It seems I'm always playing catch-up here. I have read three more books since I last posted. The first was So Much of Life Ahead by Dean Hughes. This was the last book in the Hearts of the Children series. I have laughed and cried throughout this series. It was wonderful. Mr. Hughes really knows how to create characters that you really care about.
The second book was Rick Riordan's book two of the Kane Chronicles, The Throne of Fire. Carter and Sadie Kane are brother and sister magicians. They follow the paths of the ancient Greek gods. In this book, the god of chaos, Apophis, is about to break free of his prison and destroy the world. It is up to Carter and Sadie to awaken Ra and save the world. But it is a perilous journey. They must first find the three sections of the Book of Ra, hidden throughout the world. Then they must take the book and descend into the Duat, the underworld, to find Ra and read the spell that will awaken him. On the way, they come across other magicians trying to stop them along with more gods and demons who are bound to kill them before they can get to Ra. Carter and Sadie must also decide if awakening Ra is the right thing to do. And if they decide to do it, will Ra be the God he used to be?
The third book I read was Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. Miri and her family live on the slopes of Mount Eskel. Her father and sister work in the quarry, but Miri isn't allowed to. She thinks it's because she's so small. One day, word comes from the lowlands that the king's priests have announced the Prince's bride will come from Mount Eskel. So a princess academy is set up for the eligible girls to instruct them on proper lowlander etiquette. Miri and the other girls don't like it very much at first. Olana, the tutor, isn't nice at all and gives out punishments for the smallest things. Then the girls turn the tables on her when Miri finds a secret about Olana. Olana changes her ways and the girls thrive on learning at the academy. After a year, it is time for the Prince to come and choose his bride. The night of his arrival, he is not very friendly. He is stiff and formal and leaves the next morning without choosing his bride. Unfortunately, as soon as the Prince's caravan leaves, bandits invade the academy and demand to know whom the Prince has chosen. They do not believe it when they are told the Prince didn't choose. A big snow storm comes and threatens to leave them stranded at the academy for the rest of the winter. Miri has to find a way to save herself and all the other girls before the bandits can take them away and/or kill them. Can she sing to the quarry rocks and make her father hear her? Will he understand she and the other girls are in danger? Will he be in time to save them? When will the Prince return and who will he choose as his bride? This was a good book and one I hope my daughters will read.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Can't believe I forgot!
I forgot about the book I just finished last night! I read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. What a wonderful book. I don't usually read books after they come out in the movie theater, but this one intrigued me.
I have only read one or two books based during the Great Depression so I wasn't too sure about this one. With the circus backdrop, I was excited to read it. I found the character of Jacob Jankowski wonderfully written, both as the young man thrown into the circus life through sad events in his life to the old man in the nursing home waiting to see the circus with his family.
I laughed, cried and got really mad while reading this novel. I think I will have to pick up her other three books, Ape House, Riding Lessons, and Flying Colors.
Let me know if you have read any of these and what you thought of them.
I have only read one or two books based during the Great Depression so I wasn't too sure about this one. With the circus backdrop, I was excited to read it. I found the character of Jacob Jankowski wonderfully written, both as the young man thrown into the circus life through sad events in his life to the old man in the nursing home waiting to see the circus with his family.
I laughed, cried and got really mad while reading this novel. I think I will have to pick up her other three books, Ape House, Riding Lessons, and Flying Colors.
Let me know if you have read any of these and what you thought of them.
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!!!
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!!!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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.
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.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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.
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!
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!
Friday, March 11, 2011
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!!!
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