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And this week’s Booking Through Thursday question is:

While acknowledging that we can’t judge books by their covers, how much does the design of a book affect your reading enjoyment? Hardcover vs. softcover? Trade paperback vs. mass market paperback? Font? Illustrations? Etc.?

Well… I prefer softcover to hardcover, mass market to trade paperback. Font doesn’t matter, illustrations in the book don’t matter to tell the truth. If it’s a favorite author, it won’t matter what the outside looks like at all. If I haven’t heard of the author, it’s usually the title of the book, not the cover of it that catches my eye, so frankly, the design or artwork of a book don’t really matter to me.

This is an interesting question for us readers I think, and it comes, as usual from Booking Through Thursday:

You’ve just reached the end of a book . . . what do you do now? Savor and muse over the book? Dive right into the next one? Go take the dog for a walk, the kids to the park, before even thinking about the next book you’re going to read? What?

Myself, I usually stare at the book for a few seconds, cheer a bit that I finished yet another one, and then dive into the next book. Otherwise, I’ll get on the computer. However, since for the time being, I am internet-free at home, I’ll be doing a lot more reading and cross stitching. This should be fairly interesting, because I live alone. LOL

Well, a free Vampire book! If you take a peek over at Joana’s awesome book review site, “The Symposium” you’ll find this nifty contest going on to win a copy of Diane Whiteside’s Bond of Blood.

Interested? Just click that little linky above there and leave a comment to enter. Blog about it if you want a second entry. Easy peasy. Now go get yourself a chance to win that book!

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Well, this week’s BTT question was:

How about a chance to play editor-in-chief? Fill in the blanks:

__________ would have been a much better book if ______________________.

Hmmm, that’s a tough one honestly. Most of the time I don’t finish a book if I don’t like it, and most of the ones I’ve read, I love. I would have to say that pretty much any Danielle Steele book would have been better if it didn’t have the same basic plot line as every OTHER Danielle Steele book out there. If every book didn’t have to include some horrible tragedy or stunning divorce, they’d all be a lot better.

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This week’s BTT question is:

You should have seen this one coming … Who is your favorite Male lead character? And why?

To be perfectly honest, I don’t really have one. Most of the books I read focus mainly on female characters. If I honestly HAD to choose one, I’d probably have to say Lestat. He’s arrogant, he thinks he’s always right, he’s vicious, and he’s a vampire. What more can you ask for? And….Stuart Townsend played him in Queen of the Damned. YES!

I am no longer backlogged! I have completed all the reviews for the books I’ve read so far. So now I can relax and finish reading the two I have going right now so I have more books to review for you.

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What do you get when you mix four super intelligent dogs, one trainer who has no idea how truly special they are, an old friend who is part of an elite and highly top secret Naval team, and a rogue agent from that team who is after the dogs? You get Code Name: Baby!

This was my first Christina Skye novel, and I have to say it will not be my last. I am desperate to get my hands on the other Code Name series titles. When a rogue agent from the Foxfire team goes after Kit O’ Halloran and the special dogs she’s training, they send in Wolfe Houston, and old friend of hers. But not to protect her. No, they want him to use her and the dogs as bait to lure the rogue agent to where he can be captured. But Wolfe has other ideas about what should be done, and when it comes to the Foxfire principals of never letting anything get personal, Wolfe finds that where Kit is concerned, that just isn’t a possibility.

If you’re looking for a great read with a little sex, a little romance budding, and a lot of action and suspense, Code Name: Baby is what you’re looking for!

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Well, a couple of weeks ago, I finished The Tunnels by Michelle Gagnon. This was another book obtained through Harlequin’s Suspense club and frankly, I was surprised to note that although there was a hint of attraction between two of the characters, there was no flat out romance. Kind of disappointing when the genre of book that eHarlequin.com is famous for is romance, but this particular club doesn’t promise specifically romance books, so I guess it’s not that bad after all.

When a serial killer strikes a college, the students become terrified and rightly so. Gruesome pictures are painted in blood, and each victim is being taken quicker than the last. Add in a mental case, a priest with a frightening connection to the killer, and you’ve got an awesome story. I definitely recommend this one.

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Here’s last week’s Booking Through Thursday question.

Who is your favorite female lead character? And why? (And yes, of course, you can name more than one . . . I always have trouble narrowing down these things to one name, why should I force you to?)

Right now, my favorite is JD Robb/Nora Roberts’ Eve Dallas from the “In Death” series by JD Robb. She’s a kick ass cop, she doesn’t take crap from anyone, and but she has a softer side that only a select few are allowed to see.

Another favorite is Merry Gentry from the Meredith Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton. I love anything fey, and frankly, she’s an awesome heroine in my opinion. She keeps her cool in the face of adversity, which is good because in this series there’s a lot of it!

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