The Great Disruption by Paul Gilding

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Usually with these end of the world type books they are just depressing and you lose all hope and want to curl up in bed and die.

But this book is different -- it is an optimistic view of the end of the world!  I truly believe that as a society we will be able to get through our failing economy, etc. etc. etc.  I do.  I also believe that we have reached a tipping point and SOMEthing will happen, whatever it will be.  I am not sure when it will be (and neither do any of the experts) but I suppose we are there now.  It's not going to be a cataclysmic event (like the movie, 2012) just a series of failures that we will be able to deal with.  I am sure of it!

I would recommend this book if you have a feeling that we're on a path of change.



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The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


At last, a five star read!  At first I didn't like how it jumped around from century to century -- but then it started to get into a groove and I loved the symmetry of it.  It was really good.  Loved it!



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The Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


After I finished Welcome to Temptation, I needed more of the same.  Just a good, mindless read to while away the hours.  This didn't disappoint.  A little bit of a stretch -- some guys asks this girl to pretend she is his wife and of course they fall madly in love with each other.  But far too quickly for my tastes!  Too predictable and not enough conflict.  But fine.



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Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I actually had to try to read this book three times -- the first two didn't take and I couldn't get past the first chapter.  For some reason, I found it confusing ... just couldn't get a feel for the sisters.  But I decided to just go with it -- and I am not really sure that I ever connected with who they were.  But it turned into a good read -- for a Sunday afternoon!  The dumb title didn't help its cause, and the premise of the story was a little stretched, but like I said, bad girl comes to town and falls in love with the rich guy on the hill.  And the mean mother.  We've read it before.  Sometimes it's fun to remember.



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Jane Was Here by Sarah Kernochan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was an interesting book -- at first I had no idea what was going on -- and even when I did realize what was, I wasn't too sure I liked it!  But that was the end and not much I could do about it at that point!  Did I like it?  Yes, it definitely kept me intrigued.  All of the characters were so completely unloveable it was almost painful.  I mean, that's who they were, and I guess it was because of that reason they were able to be embodied by ... well, I don't want to give it away!  I kept hoping for their redemption, but alas, it was not found in this realm!




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Revealing Eden by Victoria Foyt

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Not bad ... a little dash of Hunger Games mixed in with The Girl Who Woke Up.  The hardest thing for me was trying to picture what the adaptation process really did to the Jaguar Man.  There was very little (if any) description of this, though he had paws and a feline like face?  I don't know, I had a hard time envisioning what he looked like and that was a bit annoying.  And of course there was no explanation on what turned him, other than a dash of jaguar and a pinch of anaconda and a smidge of some bird DNA -- but how was it administered?  I guess I like to understand the woo woo stuff going on!

There is a second book on the horizon (of course, no decent modern author would dare put out one book!) and I suppose I will read it.  Though I don't know.  The fact it wasn't available immediately might mean I won't look for it later!



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Crossing Oceans

Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I didn't hate it and I didn't love it.  This was an Amazon 99 cent deal, and a perfectly good read, if not smashing.  It was certainly not a new tale.  It was fine!



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Deadly Little Secret

Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


This is the final "cheap" book I am downloading from Amazon!  First off, it is a total rip-off of Twilight -- with such a lack of originality I couldn't believe I kept reading it.  Then when it ended abruptly, I realized, oh, I see, the author doesn't want to give it all away in ONE book.  Yeah, not falling for it.  No way, no how.  It was not well written (above and beyond the fact that it was just copying another authors basic premise) and it must be geared toward younger readers because it was fairly juvenile.  Good lord.



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Middlesex

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I more read this book then enjoyed it!  I didn't like the way the story was told, even though the content matter SHOULD have been fantastic.  But it just never felt as though there was a definitive reason for the main character to choose the sex he chose, and for the truth of the matter, I didn't really care!  I tried.  I kept reading.



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