Nora Roberts...

Yes.  I am that obsessed right now that I'm going to blog about Nora Roberts.

As you may know, the ESN (Endless Summer Nights) Fics have been up for, oh I don't know, I guess like a week or so.  Anyway, I had been looking forward to them for so long.  And I was really bummed that I didn't get to participate since I forgot about the last the date to submit applications.  I guess that worked out for the best because I had a bunch of things to do and wouldn't have been able to finish and end up flaking out on Liza, and that would have sucked.  As of now, I have only been able to read a few of them....... and I blame it all on Nora.

Here's the story:  I had some extra money.  My dad, who is so nice and cool and spoils me a bit, gave it to me.  I still don't understand why.  Maybe 'cause I was graduating.  So, I had extra money and I went to this amazing new bookshop that I discovered.  And if you've ever been in Guatemala you know that bookstores are hard to find, and even harder to find are those who carry US authors.  I can actually count them with the fingers in one hand.  Three.  Yeah, 3! 

So you can guess just how excited I was when I discovered this third bookshop.  I was incredibly happy about it.  I think I spent like 2 and a half hours in it.  And the bookshop is like a whole in the wall.  I guess if you want to get technical, the size of it's, maybe, 225 square feet or so.  And they had a big selection of Nora Robert's books.  I was in heaven!!!

I love NR's books.  Last time I counted them I had like 25 or so.  Which I think it's a lot considering I discovered her like a year, maybe two, ago.  I always wanted to read Chesapeake Blue but held out because I wanted to read the first three, right? And I was walking up and down the selection and I found all four books.  All four!! I was soooo happy.  And I started reading them like six days ago; I'm currently on the third one, Phillip's story.

When I went to NYC a couple of months ago I got "The MacKade Brothers", both books, and I fell in love with all four brothers... well, maybe not with Shane.  Oh, but Rafe! OMG!!! I wish I could run in to a man like that.

I like the stories better when they are from the guys "POV", or the guys perspective.  And the MacKade's were four brothers who had raised hell in their town.  Especially Rafe.  It was fun to read the parts in which they met their girls.  Comments like "That girl sure knows how to walk" or stuff like that. 

The men in her stories are always perfect.  I mean they're gorgeous, well built, have amazing eyes...... and I'm a sucker for eyes..... at the end of they story I find myself wishing I would run in to some guy like that.  The type that are man's man, but have this side to them that would definitely make you tremble.  It actually makes me wonder if there are actually men like that out there.  God knows that I haven't found one of those.

And now, with the Chesapeake Bay saga I am falling in love with the brothers too.  I don't know if you've read them but I'll give you a brief story: This are three guys that were adopted by the same family.  Each one had a really sad story, and this same family adopted them.  That way they became brothers.  The mother died.  And the father died afterwards in an accident, months after he had adopted a fourth kid.  But the other three were already in their 30's and had to live everything to keep a promise to their father.  Each book, of course, tells the story of each brother.  Book 1 tell's Cameron's story.  Book 2, Ethan's.  Book 3, Phillips.  And Chesapeake Blue tells the story of the last kid, Seth. 

So I'm currently on the third book, almost done with it.  And I am loving all of them. So I guess, that when I'm finally done with them I'll get back to reading the ESN fics.  I guess that one thing that is holding me back a bit is that I know that not all of the stories are up yet, that way, if I wait a bit more I'll be able to read all of them at once.  Makes sense, huh?

Ok, so, I'm leaving now.  Off to eat some popcorn.