tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976492018009223862024-03-04T20:41:15.551-08:00Books Are My Magical EscapeBook reviews and anything else related to booksLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-84237802558911208662011-02-18T19:52:00.000-08:002011-02-18T19:52:47.092-08:00Thanks to Angie for leaving her thoughts on my posts. It is appreciated. <br />
I really am missing the Bookies. I have to get caught up with what you are reading so I can at least put in my thoughts and hear the others. It was fun when Angie and I could have a discussion on the books while we were working. I miss that. My goal for March is to read which ever book, the Bookies have nominated, finish it, and put in a few thoughts to Sheila.<br />
I have been trying very hard to stay current with my posts but find myself 2 books behind. Yeah I know, it is sad, but they were late to the library too.<br />
My excuse is that my son Michael came to visit and we all went to celebrate my brother in law Craigs 50th birthday in CA. It was fun but I did get to read my book all the way there and back.<br />
I really nead to invest in one of the Kindles or the like. It would sure make it easy to read in the dark while my husband drives. I find the book lights to not be very user friendly.<br />
That is it for tonight, onward to bed, and up early to work. Good night to all.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-42199706316604600112011-02-18T19:10:00.000-08:002011-02-18T19:10:39.861-08:00Lie After Lie<a cmimpressionsent="1" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Lie-After-Lie/Lara-Bricker/e/9781101445051/?itm=1&USRI=lie+after+lie+the+true+story+of+a+master+of+deception" xmlns:math="http://exslt.org/math"><img alt="Lie After Lie by Lara Bricker: NOOKbook Cover" border="0" height="193" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/79490000/79492890.JPG" width="120" /></a>Synopsis<br />
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Julie Keown had a great job, financial security, and a perfect husband who was attending Harvard Business School. But after Julie suddenly died, and doctors discovered she's been poisoned with the main ingredient in antifreeze, her parents began to suspect that her husband, James, was not so perfect. This blow-by-blow account shows how investigators and state police unraveled James Keown's chilling web of deceit.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: purple;">Amazing. I always love true crime stories. I find them to be very interesting. It seems crazy that people do the things they do but we all know these people are out there. We teach our kids daily about the strangers and the danger. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: purple;">But... your husband? Son-in-Law? Brother? Son? The list goes on....... Would you ever think some one in your close family would kill their wife? To treat them well to their face and in front of others while behind their backs-the poisoning begins.</span></strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: purple;">I believe Julie knew more than what people thought she did about parts of her husbands behaviour. Julie may not have wanted to believe it, but I think she knew they had issues with money to start with.</span></strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: purple;">I could be wrong and maybe she was innocently in the dark. Its hard for me to believe that she knew nothing. How can anyone be so blind? It wasn't only Julie that was in the dark though, what about all the others that he fooled with his lies?</span></strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: purple;">I have already started my next book of true crime. It already blows my mind after a couple chapters, more on that when I finish....</span></strong>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-67186382447368727232011-02-11T08:28:00.000-08:002011-02-11T08:28:00.358-08:00House of Windows<a cmimpressionsent="1" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/House-of-Windows/John-Langan/e/9781597801959/?itm=7&USRI=house+of+windows" xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common" xmlns:math="http://exslt.org/math"><img alt="House of Windows by John Langan: Book Cover" border="0" height="193" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/77070000/77078884.JPG" width="128" /></a>Synopsis<br />
