The Deception of the Emerald Ring 430 pages
Founding Mothers 278 pages
Chosen 307 pages
Murder of Helen Jewett 409 pages
Untamed 338 pages
To be Cont….
Author: Ambrosia
And then it was a new Month..where did July go?
Alright, so I can admit it. July was a flop month for me. I only got maybe half my books read. And didn’t finish the reviews, I didn’t even do an update on my challenges. So I will call July my vacation month. I was sick and well you read for pleasure right not because you have to. So. It was a slump. August and Sept (more so Sept) will be slower as well. You see in 21 days my weekends will be spent down in Shakopee at the Renn Fest. I love fest but it leaves little time for weekend reading. However I have vowed to attempt to get back on track. So coming up I will be posting my August books (I haven’t picked all of them but at least the first. I will be posting my Challenge updates I will be posting my reviews from July that aren’t up yet. And I will be getting back on track with my Meme’s. Thank you all for sticking with me in the bad month. On the bright side, I did get to go to Twi-Tour Mpls in July. That was awesome.
False Restart..on the memes
Oppsy, ha well I got sick again. but I shall be doing the memes again in earnest on Monday. And hopefully I will also catch up on my reviews.
Book Review: Memories of Magdalene by Linda M. Moore
Pledged since childhood, Magdalene and Jeshua united in love and a shared sacred purpose. Despite challenges and adversity, his profoundly wise teaching, and their love story, changed the world forever.
The first thing I can say about this book is that it is not your typical read. The second thing I can say about this book is that I enjoyed it very much. Linda M Moore builds and weaves a story that you want to read. It is not a long read but a very enjoyable one. Follow this story and let it be your guide to some thinking. I know after I finished reading it I had to sit down and think about it. A first book, and personally I hope we see more from this talented author.
Teaser Tuesday #19
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: Grab your current read.Let the book fall open to a random page.Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!Please avoid spoilers!
“I thought she was mad for Pickering”, one man complained, “What’s Become of him?”
“He couldn’t stand another moment of it” Norfolk said, “No Man could.” Page 207 The Virgins Lover by Phillipa Gregory
Musing Monday #19
So I am back to my MEME’s yay. And here we go. Its time for musing Monday:
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about book covers (again)…
As a follow up to last week’s question, Melody asked about when book covers do not match the story. Do you feel disappointed when the cover’s don’t match the story? Have you ever been completely misled by a book cover?
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Musing Mondays post, or share your opinion in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks.
Well I didn’t do last weeks but this one made me giggle a bit. I really don’t think the covers not matching bother me much… After all one of my favorite books is eclipse and the cover is a breaking ribbon. I am not sure what that has to do with the story. So I guess no it does not upset me.
Book Review:Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) by Neal Stephenson
In which Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and courageous Puritan, pursues knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe — in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.
I will admit openly that I read this book because a friend of mine wanted me to. The same friend who pushed Harry Potter on me. Now, she loved the series and I am sure meant well and mean for me to like it as well. Unfortunately I just couldn’t get into this book. I did try, I tried hard but by the end of the book I found myself letting out a breath and saying thank goodness!
Now why didn’t I like the book is the next question I will be asked. Honestly I am not fully sure. The writing was good, the plot was well thought out. The characters were likeable. All of these things together should have made for a great book, and yet I just didn’t enjoy it. So when I sit back and think about it I think I boils down to me. I think that the dislike of the book is purely me and that it just wasn’t my kind of book. However I would recommend it to someone else with that warning.
So there is my odd and muddled review on this book. I have such conflicting feelings about the puritan Daniel. I Hope my loyal review readers won’t think I have fallen off my rocker!
Book Review: Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
The book that took the world by storm….In his fifth year at Hogwart’s, Harry faces challenges at every turn, from the dark threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be- Named and the unreliability of the government of the magical world to the rise of Ron Weasley as the keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. Along the way he learns about the strength of his friends, the fierceness of his enemies, and the meaning of sacrifice.
June Book:
Therefore, I will be honest and I think I have said this before I started reading Harry Potter because my friend harped on me about it. I also started reading it because I love Jason Issacs. And he plays Lucius Malfoy, and I am a weird person who wont watch a movie if I haven’t read the book. Therefore, I began to read Harry Potter. In addition, low and behold as the books have gone on I find myself admitting I like them. Moreover, I say this grudgingly so when you hear me say I like it you know I speak the truth.
Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix is the best book that I have read from the series. It gets darker and we get closer as always to lord Voldemort but he is always just out of reach. Ah but not to worry Hogwarts has another horrible evil doer to keep us occupied and cheesed off. The ministry of magic gives you there very own evil of Dolores Umbridge.
So simply said, well done J.K Rowling, even if there is one part in which I physically tossed the book across the room. If you have read the book, I think you know which part I am talking about. If not well, I will not ruin it for you. However, truly when I think about it the fact that I was so emotionally involved that I tossed the book means I was attached. This is the mark of a good book.
Did I mention I am a bad blogger?
Really did I? But honestly I took a little self impossed vacation from blogging. Because my health was making me sick again. And I was not focusing on that enough. One of those things where I needed to take a time out and get better.
I am feeling a little better.
I will not do any MEME’s til next week. (self imposed rule)
But I will be writting some reviews on what I have been reading.
Coming Reviews for:
Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix
Quiksilver
Memories of Magdalene
Doh..Behind again..
I am a bad blogger. I have been so busy reading, and handling other stuff fiance related and what have you that Ihave totally not been doing my MEME’s and I have some reviews from June that didnt get posted yet, Oppsy, lol. So guess what I will be spending this weekend doing. Yup. Playing catch up.
