Book chat..

(This post was supposed to be posted on Tuesday, but it was delayed due to breaking news.)

I have been reading a lot lately.  Well.. a lot for me. 

Trying to juggle time for television, reading and Adam is interesting.  I try to take little bits of time whenever I can and read a page or two.  I usually read a chapter or so during my nightly baths.

Over the weekend,  I turned my last page of this..

I have been reading these books for what seems like forever.  The books are pure crack.

The story was a good one.  The first book in the series was a super fast read, but the others kinda lagged for me.  At times, Breaking Dawn was torture to read. 

It was one of those cases where I was really invested and in love with the characters, but just was not enjoying their story during that particular time.  I trudged on, wondering what would be their outcome.  I guess that I can live with the book's resolution.

It will be so nice to be able to hear spoilers about the series, instead of having to hide from them.  Every time I would listen to a Lime & Violet podcast, I would cringe when they mentioned the series and hope that they did not spoil anything for me.  That is what I get for coming to the party late...

The Twilight saga was fun and I guess that I would recommend it to people.  Just beware that it will consume your life for a while.

Bella and most especially Edward will be with me for a while.

Now, I get to attack the other books in my pile.

First up is this:

I think I read about this in some Ravelry group and my library had it.  It is fun and is going quickly.

It is the start of a series about a Vermont town that has a spell cast on it.  It is a spell that makes the town basically perfect.  The story focuses on the knit shop owner, which is kinda cool.  At her store, "your yarn never tangles, you always get gauge and the knitter sitting next to you comes out only after dark."  There are vampires, werewolves (I can't get away!), witches, faeries and all kinds of fun mystical creatures in the town. 

I have never read anything else by the author.  She is witty and I like the way that she writes.  The yarn and knitting references are really fun. 

One example is when the hero is in the yarn store for the first time.  He is looking around at yarn and sees the price tag.  He thinks to himself, "For one ball of yarn? This was worse than crack.  Get addicted to this stuff and you would be living in your minivan."  That is about right, isn't it?

Even though I have not finished the book, I am really enjoying it and highly recommend it.  The second book that features this town is coming out on August 4 and I think it will be just as much fun! 

I am definitely going to be taking a look at her backlist.  She also contributes to a cool blog that she writes with other authors.

Check out this book and let me know what you think.

Ok.. if you will excuse me, I am going to go read.

Stay tuned...

Comments

[chris]

oooOOO!! i am going to have to check Casting Spells out!

[Jody]

I read Casting Spells and enjoyed it immensly! A very fun read. Also read the Twilight books... like you I had to force myself through it. I needed to know what everyone else was talking about so I had no choice but to read it... I liked the series but ... I dunno can't put my finger why I didn't LOVE it - ya know?

[Emily]

Thanks for posting this. I have a copy of Casting Spells from paperbackswap.com, but it's sitting around unread. I have new motivation to pick it up to read now!

[Enid Shaw]

not my kind of books, altho' I have watched films in these themes.

as for the snake.......yuck!!!!!!!

have you recovered from the trauma?

[tiennie]

Seriously, the twilight books were just meh for me - especially that last one but I totally get the frenzy over them. I'm going to check out the Casting Spells book though!

[Jody]

I was also sucked into the Twilight series and ya - it was torture to get through some of them! I just saw the movie too and was disappointed.