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When a young writer finds himself cornered by a beautiful widow in the waning hours of a late-night cocktail party, he seeks at first to escape, to return to his wife and infant son. But the tale she weaves, of her missing husband, a renowned English professor, and her lost stepson, a soldier killed on a battlefield on the other side of the world, and of phantasmal visions, a family curse, and a house - the Belvedere House, a striking mansion whose features suggest a face hidden just out of view - draws him in, capturing him. What follows is a deeply psychological ghost story of memory and malediction, loss and remorse. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: purple;">The first thing I noticed about this book, was the long paragraphs. I am not sure what it was about that, but it irritated me right away. Needless to say that made it a very difficult read. The subject matter was way out there. Not anything I would want to read again. It was mainly about a woman reciting her life and her husbands misfortunes in a very boring way.</span></strong> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: purple;">I usually enjoy paranormal and such but I found this to be totally unbelievable and just plain stupid.</span></strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: purple;">The worst part is that I have to pay a late fee at the library because this book took so long to read. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: purple;">I would not suggest anyone take the time to read this but if you do let me know your feelings. </span></strong>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-47166759654285629902011-02-09T09:13:00.000-08:002011-02-09T09:13:00.765-08:00Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline<img src="http://www.simplyaudiobooks.com/images/covers/large/0060726377.jpg" width="150" />Who can you trust when everyone you know is a lawyer?<br />
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Mary DiNunzio has been slaving away for the past eight years trying to make partner in her cutthroat Philadelphia law firm. She's too busy to worry about the crank phone calls she's been getting -- until they fall into a sinister pattern. The phone rings as soon as she gets to work then as soon as she gets home. Mary can't shake the sensation that someone is watching her, following her every move. The shadowboxing turns deadly when her worst fears are realized and she has to fight for something a lot more important than partnership -- her life. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: purple;">I really have to stop listening to or reading the same author back to back.</span></strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: purple;">This was also an audio and the same narrator as the last one. As soon as I heard the voice, I was not wanting to listen to it. As I have a long drive I decided I didn't have much choice since it was all I had with me. Not only that, being that it was on my mp3 I felt I had to give it a try. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: purple;">A book has to be really bad for me to not finish it.</span></strong> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: purple;">Again, it seemed like a short book. It was an ok book for me. I will have to read one of her books to see if that makes a difference in my opinion of Lisa's writings in case I am just that unimpressed with the narrator. I was looking at other books by her and they seem to have the same narrator. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: purple;">As far as the story, Mary seems like a nice person although not very aware of things around her. Or maybe I should say she doesn't seem to be alert to other peoples feelings or behaviours. She did have a close friend who watched over her which was refreshing. Good friends are very hard to find. I was surprised at the ending but it was still just ok for me.</span></strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: purple;">I will wait awhile before listening to another of Lisa's books.</span></strong>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-73062334753385849452011-02-07T09:13:00.000-08:002011-02-07T09:13:41.538-08:00Final Appeal by Lisa Scottoline<img src="http://www.simplyaudiobooks.com/images/covers/large/0060726369.jpg" width="150" />To Philadelphia lawyer Grace Rossi, who's starting over after a divorce, a part-time job with a federal appeals court sounds perfect. But Grace doesn't count on being assigned to an explosive death penalty appeal. Nor does she expect ardor in the court in the form of an affair with her boss, Chief Judge Armen Gregorian. Then the truly unimaginable happens and Grace finds herself investigating a murder.<br />
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As Grace searches for the truth, she unearths a six-figure bank account kept by the judge with an alias; breaks into another judge's chambers; and follows a trail of bribery and judicial corruption that's stumped even the FBI. In no time at all, Grace under fire takes on a whole new meaning.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">This was a very short book and I found it to be ok. It didn't impress me much. I am not real big on politics because I find most people in politics to be untruthful. I do think that alot of what happened does happen in their world and we just don't hear all the details of it events. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">All in all the book was ok although I was not impressed with the narrator either so that may have a little to do with my opinion. I found her to be boring and not showing much for feelings.</span>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-33286341920378240602011-01-24T14:08:00.000-08:002011-01-24T14:08:06.247-08:00Picture Perfect<a href="http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0425185508"><img border="0" class="prod-item" id="x_53060701" onclick="openPreviewPopUp()" src="http://www.borders.com/ProductImages/products/00/53/06/a/53060701_a.jpg" width="80" /></a>Cassie Barrett, a world-renowned anthropologist, wakes up in a graveyard and doesn't know who she is. Taken in for a few days by William Flying Horse, a Native American police officer, she waits for her life to re-appear. When Hollywood heartthrob Alex Rivers shows up to claim her as his wife, she is stunned but still doesn't remember anything.<br />
