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(August 25, 1889-January 7, 1981)Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.comBlogger828125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-79927822526066328892016-01-01T06:30:00.001-05:002016-01-01T06:30:00.123-05:00Yearly Reading Wrap-up at Moonshine and Rosefire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading year for yourselves. I am known as <b>Rosefire</b> around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog. I originally posted my reviews over at my daughter's blog, <b><a href="http://rubyandthetwins.blogspot.com/">Emeraldfire's Bookmark</a> </b>but am now in the process of transferring them all over to my own blog. My daughter makes blogging look like so much fun that I thought that I would try it out for myself! :)<br />
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Anyway, I started out January with about 1,031 unread books lying around the house and ended December with...umm...uncountable amounts of books unread. All of the books that I acquired this year came from authors, <a href="http://www.pricechopper.com/"><b>Price Chopper</b></a>, <b><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.netgalley.com/">Netgalley</a>, </span><a href="http://www.bookmooch.com/">Bookmooch</a></b>,<b> </b><a href="http://paperbackswap.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Paperback Swap</a>, Library Book Sales and friends. Quite a number of my books that I read this year left my house to go to new homes so that's something I guess. :)<br />
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Let me try to break down the influx for you:<br />
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<b>Changes to the TBR pile</b> <b>Read from my TBR pile (Yes! I am a reading machine :))</b><br />
- <i>Kramer Versus Kramer </i>by Avery Corman<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/camilla-lackberg-ice-princess.html">The Ice Princess</a> </i>by Camilla Lackberg<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/lawrence-sanders-sixth-commandment.html">The Sixth Commandment</a> </i>by Lawrence Sanders<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/margot-livesey-missing-world-novel.html">The Missing World: A Novel</a> </i>by Margot Livesey<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/dennis-lehane-moonlight-mile.html">Moonlight Mile</a> </i>by Dennis Lehane<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/rosa-guy-friends.html">The Friends</a> </i>by Rosa Guy<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/jodi-picoult-lone-wolf.html">Lone Wolf</a></i> by Jodi Picoult<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/robert-k-tanenbaum-and-peter-s.html">The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer</a> </i>by Robert K. Tannenbaum and Peter S. Greenberg<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/laura-moriarty-center-of-everything.html">The Center of Everything</a> </i>by Laura Moriarty <br />
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<b>Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! :))</b><br />
- <i>The Most Wanted </i>by Jacquelyn Mitchard<br />
- <i>Ashes to Ashes </i>by Tami Hoag<br />
- <i>The World's Last Mysteries </i>by Reader's Digest<br />
- <i>Criminals: A Novel </i>by Margot Livesey<br />
- <i>The World's Last Mysteries </i>by Reader's Digest<br />
- <i>Rose Madder </i>by Stephen King<br />
- <i>Behind the Mask: A True Story of Obsession and a Savage Genius</i> by Stella Sands<b> </b><br />
- <i>100 Wicked Little Witch Stories </i>by Martin H. Greenberg, Robert H. Weinberg and Stefan Dziemianowicz<b><br /></b> <br />
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<b>Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))</b><br />
- <i>The Missing World: A Novel </i>by Margot Livesey<br />
- <i>Lone Wolf </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />
- <i>Live to Tell </i>by Lisa Gardner<br />
- <i>Mercy Street: A Novel </i>by Mariah Stewart<br />
- <i>Love Kills: The Stalking of Diane Newton King </i>by Andy Hoffman<br />
- <i>The Saving Graces: A Novel </i>by Patricia Gaffney<br />
- <i>The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer </i>by Robert K. Tanenbaum and Peter S. Greenberg<br />
- <i>Grave's End: A True Ghost Story </i>by Elaine Mercado, R. N. <br />
- <i>The Senator's Wife </i>by Karen Robards<br />
- <i>No One Left to Tell </i>by Jordan Dane<br />
- <i>Deeper Than the Dead </i>by Tami Hoag<br />
- <i>Blackbird House </i>by Alice Hoffman<br />
- <i>The Ice Queen </i>by Alice Hoffman<br />
- <i>Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies</i> by Laura Esquivel<br />
- <i>Random Hearts </i>by Warren Adler<br />
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<span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, a very good reading year for me. Here's a further breakdown:<br /><br /><b>Books Read: </b>8</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><b>Pages Read: </b>2,610<br /><b>Grade Range: A+! to B+!</b><br /><br />So, there you go! The reading year that was 2015! I hope that you all had an equally good reading year; if not a little better. :) See you all next year! :)<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-54952589135004127532015-02-01T06:00:00.002-05:002015-02-01T06:00:04.596-05:00Reading Wrap-up For January at Moonshine and Rosefire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading month for yourselves. I am known as <b>Rosefire </b>around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog. I originally posted my reviews over at my daughter's blog, <b><a href="http://rubyandthetwins.blogspot.com/">Emeraldfire's Bookmark</a> </b>but am now in the process of transferring them all over to my own blog. My daughter makes blogging look like so much fun that I thought that I would try it out for myself! :)<br />
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Anyway, I started out January with 1,031 unread books lying around the house and ended the month with 1.023 books unread. All the books that I acquired this month came from <b><a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/">Paperback Swap</a> </b>and <a href="http://www.bookmooch.com/"><b>Bookmooch</b></a><br />
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Let me try to break down the influx for you:<br />
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<b>Changes to the TBR pile</b><br />
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<b>Read from my TBR pile (Yes! I am a reading machine :))</b><br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/laura-moriarty-center-of-everything.html">The Center of Everything</a> </i>by Laura Moriarty <br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/robert-k-tanenbaum-and-peter-s.html">The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer</a> </i>by Robert K. Tannenbaum and Peter S. Greenberg<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/jodi-picoult-lone-wolf.html">Lone Wolf</a> </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/rosa-guy-friends.html">The Friends</a> </i>by Rosa Guy<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/dennis-lehane-moonlight-mile.html">Moonlight Mile</a> </i>by Dennis Lehane<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/margot-livesey-missing-world-novel.html">The Missing World: A Novel</a> </i>by Margot Livesey<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/lawrence-sanders-sixth-commandment.html">The Sixth Commandment</a> </i>by Lawrence Sanders<br />
- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2015/01/camilla-lackberg-ice-princess.html">The Ice Princess</a> </i>by Camilla Lackberg<br />
- <i>Kramer Versus Kramer </i>by Avery Corman<br />
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<b>Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! Not too bad though, I suppose:))</b><br />
- <i>100 Wicked Little Witch Stories </i>by Martin H. Greenberg, Robert H. Weinberg and Stefan Dziemianowicz<b></b><br />
<b>- </b><i>Behind the Mask: A True Story of Obsession and a Savage Genius </i>by Stella Sands<br />
- <i>Rose Madder </i>by Stephen King<br />
- <i>Criminals: A Novel </i>by Margot Livesey<br />
- <i>The World's Last Mysteries </i>by Reader's Digest<br />
- <i>Ashes to Ashes </i>by Tami Hoag<br />
- <i>The Most Wanted </i>by Jacquelyn Mitchard<br />
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<b></b><b>Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))</b><br />
- <i>Random Hearts </i>by Warren Adler<b> </b><br />
<i>- Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies</i> by Laura Esquivel<br />
- <i>The Ice Queen </i>by Alice Hoffman<br />
- <i>Blackbird House </i>by Alice Hoffman<br />
- <i>Deeper Than the Dead </i>by Tami Hoag<br />
- <i>No One Left to Tell </i>by Jordan Dane<br />
- <i>The Senator's Wife </i>by Karen Robards<br />
- <i>Grave's End: A True Ghost Story </i>by Elaine Mercado, R. N. <br />
- <i>The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer </i>by Robert K. Tanenbaum and Peter S. Greenberg<br />
- <i>The Saving Graces: A Novel </i>by Patricia Gaffney<br />
- <i>Mercy Street: A Novel </i>by Mariah Stewart<br />
- <i>Love Kills: The Stalking of Diane Newton King </i>by Andy Hoffman<br />
- <i>Live to Tell </i>by Lisa Gardner<br />
- <i>Lone Wolf </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />
- <i>The Missing World: A Novel </i>by Margot Livesey<br />
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Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, a very good reading month for me. Here's a further breakdown:<br />
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<b>Books Read: </b>8<br />
<b>Pages Read: </b>2,610<br />
<b>Grade Range: A+! to B+!</b><br />
<i><br /></i>So, there you go! The reading month that was January. I hope that you all had an equally good reading month; if not a little better. :) See you all next month! :)<br />
<i><br /></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-76657360699376645052015-01-31T06:00:00.001-05:002015-01-31T10:35:08.360-05:00January's Book of the Month<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello Everyone! I chose the picture posted above because it reminds me of reading to my daughter Mareena when she was little. Every afternoon until she was about eight or nine years old, we would take one of her books that she wanted to read or that she was reading and we would curl up together on my big bed. </div>
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We would spend an hour or so reading a chapter of her book, and then take a nap together. Her absolutely favorite author at that time was an English author named Enid Blyton. Ahh, nice memories... </div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;"><i>Birth Name: </i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="color: red;"><b><i>Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg</i></b></span><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i><b>Canonical Name: </b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><b style="color: red;"><i>Camilla Läckberg</i></b><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"> <i><b> </b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><b>The Ice Princess</b></i> by Camilla Läckberg was the eighth book that I read in 2015. I have had this book on my TBR shelf since August 16, 2014 and it took me two days to read. I'm passing this book on to Mareena for her to read.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</b></span></div>
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Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-18520887375705795182015-01-28T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-31T10:26:46.336-05:00Camilla Lackberg - The Ice Princess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpmPgMe2NelJUTOQ4Lz015tHREYFBTmas4LFYemLsJcHcUnjsXKeLDQIv84mH38BzZMtqGg1z0wZoaJIEdV3Fd_rdTAhF7Fu1_Ei_e1xmQyvB9vIO0ZfRDCBO7S976Zhc6SG3Lw0_tgI/s1600/7058405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpmPgMe2NelJUTOQ4Lz015tHREYFBTmas4LFYemLsJcHcUnjsXKeLDQIv84mH38BzZMtqGg1z0wZoaJIEdV3Fd_rdTAhF7Fu1_Ei_e1xmQyvB9vIO0ZfRDCBO7S976Zhc6SG3Lw0_tgI/s1600/7058405.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span">8. <b>The Ice Princess </b>by <a href="http://www.camillalackberg.com/">Camilla Lackberg</a> (2009)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">(Originally Published as: <b>Isprinsessan</b>) (2003)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>The Patrik Hedstrom Series </i>Book 1</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Length: </b>394 pages</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Genre: </b>Contemporary Mystery</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Started: </b>26 January 2015</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Finished: </b>28 January 2015</span><br /><b>Where did it come from?</b> From a Library Book Sale<br /><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile?</b> Since 16 August 2014<br /><b>Why do I have it?</b> I like contemporary mysteries and Camilla Lackberg is a new author for me.<br /><br />After struggling biographer Erica Falck's parents pass away, she returns to her hometown of Fjallbacka, Sweden to attend their funeral. What she finds is a town in crisis; and a community on the brink of inexplicable tragedy. The apparent suicide of her childhood best friend Alexandra is the catalyst.<br /><br />Erica actually discovers the frozen body of her one-time friend in an ice-cold bath with her wrists slashed. At first glance, it does appear that Alex took her own life - yet Erica is still confused. The friendship between herself and Alex may have drifted apart as they reached adulthood, but surely, Alex would never have become so desperate as to commit suicide, would she?<br /><br />At the behest of Alex's parents, Erica tentatively agrees to write about her childhood friend. She conceives of writing a book about the beautiful but remote Alex, one which will strive to answer questions about their shared past and lost friendship. As Erica's interest slowly develops into an obsession, her investigation only stirs up even more unanswerable questions...<br /><br />Meanwhile, local detective Patrick Hedstrom is following his own suspicions about the case. But it's only when Erica and Patrik start working together that the truth begins to emerge about this small town with a deeply disturbing past. And it seems that even after all this time, what is hidden still has the power to cause immeasurable pain and tragedy...to everyone.<br /><br />I must say that I absolutely loved reading this book. I thought this story was beautifully written and I felt that I got a true taste of Sweden through Ms. Lackberg's writing style. The plot was dramatic, well-developed and it kept me guessing about who were possible suspects right through to the end. In my opinion, Camilla Lackberg is an extraordinary writer and I'm looking forward to reading more from this author sometime very soon. I would give this book an <b>A+!</b><br /><br /><b>A+! - (96-100%)</b><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-15852044121595467212015-01-24T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-31T10:26:46.355-05:00Lawrence Sanders - The Sixth Commandment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGp99YKngOfcBCbQhP4Z4vPdXwLVJMy9hT53y-H5m1W7nV4EipvT_NNFNmlu1e9HdGaFdCgcRbhE70BDQaRCjf8remCYVldInWZFdkigwbXYM28LWzW5ZB8MJM1rjoh21K5UYNiiwARM/s1600/9780246111302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGp99YKngOfcBCbQhP4Z4vPdXwLVJMy9hT53y-H5m1W7nV4EipvT_NNFNmlu1e9HdGaFdCgcRbhE70BDQaRCjf8remCYVldInWZFdkigwbXYM28LWzW5ZB8MJM1rjoh21K5UYNiiwARM/s1600/9780246111302.jpg" height="200" width="136" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span">7. <b>The Sixth Commandment </b>by Lawrence Sanders (1978)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>The Commandment Series </i>Book 1</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Length: </b>312 pages</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Genre: </b>Contemporary Mystery</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Started: </b>22 January 2015</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Finished: </b>24 January 2015</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Where did it come from? </b>From a Library Book Sale</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile? </b>Since 14 August 2001</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Why do I have it? </b>I like contemporary mysteries and have read and enjoyed several books by this author in the past.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">The Bingham Foundation is a corporation that assesses the grant applications of scientific researchers. Samuel Todd is the corporation's field investigator, tasked with finding out all he can about Gordon Telford Thorndecker, Nobel Prize-winning doctor and resident darling of Coburn, New York. The good doctor Thorndecker is the head of a combined research facility and rest home for the elderly, affluent, and infirm in Coburn, and has recently applied for a million-dollar research grant.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Dr. Thorndecker has impeccable scientific credentials; his project - to investigate the "cellular clock" that controls the normal life span of human beings - seems entirely credible and worthy of support; and despite the rumors and occasional rabid gossip-monger - the whole town of Coburn is rooting for its most famous resident. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Samuel Todd's mission is basically to get background information about the eminent Dr. Thorndecker. Deep background information: Samuel has to "assess the intangibles, things known only to the applicant's priest, psychiatrist and/or mistress. As a suspicious romantic, Samuel is too young to have seen it all, but too old to expect the best of this world. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">But is it possible that his suspicions are getting the better of him? It's perhaps in the way the residents of Coburn stare past his shoulder while praising Dr. Thorndecker to the skies; or what he learns about the doctor's seductive young wife, Julie, and her not-so-secretive activities; or perhaps when he discovers that a patient at the rest home was buried rather suddenly in the dead of night, deceased, according to the death certificate, of simple heart failure. Whatever the cause, Samuel Todd is already mightily suspicious of this case, and his feelings only grow worse after he arrives at his hotel on a stormy night, and discovers a typed two-lined message waiting for him at the desk. The note is short, cryptic, and straight to the point: <i>"Thorndecker Kills."</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I really enjoyed this book and must say that I found it to be very indicative of Lawrence Sanders' work - incredibly suspenseful and quite dramatic. Mr. Sanders is perhaps one of my many favorite authors, and I have read quite a few of his books, although the first book from the <i>Commandment Series</i> that I've read. I would certainly give <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Sixth Commandment </i>by Lawrence Sanders a very strong <b>A!</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>A! - (90-95%)</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-68995026437392786132015-01-21T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-31T10:26:46.373-05:00Margot Livesey - The Missing World: A Novel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_Vd4YXVpwxiifAkVdedOrgJh4DjZUllPp5fJweSN7RriUIJqlUTpls09IYSPzy3DFgVzth8umeulDX4i37G4wIvCHB0kAYE4RVDjDL3KB19w2l31aUKF3kVH8CmvYTSYHooJcgweIrg/s1600/0312424701.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_Vd4YXVpwxiifAkVdedOrgJh4DjZUllPp5fJweSN7RriUIJqlUTpls09IYSPzy3DFgVzth8umeulDX4i37G4wIvCHB0kAYE4RVDjDL3KB19w2l31aUKF3kVH8CmvYTSYHooJcgweIrg/s1600/0312424701.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span">6. <b>The Missing World: A Novel </b>by <a href="http://www.margotlivesey.com/">Margot Livesey</a> (1999) </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Length: </b>326 pages</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Genre: </b>Contemporary Fiction</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Started: </b>17 January 2015</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Finished: </b>21 January 2015</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Where did it come from? </b>From <b><a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/">Paperback Swap</a></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile?</b> Since 8 December 2014</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Why do I have it? </b>I like contemporary fiction and have read and enjoyed several books by this author in the past.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">What if - by a seeming stroke of fortune - you could start again, could start afresh and wipe away that one catastrophic blunder in your past. Just how far would you go to establish that you had, in fact, done nothing wrong at all? After an accident causes Hazel to have amnesia, and she loses three years' worth of her memory, just such an opportunity is presented to her ex-boyfriend Jonathan. He is absolutely undone by his betrayal of this woman, whom he professes to love above all, and he is determined to do everything within his power to make it up to her; to earn her forgiveness.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">While Jonathan begins to rewrite his and Hazel's history together, two other misfits - an American sojourner and an unlucky English actress - travel around London, each of them haunted by indelible memories which they would much rather forget. Eventually their hopes for redemption draw them toward Jonathan and Hazel, who has become a virtual prisoner of Jonathan's most cherished whims and desires. The story that follows is a brilliantly inverted love story: a story which chronicles one man's desperate attempts to realize and rationalize a lie, and a woman's harrowing attempts to recognize the truth.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Margot Livesey is, in my opinion, a terrific writer, and she captures the essence of characters beautifully. As a matter of fact, the character of Charlotte is so like my sister-in-law, they could have been twins. I give <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Missing World: A Novel </i>by Margot Livesey a definite <b>A!</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>A! - (90-95%)</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b></span>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-12022143563590352202015-01-16T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-31T10:26:46.391-05:00Dennis Lehane - Moonlight Mile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5N7l4IbZ3BnhHOQvW3DUTdq-iTxnyrnrAFcda87AfCN1wVY-M6XjGkWZfJGM_-cOyngUv11-4TH4fszlTy-wZHuzPvgGQ4KjXoKpdz5_PYRpBoCIdR32VURSJ7nVxExwGFJ2TsqxFMwQ/s1600/0061836923.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5N7l4IbZ3BnhHOQvW3DUTdq-iTxnyrnrAFcda87AfCN1wVY-M6XjGkWZfJGM_-cOyngUv11-4TH4fszlTy-wZHuzPvgGQ4KjXoKpdz5_PYRpBoCIdR32VURSJ7nVxExwGFJ2TsqxFMwQ/s1600/0061836923.