Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

So which book did you read this month (November) that really sucked you in, made you think, or perhaps moved you to tears?

Did any book just simply make you cry in pain at having to read it?

Get it all out here in this thread :)

Hi Jane!

I had two favorites this month...


- I just thought this one was so well done. I felt Hadley's pain and confusion over her parents' divorce. Her anger, sadness and her eventual beginning of acceptance. And such a sweet budding love story going on at the same time. This was a 5 star read for me and a definite favorite.

I also loved . This is just a feel-good, make you smile romance between a 'lumberjack' and a city girl. He is hunky and charming, she is a fish out of water and trying to get her head around liking someone who lives in the 'wilderness'. Just super cute.

I didn't have 5 star reads this month (so far!) but there were two very high 4 star books:

by Mary Calmes & by K A Mitchell.

I always love Mary Calmes work, and she worked a bit outside her normal parameters with this book but it still had her signature all over it.

K A Mitchell can be a bit hit and miss for me, but this was a great book with some great non-standard action/emergencies.

My 'surprise' this month was by Linda Howard. Solid 4 stars. I selected this book due to the Hearts & Tears Tournament: Native American Romance category. This is the first time I have read a book by Linda Howard and I have to say, I really enjoyed it! I'll certainly be reading more of Linda's work - she has a great balance of action, emotion, and romance.

All of these went straight to my favorites shelf this month. Not a bad November!


"Well, then, Otter, of course I don’t like Bundt cake. It has eggs in it. Baby chicken eggs. You don’t see chickens standing outside of maternity wards waiting to get our babies to make their Bundt cake, do you?”

Bahaha! The Kid cracked me up. My favorite 9 year old, vegetarian, Eco-terrorist. I just love these three. They're too precious. And Otter!! Oh how he made me swoon. He was all growly and "You no touch my man. He is mine." I like me an alpha Otter. Who We Are made me laugh & cry & swoon, I just freaking loved it. Now, I'm just waiting for one from the Kids POV!

I loved this sweet, sweet romance. Loved Levi's patience with Jamie and how he wanted nothing in return. He did kind things for Jamie simply because he loved him. *sigh*

Austin met Peter and BOOM! he realized he was gay. I loved that he completely accepted the gay. This book was really really snarky and funny.

What can I say? It was Mega.

Great line-up Breann!!

(Gotta get back on the Moning wagon ;)

Fran wrote: "Hi Jane!

I had two favorites this month...


- I just thought this one was so well done. I felt Hadley's pain and confusion o..."

Hey Fran!

Just realised that I have picked up Lumberjack In Love at some point! I had no idea that I owned it - just opened my Kindle, and there it is :) Really looking forward to it now!

It's so cute Jane- I hope you like it! it will make you smile :)

I really enjoyed . I love Pia and Dragos.

I seem to be reading Lynn Kurland novels this month. I have to catch up on her de Piaget series. I just finished . This book had me up until 2am reading! And I'm currently reading . So far, this is just as good!

I didn't have a good reading month but the one book I really enjoyed was !

my favorite for november was but i also enjoyed:

These are the two that really stuck out for me this month:


There was a major cliffhanger ending so it's going to be torture waiting for the third and final book in this series to release next year!


I finished this one yesterday and OMG the ending of that book as well! It is going to major torture waiting for book three to release next year as well! I love this series so much!

I am working my way down the Top 100 Contemporary Romance novels on Listopia (minus any Nicholas Sparks, sorry) and I just read . Ok, so I'm behind a little, it's been around for a while. What a sharp, intelligent read. The characters were all so diverse with solid background stories and SEP pulled it off! Loved it!

Jane (PS) wrote: "My 'surprise' this month was by Linda Howard. Solid 4 stars. I selected this book due to the Hearts & Tears Tournament: Native American Romance category. This is the first time I have read a book by Linda Howard and I have to say, I really enjoyed it! I'll certainly be reading more of Linda's work - she has a great balance of action, emotion, and romance. "

Glad to hear you liked Howard's book! I got my start in romance novels on her books a few years ago, with the Mackenzie series being the first I read of hers. It's a fabulous way to start her work! I hope you enjoy the rest of the series, along with her other works. I agree....she is great in combining all the good stuff you want in a book.

As for me, I read Maya Banks' Highlander series:


I came down with a bad case of the allergies this past week, and this series definitely helped me get through the ailment. I'm a sucker for highlander novels to begin with, and Banks did not let me down. :)

Erin wrote: "I didn't have a good reading month but the one book I really enjoyed was !"

Oooh - I have that one in audio. Might have to plan to listen to that sooner rather than later :)

I enjoyed reading The Shunning again and watched the the DVD. It always moves me to tears. Ella Mae is my favorite character.

Makenzie wrote: "As for me, I read Maya Banks' Highlander series:"

I really enjoyed that whole series. I was surprised by how much I liked them!

Jane (PS) wrote: "Great line-up Breann!!

(Gotta get back on the Moning wagon ;)"

Yes, you definitely do Jane!

Jane (PS) wrote: "Erin wrote: "I didn't have a good reading month but the one book I really enjoyed was !"

Oooh - I have that one in audio. Might have to plan to listen to that s..."

Oh yes definitely sooner, it was a great book! I really liked that the author wrote about both the 1800's and the present day.

Here is another fave I've finished today:

I can't wait for the next book in this series! Love this series!

I only started completing my GR account this week and filling in my "read books".

Yesterday I noticed that I'd marked Judith McNaught's "Paradise" as read... but I actually mistook it for another one. The one I read was "Perfect", the second book from that particular series (it's not a trilogy though, the stories aren't connected).

Anyways... so I went ahead and read "Paradise"... and loved it! In my opinion this one is infinitely better than "Perfect". The only catch: it's extremely long! Thanks to the good writing it doesn't feel too long, but it definitely requires over a day to finish.

Paradise

Carina wrote: "Thanks to the good writing it doesn't feel too long, but it definitely requires over a day to finish.

Paradise..."

LOL - it can take me weeks to finish a 'long' book ;)

Ahah. But I'm an exceptionally fast reader! I usually finish most books in one day, particularly in the romance genre. If it takes me longer than that... it has to either be an exceptionally long book or have such a complex plot that I have to stop to take it in. :P

During the month of November i read so many books and loved them all.

It might be a fantasy, YA series - but it has a lot of romance in it which I loved! The evolution of characters, the funny parts and the love story, will suck you in. I finished the whole 4 books series in 3 days and a half.

This series has a total of 3 books. Romance meets YA - its a non fiction book so everything is very real and true. I felt very close to the characters. It's an easy read so i flew by these three books.

Enjoy!

My favourite read of November was , loved this book, and I'm looking foward to read the next 2 :)

November was a pretty good month for me. I had 3 five stars book:

- Loved the characters & story. Looks like Mayberry can write only awesome books.

- I've loved Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy and thought I'll give this a try. It's his first book but his imagination is awesome. The world building and the characters are really superb. I couldn't put the book down. Sanderson is officially one of my favorite authors - so much that I'm considering starting the Wheel of Time fantasy series just to read the books that he has written!

Lastly - - a book in my native language about some of the greatest poet-saints of Hindu religion. A friend recommended and I'm so glad I read it. It gave me some basic knowledge about them which I didn't have.

I've just read Donna Fasano's fab romance Funny sweet romance.