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After she returns to her fairytale existence as Alex Rivers' wife, fragments of memory come back but she senses there is a side to her husband that she can't remember. When she finds a positive pregnancy test hidden in her bathroom, dark memories return, allowing her to piece together her past. Frightened, she runs to the only person she trusts to keep her hidden: Will.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Cassie seemed like such a sweet person along with being very smart. At least you would think that she would be very smart as her career would lead you to believe. But when it comes to love, Cassie is too trusting and too willing to care for others. By doing this she leaves herself to be hurt and tells herself that she caused it.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Sure sounds like the normal for any abused person, always thinking they caused it. Most of the time it wouldn't matter even if you did exactly what they wanted you to do, they would still have to bring out their aggresions on someone.</span> <br />
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From childhood, Andre Carmichael suspected he had a twin, but his sister Sabrina consistently denied it. Then when Andre was 20, Sabrina told him she watched their abusive mother and older brother beat to death Andre’s three-year-old twin, Latanisha, and hide her body in a bedroom closet, where it remained for two decades. Family Skeleton meticulously profiles the players in this horrific drama, while telling the story of the secret's revelation, the grim family dynamics that drove both the savage killing and the cover-up, and Andre and Sabrina’s heroic attempts at healing.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">How shocking that people can treat their children this way. Even as the children turn into adults, the mind games and controlling continue.</span> <br />
<span style="color: purple;">My childhood was definately not perfect by any means, but nothing close to this either. Laws have changed to help children in these abusive homes but there are still alot of children that are missed.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Sabrina and Andre were very strong to pull through this and not continue the abuse with their children. Kudos to both of them for the strength that they have.</span> <br />
<span style="color: purple;">I enjoy reading true stories even though they stay in my mind for days or sometimes weeks.</span>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-27742810586189369922011-01-21T05:41:00.000-08:002011-01-21T05:41:00.350-08:00The Prodigal Wife<a cmimpressionsent="1" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Prodigal-Wife/Marcia-Willett/e/9780312605308/?itm=2&USRI=the+prodigal+wife" xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common" xmlns:math="http://exslt.org/math"><img alt="The Prodigal Wife by Marcia Willett: Book Cover" border="0" height="193" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/44140000/44147772.JPG" width="127" /></a>In Marcia Willett’s latest novel, Jolyon, who had been abandoned by his mother, Maria, is living at the Keep with his father and his stepmother Fliss. Now that Jolyon is a successful television presenter of gardening programs, the recently widowed Maria, lonely and impressed by her son’s fame, reappears and hopes to step back into his life. But Jolyon finds it difficult to trust his mother and forgive the hurt she had inflicted on him.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">I liked this novel. It has a lot of family drama but all families do have their share.</span> <br />
<span style="color: purple;">Some of the relationships within the family are irritating but I do suppose they could happen. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">I think living in a house like the Keep would be fun. Not with the drama they had but with all the family coming to stay. The dinners and holidays would be the best.</span>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-88955861366635270702011-01-20T05:31:00.000-08:002011-01-20T05:31:00.295-08:00Room<a cmimpressionsent="1" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Room/Emma-Donoghue/e/9780316098335/?itm=2&USRI=room" xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common" xmlns:math="http://exslt.org/math"><img alt="Room by Emma Donoghue: Book Cover" border="0" height="193" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/69490000/69490136.JPG" width="125" /></a>Synopsis<br />
