This week’s latest Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations! 21 of ’em!

The Copacabana.
She is a huge Fanilow.

Bev, I’m peeing my pants.

Well if Bev wasn’t so freaking funny, I wouldn’t need those supplies!!!

Oh my.
You actually put Maryse ‘ s face up.

Bev, are we the only ones that read Carry On? And Fangirl? Nothing Marmy about those!

This is going to be my zen year too. I’ll only mention Tairen Soul & that freaking hot Irish elf Rammel Hawking (Knights of Black Swan) in my ramblings. No more peanuts flying for all that hotness.

Do you all have any “kick me for waiting so long” books on your lists? This year mine was Sarah Maas’ A Court of Thorns & Roses. Major “I told you so” on that one.

… sneaking behind sofa… (haven’t read Marked in Flesh either)…. sssshhhhh…. hangs head in shame…

DG Im going for MZ too. I could do with a dlow Kulti like burn.

So….Tessa, NOT a Fanilow?? *giggles*

I soooooooo need to try to get into historical romance. Maybe I’ll try Judith McNaught in 2017??

Bev & MichelleS aka Bevelle (LOVE IT!!), please continue to book push….I like when everyone gets excited over something! Of course most times I probably won’t share that same excitement (Unfortunately, I have very narrow book tastes) but I don’t mind politely declining. Hearing other’s book squee’ing is best part of this blog!! 🙂

Oooh, MichelleS. You should try to read it before the last book comes out. *sigh* It is going to be hard to say goodbye to the courtyard.
Bevelle….lol. Could you imagine if pairs of us that have niche overlaps in books started making up groups?
Fabi & Tessa could be Tebi.

Tasha, that’s awesome. I’m glad you liked them.
Yes, I know you all read recs I make. 😉

bev.

My friend.

Did I not read Jellicoe Road? Did I not read A Place to Call Home? Did I not read When We Collided after your remark about a bittersweet ending? (I’m still not sure how I feel about the h from WWC after all of that, but ohhhhh sweet Jonah)

Don’t change. EVER. It wouldn’t be the same here without your hilarious, dry sense of humor and the way you perfectly time your comments. I luffs ya the way you are. Even when you threaten to drop Manny down to the masses just ’cause I offered a sneak-attack hug. 😉

Amy. You need to start writing for those little candy hearts. Lol.

Jan, definitely discuss what we thought about them.

Fabi, what if you just read a book from your tbr and still joined in the discussions on it?

R…only four? Heck, I’d probably buy one of each of her books, LOL!!

Fabi…I’m doing the same thing again at the top of the year. 😀

I’m probably going to start using the transit instead of driving to work (because being stuck in traffic BLOWS) so that will give me 3 to 4 hours of reading time every work day. Yay me!!!

I’m interested in the challenge too, sounds fun!

Yeah Fabi I do tend to download samples rather than 1-click too. I’ve got *hundreds* of samples on my kindle right now. Maybe I need to make a resolution to read the samples just hangin’ around in there LOL. But somehow or other I have still actually purchased quite a few that I haven’t read yet………

Loved Lord Ian, need to re read that one.
Reminds me, I wonder when the sequel to Puddle Jumping will come out?

Jan, I can’t remember have you read Flowers from the Storm?

*high-five* Jan. I have 256 samples and 147 freebies (as well as the 23 unread purchases) from 2016. That would have been over 400 new books added to the tbr mountain.

The thing is I do go in and read out of my samples file. Either because it’s a BR or because I just want to get to a certain book. So those 256 are the left overs. The ones I haven’t had time to get to yet.

My schedule rocks. It’s not set in stone so I can and make changes to it. But I was feeling like I was missing out on so many great books because I didn’t have time for them and they’d get buried in my tbr. This way, I may be reading a book that many of you read weeks ago, but at least I’m reading it and it’s not forever buried. —- I just started Punk 57 today. It’s an oldie for y’all. But at least I finally got to it. It’s been in my schedule. lol

of course bev, if you want to make it “genre” of the month….hahahaha

I didn’t even look at the CoHo books, there were soooo many!! I got Hollywood & Vine which I LOVE, and then 3 I haven’t read: Eversea, Mud Vein, and Midnight Lily. And I saw my friend Heather Bentley’s debut novel in there!! Beautiful Lies. That was too cool.