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="200" width="142" /></a></div>5. <b>Moonlight Mile</b> by <a href="http://www.dennislehane.com/">Dennis Lehane</a> (2010)<br /><i>The Kenzie and Gennaro Series</i> Book 6<br /><b>Length:</b> 324 pages<br /><b>Genre:</b> Contemporary Mystery<br /><b>Started:</b> 15 January 2015<br /><b>Finished:</b> 16 January 2015<br /><b>Where did it come from?</b> From a Library Book Sale<br /><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile?</b> Since 22 August 2013<br /><b>Why do I have it?</b> I like contemporary mysteries and have read and enjoyed <b><i>Mystic River</i></b> by the same author in the past.<br /><br />Twelve years ago, private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro were brought in to investigate the disappearance of four-year-old Amanda McCready. The toddler had suddenly vanished from her Boston neighborhood late one night, and her family feared the worst. Desperate pleas for help from the child's aunt had led them to take on the case - one of the toughest of their careers - and despite risking everything, the pair finally found the little girl. Against their better judgement, the investigators had to return little Amanda to the custody of her neglectful mother and a broken home.<br /><br />Now Amanda is sixteen - and gone again. A stellar student, brilliant but aloof, she had seemed destined to escape her troubled upbringing. Yet Amanda's aunt is once again knocking at Patrick Kenzie's door, once more fearing the worst for the little girl who has blossomed into a striking, clever young woman - a woman who apparently hasn't been seen in weeks.<br /><br />Haunted by their memories of the past - and determined to do something to settle their consciences - Patrick and Angela revisit the case that has troubled them the most and which, even after all this time, has stayed with them. Their exhaustive investigation leads them into the darkest depths of the criminal underworld - a world of identity thieves, methamphetamine dealers, a mentally unstable crime boss and his equally demented wife, a priceless, thousand-year-old cross, and a happily homicidal Russian gangster. This is a world where motives and allegiances constantly shift and where the slightest mistake can prove, or most likely will prove, fatal.<br /><br />In their desperate fight to confront the past and find Amanda McCready, Patrick and Angela will be forced to question if it's possible to do the wrong thing and still be right or to do the right thing and still be wrong. As they face an evil that reaches beyond broken families and broken dreams, they discover that the sins of yesterday don't always stay buried and the crimes of today are the ones that could end their lives.<br /><br />Mareena had chosen this book for me at our August Library Book Sale jaunt because she knew how much I had enjoyed reading <b><i>Mystic River</i></b> by Dennis Lehane. In my opinion, this particular book just wasn't for me. While I certainly found it to be well-written, fast-paced and jam-packed with drama and action, I must say that the Russian Mob is really too much for me. I'm sure that there are some readers who enjoy reading that type of story; however, I am definitely not one of them. I would give this book a <b>B+!</b><br /><br /><b>B+! - (89-94%)</b><br /><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-72394238118110215552015-01-14T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-31T10:26:46.410-05:00Rosa Guy - The Friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgwWRUYNY0Mc_9cB9AR7rjSz-UPbmf20TZftnS3kdr_ERINRF5wHPZGrv2z9R2PusE7PTsnt2dcSh4AIZ6gpHyPZB7i7pwUhV-cRxGMJvSdLF4Y4QfKPszVwthfU9OmpAWqDfT3GsBbI/s1600/dd664d5821ed2c3592b394e5067434d414f4141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgwWRUYNY0Mc_9cB9AR7rjSz-UPbmf20TZftnS3kdr_ERINRF5wHPZGrv2z9R2PusE7PTsnt2dcSh4AIZ6gpHyPZB7i7pwUhV-cRxGMJvSdLF4Y4QfKPszVwthfU9OmpAWqDfT3GsBbI/s1600/dd664d5821ed2c3592b394e5067434d414f4141.jpg" height="200" width="119" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span">4. <b>The Friends </b>by Rosa Guy (1973)</span><br /><i>The Cathy Family Trilogy </i>Book 1<br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Length: </b>185 pages</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Genre: </b>Contemporary Fiction</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Started: </b>13 January 2015</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Finished: </b>14 January 2015</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Where did it come from? </b>From a Library Book Sale</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile? </b>Since 25 July 2001</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Why do I have it? </b>I like contemporary fiction and Rosa Guy is a new author for me.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">For fourteen-year-old Phyllisia Cathy, the problems that she has as well as her lifestyle have become increasingly overwhelming. Having recently arrived from an island in the sunlit West Indies - along with her mother, father and sixteen-year-old sister, Ruby - Phyllisia finds it a very difficult adjustment to live in New York. After growing up in such an idyllic paradise, she finds New York cold, cruel and filthy; nothing at all like her previous home. She is insulted daily and is constantly beaten up by her classmates. What Phyllisia desperately needs, as it seems divine intervention is currently unavailable, is a friend. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">When she first started out searching for a friend, Phyllisia would never have put fifteen-year-old Edith Jackson's name anywhere near her list of potential candidates. Edith's clothes are unpressed, her stockings worn and baggy with big holes. She is nothing but a ragamuffin in Phyllisia's mind. Edith's knowledge of school studies is essentially zero; she barely goes to class. She has no parents, she swears and she steals. But she is the only one kind enough to offer her friendship and protection to Phyllisia when she needs it most.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I must say that I found this to be a very intriguing book. In my opinion, it was a deeply thought-provoking and engaging story with a moral; told from a very different perspective. This is a story that I wasn't expecting to be as poignant as it was and I give this book an <b>A+!</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>A+! - (96-100%)</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-9622209780120491932015-01-13T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.389-05:00Jodi Picoult - Lone Wolf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_1ZoWLqVXpFkAD4PyeNX7G2Ofi9ZIA1YrEHuyxqBrQEvdcPnebmHssj9jRHuebpPlYuSzFbuCowcvopYC2IybkUBsMcYA3gOTQIgIwlj8yDpQ189zAGXN6wtUeToz8wMsXtT7RrzUEY/s1600/1439102759.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_1ZoWLqVXpFkAD4PyeNX7G2Ofi9ZIA1YrEHuyxqBrQEvdcPnebmHssj9jRHuebpPlYuSzFbuCowcvopYC2IybkUBsMcYA3gOTQIgIwlj8yDpQ189zAGXN6wtUeToz8wMsXtT7RrzUEY/s1600/1439102759.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="200" width="134" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span">3. <b>Lone Wolf </b>by <a href="http://www.jodipicoult.com/">Jodi Picoult</a> (2012)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Length: </b>429 pages</span><br /><b>Genre: </b>Contemporary Fiction<br /><b>Started: </b>6 January 2015<br /><b>Finished: </b>13 January 2015<br /><b>Where did it come from? </b>From <b><a href="http://www.bookmooch.com/">Bookmooch</a></b><br /><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile? </b>Since 5 January 2015<br /><b>Why do I have it? </b>I like contemporary fiction and have read and enjoyed several books by this author in the past.<br /><br />For the Warrens, secrets have divided their family for so long, that it seems like they will never be able to come back together by their own choice. Then, on an icy winter night, a terrible accident forces them all to come together and make a fateful decision. It's a decision that will ultimately shake all of their lives to the foundations.<br /><br />Seventeen-year-old Cara has always been her father, Luke's, little princess, protected by him, and confidently shielded by his love. What nobody realizes, however, is that Cara is tormented by a secret that she can't reveal - to anyone. Her older brother, Edward, has secrets of his own...ones that have kept him estranged from his family for the past six years. He has managed to keep them hidden rather well, but now they may come to light, and if they do, Cara will be devastated.<br /><br />Their mother, Georgie, always felt like she was never able to compete with her ex-husband's life-long obsessions: wild wolves and their pack structure. This was a subject which Luke became completely immersed in; forsaking his own family in order to spend two years alone in the Canadian wilderness, following several wolf packs during that time - and subsequently running a wilderness sanctuary for wolves. And now, Luke's fate hangs in the balance and is held in the hands of her children; as the ex-wife, it seems as if Georgie has no further say in his personal matters.<br /><br />With conflicting motivations and emotions, what will this family ultimately decide? And will they be able to live with that decision, after the truth has been revealed? What happens when the hope that should sustain a family in crisis, is the very thing tearing it apart?<br /><br />I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. In my opinion, it was very well-written, and while I found the discussion of the hierarchies within wolf packs to be incredibly detailed; I appreciated how accurately such discussions described the dynamics within the Warren family. I give <i style="font-weight: bold;">Lone Wolf </i>by Jodi Picoult an <b>A+! </b>I think Ms. Picoult does a tremendous job of getting the reader to care about these characters and about the difficult situation in which they find themselves.<br /><br /><b>A+! (96-100%)</b><br /><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-68860181062440968732015-01-06T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.404-05:00Robert K. Tanenbaum and Peter S. Greenberg - The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86jZNnHAw_YPY4te2meVABfz1evIoY5-J-scOqUflHC3In2KmaOrMBrqyuBy8bCJqjQGC36CA9fmFUT84wXEZ1mBZltFA37iZ6gZGCYeWkZH58vEgkNAN7jEAxUDcNC_0r682hG4OOzM/s1600/ad0fb632536c7d0593035385077434d414f4141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86jZNnHAw_YPY4te2meVABfz1evIoY5-J-scOqUflHC3In2KmaOrMBrqyuBy8bCJqjQGC36CA9fmFUT84wXEZ1mBZltFA37iZ6gZGCYeWkZH58vEgkNAN7jEAxUDcNC_0r682hG4OOzM/s1600/ad0fb632536c7d0593035385077434d414f4141.jpg" height="200" width="126" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">2.<b>The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer</b> by <a href="http://robertktanenbaumbooks.com/">Robert K. Tanenbaum</a> and <a href="http://petergreenberg.com/">Peter S. Greenberg</a> (1987) </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Length: </b>301 pages</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Genre: </b>True Crime</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Started: </b>3 January 2015</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Finished: </b>6 January 2015</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where did it come from? </b>From <a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/"><b>Paperback Swap</b></a> </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile? </b>Since 3 January 2015</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Why do I have it? </b>I like true crime and Robert K. Tanenbaum and Peter S. Greenberg are relatively new authors for me.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Charles William Yukl was the eldest of two sons born to Czech parents - pianist and conductor Dorothea Freitag Yukl, and trumpeter Charles W. Yukl. Charles Yukl claimed that his parents were often abusive to him as a child, attributing severe beatings and other random cruelty to his "perfectionist, demanding" parents. As a young child, Charles was fascinated by fire and was accused of setting several fires by the age of nine.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">He held a variety of jobs as an adult, and was soon urged by his mother to become a professional ragtime pianist. He was rather successful and played in Manhattan, Union City, New Jersey and in the Catskills, often using the stage name Yogi Freitag. He married a German photography student named Enken in 1961 and subsequently became a voice and piano teacher.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">The real Charles Yukl was nothing at all like the facade he portrayed to the world. Behind the well-mannered musical prodigy with the choirboy looks dwelt a twisted psychotic misogynist. A reclusive, eccentric man whose dreams of perverse sexual fulfillment lived - and died - only in his fertile imagination. </span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Then on Monday, October 24, 1966, Charles Yukl brought his perverted fantasies to vivid life when he brutally murdered twenty-five year old Suzanne Reynolds. Suzanne was an aspiring actress who had been taking voice lessons for three months from the thirty-one year old ragtime pianist, and she had absolutely no idea of his true nature. Then, eight years later - on Tuesday, August 20, 1974 - due to a shocking series of legal errors that granted him the freedom to kill again, he lured a twenty-three year old aspiring model named </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Karin Schlegel to a Greenwich Village rooftop and </span></span>savagely strangled her to death.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">I really enjoyed reading this book. I had never heard of Charles Yukl or of the murders he committed. I found this story incredibly sad, and the fact that due to a</span></span><span class="me" data-syllable="bu·reau·crat·ic"><span class="js-headword"><span class="syllable"> </span></span></span>bureaucratic oversight, he was allowed to kill again really made me angry. I will say that I found this book to be rather slow in places, and I really would have appreciated a deeper investigation of the wife's personality; other than mentioning that she was disturbing, very little else was explained about her, or their strange relationship. I would give <i><b>The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer</b></i> by Robert K. Tanenbaum and Peter S. Greenberg a <b>B+!</b><br /><br /><b>B+! - (89-94%)</b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-42079426321685896222015-01-03T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.449-05:00Laura Moriarty - The Center of Everything<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5pyYRd27Tdn5Hbr9-w9TTjByHc0DGJYS_zxJxqo3yKgX0GaM4jA7xV7o-i0bYtvMS9FBnYFK8LPntA5DAizC5OlVliw2e_2RuGpVc-QjD_sI2aWmV_C6w7cwQ2tRM13z3_t4NsX0E6c/s1600/0786888458.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5pyYRd27Tdn5Hbr9-w9TTjByHc0DGJYS_zxJxqo3yKgX0GaM4jA7xV7o-i0bYtvMS9FBnYFK8LPntA5DAizC5OlVliw2e_2RuGpVc-QjD_sI2aWmV_C6w7cwQ2tRM13z3_t4NsX0E6c/s1600/0786888458.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="200" width="123" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">1. <b>The Center of Everything </b>by <a href="http://www.lauramoriarty.net/">Laura Moriarty</a> (2003)</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></b><span style="color: black;">339 pages</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Genre: </b>Contemporary Fiction</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Started: </b>1 January 2015</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Finished: </b>3 January 2015</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where did it come from? </b>From <a href="http://www.bookmooch.com/"><b>Bookmooch</b></a> </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile? </b>Since 29 December 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Why do I have it? </b>I like contemporary fiction and have read and enjoyed <i><b><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/laura-moriarty-rest-of-her-life-novel.html">The Rest of Her Life: A Novel</a> </b></i>by the same author in the past.</span></span><br /><br />In <i><b>The Center of Everything</b></i>, Laura Moriarty's stunning debut novel, a young girl tries to make sense of the unruly world around her. Ten-year-old Evelyn Brucknow has never really had much of a childhood, having been forced to pretty much take care of herself for most of her life. She lives with her single mother, Tina, in a small apartment in Kansas and just can't help dreaming of more for herself. <br /><br />Though she is warm and loving, and values her daughter more than anything else in the world, Tina is nevertheless young, immature, and prone to making rash financial decisions. This personality type often leaves Evelyn feeling as if she is the rational adult in their troubled relationship. Growing up with a chronically out of work mother, whose most recent romance with her married boss has failed and left her jobless and desperate, Evelyn feels more and more anxious about their increasingly precarious financial situation. She resolves to distance herself from her mother's irresponsibility as much as she can.<br /><br />However, Evelyn just can not escape the claustrophobic feeling of being stuck where she is - somewhere in the middle of Kansas - between her best friends, and in the midst of her mother's love...right in the center of everything. <b><i>The Center of Everything</i></b> by Laura Moriarty is an extraordinary and affecting portrayal of a troubled mother/daughter relationship, as well as an eye-opening look at life in a small midwestern town. All this is experienced and seen through the eyes of a teenage girl; who also must come to terms with the heartbreaking lesson of first love - that not all loves are meant to be - and determine who she is and who she wants to be.<br /><br />I absolutely loved this book and found myself completely immersed in the story right away. This book held my attention from beginning to end, and was one of those books that I never wanted to end. Although the plot wasn't all that action-packed - it was basically about living life in a small town, and the various trials and tribulations faced by the struggling residents - it still moved along at a leisurely pace and was a thoroughly enjoyable read for me. I give this book a definite <b>A+! </b><br /><br />I think that Ms. Moriarty is a terrific writer and I am eagerly awaiting her next book - what ever it might be.<br /><br /><b>A+! - (96-100%)</b><br /><b> </b> <span itemprop="description"><span id="e_1420390511.7781_content"></span></span><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-48240868980977275912015-01-01T06:30:00.001-05:002015-01-31T10:26:46.466-05:00Yearly Reading Wrap-up at Moonshine and Rosefire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWZLOyMOf774yNoA3v3S8KsEtSronoJt5a_ze0MhZ5c5AXNZhm6j9NtljPgwF7cCVZtu_0RZqVp8jA3Fpl5FmwWjC8tqlPb9iWwFsgA8glysS1mHWVba79d6Qq4fAF3EnYnXZqAotELw/s200/safe_image.php.jpg" height="200" width="160" /></div><br />Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading year for yourselves. I am known as <b>Rosefire</b> around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog. I originally posted my reviews over at my daughter's blog, <b><a href="http://rubyandthetwins.blogspot.com/">Emeraldfire's Bookmark</a> </b>but am now in the process of transferring them all over to my own blog. My daughter makes blogging look like so much fun that I thought that I would try it out for myself! :)<br /><br />Anyway, I started out January with about 905 unread books lying around the house and ended December with 1,100 books unread. All of the books that I acquired this year came from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/"><b>Amazon</b></a>, authors, <a href="http://www.pricechopper.com/"><b>Price Chopper</b></a>, <b><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.netgalley.com/">Netgalley</a>, </span><a href="http://www.bookmooch.com/">Bookmooch</a></b>,<b> </b><a href="http://paperbackswap.