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Always to Remember
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"I will not take up arms against my fellow man."
"I didn’t believe we should fight the Northern states, and yet, I could not in all good conscience take up arms against the South, my home, and my friends. But more than that, I would not fight because I believe it’s a sin against God to kill another man."
When Texas joined with the rest of the Confederate states, all the young men of Cedar Grove were ready and willing to join the glorious cause. All that is, except for Clayton Holland, who refused to bear arms and kill men in a cause he didn't believe in. Those beliefs landed him in a Confederate prison where he was subjected to brutal torture and a very close call with the firing squad. When he returns home the entire town shuns him as a traitor and a coward - including Meg Warner who hates him more for coming home alive when her young husband did not. Meg hires Clayton, an acomplished stone mason, to carve a monument to Cedar Grove's fallen men, and she's hoping it will give him some well deserved punishment.
"She wanted, needed him to face his cowardice, to have it carved into his heart so deeply that he would feel it with every breath he took for as long as he lived."
Well, things don't quite work out the way Meg planned, as she soon finds that Clay's steadfast, honorable nature is a pretty damned attractive one, but let's just say that Meg's family and neighbors are none too thrilled with that idea.
I’d rather spend my life with one man surrounded by love than the ignorance and hatred surrounding me now."
*sniff*
Lorraine Heath is an author I'd never come across until the library started adding a bunch of her titles to the Kindle lending list, and I'm very glad I decided to give her a shot. This was a lovely tale of love, faith and healing, and no surprise but Meg is the one most in need of it. Clayton is the perfect strong, silent manly man with a heart of mush inside, and Meg and her bitter soul was the the right match for him. I also adored Clayton's two younger twin brothers, they added a good mix of kid-humor and also giving us a look at Clayton's softer side. If that newer cover for the e-book editions is giving you the bodice ripping willies, don't panic. Any sex in this book is very understated and rather tame by today's comparisons - and you'll be a long time waiting for the first steamy kiss. Heath takes time building the sexual tension, focusing more on the story and the characters (how refreshing). This is the second book of Heath's I've tried and there will be more in my future, she's perfect for a rainy day lighter read.
"I didn’t believe we should fight the Northern states, and yet, I could not in all good conscience take up arms against the South, my home, and my friends. But more than that, I would not fight because I believe it’s a sin against God to kill another man."
When Texas joined with the rest of the Confederate states, all the young men of Cedar Grove were ready and willing to join the glorious cause. All that is, except for Clayton Holland, who refused to bear arms and kill men in a cause he didn't believe in. Those beliefs landed him in a Confederate prison where he was subjected to brutal torture and a very close call with the firing squad. When he returns home the entire town shuns him as a traitor and a coward - including Meg Warner who hates him more for coming home alive when her young husband did not. Meg hires Clayton, an acomplished stone mason, to carve a monument to Cedar Grove's fallen men, and she's hoping it will give him some well deserved punishment.
"She wanted, needed him to face his cowardice, to have it carved into his heart so deeply that he would feel it with every breath he took for as long as he lived."
Well, things don't quite work out the way Meg planned, as she soon finds that Clay's steadfast, honorable nature is a pretty damned attractive one, but let's just say that Meg's family and neighbors are none too thrilled with that idea.
I’d rather spend my life with one man surrounded by love than the ignorance and hatred surrounding me now."
*sniff*
Lorraine Heath is an author I'd never come across until the library started adding a bunch of her titles to the Kindle lending list, and I'm very glad I decided to give her a shot. This was a lovely tale of love, faith and healing, and no surprise but Meg is the one most in need of it. Clayton is the perfect strong, silent manly man with a heart of mush inside, and Meg and her bitter soul was the the right match for him. I also adored Clayton's two younger twin brothers, they added a good mix of kid-humor and also giving us a look at Clayton's softer side. If that newer cover for the e-book editions is giving you the bodice ripping willies, don't panic. Any sex in this book is very understated and rather tame by today's comparisons - and you'll be a long time waiting for the first steamy kiss. Heath takes time building the sexual tension, focusing more on the story and the characters (how refreshing). This is the second book of Heath's I've tried and there will be more in my future, she's perfect for a rainy day lighter read.
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Reading Progress
January 31, 2012
– Shelved
February 1, 2012
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Started Reading
February 2, 2012
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20.0%
"“You can’t always tell what’s inside a rock by looking at the outside.”
“Then they’re very much like people, aren’t they?”
"
February 2, 2012
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25.0%
"You might make me think you care.”
“About you? Not in the least, but I just spent Kirk’s life’s savings on that hunk of rock you wanted so desperately, so you damn well better take care of yourself until you’ve turned it into the monument you promised me. After that, I don’t care if you drop dead.”
“Truth be told, you’d probably prefer for me to drop dead.”
“Absolutely.”
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February 2, 2012
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27.0%
"Normally, if a father discovered his daughter had been alone with a man, he leveled his rifle at the man and ordered him to marry his daughter. If her father discovered she’d traveled alone to Austin with Clay, he’d level his rifle at Clay and shoot."
