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- Oh Happy Day! I found "Shadowfever" at Target for $5.99! This was the first... aka only... aka LAST book I'll ever read on a Kindle.
It's so nice owning it in paperback. I'm not a big fan of e-readers. I'm kind of old-fashioned, I guess. Although, if I were a traveler I could see the lure of having all your books on a little E-reader.
All I need now is to replace my hardcover copy of "Darkfever" with a paperback version.
- Okay, I'm getting off topic now but I'm thinking it's time to take pictures of our Halloween decorations. Some lady and her kid are in our front yard, taking pictures. I can see them on the security cameras, and the dogs are telling them to go away.
Or maybe inviting them in? They do love company.
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- I found this at the antique mall the other day, for ONE DOLLAR!!!! When we returned to the booth a little later, the lady that owned it was there. She had a few things listed which weren't for sale after all, but when we inquired about one item - a single earring without a mate or price tag - she let us have it for FREE! Sweet, huh? I'm going to use it in a necklace that I'll make later.
- And I am such an idiot. Stupid, that's me. I put this book back on it's shelf the other day. I wish I could travel back in time to correct my idiocy.
It's an anthology, and I don't know half the authors, but these types of books are a great way to explore new authors.
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- And look at these abandoned bluebird eggs Mom found in our bluebird box. (They've been sitting there for quite a long time). Unfortunately, the lousy lighting in the room doesn't do the colors justice. We really need to get a better camera before I start snapping pictures of my necklaces. Maybe the camera on the iphone will work better?
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That man is just too beautiful. Le sigh.... Be sure to zoom in on His Scottish Hotness once Photobucket opens.
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Beware of Spoilers -
I finished this book yesterday. It was a looong read, which I didn't expect for some reason. I don't know if the book really was longer than the previous ones or if that's because I read this one on a kindle.
A few things really surprised me:
Dani - Didn't see that one coming at all, but I wish we got some closure on the whole issue. It was an awesome surprise twist though. I mean really, really surprising. I loved it!
V'lane - Just like with Dani, I was blindsided by this. We spent so much time trying to figure out what Barrons was that V'lane ended up being the one surprising the hell out of us. Lol! GENIUS, KAREN! GENIUS! I loved that surprise.
Barrons - I wasn't surprised with the whole Beast thing, but we still don't really know what he is. Initially, I was a little disappointed by his ending (BBQ) and not having any real answers about him because he was the only reason I continued reading the series. It's all about JZB for me.
But then I got to thinking harder about it, so now I actually kinda prefer it this way. 'Mystery' and 'Barrons' are synonymous with each other. If we knew everything there is to know about him - which would be a heck of a lot seeing how ancient he is - he just wouldn't be... well, himself. He would no longer be Barrons.
I think I read on the forum before that KMM is going to continue these books with a new series, so maybe we'll have a few more answers then. I don't know how much a role, if any, Mac/Barrons would play in the books though. I'm really not sure I'd even read them if Barrons wasn't involved. He's the only reason I read the series in the first place.
But then again I probably will cave in and read them just because Karen is a mastermind at creating sexy and, most importantly, BELIEVABLE heroes. She and Diana Gabaldon are the only two authors I've ever read that possess that gift. I wish there were more authors like them out there. Us ladies are pretty fortunate to have these two storytellers sharing their gifts of the written word to the world.
And I gotta say it now. For me, Barrons is creeping up there with Grimm, Drustan and Dageus. I know Barrons can be a jack@ss, but come on.... he oozes such INTENSITY. So much sexual chemistry, class and charisma. Then there's the fact that he isn't perfect and isn't ashamed of his flaws. He doesn't try to hide them and he never strays from the truth. He might, as he says, 'omit' certain things but he never ever lies. I just love him.
And oh boy. With all this talk of the silvers (aka MIRRORS) and how his UNDERGROUND LAIR was so CLASSY and SPARTAN-like...... hello? I had GB in my head there a la Phantom of the Opera and 300. ;o)
And GB is an intense, mysterious guy with an old soul vibe same as JZB. He possesses vast amounts of that sexual charisma too. I think that actor's recent comment is proof enough; that Gerry is so packed with sexual appeal that science is proving he can reverse menopause. Lol! Cute.
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Ooh! I also loved that we finally know why it is Barrons wanted the book so desperately. That's something else I never saw coming.
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I think it's safe to say that KMM is pretty much a genius. She's the only author that could ever get me to read Urban Fantasy.
Yesterday I finished reading Dreamfever, and today I started Shadowfever.
I'm reading SF on Mom's Kindle. I've never read from an E-reader before, as I'm pretty much Anti-Ebook. Unless I'm traveling on a plane, I just don't see the draw. I prefer the real thing in my hands.
But Mom already had that book on her Kindle, so I figured I'd read it there instead of waiting for the paperback release August 30th. I'll just buy the paperback for my collection later.
