Archives for August 2010

Doubleday Book Club Order…

I decided to join Doubleday Book Club the other day…and my first order arrived today.  I’m super excited! The titles are: Hidden Wives – Claire Avery Still Missing – Chevy Stevens Ice Cold – Tess Gerritsen I’d Know You Anywhere – Laura Lippman Never Wave Goodbye – Doug Magee Live to Tell – Lisa Gardner […]

Obsessively obsessing…or books I want, now!

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Nifty Giveaway from Reading Teen

They’re calling it the “Back to School Giveaway Bash”…definitely fitting! All you folks should check it out, the titles up for selection in the giveaway are pretty awesome. Here you go: Reading Teen’s Back to School Giveaway Bash

Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Title:  Cage of Stars Author:  Jacquelyn Mitchard Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date:  August 2007 Paperback: 336 pages I picked this book up for 29 cents on the clearance rack at our local Borders. My husband and I had already been in the store for several hours with very little luck in finding anything we […]

Mmm…A Challenge!

I think I’m going to like this. I’m coming in on it a little late, but heck, this blog has only existed for a week. We’ll see how it goes!

The Last Child by John Hart

Title:  The Last Child Author:  John Hart Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date:  March 2009 Paperback: 432 pages Well!  This was certainly more of an intense read than I anticipated.  The prose was wonderful, the story complex, rich, and intriguing. Johnny Merrimon is the protagonist.  He lives with his mother, Katherine, a once-beautiful soccer mom type, […]

Children of the Night by Dan Simmons

Title:  Children of the Night Author:  Dan Simmons Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date:  June 2003 Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages Set in post-Ceausescu Romania, this unique take on vampirism was most definitely a yummy read. I have an avid interest in genetics and an even more avid interest in Vampires (notice I capitalize the […]

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

Title:  The Book of Lost Things Author:  John Connolly Publisher: Washington Square Press Publication Date:  October 2007 Paperback: 480 pages My husband requested this book on his Christmas list last year and being the loving devoted wife that I am, I bought it.  Then I promptly forgot about it until he handed it to me […]