6th book read for 2008

I just finished S is for Silence by Susan Grafton. I really enjoyed it. It kept me guessing who dunnit. I have to say I have almost the whole series and this is the 3rd book that I have read in the series. Thank goodness I don'thave to read them in order.





From Publishers Weekly

Kinsey Millhone has kept her appeal by being distinctive and sympathetic without craving center stage. While some mysteries that provide the PI's shoe size or most despised food create a forced and intrusive intimacy, a master like Grafton makes the relationship relaxed and reassuring. Millhone's life is modest and familiar, though her love life, now featuring police detective Cheney Phillips, tends to be oddly remote. This 19th entry (after 2004's R Is for Ricochet) adopts a new convention: Millhone's customary intelligent and occasionally self-deprecating first-person reportage is interrupted by vignettes from the days surrounding the Fourth of July, 34 years earlier, when a hot-blooded young woman named Violet Sullivan disappeared. Violet's daughter, Daisy, who was seven at the time, hires Millhone to discover her mother's true fate. Violet had toyed with every man in town at one time or another, so there's no shortage of scandalous secrets and possible suspects. Constant revelations concerning several absorbing characters allow a terrific tension to build. However, the utterly illogical and oddly abrupt ending undermines what is otherwise one of the stronger offerings in this iconic series

Forgot to post!

I read the newest book from Janet Evanovich Plum Lucky and thought it was funny. Typical Stephanie Plum! Not much of Ranger or Morelli in this one.

Looking forward to her new one - Fearless Fourteen





From Publishers Weekly
In bestseller Evanovich's breezy third holiday novella (after Plum Lovin'), Stephanie Plum's kooky Grandma Mazur finds a duffle full of money on the street and hightails it to Atlantic City. When Stephanie learns that the money was stolen from Delvina, a notorious Trenton mobster, she and her friend Lula head off in pursuit. In Atlantic City, the Jersey bounty hunter discovers she's not the only one after Grandma after meeting Snuggy, an ex-jockey who originally stole the money and is convinced he's a leprechaun. With her on-again off-again boyfriend Morelli tied up with a murder case and the sexy Ranger otherwise occupied, Stephanie turns to the mysterious Diesel for help. As she tries to keep Grandma safe and fend off the advances of Diesel amid the slot machines and craps tables, Stephanie realizes she may be in over her head. With her trademark wit, cast of eccentric side characters and hilariously absurd plot twists, Evanovich treats her fans to a delightful miniadventure sure to whet their appetites for the next full-length Plum escapade.

Book 3 & 4 read for 2008

Both of these books are by Susan Wiggs. I read Summer at Willow Lake (The Lakeshore Chronicles) and then the follow up book called Dockside The Lakeshore Chronicles. Its interesting as I had read the actual book 3 and 4 first so I kinda new what would happen but not all the drama.

Really good writing and I look forward to here other books. I know I have read the story of Jenny and Rourke but not sure if the book was from the library or if I have it. Must look for it!



Here is what chapters.ca had to say about Summer at Willow Lake:

From the Publisher
Real estate expert Olivia Bellamy reluctantly trades a trendy Manhattan summer for her family''s old resort camp in the Catskills, where her primary task will be renovating the bungalow colongy for her grandparents, who want one last summer together filled with fun, friends and family. A posh resort in its heyday, the camp is now in disarray and Olivia is forced to hire contractor Connor Davis — a still-smoldering flame from her own summers at campBut as the days grow warm, not even the inviting …+ read more
Real estate expert Olivia Bellamy reluctantly trades a trendy Manhattan summer for her family''s old resort camp in the Catskills, where her primary task will be renovating the bungalow colongy for her grandparents, who want one last summer together filled with fun, friends and family. A posh resort in its heyday, the camp is now in disarray and Olivia is forced to hire contractor Connor Davis — a still-smoldering flame from her own summers at camp
But as the days grow warm, not even the inviting blue waters of Willow Lake can cool the passions flaring or keep shocking secrets at bay. The nostalgic joy of summers past breathes new promise into a special place and people…a promise meant to last long after the season ends.





