Now..... where was I?

Take Me Home was great.
Gene was injured during the war twice. The second time got him sent home. He is happy to be back with Emily and Danny, but there is a lot of anger in him and he doesn't know how to handle it.
Diane's marriage is falling apart. Greg is gone al the time despite his promises to Diane to be home more. His temper flares at the slightest word. Can Diane handle it, or should she leave him for good?
Kathy is learning a lot in the Phillipines. Should she stay in the Church, or is she just too different to be accepted? Her last year is going to change her life for good.
Hans is given more freedom. But is he being set up by the Stasi? Will he end up back in prison? Is Rainer really his friend, or a spy for the Stasi?
This was such a good book. Diane's situation really hit home for me and I had tears in my eyes and slipping down my cheeks.

As for Vixen 03 by Clive Cussler, I enjoyed it as usual. There were a few twists I didn't expect and lots of action that I did. I think this was one of his better books of the older ones.

Now, I am reading the final installment of the Hearts of the Children series by Dean Hughes, So Much of Life Ahead. I'll let you know how it goes.

Oh! I forgot one! I also read Mary Higgins Clark's newest book, I'll Walk Alone.
Alexandra "Zan" Moreland lost her son two years ago when he was kidnapped in Central Park. Now, someone is trying to destroy her and her interior design business. To make matters worse, someone is impersonating her. They have stolen her identity, used her bank account to buy things.
Now the police think she kidnapped her own son and possibly murdered him. Will anyone believe her that she didn't do any of those things? Will Alvirah Meehan be able to help her, or is she one of those that don't trust Zan? This book held my attention to the very end.
Thank you Mary Higgins Clark for another wonderful book and another installment in the Alvirah Meehan series!!!

A little behind...

I finished The Girl Who Played with Fire a few weeks ago. It was as good as the first one! Can't wait for the 3rd to come out in paperback.

I also have read Smoke Screen by Traci Hunter Abramson. This book follows Taylor Palmetta, an up-and-coming artist, and Quinn Lambert, a Navy SEAL. Quinn broke Taylor's heart and she headed to Europe to get away from him. Quinn is trying to heal his own heart as he hides the fact that his wife died and that he is falling in love with Taylor.
Just as their romance starts to heat up again, a plot against America is discovered. And Taylor's paintings may hold the key.

Now I am reading Vixen 03 by Clive Cussler. Cussler is my favorite author. There are only a few books I haven't read of his and this is one of them.
An airplane has gone down in Colorado with a deadly cargo. Despite an extensive search by the government and military, the plane is never found (mainly because they thought it went down in the Pacific Ocean). Thirty-five years later, Dirk Pitt discovers the nose gear of a plane in the garage of Congresswoman Loren Smith's Colorado cabin. This sets him off on a hunt for the plane it belongs to. He eventually finds it in the lake near the cabin. Inside the plane is the bones of the crew that flew it and another corpse, the father of Loren Smith.
Meanwhile, in South Africa, a family and the workers on their farm are murdered for no apparent reason. The father had been called away to a meeting and came back to his house burned down and everyone he loved gone. He takes up with the leader of the African Army of Revolution (AAR) and something called Operation Wild Rose. "Their lethal mission: to sail a battleship seventy-five miles up the Potomac and blast Washington, DC, to kingdom come." (back of book)

I'm nearly done with this book. Next up is the 4th installment of the Hearts of the Children series, Take Me Home.

Next book has been chosen....

I am reading The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson. This is the 2nd book in the trilogy. It pretty much picks up where the first left off.

From the back of the book:
Crusading publisher Mikael Blomkvist has decided to run an explosive expose of a wide-ranging sex trafficking operation. Just before the piece is published, two people are brutally murdered. The fingerprints on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled hacker genius Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander's innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Lisbeth herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, and is forced to face her dark past.

Black Heels to Tractor Wheels

Pioneer Woman and Marlboro Man have an amazing love story! I enjoyed every bit of this book. I had read part of it online before, but not the whole story. So I was in for some surprises. This is probably the most romantic story I have ever read.

If you haven't been to Ree's website, you should check it out. It has everything I love on it. Photography, cooking, gardening (okay, so not a gardner, but for those of you who are, check it out), giant giveaways, and some silliness too!

Book #10......

I absolutely love The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond. I have been following her website for a few years now. One of my favorite parts of her site is her love story with Marlboro Man, her handsome husband. When she announced the release date of her book, I was so excited! So now, for my 10th book, I am reading their story from the very beginning. Black Heels to Tractor Wheels is going to be a fun read!!!

How Many Roads?

Just finished this book. The third in the Hearts of the Children series by Dean Hughes. The Vietnam war is in full swing and Gene has finally been drafted. He also got married to Emily and they have a baby.

Diane and Greg also got married and moved to Seattle. But as their marriage progresses, Diane has some serious questions if she did the right thing.

Kathy has finished school and joined the Peace Corps. She is stationed in the Philipines and asks herself if she has done the right thing and can make a difference there.

Hans has been in prison for a while. He is questioned over and over about the attempted escape of his friend and others. He is offered a chance to go to the USA instead of staying in prison, but chose to listen to the voice in his mind and stay in the GDR.

I am absolutely loving these books and look forward to the next one!

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Just finished the first book of the trilogy by Stieg Larsson. I thought it was as good as everyone has told me.

Mickael Blomkvist is in a lot of trouble. He has published an article in his magazine that has been found libelist in nature. He has to step down from his position and spend 3 months in gaol (prison).

He is approached by a man who has a job for him to do - find out which of his relatives murdered his niece in 1966. In return would be information to take down Hans-Erik Wennerstrom, the subject of the article that got him a prison sentence.

As he digs into the lives of the Vanger family, he uncovers new information about the case of the missing Harriet Vanger. He gets help from Lisbeth Salander, a young hacker who has a long, strange past herself.

It's a wonderful book and I can't wait to read the next one, The Girl Who Played With Fire.