Journal Entry 1 by BelleMorte from Tuscaloosa, Alabama USA on Thursday, January 27, 2005

i love LKH(her old stuff) and this has a vignette from the Anita Blake series, the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlene Harris, and something from the realm of the Undead series by MaryJanice Davidson which is just freakin kickass!!! cant wait to get into it!

+kil+ 

Journal Entry 2 by BelleMorte from Tuscaloosa, Alabama USA on Sunday, January 30, 2005

The Anita Blake story was really short but coo cause it had Jean Claude in it :) had all the trademark sex shit in it though.

The Sookie story was cute, although she didnt state when it took place. I would guess sometime after the latest book Dead to the World. It was interesting though, and even if Eric wasnt in it, Bubba was *giggle* hes the best lol

MaryJanice's story was set in the Undead world, which was what i was hoping since that is my fav vamp series of all time *big grin* It wasnt from Betsy's POV though. had Sinclair in it and the story was kidna weird and thrown together, but what can you do with just a few pages to tell a tale.

Angela Knight's story opened me up to her vamp series which sounds incredibly interesting... It's all about Merlin and shit

Vickie Taylor's story was rather boring and very thrown together... wasnt that crazy about it... 

Journal Entry 3 by BelleMorte from Tuscaloosa, Alabama USA on Monday, January 31, 2005

decided to make this into a BookRing after i noticed several people had it on their wishlist...


My BookRing Rules:
*Journal the book as soon as you receive it and PM the person next in line to cut down on time.(if you cannot contact the person after a week PM me)
*After you have finished reading it, make another entry with what you thought of it.
*When you mail it to the next person, make release notes for it.
*Make sure that you can read it in 30 days or less. If not, drop out or do not join.
*Whatever shipping you want to use is fine.


The List as it stands:

1- Jebbie74 (Can, Pref US)
2- NeedSun (Can, anywhere)
3- Icesong927 (WA, US Only)
4- tish2002 (Missouri, US only)
5- sweetpea0678 (FL, US only)
6- jamieh2003 (West V., US pref)
7- LaurieS (NH, US only)
8- SandDanz (Indiana, US only)
9- nokturnalmuse (GA, US only)
10- CdnBlueRose (CO, US only)
11- Kyrissaean (NH, US only)
12- Apolonia (Mass.,US only)
13- back to me!

+kil+ 

Journal Entry 4 by BelleMorte at Controlled mail release to fellow bookcrosser in Toronto, Ontario Canada on Thursday, February 03, 2005

Released 7 yrs ago (2/3/2005 UTC) at Controlled mail release to fellow bookcrosser in Toronto, Ontario Canada

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enjoy! 

Journal Entry 5 by Jebbie74 from Oshawa, Ontario Canada on Thursday, February 17, 2005

Arrived safe and sound today. Can't wait to start it (I have about 50 pages left in the book I am presently on) and will more than likely finish this before Monday. Thanks for the bookring, BelleMorte! 

Journal Entry 6 by Jebbie74 from Oshawa, Ontario Canada on Sunday, February 20, 2005

I really enjoyed this short stories! I really had no idea what to expect from these as I have never read anything by the authors involved. Needless to say I will now be on the hunt for most of these authors so I can read a full length novel.
This was definately a quick and fun read!

Ready to send onto NeedSun later this week :) 

Journal Entry 7 by Jebbie74 at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, --by post or by hand (ie ring, ray, RABCK, trade) -- Controlled Releases on Monday, March 14, 2005

Released 7 yrs ago (3/14/2005 UTC) at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, --by post or by hand (ie ring, ray, RABCK, trade) -- Controlled Releases

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Mailed off to Needsun....enjoy! 

Journal Entry 8 by NeedSun from Perth Road, Ontario Canada on Sunday, March 20, 2005

This book arrived on Friday. I have a few bookring books to read before this one, but it should be on it's way before too long. 

Journal Entry 9 by NeedSun from Perth Road, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Reading the stories by Charlaine Harris and Laurell K. Hamilton was like returning to visit with some old friends. The stories were both entertaining. The other stories were by authors I haven't read yet and now plan on looking up some of the things they have written. I enjoyed the entire book and I should add, I am not a fan of short stories.

Thanks for sharing your book! It will be in the mail tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 10 by Icesong927 from Elizabeth City, North Carolina USA on Monday, April 25, 2005

Recived and started reading so far it is really good. 

Journal Entry 11 by Icesong927 from Elizabeth City, North Carolina USA on Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Really enjoyed this one. Look forward to reading more from these authors. 

Journal Entry 12 by Icesong927 at sent to another bookcrosser. in -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Sunday, May 01, 2005

Released 7 yrs ago (5/1/2005 UTC) at sent to another bookcrosser. in -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA

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Sent to next in line. :) 

Journal Entry 13 by tish2002 on Friday, May 06, 2005

I got this today. I'll start reading it this weekend. Thanks so much for sharing this, BelleMorte. 