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To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. <br />
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<span style="color: purple;">I read this on a trip to California for Thanksgiving. At first I didn't think I would like it but as I got into it, I couldn't put it down. I used my cell phone for light to read on the way home. I had to know the ending.</span> <br />
<span style="color: purple;">Things like this do happen, not exactly like this but close enough.</span> <br />
<span style="color: purple;">It is a heart breaking story but a must read by all means.</span>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-59636522591414228752011-01-19T05:24:00.000-08:002011-01-19T05:24:00.518-08:00A Secret Kept<a cmimpressionsent="1" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/A-Secret-Kept/Tatiana-de-Rosnay/e/9781429945196/?itm=1&USRI=a+secret+kept" xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common" xmlns:math="http://exslt.org/math"><img alt="A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay: NOOKbook Cover" border="0" height="193" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/76140000/76147167.JPG" width="128" /></a>Synopsis<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">I enjoy reading her books. She makes you feel like you can really believe that its real.</span> <br />
<span style="color: purple;">Tatiana really brings her characters to life so you feel like you truly know what they are feeling.</span> <br />
<span style="color: purple;">I would mark this as a really good book.</span>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-2387378221968526942011-01-18T05:14:00.000-08:002011-01-18T05:14:00.248-08:00Killer Takes All<a cmimpressionsent="1" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Killer-Takes-All/Erica-Spindler/e/9780778321866/?itm=49&USRI=erica+spindler" xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common" xmlns:math="http://exslt.org/math"><img alt="Killer Takes All by Erica Spindler: Book Cover" border="0" height="193" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/15780000/15780691.JPG" width="128" /></a>Synopsis<br />
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When a friend is found brutally murdered in her new Orleans apartment, former homicide detective Stacy Killian has reason to believe her death is related to the cultish fantasy role-playing game White Rabbit. The game is dark, violent--and addictive<br />
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As a former member of the Dallas police force, Stacy was exposed to more than her share of the horrors of crime. Moving to New Orleans was her attempt to pursue a quieter life. But her friend's murder plunges her back into the role that she fled--especially after she meets Spencer Malone, the homicide detective assigned to the murder case. Stacy doubts the overconfident rookie is up to the task and vows to track down the killer herself.<br />
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Her investigation draws her into the privileged circle of White Rabbit's brilliant creator, Leo Noble., a man with many dark secrets in his past...a man whose life has the same frightening surreal quality of the game he invented.<br />
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As the bodies mount and the game is taken to the next level, Stacy and Spencer are forced to work together. Soon they are trapped in the terrifying world of a game gone made where Leo Noble and all the people around him are suspect, cryptic notes foretell the next victim and no one--no one--is safe.<br />
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Because White Rabbit is more than a game. It's more real than life and death. And anyone can die before the final moment when the game is over...and killer takes all.<br />
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I found this story to be very interesting. <br />
As always when you read about people who find out the person they think they can trust or help is the one causing all the problems, it is scary to say the least. Thank God it is fiction.<br />
I haven't heard alot about these kinds of games so it was all new to me. I felt it was written well and will read more of her books.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-46965255275380001322011-01-17T17:14:00.000-08:002011-01-17T17:14:35.204-08:00Author Jill ChurchillOver the last few months, I have read all of the Jane Jeffrey Mysteries by Jill Churchill.<br />
I found them to be very light and fun. There were a few areas that made me laugh out loud.<br />
All of them are about Jane (a mother of 3-widowed) who continues to get involved with people who have been involved in murder. <br />
Jane and her best friend seem to find the final clues to solve the murder as Jane helps her boyfriend who is a detective.<br />
These stories are not in depth but light and fun to read.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-41709317326776063972010-07-11T18:44:00.000-07:002010-07-11T18:44:46.977-07:00I'M BACKI have really gotten back into reading again. So much so that I have been looking for ideas for books. I have received some ideas from friends and come to find out, all are checked out from the library already. All that does is make a long list of "on hold" for me. I will eventually get them.<br />
