First line: An old geezer of a reporter I used to work with once said that I had a rotten habit of biting off my nose to spite my face. From the inside cover: Bailey Weggins, the Manhattan-based thirty-something true crime journalist, is in a good place. She’s enjoying her regular gig at Buzz, a leading celebrity magazine, getting freelance work, and hoping her first book will garner attention. In…
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First line: I told Kat to fetch a chair and be my dragon, to sit outside my bedchamber door and guard my lair after I was gone. Synopsis: When young Robert Dudley, an earl’s son, meets squire’s daughter Amy Robsart, it is love at first sight. They marry despite parental misgivings, but their passion quickly fades, and the ambitious Dudley returns to court. Swept up in the turmoil of Tudor…
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From the back of the audio case: The amusing little inborn device known as the biological clock tolls for three women; two of them heed its compelling tones, while the third tries to ignore them. Fixated with fertility rituals and medical advice, Julia is determined to conceive with her uninterested boyfriend; she hopes that the arrival of new life will save their relationship. Samantha, happily married and eager for the…
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It’s Monday What Are you Reading , hosted by Sheila, isthe perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs Books Completed last week: The Queen’s Pleasure by Brandy Purdy (review book) Knock Out by Catherine…
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Tynga of Tynga’s Reviews is starting a new meme to spotlight the books we receive each week. Here’s what I got: For Review: The Queen’s Vow by C.W. Gortner This is for a blog tour coming up in July and I am looking forward to reading it. Summer Nights by Susan Mallery This is the latest in Susan Mallery’s Fools Gold series. I haven’t…
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Please join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author. I’m reading The Queen’s Pleasure by Brandy Purdy: I told Kat to fetch a chair and be my dragon, to…
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First line: There are some men who enter a woman’s life and screw it up forever. From the back cover: Trenton native Stephanie Plum is out of work, out of money, and her car’s in repo-hell. So who does a hardly working girl turn to when the going gets tough? Meet cousin Vinnie, bail bondsman. Stephanie figures it’s nice work if you can get it – shagging bail jumpers for…
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Book Blogger Confessions is a new blog meme hosted by Tiger of All Consuming Books and Karen of For What It’s Worth. The meme will run on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month to discuss some of the frustrations that are unique to book bloggers. You can read the introductory post here. Here’s this week’s question: Memes. Love em or hate em? How many do you participate in? Which…
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It’s Monday What Are you Reading , hosted by Sheila, isthe perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs How is it already Monday??? I don’t know where last week went and as you can…
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First line: I’m going off to war tomorrow.” From the back cover: Michelle Sanderson may appear to be a strong independent woman, but on the inside, she’s still the wounded girl who fled home years ago. A young army vet, Michelle returns to the quaint Blackberry Island Inn to claim her inheritance and recover from the perils of war. Instead, she finds the owner’s suite occupied by the last person…
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Don’t forget to enter: The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain – 1 copy available; open US/Canada. Ends May 18th.
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It’s Monday What Are you Reading , hosted by Sheila, isthe perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs Well, I had great intentions to catch up on some reading, but life just seems to…
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Tynga of Tynga’s Reviews is starting a new meme to spotlight the books we receive each week. Here’s what I got: For Review: The Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr by Sandra Byrd This is for a blog tour coming up next month and I am looking forward to reading it. Purchased: 11th Hour by James Patterson This is the latest in James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club series. It came out…
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Please join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author. I’m reading 11th Hour by James Patterson: A good-looking man in his forties sat in the back row of the…
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From the back of the audio case: Twenty-seven-year-old Josey Cirrini is sure of three things: winter in her North Carolina hometown is her favorite season, she’s a sorry excuse for a Southern belle, and sweets are best eaten in the privacy of her hidden closet. For while Josey has settled into an uneventful life in her mother’s house, her one consolation is the stockpile of sugary treats and paperback romances…
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If you’re coming from the blog tour, welcome! Below you’ll find the next piece of The Good Father excerpt and the link to tomorrow’s piece as well. Be sure to enter the giveaway at the end of this post to win a copy of the book. If this is your first stop on the tour, you’ll need to start from the beginning to get the whole excerpt. Go here, to see…
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First line: “Where the hell are they?” From the inside cover: It’s the deadliest poison known to man. He’s the only one who knows its true power. She’s the only one who can stop the evil. The chase is on… Catherine Ling was abandoned on the streets of Hong Kong at age four. Schooled in the art of survival, she traded in the only commodity she had: information. As a…
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Book Blogger Confession is a new blog meme hosted by Tiger of All Consuming Books and Karen of For What It’s Worth. The meme will run on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month to discuss some of the frustrations that are unique to book bloggers. You can read the introductory post here. Here’s this week’s question: Comments. The holy grail of blogging success! What type of posts do you…
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It’s Monday What Are you Reading , hosted by Sheila, isthe perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs Last week was bit of a slow week for me – I had a lot of…
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First line: The scalloped hem of Caterina Lazzari’s blue velvet coat grazed the fresh-fallen snow, leaving a pale pink path on the bricks as she walked across the empty piazza. From the inside cover: The majestic and haunting beauty of the Italian Alps at the turn of the twentieth century is the setting of the first meeting of Enza and Ciro, who meet as teenagers despite growing up in villages…
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Please join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author. I’m reading So Pretty It Hurts by Kate White: An old geezer of a reporter I used to work with…
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From the back of the audio case: Ordinarily, a coming-of-age novel is about a young person on the brink of adulthood. Nancy Thayer has written a coming-of-age novel about four women on the brink of menopause – the “Hot Flash Club.” These women have skills, smarts, and secrets, but they’re all feeling over the hill and generally in a bad way. By chance, however, they meet, and not only do…
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First line: A few months after I hunted a vicious killer named the Tiger halfway around the world, I began to think seriously about a book I had been wanting to write for years. From the inside cover: The irresistible story – passed down through the generations – of a courageous fight for freedom by one of Alex Cross’s ancestors. SEPARATED BY TIME From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard…
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Here are my reading stats for April! Books read: 13 Books I read (reviewed ones have * and link to review; books not yet reviewed will be linked up once review is posted.) Raising Wild Ginger by Tara Woolpy Paradise Valley* by Robyn Carr The Sumerton Women* by DL Bogdan The Girl Who Chased the Moon* by Sarah Addison Allen The Undomestic Goddess* by Sophie Kinsella Alex Cross’s Trial* by…
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