apparently more to come.

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  Laurie Gold 

  Thanks, Joni, for that feedback. I imagine that if the series continues, it'll occur with the birth of the twins. I liked Lick of Frost, but thought it all came together so wonderfully in Swallowing Darkness...plus
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  her Killing Frost came back and the "real" Ash and Holly revealed themselves.

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  LinnieGayl 

  Oh, I've been close to buying Middlesex a number of times. I think you just convinced me. My brother and niece both read it awhile ago and loved it.

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  LinnieGayl 

  The last new book I liked a great deal is Catherine Mulvany's Wicked is the Night.

  Of course, I'm listening -- once again -- to Susan Elizabeth Phillips' Natural Born Charmer for the third time. I seem to enjoy it more each time.

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    Heather H 

    Hmmm...I've only audio'd "Natural Born Charmer" once...I think it may be time for a re-read.

    Have you tried Marie Force yet....her book "Line of Scrimmage" reminded me a bit of SEP?

    I think I'll try "Middlesex" too...sounds interesting!

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    LinnieGayl 

    Heather, I've never heard of Marie Force. I'll definitely check her out.

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    Laurie Gold (edited)

    Heather, I read the Marie Force book and liked the hero a great deal. I can see a similarity between him and an SEP hero, but the book as a whole...well, I thought the first half worked well but the second half faltered.

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  Laurie Gold 

  I really do recommend Middlesex, and I'm immensely proud that it was my daughter who begged me to read it. Somehow it reflects well on her, a teenager in high school, that she loved this book. Just why, I'm not quite sure. If you read it, please share your reaction to it.

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  Daniscorgis 

  I am presently reading Pride Of Lions. I am enjoying the story. There is one place so far that has sort of stalled, but it picked back up pretty quickly and has been a story I have not wanted to put down...however, time doesn't allow me to not put it down! <LOL>
  Dani

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  Lily 

  I finished the latest Black Dagger Brotherhood book, Lover Avenged, and I really enjoyed it. I recommend the entire series. Now I'm reading Dawn on a Distant Shore by Sara Donati. It's the second book in the Wilderness series, the first was AMAZING!, and the second is just as good. They're historical romance with tons of action and plot twists. Really good.

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  LinnieGayl 

  I've recently read Deanna Raybourn's three books: Silent in the Grave, Silent in the Sanctuary, and Silent on the Moor. While they're technically historical mysteries, there's a strong, very satisfying romance thread throughout the three. The third in the series, Silent on the Moor, received a DIK review at AAR:

  http://www.likesbooks.com/cgi-bin/bookReview.pl?BookReviewId=7176

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