I know a lot of you are going to disagree with me, but here goes…. Nora Grey is forced to sit next to the new guy, Patch, in biology class one day. He knows more about her than he should, and trouble starts to follow her around. I should have listened to Misty at Book […]
We all have characters we love. Let’s spotlight these fantastic creations! Whether you want to be friends with them or you have a full-blown crush on them, you know you love them and want everyone else to love them too! Most of you will probably post about how much you love each character, but this […]
This is the story of Claude Monet; his great love, Camille Doncieux; and their life as they struggle together in the years before his fame. I started reading this not knowing anything about Monet except that I used to have a print of one of his works hanging in my bedroom. I also don’t know […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading is hosted by Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books. I visited my aunt and uncle for the long Easter weekend and had a great time. Now I’m trying to get caught up here! Read and ReviewedThe Fetch by Laura Whitcomb. There were things I liked, […]
4 Stars. Were there a few problems with this book? Yes. But it was fun, funny, suspenseful and original. I read it in one shift at work. I was hooked when Harry quips, “But just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that there isn’t an invisible demon about to eat your face.” What a great line! Harry is a […]
This book, the first in a series, is too big to easily sum up the plot and do it justice. Basically, Robert Baratheon led a revolt against the old king of the Seven Kingdoms when he was a young man. Now that he’s middle-aged, he’s found that he was more interested in fighting for the […]
Booking Through Thursday says Since it’s April Fool’s Day, I toyed with different ideas of questions for today. * Who’s your favorite “fool” of a character, and why? * What authors have fooled you? By a trick plot twist? By making you think their book was any good when it wasn’t? * What covers have […]
Calder is a Fetch, a soul who escorts people on their journey to heaven. One day he shows up at a Death Scene, waiting to see if an infant chooses to die or not. The woman holding the baby takes his breath away. She’s beautiful and has a kind, caring, sad face. He can’t get […]
We all have characters we love. Let’s spotlight these fantastic creations! Whether you want to be friends with them or you have a full-blown crush on them, you know you love them and want everyone else to love them too! Most of you will probably post about how much you love each character, but this […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books. Read and Reviewed: She-Rain by Michael Cogdill The Help by Kathryn Stockett Both of these were amazing! I highly recommend both! Currently Reading The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb It hasn’t really grabbed me yet, but weekends […]
In Jackson, Mississippi during the Civil Rights era, a white woman stumbles on the idea of writing a book about the black maids of the area and the white families they work for. There have been so many great reviews written for this book, that I don’t know if I have a whole lot more […]