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The need to catch up with all the books I have read and listened to is hanging on my mind. I will get it done soon. I have listened to all of James Patterson's books on the Womens Murder Club up to the 7th one and am listening to the 8th one. They helped me along my trip from MN to AZ.<br />
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Have a good one will update soon.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-65244408974929233172010-04-20T16:47:00.000-07:002010-04-20T16:47:56.052-07:00Thanks to all for following. I am sorry that I have not been posting anything lately but my excuse it this.... My family and I are moving to Arizona in a couple of months. I am very excited but have also been busy, looking for a rental, jobs and such. I will be back on track soon, after we move if not before. <br />
We have been reducing a lot of possessions that are not needed. That means we had a garage sale last week and will have another this weekend. I forgot how much it takes to set up a sale with all the pricing and arranging. WOW But it will be worth it. Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-76659168382939281922010-01-31T15:31:00.000-08:002010-01-31T15:31:28.260-08:00Thanks to Vicki @ Reading at the BeachI now have the privilege of passing on this award to others in accordance with the following rules:<br />
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<a href="mailto:Bybookorbycrook@blogspot.com">Bybookorbycrook@blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:Bookinwithbingo@blogspot.com">Bookinwithbingo@blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:Momsmutterings@blogspot.com">Momsmutterings@blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:Booksandneedlepoint@blogspot.com">Booksandneedlepoint@blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:Peekingbetweenthepages@blogspot.com">Peekingbetweenthepages@blogspot.com</a>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-47981063125243683522010-01-23T13:36:00.000-08:002010-01-23T13:36:36.995-08:00Lock and Key<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Author Sarah Dessen<br />
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I really enjoyed the characters in the book. I felt as if you really got to know each of them and could relate to what they were going through. There are a few parts that make you want to laugh out loud and many parts that make you cry. Mostly you cry from the very happy parts.<br />
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It is almost fairy tale like-a young girl with no family that cares, no where to live, mother abandons her and she is starting to do drugs. All of a sudden she is in her sisters home, good school, food, clothing and people who love her.<br />
What a difference a day can make. The story takes you through all the feelings and misgiving that she has as she adapts to her new life.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-77985248982448120562010-01-17T18:11:00.000-08:002010-01-17T18:11:55.408-08:00Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhLSP_QLsGJ19QNFlqDUrUYbMeQ_S_WLLrMQnYH4NmW_trfrdQc3P-Zj4YZAYP_DnAfe7XRHpeMazOgfDMtoKKUKiNR7a3RZMO44yQE6P6LdF0d834QF80xY3RCIPbv95AGkJo2xRfnen/s1600-h/51wcbNCnaoL__BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhLSP_QLsGJ19QNFlqDUrUYbMeQ_S_WLLrMQnYH4NmW_trfrdQc3P-Zj4YZAYP_DnAfe7XRHpeMazOgfDMtoKKUKiNR7a3RZMO44yQE6P6LdF0d834QF80xY3RCIPbv95AGkJo2xRfnen/s200/51wcbNCnaoL__BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>Author: Jamie Ford<br />
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I really enjoyed this book. It seemed very real to me. It is hard to imagine how people were treated back in the 40's. I couldn't imagine treating someone different because of their race. Think how boring it would be if we didn't have different cultures. Even living anywhere during the war had to be difficult.<br />
I really like the part about the kids and how much they enjoyed the music. It was interesting what they had to do to get into the club, and then after that it was all destroyed anyway.<br />
There were a lot of parts that brought tears to my eyes.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-49218372009796578512010-01-17T17:43:00.001-08:002010-01-17T17:56:55.194-08:00No Regrets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMS-AbJfHe0DW01kXSi-HWjUYoqLrXEOWxm8lb1ubgCSZU8tnSwnzDBD2UhKTKIxD8s9413cteI-5x5usXlPmqdX9YBvK8m97cfPDqovf-qX4LNwI6Qyv5zLaRkecP9ilvYaCEBjXnObD/s1600-h/noregrets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMS-AbJfHe0DW01kXSi-HWjUYoqLrXEOWxm8lb1ubgCSZU8tnSwnzDBD2UhKTKIxD8s9413cteI-5x5usXlPmqdX9YBvK8m97cfPDqovf-qX4LNwI6Qyv5zLaRkecP9ilvYaCEBjXnObD/s200/noregrets.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>Author: Ann Rule<br />
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This book has a lot of different true crimes stories in it. <br />
