tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78203841075613335152024-03-12T17:54:17.719-06:00A Girl Named Michael Reads a Book"Take no heed of her...She reads a lot of books." -Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-55636053825253900552014-03-10T14:19:00.000-06:002014-03-10T14:19:17.491-06:00Thank You Anne Rice, Thank You!As an avid book lover nothing makes me happier than when I discover a new book in a favorite series is going to be released in the next year. Unless of course I discovered one of my favorite authors has returned to a series that I love after stating very publicly they will not write any more books in that series.
So this morning when I discovered Anne Rice has written a new book titled Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-3438787822846350332014-01-01T22:11:00.000-07:002014-01-01T22:11:11.449-07:00Rosarito BeachRosarito Beach by M.A. Lawson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
DEA Agent Kay Hamilton doesn't play well with others not even coworkers but she brings in the bad guys and she doesn't care. And when she arrests the young brother of powerful drug lord Caesar Olivera she knows that there is nothing Caesar wont do to do get him out of jail. Including declaring open war on the U.S.
But she doesn't count on Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-91809567796378937242014-01-01T15:38:00.000-07:002014-01-01T15:38:07.928-07:00Takedown TwentyTakedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Stephanie Plum is back and hot on the trail of a local Godfather who also happens to be the godfather of her on again off again boyfriend Joe Morelli. As usual she is in way over her head; she is dodging bullets, killers, Morelli's grandmother, Ranger and a giraffe. If she can make it through with out destroying to many cars she may justMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-51072262907714596022013-07-01T10:39:00.002-06:002013-07-01T10:52:52.749-06:00Courting GretaCourting Greta by Ramsey Hootman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Samuel Cooke, a social awkward computer nerd, gives up his cushy job to teach computer programming to high school students. Samuel has no idea what he has gotten himself into with his new career choice. A principal that is more frat boy then a leader, a fellow teacher that is over zealous in his friendships and students that could care Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-42199397972965797162013-06-19T05:03:00.000-06:002013-06-19T13:55:18.540-06:00Dancing Within ShadowDancing within Shadow by Morgan Dragonwillow
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I do not read a lot of poetry. I may occasionally read a single poem here or there but bunch of read a book of poems. So I am unsure why I jumped up the opportunity to read a book of poems. I am very glad I did.
Morgan Dragonwillow creates a beautiful path from pain and sorrow to love and hope all with a few words. I felt likeMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-89852385193995745292013-02-04T06:21:00.000-07:002013-02-04T06:21:00.519-07:00The Husband List
The Husband List by Janet Evanovich
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Caroline Maxwell's mother has a list not your average ordinary list its a list of potential husbands for Caroline and Caroline is not happy about it. She would rather be on a grand adventure or a lecture at the museum. Or at least have a say on who is on the list instead of the stuffy Lord Bremerton she wants her brother's friend Jack Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-73146155015174572052013-02-01T09:31:00.001-07:002013-02-01T09:58:20.572-07:00Hemingway's Girl
Hemingway's Girl by Erika Robuck
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Its 1935 in Key West Florida and Mariella Bennet is struggling to hold her family together after the tragic death of her father. Doing odd jobs and when necessary gambling to pay the rent and her sisters hospital bills. On one fateful day her path crosses that of Ernest Hemingway the famous millionaire writer and she ends up as the Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-86200597464905857342013-01-30T06:17:00.000-07:002013-01-30T20:07:57.453-07:00The Man in the Empty Suit
Man in the Empty Suit by Sean Ferrell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
If you were a time traveler how would you spent your birthday every year? Why not travel to the future to celebrate the 100th anniversary of your birth? And why not spend the night drinking and partying with other versions; past, present and future, of yourself. You would be experiencing the same event from a different Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-72591233334883205862013-01-14T06:41:00.000-07:002013-01-14T11:05:18.143-07:00Touch of Frost
Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Gwen Frost is not having a good year. A month after her mother's death her grandmother enrolls her in the exclusive Mythos Academy. Where she will earn reading, writing, ancient myths and how to fight like an ancient warrior. Its not your average school but Gwen is not your average student. She has a special gift, she can see a persons Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-76831817952299101282013-01-13T16:02:00.000-07:002013-01-13T16:05:11.081-07:00First Frost
First Frost by Jennifer Estep
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Gwen Frost is your average teenage girl going to high school. Accept she has a gift hand down from a gypsy ancestor, psychometry. She can see a persons memories by touching them or objects they have touched. She is not the only one with the gift both her mom and grandmother have versions of the same gift.
One day after gym class, Gwen Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-87844462673543840172013-01-04T12:58:00.000-07:002013-01-07T13:05:56.491-07:00My Favorite Reads of 2012I tried to pick my 5 favorite books from 2012 and found that 5 was to small a number...I had to pick at least 20. So here they are in no particular order.
Shadow of the Night: After the events in A Discovery of Witches Mathew and Diana make a dangerous decision to travel back in time to 1590 England. They hope to stay hidden, find the missing Ashmole 782 book, and a witch Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-897156118867762422013-01-03T19:10:00.000-07:002013-01-07T13:10:53.546-07:00Black Dawn
Black Dawn by Rachel Caine
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Now that the draug have infected Morganville no place is safe for Claire, Shane, Michael and Eve. Hiding in Founders square with a few remaining humans and vampires they fight for their survival against an enemy that travels by water. If things weren't bad enough Queen Vampire Amelia has been bitten by Master draug Magnus and is dying, Oliver Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-20678959141751333252013-01-01T06:33:00.000-07:002013-01-07T13:10:22.821-07:00Notorious Nineteen
Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Stephanie Plum is once again in over her head. A high-level skip is missing, along with the money he stole from a nursing home and Ranger, for once, need Stephanie's help solving a mystery.
