Okay so I just want to take a second to apologize for not psting for a while and also to catch you up on things so you understand why.
Like I explained a while ago Borders Bookstores are closing, not only does this affect me as a loyal customer but as an employee as well. In order to make ends meet I have to work two jobs. Borders being my biggest source of income, loosing my job there is a huge hit. So most of my available time has been spent job hunting Thankfully I now have another job.
To add insult to injury my lease on my apartment was coming due. Now in good faith I didn't want to renew my lease and then have no job and not be able to pay the rent. So when I did get a job I now had no home because someone was slated to take over my room. So I have been house hunting as well. Again thingshave worked out and I move into my new place on Friday.
So not only have I not had a change to write on here but I haven't had a chance to write any of my stories either and I have been reading the same book for almost 4 WEEKS!!!! But life is slowly starting to calm down and things should return to normal, or my new normal anyway.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
#55 - Before I Go to Sleep - S. J. Watson
If you like a book that will leave your nerves tingling and make the hair on the back of your neck stand up read this book. What would you do if every day you woke up and didn't know who you were or how you got where you are? This is what Christine Lucas must do everyday of her life because despite what she remembers or is told as soon as she goes to sleep her mind erases it all and she must start from scratch again tomorrow. So everyday she takes the time and writes down what she learns so that the next day she has someplace to start, a way to try and remember what happened to her. If she can find out what caused her to loose her memory then maybe she'll be able to remember her life.
This is S.J. Watson's first book and what a way to start out. This book has everything, mysteries about what really happened to Christine, suspense about what the truth could be, will hve you asking questions you might not have an edge of your seat story that will have you turning page after page. I started this book and immediately I was hooked the story gets right up and going and keeps you right on the hook right up until the end. I kept trying to figure out the story as I was going along but then something would happen and I would start to second guess myself. Multiple possibilities ran through my head and sometimes I would think I had it then start to wonder about another possible scenario. The way this is written you as the reader get to feel similar frustration and confusion about what is happening and even though it's not you at times you feel like it is. You get both the present and the journal entries, little pieces of the puzzle with which to construct the bigger picture. You will stay up all night reading and want to keep reading.
There is nothing boring about this book. The story is new and different and will have you asking questions you never would have before. What would you do if you woke up and couldn't remember your life and the face you saw in the mirror wasn't the one you were expecting?
This is S.J. Watson's first book and what a way to start out. This book has everything, mysteries about what really happened to Christine, suspense about what the truth could be, will hve you asking questions you might not have an edge of your seat story that will have you turning page after page. I started this book and immediately I was hooked the story gets right up and going and keeps you right on the hook right up until the end. I kept trying to figure out the story as I was going along but then something would happen and I would start to second guess myself. Multiple possibilities ran through my head and sometimes I would think I had it then start to wonder about another possible scenario. The way this is written you as the reader get to feel similar frustration and confusion about what is happening and even though it's not you at times you feel like it is. You get both the present and the journal entries, little pieces of the puzzle with which to construct the bigger picture. You will stay up all night reading and want to keep reading.
There is nothing boring about this book. The story is new and different and will have you asking questions you never would have before. What would you do if you woke up and couldn't remember your life and the face you saw in the mirror wasn't the one you were expecting?
Thursday, August 11, 2011
#54 City of Angels - Sheralyn Pratt
I picked this book up on a whim several months ago and it was sitting next to my bed up until just a few days ago.
Rhea Jensen is anything but a normal twenty-something woman. Rhea is a private investigator. she spends her days following people and getting to the bottom of mysteries. But in this new case Rhea may find more than she bargained for both professionally and personally.
This was an enjoyable little mystery. It wasn't a complex mystery that required a lot of thinking. This book was a lot like an episode of Remington Steele. There was a mystery and there was humor and life thrown in for good measure. I don't know that I would categorize this as a cozy mystery but it's not a forensic thriller either.
The characters are different and realistic. The plot while not overly complex is enjoyable and entertaining. This is a good book for a light read on the beach.
Rhea Jensen is anything but a normal twenty-something woman. Rhea is a private investigator. she spends her days following people and getting to the bottom of mysteries. But in this new case Rhea may find more than she bargained for both professionally and personally.
This was an enjoyable little mystery. It wasn't a complex mystery that required a lot of thinking. This book was a lot like an episode of Remington Steele. There was a mystery and there was humor and life thrown in for good measure. I don't know that I would categorize this as a cozy mystery but it's not a forensic thriller either.
The characters are different and realistic. The plot while not overly complex is enjoyable and entertaining. This is a good book for a light read on the beach.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
#53 - Spellcast - Barbara Ashford
The theater is a magical place. Whoever would have thought that there would be a book that combines science fiction/fantasy an musical theater? I have to say that this would've never crossed my mind but it certainly caught my attention.
Maggie Graham is having a bad day, she lost her job and here apartment is literally falling down around her or on her.So she packs up and heads to a small Vermont town to take a break from the mess at home. She stops when she comes across a barn that seems unsettlingly familiar. So it begins a summer Maggie will never forget, a summer where anything can happen and does.
