Friday, September 24, 2010

31 Hours

31 Hours by Masha Hamilton

This book was well written but I didnt enjoy it because I think it was way over my head and because of that I could not get into it. I would recomend it because maybe someone else would like it even though I didnt.

I would like to thank Unbridled book tours for the chance to read and review this novel.

Red Hook Road

Red Hook Road
by Ayelet Waldman

At first I wasnt sure about this book but then I stared reading it and I loved it! This is a great book it was well written and Waldman has a great skill at devolping relationships I think. I have never read anything this author had written before. I had never heard of her before either but now I have to say I am a fan! I know I will be reading more of her stuff in the future! I highly recomend Red Hook Road it is a great read!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

A Season of Seduction

A Season of Seduction
by Jennifer Haymore

This book was a cute book. It was a good read and I would recomend it as a perfect read for the holiday season (or anytime of year). I enjoyed this book very much it was a well written and fun historical romance novel.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Last To Die

Today im participating in a blog tour for the book Last to Die by Kate Brady.

Book Info:
(from Amazon.com)

A ruthless killer hides in plain sight, someone no one believes is capable of murder. Within a week, six women will be murdered, all punished for their dark pasts. Detective Dani Cole is determined to track down this serial killer whose victims include a young woman she pulled out of a life of crime. Her investigation leads her to a photography foundation and the renowned photographer Mitch Sheridan, a man she she fell in love with years ago but has tried to forget. Dani and Mitch are instantly attracted to each other again, though their troubled pasts keep them from getting too close. Together, through the course of the investigation, they unearth a dark chain of deception that leads to a killer who is closer than they think.

Author Info:
(from katebrady.net)
My writing career began in the closet, where--thankfully--my first several novels remain. As a full-time choral conductor and assistant professor of music education, I didn't consider going public with my fiction. It was strictly clandestine and only a hobby.




Then the needs of small children convinced me to switch to part-time teaching. For the first couple of years as a mostly stay-at-home-mom, it was all I could do to complete the metamorphosis from domestically-challenged career woman to culinary-queen and housework goddess. (Okay...Some transitions are never fully realized.) But later, when the kids got old enough to be in school for six hours a day, the characters in my head found time to come out again. Murderers, cops, victims, lovers. I started writing down everything they did and said, then finally decided to see if anyone but me wanted to read about them.



Now, I lead a double life. Some days are spent in the university classroom or at the rehearsal podium; others spent chasing villains on my laptop.



So what do I do when I'm not creating music teachers or psycho murderers? (Two unrelated populations, I assure you.) With a husband, two children, and way too many furry, feathery, and scaly things, there isn't a lot of time left. It's enough to keep up with the jobs, the house, the yard, and the family schedule, and hope no one on my laptop gets murdered when I'm not looking.

My Review:
This book was ok. I like the writing style but I wasnt very impressed with this book. I just couldnt get into it but I think I would recomend this book it was ok but it just wasnt for me.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Blue Nude

Today im participating in a blog tour for the book Blue Nude by Elizabeth Rosner.

Book Info:
(from the publisher Simon & Schuster)


Once a prominent painter, Danzig now shares his wisdom and technique with students at San Francisco's Art Institute—yet his own canvases remain empty. When he meets Israeli-born Merav, the beautiful new model for his class, he senses she may reignite his artistic passion. Merav moved to California to escape the danger and violence of the Middle East, yet she cannot outrun her fears about the past. As the characters challenge one another, Rosner lyrically uncovers their disparate upbringings, their creative awakenings, and their similarly painful, often catastrophic, love lives to propel them toward reconciliation, redemption, and ultimately revival.

Author Info:
(from http://www.elizabethrosner.com )

Elizabeth Rosner grew up in Schenectady, New York as a daughter of Jewish holocaust survivors. Her father, who was born in Hamburg, Germany, was sent to Buchenwald concentration camp, while her mother survived the war by hiding in the Polish countryside. Ms. Rosner's writing reflects her efforts to come to terms with the impact of her parents' experiences on her own life, the indelible imprints of their history on her language, her identity, and her imagination.


Now living in Berkeley, California, Ms. Rosner is a full-time writer, having been an instructor of creative writing and composition at the college level for eighteen years. She is a graduate of Stanford University, the MFA Program at U.C. Irvine, and the University of Queensland in Australia. She has traveled extensively throughout the world, including long-term stays in the Philippines, Israel, Australia, Sweden, and Mexico.

