Father of the rain

Father of the rain
by Lily King

I did not enjoy this novel. I lost interest with it because I think I felt disconnected to the book. Thus I found myself not caring about what happened to the characters in this book, because of these reasons I dont think I would recomend this book. It wasnt a book for me but it might be a book for someone else.

Flashback

Flashback
by Dan Simmons

This book was good. It had a really interesting and unique plot and I enjoyed it. It wasnt one of my favorite books but like I said I enjoyed it. The characters were good and the book was well written. Anyone who is a fan of furturistic novels or of this author would really like this book and I would recomend it.

I would like to thank Anna from Hachette for letting me read and review this novel.

Black Ties and Lullabies

Black Ties and Lullabies
by Jane Graves

This was a fun and cute comtempary romance. I enjoyed reading this book very much! The characters were very realatable and the plot was good. I also liked the cover of this book and the colors they use on the book it makes it very attractive and appealing to the eye. I would recomend this book. I think it would be a perfect summer beach read.

I would like to thank Brianne Beers for letting me read and review this novel!

Disturbed

Disturbed
by Kevin O' Brien

This was a pretty good suspence novel. It did keep me guessing untill the end but it wasnt one of my favorites. I would recomend it for people who like thriller/suspence novels but that many be the only group who will enjoy it. It is a very long read but like I said before the story is not bad.

Dark Awakening

Dark Awakening
by Kendra Leigh Castle

I thought this was a very good paranormal romance novel. It was enjoyable to read and I liked the characters (most of whom were vampires). I liked reading this book as well because this author was a new author for me so its nice reading something fresh and different at times. I would highly recomend this romance novel expecially for peole who love paranormal romance it is a great summer read.

I would like to thank Brianne Beers for letting me read and review this book!

Shes Gone Country

Shes Gone Country
by Jane Porter

This book was ok. It was a cute story and of course it had a romantic aspect to. It wasnt particularly one of my favorites but I think it would be a good enjoyable summer read for any one interested in reading this book.

I would let to thank Brianne Beers for letting me read and review this novel.

Beg for Mercy

Today Im participating in a blog tour for the book Beg for Mercy by Jami Alden.

Book Info: (from Amazon)
He lurks in the shadows, waiting and watching . . . And once he has you, all you can do is. . .


BEG FOR MERCY

Megan Flynn thought she was falling in love. Cole Williams wasn't just handsome and passionate, he was one of the good guys. Or so she thought, until he arrested her brother-the only family she has left-for a murder she knows he couldn't have possibly committed. Now, with her heart broken and her brother's life hanging in the balance, Megan will risk everything to prove his innocence. Even if that means throwing herself into the path of a sadistic killer with a hauntingly familiar MO.

Seattle Detective Cole Williams had given up on making Megan see reason where her brother is concerned. But when she insinuates herself into the most shockingly brutal case Cole has ever worked, he can't stand idly by. Plunged into a secret world where the city's elite indulge their darkest desires, Cole will do whatever it takes to bring down a madman who has made Megan his most coveted prey.

Author Info: (from Amazon)
Like so many romance readers, my first romance novel was by Kathleen Woodiwiss - The Flame and the Flower, to be exact. I was thirteen. I spent the next month ignoring my friends while I worked my way through her back list. Shortly thereafter I discovered Judith McNaught, Johanna Lindsey, Karen Robards, Catherine Coulter, Shirlee Busbee among others, and devoured their lavish historical epics full of overbearing alpha males and the women who brought them to their knees. I was hooked. My high school teachers marveled at my ability to read romance novels under the desk and still score straight A's. I started to imagine myself, living in a cabin in the mountains somewhere, writing romance novels.


It took me quite awhile to pursue my dream. After graduating from Stanford with a degree in English Literature, I worked in a variety of not so interesting admin jobs before I began my career in marketing. It wasn't exactly my dream job, but at least my writing appeared on several web sites and in many software marketing brochures. Unfortunately I wasn't able to fit the phrase "and her loins melted like hot wax" into any of them.
During my stint as the world's surliest receptionist, I took my first stab at writing. The result was a very melodramatic western historical which reads like a bad Elizabeth Lowell rip off. It's currently languishing on my hard drive, forever stuck on page 330.

Then in fall 2001 I had an incredible stroke of luck and got laid off from my marketing job. I decided it was time to stop saying I wanted to be a writer and to actually give it a serious go. Fortunately my husband, a socially well adjusted alpha male, is a very generous patron of the arts.

