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What Are You Reading Wednesday
Feb. 5th, 2014 01:30 pmWhat Are You Reading Now:
Err... I suppose 'technically' I'm still 'reading' the Pretty Pink Princess romance in that I have not finished it. But I'm not actively reading it either.
What Have You Just Finished Reading:
Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
It was a fun read.
It takes place during the rise of Egyptology in England and France but prior to hieroglyphics actually being deciphered (this is a significant plot point). The heroine is a widow who is highly skilled in linguistics and who wishes to decipher hieroglyphs. Her late husband was both intimidated by and jealous of her skills and aptitude and he seems to have been quite the misogynist who did a heinous number on her head, making her feel that both her intellect and her skills were unfeminine and undesirable. Luckily, he died and left her lots of money, so she headed to Egypt and began publishing her work under her brother's name.
When her brother disappears (is kidnapped) at Giza, she approaches the British consulate about finding him. No one there takes her seriously and they basically dismiss her until someone hits upon the idea that she can take the troublesome son of an English lord off their hands, giving him something to do far away from the consulate.
What follows is a romp through pyramids, tombs, temples, and sand storms as well as a trip up the Nile with villains on their tail, as the heroine and hero seek to find and rescue her brother. In the meantime, the troublesome hero begins to find a purpose while the heroine rediscovers her confidence, because this leading man LIKES that she's smart and determined.
It's a light read, and the hero could've stood a tad more development (though he is generally adorable. Impossible and exasperating but also quite likable.). The heroine has a strong presence and is quite developed. Though it has all the dramatic weight of say... "The Mummy" (Brendan Fraser version)... it's a fun read.
What Are You Reading Next:
Absolutely no idea.
Though I was toying with reading The Monuments Men before the Clooney movie came out and I saw a review on Smart Bitches for an urban fantasy novel involving archangels that might be intriguing. But truthfully, I just don't know.
Err... I suppose 'technically' I'm still 'reading' the Pretty Pink Princess romance in that I have not finished it. But I'm not actively reading it either.
What Have You Just Finished Reading:
Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
It was a fun read.
It takes place during the rise of Egyptology in England and France but prior to hieroglyphics actually being deciphered (this is a significant plot point). The heroine is a widow who is highly skilled in linguistics and who wishes to decipher hieroglyphs. Her late husband was both intimidated by and jealous of her skills and aptitude and he seems to have been quite the misogynist who did a heinous number on her head, making her feel that both her intellect and her skills were unfeminine and undesirable. Luckily, he died and left her lots of money, so she headed to Egypt and began publishing her work under her brother's name.
When her brother disappears (is kidnapped) at Giza, she approaches the British consulate about finding him. No one there takes her seriously and they basically dismiss her until someone hits upon the idea that she can take the troublesome son of an English lord off their hands, giving him something to do far away from the consulate.
What follows is a romp through pyramids, tombs, temples, and sand storms as well as a trip up the Nile with villains on their tail, as the heroine and hero seek to find and rescue her brother. In the meantime, the troublesome hero begins to find a purpose while the heroine rediscovers her confidence, because this leading man LIKES that she's smart and determined.
It's a light read, and the hero could've stood a tad more development (though he is generally adorable. Impossible and exasperating but also quite likable.). The heroine has a strong presence and is quite developed. Though it has all the dramatic weight of say... "The Mummy" (Brendan Fraser version)... it's a fun read.
What Are You Reading Next:
Absolutely no idea.
Though I was toying with reading The Monuments Men before the Clooney movie came out and I saw a review on Smart Bitches for an urban fantasy novel involving archangels that might be intriguing. But truthfully, I just don't know.
