Normally you know I have a couple of books going on but I’ve been so taken in by The Likeness that it’s the only book that I’ve been reading these past couple of days.
What’s so intriguing to me about this book is that not only am I looking for the motivation of the murderer but also of the investigating detective. Cassie Maddox, who we first met in In the Woods is back and on an undercover assignment. I know that much of what drives her in this book is the outcome of the investigation she was doing in the first book but I think there’s much more to it as well.
I’m really enjoying this book and am so close to the end and that’s why I’ve put aside my other books. I may even finish this one tonight.
After this book I’m looking to start these books:
- The Best Place to Be by Lesley Dormen. I’m participating in another TLC Book Tour and the author is going to be stopping by my blog for a Q&A later this month. You can see the schedule here so check out the other blogs she’s visiting.
- The Almost Archer Sisters by Lisa Gabriele. Actually, I did start this book but got a bit sidetracked. I didn’t get too far into it but am looking forward to this tale of two sisters.
- Dead of the Day by Karen E. Olson. Having recently finished the second book in the series and knowing that the fourth book is coming out next month I really want to hurry up and read this one.
So those are the books I’m hoping to start tomorrow or so but watch another one will cut in line. That always happens to me. I’m guessing you can probably relate to that too, right?
Moving on, just wanted to remind everyone that the Slaves of Golconda are choosing the next book for discussion so stop by the blog, check out the choices and jump in. You’ve got plenty of time as the discussion for the next book won’t start until the end of January.
And, off topic but is it me or is Bloglines acting up again? There were some blogs I hadn’t seen “updated” in a while but today I checked on a couple and realized that I’ve been missing out on the posts. Grr. I hate it when bloglines does that. So if I haven’t stopped by your blog in a while, I apologize but it’s all bloglines’ fault. Well, that and that I’m always behind on my blog reading it seems. heh.
Alright, I’m off to finish my book!
I hope that Bloglines isn’t acting up. I have 1700 plus feeds at the moment, and would hate to discover that I really have more but I just don’t know about them.
Marg – Oh man, can you imagine if it’s really a lot more than that! Goodness, you’ll be reading blogs instead of books all week 🙂 Unfortunately, I have found that at least 7 blogs which I read religiously aren’t updating on bloglines. I don’t even want to know how many others there might be! yikes.
I noticed the weird bloglines-funkiness too! I had tons of feeds that weren’t updated yet, which was annoying. After getting frustrated, I switched over to iGoogle and haven’t looked back. The rss reader updates within less than an hour. It’s awesome!
I hope any problems with Bloglines will be fixed soon!
I’m really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on The Likeness soon, Iliana!! 😉
I’m looking forward to reading In the Woods, so this is great news that you’re enjoying The Likeness, too. Don’t you just love a good series?!
I’m really thinking about trying iGoogle…
That was happening to me back a year and a half ago or so. It’s what made me switch to Google Reader and I’ve never looked back.
I look forward to your Q&A with Lesley Dorman. I added The Place to Be to my wishlist last week.
I’m glad you’re enjoying The Likeness! I can’t wait to hear your final thoughts. Bloglines is doing the same thing to me- a bunch of blogs have those red exclamation points and some of them haven’t been updated on bloglines since early October – though I’ve found that most have had posts regularly. I wish this would get sorted out! I really don’t want to have to reconfigure everything.
You’re really getting me excited about reading Likeness. I wish my boss would hurry up! Of course, then it’s going to the person I actually loaned the book to–she’ll be quick about it though because she reads fast. My boss, not so much. :-S
I hope you enjoy Dead of the Day!
Bloglines has been fine for me: I only have about 30 feeds, and so I can afford to check pretty much all of them daily. I certainly hope it’s not skew-iff, because it was because of a post on this blog that got me into using it in the first place!
yes, bloglines is acting up…its driven me bonkers as well! I think I am switching to google reader, even though I hate the interface.
My bloglines is doing that too – hopefully it will be taken care of and back in order soon! I am glad to hear the The Likeness is living up to the first book (which I read, enjoyed, but haven’t yet reviewed). I may have to try and get The Likeness it from the library.
I really want to read Into the Woods and The Likeness. They really sound good. I’m going to have to break down and buy them, I guess. Thanks for the review.
Amanda – I’ve heard very good things about Google Reader. I’ve liked Bloglines a lot but lately it’s being a pain!
Melody – I finished it! It was so good. I think I liked it better than In The Woods even. I’m so curious if she’s going to have another book with the same characters.
Joy – I love finding series you can depend on you know 🙂
jenclair – me too!
tanabata – For the most part Bloglines seems to be great but this has been going on for a while now so it’s definitely making me think twice! Oh and I did start Best Place to Be… I am really liking it!
Tara – that’s exactly what’s happening to me too with bloglines. I wonder why… I don’t want to restart anything else either. I don’t have time for that! 🙂
Literary Feline – Isn’t it the worst when you are waiting for someone to be done with a book. It’s like all of a sudden that’s the only book you want and they are taking forever 🙂
Fern – Glad to hear you aren’t seeing any issues with Bloglines. Occasionally Bloglines will be a bit weird but usually it fixes itself within a day so I don’t complain about that. This time though the problem seems to be going on for a couple of weeks. I hope they fix it soon.
Serena – I’m so tempted to switch because everyone raves about google reader. I’ve seen it and it looks nice it’s just that I don’t want to have to deal with it – I have like 200 feeds! yikes 🙂
Stephanie – I hope so too. And, go sign up to get The Likeness from the library – it’s as good as In the Woods or even better!
Lisa – Check to see if your library has them. I do think they have been some of the best mysteries I’ve read this year.
I’ve heard good things about In the Woods. I love to read books in series when I can read them back to back. I’ll have to check this one out.
I can’t keep up with all of my favorite blogs, try as I might.
I think I’m the last person on earth to not have subscribed to bloglines or iGoogle (Google reader) for updates. I still click onto my blogroll links! 🙂
I really, really need to read In the Woods, don’t I??!! It is sitting next to my bed….bloglines has been annoying me lately, too. It seems to have calmed down in the last couple of days, but I wouldn’t be surprised to hear it’s not getting all the newest posts! Grrr.
Lately I’ve been doing what Matt’s doing, by the way….but I have so many links on my blogroll it is hard to get to them all.
Nicole – I loved In the Woods… after I finished it I thought it’d go down as one of my favorites for the year. I liked The Likeness better!
Bookfool, aka Nancy – I can’t either Nancy. I love reading so many book blogs but at the same time I hate that I’m always so behind and it’s hard to find time to read all those blogs and books! 🙂
Matt – You are kidding me! Wow. I used to do that Matt until I started reading so many blogs. It just made it easier to keep up especially if there are blogs that don’t update as much or when there are special announcements. Granted with Bloglines being weird lately clicking via my links might be better – although now that I mention it I need to update my links too – sigh 😉
Danielle – Bloglines is still acting up for me. I’m so annoyed because I mean we are all pressed for time and this is the only way we can be a bit more organized. I”m resisting the change to google though. Oh and you must read In the Woods – I’d love to hear your thoughts on it!