Bev said–We will have to think of themes for each month. Should we pick a date each month to have it read and discuss them by?
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I think that’s a great idea, Bev! I bet Leslie may want to join in on this. I think she was wanting to really get some books read from her pre-2017 TBR next year. She and I were each talking about doing it for our reading resolution for the new year (I’m pretty sure it was Leslie–lol. My memory SUCKS!)

Nay, when that time comes just put all your energy and attention to getting well.

Nay, that is so scary and exciting all at the same time. You know you have my prayers and best wishes for a speedy recovery.

They had me do a bunch of tests to make sure I was healthy–which I am. The only reason my heart is crap is because I got a virus in it 13 yrs ago–a fluke, as they said.

But anyway, my final one was the mammogram, and it came back clear on Friday, so I go on Monday and, fingers crossed, I’ll be ‘on the list’ as they say!

I’m so excited, but scared sh!tless, so I REALLY appreciate you all being there for me and sending good thoughts and prayers my way! If I disappear one day, you know I’ve gone in for the operation!

I need to keep doing things just like this, because I can’t put everything on hold while I wait. So buddy reads, challenges, and our wonderful book discussions are perfect for me!

Nay, I’ll read to you too!

OMG R, I’m so jealous!

Fabi… *squee* I’m jealous of you too right now… Punk 57 was so good!

Just finished my ARC… now debating what to read next… I’m feeling dark… I might read the C book *giggle* Jean…come in Jean, are you with me??

I kinda love the idea of the themes too bev!

I hit my target of 150 books for the year sometime last month or maybe it was even in October, I can’t remember… but I didn’t do so hot with the list idea that I wanted to do…

*Big hugz to Nay*

Grey, I found Punk57 a bit ‘meh’ in the end, although I liked parts of it. But I’m probably in the minority….. interested to see how you find it, Fabi. Hey, and high-5 back at ya, Fabi. I’ve got 457 things on my kindle, most of them samples waiting to be read. I keep trying to get it under 400 (LOL) but just when I think I’m making progress, I find a new rec or author 🙂 It’s a wonder the dang thang hasn’t blown up.

bev, I haven’t read Flowers From The Storm. Funny coincidence – I was reading a rec for it on my HR group in good reads earlier today and downloaded a sample JUST NOW! (Before I read your comment). Cue spooky music. Unless that’s really you in the HR group??? (aka Paula?)

I’m up for the last of the month for our ‘due’ date. I don’t mind if there’s a theme. Maybe we could all pick a book we’ve bought that we’ve put off reading because …….. (fill in the dots?) I have got a few sci-fi’s sitting there in the tbr. (City of Mirrors – dunno why I haven’t read it yet 🙁 Long Way To A Small Angry Planet, Revenger, Seveneves, Armada (had bad reviews) etc etc……. OK, now I’m getting a bit depressed over my tbr……

Grey, it’s so freakin’ good! These characters seem a little older than their years but not by much. It reads like NA and that’s, hands-down, my favorite romance. So good!

bev, that’s very doable for me. I’m in no matter what y’all decide. Getting a dozen off my tbr will feel good. That’s almost 10%! lol

Be,, I want in on the reading challenge…pweeeeeze!!!

Jeesh, I go out to a party ONE night and I miss all kind of things on here!!

Yes Nay it was me talking about TBR buddy reads/challenge. I’d love to participate. I might not be too good with themes. Like if you picked horror or sci-fi, I’d have nothing on my TBR to fit that. But I’m excited for a challenge!!

I was planning on watching TV tonight. Shocker, I know. But I got totally sucked in to Punk 57 and can’t seem to unglue myself from this book.

I think I know what Punk is now but I’m still clueless on the 57. I saw some lyrics but they didn’t make any sense to me.

When she (and I) figured out Rocks, omg, I was dying laughing.

Does the TBR have to be ones I’ve bought, or do freebies count. Including the one I just bought, I only have 57 in my TBR that I’ve actually paid for. That was my main goal this year, and it seemed to have worked. 🙂 However, freebies… I’ve got way over a thousand. FYI, Glittering Court by Richelle Mead is only 1.99!

