Story about about a wife who goes missing on her 5th wedding anniversary. Husband is of course the prime suspect, but he's such a dufus, so you keep wondering what really happened.
Great book for a couple different reasons. First the vocabulary was beyond my scope so I really enjoyed all the new words for me. Second, I loved how UN predictable it was. Great story because of that. Third, I liked the ending. Very fitting.
One word of caution, it has a lot of swearing. Mostly just one word over and over. It didn't really like that part, but kept reading because the story was so good.
Really enjoyed reading it.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Title: The Tiger’s
Wife
Author: Tea Obreht
Read: Aug 2012
rating: 5 ok
Wanted to like this
book; parts I did like, but mostly it was a hard slog. The author would go into
other stories and parts of people’s lives in the community that I did not care
about. I just wanted to know about the main people, the Tiger’s Wife. This book
did not appeal to me; did not like the writer’s style either. Sorry.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
I've Got Your Number
Title: I’ve
Got Your Number
Author: Sophie Kinsella
finished: Aug 12
10 LOVED
I really enjoyed this book – back to the old writing style! This
book has the main girl lose her phone, she finds another phone in a
wastebasket; takes it, but it really belongs to a high powered business man. Weirdly,
they share the phone until She can figure out getting another phone. Funny,
cute, predictable; easy, enjoyable read. I liked all the text messages.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Title: Joy
for Beginners
Title: A
discovery of Witches
Title: Blame
by: Erica
Bauermeister
Finished: July 12
8
fine
Book starts out at a dinner party for a group of girl/women
friends. One, Kate has had cancer and they are celebrating another good/healthy
exam. Kate challenges them all to do one thing that will get them out of their
comfort zone, but also be good for them. Each of the following chapters is
about each woman and their challenge. It held my attention. It was fine, but
not gripping.
Title: March
Author: Geraldine Brooks
finished: July 12
9 LIKED
About the father of the “little women”. Interesting premise. He
joins in the civil war; his experiences. The story is told by jumping from
present to past. Good story. I liked it.
Title: The
Woodcutter
Author: Reginald Hill
Finished: July 12
9 LIKED
Interesting story. Hard for my to qualify. I liked the weave of
the story; it was sometimes quite dark; it had interesting messages. I would
read this author again, BUT this book was on the verge of the characters being
almost over the line of too immoral to want to read about. The main character
had such stamina, strength, ability to push through the insurmountable. I think
that is why I kept reading, what I liked it. VERY wealthy man has it all, wife, child, business, then he is accused of a terrible crime, he is innocent, but his life takes a terrible turn.
**I keep reading bits and pieces in between the other books I am reading. Just can't quite fall for it. I will keep trying. I'll let you know what happens...
Author: Michelle Huneven
Finished: July 12
9 LIKED
REALLY liked this one. Told from point of view of young woman,
alcoholic; very high functioning; college professor. She has gotten drunk and
awakened in jail before. This time she wakes up; wondered what she has done
this time; finds out she ran someone over with her car; has no memory of doing
it. Her life changes. She goes to jail. The book takes us on a 20 span of her
life. I loved the perspective. I will never go to jail; never know what that is
like; I appreciated her telling of the story. It is a FICTION tale; don’t
mistake my meaning. Highly Recommend!
Title: The
Scent of Rain and Lightning
Author: Nancy
Pickard
Finished: July 12
6-7 ok
Found this book so average. Usual drama story; dorky names which
I can’t even remember weeks later as I write this. Rich farm people, there is a
murder; all the town thinks they know who does it; prejudice. Eventually he
gets out of jail. Blah blah. I know other people that really liked this book.
It just did not appeal to me.
Title: A
vintage Affair
Author: Isabel
Wolff
Finished: Aug 12
9 LIKED
REALLY enjoyed this book. About something I know NOTHING about.
In fact, I see I really like books that are outside of my realm, what I am
living. A woman LOVES vintage clothing. I know nothing about vintage clothing.
I very much enjoyed learning about it; why people like; how it is found. She
opens a store to sell her clothing. Finds and befriends a very old woman with a
story to tell. The woman also has a story to tell. They help each other. I
highly RECOMMEND!
Title: Hemlock
Author: Kathleen Peacock
Finished: Aug 12
4
Too much like a “teenage read”. It was in the teenage section.
Town, Hemlock, has a werewolf virus going around. Town filling up with
werewolves and murders. Book is told from a girl’s point of view; can’t even
remember her name. She is a senior in High School. 4 friends, very close; one
is murdered. Book tries to solve murder. Too dorky; don’t read.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
What am I reading now??
Want to read what I am reading now??
Joy for Beginners
author: Erica Bauermeister
I am on about page 120. Enjoying it.
Give it a try, then let's talk!!
Joy for Beginners
author: Erica Bauermeister
I am on about page 120. Enjoying it.
Give it a try, then let's talk!!
Read June 2012
Objects
of my affection
author: Jill Smolinski
finished: June 12
8 pretty good
author: Jill Smolinski
finished: June 12
8 pretty good
She helps clean out an old and famous women’s house. The woman
hardly wants her house cleaned; it is her son that wants to work done. The
woman is also dealing with a drug addicted son and a boyfriend that she loves
but is no longer with. It was good enough.
