Book Beginnings on Friday December 14, 2012

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include  include the title and author so others know what you're reading.


"The week before Halloween was a blur of activity for preparation of one of Crooked Fang's biggest nights."

This is the first line in Crooked Fang by Carrie Clevenger and it immediately made me wonder what Crooked Fang was and why Halloween was so important..  I won this autographed copy and a  Sasha Bracelet from Synde at Cemetery Cat Designs from The Quillary.  Wore the bracelet yesterday.  I am a December baby and the blue Zircon is my birthstone.  The stone on the bracelet matches the blue Zircon in my ring and I loved wearing both.

Here is the Goodreads summary:

"Sometimes a vampire's past can bite him in the ass.

Xan Marcelles--bassist for Crooked Fang, vampire and full-time asshole, is content with his quiet existence in the backwoods of Pinecliffe, Colorado. But life at the Pale Rider tavern is set to become a little more complicated when he gets entangled with a feisty, blue-haired damsel and her abusive soon-to-be ex boyfriend.

To add to his woes, he's gone from hunter to hunted, and his past returns to haunt him when a phone call draws him back to New Mexico. With the help of friends from his living past, he must get to the bottom of a murder, and figure out where he stands with his lover and his band, all while keeping one step ahead of his enemies. Hiding won't be easy for him, especially with a mysterious woman dogging him every step of the way.

WARNING: Cussing, smoking, drinking and hot sex."

 

Book Beginnings on Friday November 30, 2012

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include  include the title and author so others know what you're reading.


"Thud! My head hit the sidewalk."

This is the start of Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews.  (A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels)  It does not sound good for whoever is hitting the sidewalk.

I have been out of town and am late posting.  Of course nothing is going right so this is all you get this week.

Book Beginnings on Friday, November 23, 2012

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include  include the title and author so others know what you're reading.


My Book Beginning this week is from Dumpiter by David Fletcher.  I received an ARC for Dumpiter from NetGalley.  I had a hard time finding it listed anywhere.  Goodreads did not have it and Amazon listed it as out of print but available as a Kindle book.  It is the first book in a trilogy so I hope I can get the other two.  Here is the beginning:

"Renton had never, in his life, painted a woman.  Never had he unscrewed a pot of 'Champagne Glitter', (slightly warmed in accordance with the maker's instructions), dipped his brush into it, and then set about the skin of a nubile young lady with its charged bristled tip."

Here is the Amazon Summary:

Renton Tenting is the protagonist of Dumpiter and the ultimate unlikely hero - who, early into the story, is plucked from a carefully planned life and cast into a challenging and disturbing adventure, played out against a backdrop of space travel and distant worlds. In the future, mankind has populated much of the universe and is well on its way to screwing it all up. Renton is exposed to all manner of ridiculous oddities - the inside of a giant milking machine, a cult whose members live their lives on their hands and knees - and ultimately Dumpiter itself. This is where the real mess is, and where there are real problems for Renton...

Book Beginnings on Fridays October 26, 2012

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include  include the title and author so others know what you're reading.


My book beginning this week is from the Carina Press release Courting Trouble by Jenny Schwartz.  Here is the start of the book:

"Esme Smith, I could spank you."  Jed loomed over the rickety round table where she sat trying to concentrate on the socialist speaker, whose thin voice was losing badly to the competition of a hurdy-gurdy and the pub patron's drunken sallies."

I did not like the spank you part of the start but I did like the Goodreads summary enough to request and receive the book from Netgalley.  Here is that summary:

"Swan River Colony, Australia, 1895

All suffragette Esme Smith wants is respect. Her beau, American inventor Jed Reeve, may be more enlightened than most men, but lately his need to protect her is at odds with her need for independence. Esme begins to wonder if a modern woman can share her life with a man without losing some of herself.

With his courtship of Esme stalled, the last thing Jed needs is the pressure of saving the Prince of Wales. But when blueprints for a sonic destroyer fall into his hands, he uncovers an anarchist plot that could have deadly consequences.

While investigating the threats, Jed is determined to keep Esme out of harm’s way, despite her protests. But when the terrorists capture Jed and demand a priceless emerald in exchange for his life, it’s Esme who must draw on all her strength to save the day."

Book Beginnings on Friday October 19, 2012

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My book beginning this week is from Magic in the Blood (Allie Beckstrom #2) by Devon Monk.  Barnes and Noble sent me a 15% off coupon yesterday and since I was out and stopped and used it to buy Magic in the Blood.  

Here is the beginning:

"I dunked my head under the warm spray of the shower and rubbed shampoo into my hair, wondering where my next Hounding job, and paycheck, were coming from."  

I am about a third of the way into the book.  There is a lot of back story at the beginning but it is worked as Allie finds herself with one job and and problems with three separate people.  

Here is the Goodreads summary:   

Working as a Hound-tracing illegal spells back to their casters-has taken its toll on Allison Beckstrom. But even though magic has given her migraines and stolen her recent memory, Allie isn't about to quit. Then the police's magic enforcement division asks her to consult on a missing persons case. But what seems to be a straightforward job turns out to be anything but, as Allie finds herself drawn into the underworld of criminals, ghosts, and blood magic.