Honestly, I'm not into this genre in the slightest - normally I hate it actually - but it's the CHARACTERS Karen creates that has me so hooked. I like V'lane all right, but it's Barrons I'm drawn to. I don't care for how the 'not a human' ordeal worked out so far, but again... that's just the genre I don't care for. The character - Barrons in human form - I love a lot.
When a person isn't a fan of a particular genre, yet they read that genre for hours on end, I think that proves that the author is one VIRTU-flippin'-OSO Storyteller!
By the way, I wish I knew how to use Voice. If I did, I'd voice my two dogs to stop barking at everything that moves or makes the slightest sound. They drove me batty today with their noise.
Guess I'll get back to reading. I'm on Ch. 25 now. I'm almost halfway there to being able to read the Shadowfever forums and Facebook pages! I always try to stay away from those, for fear of running into spoilers.
No, not THAT kind of time travel!!! 
(I should be so lucky to find myself in the 16th century surrounded by Grimm & Co. donning their kilts and, with their deep Scottish accents, rolling those R's next to my ear).
What I'm really speaking of is perusing some of the older posts on the KMM forum the other day. I came across one of my favorite threads, courtesy of Liberty/Anny.
Here was her question....
If you could go into KMM's Highlander/Fever world or be written into that world who would you want to be? Not someone already existing in the story but someone new.
Would you be you, something similar to the real you but more (or better) or completely recreate yourself?
And here was my contribution...
(Umm... If you know nothing of the HL series, you're about to become really confused).
What would you look like?
Like someone else answered, I would look like me, only with redder hair. I'd keep my blue eye color, too. I might want to be a tad shorter though. Oh! I’d also want my hair to be wavy and not plastered to my head like some dead animal. (If you live in the hot/humid South, you know what I’m talking about it). So, I want Julia Robert’s hair in my story.
What's your personality?
Same as it is now, although if I found myself in the past at some point that would likely change me a bit. I've always felt out of place in this time, but what if I hated it when I went to Drustan and Dageus's time? Thank Heavens for those stones!
Any quirks? bad habits? talents?
Oh dear. Can't even begin to ponder on this. I'm sure my quirks and bad habits will be plentiful, but my man will learn to accept them. Lol!
Talents?
Umm... no supernatural powers or anything like that. I think I’d make a bumbling sorcerer. I'd likely turn my hunky, heroic Highlander into a Highland cow wearing Dorothy’s red slippers or something. So I think I'd stick to photography. I think I'd be good at caring for my man, too - without being his slave of course.
What about your name?
I'd keep my first name but would definitely change my last.
Would you be human, fae, or somewhere in between?
Human.
Give a short bio of you (or your character).
Lonely Texan visits Scotland. Runs into Gerry “I’m a bad boy with a good heart” Butler, whom falls deeply in love with me. After I slip and fall inside a cave and on top of a sleeping Highlander named Drustan, Gerry lands on top of both of us.
And nearly kills us in the process, as he’s still all bulked up from his training in 300.
Throughout the story poor, poor Kristin has to decide between not two, but three men. (This is before Chloe, so Dageus is quite the bad boy pretending to be his brother for a time, only in the process he falls in love with me). To my glee, they all look at me and say to themselves – “Mine.”
Eventually Dageus, Drustan and Gerry brawl over who has rightful claim over me. And I'm not talking about some sissy boy, amusing, pansy-ish fight like Colin Firth and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones's Diary. I'm talking swords and druid magic here.
But... after many moons of watching their fighting, I decide I don’t want to end up with The Three Stooges after all.
Fighting is sooo barbaric, I tell myself at seeing their beautiful faces bloodied and bruised when I would have gladly married them all. (Hey, this IS fiction). So I take my chances with the stones. I return to Texas and settle on buying a dog or cat. They’re much easier to clean up after and don’t talk back.
But after a few weeks I realize that dogs pee on the new carpet and cats shed and cough up hairballs. I also miss hearing that Scottish lilt everytime I hear a simple "Woof" or "Meow." So I decide to have faith that the one Highlander meant for me will find a way to come back to me.
Here, the story will transform into one of those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books that I used to read as a kid. Some choices will end tragically, while others will end happily ever after.
If you haven't yet read Karen's Highlander series, please read the synopsis of each book. I even have them on my old website.
Though to be honest, I think a couple of the backcovers make the series sound nothing like the treasures that they are. Trust me, I am VERY picky about romance novels, and these are FANTASTIC stories that aren't at all hokey and with one-dimensional characters. This series will ruin real men for you forever, that's for sure. Lol! The hero and heroine's relationships are well thought out. (In A LOT of books I read, it's the "love at first sight" ordeal which isn't convincing to me at all. IMHO, Karen and Diana's main characters are leagues ahead of other novels out there).
My favorite highlanders are definitely Drustan, Dageus and Grimm. (Although they ALL really are wonderful).
PS:
It would help to read the series in order (I didn't and did okay), but Kiss and Dark MUST BE READ IN THE CORRECT ORDER!!
And speaking of time travel....
I found this a while back. Lol!