The first one is longer than the rest and tells of how some people can be very possesive and controlling without other people realizing it. Sometimes you can sort of understand why people do thing if it is for love or their safety. I feel when people have hit a certain age they would have more sense than to kill others for money or to lie to control people. Maybe it is because they are older and feel that people owe them for whatever reason. Who knows, no answer seems like it should be correct or acceptable.<br />
The other stories were good also, but some where just too short for my liking. I wanted to know more of what happened.<br />
After all is said, I still love her books.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-36724701368469357362010-01-14T15:14:00.000-08:002010-01-14T15:14:03.311-08:00Sweepstakes | The Official James Patterson Website<a href="http://jamespatterson.com/sweepstakes.php">Sweepstakes The Official James Patterson Website</a>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-85061668597424785682010-01-09T16:49:00.000-08:002010-01-09T17:16:12.656-08:00Will to MurderThis is the history on the Glensheen Mansion in Duluth, MN and the murders that took place in the mansion in 1977. <br />When I started this book, I did not want to put it down.<br />It is hard to believe that money is so important to some people that they would go to any measure to get it. Even though Marjorie had money or should we say should have had money, she blew it. Wasting it away and wanting more all the time. She threw more money away that most of us will ever be able to dream about. The excess in which she bought outfits for kids for skating or horseback riding, just so no other people in the area could possibly have the same outfit - is crazy. Wow. <a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411DQQ41V0L._SL500_AA240_.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411DQQ41V0L._SL500_AA240_.jpg" /></a><br />It was a shame that the police made as many mistakes as they did, but it was not something that they dealt with all the time. You almost have to feel something for them because of everything that they dealt with. All the craziness was more that what they were used to and they did the best they knew how. I remember when this took place I was barely a teenager. I wish now that I would have paid more attention to what happened back then.<br />Oh well, I would suggest to everyone interested in true stories.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-76616245788431882882010-01-09T15:22:00.000-08:002010-01-09T16:35:34.951-08:00The Heretic's Daughter<a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E50jWkrPL.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 153px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E50jWkrPL.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Synopsis:<br />Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright <a style="DISPLAY: none" id="expand-0" class="nohref" onclick="ToggleCopy.actionToTake(this.id)">More...</a><br />and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter are forced to stand together against the escalating hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people accused of witchcraft. This is the story of Martha's courageous defiance and ultimate death, as told by the daughter who survived.Kathleen Kent is a tenth generation descendent of Martha Carrier. She paints a haunting portrait, not just of Puritan New England, but also of one family's deep and abiding love in the face of fear and persecution.<br /></div><div> </div><div> <span style="color:#990000;">My Thoughts</span><br /></div><div>This book is about the Salem witch trials and the sacrifices of the families that dealt with them. It is hard to understand how people can treat their children the way they do. The hunger that they felt is astonishing to me.<br /><br />I find it amazing that they would condemn people and hang them only on hearsay of a couple people, even children. It seems so foolish and thank God it didn't continue through the years.<br /><br />I enjoyed this book but there is still a lot of heartache which I have read about in a couple other books recently. The books I am referring to are A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and The Glass Castle<br /><br />I think it is time to change it up and read a book or two that are not about children that are suffering so much. <img style="POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 111px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 75px; TOP: 0px; LEFT: 0px" alt="" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif" width="375" height="500" /></div>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497649201800922386.post-5944497791992224352010-01-08T18:17:00.000-08:002010-01-08T18:20:54.614-08:00First PostThis is the first post since I have set this up tonight. Tomorrow I will catch up on the last few book that I have read. Going forward I will have more notes as I will be expecting to write about my feelings on the book.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028943679264397399noreply@blogger.com0