Sign up
Search
Advanced search settings

Search only in certain items:

Search results
All (1795)
Content
People
Apps
Books
Orbs
Movies
Music
Podcasts
Shows
Tabletop Games
Tech
TV
Video Games
YouTube Channels
Videos
40x40

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Three Blind Dates in Books

Jan 11, 2021  
Three Blind Dates
Three Blind Dates
Meghan Quinn | 2018 | Romance
6
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I picked this up a month or so ago when it was 99p as I've enjoyed this authors books before.

So this starts with Noely doing her Going in Blind profile interview. She's a Good Morning Malibu show host and has used some of their equipment to film the interview, which, when her producer finds the disc informs her that she will be doing a segment on the show detailing her dates. She tries to protest but he's not having any of it and she reluctantly agrees.

Noely has three dates, as the title suggest and has a great time with all three, all for different reasons. Jack is her first option, the mysterious Suit. Then Beck, the bike riding Rebel. And lastly Hayden, the ice hockey Jock. She gets on with all three really well but something seems to go wrong on the second dates, leading her to look for someone else.

Then we get a "mystery man". One of the above guys who starts messaging Noely in the hopes of getting her to fall for him after the mess he made of their date. I was a bit stumped about who it was going to end up being but a certain guy did keep turning up places quite regularly.

I liked this but it did seem quite long for what went down. Each guy took up about a quarter of the book, including the final mystery one. It didn't entirely pull me in but there were some truly fun bits, and for me, personally, those involved Noely's brother, Alex, and his wife, Lauren. And little Chloe, too.
  
40x40

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Midlife Bounty Hunter (Forty Proof, #1) in Books

Jan 11, 2021  
Midlife Bounty Hunter (Forty Proof, #1)
Midlife Bounty Hunter (Forty Proof, #1)
Shannon Mayer | 2020
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I've read a few books in the past by this author and enjoyed them, so I'm hoping this one plays out the same way.

It starts with Breena heading to a graveyard where she's supposed to be attending an interview but things take a decidedly paranormal turn when she meets a skeleton and is chased by a werewolf up a steep come-out-of-nowhere mountain where she finds out she's passed the interview and is now working for a group who do bounty work for the supernatural community.

I did enjoy this but I wasn't fully invested in it. The most exciting thing for me was Crash...and Breena trying to get her house back, but mainly Crash. There was just something about him that drew my attention and intrigued me. Him, I would like to see more of. The rest of the gang...meh. They didn't grow on me that much and I didn't feel like I grew to know them that well.

I feel I should mention Robert and Feish, too. They were the closest people - loosely used term - to Breena in this and they were pretty likeable in this one. I'm sure she'll grow closer to them over the course of the series and they'll turn into valuable allies.

One thing I wasn't a fan of: the continuous referral of her ex husband as "Himself" rather annoying after a while. Why not just "Him" or his name or even "ex"? He does sound like a piece of work, though, and I feel like seeing him get his comeuppance is going to be good.
  
40x40

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2322 KP) rated The Other Woman (Jane Ryland, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
TO
The Other Woman (Jane Ryland, #1)
Hank Phillippi Ryan | 2012
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Disgraced Boston TV Reporter Jane Ryland is trying to rebuild your life with a job on a newspaper. Her first assignment is to get an interview with a Senate candidate's wife. But Jane begins to suspect there is more going on than meets the eye - like the Senator is having an affair. Meanwhile, several dead bodies are showing up. Is there a serial killer on the loose? There are so many plot threads and characters that it took forever for me to get into the book. Once I did, it was a fun ride and I couldn't put down. Worth the effort, but it took about 100 pages to really start to click.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/07/book-review-other-woman-by-hank.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
    The Tome Show

    The Tome Show

    (0 Ratings) Rate It

    Podcast

    The Tome Show is a D&D show that has grown to include a large number of shows each with their own...