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Paperback Swap</a>, Library Book Sales and friends. Quite a number of my books that I read this year left my house to go to new homes so that's something I guess. :)<br /><br />Let me try to break down the influx for you:<br /><br /><b>Rereads</b><br />- <i>A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel </i>by Scott Spencer <br />- <i>Live to Tell </i>by Lisa Gardner<b> </b><br /><i>- Now You Know </i>by Kitty Dukakis and Jane Scovell<b> </b><br />- <i>Still Talking </i>by Joan Rivers and Richard Meryman<b> </b><br /><i>- Guilt by Association </i>by Susan R. Sloan<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/patricia-gaffney-circle-of-three-novel.html">Circle of Three: A Novel</a> </i>by Patricia Gaffney<br />- <i>The Basement </i>by Bari Wood<br /><b>- </b><i>My Cousin Rachel </i>by Daphne du Maurier<br />- <i>The Miracle at St. Bruno's </i>by Philippa Carr<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/anne-tyler-saint-maybe.html">Saint Maybe</a> </i>by Anne Tyler<br /><br /><b>Changes to the TBR pile</b> <b>Read from my TBR pile (Yes! I am a reading machine :))</b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/elaine-mercado-r-n-graves-end-true.html">Grave's End: A True Ghost Story</a> </i>by Elaine Mercado, R. N. <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/alice-hoffman-ice-queen.html">The Ice Queen</a> </i>by Alice Hoffman <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/laura-moriarty-rest-of-her-life-novel.html">The Rest of Her Life: A Novel</a> </i>by Laura Moriarty <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/margot-livesey-homework-novel.html">Homework: A Novel</a> </i>by Margot Livesey <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/christopher-golden-wildwood-road.html">Wildwood Road</a> </i>by Christopher Golden<br />- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/laura-esquivel-like-water-for-chocolate.html"><i>Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and<b> </b>Home Remedies</i></a> by Laura Esquivel <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/tami-hoag-deeper-than-dead.html">Deeper Than the Dead</a> </i>by Tami Hoag <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/scott-spencer-preservation-hall.html">Preservation Hall</a> </i>by Scott Spencer <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/margot-livesey-house-on-fortune-street.html">The House on Fortune Street: A Novel</a> </i>by Margot Livesey <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/michael-phillip-cash-after-house.html">The After House</a> </i>by Michael Phillip Cash<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/alice-hoffman-blackbird-house.html">Blackbird House</a> </i>by Alice Hoffman<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/anne-stuart-joanna-wayne-and-caroline.html">What Lies Beneath: The Road to Hidden Harbor/Remember Me/Primal Fear</a> </i>by Anne Stuart, Joanna Wayne and Caroline Burnes<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/warren-adler-random-hearts.html">Random Hearts</a> </i>by Warren Adler <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/colleen-mccullough-ladies-of-missalonghi.html">The Ladies of Missalonghi</a> </i>by Colleen McCullough<i> </i> <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/karen-robards-senators-wife.html">The Senator's Wife</a> </i>by Karen Robards <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/susan-kenney-in-another-country.html">In Another Country</a> </i>by Susan Kenney<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/bernhard-schlink-reader.html">The Reader</a> </i>by Bernhard Schlink<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/lavyrle-spencer-small-town-girl.html">Small Town Girl</a> </i>by LaVyrle Spencer<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/brian-mcgilloway-gallows-lane.html">Gallows Lane</a> </i>by Brian McGilloway<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/martha-moody-best-friends.html">Best Friends</a> </i>by Martha Moody<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/nicholas-sparks-at-first-sight.html">At First Sight</a> </i>by Nicholas Sparks <br />- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/joan-ryan-water-giver-story-of-mother.html"><i>The Water Giver: The Story of a Mother, a Son, and Their Second Chance</i></a> by Joan Ryan<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/pearl-s-buck-kennedy-women.html">The Kennedy Women</a> </i>by Pearl S. Buck <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/bentley-little-haunted.html">The Haunted</a> </i>by Bentley Little <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/jetta-carleton-moonflower-vine-novel.html">The Moonflower Vine: A Novel</a> </i>by Jetta Carleton<b> </b><br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/james-patterson-sams-letters-to-jennifer.html">Sam's Letters to Jennifer</a> </i>by James Patterson<b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/robert-james-waller-slow-waltz-in-cedar.html">Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend: A Novel</a> </i>by Robert James Waller<b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/danielle-steel-house-on-hope-street.html">The House on Hope Street</a> </i>by Danielle Steel <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/debbie-macomber-good-yarn.html">A Good Yarn</a> </i>by Debbie Macomber<i> </i> <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/chet-williamson-dreamthorp.html">Dreamthorp</a> </i>by Chet Williamson <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/barbara-delinsky-suddenly.html">Suddenly</a> </i>by Barbara Delinsky <b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/gillian-galbraith-blood-in-water-alice.html">Blood in the Water: An Alice Rice Mystery</a> </i>by Gillian Galbraith<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/scott-turow-presumed-innocent.html">Presumed Innocent</a> </i>by Scott Turow<b> </b><br /><i>- </i><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/james-ruddick-death-at-priory-sex-love.html">Death at the Priory: Love, Sex, and Murder in Victorian England</a> </i>by James Ruddick<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/nancy-thayer-between-husbands-and.html">Between Husbands and Friends: A Novel</a> </i>by Nancy Thayer <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/nancy-bush-hush.html">Hush</a> </i>by Nancy Bush <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/debbie-macomber-twenty-wishes.html">Twenty Wishes</a> </i>by Debbie Macomber<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/douglas-kennedy-big-picture.html">The Big Picture</a> </i>by Douglas Kennedy<b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/alma-katsu-taker.html">The Taker</a> </i>by Alma Katsu<i> </i><b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/nicholas-sparks-nights-in-rodanthe.html">Nights in Rodanthe</a></i> by Nicholas Sparks<br /><i>- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/phil-rickman-heresy-of-dr-dee.html">The Heresy of Dr. Dee</a> </i></i>by Phil Rickman<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/don-dammassa-blood-beast.html">Blood Beast</a> </i>by Don D'Ammassa<i> </i><br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/avery-corman-perfect-divorce.html">A Perfect Divorce</a> </i>by Avery Corman<i> </i> <br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/barbara-vine-house-of-stairs.html">The House of Stairs</a> </i>by Barbara Vine<i> </i> <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/robert-c-sloane-nice-place-to-live.html">A Nice Place to Live</a> </i>by Robert C. Sloane<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/susan-r-sloan-behind-closed-doors.html">Behind Closed Doors</a> </i>by Susan R. Sloan<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/avery-corman-prized-possessions.html">Prized Possessions</a> </i>by Avery Corman<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/rosamunde-pilcher-sleeping-tiger.html">Sleeping Tiger</a> </i>by Rosamunde Pilcher<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/luanne-rice-sandcastles.html">Sandcastles</a> </i>by Luanne Rice <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/karen-young-kiss-and-kill.html">Kiss and Kill</a> </i>by Karen Young<b> </b><br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/eileen-goudge-diary.html">The Diary</a> </i>by Eileen Goudge<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/07/eileen-goudge-once-in-blue-moon.html">Once in a Blue Moon</a> </i>by Eileen Goudge<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/07/john-steinbeck-winter-of-our-discontent.html">The Winter of Our Discontent</a> </i>by John Steinbeck<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/07/robin-oliveira-my-name-is-mary-sutter.html">My Name is Mary Sutter: A Novel</a> </i>by Robin Oliveira<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/07/ronald-l-leonard-merry-hearted-boys.html">The Merry-Hearted Boys: Liam Clancy, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem</a> </i>by Ronald L. Leonard<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/07/philippa-gregory-boleyn-inheritance.html">The Boleyn Inheritance</a> </i>by Philippa Gregory<b> </b><br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/philippa-gregory-white-queen.html">The White Queen</a> </i>by Philippa Gregory<b> </b><br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/agatha-christie-under-dog-and-other.html">The Under Dog and Other Stories</a> </i>by Agatha Christie<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/luanne-rice-dream-country.html">Dream Country</a> </i>by Luanne Rice<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/lois-paxton-man-who-died-twice.html">The Man Who Died Twice</a> </i>by Lois Paxton<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/lois-duncan-who-killed-my-daughter.html">Who Killed my Daughter?</a> </i>by Lois Duncan<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/michael-phillip-cash-flip.html">The Flip</a> </i>by Michael Phillip Cash<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/nancy-thayer-nell.html">Nell</a> </i>by Nancy Thayer<i> </i><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/beryl-bainbridge-watsons-apology-novel.html">Watson's Apology: A Novel</a> </i>by Beryl Bainbridge<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/nancy-thayer-spirit-lost-ghost-novel.html">Spirit Lost: A Ghost Novel</a> </i>by Nancy Thayer<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/fred-rosen-when-satan-wore-cross.html">When Satan Wore a Cross: The Shocking True Story of a Killer Priest</a> </i>by Fred Rosen<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/nancy-thayer-custody-novel.html">Custody: A Novel</a> </i>by Nancy Thayer<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/abby-haight-and-j-e-vader-and-staff-of.html">Fire on Ice: The Exclusive Inside Story of Tonya Harding</a> </i>by Abby Haight and J. E. Vader and the Staff of <b>The Oregonian </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/betty-rollin-last-wish.html">Last Wish</a> </i>by Betty Rollin<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/mary-higgins-clark-all-through-night.html">All Through the Night: A Suspense Story</a> </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/charles-frazier-cold-mountain-novel.html">Cold Mountain: A Novel</a> </i>by Charles Frazier<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/james-patterson-and-martin-dugard.html">The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King</a> </i>by James Patterson and Martin Dugard<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/barbara-delinsky-while-my-sister-sleeps.html">While my Sister Sleeps</a> </i>by Barbara Delinsky<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/jeffrey-konvitz-guardian.html">The Guardian</a> </i>by Jeffrey Konvitz<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/erich-segal-man-woman-and-child.html">Man, Woman and Child</a> </i>by Erich Segal<i> </i><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/edward-klein-katie-real-story.html">Katie: The Real Story</a> </i>by Edward Klein<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/carole-p-roman-if-you-were-me-and-lived.html">The If You Were Me and Lived In...Series</a> </i>by Carole P. Roman<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/carole-p-roman-captain-no-beard-series.html">The Captain No Beard Series</a> </i>by Carole P. Roman<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/carole-p-roman-i-want-to-do-yoga-too.html">I Want to do Yoga Too</a> </i>by Carole P. Roman<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/anne-tyler-tin-can-tree.html">The Tin Can Tree</a> </i>by Anne Tyler<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/elizabeth-wilhide-ashenden-novel.html">Ashenden: A Novel</a> </i>by Elizabeth Wilhide<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/anne-tyler-slipping-down-life.html">A Slipping-Down Life</a> </i>by Anne Tyler<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/daphne-du-maurier-scapegoat-readers.html">The Scapegoat/The Last Angry Man/The Muses Are Heard/The Fruit Tramp/The Enemy Below</a> </i>by Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Volume 2 1957<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/cahal-dunne-put-yer-rosary-beads-away.html">Earthly Possessions</a> </i>by Anne Tyler <b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/mary-westmacott-rose-and-yew-tree.html">The Rose and the Yew Tree</a> </i>by Mary Westmacott<br /><b>- </b><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/rona-jaffe-class-reunion.html">Class Reunion</a> </i>by Rona Jaffe<br /><div style="text-align: left;">- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/cahal-dunne-put-yer-rosary-beads-away.html">A Salty Tale of a Young Man's Musical Dreams and Struggles in 1970's Ireland</a> </i>by Cahal Dunne</div>- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/margaret-forster-daphne-du-maurier.html">Daphne du Maurier: The Secret Life of the Renowned Storyteller</a> </i>by Margaret Forster<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/andy-hoffman-love-kills-stalking-of.html">Love Kills: The Stalking of Diane Newton King</a> </i>by Andy Hoffman<i> </i><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/alicia-clifford-affair-novel.html">The Affair: A Novel</a> </i>by Alicia Clifford<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/michael-collins-lost-souls.html">Lost Souls</a> </i>by Michael Collins<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/mary-alice-monroe-time-is-river-novel.html">Time is a River: A Novel</a> </i>by Mary Alice Monroe<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/mary-alice-monroe-beach-house.html">The Beach House</a> </i>by Mary Alice Monroe<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/laura-caldwell-rome-affair.html">The Rome Affair</a> </i>by Laura Caldwell<br />- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/adele-and-cateau-de-leeuw-nurses-who.html"><i>Nurses Who Led the Way: Real Life Stories of Courageous Women in an Exciting Profession</i></a> by Adele and Cateau de Leeuw<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/andy-hoffman-family-affairs.html">Family Affairs</a> </i>by Andy Hoffman<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/tilly-bagshawe-sidney-sheldons-angel-of.html">Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark</a> </i>by Tilly Bagshawe<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/domini-taylor-siege.html">Siege</a> </i>by Domini Taylor<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/kelsey-grammer-so-far.html">So Far...</a> </i>by Kelsey Grammer<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/mary-alice-monroe-sweetgrass.html">Sweetgrass</a> </i>by Mary Alice Monroe<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/margaret-maron-shooting-at-loons.html">Shooting at Loons</a> </i>by Margaret Maron<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/anne-rivers-siddons-burnt-mountain-novel.html">Burnt Mountain: A Novel</a> </i>by Anne Rivers Siddons<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/sue-miller-family-pictures.html">Family Pictures</a> </i>by Sue Miller<br /><b>-</b> <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/debbie-macomber-204-rosewood-lane.html">204 Rosewood Lane</a> </i>by Debbie Macomber<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/jim-lehrer-white-widow.html">White Widow</a> </i>by Jim Lehrer<br /><br /><b>Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! :))</b> <br />- <i>The Center of Everything </i>by Laura Moriarty <br />- <i>Jumbo Crossword Pad Volume #13 </i>by Kappa Press<br />- <i>The Mothman Prophecies: Based on True Events </i>by John A. Keel<br />- <i>1225 Christmas Tree Lane </i>by Debbie Macomber<br />- <i>At Paradise Gate </i>by Jane Smiley<br />- <i>Atonement </i>by Ian MacEwan<br />- <i>Bleeding Heart Square </i>by Andrew Taylor<br />- <i>Blossom Street Brides </i>by Debbie Macomber<br />- <i>The Code of the Hills: An Ozarks Mystery </i>by Nancy Allen<br />- <i>December 6th </i>by Martin Cruz Smith<br /><i>- Deliver me From Evil </i>by Mary Monroe<br />- <i>Goodnight Nobody </i>by Jennifer Weiner<br />- <i>Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton </i>by Barbara Olson<br />- <i>Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1929-1932 </i>by Anne Morrow Lindbergh<br />- <i>I Couldn't Love You More </i>by Jillian Medoff<br />- <i>It's Always Something </i>by Gilda Radner<br />- <i>Keep a Little Secret </i>by Dorothy Garlock<br />- <i>The Lady and the Unicorn </i>by Tracy Chevalier<br />- <i>Lakeside Cottage </i>by Susan Wiggs<br />- <i>The Last Summer (of You and Me) </i>by Ann Brashares<br />- <i>Loving Frank </i>by Nancy Horan<br />- <i>Lucky: A Memoir </i>by Alice Sebold<br />- <i>A Perfect Evil </i>by Alex Kava<br />- <i>Picture Perfect </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />- <i>Queen of Broken Hearts </i>by Cassandra King<br />- <i>Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog </i>by Garth Stein<br />- <i>The Road Taken </i>by Rona Jaffe<br />- <i>The Royal Family Quiz and Fact Book </i>by Timothy B. Benford <br />- <i>Silent Murders </i>by Mary Miley<br />- <i>The Sins of the Mother </i>by Danielle Steel<br />- <i>Three Junes </i>by Julia Glass<br />- <i>Three Wishes </i>by Barbara Delinsky<br />- <i>The Triumph of Katie Byrne </i>by Barbara Taylor Bradford<br />- <i>Where You Belong </i>by Barbara Taylor Bradford<br />- <i>The Winter Queen </i>by Boris Akunin<br />- <i>The Missing World: A Novel </i>by Margot Livesey<br /><b>- </b><i>All That Glitters </i>by Thomas Tryon<br />- <i>Bless Me, Ultima </i>by Rudolfo Anaya<br />- <i>The Babel Effect </i>by Daniel Hecht<br />- <i>The Old Willis Place </i>by Mary Downing Hahn <br />- <i>Collector's Series Sum-Doku Puzzles 4-pack (Volumes 1, 5, 6, 7) </i>by Dell Magazines<br />- <i>Poisonous Animals </i>by Seymour Simon<br /><b>- </b><i>Caroline, Caroline, What Are You Thinking? </i>by Ronald L. Leonard<br />- <i>The World of Caroline </i>by Ronald L. Leonard<br />- <i>The Legacy: A Novel </i>by Katherine Webb<br /><i>- The Monster of Florence: A True Story </i>by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi<i> </i><br /><i>- Traditional Knitting </i>by Amy Carroll<i> </i><br /><i>- Knitting: A Novel </i>by Anne Bartlett<i> </i><br /><i>- </i><i>The Friday Night Knitting Club </i>by Kate Jacobs<br /><i>- The Empty Robe: The Story of the Disappearance of Judge Crater </i>by Stella Wheeler Crater and Oscar Fraley<br /><i>- The Knitting Diaries: The Twenty-First Wish/Coming Unraveled/Home to Summer Island </i>by Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery and Christina Skye<br /><i>- Dark Digital Sky </i>by Carac Allison<b> </b><br />- <i>Broken Promises, Mended Dreams </i>by Richard Meryman<br />- <i>Kramer Versus Kramer </i>by Avery Corman<br />- <i>Hope: A Loss Survived </i>by Richard Meryman<br />- <i>Where Are the Children? </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br />- <i>Skeleton Canyon </i>by J. A. Jance<br />- <i>Undone </i>by Karin Slaughter<br />- <i>Ricochet </i>by Sandra Brown<br />- <i>Tough Customer </i>by Sandra Brown<br />- <i>Third Degree </i>by Greg Iles<br />- <i>Snow in April </i>by Pete Hamill<br />- <i>The Sinner </i>by Tess Gerritsen<br />- <i>The Short Prose Reader </i>by Gilbert H. Muller and Harvey S. Wiener <br />- <i>Nighttime is my Time </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br />- <i>Queen of the Night </i>by J. A. Jance<br />- <i>More Than Courage </i>by Harold Coyle<br />- <i>No One Left to Tell </i>by Jordan Dane<br />- <i>Marker </i>by Robin Cook<br />- <i>The Last Juror </i>by John Grisham<br />- <i>Fractured </i>by Karin Slaughter<br />- <i>Entombed </i>by Linda Fairstein<br />- <i>Echo Park </i>by Michael Connelly<br />- <i>The Closers </i>by Michael Connelly<br />- <i>Chill of Fear </i>by Kay Hooper<br />- <i>Cruel and Unusual </i>by Patricia Cornwell<br />- <i>Broken </i>by Karin Slaughter<br />- <i>Beyond Reach </i>by Karin Slaughter<br />- <i>Born to Die </i>by Lisa Jackson <br /><b>- </b><i>Body of Evidence </i>by Patricia Cornwell<br />- <i>The Queen's Fool: A Novel </i>by Philippa Gregory<b> </b><br />- <i>100 Years, 100 Crosswords: Celebrating the Crossword's Centennial </i>by Peter Gordon<br />- <i>Philomena: A Mother, Her Son and a Fifty-Year Search </i>by Martin Sixsmith<br />- <i>Blessings </i>by Anna Quindlen<br />- <i>Bloody Irish: Celtic Vampire Legends </i>by Bob Curran<br />- <i>Breaking the Rules </i>by Barbara Taylor Bradford<br />- <i>Cold Justice </i>by Jonnie Jacobs<br />- <i>The Collection </i>by Bentley Little<br />- <i>The Country Diary Book of Crafts </i>by Annette Mitchell<br />- <i>Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris </i>by David King<br />- <i>Do no Harm </i>by Don Donaldson<br />- <i>The Empty Chair </i>by Jeffery Deaver<br />- <i>The Evidence Against Her </i>by Robb Forman Dew<br />- <i>Fly Away Home </i>by Judith Kelman<br />- <i>Forces of Change: A New View of Nature </i>by Daniel Botkin<br />- <i>Forever: A Novel </i>by Pete Hamill<br />- <i>Ghost Light: A Novel </i>by Joseph O'Connor<br />- <i>Harvesting the Heart </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />- <i>Holy Fools </i>by Joanne Harris<br />- <i>House of the Hanged </i>by Mark Mills<br />- <i>The Ice Princess </i>by Camilla Lackberg<br />- <i>I'd Know You Anywhere </i>by Laura Lippman<br />- <i>The Jewels of Tessa Kent </i>by Judith Krantz<br />- <i>Kill Her Again </i>by Robert Gregory Browne<br />- <i>The Law of Similars </i>by Chris Bohjalian<br />- <i>Mister X </i>by John Lutz<br />- <i>The Murdered House </i>by Pierre Magnan<br />- <i>The Newgate Jig </i>by Ann Featherstone<br />- <i>No Naughty Cats </i>by by Debra Pirotin and Sherry Cohen<br />- <i>Off Season </i>by Anne Rivers Siddons<br />- <i>Outside the Ordinary World </i>by Dori Ostermiller<br />- <i>The Pact: A Love Story </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />- <i>The Perfect Wife </i>by Shari MacDonald<br />- <i>The PMS Outlaws </i>by Sharyn McCrumb<br />- <i>Return to Sullivan's Island </i>by Dorothea Benton Frank<br />- <i>The Second Silence </i>by Eileen Goudge<br />- <i>Songs of the Humpback Whale: A Novel in Five Voices </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />- <i>Stones From the River </i>by Ursula Hegi<br />- <i>Taboo </i>by Casey Hill<br />- <i>Then Came Heaven </i>by LaVyrle Spencer<br />- <i>There But For the Grace of God: Survivors of the 20th Century's Infamous Serial Killers </i>by Fred Rosen<br />- <i>Three Graves Full </i>by Jamie Mason<br />- <i>Twilight Whispers </i>by Barbara Delinsky<br />- <i>What Happened to Sophie Wilder </i>by Christopher Beha<br />- <i>Where the River Ends </i>by Charles Martin<br />- <i>Woman in Red </i>by Eileen Goudge<b> </b><br /><i>- Domestic Affairs </i>by Eileen Goudge<b> </b><br />- <i>Keep Calm and Ask On: A No-Nonsense Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams </i>by Michael Samuels<br />- <i>The Other Queen </i> by Philippa Gregory<br />- <i>The Murderer Next Door </i>by Rafael Yglesias<br />- <i>Just Ask the Universe: A No-Nonsense Guide to Manifesting Your Dreams </i>by Michael Samuels<br /><i>- The Bridge at Chappaquiddick</i> by Jack Olsen<br />- <i>Thirteen Moons: A Novel </i>by Charles Frazier<br />-<i> Fast and Easy Home Decorating: An A to Z Guide to Creating a Beautiful Home With an Minimum of Time and Money</i> by Elizabeth J. Musheno<br />- <i>Bonnie Prince Charlie </i>by Moray McLaren<br />-<i> Maggie Colvin's Home Style: Quick Make-Overs to Transform Your Home</i> by Maggie Colvin<br />- <i>Better Homes and Gardens New Decorating Book</i> by Denise L. Caringer<br />- <i>Tracy Porter's Home Style: Creative and Livable Decorating Ideas For Everyone </i>by Tracy Porter<br />- <i>$100 to $1,000 Makeovers: Maximizing Your Decorating Dollars </i>by Brian Kramer<br />- <i>Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman </i>by Nuala O'Faolain<br />- <i>At Home in Mitford </i>by Jan Karon<br />- <i>Breathing Lessons </i>by Anne Tyler<br />- <i>The Dead Hour </i>by Denise Mina<br />- <i>Ellen Foster </i>by Kaye Gibbons<br />- <i>In This Mountain </i>by Jan Karon<br />- <i>The Kennedys: The Third Generation </i>by Barbara Gibson and Ted Schwartz<br />- <i>Loss of Flight </i>by Sara Vogan<br />- <i>Secret For a Nightingale </i>by Victoria Holt<br />- <i>The Shack </i>by William P. Young<br />- <i>The Stormy Petrel </i>by Mary Stewart<br />- <i>Story of a Marriage </i>by Andrew Sean Greer<br />- <i>Triangle: A Novel </i>by Katharine Weber<br />- <i>Twice Kissed </i>by Lisa Jackson<br />- <i>The Woods </i>by Harlan Coben<br />- <i>Zodiac </i>by Robert Graysmith<br />- <i>Christopher Lowell's Seven Layers of Design: Fearless, Fabulous Decorating </i>by Christopher Lowell<br />- <i>Decorating Hints & Tips: More Than 2000 Practical Solutions to Help You Improve Your Home </i>by Julian Cassell<br />- <i>The Universe-ity: A Spiritual Education Using the Law of Attraction </i>by Michael Samuels<br />- <i>Decorating With Silk and Dried Flowers: 80 Arrangements Using Floral Materials of All Kinds </i>by The Home Decorating Institute<br />- <i>Make it Yours!: Customize and Personalize - the Trading Spaces Way! </i>by Brian Kramer<br />- <i>48-Hour Makeovers: Get a New Look in a Weekend! </i>by Brian Kramer<br />- <i>Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - The Official Companion Book </i>by Madison Press <b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i>Mommy's a Mole: Unraveling the Joan Webster Murder and Other Secrets in a CIA Family </i>by Eve Carson<br /><b>- </b><i>The Scapegoat/The Last Angry Man/The Muses Are Heard/The Fruit Tramp/The Enemy Below </i>by Reader's Digest<br /><b>- </b><i>Jamaica Inn </i>by Daphne du Maurier<br />- <i>Death Benefit: A Lawyer Uncovers a 20-Year Pattern of Seduction, Arson and Murder</i> by David Heilbroner<br />- <i>Night Whispers: A Story of Evil </i>by Emmett Clifford<br />- <i>Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction </i>by Christine Lewry <br />- <i>Evacuated!: Living on Indonesia's Most Active Volcano </i>by Kate Benzin and Rudy Tanjung <br />- <i>The Romanov Legacy </i>by Jenni Wiltz <br />- <i>Advent of Perpetual Sorrows</i> by A. A. Pencil<br />- <i>Stealing Jenny</i> by Ellen Gable<br />- <i>State of the Heart: Short Stories on Relationships, Love and Life</i> by Nelton D'Souza<br />- <i>Summer of Firefly Memories</i> by Joan Gable<br />- <i>Hook and Peter</i> by Doram Jacoby<br />- <i>Chasing the Storm: A Thriller Novel</i> by Michael Molsted<br />- <i>Sleep in Heavenly Peace </i>by M. William Phelps<br />- <i>Painted Red </i>by Douglas Parks<br />- <i>Breaking Twig </i>by Deborah Epperson<br />- <i>The Sixth Sense </i>by Lawrence Gold<br />- <i>Burnt Offerings </i>by Michael Lister<br />- <i>The Cut-Out </i>by Jon King<br />- <i>Bad Call: A Psychological Thriller </i>by James Harper<br />- <i>The Man Who Built Boxes and Other Stories </i>by Frank Tavares<br />- <i>Outrunning Josephine Finch </i>by Kristine McCord<br />- <i>Hallowed </i>by Bryant Delafosse<br />- <i>She Pulls off the Interstate </i>by Eugene Ahn<br />- <i>People in the Walls </i>by T. A. Crossbarn<br />- <i>I am Flying: A Novelette </i>by James F. Ross<br />- <i>Hide and Seek </i>by P. S. Brown<br />- <i>The Royals </i>by Kitty Kelley<br />- <i>Ancient Egypt: Kingdom of the Pharaohs </i>by Parragon Publishing<br />- <i>History's Worst Decisions and the People Who Made Them: Illustrated Edition</i> by Stephen Weir<br />- <i>Saving Ben </i>by Ashley H. Farley<br />- <i>The Card Counter </i>by James Kipling<br /><br /><b>Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))</b><br />- <i>Jack and Jill </i>by James Patterson <br />- <i>The Taker </i>by Alma Katsu<br />- <i>Retribution </i>by Jilliane Hoffman<br />- <i>A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel </i>by Scott Spencer<br />- <i>The After House </i>by Michael Phillip Cash<br />- <i>Blood Beast </i>by Don D'Ammassa<br />- <i>Ben </i>by Gilbert A. Ralston<br />- <i>Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark </i>by Tilly Bagshawe<br />- <i>Reader's Digest Condensed Books Volume 1 1958: The Green Helmet/Dunbar's Cave/The Twentieth Maine/Life at Happy Knoll/The Horsecatcher/Sharks and Little Fish</i> by Jon Cleary, John J. Pullen, John P. Marquand, Mari Sandoz and Wolfgang Ott<br />- <i>Edge of Glass </i>by Catherine Gaskin<br />- <i>Gone </i>by Kit Craig<br />- <i>Versions of the Truth </i>by Richard Parrish<br />- <i>Miami, It's Murder </i>by Edna Buchanan<br />- <i>The Attorney </i>by Steve Martini<br /><i>-</i> <i>The Great Potato Cookbook 250 Sensational Recipes for the World's Favorite Vegetable </i>by The Editors of Reader's Digest<br />- <i>A Crime of Honor </i>by Giovanni Arpino<br />- <i>Early From the Dance </i>by David Payne<br />- <i>The Moonflower Vine: A Novel </i>by Jetta Carleton<br />- <i>Tell Me Your Dreams </i>by Sidney Sheldon<br />- <i>Daddy's Girl: The Campbell Murder Case </i>by Clifford Irving <br />- <i>Ellery Queen's Memorable Characters: Anthology #50 </i>by Ellery Queen<br />- <i>Defending the Truth </i>by Richard Parrish<br />- <i>This Gun For Hire </i>by Graham Greene <br />- <i>Classic Mysteries: A Collection of Mind-Bending Masterpieces </i>by Molly Cooper<br />- <i>Practical Healthy Eating </i>by P3 Publishing<br />- <i>The Book of Books: An Eclectic Collection of Reading Recommendations, Quirky Lists, and Fun Facts about Books </i>by Les Krantz and Tim Knight<br />- <i>Ghost Island </i>by Jan O'Donnell Klaveness<br />- <i>Practical Meat Dishes </i>by P3 Publishing<br />- <i>Torture Killers II: More True Accounts of the Most Vicious Murderers Ever Caught! </i>by Rose Mandelsberg<br />- <i>Gallows Lane </i>by Brian MacGilloway <br />- <i>A Town Like Alice </i>by Nevil Shute <br />- <i>The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition </i>by Stephen King <br />- <i>Crow Hollow </i>by Dorothy Eden <br />- <i>Grand Jury </i>by Philip Friedman<br /><i>- The Water Giver: The Story of a Mother, a Son, and Their Second Chance </i>by Joan Ryan<br />- <i>The Tenth Commandment </i>by Lawrence Sanders <br />- <i>Triptych </i>by Karin Slaughter<br />- <i>Who Killed my Daughter? </i>by Lois Duncan <br />- <i>True Evil </i>by Greg Iles <br />- <i>Two Little Girls in Blue </i>by Mary Higgins Clark <br />- <i>We'll Meet Again </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br />- <i>Winter Prey </i>by John Sandford <br />- <i>The Sleeping Lady: The Trailside Murders Above the Golden Gate </i>by Robert Graysmith <br />- <i>No. 9 Belmont Square </i>by Margaret Erskine <br />- <i>Middle of Nowhere </i>by Ridley Pearson<br />- <i>Still Waters </i>by Tami Hoag <br />- <i>Duma Key </i>by Stephen King <br />- <i>Presumed Innocent </i>by Scott Turow <br />- <i>Quicksand </i>by Iris Johansen <br />- <i>Shaman </i>by Noah Gordon <br />- <i>Blood Brothers: The Inside Story of the Menendez Murders </i>by John Johnson and Ron Sobel <br />- <i>Final Appeal </i>by Joanne Fluke <br />- <i>The Ghost Writer </i>by Philip Roth <br />- <i>The Daughters of Cain </i>by Colin Dexter<br />- <i>No Witnesses </i>by Ridley Pearson <br />- <i>Play Dirty </i>by Sandra Brown <br />- <i>Post-Mortem </i>by Patricia Cornwell<br />- <i>Mercy </i>by Julie Garwood <br />- <i>High Noon </i>by Nora Roberts<br />- <i>Till we Meet Again </i>by Judith Krantz <br />- <i>From the Corner of His Eye </i>by Dean R. Koontz <br />- <i>Double Cross </i>by James Patterson <br />- <i>Envy </i>by Sandra Brown <br />- <i>Faithless </i>by Karin Slaughter <br />- <i><span class="book_title" itemprop="name">One Ball Knits Purses: 20 Stylish Handbags Made with a Single Ball, Skein, Hank or Spool </span></i><span class="book_title" itemprop="name">by</span> Fatema Habibur-Rahman, Khadija Habibur-Rahman and Hajera Habibur-Rahman <br />- <i>Never Let Them See You Cry: More From Miami, America's Hottest Beat</i> by Edna Buchanan <br />- <i>Dreamthorp </i>by Chet Williamson <br />- <i>The LeBaron Secret </i>by Stephen Birmingham<br />- <i>The Glass Virgin </i>by Catherine Cookson<br />- <i>Aspen Gold </i>by Janet Dailey <br />- <i>Final Scream </i>by Lisa Jackson <br />- <i>Diana: Story of a Princess </i>by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig <br />- <i>Port Mortuary </i>by Patricia Cornwell<br />- <i>Southern Cross </i>by Patricia Cornwell <br />- <i>Left to Die </i>by Lisa Jackson <br />- <i>Requiem: Diana, Princess of Wales 1961-1997 - Memories and Tributes</i> by Brian MacArthur<b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i>Cold Dawn </i>by Carla Neggers <br />- <i>The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor </i>by Trevor Rees-Jones and Moira Johnston <br />- <i>Montana Sky </i>by Nora Roberts <br />-<b> </b><i>River's End </i>by Nora Roberts<b> </b><br /><i>- <i>Most Likely to Die </i></i>by Beverly Barton, Wendy Corsi Staub and Lisa Jackson<i> </i><br /><i>- The Wheat Field </i>by Steve Thayer<b> </b><br />- <i>Blood in the Water: An Alice Rice Mystery </i>by Gillian Galbraith<br /><i>- Brood X: A Firsthand Account of the Great Cicada Invasion </i>by Michael Phillip Cash <br />- <i>The Geometry of Sisters </i>by Luanne Rice <br />- <i>House of Smoke </i>by J. F. Freedman <br />- <i>Requiem For a Glass Heart </i>by David L. Lindsey <br />- <i>Pretend You Don't See Her </i>by Mary Higgins Clark <br />- <i>Move to Strike </i>by Perri O'Shaughnessy <br />- <i>Motion to Suppress </i>by Perri O'Shaughnessy <br />- <i>Hush </i>by Nancy Bush<b> </b><br /><i>- Dark Summer </i>by Iris Johansen<i> </i><br /><i>- Crows' Parliament </i>by Jack Curtis<b> </b><br /><i>- The Beauty of Friendship </i>by Kahlil Gibran<b> </b><br /><i>- What Matters Most: A Novel </i>by Luanne Rice<br /><i>- Cold as Ice </i>by Anne Stuart<br /><i>- The Bride Collector </i>by Ted Dekker<br /><i><i>- At Risk </i></i>by Patricia Cornwell<br /><i>- The Chamber </i>by John Grisham<br /><i>- The Forgotten </i>by Faye Kellerman<i> </i><br /><i>- The Switch </i>by Sandra Brown<i> </i><br /><i>- Material Witness </i>by Robert K. Tannenbaum<br /><i>- Justice Denied </i>by Robert K. Tannenbaum<br /><i><i>- Cruel and Unusual </i></i>by Patricia Cornwell<br /><i><i>- Body of Evidence </i></i>by Patricia Cornwell<br />- <i>Silent Victim </i>by C. E. Lawrence <br />- <i>The House of Conflict </i>by Iris Bromige <br />- <i>Blackwood Farm </i>by Anne Rice <br />- <i>Where Are the Children? </i>by Mary Higgins Clark <br />- <i>The Ambush Murders </i>by Ben Bradlee <br />- <i>Dark Lady </i>by Richard North Patterson <br />- <i>Mitigating Circumstances </i>by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg<br />- <i>The Murder Book </i>by Jonathan Kellerman <br />- <i>While my Pretty One Sleeps </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br /><i>- The Night Crew </i>by John Sandford<br />- <i>I'll be Seeing You </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br />- <i>The Search </i>by Iris Johansen<b> </b><br />- <i>When Satan Wore A Cross: The Shocking True Story of a Killer Priest</i> by Fred Rosen<b> </b><br />- <i>The Heresy of Dr. Dee </i>by Phil Rickman<b> </b><br />- <i>Sights Unseen </i>by Kaye Gibbons<b> </b><br />- <i>The House of Stairs </i>by Barbara Vine<b> </b><br />- <i>The End of Summer </i>by Rosamunde Pilcher<b> </b><br /><i><i>- The Forbidden Zone </i></i>by Whitley Strieber <br />- <i>Family Pictures </i>by Sue Miller<b> </b><br />- <i>Just Ask the Universe: A No-Nonsense Guide to Manifesting Your Dreams </i>by Michael Samuels<br />- <i>Victims </i>by Jonathan Kellerman<b> </b><br /><i>- A Patchwork Planet: A Novel </i>by Anne Tyler<b> </b><br />- <i>Watcher in the Dark </i>by Beverly Hastings<br />- <i>Kiss and Kill </i>by Karen Young <br />- <i>The Winter of Our Discontent </i>by John Steinbeck<b> </b><br /><i>- The Bad Place </i>by Dean R. Koontz<b> </b><br /><i>- When the Wind Blows </i>by John Saul<b> </b><br /><i>- Hunter's Blood </i>by Jere Cunningham<b> </b><br /><i>- Sliver </i>by Ira Levin<b> </b><br />- <i>Into Thin Air </i>by Stan Washburn<b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i>An Isolated Incident </i>by Susan R. Sloan<b> </b><br />- <i>Once in a Blue Moon </i>by Eileen Goudge<b> </b><br />- <i>My Name is Mary Sutter: A Novel </i>by Robin Oliveira<b> </b><br /><i>- Time Bomb </i>by Jonathan Kellerman<b> </b><br />- <i>A Happy Marriage </i>by Rafael Yglesias<br />- <i>Copy Kat </i>by Karen Kijewski<br />- <i>The Sands of Time </i>by Sidney Sheldon<br />- <i>Degree of Guilt </i>by Richard North Patterson<br />- <i>Hide and Seek </i>by James Patterson<br />- <i>The Clinic </i>by Jonathan Kellerman<br />- <i>Heat </i>by Arthur Herzog<br />- <i>The Summons </i>by John Grisham<br />- <i>The Rainmaker </i>by John Grisham<br />- <i>The Chamber </i>by John Grisham<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>A Case of Need </i>by Michael Crichton</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>Fairoaks </i>by Frank Yerby</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>The Wild </i>by Whitley Strieber</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />- <i>Up Island </i>by Anne Rivers Siddons<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>Memories of Midnight </i>by Sidney Sheldon<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />- <i>Capital Crimes </i>by Lawrence Sanders<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>The Stars Shine Down </i>by Sidney Sheldon<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><i>- The Day of the Storm </i>by Rosamunde Pilcher<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><i>- Katie: The Real Story </i>by Edward Klein<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><b>- </b><i>When the Wind Blows </i>by John Saul<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>Cry For the Strangers </i>by John Saul<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><i>- Hellfire </i>by John Saul<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><i>- Comes the Blind Fury </i>by John Saul<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><i>- The Man Who Died Twice </i>by Lois Paxton<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Flip</i> by Michael Phillip Cash</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Magic</i> by William Goldman</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Christmas Cross-Stitch</i> by Better Homes and Gardens </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease</i> by Kevin Trudeau</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Sleepwalk </i>by John Saul</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Black Lightning </i>by John Saul<br />- <i>Watson's Apology: A Novel </i>by Beryl Bainbridge</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Spirit Lost: A Ghost Novel </i>by Nancy Thayer</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Select </i>by F. Paul Wilson</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Visitor </i>by Jere Cunningham</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Thinner </i>by Stephen King</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Chancellor Manuscript </i>by Robert Ludlum</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Custody: A Novel </i>by Nancy Thayer</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Beach House </i>by Mary Alice Monroe</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Sweetgrass </i>by Mary Alice Monroe</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Dead by Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer? </i>by Ann Rule</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- The Guardian </i>by Jeffrey Konvitz</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Family Affairs </i>by Andy Hoffman</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Mistress of Falconhurst </i>by Lance Horner</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Vines of Yarrabee </i>by Dorothy Eden</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Whispers </i>by Belva Plain</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Random Winds </i>by Belva Plain</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Morning Glory </i>by Lavyrle Spencer</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Our Game </i>by John Le Carre</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle">- <i>Needlepoint For Everyone </i>by Mary Picken and Doris White</span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><i>- Three-Dimensional Needlepoint </i>by Gale Litvak</span><br />- <i>Home Decorating With Needlecrafts </i>by Linda Lee Lindgren<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Deviltry Afoot </i>by Carol Pritt</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>On the Beach </i>by Nevil Shute</span></span></span></span></span><br />- <i>So, Now You Know: A Compendium of Completely Useless Information </i>by Harry Bright<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Stillwell: A Haunting on Long Island </i>by Michael Phillip Cash (2 copies)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Hanging Tree: A Novella </i>by Michael Phillip Cash (2 copies)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Love Killers </i>by Jackie Collins</span></span></span></span></span><br /><i>- A Tangled Web: A Novel </i>by Judith Michael<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Complete Guide to Creative Needlepoint </i>by Jo Bucher</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- The Captain No Beard Series </i>by Carole P. Roman</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The If You Were Me and Lived In...Series </i>by Carole P. Roman </span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>I Want to do Yoga Too </i>by Carole P. Roman</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Shooting at Loons </i>by Margaret Maron</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- The Miracle at St. Bruno's </i>by Philippa Carr</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Afterage </i>by Yvonne Navarro</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>A Slipping-Down Life </i>by Anne Tyler</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>If Morning Ever Comes </i>by Anne Tyler</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>James Connolly: 'A Full Life' </i>by Donal Nevin</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Cruel Doubt </i>by Joe McGinniss</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Red Scream: A Novel of Suspense </i>by Mary Willis Walker</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Disobedience </i>by Jane Hamilton</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Put Yer Rosary Beads Away Ma: A Salty Tale of a Young Man's Musical Dreams and Struggles in 1970's Ireland </i>by Cahal Dunne (4 copies)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Time is a River: A Novel </i>by Mary Alice Monroe<br />- <i>Paige by Paige: A Year of Trading Spaces </i>by Paige Davis</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>To Turn the Tide </i>by John F. Kennedy<br />- <i>The Onion Field </i>by Joseph Wambaugh<br />- <i>The Hope: A Novel </i>by Herman Wouk<br />- <i>The Firm </i>by John Grisham<br />- <i>Lost Souls </i>by Michael Collins<br /><i>- The Affair: A Novel </i>by Alicia Clifford </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>In the Presence of Enemies </i>by William Jeremiah Coughlin</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About </i>by Kevin Trudeau</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>City of Bones </i>by Michael Connelly</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Wifey </i>by Judy Blume</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- The Right Hand of Evil </i>by John Saul</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It </i>by David Niven, Ph.D.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Claudine's Daughter </i>by Rosalind Laker</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Heritage of the River </i>by Muriel Elwood</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Breach of Duty </i>by J. A. Jance</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- A Matter of Honour </i>by Jeffrey Archer</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Cruel Sacrifice </i>by Aphrodite Jones</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Perfect Summer </i>by Luanne Rice</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Circle of Friends </i>by Maeve Binchy</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Belonging: A Novel </i>by Nancy Thayer</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Returning: A Spiritual Journey </i>by Dan Wakefield</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>English, Welsh, and Scottish Country Inns and Castle Hotels: A Travel Guide to Britain, Including 10 Itineraries and Descriptions of Over 100 Atmospheric Hotels</i> by Karen Brown</span></span></span></span></span><br />- <i>"They Always Call us Ladies": Stories From Prison </i>by Jean Harris </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Summer I Dared: A Novel </i>by Barbara Delinsky <span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Personal Injuries </i>by Scott Turow</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Family Album </i>by Danielle Steel</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Iceberg </i>by Clive Cussler</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>204 Rosewood Lane </i>by Debbie Macomber</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Decline and Fall of the House of Windsor </i>by Donald Spoto</span></span></span></span></span><br />- <i>Burnt Mountain: A Novel </i>by Anne Rivers Siddons<br />- <i>December </i>by Phil Rickman<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Charisma </i>by Orania Papazoglou</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Chicken Soup For the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit </i>by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Richest Season </i>by Maryann McFadden</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Blood Test </i>by Jonathan Kellerman</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- The Wings of the Dove </i>by Henry James</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, a very good reading year for me. Here's a further breakdown:<br /><br /><b>Books Read: </b>125</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><b>Pages Read: </b>36,162<br /><b>Grade Range: A+! to B!</b><br /><br />So, there you go! The reading year that was 2014! I hope that you all had an equally good reading year; if not a little better. :) See you all next year! :)<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-9090709326713289862015-01-01T06:30:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.466-05:00Yearly Reading Wrap-up at Moonshine and Rosefire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWZLOyMOf774yNoA3v3S8KsEtSronoJt5a_ze0MhZ5c5AXNZhm6j9NtljPgwF7cCVZtu_0RZqVp8jA3Fpl5FmwWjC8tqlPb9iWwFsgA8glysS1mHWVba79d6Qq4fAF3EnYnXZqAotELw/s200/safe_image.php.jpg" height="200" width="160" /></div><br />Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading year for yourselves. I am known as <b>Rosefire</b> around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog. I originally posted my reviews over at my daughter's blog, <b><a href="http://rubyandthetwins.blogspot.com/">Emeraldfire's Bookmark</a> </b>but am now in the process of transferring them all over to my own blog. My daughter makes blogging look like so much fun that I thought that I would try it out for myself! :)<br /><br />Anyway, I started out January with about 905 unread books lying around the house and ended December with 1,100 books unread. All of the books that I acquired this year came from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/"><b>Amazon</b></a>, authors, <a href="http://www.pricechopper.com/"><b>Price Chopper</b></a>, <b><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.netgalley.com/">Netgalley</a>, </span><a href="http://www.bookmooch.com/">Bookmooch</a></b>,<b> </b><a href="http://paperbackswap.