<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post952459688782073813..comments</id><updated>2008-12-30T13:46:56.944-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Musings of a Bibliophile: Top 5 of 2008</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/feeds/952459688782073813/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html'/><author><name>Brie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13303100605089813253</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-1008246708830425083</id><published>2008-12-30T13:46:56.944-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-30T13:46:56.944-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nath, I really need to read more contemporaries.Hi...</title><content type='html'>Nath, I really need to read more contemporaries.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hi Christine! I haven't gotten to Delicious yet, but I do want to read it. Kantra's series is good, you should give it a go.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hi Sarai! :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/1008246708830425083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/1008246708830425083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html?showComment=1230662816944#c1008246708830425083' title=''/><author><name>Brie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13303100605089813253</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05009817046358493246'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-952459688782073813' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/posts/default/952459688782073813' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-5928711010001226175</id><published>2008-12-30T10:36:04.215-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-30T10:36:04.215-05:00</updated><title type='text'>All of which I really want to read... Maybe I shou...</title><content type='html'>All of which I really want to read... Maybe I should get on that.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/5928711010001226175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/5928711010001226175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html?showComment=1230651364215#c5928711010001226175' title=''/><author><name>Sarai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00203551997160640352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-952459688782073813' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/posts/default/952459688782073813' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-3515583146797559855</id><published>2008-12-30T01:42:08.787-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-30T01:42:08.787-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Great list! I've enjoyed every single one of Cole'...</title><content type='html'>Great list! I've enjoyed every single one of Cole's IAD novels. That's a auto buy for me. I had hoped to get to Delicious by Sherry Thomas, but it still remains on my TBR. I'm also glad to see yet another reader who loved Kantra's new series Children of the Sea series... I always wanted to pick that up.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Happy reading in 2009!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/3515583146797559855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/3515583146797559855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html?showComment=1230619328787#c3515583146797559855' title=''/><author><name>Christine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00420773211895134710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-952459688782073813' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/posts/default/952459688782073813' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-3187873508720507840</id><published>2008-12-29T21:25:40.668-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T21:25:40.668-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don't think it should matter whether the book wa...</title><content type='html'>I don't think it should matter whether the book was published in 2008 or prior. I mean, it's not as if you can only read books published this year...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anyway :)I don't see any contemporary in your list! No wonder you want to make a contemporary challenge :D</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/3187873508720507840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/3187873508720507840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html?showComment=1230603940668#c3187873508720507840' title=''/><author><name>nath</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02626894830238717124</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-952459688782073813' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/posts/default/952459688782073813' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-1403209566202134933</id><published>2008-12-29T18:53:09.491-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T18:53:09.491-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Weena! There are some good paranormals out ther...</title><content type='html'>Hi Weena! There are some good paranormals out there, you just have to find one that works for your mood. I'm real iffy on them, but I have been able to find some gems.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Glad you like the template!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Happy new year!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/1403209566202134933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/1403209566202134933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html?showComment=1230594789491#c1403209566202134933' title=''/><author><name>Brie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13303100605089813253</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05009817046358493246'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-952459688782073813' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/posts/default/952459688782073813' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-2047107186549996495</id><published>2008-12-29T16:57:15.343-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T16:57:15.343-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I need to get over my paranormal funk because it l...</title><content type='html'>I need to get over my paranormal funk because it looks like I'm missing out on a bunch of great books right now.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Great list!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And I am still loving the heck out of your blog template, it's so cute!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cheers to you in the new year sweets! =)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/2047107186549996495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/2047107186549996495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html?showComment=1230587835343#c2047107186549996495' title=''/><author><name>Rowena</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15472559027348735571</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14904515054897950176'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-952459688782073813' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/posts/default/952459688782073813' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-6421083738324660117</id><published>2008-12-28T22:57:15.903-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T22:57:15.903-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wendy, I didn't know that you read the Sea Witch. ...</title><content type='html'>Wendy, I didn't know that you read the Sea Witch. You seem to have liked it. Did you read Sea Fever?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hils, you and me are &lt;I&gt;likethis&lt;/I&gt; on both the IAD and the Psy/Changeling series'. In fact, just finished doing a reread of Visions of Heat, I'm on to Caressed by Ice next. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sea Witch was good. The second book (Sea Fever) was good, too, but I liked the first one better. The last one comes out next year.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I didn't read many Historical Romance published this year, not for lack of trying. What were your favorites, I'll have to look in to them?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/6421083738324660117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/6421083738324660117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html?showComment=1230523035903#c6421083738324660117' title=''/><author><name>Brie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13303100605089813253</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05009817046358493246'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-952459688782073813' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/posts/default/952459688782073813' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-7829558775999457117</id><published>2008-12-28T15:52:50.798-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T15:52:50.798-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I loved Eve Silver's Gothic Romance. I had been su...</title><content type='html'>I loved Eve Silver's Gothic Romance. I had been such a long time since I read one, it was just a treat for me.  It was well done!  Kresley Cole's IAD series just seems to get better and better too, it's one of the 2 paranormal series (the other being Nalini Singh's Psy/Changeling series) that I still look forward to.  &lt;BR/&gt;The Sea Witch Trilogy looks interesting, and I'm going to look this one up since it's a trilogy AND PNR, as opposed to UF, which I don't like to read.&lt;BR/&gt;I see we had different favorites in the Historical Romance genre, but it seems that both of these books are favorites to lots of people all around.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/7829558775999457117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/7829558775999457117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html?showComment=1230497570798#c7829558775999457117' title=''/><author><name>Hilcia Suarez</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-952459688782073813' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/posts/default/952459688782073813' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-6767496364386499087</id><published>2008-12-27T19:58:54.101-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T19:58:54.101-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The only ones I've read from your list are Cole's ...</title><content type='html'>The only ones I've read from your list are Cole's and Kantra's books. I'm a huge fan of Cole's IAD series and lickable horns? Awesome!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sea Witch was definitely a nice change, I agree.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/6767496364386499087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/952459688782073813/comments/default/6767496364386499087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html?showComment=1230425934101#c6767496364386499087' title=''/><author><name>Wendy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14467070028688210481</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bibliophilemusings.com/2008/12/top-5-of-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403772121671414772.post-952459688782073813' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6403772121671414772/posts/default/952459688782073813' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>