Unraveling
author: Elizabeth Norris
finished: June 12
Young Adult
9 REALLY LIKED**
World is coming to an end; very sci/fi. Girl starts her junior
year in school an she is suddenly hit by a car. She feels that she dies, then
suddenly is is alive and she feels that it is all because of the help and
healing of the boy! I did like it, but, by
the end of the book, the writer really starts using bad language. That
didn’t need to be so.
The
language of flowers
author: Vanessa
Diffenbaugh
finished: June 12
9
Really Liked
I think I really loved this book. I loved the information about
flowers. The story is about the foster care system. A young girl is in the
system and ages out. She chooses to become homeless; she finds a job with a
florist. Working with flowers is the thing she loves most. She rediscovers a
boy, friend, and they help each other heal. The part I did not relate to was
she had a baby and had a very hard time adjusting to her baby. Maybe that’s
what “no parenting” does for you.
The
year of wonders
author: Geraldine Brooks
finished: June 12
9 Really Liked
This was VERY good too! About the black plague in the 1600’s.
The town decides to cut itself off from the rest of the area so they won’t
spread the sickness. The town is mostly puritan. Their preacher is everything
to them. The last 35 pages is where suddenly the story takes an unbelieveable
turn. The rest of the book did not go with the last part; that was my only
problem. I WOULD recommend this book though.
Insurgent
author: Veronica Roth
finished: June 12
Young Adult
9 Really Liked
2nd
in a series. First is Divergent. It was a good “next” part of the story. A war
starts in this America .
They discover that there is more outside the “fence”. The end of the story is:
I am Edith Pryor.
The
Cat’s Table
author: Michael
Ondaatje
finished: June 12
DNF
This was supposed to be so good. It just went no where for me. A
young boy is sent on a ship across the ocean. It is a 21 day voyage. The table
he is assigned to sit is called the Cat’s Table because it holds all the
misfits. There just did not seem to be a story. It went no where. I was not
enjoying it. I read pass the 100 page mark.
Cry,
The Beloved Country
author: alan Paton
finished: June 12
DNF
A recommendation from a friend. Her book group read it. I don’t
think she loved it, but wanted me to read it. I REALLY tried. I read past page
100. It just did not keep me. I got to where I did not enjoy my reading. I had
to move onto a book that really grabbed me. This book is about South America and Apartied.
Before
I go to Sleep
author: S.J. Watson
finished: June 12
10 LOVED
Every morning, the woman (Christina) wakes up and has no idea
who she is! The man she sleeps with tells her he is her husband, they have been
married for many years. She may ask questions, learn some things about her
life. She goes to sleep and she wakes up the next morning not remembering
anything! Shocking. Very good.
This book really got me to thinking about what I would write. I have mostly stopped blogging; I feel like my life has turned into "same old thing". What different was there to write about. But Christine cherished every little thing she did every day and loved to read what she did the day before. Maybe what I do is not boring, but I shows what mothers do day in and day out. It doesn't have to be boring, ugly or frustrating. It is satisfing knowing I have satisfied my family, and yes, myself too. There; I have now updates some blogs!! Thanks S.J. Watson.
Read May 2012
The
Good Earth
author:Pearl Buck
finished: May 12
9 REALLY LIKED
N/F
finished: may 12
8 LIKED
author:
finished: May 12
9 REALLY LIKED
Back in the 1800’s (?) china; poor man gets wife; she is needed
to do cooking, cleaning and child bearing. Story about their life together.
Shockingly, I really liked it!!
Dust
and Decay
author: jonathan maberry
finished: May 12
Young Adult
9 Really Liked
2nd in series...about the kids that go out to the rot
and ruin; what happends to them; what happened to the world; what disease
happened. I like it!
The
Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who
Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
author: gayle tzemach lemmon N/F
finished: may 12
8 LIKED
It wasn’t written in the greatest style. Sometimes I felt like I
was reading a long (sort of) boring newpaper article instead of a book. I liked
the information, though.
The
Brave
author: Nicholas Evans
finished: May 12
REALLY LIKED!!
An 8 year old boy, raised in London , is being sent off to boarding school
that in Latin is called the brave. He is scared; he wets the bed; he did get
terribly teased and sometimes beaten for punishment. Later it is discovered
that his sister is his mother! The book is written in the style of starting
from the end of his life now, then back to the beginning, then each moving
toward the other. I really liked it. Very full story.
Read April 2012
Little Princes: One man’s promise to bring
home the lost children of Nepal
author: Conor Grennan
finished: April 12
NF 9 Really Liked
author: Conor Grennan
finished: April 12
NF 9 Really Liked
Guy takes a break from working in Germany for 8
years. Going to travel for 1 year. Starts off by volunteering at an orphanage
in Nepal .
Loves the work; kids; the helping. Eventually re-unites kids and parents.
Really interesting!
Crooked
Letter, Crooked Letter
author: Tom Franklin
finished: April
12
8/9 Liked
Takes place in Mississippi .
