Keeping to latest determination to get back on BL, I've been trying to figure out changes, new functions, etc.  Have sinking feeling that it’s gonna be a somewhat slow & labourious task b/c for one thing, noticed that some personal HTML are now...changed?  Frex, why are quotes all centered?  And text w/in spoiler tags in bold?  *sigh*  So much for hitting ground running via old cheat sheet :(

I also spent waaaaaay too much time checking & off-loading 200+ followers for various reasons.  Don't wanna be mean or offend anyone (and I assume that most are the result of BL's automatic 25 (or whatever) followings upon initial account creation) but I really don't want or need non-readers, lurkers, or obvious young'uns following me :)

Bottom line, this means that instead of back-tracking & doing mini-posts on most of my 2015 reads, I'm only gonna do quick notes here for posterity & then move on.  My short TBR is quickly becoming not-so-short & fair growling at this point!

JANUARY 2015

 Highlander Most Wanted by Maya Banks [2013 HR (MMP/audio) ★★★½]

 Rules for a Proper Governess by Jennifer Ashley [2014 HR (MMP/audio) ★★★★]

 Stone Cold by David Baldacci [2007 Suspense/Political Thriller ★★★]

Highly unusual for me but I jumped in mid-series by reading this book (Camel Club #3).  And par for course, Murphy's Law promptly kicked in.  Technically, one can read this in vacuum & still enjoy it but it's not a true ‘stand-alone’ b/c one storyline (centered on Annabelle) is a continuation of what occurred in book #2.  Needless to say, I was a bit lost whenever the book shifted to that subplot.

So what do I do?  Yup, backtracked to beginning and read The Camel Club (★★★), tried but couldn't get into The Collectors (figures, right?), so jumped over #4 and read Hell's Corner (★★★★).  Shame that I didn't stop then; after some thought, reversed back to #4, Divine Justice (★★).

I should note that I first tried audio format for most of the above.  Unfortunately, Ron McLarty's narration didn't work for me.  My overall/lingering impression re: aborted listens was that he sounded fatigued, which isn't the best for suspense/mystery. :(

“How digital technology is destroying your mind”

Pretty provocative, no?  That’s the title of a Feb 13, 2015, article/book review in The Washington Post re: Mind Change by Susan Greenfield (Random House, Jan 2015).

And then there’s this: In “Mind Change,” neuroscientist, entrepreneur and British politician Susan Greenfield argues that our technologies are not only addictive — they are an existential threat.

Yikes―an existential threat?!  Frankly, IDK if I should be intrigued or scared by what may be revealed inside the pages of this book.  So proceed at your own risk. :)

What's that adage?  If, at first, you don't succeed, try and try again?

Alrighty then... I'm gonna give BL another go (spurred by new laptop) and see how I fare w/ site.  'Course, I almost logged right off when I realised how much things had changed--JFC, tech-challenged me is gonna have to re-learn how to navigate around new set-up and whatnot. :(

OK.  Planned re-start will be a bit (more) delayed.  So for now, I leave y'all with link to fusion.net's Man Crush Monday: Mark Ruffalo

http://fusion.net/story/49270/man-crush-monday-mark-ruffalo/

(Yes, today's technically Tuesday but c'mon, w/ double holiday/extended weekend + snow/ice storm, who's really 'on schedule' right now?  Stay warm!! ;-)

As always, never hurts to check your preferred retail outlet to see if deal/freebie also there.  Note that some may be repeat freebies.

TGIF, y'all!!

Just in case anyone missed these... as always, check your preferred outlet as well. :)

LAURA KAYE's Hearts of the Anemoi #1-3 (PNR; m/f) ― *amazing* deal @ 99¢

(Entangled = no lend)

www.amazon.com/dp/B00JCYHNBY/

ANDRE NORTON's The Scent of Magic (FA) currently @ 99¢

www.amazon.com/dp/B008XMZ9S0/

CAETHES FARON's Measure of Devotion (FA; m/m) ― Free!

www.amazon.com/dp/B00855WSQ6/

JESS RAVEN & PAULA BLACK's Becoming Red (PNR/erotica-lite) ― Free!

(interesting world-building BUT serial trilogy = on-going storyline over 3 books)

www.amazon.com/dp/B00AGLRUYC/