A Run of Mostly OK books, some BAD; Some I Really ENJOYED!

SADLY, I cannot seem to add pictures to this blog post!! As you can see, I have added pictures quite a lot. I KNOW it is better to see the book, then you can decide if you want to read it! What's the deal with BLOGGER??

Anyway, here are the books I've read. No pictures. Just google for the pictures...so sad:

Gardens of Water
by: Alan Drew
Finished: June 2010
fine-ish 6
Muslim family in turkey deals with terrible earthquake in 1999…have dealings with an American family living there…problems with their religion. Interesting only to learn about the Muslim religion.

Things That Keep Us Here
by: Carla Buckley
Finished: June 2010
fine 6-7
Family living in Ohio deals with a terrible flu outbreak. There is quarantine; people are crazy, no law. Set a few years in the future. Before breakout, husband wants a divorce. Difficult times. By the end, husband & wife reunite.

Perfection
by: Julie Metz
Finished: June 2010
awful 3 NF
Husband dies; wife eventually fines out he is a habitual cheater; she is angry, wants to know all. The book is filled with awful, hatred, upset. Who wants to read that? Did not/could not finish

Before You Know Kindness
by: Chris Bohjalian
Finished: June 2010
a drag 3 can’t even remember
After half, skimmed…2 books later, can’t even remember what it was about
One week later, I remember: a animals rights guy is accidentally shot by his daughter. Family drama…strong mother, daughter married to animal rights guy, son married to a woman. Cousins get together for weeks in the summer.

Crank
by: Ellen Hopkins
Finished: June 2010
LOVED 9 different; interesting
Daughter visits missing father; while there meets boy who shows her meth amphetamine…the monster, insight into teenage mind and choices, drugs, lieing, quick read; recommend to mothers.

Thirteen Reasons Why
by: Jay Asher
finished June 2010 3 whinny
Girl commits suicide; sends tapes to 12 people that did her wrong. Girl was whinny and self centered and a little loose. Not enjoyable.

The Narrows
by: Michael Connelly
finished: June 2010 7 pretty good
Mystery; guy tries to solve a murder; FBI girl tries to solve a murder. Serial killer; Ex-FBI agent. I gave it a 7 because there is a small section of writing that didn’t need to be there and it has bugged me. Other than that I really enjoyed the book.

61 Hours
by: Lee Child
finished: June 2010
8 Liked
Didn’t understand the constant countdown. Nice try. Good, “jack reacher” novel

A Plague of Secrets
by: John Lescroart
finished: July 2010
9 Enjoyed!
Good Dismas Hardy book. Nice story. I really like this author. Lawyer; detective.

Treasure Hunt
by: John Lescroart
Finished: July 2010
8 fine
Wyatt hunt story…ok….mickey dade private detective story..just ok, hardly remember

Glass
by: Ellen Hopkins
finished: July 2010
LIKED 9 different interesting
2nd in series of Crank…continued story….very good…sad

Burned
by: Ellen Hopkins
Finished: July 2010
No frustrating -1
@mormon girl, abused by father, bad family although religious; hated the premise and the telling. Quit reading, just skimmed; a big yuck.

The Second Short life of Bree Tanner
by: Stephenie Meyers
Finished: July 2010
REALLY LIKED 9
Very short story about one of the “new” vampires from the Eclipse book which will make me re-read Eclipse and the last Breaking Dawn. I enjoyed the re-reads too.

Committed
by: Elizabeth Gilbert
Finished: July 2010
Liked 8-9
2nd next to Eat, Pray, Love. She marries…her thoughts. Some stuff too boring; skimmed, other parts I enjoyed and really read.

Peeps
by: Scott Westerfeld
Finished: August 2010
Ok, 5
O picked up this book because I really enjoyed another series of his....Uglies, Pretties (I have Specials to read...upcoming!) This one was Sci fi; vampires; cats, rats, virus, wished it was better.

Heart of the Matter
by: Emily Giffin
Finished: August2010
5 or 9
Sad/frustrating story of 7 yr. marriage that falls apart…affair. He is a doctor, he wants to help and rescue a little burned boy & his mother. He lets himself fall for her. They both know it is wrong. In the end there is a sweet forgiveness, a true sense of doing wrong and wanting to make things right.