Friday, August 3, 2012

"The White Horse" by Alex Adams


The White Horse by Alex Adams is the first of a series with incredible twists and turns! Zoe works at Pope Pharmaceuticals. When she finds out that people are dying from White Horse and the mice are dying too at her company, she knows it is trouble. Zoe wants to save herself and her loved ones so heads to do just that. This book goes back before White Horse overtook the land and afterward with a Ultra Fantastic Ending!! What exactly is White Horse you ask? You will have to read the book to find out. Can’t wait for book 2! I’m not sure this book is for everyone, but I enjoyed it a lot!
(Gerard's review, rating: 5+)

Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. Happy Reading!

Thursday, August 2, 2012

"Tell The Wolves I'm Home" by Carol Rifka Brunt

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt tells the story of a young teen girl whose beloved uncle passes away.  Then, she finds love and understanding from the last person she would think she would.  I loved the byplay between the two sisters which I think is the best part of the book.  This is a feel good story that you may enjoy.
(Gerard's review) 

Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. Happy Reading!


Wednesday, August 1, 2012

"Unspeakable" by Sandra Brown

Unspeakable by Sandra Brown is an interesting novel because it has three main story lines and I only guessed the ending of one of them.  The first is the two escaped convicts Carl and Myron, who can’t even stay out of trouble until meeting up with Carl’s brother.  This bunch is mean!  Another interesting story line is about the newly retired policeman, Ezzy and his preoccupation with an unsolved crime from 22 years ago.  The third is about a deaf/voluntary mute widow, Anna, and her 5-yr-old son, David who live with her father-in-law on a ranch.  Shortly after Carl and Myron escape from prison, John Sawyer, a drifter, suspiciously arrives to offer to be their ranch hand.  Although he is a good worker and eventually Anna begins to fall for him, something just seems off about him.

This book is very well written too; it was easy to follow the different story lines and keep characters straight.  I liked the character development which gave this book a realistic flavor and the fact that everything was explained in the end and there are no loose ends.  Unspeakable is packed with humor, action, suspense, romance which mix together making this a really good read that kept my attention throughout!    I highly recommend it.

Sample of humor:  Ezzy, the forced retired cop’s description of a cruise:
She also had mentioned a cruise.  He couldn’t think of anything worse than being stranded on a ship with a bunch of strangers and a hyperactive crew determined to see that he had a good time doing things he didn’t want to do.

Sample of mean:  They had left the sisters resting in peace at the bottom of their water well with bullets in their heads.

Sample of action and suspenseJack grabbed David’s hand and thrashed through the shallow water to shore.  “Quick, put your shoes on.  Get your clothes.”  Jack scrambled into his jeans and picked up his boots.  The triangle had stopped clanging, but Anna wouldn’t have used the emergency signal just for the hell of it.   

Sample of romance:   His arms tensed, tightening the embrace.  Then, pressing her lips with his, he kissed her.
He thought Oh, Lord, oh, Lord, because her mouth was very soft and so sweet and temptingly receptive.
Moments later, it was he who initiated the exchange of tongues, but she responded favorably.

(Karen's review)

Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. Happy Reading!

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Tuesday Teasers: "Between the Lines"-"Unspeakable"


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should  Be Reading. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just do the following
  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on  that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away!   You don’t  want  to  ruin the  book for others!)
  • Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can  add the book to their TBR  Lists  if they  like your teaser.   
Gerard's:
"You may be real, but you're still stuck in a book."
"That's why I need you're help."
From page 57 of Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer  (Gerard's review was posted yesterday)


Karen's:
Her skin had looked soft and smooth, a striking contrast to his hairy chest and legs. He had felt like a gorilla hulking over a butterfly.
From page 259 of Unspeakable by Sandra Brown. (This book has romance, action and suspense so was hard to choose a teaser--I went with the romance one.) My review of it should be posted tomorrow nigh.

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Monday, July 30, 2012

"Between The Lines" by Jodi Picoult/Samantha Van Leer

Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer is a fun fantasy read. Did you ever read a book and think to yourself "I wish that character was a real person I could talk to"? Sure you have. Well, in this book a young teen girl reads a children's fairy tale book and falls hard for the young prince. Together they hatch a plan to meet! Yes, I said together. How is that possible? You will have to read the book to find out. I got into this right away and especially liked the conversations between the girl and the prince. I enjoyed this one very much!
 (Gerard's review, rating: 5+ stars)

Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. Happy Reading!

We are donating 50 cents for each legitimate comment we receive on all our blogs during June and July to The Wounded Warrior Project which helps wounded warriors and their families returning from current conflicts.
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