MIRA Books: Your Favorite Books and Authors

Good afternoon, everyone! Thought I'd change things up a bit, refresh the room, and see what kind of action we can get going.

 What's everyone reading/looking forward to reading?

I have Stephanie Bond's book, 6 Killer Bodies, on order. I've been a big fan of her stuff from day one, and just love this series. Did anyone catch her Q&A last month? 

I was very tempted by Diane Chamberlain's book, Secrets She Left Behind. Has anyone read it? Read her? Thoughts? 

Dream

Well I got Heart of Courage with my latest Steeple Hill order. I really liked it. I may have to check things out on here sometime.

This is my second book by Toni Andrews. The two I've read are all in this Mercy Hollings series. And though they're in the first person and I don't normally like that, I have enjoyed both books. They aren't scary at all, maybe that's other books she's written? Of course, I love romantic suspense, so maybe my idea of scary is higher than yours. lol The last book i read did have some scenes of suspense but they were nothing like what I was used to. This seems to be a bit more mild paranormal novel.

Yes Dream that is who its by. I think I should have read the 1st 2 in the series first but I loved that one. I may have to look up some more of her work.

I can't do audio... I have to read it to myself to comprehend it. It drives me crazy when I am trying to read something and I have someone standing over me reading aloud.

I hope you get a chance to try them and like them Dream. I've more than doubled my reading time by being able to do audio. I listen in the car to and from work every day. Heck I rarely listen to the radio anymore. Even a five minute drive to the grocery store I have an audio book CD in. I have an MP3 player too though which helps. I also have a portable CD player though that hardly gets used anymore with the MP3 player. I listen inteh car, I listen at work (provided I'm doing my usual work stuff that I'm so familiar with i can do almost by rote and don't need to concentrate hard), I listen while cleaning, cooking, etc.

I didn't even think about the shorter trips. I don't think I could handle it on 5 minute trips, but I do have a place that's about 45 min each way to go every week. I could get some serious reading in. See, that's what I love about this place. :)

LOL Dream. It's amazing how 5 minutes here and 5 minutes there can add up. Definitely makes a difference for me in the long run.

and get so much more reading in by listening in the car or my ipod when doing boring chores or even waiting in line at the grocery store or drive thru. I loved Summer on Blossom Street but then I've loved all the others. I'm eagerly awaiting the next Cedar Cove book too. Got to keep up with all the characters in these tight knit towns. I read the Navy series years ago and she lured me into her down home feel good books.

I'm definitely glad I don't have a job to be on time to these days. So glad your boss is nice about it. :) Maybe I will try an audio in the car for errands and not just for long trips. Now to find one I can listen to with the kids in the car!

to pop in and tell everyone that I stayed up all night reading and finishing PREY. I was at Walmart and there it was so of course I snatched it up. What a great series and if you have read the others you've gotta read this one soon! I need someone to discuss it with since there was so much in this book and you'll experience every emotion imaginable and then some. If you haven't read them yet then get busy, they're great! I thought I'd better add they're MIRA books and the first one is STRAY and they're written by Rachel Vincent.

Just wanted you all to know that several MIRAs are on sale in the eBoutique (aka the eBook Store). You can access the eBoutique from any screen in the community if you click on "eBooks" next to "Formats" up in the banner near the top of your screen.

Once you're at the eBoutique, click on the "They're Stong and Sexy . . . Save 30% on Books Featuring Spirited Heroines"  and you'll see the books on sale. I counted 8 MIRAs, and there are a nice selection from other lines and imprints. Definitely worth checking out!

Of course, while you're there, feel free to check out all the MIRA books by using the drop-down menu.

Penn

PS -- if you ever have questions about eBooks, come by the eBook discussion thread.

I'm glad you gave it a try Dream! I love my audios for when I'm doing routine cleaning or whatever becasue it does make the work go by faster. And you've already heard me go on and on about how much I love it for road trips. :-)

It's not MIRA, but it's by Rachel Vincent -- Right now, an eBook exclusive prequel to Rachel's upcoming "Soul Screamers" series is available as a FREE eBook in our eBoutique. Rachel's new series will be part of the upcoming Harlequin Teen imprint, and you'll be able to get her first Harlequin Teen book, My Soul to Take, in August.

I don't know which community members will be most interested in this series, but I thought y'all might be, so I'm telling you! Spread the word and please let Dream and me know what y'all think if you read the story!

Penn

Edited to add: PS -- your best/fastest way to find the book right now in the eBoutique is to search in the "free form" search field by the title: My Soul to Take.

Penn I'll be looking it up! I was looking forward to reading the book after seeing the title at the end of Prey.

Is anyone else reading Brenda Novak's Last Stand series? Those books are soo good! I love all the twists and turns Brenda puts into them. Especially in terms of creating some really twisted characters. They fascinate me.

I haven't read this month's release yet, as it just came, and you know what it's like when you have a whole box of books staring at you saying, "pick me!" But last month's, The Perfect Couple, was incredible. I couldn't put it down. We were up in the mountains at my BIL's bike race. We crew for him, but there are often long stretches of time with nothing to do, so I had the book to read. Well, I'm reading and I hear my 8yo in the background calling my name, and I tell her, "I just need to finish this chapter," without looking up. Fortunately, hubby was there and saw what was going on, because the poor thing was throwing up in the bushes. I was mortified, but once I realized she was okay and her daddy had her, I went back to the book. 

What can I say? Once you get me into a book, you can't drag me out. 

Hey All:

Kinda new to the eHarlequin community.  I've posted a few thoughts on the current read sites.  The folks here are incredible.  I noticed this thread and thought it would be a great place.

My first Harlequin book club was Mira.  I loved it.  They don't have it anymore though.  They changed it to the romance collection.  It's great that we can still order them however.  My favourite Mira author is Debbie Macomber.  There are a lot of ways to write a book and sometimes what I really want is to watch decent folks go through parts of their life and get a good deal.  Debbie does this.

I never get swept up in the wind of the telling, that's not why I read her.  I read her because I think she is a good story teller, and when I need a good story she is there.  That's one of the things I like about this place.  There is not just one genre.  No one I have ever met is only one thing.  Everyone is a complex bundle of thoughts, needs and emotions.  Sometimes we need steak, sometimes we need salad, and sometime we NEED dessert.  I think or minds are the same way.  It's great to have such a buffet of literature (why am I getting hungry?).  So, I read Ms. Macomber when I need a good story.  If I want to have an affair of the heart I read Judy Baer, and when I need to be surrounded by family I read Susan Wiggs.  Of course I am finding so many other authors here that the list is growing daily.  I now belong to four Harlequin book clubs.  I'm getting e-mails from my wallet now.

There was one thing which happend recently which I would like to share as well:  speaking of Debbie Macomber.  I read one of the Blossom Street novels and she said that knitting was a woman's craft.  I went to her web site and wrote here an e-mail   I said that in my readings on the history of knitting, I had found that sailors have been knitting for a long time and for years it was a cottage craft in which both sexes participated. I sent it just as an FYI  sort of thing.

Well, she sent me an e-mail in reply.  She said she talked to her editor and that I was right and she wouldn't make that mistake again.  She thanked me for bringing it to her attention.  Now that was class.  She didn't have to, but she took my point and was graceous enough to send a reply acknowledging it.  I was impressed.

Thanks for starting this Dream