Journal Entry 14 by tish2002 on Friday, May 13, 2005

I enjoyed this. I liked the MaryJanice Davidson and Laurell K Hamilton stories the best. I will be mailing this to the next person tomorrow.

I really liked the story Blood Lust too. I looked up Vickie Taylor on Amazon to see what else she has out. She has a book called Carved in Stone coming out in June that sounds really good. 

Journal Entry 15 by tish2002 at on Friday, May 13, 2005

Released 7 yrs ago (5/14/2005 UTC) at

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Delivery Confirmation # 02805213907232371407

*USPS status:
Your item was delivered at 10:28 am on May 23, 2005 in SAINT PETERSBURG, FL 33710 

Journal Entry 16 by sweetpea0678 from Saint Petersburg, Florida USA on Sunday, June 05, 2005

Book is here. 

Journal Entry 17 by sweetpea0678 from Saint Petersburg, Florida USA on Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Update: I have read three of the stories so far.

L. K. Hamilton "The Girl Who Was Infatuated With Death" I have never read anything by Hamilton, but have several of the Anita Blake series. After reading this story I cannot wait to start reading her books.

Charlaine Davidson "One Word Answer" Never read anything by her before this, and after reading this story I am going on the look out for her books.

Mary Janice Davidson "Biting in Plain Site" I have read the first two books in the Undead series and love them. I enjoyed readying this story. Cannot wait til I get the third Undead book.

Got two more to go. I am going to PM jamieh2003 now for address and should be ready to go Friday or Monday. 

Journal Entry 18 by sweetpea0678 from Saint Petersburg, Florida USA on Tuesday, June 14, 2005

I haven't heard back from jamieh2003 I am going to PM again and if no answer I will PM LaurieS for her address.

I JUST READ JAMIEH2003 BOOKSHELF, SHE MAY STILL BE UNDER THE WEATHER, SO I JUST WENT AHEAD AND PMED LAURIES AND HOPEFULLY SHE WILL GET BACK TO ME SOON. THE BOOK IS READ AND READY TO GO.

LAURIES JUST PMED ME THAT SHE'D LIKE TO BE SKIPPED, TRYING SANDDANZ NOW.

 

Journal Entry 19 by sweetpea0678 at Book Ring in Bookring, Postal Release -- Controlled Releases on Monday, June 27, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (6/27/2005 UTC) at Book Ring in Bookring, Postal Release -- Controlled Releases

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off to sanddanz
 

Journal Entry 20 by SandDanz from New Albany, Indiana USA on Sunday, July 10, 2005

I have several bookrings in front of this, but since this is short stories I will try to read alongside of the others in order to get out within the 30 days. 

Journal Entry 21 by SandDanz from New Albany, Indiana USA on Tuesday, August 09, 2005

I know my month deadline of keeping this book is nearing. I've started it and am about 1/2 way through it. Hopefully I can finish it in time to get it sent out Friday, but if not, it will definitely go out next week. I PMed nokturnalmuse already and they have asked to be skipped so I will be sending it on to CdnBlueRose next.

I will post again after I have completed the book and/or when I ship it out. 

Journal Entry 22 by SandDanz from New Albany, Indiana USA on Friday, August 12, 2005

Finished this today, but had already gone to the PO so this will have to go out in next week's mail. (most likely next Friday, but possibly sooner)

I read all but the Laurell K. Hamilton story. I skipped it because I saw it fell into place between books in the series, which I haven't started reading. I'll get a hold of that story somehow once I get to that point. :)

As for the others... I enjoyed them all. I think the order I liked them in is:

MaryJanice Davidson
Charlaine Harris
Angela Knight
Vickie Taylor

I had never heard of Knight or Taylor so I'll definitely be looking out for more of their books. I'm not sure if Taylor has any vampire novels or not though. I was trying to look them up on Fantasticfiction.com.

I've read Davidson's first 2 Undead books and loved them so was pleasantly surprised that the story mentioned the same characters.

I haven't read the Southern Vampire books by Harris yet, but have some of them on Mt. TBR waiting for me. Being introduced to a few characters in the story, I figure I'm going to like it. Didn't realize it tied in with the series though or I probably would've tried to figure out if it was in the middle or not before reading.

Anyway, I'll get this off to Rosie soon.

