McKenna Jeffries

I’ve been reading my comfort reads. Those are the reads I go back to often when I want a really great story to read. They are usually some older books in the contemporary, historical, paranormal and suspense genres. They are great books that scene from them pop into my head at random times. Then I am completed to read them.

Right now I am in a paranormal reading mood. So been reading lots of my comfort reads. Each time I read them I discover something new in them that I didn’t before. In my opinion that is the best thing in a great read. It is a familiar book but still fresh that it makes you go hmmm…

I admit it I have a weakness. It is for books. LOL. Big surprise huh. I’m tempted to read but know I have to resist I have some writing I need to do first. Then I can read. But there is a book that is calling me to read it… Come on I can be string and resist …

I’ve been reading a lot lately. I’ve caught up on some books that I had on my TBR – to be read – pile for a bit. The only problem… well not a problem except to my wallet. LOL. The books on my TBR pile are part of a series. Usually before I get a new series even if they are recommended to me I like to read the first in the series to see if I enjoy it. My TBR pile has a lot of first books in various series. Books I’ve been trying to get to. Now that I have I am longing for the next in the series.

Since I enjoyed the first one of about five different series I am now going to buy the rest in the series. The various authors backlist if you will. At the time I got the first books in the series I knew they were the beginning of a part of a series but it took me so long to get to them that the series is now a few books in. I’m ecstatic I don’t have to wait. I now can get a few books to read in the various series. I’m sort of impatient when it comes to waiting for the next in a series I love.

So with my reading I have been doing I now have some new authors to add to my TBL – to buy list – and some reading to do. (Eyeing my TBR pile) I spot a few more books I am going to be reading and if the cover is any indication I have some more buying coming in my future. I’ve had fun finding the joy in the TBR pile.

What are some good books you’ve read?

I’ve been catching up on my reading. My TBR pile is huge. LOL.

I was reading a book that was very emotional. It went through all spectrums of emotions from exhilaration to tears. It made me laugh one moment, gasp the next, breath hard when it got sexy and tear up at the sad moments. To me that is the sign of a great read. One that brings all my feelings out. Makes me live each moment like I am part of it. This was so effortlessly done that I was living each emotion like it was my own. The book had me flipping pages wondering what was going to happen next. I read it in one sitting. Couldn’t put it down. I love writers who do that to me.

They are another sort of writer that makes my automatic buy list. And I re-read their books over and over again.

Who are some authors that give you an emotional read?

I was reading a book the other day and I found something I’ve noticed before. It had a rhythm. Almost like a beat I could feel resonating in me as I read. I was caught up in the movements of the words. Sort of like a dance. The book had me on the edge of my seat with the flow as it went through the steps. This rhythm helped make the picture of the characters and world I had in my mind even clearer. More three dimensional. I was able to connect with the story even more.

As I mentioned this isn’t the first time I noticed books that had a rhythm. The books I have found with it I tend to remember more and read often. The authors I have found with this rhythm in reading are on my automatic buy list.

Who are some authors that give you a rhythm while you read?

I finished Strangers in Death last week but I didn’t get a chance to talk about it since I was still reading on Wednesday. Of course you know I couldn’t not talk about it. {grin} As you know I have a love for the JD Robb’s In Death Series and Nora Roberts books in general. Each time I read more in Eve and Roarke I want more. They are a vibrant, complex and not perfect couple. Yes you heard me they are not perfect. And that is what makes them so wonderful. They show what it is to be human. Eve’s sometimes bafflement of Roarke’s love and his visceral reaction to her saying I love you are moments in a series that deals with death so great.

Strangers in Death explore money, love and marriage. With Eve this strikes close to home. Throughout the story the same questions keeps coming up. Which is more important love or money? What would you do for both? How much would someone give for either? Is it possible to hide how you feel about someone for many years?

These are the question asked and answered in this story. The killer in this book is not only cunning but cold. Methodically cold. This is something that tests Eve to prove to everyone who the killer is. With determination she builds her case one piece at a time. This was a battle of wills and who can outmaneuver who.

There was one scene with Roarke that stood out to me. As I am sure it probably did for others. Basically he said Eve wasn’t exhausted but revved to bring the killer down. The scene of Roarke going into a rage because ‘his wife’ was tapped until payday is what I mean by not being a perfect couple. Well if you’ve read the series Roarke is mega time infinity rich and there is no reason for Eve to not have any money. Eve didn’t even think to ask him for any and that made him angry and hurt. Eve didn’t understand the big deal but his hurt made her want to fix it yet she was still unwilling to give ground on not taking his money. This lead me to think what would I do in that position. I even asked a friend of mine and it lead to a very interesting discussion. I understood where Eve was coming from and Roarke too.

The other characters were all there although some were only a brief glimpse. Peabody, Feeney, McNab, Morris, Baxter, Trueheart, Charles and Dimarto (they had a major moment in the book). Also Cher Reo the ADA made another appearance and I am very curious about her. I hope we find out more about her in future books.

Strangers in Death was a great addition to the In Death Series and I anxiously awaiting the next book in the series.

Well I finished the books in Aliyah Burke’s The Megalodon Team Series {Wicked laugh} begged a friend to print them for me. This friend and I are shopping to find a e-book reader so we don’t have the run out of ink problem. LOL. Boy all of the Men Books were good. Can’t say anymore since I don’t want to give away anything.

After that I went to read some historicals. Julie Garwood to be percise. Although I love all of Julie’s books (yeah I love the contemporay Buchanan) my fav’s are. These are in no paticular order.

Saving Grace

The Secret

The Bride

The Wedding

Shadow Music (I got this the day it released and read it in on sitting)  

So I’ve been busyily reading historicals.

What have you been reading?

Ugh… I need ink for my printer. I just bought some not even a month ago. Sigh. The reason I need ink so soon is my printing out all those e-books to read. I like to curl up in a chair and read so I print it. Were the books worth my going through all that ink? You bet ya sweet fanny it was. {Grin}. It’s the books in Aliyah Burke’s The Megalodon Team Series. {Wicked laugh} She’s given me a sneak peek of the new version of all of them. Even some that were never previously published. I can see why readers are still clamoring for them even though they haven’t been re-released yet. All I can say is boy I hope readers get a chance to read them soon. I had a blast reading them and am in deep love.

My only complaint is I’m out of ink and need to print out some more of the books so I can finish them. I’m in the middle of reading the series. Ughhhhh…..

Note to self invest in an e-book reader.