Night Shift (Jill Kismet Novels): Lilith Saintcrow

Meet Jill Kismet, she is rough, tough, and damaged….

I liked the first in the Jill Kismet series, it was a good quick read and I can see myself re-reading this series. The heroine, Jill Kismet, has quite a few issues but we get to see her struggle through them. The action was quick and the dialogue snappy. There was no shortage of sarcasm in the book. I liked the development of the Were culture, I am looking forward to see where the storyline goes with it.

I took a look at the reviews on Amazon for this book and I noticed that someone is complaining that the book is another Dante book with a different lead and less sex/romance. I am not sure that I would classify this book in that light. There are some similarities, tough heroine….fights demons, lots of action. But the character of Jill Kismet is unique, she has her own history and her own issues that do not resemble Dante Valentine’s at all.

Now that I think about it,  I can see Dante Valentine & Jill Kismet having a gore-fest over coffee. <snort />

Website: http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/

The Iron Hunt: Marjorie M. Liu

I have been reading lately but I have not been updating this blog. I am such a slacker geek, ah well…. At lunch I finished Marjorie M. Liu’s new UF “The Iron Hunt”. I started it last night and the only reason that I put it down was to sleep and go to work.

I liked it quite a bit, the pace was fast and the storyline was engaging. By the time that I had finished the book I was left with more questions than when I stated. That’s a good thing, it makes me want to go out and read more in the series. If this was a standalone novel I would be complaining about the same thing, but I know that there will be more in the series.

Marjorie M. Liu has proven to be a good author for series reads, and I am glad that she has created a new series and expanded out from Dirk & Steele. I hope that she keeps going, because she seems to have the Midas touch right now.

If I could gripe about anything it would be that we join the heroine when she has already is in a relationship with someone, and there is a definite story there. I would like to explore that story and find out what happened to the woman that was raised to believe that developing relationships are not the path of the hunter.

Product Description
Demon hunter Maxine Kiss wears her armor as tattoos, which unwind from her body to take on forms of their own at night. They stand between her and her enemies, just as Maxine stands between humanity and the demons breaking out from behind the prison veils. It is a life lacking in love, reveling in death, until one moment—and one man— changes everything.

Website - http://www.marjoriemliu.com/Home.html

Blog - http://webpetals.livejournal.com/

Shanghai Blog - http://web.mac.com/marjorieliu/Site/Shanghai_Blog_Home/Shanghai_Blog_Home.html This blog is funky in the display (maybe a mac vs. pc thing?), anyway if you subscribe to the RSS feed it’s fine or look at the archives.

 

Another Amazon/Kindle modification…

Another Kindle/Amazon modification that I would make is to change the recommended list format when you are surfing Amazon.

This is what the list looks like now:

There is a line item for each product. Which would be great in a typical e-commerce solution, but with Kindle you are actually selling the same product in a different format.

What I would like to see is another filter option at the top in the view menu “All | New Releases | Kindle”.

I would also like to see a “Buy for your Kindle” button added for each product, if the kindle format is available. I really don’t want to have to go to the product detail to see if the Kindle edition is available or mark a product as not interested for one format only to have to mark it again a couple of pages later in the recommended list.

Oh and while I am whining about what I want…. Please give me a request this book in Kindle format option. I want Amazon to give their publishers information about who wants the books in Kindle format. If a publisher knows that I am not purchasing their book because of the format, maybe they will consider offering it in that format. (ok, it will have to be more than just me wanting it.)

 

Whine whine whine….

Kindle Savings to date

So, I have had my Kindle since May 18^th and I have saved 32$. That is about 10% in a little over 2 weeks. Pretty good Donkey, pretty good… At this rate, I should make back my investment without any problems.  

UPDATE: I am up to $55 dollars saved.