So far, my top pick of the year is Marked in Flesh, I think? I have to go through my Goodreads and see. Favorite of Nov is beyond a doubt Archangel’s Heart by Nalini Singh. After the last one, which kind of wrapped up an arc, this was pure joy. The last one didn’t have as much Raphael and Elena time, so much as action. Those two are such a romantic couple that just makes my heart sing, that I want to see it every time they get a book. They are right up there with Charles and Ana. Just pure swoon worthy.

Ooh Tessa you’re making me want a Nalini Singh fix. I haven’t read all of the Archangels books. Got a bit sick of them but maybe I need to look at the new one. As good as Charles and Anna???? That’s a big call! And I haven’t read Marked In Flesh. I’ve been hanging back cos it’s $19.99 (Aus) on kindle. VERY pricy…. 🙁 I wish my library had it…….. Hmmmm. Just had a look. Archangels Heart is also expensive…… 🙁 The library has some others in the series so maybe I’ll wait till they get that one in.

I’m in too bev…..I need some kind of discipline!

Great list Jan! I need to look back and see what my disappointments were, but I know what my number 1 disappointment was, Tabula Rasa! Ugh, hated it!

Great lists, Jan.
Loved Kulti & Gann. Kulti was a favorite last year and Gann is this year. I really need to read Gilley. Both you and MichelleS are fans.
Truly has been sitting on my nook for awhile now.
Wasn’t impressed with Dirty either, but I want to keep on with the series. Very curious as to how the hero’s sister’s story will turn out. I still have to read the last Stage Dive novel.
First Star was a bit of a let down for me too.

I need help!!! Question for the Audible book users- we are going to Disney/Universal (driving) for the holidays…and my husband wants to listen to books vs listening to satellite radio. He is looking for some good ones, as well as looking for a narrator that won’t drive him nutty because it’s a LONG car ride. Any suggestions for HIM?!? In the past, he has listened to Tom Clancy and Robin Cook. He’s not normally a reader (I know…the shock and horror…) so no worries that he’ll have already read/heard it. Thanks in advance, everyone I really appreciate it!

I’m good for April. I don’t buy every book in my tbr either. Actually, for the past year or more almost everything I’ve read has come from the library, and some from booklending. If there’s a good sale price or I just have to read it now, I’ll one click. The majority of what I buy or what comes in I read right away, otherwise I’d have a whole bunch of money wasted on books I know I’d never get to. So, I have hundreds on my tbr, a few that were bought and samples, but for the challenge I’m willing to just buy one off the list since I’ll read it right away and I wanted to at some point anyway.

Grey–if he likes scifi, I highly recommend ‘Dawn of Destiny’ by Lee Stephen.

My husband is not a scifi guy normally, but he does love military, so since it (the ebook) was free with KU, he tried it and loved it.

I remember hearing the author talk about it taking almost 5 years to produce the audiobook–it has sound effects and over 30 actors. It’s almost 10 hours long and is only $14.95 on Amazon (I say ‘only’ because an audiobook that’s so well produced, it’s usually much more), so y’all could check out the sample to see if you like the way it’s done.

Nay, thank you! We are relative audiobook/whispersync newbies… I’m not really sure how it works, so any help would be appreciated. I see on Amazon that you can get 2 books for free. We both have Amazon accounts (so in essence we could get 4 books for free) if we both signed up for Audible accounts. What is this whispersync thing you speak of??? (see complete notice!)

Grey–when you buy the kindle book, the audiobook can also be purchased for a bargain price (Usually. Sometimes some of the greedy publishers will charge over $10 for the ‘bargain’ price).

If you have kindle unlimited, the ebook is free and then you can often get the audiobook for $1.99–that’s how quite a few on my fave audiobook list are priced.

With the Audible freebie audiobooks, I *think* you can only get 2 books per address, even if you have different Amazon accounts, but I’m not positive–just check it out. You know you can at least get 2 for sure, though.

Holy moly, you chatty ladies!! I have so much to catch up on now!

I’m thinking for January we can do a book set in a previous decade? Not necessarily a historical book but one of the decades in the 1900s. What do y’all think? Or do I need to pick a different sort of genre…

That sounds good to me Amy! And you, Amy, have to write a review on your book because this is your month… right bev? (did I get that right?)

