So here it is May, and I have been reading almost exclusively on the new-to-me Kobo Mini. I like it so much, in fact, that when a good sale came to my attention, I immediately ordered a Kobo Glo. Not sure what this will mean to my Kindles, but the Sony will be sold.
The Kobo can, using Calibre, create and update shelves very easily, just like the Sony can. Much easier and faster than doing so with a Kindle, which requires rooting to achieve the same sort of thing. You can also add fonts very easily to the Kobo, and it has incredible customization features to get your text how you want it. I love the light weight and the sleep cover feature. My Glo will be here in a few days and I can't wait to get started loading my books on it! The Glo is the size of the Kindle Paperwhite, and has a better light, and an SD card so you are not limited to a lousy 1.4 GB (of which you better not use more than 1/2 or you will experience major slowness). So I am thinking I might like the Kobo Glo better. But time will tell.
So books I've read in May:
1. Allison Hewitt is Trapped by Madeleine Roux. Zombies. Wow, was this book ever good! Written in blogger style, it was just SO good, action packed, heartbreaking, hope inspiring, I just loved Allison so much. Glad the book had a hopeful ending. I will be reading the next in the series (which is about all different characters, yay). 5 stars.
2. Wild Fire (Leopard People 4) by Christine Feehan. PNR. I liked it, but some parts were overly long, and some parts were repetitious. 3 stars.
3. Hot Ice (T-FLAC 7) by Cherry Adair. Romance Suspense. Was glad to be done with it. Rates barely 3 stars.
4. Promises Keep (Promises 2) by Sarah McCarty. Historical erotica. It was good, but about 2/3 the women's rights stuff got on my nerves. Some other parts did, too. 3 stars.
5. Love and War: The Beginning by Samantha Kane. Very short historical erotica. 26 pages. Very good, I adore Jason, so it was nice to read about him again. 4 stars.
6. Untamed Hunger (Alpha Colony 1) by Audrey Ross. Scifi erotica. 88 pages. Good, but wanted there to be more to it. 3 stars.
7. Minder (Terran Times)by Viola Grace. Scifi romance. 71 pages. Good story. 3 stars.
8. Soul Possession by Maya Banks. Short story from an anthology. Was very good menage romance. 4 stars.
9. Web of Lies (Elemental Assasisin 2) by Jennifer Estep. Urban fantasy. I love this series! This one was great, fast paced and I loved the ending. 4 stars.
10. The Rake to Ruin Her (Ransleigh Rogues 1) by Julia Justiss. Historical romance. I thought there were some boring parts in the middle, but overall, I enjoyed it. 4 stars.
11. Warlord's Prize (Darkest Star 1) by Zenina Masters (aka Viola Grace). Scifi romance. It was all right. Kind of bizarre. 3 stars.
12. Full Moon Rising (Lunewulf 6) by Lorie O'Clare. erotic paranormal. The two characters were well done, and I enjoyed the story. 4 stars.
13 . Venereus by Sherri King. Short erotica. This was good, well written dark erotica. She was like a succubus/vampire thing. I don't like the title, though. 4 stars.
14. Master of the Shadows (Darkyn 7.1) by Lynn Viehl. PNR. Great companion piece to the last Darkyn book (read that first!) 5 stars.
15. Moon Lust by Sherri King. Erotic PNR. Not much to it. It was ok. 3 stars.
16. Rapture (Bonds of Justice 2) by Elayne Venton. Scifi erotica. Quite a good story. 4 stars.
17. Freak Factor (Sector Guard 1) by Viola Grace. SFR. Good story. 4 stars.
18. Dragen's Fire (Bonds of Justice 3) by Elayne Venton. SFerotica. Good. 3 stars.
19. Incarnation (Darkyn 7.6) by Lynn Viehl. PNR. Absolutely loved it. 5 stars.
20. Worthy, Willing and Wanted by Lynn Viehl. PNR. A set of 3 free stories in the Darkyn world. They were very good! 4 stars.
21. An Ambush of Tigers by Mandy Monroe (aka Kaitlyn O'Connor).
I gave it my best shot. It was really just not something I could force myself to finish. It's funny b/c I was in the car with my DH and said a few things out loud as I decided to stop, and my DH wanted to know what and why, so I told him a few things, like how this guy who'd only been human for 10 days, and had no idea how to even use a shower or brush his teeth, not only found the time (the sanctuary needed major work due to a big flood), but also the knowledge to sand and paint the kitchen table. That is just one of the major inconsistencies in this book. And where in TEXAS did these tiger shifter people, who raised their babies as tigers and did not share the secret of how to shift until they reached maturity, LIVE? In TEXAS? Who knew there was plenty of jungle to hide your tiger children, in TEXAS? DNF.
22. The Thief of Mardu (Life in the Vrail 2) by Marie Harte. SFR. Great story. Loved the characters, and of course, the setting! 4 stars.
23. Declan and Tori (The Hunters 1) by Shiloh Walker. PNR erotica. This was a great story! I loved the characters and how they developed. Good start to the series. 4 stars.
24. Going Against Orders (Men in Love 5) by Carol Lynne. MM. Good story, I just wish the Colonel had dropped dead. 4 stars.
25. Hounded (Iron Druid 1) by Kevin Hearne. UF. What a fantastic book! I loved Atticus. And Oberon! I want Oberon! 5 stars.
26. Bride of Atlantis by Marie Morin (aka Kaitlyn O'Connor). Fantasy romance. This turned out to be a good story. I was pleased with the end. 4 stars.
27. Nightborn (Lords of the Darkyn 1) by Lynn Viehl. PNR. Really great book. Korvel was a bit of an idiot, but other than that, I loved it. 4.5 stars.
28. Big Bad Beast (Pride 6) by Shelly Laurenston. PNR. This book was awesome. Super funny. I loved Dee-Ann and Ric. I liked how it all wrapped up, too. 5 stars.
29. Laid Bare (Brown 1) by Lauren Dane. CR. This book started out really good, and I enjoyed the first 40% or so. After that, it fell completely flat, so different from the beginning, it was as if it was written by a different person. 2 stars.
30. Valiant (New Species 3) by Laurann Dohner. Erotic PNR. This book was really good. There were a couple of minor inconsistencies, but overall it was well done, fast paced, and the ending was great. 4 stars.
31. Sanctuary's Price (Red Rock Pass 3) by Moira Rogers. PNR. Great story, well-drawn characters, good plot, nice resolution. 4 stars.
And the Sony was sold, and the Kobo Glo arrived and is excellent.