Four years later, I sold my first book and now I'm pretty much living the dream of getting paid to write romance. I don't live in a cabin in the mountains, but I do live in a rural-ish town near San Francisco (hey, we have deer and bunnies, along with the occasional coyote) with my husband, 2 sons, and a dog who patiently listens to my dialogue and helps me work out plot points. When I'm not writing, I enjoy running, reading, cooking, and watching a brain numbing quantity of food network programming.

My Review:
I thought this book was ok. I liked that it was romantic supense with is I romantic genre I dont usally read but I thought I would try it. It turns out however that this book wasnt a book for me. However because of its writing style and characters thats why I would saw it was ok, but I dont think I would recomend it.

I would like to thank Brianne Beers for letting me participate in this blog tour!

Who is Gideon Crew?

Who is Gideon Crew?
by Preston and Child

This book was ok. I lost interest in it mid way though and I thought this story was alot worse then the audiobook of theirs for Fever Dream which I have previously reviewed. I would not recomend this book.

Life

Life
by Keith Richards

This audiobook memoir was ok to listen to. It was entertaining and not boring I think it just wasnt my thing (even though I did enjoy that Johnny Deep was one of the people who read it). I didnt like that there was alot of swearing in it but it didnt surprise me. I think however I would recomend this audiobook any Rolling stones fans would love it.

I would like to thank Anna from Hachette for letting me review this audiobook.

My Dangerous Pleasure

My Dangerous Pleasure
by Carolyn Jewel

This book was ok. I have read other books by this author before and none of them have been really awful its just this wasnt one of my favorites. This was a paranormal romance which is a genre I have become fond of. I not sure if I would recomend this book it wasnt terrible but it wasnt great it might just be the perfect book for someone who loves reading this genre.

I would like to thank Brianne Beers for letting me read and review this novel.

Lady of Seduction

Lady of Seduction
by Laurel Mckee

This was a nice romance. I enjoyed it because it was historical fiction. I have read other books by this author and have enjoyed them so I guess you could say im a fan. I like the characters in this novel and thought the story was very good I would recomend this book.

I would like to thank Brianne Beers for letting me read and review this novel.

The Bedtime book for dogs

The Bedtime book for Dogs
by Bruce Littlefield

This book is a great book for humans of all ages and for dogs as well. I thought this book was really cute and I loved the illustrations. This book is also prefect for reading outloud or for a kid whos learning to read. I enjoyed this book alot and my dog (who I read it outloud to) did as well. I would recomend this book!

I would like to thank Brianne Beers for letting me read and review this book.

Im kind of a big deal

Today im participating in a blog tour for the book Im kind of a big deal and other Delusions of adquacy by Stefanie Wilder Taylor.

Book Info: (from Amazon)
WARNING TO READERS:


The Author of This Book is Kind of Crazy, Kind of Delusional, and All Kinds of Hilarious

Whether she’s driving a limo for former Family Ties star Justine Bateman, dancing in the dark for a rarely seen Bob Dylan music video, or stalking a bachelor reject from TV’s Love Connection, Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is kind of a big deal—at least in her own mind. Smart, screwy, and scathingly funny, her tell-all essays capture every cringe-worthy moment of her kind-of famous life. From bombing as a stand-up comic for born-again Christians, to winging it as a singing waitress in an Italian restaurant, to posting open letters to Angelina Jolie and David Hasselhoff, this unstoppable L.A. transplant refuses to give up on her dreams—no matter how ill-advised—and shows us a side of Hollywood better kept hidden. When it comes to funny women—unplugged and unleashed—they don’t get any wilder than Stefanie Wilder-Taylor. . . .

Author Info: (from Amazon)
Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom (Simon & Schuster 2006) and Naptime Is the New Happy Hour: And Other Ways Toddlers Turn Your Life Upside Down (Simon & Schuster 2008) which were based on her prominent blog "Baby on Bored" that has been entertaining thousands of mothers since 2005.