And Nay, thank you! I am still kind of stupified on this whole Whispersync/Audible thing… we don’t leave until the 23rd… LOL! (yes, I may be slightly insane but I’m a planner and trying to figure this out in advance) but he says he’ll be driving most of the time so he needs books to listen to. (Wow…I’m so proud…. *tear* haha!)

So, each month has a theme.
Amy picks January’s theme, Decades. We all pick a book from our tbr that fits that theme and read it in January. Be fun to see how we interpret the theme and what books pop up.
On the last day of January we just have a general discussion on the books we read.
For me my tbr will be books purchased before the New Year, I really want to read more from my already purchased books.

For decades, An Exaltation of Larks would be good, wouldn’t it? Because it spans several decades? Too bad I’ve already read it! lol

I need to catch up on all the comments, but I’m in for the TBR read. January is decades… okay… so the 80’s, 90’s, that kind of thing? Or it spans a decade? Like KA likes to do? Ooh! Or maybe they have a decade age gap like teacher romance?? Love it!!!

bev, if someone else pops up that wants to pick a theme, please give them my spot. I’m just horrible at finding books in a theme. It’s why I don’t do challenges. So I know I wouldn’t be able to come up with one to read. Like I mentioned early on, I can commit to reading a book from my tbr each month but that’s not really in the spirit of your challenge. I’m going to have to gracefully, or rather clumsily, bow out.

Yes there will be children, but yes he will be using headphones or yes they will have their headphones on (or be sleeping) so please Fabi- recommend!!!

What about those books that were about all set in the 80’s… the Love in the 80’s series, I think??? I can’t remember… where each book title was a different year?? I think I have one or two of those in my TBR…

Finished Wait For It by MZ!
As always…her slow burns make me HAPPY! This is the first book that we get to visit with previous characters from her other her books…LOVED getting to know Trip better (and briefly visiting Iris and Dex) from Under Locke, best friend Vanessa and Aiden from WoW, and cousin Sal and Rey from Kulti. MZ wove them all in the story so effortlessly. LOVED Dallas and the way he loved her! *sighs*. What to read now???

Grey, I made a bookshelf for you in GR:. Grey trip recs
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/20663288-fabi?shelf=grey-trip-rec&utf8=✓
This way you have blurbs and other links to more info on each book.
These titles are exclusively from my Audible files. Of course, I have tons more I’ve read.

As far as narrators go, the best thing to do is go to the Amazon book page and listen to the sample. That will tell you if a narrator is going to get on your nerves. lol

Some of my favorites are:
Daemon by Daniel Suarez a technothriller
The Warded Man a fantasy thriller
Wool a sci fi apocalyptic thriller
Red Rising a sci-fi thriller

I’ll check to see if I have a way to Lian any of these. I doubt it because I don’t have a membership anymore. But I’ll check.

Who’s Lian??? that was supposed to be “loan” stupid autocorrect

omg! I’m getting the hang of this. For Amy’s theme, no way can I find a book in my tbr that is set somewhere in the 1900’s. Even if I read the 1500+ blurbs, I still may not find enough information to fit the theme. However, since many of you are saying the theme is wide open to interpretation, I’m going with “a book published in a previous decade”. I can sort by year published on GR and pick one prior to 2010. Hallelujah! This feels like a major accomplishment for me.

You guys!!! I am not creative. This is hard work for me. Let’s play a numbers game instead. Logic makes sense. When I try to think creatively I end up staring at a solid black wall. There’s simply nothing there.

Yay, Fabi!
And March could totally be a pick whatever you feel like reading. 😉

bev- I like this challenge. I’m in. For the decades theme my pick is Speak Easy by Melaine Harlow set in the 1920s. According to GR it’s been on my TBR since 2013.

Fabi- I did themes as a self challenge this year. They are listed in the GR group under the 2016 challenge thread. 🙂

Maybe I can help clarify the “decades” theme…

Example: Remember When has been in my TBR for a while now, and apparently the flashbacks are in the 80’s. Boom. Decade book. Or the Karina Halle one I have, The Devil’s Metal, is set in the 70’s.

If you want a decades recommendation, In the Fields by Willow Aster is SO good as is Lily of the Springs, which I fell HARD for. 1986 was an unexpected gem for me, too. So really, that’s all I meant by a “decades” book.

