Monday, May 31, 2010

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Book 67
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Read May30/10 - May31/10
4/5
A series of essays about Davids move to Normandy France mixed in with anecdotes of his childhood.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Midsummer Magic by Catherine Coulter

Book 66
Midsummer Magic by Catherine Coulter
Read May28/10 - May30/10
3/5
Phillip (Hawk) Hawksbury, the Earl of Rothermere, must marry one of the daughters of the Earl of Ruthven, due to an old debt incurred by his father. He chooses Francis Kilbracken, thinking that she would be easily manageable and easily forgotten due to her dowdy appearance and dull coutenance. But Hawk soon learns her true nature.

The Husband List by Victoria Alexander

Book 65
The Husband List by Victoria Alexander
Read May26/10 - May28/10
4/5
Lady Gillian has only two months until her birthday to marry and claim her inheritance. The problem is that she has to convince Lord Shelbrooke that the marriage would be beneficial to both of them. Richard Shelton, aforementioned Lord, agrees but on his own terms.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

Book 64
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
Read May22/10 - May26/10
4/5
Elizabeth Woodville is an extraordianry beauty who captures the attention of the usurper to the throne, Edward. While Elizabeth rises to the demands of her newly appointed position her two sons become central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians. The two missing princes in the tower of London.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Stolen by Kelley Armstrong

Book 63
Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
Read May22/10 - May22/10
1/5
Elena Michaels, the only female werewolf known, is a target for a obsessed billionaire who is collecting supernatural beings for his experiments. Her and the pack team up with the Vampires, Shamans and Witches to help bring down the billionaire.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Book 62
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Read May20/10 - May22/10
5/5
Bod Owens lives in a graveyard with his ghostly parents and a mysterious figure who lives inbetween the living and dead. There he is safe from the dark figure known as Jack, who has killed his living family and is searching for him.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Book 61
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Read May16/10 - May20/10
5/5
Jeannette Walls tells the story of her life growing up on the road with her family. Living in one poor mining town to the next, she finds adventure and hardships. With a non comformist mother and an alcoholic father, Jeannette learns to fend for herself at an early age.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

The Wedding Bargain by Victoria Alexander

Book 60
The Wedding Bargain by Victoria Alexander
Read May14/10 - May16/10
4/5
Pandora Effington has vowed never to marry unless it is for love. Coming into her seventh season on the marriage mart, she is known as the Hellion of Grosvenor Square, a title she relishes.
The Earl Of Trent has his eyes and heart set on wedding the infamous Hellion and will do anything to get her hand.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Book 59
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Read May12/10 - May14/10
3/5
Leisel Meminger's life has been turned upside down. Her mother leaves her with foster parents and her younger brother has died. While at the funeral, she finds the grave digger's handbook, her first act of book theivary. From then on, Leisal starts stealing books from Nazi book burnings, the mayors wife's library, wherever books are to be found.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

My Wicked Marquess by Gaelen Foley

Book 58
My Wicked Marquess by Gaelen Foley
Read May9/10 - May11/10
3/5
The Marquess of Rotherstone has decided it's time to get married. His connections to the Inferno Club has sullied his bad name. He vows to marry an upstanding girl to get back his good name.
Daphne Starling is not that upstanding girl. A jilted suiter has been ruining her reputation.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Book 57
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Read May8/10 - May9/10
2/5
Tally Youngblood can't wait for her 16th birthday. That's when she turns pretty...an operation that everyone receives on their 16th birthday. But Tally's new friend Shay doesn't want the operation and runs away. The authorities offer Tally a choice, turn her friend in or never turn pretty.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Strawberry Fields by Marina Lewycka

Book 56
Strawberry Fields by Marina Lewycka
Read May4/10 - May8/10
1/5
Migrant workers from eastern europe and China, are hired over a summer to pick strawberries in England. Their living conditions consist of two trailer homes, one for men and the other for women. They are supervised, and exploited by Farmer Leaping.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The Birth Of Venus by Sarah Dunant

Book 55
The Birth Of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Read May1/10 - May3/10
4/5
A young painter is commissioned to paint the chapel of Alessandra Cecchi's family palazzo. His talent intoxicates her, for she has a hand for drawing as well. Amid this, Florence is threatened by hellfire brought by the monk Savonarola.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Into The Wilderness by Sara Donati

Book 54
Into The Wilderness by Sara Donati
Read Apr28/10 - May1/10
2/5
Elizabeth Middleton leaves England to find her freedom in a remote New York settlement. She soon finds that her father has different plans for her involving a man and her fathers vast land ownership. But Elizabeth has her heart set on the man who has been raised by the Native Americans and who her family doesn't approves of.