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Paperback Swap</a>, Library Book Sales and friends. Quite a number of my books that I read this year left my house to go to new homes so that's something I guess. :)<br /><br />Let me try to break down the influx for you:<br /><br /><b>Rereads</b><br />- <i>A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel </i>by Scott Spencer <br />- <i>Live to Tell </i>by Lisa Gardner<b> </b><br /><i>- Now You Know </i>by Kitty Dukakis and Jane Scovell<b> </b><br />- <i>Still Talking </i>by Joan Rivers and Richard Meryman<b> </b><br /><i>- Guilt by Association </i>by Susan R. Sloan<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/patricia-gaffney-circle-of-three-novel.html">Circle of Three: A Novel</a> </i>by Patricia Gaffney<br />- <i>The Basement </i>by Bari Wood<br /><b>- </b><i>My Cousin Rachel </i>by Daphne du Maurier<br />- <i>The Miracle at St. Bruno's </i>by Philippa Carr<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/anne-tyler-saint-maybe.html">Saint Maybe</a> </i>by Anne Tyler<br /><br /><b>Changes to the TBR pile</b> <b>Read from my TBR pile (Yes! I am a reading machine :))</b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/elaine-mercado-r-n-graves-end-true.html">Grave's End: A True Ghost Story</a> </i>by Elaine Mercado, R. N. <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/alice-hoffman-ice-queen.html">The Ice Queen</a> </i>by Alice Hoffman <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/laura-moriarty-rest-of-her-life-novel.html">The Rest of Her Life: A Novel</a> </i>by Laura Moriarty <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/margot-livesey-homework-novel.html">Homework: A Novel</a> </i>by Margot Livesey <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/christopher-golden-wildwood-road.html">Wildwood Road</a> </i>by Christopher Golden<br />- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/laura-esquivel-like-water-for-chocolate.html"><i>Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and<b> </b>Home Remedies</i></a> by Laura Esquivel <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/tami-hoag-deeper-than-dead.html">Deeper Than the Dead</a> </i>by Tami Hoag <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/scott-spencer-preservation-hall.html">Preservation Hall</a> </i>by Scott Spencer <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/margot-livesey-house-on-fortune-street.html">The House on Fortune Street: A Novel</a> </i>by Margot Livesey <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/michael-phillip-cash-after-house.html">The After House</a> </i>by Michael Phillip Cash<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/alice-hoffman-blackbird-house.html">Blackbird House</a> </i>by Alice Hoffman<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/anne-stuart-joanna-wayne-and-caroline.html">What Lies Beneath: The Road to Hidden Harbor/Remember Me/Primal Fear</a> </i>by Anne Stuart, Joanna Wayne and Caroline Burnes<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/warren-adler-random-hearts.html">Random Hearts</a> </i>by Warren Adler <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/colleen-mccullough-ladies-of-missalonghi.html">The Ladies of Missalonghi</a> </i>by Colleen McCullough<i> </i> <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/karen-robards-senators-wife.html">The Senator's Wife</a> </i>by Karen Robards <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/susan-kenney-in-another-country.html">In Another Country</a> </i>by Susan Kenney<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/bernhard-schlink-reader.html">The Reader</a> </i>by Bernhard Schlink<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/lavyrle-spencer-small-town-girl.html">Small Town Girl</a> </i>by LaVyrle Spencer<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/brian-mcgilloway-gallows-lane.html">Gallows Lane</a> </i>by Brian McGilloway<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/martha-moody-best-friends.html">Best Friends</a> </i>by Martha Moody<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/nicholas-sparks-at-first-sight.html">At First Sight</a> </i>by Nicholas Sparks <br />- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/joan-ryan-water-giver-story-of-mother.html"><i>The Water Giver: The Story of a Mother, a Son, and Their Second Chance</i></a> by Joan Ryan<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/pearl-s-buck-kennedy-women.html">The Kennedy Women</a> </i>by Pearl S. Buck <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/bentley-little-haunted.html">The Haunted</a> </i>by Bentley Little <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/jetta-carleton-moonflower-vine-novel.html">The Moonflower Vine: A Novel</a> </i>by Jetta Carleton<b> </b><br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/james-patterson-sams-letters-to-jennifer.html">Sam's Letters to Jennifer</a> </i>by James Patterson<b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/robert-james-waller-slow-waltz-in-cedar.html">Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend: A Novel</a> </i>by Robert James Waller<b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/danielle-steel-house-on-hope-street.html">The House on Hope Street</a> </i>by Danielle Steel <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/10/debbie-macomber-good-yarn.html">A Good Yarn</a> </i>by Debbie Macomber<i> </i> <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/chet-williamson-dreamthorp.html">Dreamthorp</a> </i>by Chet Williamson <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/barbara-delinsky-suddenly.html">Suddenly</a> </i>by Barbara Delinsky <b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/gillian-galbraith-blood-in-water-alice.html">Blood in the Water: An Alice Rice Mystery</a> </i>by Gillian Galbraith<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/scott-turow-presumed-innocent.html">Presumed Innocent</a> </i>by Scott Turow<b> </b><br /><i>- </i><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/james-ruddick-death-at-priory-sex-love.html">Death at the Priory: Love, Sex, and Murder in Victorian England</a> </i>by James Ruddick<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/nancy-thayer-between-husbands-and.html">Between Husbands and Friends: A Novel</a> </i>by Nancy Thayer <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/nancy-bush-hush.html">Hush</a> </i>by Nancy Bush <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/debbie-macomber-twenty-wishes.html">Twenty Wishes</a> </i>by Debbie Macomber<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/douglas-kennedy-big-picture.html">The Big Picture</a> </i>by Douglas Kennedy<b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/09/alma-katsu-taker.html">The Taker</a> </i>by Alma Katsu<i> </i><b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/nicholas-sparks-nights-in-rodanthe.html">Nights in Rodanthe</a></i> by Nicholas Sparks<br /><i>- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/phil-rickman-heresy-of-dr-dee.html">The Heresy of Dr. Dee</a> </i></i>by Phil Rickman<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/don-dammassa-blood-beast.html">Blood Beast</a> </i>by Don D'Ammassa<i> </i><br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/avery-corman-perfect-divorce.html">A Perfect Divorce</a> </i>by Avery Corman<i> </i> <br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/barbara-vine-house-of-stairs.html">The House of Stairs</a> </i>by Barbara Vine<i> </i> <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/robert-c-sloane-nice-place-to-live.html">A Nice Place to Live</a> </i>by Robert C. Sloane<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/susan-r-sloan-behind-closed-doors.html">Behind Closed Doors</a> </i>by Susan R. Sloan<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/avery-corman-prized-possessions.html">Prized Possessions</a> </i>by Avery Corman<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/rosamunde-pilcher-sleeping-tiger.html">Sleeping Tiger</a> </i>by Rosamunde Pilcher<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/luanne-rice-sandcastles.html">Sandcastles</a> </i>by Luanne Rice <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/karen-young-kiss-and-kill.html">Kiss and Kill</a> </i>by Karen Young<b> </b><br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/08/eileen-goudge-diary.html">The Diary</a> </i>by Eileen Goudge<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/07/eileen-goudge-once-in-blue-moon.html">Once in a Blue Moon</a> </i>by Eileen Goudge<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/07/john-steinbeck-winter-of-our-discontent.html">The Winter of Our Discontent</a> </i>by John Steinbeck<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/07/robin-oliveira-my-name-is-mary-sutter.html">My Name is Mary Sutter: A Novel</a> </i>by Robin Oliveira<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/07/ronald-l-leonard-merry-hearted-boys.html">The Merry-Hearted Boys: Liam Clancy, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem</a> </i>by Ronald L. Leonard<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/07/philippa-gregory-boleyn-inheritance.html">The Boleyn Inheritance</a> </i>by Philippa Gregory<b> </b><br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/philippa-gregory-white-queen.html">The White Queen</a> </i>by Philippa Gregory<b> </b><br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/agatha-christie-under-dog-and-other.html">The Under Dog and Other Stories</a> </i>by Agatha Christie<b> </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/luanne-rice-dream-country.html">Dream Country</a> </i>by Luanne Rice<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/lois-paxton-man-who-died-twice.html">The Man Who Died Twice</a> </i>by Lois Paxton<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/lois-duncan-who-killed-my-daughter.html">Who Killed my Daughter?</a> </i>by Lois Duncan<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/michael-phillip-cash-flip.html">The Flip</a> </i>by Michael Phillip Cash<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/06/nancy-thayer-nell.html">Nell</a> </i>by Nancy Thayer<i> </i><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/beryl-bainbridge-watsons-apology-novel.html">Watson's Apology: A Novel</a> </i>by Beryl Bainbridge<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/nancy-thayer-spirit-lost-ghost-novel.html">Spirit Lost: A Ghost Novel</a> </i>by Nancy Thayer<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/fred-rosen-when-satan-wore-cross.html">When Satan Wore a Cross: The Shocking True Story of a Killer Priest</a> </i>by Fred Rosen<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/nancy-thayer-custody-novel.html">Custody: A Novel</a> </i>by Nancy Thayer<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/05/abby-haight-and-j-e-vader-and-staff-of.html">Fire on Ice: The Exclusive Inside Story of Tonya Harding</a> </i>by Abby Haight and J. E. Vader and the Staff of <b>The Oregonian </b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/betty-rollin-last-wish.html">Last Wish</a> </i>by Betty Rollin<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/mary-higgins-clark-all-through-night.html">All Through the Night: A Suspense Story</a> </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/charles-frazier-cold-mountain-novel.html">Cold Mountain: A Novel</a> </i>by Charles Frazier<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/james-patterson-and-martin-dugard.html">The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King</a> </i>by James Patterson and Martin Dugard<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/barbara-delinsky-while-my-sister-sleeps.html">While my Sister Sleeps</a> </i>by Barbara Delinsky<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/jeffrey-konvitz-guardian.html">The Guardian</a> </i>by Jeffrey Konvitz<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/erich-segal-man-woman-and-child.html">Man, Woman and Child</a> </i>by Erich Segal<i> </i><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/edward-klein-katie-real-story.html">Katie: The Real Story</a> </i>by Edward Klein<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/carole-p-roman-if-you-were-me-and-lived.html">The If You Were Me and Lived In...Series</a> </i>by Carole P. Roman<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/carole-p-roman-captain-no-beard-series.html">The Captain No Beard Series</a> </i>by Carole P. Roman<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/carole-p-roman-i-want-to-do-yoga-too.html">I Want to do Yoga Too</a> </i>by Carole P. Roman<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/04/anne-tyler-tin-can-tree.html">The Tin Can Tree</a> </i>by Anne Tyler<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/elizabeth-wilhide-ashenden-novel.html">Ashenden: A Novel</a> </i>by Elizabeth Wilhide<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/anne-tyler-slipping-down-life.html">A Slipping-Down Life</a> </i>by Anne Tyler<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/daphne-du-maurier-scapegoat-readers.html">The Scapegoat/The Last Angry Man/The Muses Are Heard/The Fruit Tramp/The Enemy Below</a> </i>by Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Volume 2 1957<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/cahal-dunne-put-yer-rosary-beads-away.html">Earthly Possessions</a> </i>by Anne Tyler <b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/mary-westmacott-rose-and-yew-tree.html">The Rose and the Yew Tree</a> </i>by Mary Westmacott<br /><b>- </b><i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/rona-jaffe-class-reunion.html">Class Reunion</a> </i>by Rona Jaffe<br /><div style="text-align: left;">- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/03/cahal-dunne-put-yer-rosary-beads-away.html">A Salty Tale of a Young Man's Musical Dreams and Struggles in 1970's Ireland</a> </i>by Cahal Dunne</div>- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/margaret-forster-daphne-du-maurier.html">Daphne du Maurier: The Secret Life of the Renowned Storyteller</a> </i>by Margaret Forster<br /><i>- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/andy-hoffman-love-kills-stalking-of.html">Love Kills: The Stalking of Diane Newton King</a> </i>by Andy Hoffman<i> </i><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/alicia-clifford-affair-novel.html">The Affair: A Novel</a> </i>by Alicia Clifford<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/michael-collins-lost-souls.html">Lost Souls</a> </i>by Michael Collins<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/mary-alice-monroe-time-is-river-novel.html">Time is a River: A Novel</a> </i>by Mary Alice Monroe<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/02/mary-alice-monroe-beach-house.html">The Beach House</a> </i>by Mary Alice Monroe<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/laura-caldwell-rome-affair.html">The Rome Affair</a> </i>by Laura Caldwell<br />- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/adele-and-cateau-de-leeuw-nurses-who.html"><i>Nurses Who Led the Way: Real Life Stories of Courageous Women in an Exciting Profession</i></a> by Adele and Cateau de Leeuw<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/andy-hoffman-family-affairs.html">Family Affairs</a> </i>by Andy Hoffman<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/tilly-bagshawe-sidney-sheldons-angel-of.html">Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark</a> </i>by Tilly Bagshawe<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/domini-taylor-siege.html">Siege</a> </i>by Domini Taylor<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/kelsey-grammer-so-far.html">So Far...</a> </i>by Kelsey Grammer<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/mary-alice-monroe-sweetgrass.html">Sweetgrass</a> </i>by Mary Alice Monroe<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/margaret-maron-shooting-at-loons.html">Shooting at Loons</a> </i>by Margaret Maron<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/anne-rivers-siddons-burnt-mountain-novel.html">Burnt Mountain: A Novel</a> </i>by Anne Rivers Siddons<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/sue-miller-family-pictures.html">Family Pictures</a> </i>by Sue Miller<br /><b>-</b> <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/debbie-macomber-204-rosewood-lane.html">204 Rosewood Lane</a> </i>by Debbie Macomber<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/01/jim-lehrer-white-widow.html">White Widow</a> </i>by Jim Lehrer<br /><br /><b>Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! :))</b> <br />- <i>The Center of Everything </i>by Laura Moriarty <br />- <i>Jumbo Crossword Pad Volume #13 </i>by Kappa Press<br />- <i>The Mothman Prophecies: Based on True Events </i>by John A. Keel<br />- <i>1225 Christmas Tree Lane </i>by Debbie Macomber<br />- <i>At Paradise Gate </i>by Jane Smiley<br />- <i>Atonement </i>by Ian MacEwan<br />- <i>Bleeding Heart Square </i>by Andrew Taylor<br />- <i>Blossom Street Brides </i>by Debbie Macomber<br />- <i>The Code of the Hills: An Ozarks Mystery </i>by Nancy Allen<br />- <i>December 6th </i>by Martin Cruz Smith<br /><i>- Deliver me From Evil </i>by Mary Monroe<br />- <i>Goodnight Nobody </i>by Jennifer Weiner<br />- <i>Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton </i>by Barbara Olson<br />- <i>Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1929-1932 </i>by Anne Morrow Lindbergh<br />- <i>I Couldn't Love You More </i>by Jillian Medoff<br />- <i>It's Always Something </i>by Gilda Radner<br />- <i>Keep a Little Secret </i>by Dorothy Garlock<br />- <i>The Lady and the Unicorn </i>by Tracy Chevalier<br />- <i>Lakeside Cottage </i>by Susan Wiggs<br />- <i>The Last Summer (of You and Me) </i>by Ann Brashares<br />- <i>Loving Frank </i>by Nancy Horan<br />- <i>Lucky: A Memoir </i>by Alice Sebold<br />- <i>A Perfect Evil </i>by Alex Kava<br />- <i>Picture Perfect </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />- <i>Queen of Broken Hearts </i>by Cassandra King<br />- <i>Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog </i>by Garth Stein<br />- <i>The Road Taken </i>by Rona Jaffe<br />- <i>The Royal Family Quiz and Fact Book </i>by Timothy B. Benford <br />- <i>Silent Murders </i>by Mary Miley<br />- <i>The Sins of the Mother </i>by Danielle Steel<br />- <i>Three Junes </i>by Julia Glass<br />- <i>Three Wishes </i>by Barbara Delinsky<br />- <i>The Triumph of Katie Byrne </i>by Barbara Taylor Bradford<br />- <i>Where You Belong </i>by Barbara Taylor Bradford<br />- <i>The Winter Queen </i>by Boris Akunin<br />- <i>The Missing World: A Novel </i>by Margot Livesey<br /><b>- </b><i>All That Glitters </i>by Thomas Tryon<br />- <i>Bless Me, Ultima </i>by Rudolfo Anaya<br />- <i>The Babel Effect </i>by Daniel Hecht<br />- <i>The Old Willis Place </i>by Mary Downing Hahn <br />- <i>Collector's Series Sum-Doku Puzzles 4-pack (Volumes 1, 5, 6, 7) </i>by Dell Magazines<br />- <i>Poisonous Animals </i>by Seymour Simon<br /><b>- </b><i>Caroline, Caroline, What Are You Thinking? </i>by Ronald L. Leonard<br />- <i>The World of Caroline </i>by Ronald L. Leonard<br />- <i>The Legacy: A Novel </i>by Katherine Webb<br /><i>- The Monster of Florence: A True Story </i>by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi<i> </i><br /><i>- Traditional Knitting </i>by Amy Carroll<i> </i><br /><i>- Knitting: A Novel </i>by Anne Bartlett<i> </i><br /><i>- </i><i>The Friday Night Knitting Club </i>by Kate Jacobs<br /><i>- The Empty Robe: The Story of the Disappearance of Judge Crater </i>by Stella Wheeler Crater and Oscar Fraley<br /><i>- The Knitting Diaries: The Twenty-First Wish/Coming Unraveled/Home to Summer Island </i>by Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery and Christina Skye<br /><i>- Dark Digital Sky </i>by Carac Allison<b> </b><br />- <i>Broken Promises, Mended Dreams </i>by Richard Meryman<br />- <i>Kramer Versus Kramer </i>by Avery Corman<br />- <i>Hope: A Loss Survived </i>by Richard Meryman<br />- <i>Where Are the Children? </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br />- <i>Skeleton Canyon </i>by J. A. Jance<br />- <i>Undone </i>by Karin Slaughter<br />- <i>Ricochet </i>by Sandra Brown<br />- <i>Tough Customer </i>by Sandra Brown<br />- <i>Third Degree </i>by Greg Iles<br />- <i>Snow in April </i>by Pete Hamill<br />- <i>The Sinner </i>by Tess Gerritsen<br />- <i>The Short Prose Reader </i>by Gilbert H. Muller and Harvey S. Wiener <br />- <i>Nighttime is my Time </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br />- <i>Queen of the Night </i>by J. A. Jance<br />- <i>More Than Courage </i>by Harold Coyle<br />- <i>No One Left to Tell </i>by Jordan Dane<br />- <i>Marker </i>by Robin Cook<br />- <i>The Last Juror </i>by John Grisham<br />- <i>Fractured </i>by Karin Slaughter<br />- <i>Entombed </i>by Linda Fairstein<br />- <i>Echo Park </i>by Michael Connelly<br />- <i>The Closers </i>by Michael Connelly<br />- <i>Chill of Fear </i>by Kay Hooper<br />- <i>Cruel and Unusual </i>by Patricia Cornwell<br />- <i>Broken </i>by Karin Slaughter<br />- <i>Beyond Reach </i>by Karin Slaughter<br />- <i>Born to Die </i>by Lisa Jackson <br /><b>- </b><i>Body of Evidence </i>by Patricia Cornwell<br />- <i>The Queen's Fool: A Novel </i>by Philippa Gregory<b> </b><br />- <i>100 Years, 100 Crosswords: Celebrating the Crossword's Centennial </i>by Peter Gordon<br />- <i>Philomena: A Mother, Her Son and a Fifty-Year Search </i>by Martin Sixsmith<br />- <i>Blessings </i>by Anna Quindlen<br />- <i>Bloody Irish: Celtic Vampire Legends </i>by Bob Curran<br />- <i>Breaking the Rules </i>by Barbara Taylor Bradford<br />- <i>Cold Justice </i>by Jonnie Jacobs<br />- <i>The Collection </i>by Bentley Little<br />- <i>The Country Diary Book of Crafts </i>by Annette Mitchell<br />- <i>Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris </i>by David King<br />- <i>Do no Harm </i>by Don Donaldson<br />- <i>The Empty Chair </i>by Jeffery Deaver<br />- <i>The Evidence Against Her </i>by Robb Forman Dew<br />- <i>Fly Away Home </i>by Judith Kelman<br />- <i>Forces of Change: A New View of Nature </i>by Daniel Botkin<br />- <i>Forever: A Novel </i>by Pete Hamill<br />- <i>Ghost Light: A Novel </i>by Joseph O'Connor<br />- <i>Harvesting the Heart </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />- <i>Holy Fools </i>by Joanne Harris<br />- <i>House of the Hanged </i>by Mark Mills<br />- <i>The Ice Princess </i>by Camilla Lackberg<br />- <i>I'd Know You Anywhere </i>by Laura Lippman<br />- <i>The Jewels of Tessa Kent </i>by Judith Krantz<br />- <i>Kill Her Again </i>by Robert Gregory Browne<br />- <i>The Law of Similars </i>by Chris Bohjalian<br />- <i>Mister X </i>by John Lutz<br />- <i>The Murdered House </i>by Pierre Magnan<br />- <i>The Newgate Jig </i>by Ann Featherstone<br />- <i>No Naughty Cats </i>by by Debra Pirotin and Sherry Cohen<br />- <i>Off Season </i>by Anne Rivers Siddons<br />- <i>Outside the Ordinary World </i>by Dori Ostermiller<br />- <i>The Pact: A Love Story </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />- <i>The Perfect Wife </i>by Shari MacDonald<br />- <i>The PMS Outlaws </i>by Sharyn McCrumb<br />- <i>Return to Sullivan's Island </i>by Dorothea Benton Frank<br />- <i>The Second Silence </i>by Eileen Goudge<br />- <i>Songs of the Humpback Whale </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />- <i>Stones From the River </i>by Ursula Hegi<br />- <i>Taboo </i>by Casey Hill<br />- <i>Then Came Heaven </i>by LaVyrle Spencer<br />- <i>There But For the Grace of God: Survivors of the 20th Century's Infamous Serial Killers </i>by Fred Rosen<br />- <i>Three Graves