Did y’all REALLY think a theme from me would be simple? *snort*

OOH! Eleanor and Park would be a decades book!!!

See? You guys are so good at this and … I. Am. Not.

Anna, please take my March spot.

I’m back to square one. I don’t do theme challenges. Love y’all, but it’s just not my “thing”. I suck at it and it causes me more stress than pleasure. I’ll enjoy it vicariously through your readings.

Fabi! Try with me…..all you have be to do is make your month sci-fi or, I know, M/M. That would certainly get me to read one of the many I have downloaded recommended by you but haven’t read because I’m chicken! Or, keep it simple and make it a title that includes numbers.

Amy, I’ve had the Remember When series forever and In the Fields! Ok, I’m getting excited about this!

bev, don’t know what my theme will be yet and thanks for those recs from my TBR! I gotta think about my theme now…..

Yeah, I’m not getting bev’s theme either. *scratches head*

Tessa…I really liked that one!!! (KMHBYG)

Fabi…believe it or not, I suck at this sort of thing as well. Seriously, my friend. I started getting anxiety because I am not creative AT ALL, and then I started thinking of books in my library I’ve been wanting to read and thought of Remember When. Bingo. Decades books. You know, you could go with something as simple as a cover with certain colors in it…

Yay Jean!! In the Fields is SO good, or we could BR Remember When! 😀

I think bev’s drunk. *snicker*

So, a book about a needy girl? How do I pinpoint that?

Amy, I would definitely BR Remember When with you… looks like I have my January book already!

Anna! Thanks for helping me look at it that way! I definitely have lots of those kind of books! So, as long as you all help me along the way, I can do this!

Jean- You’re welcome. A tortured/broken hero book would also work. Or the line “I keep feeling smaller smaller” could fit a bully book. Or the band’s name The National could fit a political book like Mr. President by Katy Evans. or…Okay I’ll stop now because I have no idea if this is what bev was thinking.

Yes, Anna however you interpret it.

I love it.
Could Be A Rock Star book.

Anna, you’re not stealing. Please take my March. You are MADE for this challenge.

OK January will be easy for me because I’ve bought Exaltation of Larks but haven’t started it yet. (Dunno why…..) So that will be my January ‘defeat the tbr’ read.

For my theme pick for February I was thinking sci-fi as I’ve got a few on my tbr. But if that’s going to be a problem for others, maybe we could open it out to sci-fi OR paranormal. What do you think? But Fabi, I don’t want to steal your theme. I was thinking mm is a good one for yours, but if you want to claim sci-fi I’ll do sumthin else. No worries as we say in Australia.

Are we going to make GR group or something for our discussions on the books we read? Or is that too formal? We could just all put a comment on here on the last day of the month?

You’re not stealing my theme Jan. Hopefully Anna will take the March option.

Me too, Tasha! I have a theme in mind, but I think it’s what would be expected of me. I want to go for something a little different!

Okay if Fabi is determined not to take March I’ll take it. I’ll see what others take for their themes first before picking mine. Thanks for giving me March Fabi!

Bev, I think it would be helpful to have themes picked out now, that way we can pre-plan our picks.

I have September which makes me think of back to school and September 11. So a theme of “school or military”

For example:

Hot for teacher romance
MC is teacher/work in a school
MC is in HS/college
MC is in military/veteran
Etc….

Oooh, I have Dark Matter! I bought it this summer cause I lurve me so Blake Crouch! I’ll use that for scifi!

Now for my theme…

Nay have you read The Starlight Rite by Cherise Sinclair? It’s classified as ‘erotic sci-fi romance’. Cherise Sinclair is better known for her Masters of the Shadowlands and Wild Hunt series but this one is a standalone. Might be what you’re looking for.

Jan–I’ve read her other other series, but since sci-fi romance isn’t my thing, I never read the Starlight Rite. I think Dark Matter will be perfect! I’ve read bout 10 of Blake Crouch’s books and have loved all of them!

I saw similar ones, Tasha! Those are good. I also saw ‘first in a series’ (doesn’t have to be a trilogy) and ‘Title with a color’

I think I have a good theme that will make us dig into our tbr’s:

Try try again–read a book that you started but never finished.

Is that ok??

Sci-fi is easy too! I have Darkest Mind which I’ve been avoiding like the plague. I guess it helps that a lot of dystopian are technically sci-fi.