Here is what chapters.ca had to say about Dockside:

From the Publisher
With her daughter grown and flown, Nina Romano is ready to embark on a new adventure. She''s waited a long time for dating, travel and chasing dreams. But just as she''s beginning to enjoy being on her own, she finds herself falling for Greg Bellamy, owner of the charming Inn at Willow Lake and a single father with two kids of his own.Greg lost his first marriage to a demanding career. Now he''s determined to make a new start before it''s too late. Juggling work, raising his young son and …+ read more
With her daughter grown and flown, Nina Romano is ready to embark on a new adventure. She''s waited a long time for dating, travel and chasing dreams. But just as she''s beginning to enjoy being on her own, she finds herself falling for Greg Bellamy, owner of the charming Inn at Willow Lake and a single father with two kids of his own.

Greg lost his first marriage to a demanding career. Now he''s determined to make a new start before it''s too late. Juggling work, raising his young son and helping his nearly grown daughter face life''s ultimate challenge, he has no time to fall in love. Still, with Nina Romano, love feels just right this time around.

We interrupt this birthday....

Well Happy Birthday to me! Nothing is going right for this one. First with my sons femur getting broke at school, then I get a nasty head cold and of course it wouldn't be March 8 with out a snow storm (aka blizzard). I am so use to it that I have decided to reschedule my birthday for a different day. Hell! Maybe I will just legally change it to a month that doesn't get snow. hehe

I have been doing some knitting not alot as the tendinitous flares up. But my Project of the Month group is doing the Celtic Cable Scarf. Oh my gosh! Its turning out really nice. I love it!

Also on the needles is a black foo foo scarf for a craft show this fall/winter.

Any... its now March Break and I am sooooo glad that I was off yesterday as the headcold made a major invasion of my head. Took a night time sinus tablet and went back to sleep. Felt alittle better in the afternoon.

Well will post pictures and more later.

2nd book of 2008

I just finished this one today and its called Snowfall at Willow Lake - The Lakeshore Chronicles by Susan Wiggs. I have read another book in this series and enjoyed it and this one is just as good. There are two other ones that I want to get to complete the set.




Here is what Amazon.com had to say about it:

Book Description
Can a single moment change your entire life?
International lawyer Sophie Bellamy has dedicated her life to helping people in war-torn countries. But when she survives a hostage situation, she remembers what matters most—the children she loves back home. Haunted by regrets, she returns to the idyllic Catskills village of Avalon on the shores of Willow Lake, determined to repair the bonds with her family.

There Sophie discovers the surprising rewards of small-town life—including an unexpected passion for Noah Shepherd, the local veterinarian. Noah has a healing touch for anything with four legs, but he's never had any luck with women—until Sophie.

Snowfall at Willow Lake speaks from the heart about all the loves that fill a woman's life, and all the ways that love is tested and made to grow. It's the story of what comes after a woman survives an unspeakable horror and finds her way home, to healing and redemption and a new chance at happiness.

1st book of 2008

Well I can finally post that I finished a book for 2008! Its called Capture the Rainbow by Iris Johansen. I really enjoyed it.



From Amazon.com here is an editorial review of the book:

Book Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen comes a classic tale of excitement, risk, and romance, as two people make a connection so unexpected and so intimate, it may have consequences for a lifetime.

Gorgeous Hollywood stunt double Kendra Michaels is vying for the job of her life—a high-paying, high-risk jump that will clear the debt on her brother’s medical bills. Casey Michaels was a stuntman himself until a job went tragically wrong. Now Kendra is prepared to take the same chance. There’s just one man standing in her way, a man whose irresistible magnetism seduced her in ways she’d never experienced—and never before surrendered to....