February 2, 2012
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30.0%
"The other twin dug a soiled piece of cloth out of his pocket and extended it toward her. “Only blew my nose on it once, and it was a long time back. You’re welcome to use it. I don’t mind.”"
February 3, 2012
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90.0%
"“Damn you. Even knowing that hell lies on the other side, I can’t resist touching heaven.”"
February 3, 2012
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Finished Reading
February 4, 2012
– Shelved as:
virgin-hero
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Hmmm, definitely not a book I'd have chosen by the cover, but your review has gotten me interested!
I hate those deceiving covers :/The Kindle lending program is really opening me up to new options. Overdrive throws the historical romances and inspirational in the historical fiction category so I'm coming across some new to me books/authors. I love the instant gratification of a library book via kindle. Click click and I've got it in a snap.
Thanks Jill. I really like what I've read from LH so far. A story. Characters that act like real people. She develops the story/characters without them sucking face on page two. Manly men, but so far no alpha males. Heroines with some common sense. All that and on Kindle/library loan. Heaven.
I'd never have found her, but that Overdrive sticks the HR's in the HF category and I'm always watching for new additions. Just look at what's available, http://overdrive.downloads.kcls.org/4...I'm a happy romance camper :)
I do hope you ladies are joking. The technology is there already, isn't it? I can't even begin to describe the satisfaction of getting a library book in minutes at any time of day. 5AM on a Sunday morning and nothing appeals? Just go library shopping :)
*hangs head in shame*I meant technology as in library technology,and Overdrive. I know a poster at another board has mentioned that some of the UK libraries are already online with Overdrive, just not the kindle.
I am constantly amazed at what my county does, even with budget cutbacks everywhere else you do not see it happening at the library. They rock.
Don't forget Misfit, you have the creme de la creme of libraries that we are all jealous of. Here in Central Florida libraries have been hit, budget cut backs equaling less purchases. I was so glad to see we did have Overdrive, I really wasn't confident that they would. The hard part is they have to split a good sized portion of the budget for Spanish editions, which I understand, it's just that I am really seeing it when browsing online because they are all lumped in together with no way to filter them out. So aggravating. Are you able to filter your searches? I can't even just search Kindle books unless I search all Kindle books.Misfit, I certainly agree it is amazing that you can pop online anytime of day, even holidays and go book shopping.
Dawn, the search options for dead tree books are under the main library website, the kindle books over at the directly link from my library to Overdrive. From there I just go to historical fiction (which has romance and inspirational all lumped in with it). I browse there and just WL books I'd like to read in the future. I haven't come across too many foreign language editions there, but in the main *dead tree* catalog they do have other language editions here and there. I've seen Spanish, Russian and even French.Yes, I am blessed to have such a well-funded county library.
Yes, I was referring to searches on Overdrive. Which mine is hosted through the county library digital collection page and says powered by Overdrive. Yours goes to an actual Overdrive hosted page? When I search HF, I get page after page filled with Spanish editions with a sprinkling here and there of English edition books, to the point that I've gone to searching by author. On top of that I can't just search for HF within Kindle editions.
Dawn, I have a link off from my library site to *their* Overdrive page here, http://overdrive.downloads.kcls.org/4...I pretty much just browse the HF selections which are here, http://overdrive.downloads.kcls.org/4...
Honestly haven't noticed many foreign language editions, which now you mention it is kind of surprising because there's a *market* for it up here as well.
Wow, you even have a HF category on the homepage! That's totally different from mine http://ocls.lib.overdrive.com/8755C61...Good news, they have separated the Spanish and English editions! Happy dance! But yours wins, hands down.
I see that you can't browse genre just within Kindle either, that other digital formats show up. So that must be an Overdrive thing but I thought Overdrive was from Kindle. Evidently it must be all digital downloadable material.
Dawn, interesting to see a *different* Overdrive homepage. I do like the HF on my homepage, and the options rotate, so if something is of interst to me I'll save it on my Overdrive WL for a later date.
I'm so glad you gave your page so we could see the differences, great idea! I found it quite interesting seeing the two. I have a WL going too and now that I can browse the HF without all the Spanish editions, it's going to grow. I'm holding back from browsing now, so I can read, but it is so tempting.
Keeping possibles on a WL works for me, and then if and when I'm in one of those not wanting to read anything among the huge piles at home I can wander over to that and get something that suits the mood.
I was thrilled and so excited when I got my first Kindle library loan, for some reason Ron just didn't get my enthusiasm. I totally understand what your saying about having these available at our beck and call, it's like having your own bookstore to go to whenever you want, never mind getting it instantly.
Instant gratification is what the Kindle is all about whether you buy or loan :-).
Even my library has Overdrive now. I've been using it recently to check out audiobooks, which I then download onto my Blackberry and listen to on the train. I haven't tried its e-books yet though.So far I've listened to Bernard Cornwell's Stonehenge, and now I'm midway through Elizabeth Chadwick's Shields of Pride. :)
Jenny, do you get the Overdrive in Aussie? It opens up a whole new thing for e-readers, plus access to more books is always a win-win. Looks like I got Kindlized at a good time. I'm still learning the ins and outs of it and really just love the fact that I can actually use one. I am looking forward to marching in with it to my eye doctor to show him he was wrong, which he will be happy about. he knows how important reading is to me.
