What Do You Do? (1)

(I meant to write/post this yesterday, but I just didn't get around to it.)

What do you do when you realize you don't like the writing style of the book you are reading? Do you give up on it & remove the book from the list? Try out another book by that author, just to be sure? Do you remove everything by that author and avoid them like the plague and move on to your next read? :p

I recently found myself bored to death by a couple of books. I always hate giving up on books, but sometimes, I feel I just have to. This led me to wonder what other readers out there do, so I thought I would share my thoughts on it and I hope you will too. :)

When I find myself not digging a book, it depends on my mood to what I decide to do. Sometimes, I stick with it, sometimes I don't. Recently, I decided to just give up and move on to the next book on my list. Because honestly, I went a little e-book crazy at the library and I have at least five more books coming in over the next few weeks, so I don't feel I really had time enough to spend more time on that book to read it any further. I also decided to remove it completely from my list. I don't want to return to it at all, because I really just wasn't enjoying it. It was dull feeling and I actually found myself wanting to fall asleep while reading it. That was just one of the books.

New Author: Suzanne Enoch. (+Series Overview: The Adventurer's Club.)

When I first picked up The Care and Taming of a Rogue, I had no idea how much I would like this new favorite author: Suzanne Enoch. Even though the Adventurers' Club series didn't go like I thought it would, like I'd hoped it would, I still really liked it. It even pushed me out of my comfort zone a little. But I'll talk about that in a little bit.

I found her books to be fun and full of little twists and surprises that I couldn't get enough of. I'm really picky about my romance authors. I definitely have a comfort zone in that genre, so naturally I was a little wary of starting a series by a new-to-me author. But that first book really hooked me. I loved the characters and the story as a whole. It was refreshing, and made me feel good about trying a new author I was unsure about.

Friday Finds.

     

See more Friday Finds here at Should Be Reading.

Fifty Shades of Grey.

I feel like I'm spiraling. Has a book ever done that to you after you've finished it?

I'm not going to officially review this. It's floating around way too much for my opinion to really matter. SO much hype. You have to read it and decide for yourself. So if those are your plans, click away now. Because even though I'm not really going to review this, I have an odd need to discuss it. Most likely spoilers ahead. I'm not going to be nice about this either. (Blame it on the spiraling.) If you loved it and don't want to see it criticized, please just go away now. You will be wasting your time if you find yourself hitting that comment button because you had the odd need to defend this book.

As a Self-Indulgent Side Note.

I'm going to see The Avengers again tomorrow morning. It's okay. You can be jealous. :p

More new blog posts tomorrow afternoon. I'm so glad my blog is no longer dead-asleep this week.

Rules of an Engagement.

Author: Suzanne Enoch

Genre: Historical-Regency Romance.

Format: Paperback.

Book 3 of 3 in the Adventurers' Club.

Synopsis from Goodreads.com:

For proper young ladies, good behavior has always been the rule...

Captain Bradshaw Carroway loves the seafaring life - though he'd rather be battling brigands than his current assignment of ferrying a boatload of spoiled aristocrats. One passenger, however, has caught his eye: a bewitching young minx who definitely distracts him from the rules of shipboard decorum . . .

Some rules, of course, are meant to be broken.

Miss Zephyr Ponsley has traveled the world, but she's completely innocent in the ways of love. She's never learned to dance or flirt. But scientific observation has taught her that the laws of attraction have no rules, and that no adventure, on land or sea, is more dangerous - or delicious - than passion!

My Review:

I'm not quite sure how to describe this book in a decent light, because I didn't like it very much. I probably should have taken a break from this author, but seeing as how this had been a decent trilogy so far, I decided to go ahead and finish it instead of having one last lingering book from this on my TBR list.

While there were all kinds of things I didn't like about this book, I think I would rather try to talk about the things I did like. Such as the adventure in this book. While it was a bit long of an excursion, I had to keep in mind the time period and the character's goals. Two of those characters, one being the botanist father of the heroine, and the heroine herself: Zephyr Ponsley. I was delighted to follow these two around and see the enthusiasm they had for their explorations and findings. Well, at least Zephyr seemed happy at first, but once Captain Carroway entered her life, she began to see another possible path for them both to take. Even though it seemed they truly hated each other at first. (Another aspect I actually liked.)

Wordless Wednesday.

A Lady's Guide to Improper Behavior.

Author: Suzanne Enoch

Genre: Historical-Regency Romance.

Format: E-book.

Book 2 of 3 in the Adventurers' Club.

Synopsis from Goodreads.com:

The Rules:

A lady should always make polite conversation . . . 

Theresa Weller understands the rules of decorum, and is appalled when Colonel Bartholomew James disrupts a perfectly civilized dinner. This rude, insensitive man is the complete opposite of everything a gentleman should be—but with one searing kiss, Tess can think of no one else.

A lady should never lose her temper . . . 

Aggravated beyond bearing by a man who speaks his mind, Tess wishes there was a guide to men like Bartholomew. Surely, with such an assortment of handsome, polite suitors to choose from, Tess should not ache for him.

And a lady should never pursue a gentleman.

She invites him on carriage rides and dares him to dance, and almost makes him want to return to Society. Bartholomew knows Tess wants to be seen as a proper miss, but deep down, he knows she is precisely the sort to spark his desire . . . A most improper lady.

My Review:

Rarely do I read a series/trilogy so closely together, but I just couldn't wait to read the next book here. I loved the hero and heroine so much in the first book, I had to get to know the next two right away. There was one unexpected aspect about the hero that the synopsis does not mention: our dear hero is injured. He uses a cane. And he's becoming somewhat reclusive to society. Enter our sweet and caring heroine, and you have one endearing love story. But it's not like one of those ones that make you want to gag. It was also humorous and there was more going on than the synopsis leads on.