Full </i>by Jamie Mason<br />- <i>Twilight Whispers </i>by Barbara Delinsky<br />- <i>What Happened to Sophie Wilder </i>by Christopher Beha<br />- <i>Where the River Ends </i>by Charles Martin<br />- <i>Woman in Red </i>by Eileen Goudge<b> </b><br /><i>- Domestic Affairs </i>by Eileen Goudge<b> </b><br />- <i>Keep Calm and Ask On: A No-Nonsense Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams </i>by Michael Samuels<br />- <i>The Other Queen </i> by Philippa Gregory<br />- <i>The Murderer Next Door </i>by Rafael Yglesias<br />- <i>Just Ask the Universe: A No-Nonsense Guide to Manifesting Your Dreams </i>by Michael Samuels<br /><i>- The Bridge at Chappaquiddick</i> by Jack Olsen<br />- <i>Thirteen Moons: A Novel </i>by Charles Frazier<br />-<i> Fast and Easy Home Decorating: An A to Z Guide to Creating a Beautiful Home With an Minimum of Time and Money</i> by Elizabeth J. Musheno<br />- <i>Bonnie Prince Charlie </i>by Moray McLaren<br />-<i> Maggie Colvin's Home Style: Quick Make-Overs to Transform Your Home</i> by Maggie Colvin - <i>Better Homes and Gardens New Decorating Book</i> by Denise L. Caringer<br />- <i>Tracy Porter's Home Style: Creative and Livable Decorating Ideas For Everyone </i>by Tracy Porter<br />- <i>$100 to $1,000 Makeovers: Maximizing Your Decorating Dollars </i>by Brian Kramer<br />- <i>Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman </i>by Nuala O'Faolain<br />- <i>At Home in Mitford </i>by Jan Karon<br />- <i>Breathing Lessons </i>by Anne Tyler<br />- <i>The Dead Hour </i>by Denise Mina<br />- <i>Ellen Foster </i>by Kaye Gibbons<br />- <i>In This Mountain </i>by Jan Karon<br />- <i>The Kennedys: The Third Generation </i>by Barbara Gibson and Ted Schwartz<br />- <i>Loss of Flight </i>by Sara Vogan<br />- <i>Secret For a Nightingale </i>by Victoria Holt<br />- <i>The Shack </i>by William P. Young<br />- <i>The Stormy Petrel </i>by Mary Stewart<br />- <i>Story of a Marriage </i>by Andrew Sean Greer<br />- <i>Triangle: A Novel </i>by Katharine Weber<br />- <i>Twice Kissed </i>by Lisa Jackson<br />- <i>The Woods </i>by Harlan Coben<br />- <i>Zodiac </i>by Robert Graysmith<br />- <i>Christopher Lowell's Seven Layers of Design: Fearless, Fabulous Decorating </i>by Christopher Lowell<br />- <i>Decorating Hints & Tips: More Than 2000 Practical Solutions to Help You Improve Your Home </i>by Julian Cassell<br />- <i>The Universe-ity: A Spiritual Education Using the Law of Attraction </i>by Michael Samuels<br />- <i>Decorating With Silk and Dried Flowers: 80 Arrangements Using Floral Materials of All Kinds </i>by The Home Decorating Institute<br />- <i>Make it Yours!: Customize and Personalize - the Trading Spaces Way! </i>by Brian Kramer<br />- <i>48-Hour Makeovers: Get a New Look in a Weekend! </i>by Brian Kramer<br />- <i>Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - The Official Companion Book </i>by Madison Press <b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i>Mommy's a Mole: Unraveling the Joan Webster Murder and Other Secrets in a CIA Family </i>by Eve Carson<br /><b>- </b><i>The Scapegoat/The Last Angry Man/The Muses Are Heard/The Fruit Tramp/The Enemy Below </i>by Reader's Digest<br /><b>- </b><i>Jamaica Inn </i>by Daphne du Maurier<br />- <i>Death Benefit: A Lawyer Uncovers a 20-Year Pattern of Seduction, Arson and Murder</i> by David Heilbroner<br />- <i>Night Whispers: A Story of Evil </i>by Emmett Clifford<br />- <i>Thin Wire: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Heroin Addiction </i>by Christine Lewry <br />- <i>Evacuated!: Living on Indonesia's Most Active Volcano </i>by Kate Benzin and Rudy Tanjung <br />- <i>The Romanov Legacy </i>by Jenni Wiltz <br />- <i>Advent of Perpetual Sorrows</i> by A. A. Pencil<br />- <i>Stealing Jenny</i> by Ellen Gable<br />- <i>State of the Heart: Short Stories on Relationships, Love and Life</i> by Nelton D'Souza<br />- <i>Summer of Firefly Memories</i> by Joan Gable<br />- <i>Hook and Peter</i> by Doram Jacoby<br />- <i>Chasing the Storm: A Thriller Novel</i> by Michael Molsted<br />- <i>Sleep in Heavenly Peace </i>by M. William Phelps<br />- <i>Painted Red </i>by Douglas Parks<br />- <i>Breaking Twig </i>by Deborah Epperson<br />- <i>The Sixth Sense </i>by Lawrence Gold<br />- <i>Burnt Offerings </i>by Michael Lister<br />- <i>The Cut-Out </i>by Jon King<br />- <i>Bad Call: A Psychological Thriller </i>by James Harper<br />- <i>The Man Who Built Boxes and Other Stories </i>by Frank Tavares<br />- <i>Outrunning Josephine Finch </i>by Kristine McCord<br />- <i>Hallowed </i>by Bryant Delafosse<br />- <i>She Pulls off the Interstate </i>by Eugene Ahn<br />- <i>People in the Walls </i>by T. A. Crossbarn<br />- <i>I am Flying: A Novelette </i>by James F. Ross<br />- <i>Hide and Seek </i>by P. S. Brown<br />- <i>The Royals </i>by Kitty Kelley<br />- <i>Ancient Egypt: Kingdom of the Pharaohs </i>by Parragon Publishing<br />- <i>History's Worst Decisions and the People Who Made Them: Illustrated Edition</i> by Stephen Weir<br />- <i>Saving Ben </i>by Ashley H. Farley<br />- <i>The Card Counter </i>by James Kipling<br /><br /><b>Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))</b><br />- <i>Jack and Jill </i>by James Patterson <br />- <i>The Taker </i>by Alma Katsu<br />- <i>Retribution </i>by Jilliane Hoffman<br />- <i>A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel </i>by Scott Spencer<br />- <i>The After House </i>by Michael Phillip Cash<br />- <i>Blood Beast </i>by Don D'Ammassa<br />- <i>Ben </i>by Gilbert A. Ralston<br />- <i>Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark </i>by Tilly Bagshawe<br />- <i>Reader's Digest Condensed Books Volume 1 1958: The Green Helmet/Dunbar's Cave/The Twentieth Maine/Life at Happy Knoll/The Horsecatcher/Sharks and Little Fish</i> by Jon Cleary, John J. Pullen, John P. Marquand, Mari Sandoz and Wolfgang Ott<br />- <i>Edge of Glass </i>by Catherine Gaskin<br />- <i>Gone </i>by Kit Craig<br />- <i>Versions of the Truth </i>by Richard Parrish<br />- <i>Miami, It's Murder </i>by Edna Buchanan<br />- <i>The Attorney </i>by Steve Martini<br /><i>-</i> <i>The Great Potato Cookbook 250 Sensational Recipes for the World's Favorite Vegetable </i>by The Editors of Reader's Digest<br />- <i>A Crime of Honor </i>by Giovanni Arpino<br />- <i>Early From the Dance </i>by David Payne<br />- <i>The Moonflower Vine: A Novel </i>by Jetta Carleton<br />- <i>Tell Me Your Dreams </i>by Sidney Sheldon<br />- <i>Daddy's Girl: The Campbell Murder Case </i>by Clifford Irving <br />- <i>Ellery Queen's Memorable Characters: Anthology #50 </i>by Ellery Queen<br />- <i>Defending the Truth </i>by Richard Parrish<br />- <i>This Gun For Hire </i>by Graham Greene <br />- <i>Classic Mysteries: A Collection of Mind-Bending Masterpieces </i>by Molly Cooper<br />- <i>Practical Healthy Eating </i>by P3 Publishing<br />- <i>The Book of Books: An Eclectic Collection of Reading Recommendations, Quirky Lists, and Fun Facts about Books </i>by Les Krantz and Tim Knight<br />- <i>Ghost Island </i>by Jan O'Donnell Klaveness<br />- <i>Practical Meat Dishes </i>by P3 Publishing<br />- <i>Torture Killers II: More True Accounts of the Most Vicious Murderers Ever Caught! </i>by Rose Mandelsberg<br />- <i>Gallows Lane </i>by Brian MacGilloway <br />- <i>A Town Like Alice </i>by Nevil Shute <br />- <i>The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition </i>by Stephen King <br />- <i>Crow Hollow </i>by Dorothy Eden <br />- <i>Grand Jury </i>by Philip Friedman<br /><i>- The Water Giver: The Story of a Mother, a Son, and Their Second Chance </i>by Joan Ryan<br />- <i>The Tenth Commandment </i>by Lawrence Sanders <br />- <i>Triptych </i>by Karin Slaughter<br />- <i>Who Killed my Daughter? </i>by Lois Duncan <br />- <i>True Evil </i>by Greg Iles <br />- <i>Two Little Girls in Blue </i>by Mary Higgins Clark <br />- <i>We'll Meet Again </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br />- <i>Winter Prey </i>by John Sandford <br />- <i>The Sleeping Lady: The Trailside Murders Above the Golden Gate </i>by Robert Graysmith <br />- <i>No. 9 Belmont Square </i>by Margaret Erskine <br />- <i>Middle of Nowhere </i>by Ridley Pearson<br />- <i>Still Waters </i>by Tami Hoag <br />- <i>Duma Key </i>by Stephen King <br />- <i>Presumed Innocent </i>by Scott Turow <br />- <i>Quicksand </i>by Iris Johansen <br />- <i>Shaman </i>by Noah Gordon <br />- <i>Blood Brothers: The Inside Story of the Menendez Murders </i>by John Johnson and Ron Sobel <br />- <i>Final Appeal </i>by Joanne Fluke <br />- <i>The Ghost Writer </i>by Philip Roth <br />- <i>The Daughters of Cain </i>by Colin Dexter<br />- <i>No Witnesses </i>by Ridley Pearson <br />- <i>Play Dirty </i>by Sandra Brown <br />- <i>Post-Mortem </i>by Patricia Cornwell<br />- <i>Mercy </i>by Julie Garwood <br />- <i>High Noon </i>by Nora Roberts<br />- <i>Till we Meet Again </i>by Judith Krantz <br />- <i>From the Corner of His Eye </i>by Dean R. Koontz <br />- <i>Double Cross </i>by James Patterson <br />- <i>Envy </i>by Sandra Brown <br />- <i>Faithless </i>by Karin Slaughter <br />- <i><span class="book_title" itemprop="name">One Ball Knits Purses: 20 Stylish Handbags Made with a Single Ball, Skein, Hank or Spool </span></i><span class="book_title" itemprop="name">by</span> Fatema Habibur-Rahman, Khadija Habibur-Rahman and Hajera Habibur-Rahman <br />- <i>Never Let Them See You Cry: More From Miami, America's Hottest Beat</i> by Edna Buchanan <br />- <i>Dreamthorp </i>by Chet Williamson <br />- <i>The LeBaron Secret </i>by Stephen Birmingham<br />- <i>The Glass Virgin </i>by Catherine Cookson<br />- <i>Aspen Gold </i>by Janet Dailey <br />- <i>Final Scream </i>by Lisa Jackson <br />- <i>Diana: Story of a Princess </i>by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig <br />- <i>Port Mortuary </i>by Patricia Cornwell<br />- <i>Southern Cross </i>by Patricia Cornwell <br />- <i>Left to Die </i>by Lisa Jackson <br />- <i>Requiem: Diana, Princess of Wales 1961-1997 - Memories and Tributes</i> by Brian MacArthur<b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i>Cold Dawn </i>by Carla Neggers <br />- <i>The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor </i>by Trevor Rees-Jones and Moira Johnston <br />- <i>Montana Sky </i>by Nora Roberts <br />-<b> </b><i>River's End </i>by Nora Roberts<b> </b><br /><i>- <i>Most Likely to Die </i></i>by Beverly Barton, Wendy Corsi Staub and Lisa Jackson<i> </i><br /><i>- The Wheat Field </i>by Steve Thayer<b> </b><br />- <i>Blood in the Water: An Alice Rice Mystery </i>by Gillian Galbraith<br /><i>- Brood X: A Firsthand Account of the Great Cicada Invasion </i>by Michael Phillip Cash <br />- <i>The Geometry of Sisters </i>by Luanne Rice <br />- <i>House of Smoke </i>by J. F. Freedman <br />- <i>Requiem For a Glass Heart </i>by David L. Lindsey <br />- <i>Pretend You Don't See Her </i>by Mary Higgins Clark <br />- <i>Move to Strike </i>by Perri O'Shaughnessy <br />- <i>Motion to Suppress </i>by Perri O'Shaughnessy <br />- <i>Hush </i>by Nancy Bush<b> </b><br /><i>- Dark Summer </i>by Iris Johansen<i> </i><br /><i>- Crows' Parliament </i>by Jack Curtis<b> </b><br /><i>- The Beauty of Friendship </i>by Kahlil Gibran<b> </b><br /><i>- What Matters Most: A Novel </i>by Luanne Rice<br /><i>- Cold as Ice </i>by Anne Stuart<br /><i>- The Bride Collector </i>by Ted Dekker<br /><i><i>- At Risk </i></i>by Patricia Cornwell<br /><i>- The Chamber </i>by John Grisham<br /><i>- The Forgotten </i>by Faye Kellerman<i> </i><br /><i>- The Switch </i>by Sandra Brown<i> </i><br /><i>- Material Witness </i>by Robert K. Tannenbaum<br /><i>- Justice Denied </i>by Robert K. Tannenbaum<br /><i><i>- Cruel and Unusual </i></i>by Patricia Cornwell<br /><i><i>- Body of Evidence </i></i>by Patricia Cornwell<br />- <i>Silent Victim </i>by C. E. Lawrence <br />- <i>The House of Conflict </i>by Iris Bromige <br />- <i>Blackwood Farm </i>by Anne Rice <br />- <i>Where Are the Children? </i>by Mary Higgins Clark <br />- <i>The Ambush Murders </i>by Ben Bradlee <br />- <i>Dark Lady </i>by Richard North Patterson <br />- <i>Mitigating Circumstances </i>by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg<br />- <i>The Murder Book </i>by Jonathan Kellerman <br />- <i>While my Pretty One Sleeps </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br /><i>- The Night Crew </i>by John Sandford<br />- <i>I'll be Seeing You </i>by Mary Higgins Clark<br />- <i>The Search </i>by Iris Johansen<b> </b><br />- <i>When Satan Wore A Cross: The Shocking True Story of a Killer Priest</i> by Fred Rosen<b> </b><br />- <i>The Heresy of Dr. Dee </i>by Phil Rickman<b> </b><br />- <i>Sights Unseen </i>by Kaye Gibbons<b> </b><br />- <i>The House of Stairs </i>by Barbara Vine<b> </b><br />- <i>The End of Summer </i>by Rosamunde Pilcher<b> </b><br /><i><i>- The Forbidden Zone </i></i>by Whitley Strieber <br />- <i>Family Pictures </i>by Sue Miller<b> </b><br />- <i>Just Ask the Universe: A No-Nonsense Guide to Manifesting Your Dreams </i>by Michael Samuels<br />- <i>Victims </i>by Jonathan Kellerman<b> </b><br /><i>- A Patchwork Planet: A Novel </i>by Anne Tyler<b> </b><br />- <i>Watcher in the Dark </i>by Beverly Hastings<br />- <i>Kiss and Kill </i>by Karen Young <br />- <i>The Winter of Our Discontent </i>by John Steinbeck<b> </b><br /><i>- The Bad Place </i>by Dean R. Koontz<b> </b><br /><i>- When the Wind Blows </i>by John Saul<b> </b><br /><i>- Hunter's Blood </i>by Jere Cunningham<b> </b><br /><i>- Sliver </i>by Ira Levin<b> </b><br />- <i>Into Thin Air </i>by Stan Washburn<b> </b><br /><b>- </b><i>An Isolated Incident </i>by Susan R. Sloan<b> </b><br />- <i>Once in a Blue Moon </i>by Eileen Goudge<b> </b><br />- <i>My Name is Mary Sutter: A Novel </i>by Robin Oliveira<b> </b><br /><i>- Time Bomb </i>by Jonathan Kellerman<b> </b><br />- <i>A Happy Marriage </i>by Rafael Yglesias<br />- <i>Copy Kat </i>by Karen Kijewski<br />- <i>The Sands of Time </i>by Sidney Sheldon<br />- <i>Degree of Guilt </i>by Richard North Patterson<br />- <i>Hide and Seek </i>by James Patterson<br />- <i>The Clinic </i>by Jonathan Kellerman<br />- <i>Heat </i>by Arthur Herzog<br />- <i>The Summons </i>by John Grisham<br />- <i>The Rainmaker </i>by John Grisham<br />- <i>The Chamber </i>by John Grisham<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>A Case of Need </i>by Michael Crichton</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>Fairoaks </i>by Frank Yerby</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>The Wild </i>by Whitley Strieber</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />- <i>Up Island </i>by Anne Rivers Siddons<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>Memories of Midnight </i>by Sidney Sheldon<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />- <i>Capital Crimes </i>by Lawrence Sanders<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>The Stars Shine Down </i>by Sidney Sheldon<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><i>- The Day of the Storm </i>by Rosamunde Pilcher<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><i>- Katie: The Real Story </i>by Edward Klein<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><b>- </b><i>When the Wind Blows </i>by John Saul<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y">- <i>Cry For the Strangers </i>by John Saul<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><i>- Hellfire </i>by John Saul<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><i>- Comes the Blind Fury </i>by John Saul<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><i>- The Man Who Died Twice </i>by Lois Paxton<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Flip</i> by Michael Phillip Cash</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Magic</i> by William Goldman</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Christmas Cross-Stitch</i> by Better Homes and Gardens </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease</i> by Kevin Trudeau</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Sleepwalk </i>by John Saul</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Black Lightning </i>by John Saul<br />- <i>Watson's Apology: A Novel </i>by Beryl Bainbridge</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Spirit Lost: A Ghost Novel </i>by Nancy Thayer</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Select </i>by F. Paul Wilson</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Visitor </i>by Jere Cunningham</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Thinner </i>by Stephen King</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Chancellor Manuscript </i>by Robert Ludlum</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Custody: A Novel </i>by Nancy Thayer</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Beach House </i>by Mary Alice Monroe</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Sweetgrass </i>by Mary Alice Monroe</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Dead by Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer? </i>by Ann Rule</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- The Guardian </i>by Jeffrey Konvitz</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Family Affairs </i>by Andy Hoffman</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Mistress of Falconhurst </i>by Lance Horner</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Vines of Yarrabee </i>by Dorothy Eden</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Whispers </i>by Belva Plain</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Random Winds </i>by Belva Plain</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Morning Glory </i>by Lavyrle Spencer</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Our Game </i>by John Le Carre</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle">- <i>Needlepoint For Everyone </i>by Mary Picken and Doris White</span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><i>- Three-Dimensional Needlepoint </i>by Gale Litvak</span><br />- <i>Home Decorating With Needlecrafts </i>by Linda Lee Lindgren<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Deviltry Afoot </i>by Carol Pritt</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>On the Beach </i>by Nevil Shute</span></span></span></span></span><br />- <i>So, Now You Know: A Compendium of Completely Useless Information </i>by Harry Bright<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Stillwell: A Haunting on Long Island </i>by Michael Phillip Cash (2 copies)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Hanging Tree: A Novella </i>by Michael Phillip Cash (2 copies)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Love Killers </i>by Jackie Collins</span></span></span></span></span><br /><i>- A Tangled Web: A Novel </i>by Judith Michael<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Complete Guide to Creative Needlepoint </i>by Jo Bucher</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- The Captain No Beard Series </i>by Carole P. Roman</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The If You Were Me and Lived In...Series </i>by Carole P. Roman </span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>I Want to do Yoga Too </i>by Carole P. Roman</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Shooting at Loons </i>by Margaret Maron</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- The Miracle at St. Bruno's </i>by Philippa Carr</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Afterage </i>by Yvonne Navarro</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>A Slipping-Down Life </i>by Anne Tyler</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>If Morning Ever Comes </i>by Anne Tyler</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>James Connolly: 'A Full Life' </i>by Donal Nevin</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Cruel Doubt </i>by Joe McGinniss</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Red Scream: A Novel of Suspense </i>by Mary Willis Walker</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Disobedience </i>by Jane Hamilton</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Put Yer Rosary Beads Away Ma: A Salty Tale of a Young Man's Musical Dreams and Struggles in 1970's Ireland </i>by Cahal Dunne (4 copies)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Time is a River: A Novel </i>by Mary Alice Monroe<br />- <i>Paige by Paige: A Year of Trading Spaces </i>by Paige Davis</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>To Turn the Tide </i>by John F. Kennedy<br />- <i>The Onion Field </i>by Joseph Wambaugh<br />- <i>The Hope: A Novel </i>by Herman Wouk<br />- <i>The Firm </i>by John Grisham<br />- <i>Lost Souls </i>by Michael Collins<br /><i>- The Affair: A Novel </i>by Alicia Clifford </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>In the Presence of Enemies </i>by William Jeremiah Coughlin</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About </i>by Kevin Trudeau</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>City of Bones </i>by Michael Connelly</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Wifey </i>by Judy Blume</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- The Right Hand of Evil </i>by John Saul</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It </i>by David Niven, Ph.D.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Claudine's Daughter </i>by Rosalind Laker</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Heritage of the River </i>by Muriel Elwood</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Breach of Duty </i>by J. A. Jance</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- A Matter of Honour </i>by Jeffrey Archer</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Cruel Sacrifice </i>by Aphrodite Jones</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Perfect Summer </i>by Luanne Rice</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Circle of Friends </i>by Maeve Binchy</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Belonging: A Novel </i>by Nancy Thayer</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Returning: A Spiritual Journey </i>by Dan Wakefield</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>English, Welsh, and Scottish Country Inns and Castle Hotels: A Travel Guide to Britain, Including 10 Itineraries and Descriptions of Over 100 Atmospheric Hotels</i> by Karen Brown</span></span></span></span></span><br />- <i>"They Always Call us Ladies": Stories From Prison </i>by Jean Harris </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Summer I Dared: A Novel </i>by Barbara Delinsky <span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row4_B00GQ4JG2C"><span class="headerStatus" id="Row2_B00GDOZY4Y"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Personal Injuries </i>by Scott Turow</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Family Album </i>by Danielle Steel</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Iceberg </i>by Clive Cussler</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>204 Rosewood Lane </i>by Debbie Macomber</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Decline and Fall of the House of Windsor </i>by Donald Spoto</span></span></span></span></span><br />- <i>Burnt Mountain: A Novel </i>by Anne Rivers Siddons<br />- <i>December </i>by Phil Rickman<br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- Charisma </i>by Orania Papazoglou</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Chicken Soup For the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit </i>by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>The Richest Season </i>by Maryann McFadden</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">- <i>Blood Test </i>by Jonathan Kellerman</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><i>- The Wings of the Dove </i>by Henry James</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus">Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, a very good reading year for me. Here's a further breakdown:<br /><br /><b>Books Read: </b>125</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><span class="headerTitle"><span class="headerStatus"><b>Pages Read: </b>36,162<br /><b>Grade Range: A+! to B!