Love to read....

For anyone who may read here and not Lori's Reading Corner, which I highly doubt is a possibility, but hey, you never know!!!  Check out her post on Monday, for an awesome chance to win free books!!!  :)  And of course check out her book recommendations, she's got the scoop on the good stuff!!!  :)

Here is my list so far for the year, I will list them monthly from here on out!!!  :)

Books I've read: 2008

1. Secret Santa by Sabrina James  **
2. Stripped by Brian Freeman
3. This Pen For Hire: A Jaine Austen Mystery by Laura Levine  **
4. Kissing Snowflakes by Abby Sher  **
5. Leftovers by Laura Wiess  **
6. The Royal Treatment by MaryJanice Davidson
7. One Last Breath by Laura Griffin   **
8. The Abortionist's Daughter by Elisabeth Hyde  **
9. The Worst Thing I've Done: A Novel by Ursula Hegi  **
10. Charmed to Death (Ophelia & Abby, Book 2) by Shirley Damsgaard
11. Spying in High Heels by Gemma Halliday  **
12. The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even by Julie Kenner
13. The Samms Agenda by Alison Kent

1. Trick My Truck But Don't Mess With My Heart by LuAnn McLane
2. St. Patrick's Day Murder (Lucy Stone Mystery) by Leslie Meier
3. Code Name Cassandra by Jenny Carroll
4. 7th Heaven (Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
5. The Royal Pain (Alaskan Royal Family, Book 2) by MaryJanice Davidson
6. Killing Fear: A Novel of Suspense by Allison Brennan  **
7. What Lies in Shadow by Tina Wainscott  **
8. Really Something by Shirley Jump
9. Snowed In by Rachel Hawthorne  **
10. Wild Ride by LuAnn McLane
11. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
12. Dangerous Curves Ahead: Short Stories by Pat Ballard  **
13. At Wicks End (Prime Crime Mysteries) by Tim Myers  **

1. Stalked by Brian Freeman
2. Good Ghouls Do by Julie Kenner
3. Whistling In the Dark by Lesley Kagen  **
4. Are You Scared Yet? by Hunter Morgan  **
5. A Murderous Glaze (Clay and Crime Mysteries, No. 1) by Melissa Glazer  **
6. What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman  **
7. Anatomy of a Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky  **
8. Snuffed Out by Tim Myers
9. Knock Off by Rhonda Pollero  **
10. The Royal Mess by MaryJanice Davidson
11. Safe House (1-800-Where-R-You) by Meg Cabot
12. Gossip Girl #7: Nobody Does It Better by Cecily von Ziegesar
13. Love on the Lifts by Rachel Hawthorne
14. Gossip Girl #8: Nothing Can Keep Us Togethe by Cecily von Ziegesar
15. Sanctuary (1-800-Where-R-You) by Meg Cabot

April

1. Murder on the Mind: A Jeff Resnick Mystery by L.L. Bartlett  **
2. 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover by Linda Wisdom  **
3. Death Waxed Over by Tim Myers
4. Lime Ricky by Jill Winters
5. Knee High by the Fourth of July by Jess Lourey
6. The Kitchen Witch (The Accidental Witch Trilogy, Book 1) by Annette Blair
7. Missing You (1-800-Where-R-You, Book 5) by Meg Cabot
8. A Flicker of Doubt: A Candlemaking Mystery by Tim Myers
9. Double Abduction by Chris Beakey  **
10. Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires, Book 1) by Rachel Caine 
11. Book for my Blurb Swap
    

Seriously, I can't believe how bad I have been about keeping up here, it's just not right!!!!

I really am going to try my best to keep up here from now on!!!!

Has it really been almost a year since I have posted ANYTHING here!!!!!!!!!!

I highly doubt anyone will even be by to read what I'm writing, but that's ok, it's good to just get it out every once in awhile!!!!!!!!!  hahaha

Well, I have read TONS of books since I last posted, but will not bore anyone with the titles.  But I will try very hard to continue to post about books I am currently reading!!!!  :)

Today I am reading:

Killing Fear: A Novel of Suspense

Nineteen Minutes: A novel

I just couldn't get into Your Oasis on Flame Lake right now.  It's not that it's not a great book, I do want to read it, I just can't get into it right now!!!!!  :(

So I moved on and read a book I can't reveal yet as it's for a swap over on PBS and I haven't revealed it yet.  It was pretty good, but I think if it hadn't come on the heels of Bet Me, I probably would have enjoyed it more!!!!

Last night I finished reading Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult.  Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!  Picoult is a riveting storyteller who never ceases to hold ones interest with her controversial plots.  The fact that I have children (albeit small ones right now) I couldn't help but keep thinking about them in the situations of the book.  She writes so realisitcally that it was easy to imagine such a thing.  Because of this the book had me in tears for a good portion of it, but it also made me more aware of this situation.  It's real, it has happened before.   Yes, the book is fiction, but the subject matter does not have to be.

Anyway, it just really hit home for me, and I know that I will try my hardest to have my kids be kind and understanding, as much as a mother can.    The book truly touched my heart!!!! 

So I've been slacking a bit here!!!!  Woops!!!!!  My most recently read books are:

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Bet Me

And I am currently reading: 

Your Oasis on Flame Lake (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

Christmas Cookie Murder: A Lucy Stone Mystery (Lucy Stone Mysteries (Paperback))

I am really enjoying this series by Leslie Meier!!!!!  I find the books getting better as I read more of them, and am glad I decided to concentrate on only 2 cozy series at a time!!!!  I feel I am getting more out of them, than when I was just reading them randomly!!!!  I am finding that I am remembering more about each character and am not having as much trouble remember who's who, and what's what!!!!! 

This particular series I really love because Lucy Stone is a hoot, and I really enjoy reading about her and her family.  I highly recommend this series!!!!!  :)