Director Joel Damon gets what he wants. And he wants Kendra. But the explosive attraction he feels at the mere sight of her is entirely new to him, and it hasn’t disappeared, not since their one unforgettable night together—and not since Joel discovered she wasn’t the experienced starlet he’d mistaken her for. Now he’s determined to extend that night into many more. But he’ll have to keep Kendra alive to do it, even if it ruins her career. For he has bigger plans in mind for her than she ever imagined.

Finally Winter is Here!

Well within the last 12 hours we have had everything! Snow, sleet, freezing rain, more snow and sleet and freezing rain and now a major winter storm. The roads sucked coming home but I took it slow and easy.

Wow just looked out the window and since I got home around 5:30 there's alot of snow on my car and on the roads. Hubby went into town with the truck to get something. I would of waited till tomorrow.

Thank goodness I am off tomorrow. Bummer! NO SNOW DAY!!

Off to knit.

Happy New Year

Well I haven't read anything new yet, unless you count my magazines I have but I hope to read another 50 books this year. That's 4 per month. Hmmmmmm I just might be able to do it or I will play catch up in the summer.

I will post to here till I get another one set up for 2008.

Here's to another great year!

Updating - 54 books

Wow! I can't believe I haven't posted since Septembre! Well I have been doing some reading and rereading of some of my books.

Here goes the list;

Debbie Macomber 74 Seaside Avenue - I am really enjoying this series of hers.

Debbie Macomber - Where Angels Go! Gotta love a Shirley, Goodness and Merry book!

Johanna Lindsey - The Holiday Present (2 stories in this one)

Penny Jordan, Helen Brooks and Carol Woods - It happened at Christmas - Historical Romance Christmas

Sheila Roberts - On Strike for Christmas! Very funny!

Lisa Kleypas, Lisa Cach, Claudia Dain, and Lynsay Sands - Wish List (4 stories) historical and a fun read

Not sure if I posted this one:

Hearts Divided by : Debbie Macomber, Katherine Stone and Lois Faye Dyer

Last but not least

Nora Roberts new one Blood Brothers 7. Oh my Gosh!!!! Totally Awesome! Loved it!

So 54 books so far. Unless you count each story in a few that I am a helluv alot higher.

Luanne Rice

I just finished these two of the last couple of days.


Sandcastles by Luanne Rice. I bought this one up in Tobermory. I had nothing to read and needed something. I really enjoyed it. The next book I read is the continuation of it.

What Matters Most by Luanne Rice. I didn't expect the ending! It was 12 hanky ending. Definitely worth a second read!

August Reads

I forgot to post this last month but here it goes. Its a book (or three novels in one).

Sandra Brown

Heven's Price

Breakfast in Bed

Send no Flowers

I loved them! Found them very good.

Book 43 is finished

The library finally got in the Fern Michaels Free Fall. I got it yesterday and started and finished it today. I really liked it. I am sorry to see the series end. Or has it. Maybe another chapter is being for the 7 vigilanties and their men. hmmmm....




I guess I will have to wait and see if Fern Michael's continues on with this.

July reads total 17!

Wow! What an awesome amount of reads for July! That brings the total read too: 42 books for the year so far.

Yipee!!!

Fern Michaels' Yesterday

I finished this book back on August 5th. Sorry for posting late. I've been busy doing canning and the scavenger hunt with my son.

So...

Yesterday by Fern Michaels




I liked it. It was alittle different in away. But an enjoyable summer read.


Here's what Publisher Weekly had to say about it:

Coming together for a wedding, four friends share memories of childhood in Michaels's (Vegas Sunrise) unevenly plotted latest romance novel, set in South Carolina. Blonde Southern belle Callie Parker is to wed arrogant Wynfield Archer, with her childhood friends in attendance: Brie Canfield, San Diego cop and prospective FBI agent; Sela Bronson, interior designer and recent divorcee; and attorney Bode Jessup. Bode became Callie's foster brother when her father brought him home from an orphanage and made him promise to make sure Callie got what she wanted, always. Brie and Sela were "white trash" local girls brought in daily as playmates to form the rest of Callie's adoring court. Mama Pearl, an aging black woman employed at Parker Manor, lovingly cared for the poor waifs, but she also reinforced Callie's princess complex. Now, emotional turmoils rise to the surface when Bode evades attending Callie's wedding. Is Bode in love with Callie? The question fades in the wake of a car crash that leaves Callie comatose, an accident caused and covered up by an inebriated Wyn on the way to their wedding rehearsal. Brie explores her memories and her feelings for Bode, and maudlin nostalgia runs rampant as each character bemoans the perfection of "yesterday," leaving the reader to wonder why someone didn't slap silly Callie years ago. Stereotypes abound: Sela's a tramp with a heart of gold; Callie is a prima donna; and Mama Pearl is Mammy from Gone with the Wind. Michaels stirs up love-drama between the old friends and wangles revelations out of Mama Pearl about Bode and Callie's secret origins and racial heritage. Many disillusionments, impassioned tears and tearful confessions later, the puzzle pieces fall predictably in place.

Fern Michaels - About Face

I finished this one off on friday so I am alittle late in posting. I really did enjoy this one. Alittle more on the suspense and kept you guessing. I hate books that you can guess the plot in the first few pages.

Jayne Ann Krentz - Flash

Just finished this this evening. Action pack and romance with a touch of mystery. Gotta love it.





Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Once again, Jayne Ann Krentz brings wit and intelligence to her distinctive, sure-fire recipe for contemporary romantic suspense. Self-made venture capitalist Jasper Sloan is restless for new opportunities when a client's death leaves him with a controlling interest in Glow, Inc. The other 49 percent is owned by sleek, sexy Olivia Chantry, whose sharp mind and shapely body immediately attract Jasper's interest. Before the combative new partners can agree on how to run Glow, they're beset by a more disturbing problem--a blackmailer with access to deeply buried secrets and few qualms about using violence to get what he wants. Olivia's colorful family members, a nosy news hound, and various society types add touches of humor while the protagonists' self-confident, straightforward approach to romance is refreshingly free of angst. As always, Krentz pairs two equally strong people, endowing them with just enough quirks to make them real, and provides plenty of plot twists to keep her story humming. Flash is romantic suspense of a high order. --

Jayne Ann Krentz

Jayne Ann Krentz's All Night Long

I really liked it. It was a fun read and a murder/mystery/romance.








About the book:

Irene Stenson had fled Dunsley, California, after her parents' murder-suicide on a long-ago summer night. Now an urgent e-mail from her high-school best friend has summoned her back.

Fern Michaels Lethal Justice - this will be the one I start tonight. I have to wait till the library gets Free Fall in. Can't wait to start this one!

I loved it! There isn't a Fern Michaels book that I haven't. The last one will be sad as its the final in the series. Or is it? hmmmmm... Probabbly. I am still waiting for it from the library.

Fern Michaels Sweet Revenge

Loved it! I am really really enjoying this series!




Book Synopsis

The fifth in the Revenge of the Sisterhood series Isabelle Flanders had everything: her own architectural firm, her fianc? Bobby, a life she deserved. Until Rosemary Hershey came and stole it all. Took her reputation, her clients, her man, and even framed her for drunk driving ? killing three innocent people in the process. The loyal Sisterhood agree: Rosemary has to be punished, along with the conniving Bobby. Isabelle has learned to endure, running, hiking, pushing her body to its limits and working all-out to get her license back. Now it's time to do more than to endure. It's time to hand out some justice.

The Jury by Fern Michaels

Well I just finished this one at 11:58 pm. That's 2 1/2 books today! Wow!! I am really enjoying this one! This one is a 5 hankie one. I loved it!




Book Synopsis

The Sisterhood dive in. This time they could be out of their depth. The Sisterhood have decided that the next revenge mission will be Nikki?s. Jack Emery, her former fiance has made it clear that he will do everything he can to stop the women. But Nikki is surprised by this decision because she felt that she was only an advisor to the group. And she still loves Jack. Now she says that she wants to pass on her turn.