I have to say this was not my favorite Stephanie Plum novel. I felt like the laughs were a little slow in coming, the sex was less than steamyMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-1118441821970436622012-10-25T09:20:00.000-06:002013-01-07T18:08:18.035-07:00The Hollow Man
The Hollow Man: A Novel by Oliver Harris
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Nick Belsey, London Police Detective Nick Belsey, is a man that has hit bottom with a vengeance. He wakes up on Hampstead Heath still drunk by a crashed squad car, no money, no wallet, no home and soon no job. While piecing together his night he casually starts investigating a missing person and figures out how to get himself outMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-76072814967395382862012-09-30T17:03:00.000-06:002012-09-30T17:04:03.165-06:00Prisoners in the Palace
Prisoners in the Palace by Michaela MacColl
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
16 year old Liza's dreams are dashed when her parents die in a carriage accident and leave her penniless. Desperate she accepts a position as young Princess Victoria's maid and discovers Kennisgton Palace is full of intrigue and plots. Liza is determined to help the young princess knowing that her future is now tied to the the Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-30247866976618975452012-09-09T18:50:00.000-06:002012-09-09T18:50:43.952-06:00Hard Bitten
Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Merit is finally settling in as Sentinel of Cadogen house. Of course nothing is ever quite in Chicago but she has settled into a routine. Until Mayor Tate threats to lock Ethan in jail if they don't put a stop to the blood raves.
The blood raves have taking a sinister turn and people may be dying. Soon Merit learns that a new drug is making Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-43876260376968546292012-08-28T09:28:00.001-06:002012-08-28T15:06:54.423-06:00Shadow of NightShadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
After the events in A Discovery of Witches Mathew and Diana make a dangerous decision to travel back in time to 1590 England. They hope to stay hidden, find the missing Ashmole 782 book, and a witch to teach Diana about her powers. But things do not go as planned.
Finding am obscure manuscript is harder than they thought and with the Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-45464989034630823352012-08-27T13:54:00.002-06:002012-08-27T13:54:49.677-06:00The Red Queen
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Margaret Beaufort is a the last hope of the Lancaster family. If she marries and has a son the Lancaster family has a hope of holding on to the throne of England if not then the Yorks are sure to take over.
Margaret is forced to marry Edmund Tudor when she is little more than a child. Soon widowed and pregnant Margaret determines that Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-64352783500274022382012-08-21T10:14:00.002-06:002012-08-21T10:14:22.014-06:00The White Queen
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Windowed during the War of the Roses and her family on the losing side Elizabeth Woodville's appeals to the new king Edward IV to help her gain her inheritance back for her sons. In the processes she captures the young kings heart and marries him in secret.
But the new court is just as dangerous as the old court. Rumored to be a Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-22492056671294506882012-08-08T07:44:00.001-06:002012-08-08T07:44:00.305-06:00City of BonesCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Clary Fray is like any other teenager in New York with a slightly over protective mom until one night when she sees 3 teenagers kill a demon. Life as Clary knows it will never be the same. Now she can see things that others can not see, then her mom is kidnapped and now Clary is hiding from all the things that go bump in the night. Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-84803073880723659612012-08-07T11:00:00.001-06:002012-08-07T11:00:26.627-06:00Heads You LoseHeads You Lose by Lisa Lutz
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Paul and Lacey are your average small town, twentysomethings, that live together, grow pot and find a headless corpse in the back yard.
Yup that's right they find a headless corpse in the back yard and since they don't want the authorities to be snooping around they do what any siblings would do...dump the body somewhere else. But when the Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-34813988659850859372012-08-01T05:50:00.001-06:002012-08-01T05:50:00.442-06:00Happy Ever AfterHappy Ever After by Nora Roberts
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Parker Brown is the force behind the wedding company Vows. With help from her 3 best friends she has turned a childhood game into a successful business. She has also watched her best friends fall in love and start planning their own weddings.
Although she thinks there is no one for her former stunt man and local mechanic Malcolm Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-23825623347040112312012-07-26T12:01:00.001-06:002012-07-31T20:57:17.312-06:00The Golden LilyThe Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Its not easy being Sydney Sage, an alchemist forced to live among Moroi. She has to help hide Moroi princess Jill among humans not always an easy task. Especially when she is suppose to dislike the race of people she is helping.
But her loyalties may be shifting. After everything she has seen she starts to question her alchemist teachingsMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-52311595559675305212012-07-23T11:05:00.000-06:002012-07-23T11:05:14.160-06:00The UnseenThe Unseen by Heather Graham
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Meet Texas Ranger Logan Raintree known for his ability to solve cases and save victims. He has been asked to head a new investigative team for the FBI filled with agents who seem to have special abilities like his...he sees the dead.
Unsure if he will accept the new offer he teams up with possible team member US Marshal Kelsey O'Brien, known Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820384107561333515.post-32081225052609467052012-07-19T15:45:00.000-06:002012-07-19T15:45:14.426-06:00Abraham Lincoln Vampire HunterAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I am not an expert on Abraham Lincoln's life. I know he was the 16th President. That his election as President along with a few other events lead to the South seceding from the Union and the start of the Civil War. He emancipated the slaves, wrote the Gettysburg address and was assassinated by John Wilkes Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08036770895855751152noreply@blogger.com0