I don’t know for sure, but mine might end up being, the next book in a series. *sighs* We’ll not talk about that, right? *cringes as she looks at her TBR*

Alright, I have no idea what’s up with me. Nothing sounds good. Not even my new Richelle Mead. :/

I’ve got another idea–books with a bad guy (or however you’d want to put it) Like ones where the hero is actual an anti-hero, maybe in the mafia or a criminal of some sort.

The beginning makes me feel so sad!

I’ll take December, if it’s not already snatched up. Did I just say snatch? Ick. Ok. Ok. How about “colors”?… 50 shades of GREY, A Different Kind of BLUE, WHITE Oleander, BLACK lies… you get the point.

That’d be great, Lisa. Thanks.

How cool are these, though I am not home sick. I still want some.

https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/Homesick-Candles-42818366?slide=3

I don’t think there is another color one MichelleS.
So far not in order:
Decades
Scifi/PNR
Try Again
School/Military
I Need My Girl by The National
Next in A Series
So colors fits. A color in the title?

I have tons of ‘next in series’. That’s a great one!

*fist pump*

Almost did that one, too. 🙂

What I have so far. Please correct me if I am wrong

Amy for January – past decades
Jan for February – sci-fi/one
Anna for March –
Tasha for April –
Nay for May – try, try again
Bev for June – I need my girl by The National
Grey for July –
Lisa A for August –
Leslie for September – school/military
Tessa for October – next in series
Jean for November – cowboy
Michelle S December – color in title

Tasha, I LOVE your theme pick!! I’ll update my list.

You guys! I am LOVING these ideas for themes!!!!

And you know what? They will work with my resolution of reading by year purchased. 😀

Latest update:

Amy for January – past decades
Jan for February – sci-fi/pnr
Anna for March –
Tasha for April – “everyone” has read but me
Nay for May – try, try again
Bev for June – I need my girl by The National
Grey for July –
Lisa A for August –
Leslie for September – school/military
Tessa for October – next in series
Jean for November – cowboy
Michelle S December – color in title

You haven’t read Bared to You?!? I think everyone has read that! Lol 😉

Hmm. How’d I not notice until now that Nay rhymes with May?

Excited. It’s looking good.

Just saw on my amazon (australia) home screen that MZ’s new book Wait For It is #7 in kindle bestsellers. Gooooo Mariana! Yaaay! I can’t believe Wall Of Winnipeg didn’t do better in the GR 2016 romance voting.
Yesterday I was reading a long comment on GR about the book that came second, Storm and Silence, claiming there was some dodgy voting with people saying they had up to 10 fake GR accounts so they could vote for it multiple times. Hmmm. I’m not sure what to think. If it’s true, shame on those people. That kind of behaviour makes me cross and sad. A book has to stand on its own two feet. If it’s good, word will get out there and people will buy it.

Oh Grey… *shakes head* We tried to tell you.

Friends don’t let friends read the C-word book.

😆

C book. *shakes head* We tried to warn you. Here… Amy will make you a martini.

I think I’m reading Pictures of You by Leta Blake for Amy’s January theme. It’s 90’s instead of 1900’s but I see many of you picking from other decades too. Please tell me if I pick wring for the theme. Seriously, help me out if I dont understand something.

*wrong*

*does creepy whisper thing* Read Red Queen. It will be good. It will be kind of odd. You will like it.

Interesting to books from the 90s or watch shows and see what’s changed.
I kinda miss the 90s.

Thanks for the clarification Fabi! I’m always mashing those genre’s together. So for decades Amy, it should be in the 1900s? Tessa, Red Queen could work for December’s theme unless I get to it before hand, that is a long way away.

Oh, so I need to pick another book for Jan because Vikings is obviously going to be before 1900! I can find something else.

BDB is DEFINITELY pnr.

Amy, the Lux series is sci-fi. The Oblivion series is paranormal. You’ll have to check with Tessa about Fantasy. I don’t have a big selection and probably none you’ve read to use as an example.

Jean, yup, exactly. Illuminae is sci-fi and the BDB is PNR.

BTW all of the above books are romance subgenres of the genres.

Hey guys. Checking out my TBR..is Six of Crows PNR?