</b><br /><br />So, there you go! The reading year that was 2014! I hope that you all had an equally good reading year; if not a little better. :) See you all next year! :)<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-48767483038103528502015-01-01T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.516-05:00Reading Wrap-up For December at Moonshine and Rosefire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuB9AXjFIliMur7jq3lcaKob7z6u50jEEGi59eWEgWWZAFjvKXMhjeX24FMCcWe3sxVg9mhQDc671vHYxc8pM2ytVY6M8wvjXCwiY0CqzYyAyzhS-GHjTJgeB0r4fp1V4Rd_pmOwobGeY/s1600/safe_image.php.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuB9AXjFIliMur7jq3lcaKob7z6u50jEEGi59eWEgWWZAFjvKXMhjeX24FMCcWe3sxVg9mhQDc671vHYxc8pM2ytVY6M8wvjXCwiY0CqzYyAyzhS-GHjTJgeB0r4fp1V4Rd_pmOwobGeY/s200/safe_image.php.jpg" height="200" width="160" /></a></div><br />Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading month for yourselves. I am known as <b>Rosefire </b>around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog. I originally posted my reviews over at my daughter's blog, <b><a href="http://rubyandthetwins.blogspot.com/">Emeraldfire's Bookmark</a> </b>but am now in the process of transferring them all over to my own blog. My daughter makes blogging look like so much fun that I thought that I would try it out for myself! :)<br /><br />Anyway, I started out December with 1,005 unread books lying around the house and ended the month with 994 books unread. All the books that I acquired this month came from <b><a href="http://www.bookmooch.com/">Bookmooch</a></b>, <a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/"><b>Paperback Swap</b></a> and a Library Book Sale that Mareena and I went to on the 19th.<br /><br />Let me try to break down the influx for you:<br /><br /><b>Rereads</b><br />- <i>A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel </i>by Scott Spencer<br /><br /><b>Changes to the TBR pile</b><br /><br /><b>Read from my TBR pile (Yes! I am a reading machine :))</b><br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/michael-phillip-cash-after-house.html">The After House</a> </i>by Michael Phillip Cash<br />- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/margot-livesey-house-on-fortune-street.html"><i>The House on Fortune Street: A Novel</i></a> by Margot Livesey<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/scott-spencer-preservation-hall.html">Preservation Hall</a> </i>by Scott Spencer<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/tami-hoag-deeper-than-dead.html">Deeper Than the Dead</a> </i>by Tami Hoag<br />- <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/laura-esquivel-like-water-for-chocolate.html"><i>Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and<b> </b>Home Remedies</i></a> by Laura Esquivel<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/christopher-golden-wildwood-road.html">Wildwood Road</a> </i>by Christopher Golden <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/margot-livesey-homework-novel.html">Homework: A Novel</a> </i>by Margot Livesey<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/laura-moriarty-rest-of-her-life-novel.html">The Rest of Her Life: A Novel</a> </i>by Laura Moriarty <br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/alice-hoffman-ice-queen.html">The Ice Queen</a> </i>by Alice Hoffman<br />- <i><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/elaine-mercado-r-n-graves-end-true.html">Grave's End: A True Ghost Story</a> </i>by Elaine Mercado, R. N.<br /><br /><b>Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! Not too bad though, I suppose:))</b><br /><b>- </b><i>All That Glitters </i>by Thomas Tryon<br />- <i>The Missing World: A Novel </i>by Margot Livesey<br />- <i>1225 Christmas Tree Lane </i>by Debbie Macomber<br />- <i>At Paradise Gate </i>by Jane Smiley<br />- <i>Atonement </i>by Ian MacEwan<br />- <i>Bleeding Heart Square </i>by Andrew Taylor<br />- <i>Blossom Street Brides </i>by Debbie Macomber<br />- <i>The Code of the Hills: An Ozarks Mystery </i>by Nancy Allen<br />- <i>December 6th </i>by Martin Cruz Smith<br /><i>- Deliver me From Evil </i>by Mary Monroe<br />- <i>Goodnight Nobody </i>by Jennifer Weiner<br />- <i>Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton </i>by Barbara Olson<br />- <i>Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1929-1932 </i>by Anne Morrow Lindbergh<br />- <i>I Couldn't Love You More </i>by Jillian Medoff<br />- <i>It's Always Something </i>by Gilda Radner<br />- <i>Keep a Little Secret </i>by Dorothy Garlock<br />- <i>The Lady and the Unicorn </i>by Tracy Chevalier<br />- <i>Lakeside Cottage </i>by Susan Wiggs<br />- <i>The Last Summer (of You and Me) </i>by Ann Brashares<br />- <i>Loving Frank </i>by Nancy Horan<br />- <i>Lucky: A Memoir </i>by Alice Sebold<br />- <i>A Perfect Evil </i>by Alex Kava<br />- <i>Picture Perfect </i>by Jodi Picoult<br />- <i>Queen of Broken Hearts </i>by Cassandra King<br />- <i>Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog </i>by Garth Stein<br />- <i>The Road Taken </i>by Rona Jaffe<br />- <i>The Royal Family Quiz and Fact Book </i>by Timothy B. Benford <br />- <i>Silent Murders </i>by Mary Miley<br />- <i>The Sins of the Mother </i>by Danielle Steel<br />- <i>Three Junes </i>by Julia Glass<br />- <i>Three Wishes </i>by Barbara Delinsky<br />- <i>The Triumph of Katie Byrne </i>by Barbara Taylor Bradford<br />- <i>Where You Belong </i>by Barbara Taylor Bradford<br />- <i>The Winter Queen </i>by Boris Akunin<br />- <i>The Mothman Prophecies: Based on True Events </i>by John A. Keel<br />- <i>Jumbo Crossword Pad Volume #13 </i>by Kappa Press <br />- <i>The Center of Everything </i>by Laura Moriarty <br /><br /><b></b><b>Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))</b><i> </i><br /><i>-</i> <i>The Great Potato Cookbook 250 Sensational Recipes for the World's Favorite Vegetable </i>by The Editors of Reader's Digest<br />- <i>The Attorney </i>by Steve Martini<br />- <i>Miami, It's Murder </i>by Edna Buchanan<br />- <i>Versions of the Truth </i>by Richard Parrish<br />- <i>Gone </i>by Kit Craig<br />- <i>Edge of Glass </i>by Catherine Gaskin<br />- <i>Reader's Digest Condensed Books Volume 1 1958: The Green Helmet/Dunbar's Cave/The Twentieth Maine/Life at Happy Knoll/The Horsecatcher/Sharks and Little Fish</i> by Jon Cleary, John J. Pullen, John P. Marquand, Mari Sandoz and Wolfgang Ott<br />- <i>Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark </i>by Tilly Bagshawe<br />- <i>Ben </i>by Gilbert A. Ralston<br />- <i>Blood Beast </i>by Don D'Ammassa<br />- <i>The After House </i>by Michael Phillip Cash<br />- <i>A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel </i>by Scott Spencer<br />- <i>Retribution </i>by Jilliane Hoffman<br />- <i>The Taker </i>by Alma Katsu<br />- <i>Jack and Jill </i>by James Patterson <br /><br />Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, a very good reading month for me. Here's a further breakdown:<br /><br /><b>Books Read: </b>11<br /><b>Pages Read: </b>3,703<br /><b>Grade Range: A+! to B+!</b><br /><i><br /></i>So, there you go! The reading month that was December. I hope that you all had an equally good reading month; if not a little better. :) See you all next month! :)<br /><i><br /></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-11857417484450927432014-12-31T06:30:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.531-05:00December's Book of the Month<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-dJ_PnEeUeF6q6FTbkVmTZiWO3qIaAaS_CdIO3GEVFoxja_eY-MCSiqeMpfq77bdizvzM1tsWZ4bX75hyphenhyphenyPkw_0xPzANb9MXWGah_wSqiu7AALPNa3vePPbJwaCPcIT5Zk3YI2SC_uI/s200/258816309805233460_QMhBQ13L_b.jpg" height="200" width="134" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hello Everyone! I chose the picture posted above because it reminds me of reading to my daughter Mareena when she was little. Every afternoon until she was about eight or nine years old, we would take one of her books that she wanted to read or that she was reading and we would curl up together on my big bed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We would spend an hour or so reading a chapter of her book, and then take a nap together. Her absolutely favorite author at that time was an English author named Enid Blyton. Ahh, nice memories... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My picks for <b>'Books of the Month'</b> will be decidedly more adult these days, but they will be from almost any genre. December's Book of the Month is:</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VPQiLwep5YnqTEH1n3s2_61hjfR-5ySTlnL1OOQjeN_jLBiWCmTHWUFhDw3kUrlRkK5Lf3vYdlpv39l6kLNWdcm83tnxqYlGUO3kTEgnvaVYe080-Dzhzhcnb8a8R5k65dR3nsUDC1M/s1600/1401302718.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VPQiLwep5YnqTEH1n3s2_61hjfR-5ySTlnL1OOQjeN_jLBiWCmTHWUFhDw3kUrlRkK5Lf3vYdlpv39l6kLNWdcm83tnxqYlGUO3kTEgnvaVYe080-Dzhzhcnb8a8R5k65dR3nsUDC1M/s1600/1401302718.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="200" width="121" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/laura-moriarty-rest-of-her-life-novel.html"><span style="color: red;"><i><b>The Rest of Her Life: A Novel</b></i></span></a> by Laura Moriarty</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"> <span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Published as: </i><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><i>The Rest of Her Life </i></i>in August 2007<i style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinW70qQQf7jdLrgvLj87uOK3-pFvSR7zKW9ChOgBatlAS54hZVbw9Tswp3ZfHZSVev9E-QEDqZ9ESRGJwRpTHIKI_0GnUbKDDEzRJcoznBeQ9luHkKsu3O3Z8ZI61umpaj3t9FR7KaXfs/s1600/133995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinW70qQQf7jdLrgvLj87uOK3-pFvSR7zKW9ChOgBatlAS54hZVbw9Tswp3ZfHZSVev9E-QEDqZ9ESRGJwRpTHIKI_0GnUbKDDEzRJcoznBeQ9luHkKsu3O3Z8ZI61umpaj3t9FR7KaXfs/s1600/133995.jpg" height="200" width="151" /></a></div><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;"><i>Birth Name: Laura Moriarty</i></b><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"></i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">Born:</span></span></span></span></span></span></i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="color: red;">24 December 1970 in Honolulu, Hawaii </span><br /><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i><b>Canonical Name: Laura Moriarty</b></i><i><b> </b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><i><b>Pseudonyms: None</b></i> <i><b> </b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>The Rest of Her Life: A Novel</b></i> by Laura Moriarty was the one hundred and twenty-third book that I read in 2014. I have had this book on my TBR shelf since August 16, 2014 and it took me three days to read. This book is definitely a keeper for me. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</b></span></div></div>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-55087753854156830462014-12-31T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.602-05:00Elaine Mercado, R. N. - Grave's End: A True Ghost Story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYo8W2GRNGcESWNGDo5urYgJtUKlpCmXWZ9c7XnPBXUzq3rgC6W8_Qke8LsM8NFLnt9GENOYTH8LVx1sA1X0JoXkCd_7V6nBnQDMslJhEbgOnmTqlIvdUf6myM53Ho7-8fiP6o0XlLyQ/s1600/0738700037.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYo8W2GRNGcESWNGDo5urYgJtUKlpCmXWZ9c7XnPBXUzq3rgC6W8_Qke8LsM8NFLnt9GENOYTH8LVx1sA1X0JoXkCd_7V6nBnQDMslJhEbgOnmTqlIvdUf6myM53Ho7-8fiP6o0XlLyQ/s1600/0738700037.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="200" width="130" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">125. <b>Grave's End: A True Ghost Story </b>by Elaine Mercado, R. N. (2001)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Length: </b>174 pages</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Genre: </b>Non-Fiction</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Started: </b>26 December 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Finished: </b>31 December 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where did it come from? </b>From <a href="http://www.bookmooch.com/"><b>Bookmooch</b></a> </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile? </b>Since 26 December 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Why do I have it? </b>I like non-fiction and Elaine Mercado, R. N. is a new author for me.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Just about everyone loves a good ghost story, but what does one do when it seems as if the very fabric of reality twists and the vastness of the shadowy unknown peers out from behind the everyday rhythm of life? In <i><b>Grave's End: A True Ghost Story</b></i>, Ms. Mercado addresses this issue with wrenching candor. </span></span>Although this may not be a book to read in an old, shadowy house at midnight, the story offers both fear and hope, and a sense of something eternal.<span itemprop="description"><span id="e_1420092438.7205_less"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></b><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">By the time Elaine Mercado and her first husband bought a charming - but somewhat dilapidated - Victorian-style house in Brooklyn, New York, in the winter of 1982, they had been house-hunting for a little over a year and were quite anxious to settle into a home of their own. Although the house was in need of some serious renovation, it was within their price range and they were more than content to do the work required to make the house their own. Little did they realize that they and their two young daughters would be embarking on a nightmare that would last for thirteen years.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Within a few days of moving in, Elaine and her eldest daughter - eleven-year-old Karin - began to experience the sensation of being watched. Next came the scratching noises and inexplicably weird smells, followed by whispering voices, maniacal laughter, fluffy, dust-ball sized apparitions flitting along baseboards, and mysterious orbs of light floating along the ceilings. Almost from the day the family moved in, each member was targeted by the haunting in some way; "suffocating dreams" were experienced by everyone except for the youngest daughter - five-year-old Christine. Eventually, these paranormal experiences escalated to actual acts of physical aggression directed at Elaine and both the girls.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">This is the true story of how one family tried to cope with living in a haunted house. It also describes how, with the help of famed parapsychologist Dr. Hans Holzer and psychic medium Marisa Anderson, the family finally discovered the tragic and heart-breaking secrets buried in the house at Grave's End. As of the publication of this book, Elaine Mercado continues to live in the once-haunted house with her family. </span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">I certainly enjoyed reading this book; as I always love reading true accounts of paranormal experiences. In my opinion, the story was very descriptive; written in a down-to-earth style that I appreciated. According to the author, while there is still residual paranormal activity, the <span style="background-color: white;"><span></span></span>primary source of the haunting has been cleansed from the house, and she and her family are able to live in their house in relative peace. Overall, I would give <i><b>Grave's End: A True Ghost Story </b></i>by Elaine Mercado, R. N. an <b>A+! </b> </span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>A+! - (96-100%)</b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b> </b> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-9844146034455225862014-12-25T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.618-05:00Happy Christmas to All, and May All Have a Wonderful Day! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.coolspacetricks.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MySpace background: CoolSpaceTricks.com" border="0" src="http://img2.coolspacetricks.com/images/christmas/the-best/374.gif" height="284" title="MySpace background: CoolSpaceTricks.com" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.coolspacetricks.com/christmas/the-best/76774/">MySpace background: CoolSpaceTricks.com</a></b> <br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Hello everyone! :) I hope that you all have a wonderful and much blessed Christmas filled with as much friendly and family togetherness as you could wish for. :) Both Mareena and I are feeling fine, although perhaps just the slightest bit blah (not necessarily ill, but just wanting to take it easy for today) - we still intend to enjoy Christmas to the fullest! :) <br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">The kitties are really getting into the Christmas spirit - 'Santa Paws' bought them a stocking full of catnip and kitty toys, and the purrs of thanks are resounding around the room. Lollipop and Leila are currently getting into minor fistipaws over who is going to get to play with the feather bells first (I'm not sure that the twins even realize that there are actually <i>four </i>feather bells in the stocking, so there is one for each of the girls, plus one extra!)<br /><br />Ruby is currently fascinated by the bag of catnip. I opened it for her and she went over the moon! :) She sniffed in the bag, jumped up and rubbed her chin between a couple of gift bags in order to get a chance to investigate a little more closely.<br /><br />At some point, Leila and Lollipop found out what Ruby was doing and ambled over to see what was going on. So the party had to be moved to the floor - Ruby went over to a special little spot of her own and ate up her catnip treat; and Leila and Lollipop rolled around on the floor like a couple of kittens for a while, and then the twins finally ate their catnip. Fun was had by all - humans and kitties alike!<br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.coolspacetricks.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MySpace stuff: CoolSpaceTricks.com" border="0" src="http://img3.coolspacetricks.com/images/christmas/the-best/432.gif" height="215" title="MySpace stuff: CoolSpaceTricks.com" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.coolspacetricks.com/christmas/the-best/76597/"><b>MySpace stuff: CoolSpaceTricks.com</b></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b></div></div></div>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-79930627777755553202014-12-23T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.677-05:00Alice Hoffman - The Ice Queen<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmz0BS2ge4dgkGrzoyo4g6NGhAKTiveEJ2uwHcCH7J0f44svreQFGLvph-uBmyYgBdMKFDnEpvqP8Il1No8lXWRYOc6KGObipy2x8uQTxIcjjksGq5J2WZnuSNRG_1-Sti6krG6IsbLk/s1600/0316154385.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmz0BS2ge4dgkGrzoyo4g6NGhAKTiveEJ2uwHcCH7J0f44svreQFGLvph-uBmyYgBdMKFDnEpvqP8Il1No8lXWRYOc6KGObipy2x8uQTxIcjjksGq5J2WZnuSNRG_1-Sti6krG6IsbLk/s1600/0316154385.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="133" /></a>124. <b>The Ice Queen</b> by <a href="http://alicehoffman.com/">Alice Hoffman</a> (2005)<br /><b>Length:</b> 211 pages<br /><b>Genre:</b> Contemporary Fiction<br /><b>Started:</b> 21 December 2014<br /><b>Finished:</b> 23 December 2014<br /><b>Where did it come from?</b> From a Library Book Sale<br /><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile?</b> Since 19 December 2014<br /><b>Why do I have it?</b> I like contemporary fiction and have read and enjoyed <i><b><a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/11/alice-hoffman-blackbird-house.html">Blackbird House</a></b></i> by the same author in the past.<br /><br />Once, in a childish fit of temper, the eight-year-old heroine of Alice Hoffman's <i><b>The Ice Queen</b></i> angrily wished to never see her mother again. Suddenly the little girl and her brother Ned were orphaned, and she was convinced that simply by stomping her feet she had shattered her world. While Ned dealt with the grief of his mother's passing by becoming a meteorologist: applying reason and logic to bad weather; as his sister grows into adulthood, she finds herself emotionally frozen. <br /><br />Now working as a librarian somewhere in a small town, she lives a generally quiet life without much excitement. One day, she mutters an idle wish and suddenly, while standing in her house, she is struck by lightning. However, instead of ending her life, this cataclysmic event provides just the impetus she needs to restart her life. Determined to study the case histories of several survivors of lightning strikes, Ned convinces his sister to join him in learning more about the mysteries of lightning.<br /><br />For her, being struck by lightning has left her with an inability to recognize the color red; and she soon finds herself fascinated by the awesome power of lightning. Witnessing the withering of trees and landscape near a strike, hearing the various stories of the medical traumas and odd new abilities of victims, all the myths of renewal; she is utterly amazed. Although she is a recluse, she goes in search of one Lazarus Jones - a local farmer rumored to have beaten death after a lightning strike: to have seen the other side and come back.<br /><br />Perhaps this stranger who has seen death face to face can teach her to live without fear. When she finds him, he is her polar opposite, a burning man whose breath can boil water and whose touch scorches. As an obsessive love affair begins between them, both are forced to hide their most dangerous secrets - secrets that turned one person to ice and the other to fire. <br /><br />I must say, that while this book was very good, and I enjoyed the story very much; in my opinion it still was slightly strange. I honestly don't know that much about lightning - although I do follow all the warnings about what not to do during thunderstorms - but even if only a fraction of what is described by the characters can happen in reality - I would be curious to find out. It was incredible to me. I give <b><i>The Ice Queen </i></b>by Alice Hoffman an <b>A!</b> This was actually quite a fascinating book.<br /><br /><b>A! - (90-95%) </b> <br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</b></span><br /><br /><br /><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-HUzVPJUie9k%2FVJo9dNSzz2I%2FAAAAAAAADu4%2FJVbwijcM7ww%2Fs1600%2F0316154385.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmz0BS2ge4dgkGrzoyo4g6NGhAKTiveEJ2uwHcCH7J0f44svreQFGLvph-uBmyYgBdMKFDnEpvqP8Il1No8lXWRYOc6KGObipy2x8uQTxIcjjksGq5J2WZnuSNRG_1-Sti6krG6IsbLk/s1600/0316154385.