Guy accused at 18 of raping and killing a neighborhood girl. It is never
proven, just what people believe. He is shuned; unwanted in community. He has a
hard father; he makes friends with a black boy; that boy eventually ignores Guy
too. Very hard, sad life. The real story unfolds as you read the book. I liked
it; but it is a little slow and is a very dark tale.
Before
the Poison
author: peter
robinson
finished: april 12
7 ok
Really, can hardly remember! In know I finished because I
started. Ok..man’s wife dies. He buys a house in England , finds out the earilier
occupant was killed by the Country because she “murdered” her husband. Man
investigates the “murder”.
Spoiler: wife did kill husband. Husband was very
bad/cruel/making chemical warfare. She hated that. So, he had a
heartatack..died..I think she may have given poisen.
The
Hunter
author: John
Lescroart
finished: April 12
8 fine
Usual lescroart book. Was a “Hunt Club”. The main hunt guy, lets call him Will, learned
about this biological parents. He knew he was adopted and was prompted to
discover the truth about his bio parents. His mother was murdered and his
father was tried for the crime. In the end, Will cleared his fathers name.
Hide
author: Lisa Gardner
finished: April
12
6 hardly
abandoned Massachusetts
mental hospital, the gruesome discovery of six mummified corpses; Annabelle
Granger has been in hiding for as long as she can remember: reads in paper that
she is “dead”. Her father had them constantly moving and changing names. As an
adult she tries to find out what really happened. Her crazy uncle was after
them; ruined their lives. Weird, crazy, unfulfilling, disturbing book.
The
Divide
author: Nicholas Evans
finished: April 12
9 REALLY LIKED
Family goes to same dude ranch for many years for vacation; I
think it is called The divide. They love it. Husband falls in love with other
woman there. What happens to family, why he fell in love with other woman. REAL
THINKER!
Read March 2012
Forbidden
lessons in a Kabul guesthouse
author: Suraya Sadeed
finished: Mar 12
NF 7/8 interesting
author: Suraya Sadeed
finished: Mar 12
NF 7/8 interesting
An Afghanistan woman has a charity and
collects money and distributes goods right to the people who need it most.
The
Thirteenth Tale
author: Diane
setterfield
finished: Mar 12
OK – 5
Ok story, rambled on.
A
secret kept
author: Tatiana
DeRosnay
finished: Mar 12
4-5
Held my
attention for awhile.....realized it was a book about depressed and sad people
who had secrets...their mother was gay..i began skip reading.
Unorthodox the scandalous rejection of my
Hasidic Roots
author: Deborah
Felman
Finished: Mar 12
NF 9 Really Liked
Very interesting book about the
Hasidic religion. I really enjoyed this book!
The Affair
author: Lee
Child
finished: Mar 12
9 Really Liked
Good Jack
Reacher book. This explains why he left the army and started his vagabond ways.
His (last) assignment in the army...go to a town, find out why a woman was
murdered. He finds 2 or 3 other murders; falls for the beautiful town sheriff;
says in a hotel; works with the army.
Read February 2012
My
Name is Mary Sutter
author: Robin Oliveira
finished: Feb 12
VERY GOOD 9
Apopaliptic time period. These people must chose their group during their teen age years. There are 5 - 7 different groups to choose from. Don't make me name them. I did really enjoy the story. I reccomend!
author: Robin Oliveira
finished: Feb 12
VERY GOOD 9
Great
book about a woman that wanted to become a surgeon during the time of the civil
war. Woman just did not do that. She persevered. She WAS a midwife. Very good
book about what the civil war was about; about women’s lives during that time.
I really enjoyed the education!
The
Taker
author: Alma
Katsu
finished: Feb 12
LOVED **
Sometimes “way out there” books appeal to me. This is one. It is
a more adult book with adult themes. The book goes back and forth between the
current day and the 1800’s. An ER doctor comes into the hospital. Works with a
girl that has just been accused of murder. Through the visit, she tells the
doctor her story and that is when the book begins looking in the 1800’s. This
is a bit dark, but I was very sucked in.
The
Train of Small Mercies
author: David Rowell
finished: Feb 12
7
Was a fine book. About the Train that took
the body of RFK from one state to Washington
for his burial. It has a lot of difference story lines, many different
people. What bothered me was that we
just a got a glimpse into their lives, but not ending to the story.
Mudbound
author: Hillary Jordan
finished: Feb 12
LOVED
set in the 1940's, kind of during and after WW2; a woman
raised in Memphis
meets a man, they get married, live their first year or so of marriage in a big
city. The husband then goes and buys a large farm in Mississippi . The house has no plumbing, electricity,
no windows. It does have an outhouse and a woodburning stove! The book is told
from several character's perspectives. There are also some black character's in
the book and they deal with so much racism. It all makes me so grateful to have
been born during these times!
Rot
and Ruin
author: jonathan
maberry
finished: Feb 12
Young Adult
9 Really Liked
Apopaliptic time period. There was a terrible virus that killed most the people in the U.S. Few are left. They live behind heavily guarded gates to protect them from the zombies. Really, it's a good interesting story. I read the 2nd in the series; watiing for the third.
Divergent
author: Veronica Roth
finished: Feb 12
Young Adult
9
Really Liked
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