Elizabeth Rosner's first novel, THE SPEED OF LIGHT, was published in hardcover by Ballantine Books in September 2001. The novel was included in Book Sense 76 twice, and was selected as one of Borders Original Voices. Its central theme addresses the effects of the holocaust on the descendants of survivors; it is a story of loss and the redemptive power of storytelling and love. The novel has been translated into nine languages, and has been optioned by actress Gillian Anderson, who plans to make the film her directorial debut. The paperback edition of THE SPEED OF LIGHT came out in April 2003 and has remained a popular pick among book groups nationwide.

In 2002, THE SPEED OF LIGHT was the recipient of the Harold U. Ribalow Prize, administered by Hadassah Magazine and judged by Elie Wiesel, N. Scott Momaday and Myla Goldberg (the previous year's winner). Hadassah additionally selected the novel for their National Book Club in spring 2003. Rosner also received the Great Lakes Colleges New Writer's Award for Fiction in 2002. That award involved a lecture tour of ten colleges in the states of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

In 2003, the French edition of THE SPEED OF LIGHT (published under the title, DES DEMONS SUR LES EPAULES) was a finalist for the prestigious Prix Femina. In April 2004, the French awarded the novel a newly inaugurated literary prize, called the Prix France Bleu Gironde, at an award ceremony in Bordeaux.

Also in the spring of 2004, Rosner visited five upstate New York universities as part of a lecture tour co-sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute. When THE SPEED OF LIGHT was selected for Peoria Reads! 2004, a one city one book project, Rosner spent several days in Peoria, visiting with schools, libraries and appearing at numerous public events to meet with readers from all over the city.

Rosner's prize-winning fiction and poetry have been published in numerous literary journals such as Poetry, Poetry East, Another Chicago Magazine, The Cream City Review, and Southern Poetry Review. Her poetry chapbook GRAVITY, one of the Select Poets Series published by Small Poetry Press, is currently in its fourteenth printing.

Rosner's new novel, BLUE NUDE, was published in hardcover by Ballantine in May 2006. The subject of the novel was originally inspired by her involvement with a project called Acts of Reconciliation, which brought together second generation Germans and Jews in order to confront their shared legacy from World War II. (see essay link)

BLUE NUDE depicts an encounter between a post-war German painter named Danzig and an Israeli artist's model named Merav. Living in Northern California and in exile by choice from their home countries, both Danzig and Merav are wrestling with their identities as artists and as ex-patriates; haunted by their experiences with war and loss, they ultimately find that even in the face of fear and despair, the act of making art can bring real possibilities for redemption and healing.

A few of the many rave reviews for BLUE NUDE can be found by using the links page of this website. Selected as a Book Sense Notable Pick upon its release in early May 2006, the novel was immediately listed on the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list and recently named as one of the Chronicle's best books of 2006.

My Review:
This book was ok. The writting was good but I got very bored with this novel and it couldnt really get in to it. I guess I would recomend it but it just wasnt for me it might be for someone else however.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Secrets to Happiness

Secrets to Happiness
By Sarah Dunn

This Novel was very good it was well written. This book is also very funny and witty. I enjoyed it to I think because of the dog in the book he was cute and the ending of this book is very sweet (of course I wont give away what happens). I recomend this book highly its worth a read.

God and Dog

God and Dog
by Wendy Francisco

This was a cute book. It was a little gift size book and I liked it alot because it was about dogs. This book was originally a youtube video and now it is basically the video in book form. I thought though a cool asspect in this book was that in the back of the book they put the sheet music for the song that this book was based on. I recomend this book highly its really cute.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Home for Broken Hearts

Today im participating in a blog tour for the books The Home for the Broken Hearts by Rowan Coleman.

Book Info:
(from Publisher Simon & Schuster)



THE DOOR IS OPEN . . .


For young widow Ellen Wood, her Victorian home is a refuge—a place to feel safe with her eleven-year-old son, Charlie. But when money grows so tight that Ellen could lose the house, her sister, Hannah, makes a radical suggestion . . . rent out some of the rooms. Soon Ellen has three lodgers: Sabine, a German coworker of Hannah's, recently separated from her husband; Allegra, an eccentric but wise novelist; and Matt, an up-and-coming young journalist in search of his voice, who has just landed a plum job in London.

