8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling *I can't believe I forgot to post after I finished it this past summer*
9. Obesession, Deceit, and Really Dark Chocolate by Kyra Davis (Red Dres Ink)
10. Scorcery and the Single Girl by Mindy Klaskly (Red Dress Ink)
11. 6th Target by James Patterson
12. 3rd Degree by James Patterson
13. Dirty ( Read more... )

Wow, this community is quiet. Too quiet. Is everyone too busy reading? :) I apparently didn't read anything in August. Whoops. But I read 8 in the last month and a half. One bad one, and 7 good ones to make up for it.

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen has been on the best sellers lists for at least a year. I added it to my reading list ( Read more... )

I forgot to update when I finished the first one. and I don't have the attention span to really write this up for some reason. Oh well.

Replay is by Ken Grimwood. The main character (I can't remember his name at the moment) is stuck in a pattern of "replays," in which he keeps returning to various points in his past and re-living experiences. ( Read more... )

Coraline is the title character of this Neil Gaiman "fairy tale." Coraline is lured to another dimension by a being and must be clever to escape back to her own world.

This was a nice and easy read. And Neil Gaiman is a genius. What else needs be said?

On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers is a tale of piratical adventures on the high seas at the height of Blackbeard's reign of terror. Powers nicely blends historical fact with magical/fantastical fiction into a story that's a great yaaarrrrrrn. (sorry I couldn't resist ( Read more... )

What one mustn’t forget to say is that the book is magical.  I wasn’t alive in 1928, but Bradbury makes me feel as though I was.  I heard the slamming of screen doors, smelled the freshly cut grass, and felt the joy of running in new sneakers right along with Douglas and his little brother.  I was petrified with the fear of the town’s ditch and the ( Read more... )

Flaming Tree by Phyllis A. Whitney
Emerald by Phyllis A. Whitney
The Golden Unicorn by Phyllis A. Whitney
Rainsong by Phyllis A. Whitney
Rainbow in the Mist by Phyllis A. Whitney
Domino by Phyllis A Whitney

Phyllis A. Whitney is my "comfort" writer.  When my reading nerves need to be soothed, I delve into one or two of her books.  Well, this time, I ( Read more... )

Rebel Fay is the fifth book in the authors' Noble Dead series. It continues the tale of Magiere and Leesil's search for his mother, who is being held prisoner by the elves. This book is very high fantasy, with very little vampire novel in it, so I really enjoyed it. It was a really nice change from the last two books, which were very dark, ( Read more... )

Memoirs of a Geisha had been on my reading list for a while now, though it really wasn't one I was dying to read. I was intrigued because it was a bestseller, and they made a movie out of it, but it didn't make my reading list until I went to a Boston Pops concert with John Williams and they played some of the soundtrack, which I adored. So I ( Read more... )

I had never read Pride and Prejudice, or even seen the movie (any of the myriad versions), and I decided it was time to rectify that. All I knew what that it had someone named Mr. Darcy in it ( Read more... )