Happy first Monday in October! This is such a fun month - New York Comic Con takes place this coming weekend and Halloween is later this month. I just purchased a rather large skull that lights up on the inside (pictures at some point) and the kids and I are planning our Halloween graveyard.
I started reading Debra Mullins Prodigal Son (Tor, October 1, 2013). This is Debra's first paranormal romance novel. She has written many historical romance novels. So far I'm liking it but if one of the main characters mentions again that she put up her condo as collateral for a bond for someone who skipped and she may lose her condo, I may just delete the book. It's really annoying. I get that she's worried about it. I actually got it the first time. I tend to remember what I read. Now it's just annoying. I think I will keep count to see how many times it is mentioned.
Have you ever read a book where something is mentioned ad nauseum? Did it bother you? Did you finish the book? What makes you stop reading a book?
There is one debut this week - The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes.
And from formerly featured Debut Author Challenge Authors:
Cold Blooded (Jessica McClain 3) by Amanda Carlson.
| TITLE | AUTHOR | SERIES |
| Dark Annie | Joseph J. Christiano | H |
| TITLE | AUTHOR | SERIES |
| Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans | Jeanne Delavigne | Gh - Collection |
| Rogue's Possession | Jeffe Kennedy | FR - Covenant of Thorns 2 |
| TITLE | AUTHOR | SERIES |
| The Vengeance of Hera (e) (ri) | John Gregory Betancourt | F - Hercules 2 |
| Cold Blooded | Amanda Carlson | UF - Jessica McClain 3 |
| Zombies vs Robots: This Means War | Nancy A. Collins | Z/SF - Zombies vs Robots Anthology |
| The Diamond Deep | Brenda Cooper | SF - Ruby's Song 2 |
| A Dance of Cloaks | David Dalglish | F- Shadowdance 1 |
| The Night Eternal (ri) | Guillermo Del Toro Chuck Hogan | H - Strain Trilogy 3 |
| The Circle | Dave Eggers | L/SF |
| Tales of the Wold Newton Universe | Philip Jose Farmer | SF - Wold Newton Collection |
| The Black Spider | Jeremias Gotthelf | H |
| Midnight's Promise: Part 1 (e) | Donna Grant | PNR - Dark Warriors |
| Slayers: The Making of a Mentor: A Tor.Com Original (e) | C. J. Hill | F/UF |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 24 | Stephen Jones (ed) | H - Anthology |
| Lighthouse Island | Paulette Jiles | Dys |
| Close to You (e) | Stacia Kane | UF - A Downside Ghosts Story |
| Dying Is My Business | Nicholas Kaufmann | UF |
| Rasputin's Shadow | Raymond Khoury | Th/H/SF - Templar 4 |
| The Fall of the Governor | Robert Kirkman Jay Bonansinga | Z - The Walking Dead 3 |
| Dark Days | Manel Loureiro | Z - Apocalypse Z 2 |
| The Republic of Thieves | Scott Lynch | F - Gentleman Bastard 3 |
| V-Wars (h2tp) | Jonathan Maberry (ed) | H |
| Old Mars | George R.R. Martin (ed) Gardner Dozios (ed) | SF - Anthology |
| The Lincoln Conspiracy (h2tp) | Timothy L. O'Brien | AH |
| The Devil's in the Details | Kimberly Raye | PNR |
| A Taste of Blood Wine | Freda Warrington | F - Blood 1 |
| The Palace Job (D) | Patrick Weekes | F |
| The Lords of Salem (h2tp) | Rob Zombie | H |
| TITLE | AUTHOR | SERIES |
| Legends of Lone Wolf Omnibus 3 | Joe Dever | F - Legend of the Lone Wolf |
D - Debut
e - eBook
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
ri - reissue or reprint
AH - Alternate History
Dys - Dystopia
F - Fantasy
FR - Fantasy Romance
GH - Ghosts
H - Horror
L - Literary
PNR - Paranormal Romance
SF - Science Fiction
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy
Z - Zombies
Yes! I've encountered annoying repetitiveness quite a lot. Depending on how good the story is around it, I generally let it slide. If, however, there are issues with me liking the main character or plot holes or whatever, I'll just move on to another book. Life is too short!
ReplyDeleteFortunately, the character stopped talking about it.
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