Ellen thinks three strangers are the last complication she needs, but they make her realize just how isolated she has become. Their presence exposes a secret she's been keeping hidden, as well as a conflict with her sister that is both shocking and revealing. And while a love affair with a younger man seems like a fantasy powered by her imagination, Ellen can't deny her deep connection to Matt, or the changes he inspires in her and her relationship with Charlie. Outside her home's sheltering walls lies a world of opportunity as well as danger. Now that she's had the courage to open the door, does Ellen dare step through?

Witty, moving, and deeply insightful, The Home for Broken Hearts celebrates everything that makes life worth living, from an author who knows just how to speak to the heart.

Author Info:
(from the publisher Simon and Schuster)
Rowan Coleman worked in bookselling and publishing for seven years, during which time she won the Company magazine Young Writer of the Year award. She lives in England, where she is working on her next novel.

My Review:
I loved this book! It was well written, and very funny. I really cared about the characters in this book and I liked the ending alot. This is a great book for anyone to read it is a very heartwarming story and I highly recomend it.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

The Darkest Edge of Dawn

Today I am participating in a blog tour for the book The Darkest Edge of Dawn by Kelly Gay.

Book Info:
(from Publisher Simon & Schuster)

It takes a strong woman to keep the peace in a city of endless night. . . .


Deep beneath Underground, a cunning bid for power and revenge has begun—one that threatens to make Atlanta the new battleground in the ultimate confrontation between good and evil. The powers of hellish Charbydon have the upper hand after plunging the city into primordial night. And under the cover of darkness, a serial killer targets the most powerful Elysians in the city, the angelic Adonai. For Detective Charlie Madigan and her siren partner Hank, tracking deadly predators is all in a day's work . . . but this case will test the limits of their strength and friendship as it draws them into a deadly world of power plays, ancient myths, explosive secrets, and a race against time that risks all that Charlie holds dear.

Author Info:
(from kellygay.com)

I'm just your average bookworm who likes to spend an embarrassing amount of time in make-believe places.


I've had many jobs from construction (I can drive a backhoe, tar and shingle a roof, and frame out a house) to waiting on tables, threading film through a projector, managing horse farms, and selling men's underwear (a talent, I tell you!).

In the writing world, I'm a 2010 double RITA finalist, a three-time RWA Golden Heart finalist, and a recipient of an NC Arts Council Fellowship grant in Literature

My Review:
This book sounded very cool at frist but then I read it and I was very disapointed in it. I didnt like this book at all. I just couldnt get into it and couldnt relate to it and I dont think that I would recomend this book.

100th Post!

So I cant beleive it this is my 100th blog post! I would like to thank all my followers for sticking with me and being me followers in the frist place!

I would also like to thank you for your comments too! I like hearing what all of you have to say!

So thanks again!

And here's to 100 more posts!

Much Ado About Marriage

Today I am Participating in a blog tour for the book Much Ado About Marriage by Karen Hawkins.

Book Info:
(from Publisher Simon & Schuster)


New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins's first historical romance, originally titled ONE LUCKY LORD and written as Kim Bennett, has been rewritten to tie into both her "MacLeans" series and her new "Hurst Amulet" series.


Fearless English earl Thomas Wentworth scoffs at failure, trusting in the legendary Wentworth luck to safeguard his spy mission to Scotland. But a single encounter with saucy Scotswoman Fia Maclean turns Thomas's mission topsy-turvy. All-too-innocently entangling him in his enemy's trap, the beautiful Fia gives Thomas no escape but to marry her. But Thomas doesn't know just what he's marrying into. With an ancient amulet in Fia's possession, she wields even more power than her sharp tongue and quick wit. Her cousin, Douglas Maclean stole the magical amulet from the White Witch, Maeve Hurst, and gave it to Fia for safekeeping. But now, with Fia in London with Thomas, the amulet falls into the hands of Queen Elizabeth. Thinking it will be safe in the queen's hands, Fia leaves it be and focuses on bedeviling her newly betrothed!

Author Info:
(form Publisher Simon & Schuster)

Karen Hawkins is the USA Today bestselling author of a dozen historical romance novels. When not stalking hot Australian actors, getting kicked out of West Virginia (thanks to the antics of her extended family), and adding to her considerable shoe collection, Karen spends her time warming her feet on her narcoleptic golden retriever while writing her next book. She lives in Florida.


Karen welcomes fan mail and can be reached at P. O. Box 149924, Orlando, FL 32814. Please visit her website at http://www.karenhawkins.com/.

My Review:
I thought this book was ok. I loved the titled by it was so Shakespearian! I liked it because it was a historical romance, the writing was good but overall I would say thins book was just ok.