Don't say a Word

Don't Say A Word by Barbara Freethy

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I enjoyed this book, but I found it a little predictable (despite the attempts to make it unpredictable) and I think the characters were a little undeveloped -- though I am not sure what I mean by that.  Maybe that they didn't seem real?

It definitely kept me reading though -- and that in itself is what it's all about in the end!



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The Book Thief

I really enjoyed reading this book! It aims to be a young adult book so the writing is easy to understand and you can fly through it but be careful because it is a long book and took some time to get through. The storyline is very sweet adn endearing. It is different in that it is told n the point of view of "Death" who is watching how WWII unfolds in a small German town. A young girl is sent there to a foster family and it goes on to show how a German family dealt with the rules and lifestyle Hitler required. I loved loved loved it!

Here Today, Gone to Maui

This was not a good read.... basically a guy goes missing and it ends up that he did die but they thought he faked his own death because he was pretending to be someone else, and the two girlfriends (they did not initially know about each other) are just bad representations of females. The main character who then ends up falling for the real guy who her boyfriend was pretending to be but overall it's just a boring sappy far too predictable story. I do not suggest it.

The Rose Garden

The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I just LOVED this book, a total guilty pleasure.  Pure enjoyment -- it sucked me in right from the start and I had to force myself to go to bed at 2:00 a.m. but I picked it right back up as soon as I could.  I have no idea why I am such a sucker for these time travel romances (with very little romance I might add) but I love 'em!  I was a little confused at the end trying to figure out how the character who had traveled back from the future fit in -- I have a hard time grasping the concept as soooo many generations are skipped.  But I didn't worry about it too much!



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The Best of Me

The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Ahh, this was classic Nicholas Sparks.  Totally enjoyable, predictably sappy and easy to see where it was going to end.  But sometimes that is exactly the book you need to read -- especially on a blowsy Saturday morning after a really good party!



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The Most Dangerous Thing

The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I enjoyed this book, though I kept waiting for things to happen that didn't!  I expected certain characters to get together, and they did not.  I thought something else had happened in the past, that did not!  So it certainly wasn't predictable. 



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Winter Sea

The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A book earns five stars from me if it completely sucks me in and I can't stop reading -- and then I feel morose and as though the world has ended when I turn the last page.

This one absolutely did those things.  At first I was a little irritated that there were two stories in the book -- but then I became anxious to find out what was going to happen in both sagas.  As a writer myself, I completely understand that the characters in a book you are writing are real ... but this took it to another level.  VERY fun premise.



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The Arrivals

The Arrivals by Meg Mitchell Moore

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was a very enjoyable read.  Ginny and William are suddenly overrun by their three children, who all run into major crisis situations at the same time and run home.  Lillian has her three year old daughter and three month old son with her, and has to give up her old room to her brother Stephen, whose wife goes into premature labor while on a quick visit and ends up bedridden for the next few months.  And then Rachel decides instead of dealing with the fact she can no longer afford her Manhattan apartment since her boyfriend moved out, and that she might just not love her job, runs home too and camps out in her old bedroom with her 3-year-old niece.  I love Ginny's point of view -- where she feels a bit overwhelmed with it all, what she really loves is that they NEED her, and have expressed that by running home. Though that of course makes her wonder, did she mess everyone up?  It is a very sweet book.



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The Winters in Bloom

The Winters in Bloom by Lisa Tucker

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was an enjoyable read, with believable characters.



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