I'm going to violate the group's purpose here (Sorry! Feel free to delete this if you wish, Angel & Mel!).

I need some book recs, but my criteria is so specific, I really only wanted y'all's opinions on this.  All my favorite books of the last 10 years come from recommendations from y'all, particularly from anniepoo98, angela_o, janajoh, cookie2697, muffinkath7, lauren, emluv, tiemeinbows, alliebean02, mockingbird39... well, crap. I ( Read more... )

I'm pretty dependent on Goodreads for keeping track of the books I'm reading, but I still really like the privacy of this place to write out my honest feelings of books... most negative reviews on Goodreads I've taken down, since I want that to be my professional profile eventually, and I'd rather not tear down books professionally, yes? Especially ( Read more... )

I have been using GoodReads more frequently lately, posting reviews, etc. I'm going to try posting their "blog" review feature here and see what it looks like. : )

#36 - Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King ( Read more... )

#29 - The Jane Austen Marriage Manual by Kim Izzo

A really great entry in the new canon of Jane. A woman approaching 40 decides to date according to the great Jane's rules (in her mind). Very well-written, with an extremely likeable protagonist.

#30 - Midnight in Peking by Paul French ( Read more... )

#25 - The Jefferson Key/The Devil's Gold by Steve Berry.

Berry's latest Cotton Malone adventure, and an accompanying short story that tells us a bit about one of Cotton's enemies in the novel. This one was a bit different, being that it was set in the U.S. I enjoyed it more than I have the last couple.

#25 - The Red Book by Deborah Copaken Kogan ( Read more... )

Lots of books read at the lake. More to come, as I'm heading back later today. : )

#20 - Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale

A sequel to Austenland and another in the new canon that is selling books based on Jane Austen's name (love them in spite of that!). I liked this one better than the first one, I think, but I can't really remember the ( Read more... )

#16 - I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella - Another stand-alone by Kinsella. I listened to this one on CD. I far prefer her stand-alones these days. This one was cute. All about a couple who meet because she is using a lost phone that belonged to his assistant. I enjoyed it.

#17 - The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television ( Read more... )

#10 - The Sign by Raymond Khoury - Listened to this one on CD in the car. It didn't have Tess and Riley in it and was okay. It seemed to last a really long time.

#11 - Starmaker: Life as a Hollywood Publicist with Farrah, The Rat Pack and 600 More Stars Who Fired Me by Jay Bernstein - A very enjoyable Hollywood memoir. I didn't read it straight ( Read more... )

tiemeinbows inspired me to update here, although I will adjure that I actually planned to do this a couple of days ago. ; ) I would be really sad to see this site die out totally, as I have enjoyed seeing what you all are reading over the years.

#1 - Your Voice in My Head by Emma Forrest - Read this on the recommendation of Laineygossip.com. I didn't think ( Read more... )

I did a terrible job of posting this past year - both here and on LJ in general. But I did keep my list. Which was a lame, lame list this year. I didn't even make it to 25!! But all the same, here's my list for 2011 ( Read more... )