wow... what a powerful book. As someone who was raised in faith and educated about other religions, CS wasn't one we really touched on. I knew certain things (like no doctors, no meds) but other things I did not know... I can't even imagine her life or how she dealt but Lucia Greenhouse has written one hell of a book. It was a little hard to follow all the relatives (hence no 5 star) but that's about my only complaint.
Get Lost in the Stacks
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wow... what a powerful book. As someone who was raised in faith and educated about other religions, CS wasn't one we really touched on. I knew certain things (like no doctors, no meds) but other things I did not know... I can't even imagine her life or how she dealt but Lucia Greenhouse has written one hell of a book. It was a little hard to follow all the relatives (hence no 5 star) but that's about my only complaint.
So far my favorite of the Virals series. I was positive I knew who the Gamemaster was from the beginning until well he wasn't :D And through the loop in there about Ben was great, though it was pretty easy to figure out from the beginning that he was moody because he liked Tory. But still overall this was a good mystery and definitely keeps you working the clues with the pack which was fun :)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, much more than the previous one and even The Peach Keeper. Yes, I still have an issue with the magical parts of the story but at least one of them (Sawyer's "Power" makes MUCH more sense than Win's. I actually wouldn't mind Sawyer's "power" though a hard exercise regimen would be needed :D. Allen is amazing at drawing her readers into the story and make them attached to the characters quickly.
I'm not quite sure what to make of this book. Overall I really enjoyed it but there was just one element that made me drop it down to 3 stars (though I'd really get it 3.8 stars). I couldn't take the magical bits. SPOILER ALERT: I mean come on, a tree that throws apples or apples that show you the biggest moment in your life? I just can't handle stuff like that. But Allen, like her book The Peach Keeper draws you into the story and makes you fall in love with her characters. I do wish the characters of Tyler had been a little more flushed out like Henry was (getting to know Henry's background, etc). I also thought it was a nice twist to have Emma try to warn Sydney about David, but I did feel that Emma's and HunterJohn's characters were a little flat and only in the story to make you want to hate them. They have no redeeming qualities. So that was frustrating as a reader. But overall, this is an well-written book and I highly recommend it.
First off, I want to say, I love Tim Gunn. I think most of what he says is absolutely golden and his advice works for ALL women, not just models/skinny women. That said, this book, while good, seemed a bit disjointed in places/chapters and it didn't flow at all in many places. Which is slightly disappointing and why I didn't rate it higher. Gunn of course makes excellent points in every chapter and frankly every person should read this because there are things people wear that they shouldn't. One of the points I especially liked was that pink was originally a boys color! It was nice to hear that it's not just a girl color and frankly I got the impression Gunn thought it shouldn't be pushed on girls.
UG... this was a hard book for me to read because I was expecting sooo much more. Why? Because when read the back, I was expecting a ton more involvement from Billet. I thought they were going to bring in a new agent with Brian Jamison but then he's killed in the first 100 pages... It was just weird. So having that expectation made the book just dragged out. Then having at the end, just having a small cameo appearance by Nell just made it worst. Again I wish that the "prequel" that was included in my paperback book, I had knew to read before I read the book because Cotton is mentioned in that one... It just didn't really fit how this book fit in with the rest of the Cotton series... As for the story, had I not have the expectations that I did, I think I would have liked the book better. I also think if I didn't have the biases against Columbus that I do, it would have also made the book better for me. The mysteries behind who Columbus was is truly fascinating and Berry just fantastic research. So this was definitely not my favorite Berry book and if you realize going in that Cotton is not a part of it and neither is the rest of Billet for the most part, then you might like the story a lot more. I would consider it more similar to Berry's other stand alone novels like The Amber Room or The Romanov Prophecy.
Yet another really good book from Berry! I thoroughly enjoyed it and would give it 4.8 stars really. The only thing I didn't appreciate was the gore of the torture stuff... that was a little too much to handle.
WAY too many details that really don't matter and I got really bogged down in them. So much so that the mystery really sucked and didn't draw me in.
I really enjoyed this and I'd give it 3.9 stars. But it's for good reason. It took forever to get to the heart of the story and it jumped back and forth in terms of time periods which was really frustrating when O'Brien did it (normally I don't have a problem with jumping time periods). and lastly, it was just weirdly too graphic for me. Now I normally don't mind some graphic stuff (I mean one of my favorite shows is Criminal Minds!) But some of the stuff seamed pointless and had no place in the story. Overall, though, the mystery was good!
I'd really give this 4.9 stars because it's a REALLY good book. I was extremely skeptical as a)a handler, b)a dog lover, and c)someone who hated with a passion, Best in Show. So having USA Today calling it the print version of that horrible movie, I was really skeptical but I wanted to read it because I have handled before and wanted to see how bad it was... Turns out Dean is a decent guy who did his research (though I will say he did get a few things wrong: Missed several breeds that have three varieties, Schnauzers and Cockers being two that he missed, as well as saying John O'Hurley won Dancing With the Stars. I can go on with Dean just missing some key facts but blatantly putting that lie out there because O'Hurley is bitter about losing (which he is), is just flat out wrong and its the reason I didn't give the book five out of five). 98% of the research is well done and well planned and Mr. Dean has a clear writing style. I really enjoyed the book and Mr. Dean fully admits to a)knowing very little about dog showing and b)admits to having preconceived notions. Highly recommended though!
Okay YA novel but really hard to get into... wasn't really impressed with the author's style.
Just did not get into this one. Honestly that's all I have to say about it...
wow…Another Great book!! Jio weaves a masterful tale that you just have to find out what happened and who did it (literally! I stayed up until 1:30 am last night to finish it! I just had to know what happened to the characters). I will say that there are some similarities to Tales from the South Pacific (which the musical South Pacific is based on) but the story is still enchanting and masterfully written. Out of all of Jio's books, this is by far my favorite.
UG, I had such high hopes for this. I love the TV show and so I hoped that the books would be similar. It wasn't. It was incredibly slow and did just not move. And maybe it's because I watch too many cirme shows but it was just WAY too predicitabel, even for a crime book. And I didn't feel like Rook and Heat had any chemistry. It just did not happen.
wow... I have no words for this book! If you do read it and I highly recommend you do, I extremely recommend getting the audio edition because it makes it all the mysterious and scary. There were times, because the narrator (Jonathan Davis) does an excellent job changing this voice just a bit, that I jumped out of my skin. The author writes a brilliant story of Daniel (one little annoyance with this narrator is that he pronounced like the female Danielle) and the book by an unknown author. There is mystery (who's burning the books?), adventure (tramping all over Barcelona (the other tiny annoyance with this narrator, he pronounced Barcelona with a lisp. Drove me nuts)), and romance. Amid that, there's the Gothic tale of people dying and horrible police and possibly haunted mansions! I couldn't believe that an author would just randomly kill off his main character 3/4 of the way through the book but I was like, noo this can't be.. so I had to keep going! UG such good writing!
I'm really sadden. Howe's first book was really good! But this book was more like a 1.5 star book. It just did move... It was so slow.