Hey Beth, how are you doing? Let us know when you try an e-book. I think it is fabulous and I'm only reading my first Kindle library loan now!
I tend to buy books so haven't enquired about e-book lending at our local libraries. I don't think I could read books to a time limit anymore!
I still don't have a kindle, but if memory serves I've read one or two non-kindle e-books before, just on my laptop. I'm yet to check out these Overdrive e-books but I do have my eye on a few. I'm still resisting getting a kindle. I don't like the idea of them at all. I don't feel at all secure without having the physical books, and it seems horrifically hollow, just to me that is, it makes me envision empty shelves and I don't know what it is but it really wigs me out not to have a physical copy of a book. However the possibilities of library e-books are promising - there are certain books I am not willing to pay out money for, or I don't know if I want to pay money for yet, which means the library, and accessing them quickly through online formats means I can get a hold of them quickly, read them, and decide whether or not they're worth getting hold of for real if I really love them.
Isis, I know that feeling of giving up the dead tree versions. I still like to hold a book on occasion, but the ease on the eyes does win out on occasion. And boy oh boy it is so much easier to hold after a long long day at work that a book is.There are a lot of free apps for Kindle, PC, mobile, etc. and it's a way to get a feel for it. At least that way you can try some of the freebies like we are :)
I was certainly in that camp too, I just couldn't see how I would be able to have that same experience with a digital device in my hand. I will always like to have physical books of my keepers, I can't fathom not doing that. There is a feeling of having the real book that e-books just cant replicate and a sense of comfort in having them looking at me from the shelves ready to divulge their secrets. I will be alternating real and e-books and see what I think in 6 months or a year. I am compiling a pros and cons list on each, if you are interested in seeing that when I put it together, just let me know. I've only had it just over a month and never would have thought I would like it as much as I do already. I have the new Touch, so just a tap to go where I want, highlight what I want, get a word definition or tap and my keyboard comes up so I can type a quick note. It does allow an easier more convenient way to try out books your not sure about yet and that sample feature is a nice way to get the feel of an author/book you are considering.
Dawn - yes, I'd be interesting in seeing your pros and cons list.Where I see the potential, for me, is in this idea of being able to try out books I'm unsure about and not yet prepared to have on my shelves... but the problem is that the kindle device still costs a shocking amount of money and I'd still have to buy the kindle format books... what I want to do is being able to read a book, quickly and easily yes, but without paying out money before I know if it's any good - and then if I love it it becomes a keeper and I'd buy a physical copy. So library style kindle would appeal to me far more than bought copies. It can prove annoying to have bought a physical copy of a book, read it, discover it's not that great, and then have it sitting on your shelves... and then I give it away to charity, but I'm annoyed that I spent the money and went to the trouble of getting a physical copy. So, just with me, I think that'd be the angle to go for with it.
It will be interesting to see if the kindle lending makes it across the big pond. Although the UK libraries are working with Overdrive, there's an involvement with Amazon as well. When I'm ready to check out my loan, it opens up to a new window at a special Amazon lending page where you get your loan. It is sent to your Kindle, but you have to be connected to Wifi to download it, the Whispernet technology won't work for the library books. You can also get it via USB, which is extremely easy and takes less than five minutes.
Isis wrote: "Dawn - yes, I'd be interesting in seeing your pros and cons list.Where I see the potential, for me, is in this idea of being able to try out books I'm unsure about and not yet prepared to have on..."
Don't hesitate to remind me if I don't mention it this summer. I'm writing down my early experiences and it will be interesting to see what changes over the 6 months.
Another thing I like is the free kindle editions and these hugely discounted ones I'm finding (didn't expect those). We're talking 87% off Chadwick and Hollick, even a Heyer. Normally it is only one or two of their books and some deals are only for a day. Today was
and I found
on sale since the beginning of the month. All these books are $2 or less. The library loan and the sampling are the neatest things so far, with the library inching ahead, it's hard to beat that 24/7 bookstore.
Oh, an I just remembered something else. I don't know if Misfit or anyone else has tried this yet but now publishers are allowing you to lend your copy. So you could coordinate with other Kindle readers and each buy a different book and then lend your copies. Your copy remains and you send a digital copy to a friend for I think the same time period as a library loan. Not sure about all those particulars.
I think the price for a new Kindle starts at $79. Our (I let Ron use it once in a while) Touch was $99. I've also spoke with people who have purchased used ones for well less. I really did a lot of research with the features to see which one I would want and asked a lot of questions of Kindle owners here for months.
Misfit wrote: "It will be interesting to see if the kindle lending makes it across the big pond. Although the UK libraries are working with Overdrive, there's an involvement with Amazon as well. When I'm ready to..."Misfit, I see so many people complaining on Amazon that their library books were lost or didn't download and their Kindle isn't working right. Most of the time these were not the Kindle bit the owners who just didn't follow the directions and use a wi-fi connection or their USB cable.
Have any of you ever heard of or tried http://ebookfling.com/ It looks like the e-book version of PBS.