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmz0BS2ge4dgkGrzoyo4g6NGhAKTiveEJ2uwHcCH7J0f44svreQFGLvph-uBmyYgBdMKFDnEpvqP8Il1No8lXWRYOc6KGObipy2x8uQTxIcjjksGq5J2WZnuSNRG_1-Sti6krG6IsbLk/s1600/0316154385.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmz0BS2ge4dgkGrzoyo4g6NGhAKTiveEJ2uwHcCH7J0f44svreQFGLvph-uBmyYgBdMKFDnEpvqP8Il1No8lXWRYOc6KGObipy2x8uQTxIcjjksGq5J2WZnuSNRG_1-Sti6krG6IsbLk/s1600/0316154385.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" -->Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-68262150320377389742014-12-21T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.692-05:00Laura Moriarty - The Rest of Her Life: A Novel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSOmLZdfTuJGdUbXnn3qORZ_n1PaZDk_IrAo70-y9zZhAju5TZp5VUwF_J2-rgjKJR6GDUYDQn0ef-T6qioI_k-GUjHwNE55-lXEE-TTOySxzLNSS8AyL2cwUXkg9DmJ-l0vXS6oJ7pM/s1600/1401302718.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSOmLZdfTuJGdUbXnn3qORZ_n1PaZDk_IrAo70-y9zZhAju5TZp5VUwF_J2-rgjKJR6GDUYDQn0ef-T6qioI_k-GUjHwNE55-lXEE-TTOySxzLNSS8AyL2cwUXkg9DmJ-l0vXS6oJ7pM/s1600/1401302718.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="200" width="121" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">123. <b>The Rest of Her Life: A Novel </b>by <a href="http://www.lauramoriarty.net/">Laura Moriarty</a> (2007)</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">306 pages</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Genre: </b>Contemporary Fiction</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Started: </b>18 December 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Finished: </b>21 December 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where did it come from? </b>From a Library Book Sale</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile? </b>Since 16 August 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Why do I have it? </b>I like contemporary fiction and Laura Moriarty is a new author for me.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Leigh Churchill is the mother of two lovely children - eighteen-year-old Kara - a high-achieving, popular high school senior, destined to go on to college; and Justin - a shy, awkward fourteen-year-old. While she has a wonderful relationship with Justin, for some reason that she can't identify, Leigh's relationship with Kara is strained and difficult. For the life of her, she can't understand what she may have done - or didn't do - that caused such coolness between herself and her daughter.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Then, in a single moment of careless distraction, Kara makes a mistake that ends in tragedy - something that no matter how much she may want to, she can't change or take back. Kara's actions not only divide Leigh's family, but polarize the entire community. We see the story from Leigh's perspective: as she watches her daughter struggling with the feelings of guilt and grief caused by what she has done; as Leigh herself grapples with the harsh reality of what happened and the devastating consequences which Kara's actions have on the family of another teenage girl in town; all while trying to shield and protect Kara in the face of rising public outcry. </span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b><i>The Rest of Her Life: A Novel </i></b>by Laura Moriarty delivers a</span></span> luminous, compassionate, and provocative look at how even mothers and daughters with the best intentions can be blind to the harm they do to one another. Ms. Moriarty's novel is one of complex moral dilemma, filled with nuanced characters and a page-turning plot that makes readers ask themselves, "What would I do if I were in a similar situation?"<br /><br />For myself, I absolutely loved this book. The story was filled with complex characters and intricate family dynamics, just the sort of story that I enjoy reading. I found Ms. Moriarty's writing and plot development to be spot on; very believable and with a strong basis in reality. I give <i><b>The Rest of Her Life: A Novel </b></i>by Laura Moriarty an <b>A+! </b>I will certainly be on the look out for more of Laura Moriarty's books to read in the future.<br /><br /><b>A+! - (96-100%)</b><br /><b> </b> <br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-607802048160312402014-12-19T14:30:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.739-05:00Our Library Visit For DecemberHello Everyone! How are you on this fine Friday? I'm doing just fine. :) Last Thursday, Mareena and I planned to go to our local library to raid the perpetual book sale for early Christmas gifts. However, it started snowing lightly on Tuesday morning, and the weather report was claiming there was going to be a Nor'easter blowing through which would dump between two and four feet of snow by Thursday morning.<br /><br />We decided to change our library visit to Friday morning and left at around 11:30 A. M. We spent a delightful one and a half hours just browsing through the library book sale and ended up going home at around 1:00 P. M. We had bought a rather modest (for us) 44 books between us.<br /><br />Between us, we bought 21 hardcovers and 23 paperbacks. We spent a whopping $40 for a total of 44 books. A pretty good haul, if I do say so, myself. :)<br /><br />At the moment, I'm reading <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Rest of Her Life</i><i><b>: A Novel</b></i> by Laura Moriarty - which I started yesterday evening, December 18th! This was a book that I acquired during our August 16th visit to the library!<br /><i style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-81473756655485672242014-12-18T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.754-05:00Margot Livesey - Homework: A Novel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKog8c61R-WZePLPngkbuuYAlNXceJE7bD9BdmM8Jx3x8E_J-av-eVLPkvXNhk46Frzgj6BewxFeYefg8dQbXyBiwoT7hV8vopT0DIVU63-ED5LUUY11mt2HCMYDOjuy0n5sNjEj_sUdE/s1600/0312420447.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKog8c61R-WZePLPngkbuuYAlNXceJE7bD9BdmM8Jx3x8E_J-av-eVLPkvXNhk46Frzgj6BewxFeYefg8dQbXyBiwoT7hV8vopT0DIVU63-ED5LUUY11mt2HCMYDOjuy0n5sNjEj_sUdE/s1600/0312420447.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="200" width="129" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">122. <b>Homework: A Novel </b>by <a href="http://www.margotlivesey.com/">Margot Livesey</a> (1990)</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">339 pages</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Genre: </b>Contemporary Fiction</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Started: </b>17 December 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Finished: </b>18 December 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where did it come from? </b>From <a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/"><b>Paperback Swap</b></a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile? </b>Since 15 December 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Why do I have it? </b>I like contemporary fiction and have read and enjoyed <a href="http://irishstarlily.blogspot.com/2014/12/margot-livesey-house-on-fortune-street.html"><i><b>The House on Fortune Street: A Novel</b></i></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"> by the same author in the past.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">For the most part, Celia Gilchrist is living a happy life. Despite feeling slightly lonely and a bit like a third wheel when she's around her friends, Celia is nevertheless quite content living on her own, answering to no one else - except her cat Tobias. Yes, life is good for Celia Gilchrist. </span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">When she meets Stephen, Celia is ecstatic and believes that she has finally found the right man to share her life. He is a wonderful man - a math teacher at her friend Deirdre's school - very solicitous of Celia, and a loving father to his daughter Jenny. So she moves in with Stephen and Jenny, and happily takes her place within their lovely ready-made family.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Yet, shortly after Celia moves in, things begin to go subtly, menacingly wrong. Money disappears, a sweater of Celia's is ruined; small, commonplace lies escalate into awkward confrontations. Ms. Livesey's debut novel is a stunning and affecting portrait of jealousy and fear, devotion and the desire to be loved.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">I was absolutely captivated by this book. The plot was utterly believable to me, and the characters were well-developed and fairly jumped off the page - at least in my opinion. I really didn't want this book to end, and I found myself wondering what would happen next. I would give this book an <b>A+! </b>and am happy to say that I recently obtained another book by Margot Livesey - <i><b>The Missing World: A Novel</b></i>.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>A+! - (96-100%)</b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b> </b> </span></span><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-66761267362055783972014-12-16T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.810-05:00Christopher Golden - Wildwood Road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQfK0cvHHgP9ytYbWBOI8ZcQ1cPYVgi0Lh420qWoi-_vOELPwYe_QobbGkwTnJ3bUSqwsa0oPrdUV88qllSYNKrWeqTUGAn_h3WkkMcJdL8BZb4xzzS2RuQJ5I2D3gLn1u343UKwMhL0/s1600/0553586165.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQfK0cvHHgP9ytYbWBOI8ZcQ1cPYVgi0Lh420qWoi-_vOELPwYe_QobbGkwTnJ3bUSqwsa0oPrdUV88qllSYNKrWeqTUGAn_h3WkkMcJdL8BZb4xzzS2RuQJ5I2D3gLn1u343UKwMhL0/s1600/0553586165.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="200" width="121" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">121. <b>Wildwood Road </b>by <a href="http://www.christophergolden.com/">Christopher Golden</a> (2005)</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Length: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">351 pages</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Genre: </b>Horror</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Started: </b>13 December 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Finished: </b>16 December 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where did it come from? </b>From <a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/"><b>Paperback Swap</b></a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile? </b>Since 24 November 2014</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Why do I have it? </b>I like horror and Christopher Golden is a new author for me.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Michael and Jillian Dansky seem to have it all - a happy marriage, two successful careers, and a bright future. However late one October evening, that changes completely. It's while driving home from a Halloween masquerade that Michael briefly nods off behind the wheel. When he wakes up, he finds a little girl standing beside his car - a little girl who Michael apparently came within a breath of running over.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Shaken by her appearance at such a late hour, and concerned that the child isn't wearing the most appropriate clothing for the frigid weather, Michael tries to help her as much as he can. She leads him to a darkened empty house, filled with shadows and haunted by whispers and sends him away with a whisper of her own: <i>"Come find me." </i>With her curious command echoing in his ears, Michael</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"> drives back home.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">In the weeks to come, it's clear that someone - or something - doesn't want the girl found. As much as Michael tries to fulfill the girl's request, he just doesn't seem to be having much luck. And when a cold, cruel, vindictive woman awakens in the guise of his once loving and caring wife, Michael's search shifts slightly. Suddenly his quest isn't just for the missing girl, but for the Jillian he loves and may have lost forever...on Wildwood Road.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">First of all, let me say that Mareena got this book as a 'just because' gift for herself when she saw that Stephen King had written a blurb for the book, and decided that I could read it as well if I wanted. She knew of Christopher Golden as primarily a young adult author, although she has never read any of his books. So, Mr. Golden is a new author for her to read.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">In my opinion, this book was very enjoyable and I'm certainly glad to have read it. The story was quite a different treatment of horror from the books that I usually read, and was interesting enough to hold my attention right until the very end. It was well-written and I appreciated that the plot was constantly moving; the pacing never slowed or deteriorated in any way and this story never became dull or boring; at least for me. Overall, I give this book an <b>A!</b> </span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>A! - (90-95%)</b> </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-42587539258124995432014-12-13T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.826-05:00Laura Esquivel - Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSNpYIzNNunbyKwOcaibjRS_FiclBOnLTc73U5I_8c5LJciAYmDLxaLoHW7T_2LVDngJXCUS9LFK587xWcrKIqy66VAX-1jh3rBnzKqDse0wPPNjItPVFwGMG_zNYwJUaz1w1Z14YqCk/s1600/0385420161.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSNpYIzNNunbyKwOcaibjRS_FiclBOnLTc73U5I_8c5LJciAYmDLxaLoHW7T_2LVDngJXCUS9LFK587xWcrKIqy66VAX-1jh3rBnzKqDse0wPPNjItPVFwGMG_zNYwJUaz1w1Z14YqCk/s1600/0385420161.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" /></a>120. <b>Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies</b> by Laura Esquivel (1989) <br /><b>Length:</b> 246 pages <br /><b>Genre:</b> Historical Fiction<br /><b>Started:</b> 12 December 2014 <br /><b>Finished:</b> 13 December 2014 <br /><b>Where did it come from?</b> From <b><a href="http://www.bookmooch.com/">Bookmooch</a> </b><br /><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile?</b> Since 21 July 2012<br /><b>Why do I have it?</b> I like historical fiction and Laura Esquivel is a new author for me. <br /><br />In turn-of-the-century Mexico, fifteen-year-old Josefita de la Garza - nicknamed Tita - lives on the family ranch with her mother Mama Elena, and her two older sisters - Rosaura and Gertrudis. According to family tradition, Tita - as the youngest daughter of an affluent rancher - must never marry but stay home and take care of her mother until she dies. For Tita, this family tradition is restricting and very old-fashioned - but as much as she hates it, Tita is still bound by that tradition. Instead, she turns all her pent-up desire toward cooking - expressing herself through the food that she prepares.<br /><br />When Tita falls in love with her next door neighbor Pedro - and he with her - Tita's tyrannical mother steps in and invokes family tradition, denying Pedro's request for her youngest daughter's hand in marriage. Instead, Mama Elena offers Pedro the hand of her daughter Rosaura and, in order to stay close to Tita, Pedro accepts her offer. And so the story spans the next twenty-two years, detailing Tita and Pedro's unconsummated passion for each other; as well as their bittersweet and complicated romance.<br /><br />I must say that I debated with myself whether or not to read this, but in the end I'm so glad that I chose to read it. Mareena had gotten the book for me as a 'just because' gift for July of 2012 - but having watched the 1992 movie with one of her friends a while ago - she wasn't too sure if I would actually want to read it. So, the book languished on my TBR pile for a little over two years.<br /><br />I actually enjoyed this book very much. I found that the story was whimsical and almost fairytale-like in places. It was really quite captivating to me, and I give this book an <b>A+!</b><br /><br /><b>A+! - (96-100%) </b><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</b></span><br /><br /><br /><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSNpYIzNNunbyKwOcaibjRS_FiclBOnLTc73U5I_8c5LJciAYmDLxaLoHW7T_2LVDngJXCUS9LFK587xWcrKIqy66VAX-1jh3rBnzKqDse0wPPNjItPVFwGMG_zNYwJUaz1w1Z14YqCk/s1600/0385420161.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSNpYIzNNunbyKwOcaibjRS_FiclBOnLTc73U5I_8c5LJciAYmDLxaLoHW7T_2LVDngJXCUS9LFK587xWcrKIqy66VAX-1jh3rBnzKqDse0wPPNjItPVFwGMG_zNYwJUaz1w1Z14YqCk/s1600/0385420161.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-RKbV6fhwSvg%2FVIz5pQtimeI%2FAAAAAAAADt4%2FTZUP4NPHC0M%2Fs1600%2F0385420161.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSNpYIzNNunbyKwOcaibjRS_FiclBOnLTc73U5I_8c5LJciAYmDLxaLoHW7T_2LVDngJXCUS9LFK587xWcrKIqy66VAX-1jh3rBnzKqDse0wPPNjItPVFwGMG_zNYwJUaz1w1Z14YqCk/s1600/0385420161.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" -->Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-87922732331110622982014-12-11T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.872-05:00Tami Hoag - Deeper Than the Dead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuswT6NXSAD7DPAOkFB8mMKSEKuJ2C8KewEujo7VwXKRJQJhdtbmn1I1CkVLMZnoNCaYAZzx3L3MABeP5NyGpouad1Gq82LWwisbS0bfXjG6S0x-yIbr7gnrJOwLud6JCnX5n7xesF6Z4/s1600/0451230531.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuswT6NXSAD7DPAOkFB8mMKSEKuJ2C8KewEujo7VwXKRJQJhdtbmn1I1CkVLMZnoNCaYAZzx3L3MABeP5NyGpouad1Gq82LWwisbS0bfXjG6S0x-yIbr7gnrJOwLud6JCnX5n7xesF6Z4/s1600/0451230531.01._SX140_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a></div>119. <b>Deeper Than the Dead</b> by <a href="http://tamihoag.com/">Tami Hoag</a> (2009)<br /><i>The Oak Knoll Series</i> Book 1<br /><b>Length:</b> 542 pages<br /><b>Genre:</b> Contemporary Mystery<br /><b>Started:</b> 9 December 2014<br /><b>Finished:</b> 11 December 2014<br /><b>Where did it come from?</b> From my mailman's wife who was getting rid of some books.<br /><b>How long has it been on my TBR pile?</b> Since 7 September 2014<br /><b>Why do I have it?</b> I like contemporary mysteries and Tami Hoag is a new author for me. <br /><br />California, 1985 - Four children - running through the woods behind their middle school - literally stumble upon a gruesome discovery. Partially buried in a shallow grave and covered by wet leaves is the body of a young woman, her eyes and mouth glued shut. Close behind the children is their teacher, Anne Navarre, shocked by this discovery and heartbroken for her students as she witnesses the end of their innocence. What she doesn't realize is that this discovery will also effectively mark the end of innocence for the entire community of Oak Knoll, as the ties that bind both friends and families are tested by the secrets uncovered in the wake of an apparent serial killer's escalating activity.<br /><br />FBI investigator Vince Leone, fresh from a law enforcement course at FBI headquarters, is tasked with interpreting those recently revealed secrets. He's using a new technique known as profiling - to develop a theory of the case; a strategy that pulls him ever deeper into the lives of the four children, and brings him closer to the young teacher whose own interest in recent events becomes as intense as his own.<br /><br />As each new victim is found and the media scrutiny of the investigation intensifies around them, both Investigator Leone and Ms. Navarre wonder if those who suffer the most are the victims themselves - or the family and friends of the killer, blissfully unaware that someone very close to them is actually a cunning, calculating psychopath; capable of such horrific brutality.<br /><br />I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The plot was very exciting and dramatic; jam-packed with action, and filled with enough twists and turns to grab my attention right from the beginning. I was completely engrossed by the story and found that it just wouldn't let me go.<br /><br />Despite having one or two books by Tami Hoag on my bookshelf already - although I don't think I could tell you where either book actually is at the moment - <i><b>Deeper Than the Dead</b></i> by Tami Hoag is the first book that I've read by this author. I would give <i><b>Deeper Than the Dead</b></i> a definite <b>A+!</b> and will certainly keep my eyes open for more thrillers by Ms. Hoag to read in the future.<br /><br /><b>A+! - (96-100%)</b><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</b></span>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526275555778867606.post-51051358276399511462014-12-09T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-14T13:30:53.886-05:00Scott Spencer - A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6q0qVBI5Ft7IEatQfDOr7pfHhPY_Ij-c-AvNq5tZytMwyWZco9_xDmbshoLosJsFzu0liRbTSWYfgPlvR_aNA-BvoR4dSkxjeodNvWu0WaKaqVWrxlkORHYUQH3lFHTVRoM7wM78bWJY/s1600/0d55994f50819bc5935514b5067434d414f4141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6q0qVBI5Ft7IEatQfDOr7pfHhPY_Ij-c-AvNq5tZytMwyWZco9_xDmbshoLosJsFzu0liRbTSWYfgPlvR_aNA-BvoR4dSkxjeodNvWu0WaKaqVWrxlkORHYUQH3lFHTVRoM7wM78bWJY/s1600/0d55994f50819bc5935514b5067434d414f4141.jpg" height="200" width="137" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Reread. <b>A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel </b>by Scott Spencer (2003)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Length: </b>352 pages</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Genre: </b>Contemporary Fiction</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Originally Read: </b>9 August 2013</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Reread Finished: </b>9 December 2014 </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where did it come from? </b></span></span>Originally from a Library Book Sale, then from my "posted" shelf.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Although I acquired this book from a Library Book Sale that Mareena and I went to in October of 2007, I actually read it for the first time in August of 2013 - from August 6th to August 9th, 2013. I had just finished reading Scott Spencer's <i><b>Preservation Hall </b></i>and was just putting the book on my "posted" shelf, thinking that I would reread <i><b>A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel</b></i> sometime in the very near future. The next day I went looking for the book, thinking that it would actually take me several days to find it. Boy, was I mistaken! - I laid my hand on it right away; it almost seemed like rereading <i><b>A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel </b></i>by Scott Spencer was meant to be.</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">I reread <i><b>A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel </b></i>by Scott Spencer in December of 2014. It only took me three days to read - from December 6th to December 9th, 2014. I've since reposted this book on all the swapping sites that we belong to, so perhaps someone else will want to read it.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span> </span></span> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight</span></b>Rosefirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118528714282450961noreply@blogger.com0