I love this book! I was turning the pages and staying up for just one more chapter. I love the combination of theater and science fiction/fantasy. There was something about the book that grabbed me and wouldn't let go. The characters are so real that you'll want to say something about one of them to a friend only to remember that it is a character in the book you're reading. I found myself laughing out loud and wanting to go tell everyone about the book I was reading. (sorry everyone at Borders who heard me go on and on about it every day)
Spellcast is a new and different and will have you under it's spell from the get go. (Yes it's a pun but I like it so deal)
Maggie Graham is having a bad day, she lost her job and here apartment is literally falling down around her or on her.So she packs up and heads to a small Vermont town to take a break from the mess at home. She stops when she comes across a barn that seems unsettlingly familiar. So it begins a summer Maggie will never forget, a summer where anything can happen and does.
I love this book! I was turning the pages and staying up for just one more chapter. I love the combination of theater and science fiction/fantasy. There was something about the book that grabbed me and wouldn't let go. The characters are so real that you'll want to say something about one of them to a friend only to remember that it is a character in the book you're reading. I found myself laughing out loud and wanting to go tell everyone about the book I was reading. (sorry everyone at Borders who heard me go on and on about it every day)
Spellcast is a new and different and will have you under it's spell from the get go. (Yes it's a pun but I like it so deal)
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
#52 Maine - J. Courtney Sullivan
I want to say that I picked up this book as much for the title as the description on the back. I love reading about Maine in case you haven't already noticed by my selections in cozy mysteries. So I picked this book up because of the title being my home state and was pleasantly surprise by how much I enjoyed the book.
Maine follows the lives of four women Alice, Ann Marie, Kathleen, and Maggie. Here are three generations of a family all with a connection to their little Maine cottage and all with a secret. Between pregnancies crushes, and deeply buried guilt over past events this will be a summer that these women won't every forget.
One of the great things about this book is that each chapter is dedicated to one of the women. Sullivan takes you into each of their lives allowing you to get to know them better and share theirs secrets. This is a well crafted story about family and the imperfections that make us all human.
Sullivan's style is easy and entertaining. The stories come off the page and make you feel as if you are part of them. I found that despite the four simultaneous stories I knew everything that was going on without having to go back ad re-read to find out who someone was or how/when something had happened. The story lines are easy to follows and enjoyable as well as moving. Also the characters are so real that you'll feel as if you've met them and know them personally.
I picked this book up because of the title but kept reading for the story and the characters.
Maine follows the lives of four women Alice, Ann Marie, Kathleen, and Maggie. Here are three generations of a family all with a connection to their little Maine cottage and all with a secret. Between pregnancies crushes, and deeply buried guilt over past events this will be a summer that these women won't every forget.
One of the great things about this book is that each chapter is dedicated to one of the women. Sullivan takes you into each of their lives allowing you to get to know them better and share theirs secrets. This is a well crafted story about family and the imperfections that make us all human.
Sullivan's style is easy and entertaining. The stories come off the page and make you feel as if you are part of them. I found that despite the four simultaneous stories I knew everything that was going on without having to go back ad re-read to find out who someone was or how/when something had happened. The story lines are easy to follows and enjoyable as well as moving. Also the characters are so real that you'll feel as if you've met them and know them personally.
I picked this book up because of the title but kept reading for the story and the characters.
Monday, August 8, 2011
#51 High Five - Janet Evanovich
Stephanie's back and up to her old tricks in Evanovich's High Five. Times are slow for the bounty hunting business so when Stephanie's family asks her to look into the disappearance of her Uncle Fred she figures why not I'm not doing anything else. But quickly Stephanie realizes that her Uncle being missing may not be as easy of a case as she was thinking. To throw a wrench into her personal life Morelli is still causing her confusion and not to mention that something is different with Ranger. Will Stephanie be able to figure out what happened to Fred and solve the the continual mystery that is her love life?
Evanovich has done it again. Even in the fifth book Evanovich's style remains the same funny and a good mystery. The characters just keep getting better with each book and you want to immediately grab the next one and start reading. Evanovich's style is one that's engaging and fun. You can't help but fall in love with the characters and become part of the story.
Evanovich has done it again. Even in the fifth book Evanovich's style remains the same funny and a good mystery. The characters just keep getting better with each book and you want to immediately grab the next one and start reading. Evanovich's style is one that's engaging and fun. You can't help but fall in love with the characters and become part of the story.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
#50 Plaster and Poison - Jennie Bentley
Avery and Derek are at it again renovating house and solving mysteries. In the third book in the Do-It-Yourself Mystery Series Avery and Derek are renovating good friend Kate's Carriage house to make a new home for here and her soon to be husband Police Chief Wayne Raussman. They're on a time crunch to get it done before the wedding only a few short weeks away not to mention the upcoming visit of Avery's mother for the first time. As if this wasn't enough pressure on Derek and Avery one day when getting to work they stumble across a body. This isn't just anybody though it's someone Kate knows all too well. Can Avery and Derek get to the bottom of this mystery before Kate and Wayne say I do? Will they get the Carriage house done? And what will Avery's mother think of Derek?
Bentley pulls out yet another great mystery leaving you want more and turning the pages. Avery and Derek have such a great chemistry that it just works. You may find yourself wanting to move to Maine and start fixing up some old house, just watch out for dead bodies and handymen with a sarcastic sense of humor.
Bentley pulls out yet another great mystery leaving you want more and turning the pages. Avery and Derek have such a great chemistry that it just works. You may find yourself wanting to move to Maine and start fixing up some old house, just watch out for dead bodies and handymen with a sarcastic sense of humor.
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