Comments on: Mini-Reviews: Simply Magic, Guilty Pleasures, To Catch An Heiress, and A Little Bit Wicked

By: Sheila DeChantal

Sheila DeChantal — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:11:29 +0000

Simply Magic sounds wonderful. Historical fiction is fairly new to me (the last year I would guess) and I have not dabbled in it as much as I would like.

By: Nikola

Nikola — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:01:21 +0000

The Mary Balogh book seems nice. Guilty Pleasures seems downright repulsive.

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:35:53 +0000

I don’t know how many of Mary Balogh’s books you’re read so far–if it’s just that series or not–but the ones I’ve read definitely don’t follow that same formula. So fear not.

I remember think Guilty Pleasures was just okay. You should definitely consider yourself lucky that you didn’t like it and you’re not getting into the series–it gets much worse.

By: zibilee

zibilee — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:52:06 +0000

I am not really a fan of the Anita Blake series. I tried to read the first one, and found it to be a little too focused on the sex. I have read much better urban fantasy, but from what I understand, the books are really popular.

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:19:25 +0000

I believe Anita Blake’s series got so much love partly because it was one of the first in that genre. I remember reading those and liking them (at least the first few ones). Recently though, I’ve picked the first one and re-read parts of it, and I don’t think that, picking it up today, I could love it as much. I have to admit though, that I never liked Anita all that much, but I liked the universe; so when I discovered other works of urban fantasy, I was more than glad to let her go!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:33:20 +0000

I love your mini-reviews! The Julia Quinn book looks like a lot of fun.

By: carol

carol — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:32:57 +0000

I like the mini-reviews. They’re straight to the point. I’m supposed to read Guilty Peasures for a book club next month. I’ve avoided Hamilton up to now, so we’ll see.

By: Marg

Marg — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:01:24 +0000

I really didn’t think that any of the Simply books were that great, mainly because she chose to recycle so many characters from previous books.

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:28:50 +0000

To Catch an Heiress looks like fun thanks for the great (mini!) reviews!

By: Beth F

Beth F — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:16:59 +0000

I like the mini-review format; sometimes that’s the best approach. Glad to see that your take on Hamilton was the same as mine. The Quinn book looks like a fun beach read.