I have been bitten by the “Aggressive Reading Bug”. Just before CNY, I went to the nearest regional library and borrowed 8 books because they have a promotion. A pity that they can’t allow that for everyone except for the premimum membership that I never got around to applying for. Although I have gotten myself into the volunteer programme for NLB.
That was when I saw the box to drop off adult fiction and unwanted spectacles. The novels are to be used for the Book Crossing scheme while the unwanted spectacles will be used to reduce blindness for the poor countries. NLB has partnered with The Lasik Clinic, yes, the one that I did my Lasik at.
Since I’m in the midst of writing some erotic fiction cum mystery cum suspense, I borrowed the following books to help my writing muse.
River Road by JoAnn Ross – Definitely a sexy book whereby the eldest son is ready to tear off the clothes
off a popular actress who is being stalked.
I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark – Suspense is what Clark does best and the plot got thicker and thicker.
Gift of Fire by Jayne Ann Krentz – Physical and mentally attuned to each other, I can’t believe how much chemistry the two main characters have for each other.
Love, Lies and Liqour by M. C.Beaton – Agatha Raisin the tottering old lady that most of the police department except her friend Bill Wong would like to believe often has flashes of intuitions to solve crimes that the police can’t. This time, she is framed for the murder of another lady and after supplying her alibi and that her scarf was lost, she finds herself being embroiled in a series of digging out skeletons that the dead lady had acquired.
Chow Down by Lauren Berenson – Dogs rule here and solving a murder while chartering between an unforseen contest and dog shows wasn’t what Melanie had in mind at first.
Agatha Raisin and The Haunted House – A handsome neighbour moved into James’ old cottage has piped Agatha’s interest and she went along with his idea of being a ghost buster only because she was fantasizing about love again.
Don’t Talk Back to Your Vampire by Michele Bardsley – The sizzling attraction to Lorcan was so powerful that Eva couldn’t help but imagine being ravished by him even though he was the one who made her a vampire in the first place.
Because Your Vampire Said So by Michele Bardsley – That white wolf keeps saving Patsy and even though she tells herself not to love any men again, she was strongly attracted to him. Never mind that her womb was removed after giving birth to her son before turning into a vampire by Lorcan.
To Kiss a Spy by Jane Feather – Duchesses have the fun of kissing unbelievably handsome men of all statuses. Unfortunately, this particular duchess needed help from a spy to find her son.
Househusband by Ad Hudler – I was rather intrigued by the title and I must say, it’s the first time I have read a book that includes recipes at the end of some chapters.
Bury The Lead by David Rosenfelt – Full of legal terms yet riveting enough for me to keep reading on to find out the serial killer.
The Winter Queen by Devin Cary – A young queen forced to take on the role of a regent against the council’s denials that women can’t be kings after her king died due to a freak accident. Although her lack of control for sorcery may help her but she couldn’t display them as the elders couldn’t accept such witchcraft.
Agatha Raisin and The Deadly Dance by M. C. Beaton- Agatha is at it again bumbling into cases that irk the local police but yet finding clues that they never seem to be able to find.
Kissing Christmas Goodbye by M. C. Beaton – Agatha does it again and this time, she is jealous of her young detective who seems to have youth and skills that match hers except for the age part that she is horribly jealous of. And she keeps fantasizing about getting back with James Lacey her ex husband for Christmas.
After reading the books, I realise that I have never managed to borrow any series that is from book one to the current ones. I usually start off from the middle of some sort, take Gift of Fire and the Agatha series for example. Over the years, I have come to the sad conclusion that the public library will never be able to stock the books in series according to when they were published.