Thanks so much for sharing BelleMorte and Sweetpea for sending it to me. :) 

Journal Entry 23 by SandDanz from New Albany, Indiana USA on Thursday, August 18, 2005

Found out today that CdnBlueRose wants to be skipped... PMed Kyrissaean to be sure she still wants. Planning on sending out tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 24 by Kyrissaean from Littleton, New Hampshire USA on Thursday, August 25, 2005

It's here! I'll get started as soon as I finish my current book. :) 

Journal Entry 25 by Kyrissaean from Littleton, New Hampshire USA on Monday, September 05, 2005

I'm not usually the biggest fan of short stories or novellas, but I wanted to give this a try anyway since I really like several of these series. I'm glad I did! I enjoyed all the stories in this, and would especially recommend it to fans of any of the series included!

Laurell K.'s was actually a little better than I was expecting. I've been getting pretty fed up with her stuff lately, but this story was fun. OK, so there wasn't a lot of point to it if you get down to the nitty-gritty, but hey, what do you want from a short story?

Charlaine Harris's was a little slower than I thought it would be, but still good. But then I read that one first, so maybe I just wasn't in short story mode yet. I'm not entirely clear on the timing of that story as far as the Sookie stories go, but I think it comes between the 3rd and 4th books, which works out well for me since that's how far I've read them to date!

MaryJanice Davidson's was less slap-stick hysterical than the full-length Undead stories, but I think that may have been because we weren't seeing things from Betsy's point-of-view. But it was still fun to see that world from a new perspective, especially since that's still one of my favorite series.

I've never had a chance to read any of Angela Knight's books, but I've been interested for a while so it was nice to have a sneak peak. The setting/world-building seemed a little cutsey-cheesy, but that may have been more a result of getting it all explained within the time constraints of a short story. I really liked that one, though, and am very interested in checking out her full-length novels. From this, I'm betting her stories are more like Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunters than Charlaine Harris's or Laurell Hamilton's vampire stories. Luckily, I like them all!

And I'd never heard of Vickie Taylor before. I wasn't thrilled with her story when I started reading, but it really grew on me so that by the end I thought it was quite good. I was checking around for other things she's written, and she seems to have gotten her start writing for Harlequin, and has a new book out with Berkley Sensation called Carved In Stone. It's a paranormal romance involving shape-shifting gargoyles, which sounds like a fun new twist to me!

Thanks so much for including me in this ring, and thanks to Sand for sending it my way! :) 

Journal Entry 26 by Kyrissaean from Littleton, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Mailed to Apolonia this morning. 

Journal Entry 27 by Apolonia from Lynn, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, September 17, 2005

The book is here, Thanks for sending it Kryiss, and thanks for sharing Bellemorte. I get to it asap, and journal again when I'm finished. 

Journal Entry 28 by Apolonia from Lynn, Massachusetts USA on Friday, October 21, 2005

I just finished this book today. I was going to skip the first two since I haven't read any of the Laurell K. Hamilton stories and wanted to read the, in order. I also only have read 1 book of the Southern Vampires series byCharlaine Harris so I was going to skip that one two. Of course I ended up reading them all! I started from the back and worked my way foward. I liked Blood Lust and I don't think I have read anything by this author so I will have to do some research and see what else she has out there.
I think Galahad by Angela Knight was my favorite! Excellent story and HOT sex scenes! I am going to add her her book to my wishlist right away.
I was disapointed with Biting in Plain Site I have only read one other of MaryJanice Davidson's books and it was Derik's Bane which I liked a lot. I just feel like the story was develpoed enough or something.
The Charlaine Harris one wasn't bad, but it you haven't read the series I think t gives some stuff away.
The Laurell K. Hamilton one wasn't bad but it kind of left you hanging. It does make me want to tackle the series which has been sitting around here for awhile. I just haven't had the motivation to read a whole series.
I am unsure what to do with the book at this point. I am the last one on the ring and I have tried to contact Bellemorte several times over the last few weeks. Nokturnalmuse who was on the ring and asked to be skipped is interested in getting the book, so I don't really know what to do without speaking to Bellemorte first. For the time being I am going to hold in in a pile that I have for Nokturnalmuse, hopefully I will hear from Bellemorte soon. 

Journal Entry 29 by Apolonia from Lynn, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, December 27, 2005

I still haven't heard from Bellemorte so I will send this to Nokturnalmuse today, hopefully she will be able to get in touch with Bellemorte when she is finished.
Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 30 by nokturnalmuse from Tampa, Florida USA on Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Just received this in my paranormal bookbox that finally came home - I forgot about this - I will read asap and send on.
Thanks! 

Journal Entry 31 by nokturnalmuse from Tampa, Florida USA on Tuesday, January 24, 2006

I wasn't terribly impressed. I generally am not a fan of short stories anyway, and this was nothing special. I liked the MaryJanice Davidson story - the others were mediocre at best. I love Laurell K. Hamilton ordinarily, but the short story was kind of blah and rushed. The Sookie series is fairly good - I'll be interested to see what they do with the HBO series! - but the short story was so-so. I wasn't impressed with the other 2 stories.

I just messaged BelleMorte to see if she still wants her book returned.