On television she acts as the go-to parenting expert for NBC's "The Today Show" where she has appeared numerous times giving practical humorous advice. She's also been featured on Dr. Phil, Your World with Neil Cavuto and even Oprah (via taped interview but she's still hoping to one day sit on the couch!). As a comedian she has performed on Make Me Laugh, Evening at the Improv, Comedy Central. Her third book, It's Not Me, It's You: Subjective Recollections of a Terminally Optimistic, Chronically Sarcastic and Occasionally Inebriated Woman is out July 2009. Stefanie keeps herself very busy with twin toddler girls, a preschool age daughter and an active online poker addiction.

My review:
This book was just ok for me at first I thought it was funny and that I would like it but then I lost interest in it. I thought the title on this kind of made this book seem (and the author of it) seem a little egotistical because she says shes kind of a big deal but I never heard of her before (yes I know the titles suposed to be funny but still...) I do not think I would recomend this book.

I would like to thank the people at gallery for letting me participate in this blog tour.

Treasures from the Attic

Treasures from the Attic: The extrondinary story of Anne Franks Family
by Mirjam Pressler

So most of you have read or heard of the Diary of Anne Frank well this book is just as good. I loved this book it adds a whole nother diamention to a very well known story. This book is a long one but it has many pictures as well as just text but the book is just a very worthwhile read. I enjoyed this book very much and I would recomend it!

I would like to thank the people at DoubleDay for letting me read and review this book!

Guilt by Association

Guilt by Association
by Marcia Clark

This book was a good book and well worth the read (because it is a very long book). I like the herione she had many great qualities and a legal thriller that can make you laugh at times is always great. I enjoyed this book very much and I would recomend it.

I wore the Ocean in the Shape of a girl

Today im participating in a blog tour for the book I wore the ocean in the shape of a girl by Kelle Groom.

Book Info: (from Amazon)

At the age of fifteen, Kelle Groom found that alcohol allowed her to connect with people and explore intimacy in ways she’d never been able to experience before. She began drinking before class, often blacked out at bars, and fell into destructive relationships. At nineteen, already an out-of-control alcoholic, she was pregnant. Accepting the heartbreaking fact that she was incapable of taking care of her son herself, she gave him up for adoption to her aunt and uncle. They named him Tommy and took him home with them to Massachusetts. When he was nine months old, the boy was diagnosed with leukemia—but Kelle’s parents, wanting the best for her, kept her mostly in the dark about his health. When Tommy died he was only fourteen months old. Having lost him irretrievably, Kelle went into an accelerating downward spiral of self-destruction. She emerged from this free fall only when her desire to stop drinking connected her with those who helped her to get sober.


In stirring, hypnotic prose, I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl explores the most painful aspects of Kelle’s addiction and loss with unflinching honesty and bold determination. Urgent and vital, exquisite and raw, her story is as much about maternal love as it is about survival, as much about acceptance as it is about forgiveness. Kelle’s longing for her son remains twenty-five years after his death. It is an ache intensified, as she lost him twice—first to adoption and then to cancer. In this inspiring portrait of redemption, Kelle charts the journey that led her to accept her addiction and grief and to learn how to live in the world.

Through her family’s history and the story of her son’s cancer, Kelle traces with clarity and breathtaking grace the forces that shape a life, a death, and a literary voice.

Author Info (from KelleGroom.com)

Kelle Groom is a poet and memoirist. Her memoir, "I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl," is forthcoming from The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster in June 2011. She is the author of three poetry collections: "Five Kingdoms" (Anhinga Press, 2010); "Luckily" (Anhinga, 2006); and "Underwater City" (University Press of Florida, 2004). Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry 2010, The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and Poetry, among others, and has received special mention in the Pushcart Prize 2010 and Best American Non-Required Reading 2007 anthologies. She is the recipient of both a 2010 and a 2006 Florida Book Award (for "Five Kingdoms" and for "Luckily"), and grant awards from the State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs, New Forms Florida, and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. Groom has been a Norma Millay Ellis Fellow at the Millay Colony for the Arts, a William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society, a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and has been awarded residency fellowships from Atlantic Center for the Arts and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has taught writing at the University of Central Florida and is a contributing editor for The Florida Review.


Kelle Groom website: http://www.kellegroom.com/

My Review:
I thought this book was ok but it wasnt really one of my favorites. I lost interest in this book very quick because I found it to be boring. I was was looking forward to this read because it was a memoir which I read that genre but not very often so it would be I different read for me but like I said I was disapointed. I dont think I would recomend this book it wasnt a book for me.

I would like to thank the people at Simon & Schuster Free Press for letting me participate in this blog tour.