Weeeeelllll Tessa, I see a read exchange between us in the future. Red Queen for Darkest Minds?

For those curious about the difference between fantasy, pnr, and sci-fi, let me help.

First off, PNR is a subset of fantasy. Fantasy involves magic is some form, the story usually driven by that. It can have advanced tech, or be set in the future, but the underlying world of the MC is magic. PNR is magical creatures of some sort, (even if it is just the MC or some secondary character is magical) that is a romance.

Sci-fi is science driven, weather it is set in the future, space, or other world. It can have some magic, but the main focus of the world is science. This can also merge a bit with fantasy, like Star Wars and the force. Yet, the world of Star Wars is more science based, with flying ships, world travelling, and laser swords.

Ooh or Letters Written in White? PNR?

Soooooo…would Heat by R. Lee Smith count as sci-fi?

I’d like to know about R’s question as well because I have that one, too…

Oh wait, Fabi just answered it. 😳

Absolutely yes Amy.

I have Red Rising too…. what genre did you guys say it was? I’m loving this!

Absolutely right Nay. Many many many books combine the genres. Like Tessa also said. Sci-fi fantasy, PNR Fantasy and so on. We tend to classify them based on their most obvious traits.

In our case here, it’s pretty much guaranteed that the ones we live the most are the romance subgenres. So, sci-fi romance, fantasy romance, paranormal romance. They are unique in the genres because of that romance component. They tend to be more character driven.

I’m happy to look R. 🙂

Tessa, January or February for the read exchange? 🙂

I’m going to be stalking all your GR shelves!

Sure. Either of those months work for me.

I agree with Tessa, Letters Written in White is CR.

Tessa, how about the first week in January? I’m an impatient person. lol. I’m hoping to get to the new BDB book that week but I can probably do both.

I don’t think I have PNR then. My closest is a debut author book called Water Lily but I think it’s more fantasy. Letters in White works for my colors though! Anyone else feel like they’re playing yahtzee??

Oh I do!! The book I had marked for my next in series will work for PNR! It’s vampires! Yay! So crap. Guess that means I AM reading Broken Palace 😀

Ok, for January I think I’m reading A Song Begins by Mary Burchell. If I’m right it is a Harlequin CR written in 1965.
Now onto what scifi I have.

R I looked through your GR tbr and you don’t have any sci fi. You have a few PNR…

The Raven Boys is PnR isn’t it, Fabi? It looks like it fits into several subgenres. That’s on one of your shelves, Robin.

Also, I have The Whiskey Tide which is 1920s. Choices.

Scifi
Dark Horse by Michelle Diener
Lonely shore by Jenn Burke
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Can we get a thread started on the Maryse GR group below so that we can easily see who’s got what for which month and it doesn’t get buried when Maryse does her newest post here and we all move our chat elsewhere?

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/179094-maryse-s-book-blog-wolfpack-bridesmaids-meeting-place

I have a sh!tload of PnR to read. I may just do that instead of Dark Matter, just to get rid of something that’s been on my tbr for a long time.

I forgot about that one! I quit reading blurbs so I dont know what’s what!

And Jesus bev. That song fits MY book. To the point where I’m near tears and the second I get out of this bubble bath I’m adding it to my book playlist on my website. So, I’m picking myself for June. Whew. Ok. Thinking champagne. Anyone?

That sounds great Anna! You have good, unique ideas!

March could also be know as marmy month.

That’s what I was thinking, Anna!

Oh, lol Bev. I didn’t realize. OMG what am going to pick out of MY tbr for that?! It’s an impossible list!

Anna, that sounds perfect. I have a select few that I’ll never get to without some prompting.

R!!! Me too in June. Me tooooooo.

I think Grey is lost in the C book. We better wait till she’s in a better mood.

I really liked the Raven Boys too! That’s another one I only read the first of a series.

Fabi god willing you’ll have to read it sooner!

Nay, I think as many people as want to can play the challenge. The twelve were only to choose the themes.

R, isn’t It a good song? Love his voice in it.

Nay, anyone can join in.
I’m not trying to be bossy, at all so shoot me down if you all want too, but I don’t know that everyone that reads with us from the themes needs to make a theme? It could add up super fast. I didn’t mean to leave anyone out I just went by order of people saying, ok to the idea.