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author: Charlotte Connors
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2008
rating: 1
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/19/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:

]]> 15458000 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:01:54 -0700
author: Donna Tartt
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1992
rating: 5
read at: 01/08
date added: 08/18/08
shelves: 2008-book-list, favoriteauthors, myfavorites
review:
One of my all-time favorite books. I just love the feel and tone of this novel. I can taste the booze, I can smell the cigarettes...it always makes me want to drink, smoke and dress in good clothing. This is about my 4th reading of The Secret History. It gets better each time. The narrator is so great and I secretly love him. What is it about? It's about Greek tragedy, groups of friends that know better, very smart people who know better, autumn, winter, spring thaw, love, hate, booze, cigarettes and murder. My favorite part is the narrator staying behind during winter break and almost freezing to death in his "rental" Goddamn I love that...the act of trying to find someplace warm to stay, right up until the last minute...and shaking so hard with cold that you just fall asleep, exhausted. LOVE it. I bought it when it first came out, and it had that lovely clear plastic cover. I lent it out...never got it back. I finally found a first edition at my used book store, however, it does not have the plastic covering:::snif::::I'd be willing to buy another first edition..WITH the plastic covering. I think I re-read this book every year and every year I find more things to love about it.
]]> 29860294 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:58:27 -0700
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2005
rating: 2
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/18/08
shelves: 2008-book-list, vampirelit
review:

]]> 28506280 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:06:42 -0700
author: Jana Kohl
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/15/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:

]]> 29859965 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:36:53 -0700
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2004
rating: 3
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/11/08
shelves: 2008-book-list, vampirelit
review:

]]> 29158599 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:20:38 -0700
author: Stephanie Klein
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/06/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:

]]> 23559529 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:48:13 -0700
The Jacob story line of leaving Sam's pack and becoming an alpha...very cool...Seth and Leah, very cool. Imprinting on the abomination? Not so cool. WRONG. Disgusting and wrong. On many levels.

Meeting and learning about the other vampires was very interesting...and let's face it, it would have been more interesting if they played more of a roll in the story...(like I thought it was going to be...I thought Tanya was going to have some sort of hold upon Edward) Oh well.

Other things I hated:

Renesme - WTF?! That right there is what we call in fanfiction world as BAD and just plain BAD.
The cottage (barf)
The whole honeymoon..awful.
Edward gnawing away to get the abomination out of Bella :gah: I think I threw up in my mouth a little.
Not delving into how Rosalie feels about the whole baby thing
The birth itself...horrendous. (Don't write about the actual sex act but have a detailed graphic birthing scene...yeah,that makes sense. This may be a good thing for teens, however...I'd NEVER want to give birth after reading BD.

I'll probably think of more in the days to come.

Do yourself a favor...like other people have advised...stop at Book 3. ]]>
author: Stephenie Meyer
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2008
rating: 1
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/04/08
shelves: 2008-book-list, vampirelit
review:
What? Huh??? I'm just stunned...what was Stephanie Meyer thinking? The Twilight series is a series about young love that is not meant to be...when did it turn into a straight out horror/gore novel? Don't get me wrong, I love horror stories...but not when it's placed in a young adult love story. I know the average reader of Twilight is not a horror/fantasy genre lover. That is not what is expected from Twilight. What IS expected is love, handsome vampires and angst. Not strange alien birth and gross out moments of distended bellies. Sitcoms "Jump the Shark" when they "bring in a kid". Brady Bunch, Growing Pains, on and on. Gross. Well...Twilight has "jumped the shark".

The Jacob story line of leaving Sam's pack and becoming an alpha...very cool...Seth and Leah, very cool. Imprinting on the abomination? Not so cool. WRONG. Disgusting and wrong. On many levels.

Meeting and learning about the other vampires was very interesting...and let's face it, it would have been more interesting if they played more of a roll in the story...(like I thought it was going to be...I thought Tanya was going to have some sort of hold upon Edward) Oh well.

Other things I hated:

Renesme - WTF?! That right there is what we call in fanfiction world as BAD and just plain BAD.
The cottage (barf)
The whole honeymoon..awful.
Edward gnawing away to get the abomination out of Bella :gah: I think I threw up in my mouth a little.
Not delving into how Rosalie feels about the whole baby thing
The birth itself...horrendous. (Don't write about the actual sex act but have a detailed graphic birthing scene...yeah,that makes sense. This may be a good thing for teens, however...I'd NEVER want to give birth after reading BD.

I'll probably think of more in the days to come.

Do yourself a favor...like other people have advised...stop at Book 3.
]]> 25955145 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:32:51 -0700
author: Sloane Crosley
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2008
rating: 2
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/17/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:
The author comes from a new generation of essayists which is just a bit too young for my taste, I guess. Some of the essays were very insightful, witty and funny, but a few rambled on and needed a bit of editing. The wedding essay was just a bit annoying...just say NO for GOD SAKES! But that NO may come with age.
]]> 25954823 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:56:25 -0700
author: David Sedaris
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/30/08
shelves: 2008-book-list, favoriteauthors
review:

]]> 17123793 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:51:48 -0700
author: Marie Phillips
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at: 04/08
date added: 06/02/08
shelves: started-it--couldn-t-finish-it
review:

]]> 22762453 Thu, 22 May 2008 12:37:37 -0700
author: Kurt Vonnegut
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2008
rating: 2
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/22/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:
One of my favorite writers (RIP, Kurt!) on one of my LEAST favorite subjects, war. However, that said, if I'm going to read about war, I want to read about it from a humanist point of view...and what better writer than Vonnegut for that! A few of these stories are completely unforgettable, however the ones that stick around are worth the time. The one about a furniture maker and a desk is particulary good.
]]> 21934029 Fri, 09 May 2008 10:58:58 -0700
author: Dan Kennedy
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2008
rating: 2
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/09/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 18977055 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:08:56 -0700
author: Kelley Armstrong
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2004
rating: 1
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/23/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:

]]> 18543361 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:06:24 -0700
author: Matt Ruff
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/23/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:
A strange and wonderful book. What the HECK was this book about? It was about good and evil. In this novel, who is good...who is evil? I'm not even sure! It reminded me a big of 12 Monkeys (simian reference just a coininkydink or IS it?) Jane Charlotte is a woman apprehended for murder and is held for psychiatric review...she says she is a member of a secret organization, The Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons, whose sole purpose is to kill "Bad Monkey's"...people who are evil, mainly pedophiles. As the doctor reviews her case file, "Jane" takes us back through her indocturnation as an agent and tells of her relationship with her brother Phil, who may or may not have been abducted as a child. The twists and turns are fun and what I wouldn't give for a gun that fires coronary infarctions.
]]> 18083295 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:26:13 -0700
author: Dean Koontz
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/02/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:
Another book in Koontz "Golden Angels" series (my take, not official!) These books touch my heart and at times make me bawl like a baby...not so much from the writing (but that does play a part) but because I am a rescuer of animals and I saw a lot of myself in the character of Amy. Great story of intrigue but so much like "One Door Away from Heaven" I think Koontz should sue himself for plagiarism Sometimes this took me out of the story. Another criticism is that the villian "Billy Pilgrim" (yeah, I know) belongs in another book. This was clearly a tribute to Kurt Vonnegut and all the HiHo and "So it goes" kinda took me out of the moment. I am a huge Vonnegut fan and I didn't really think this tribute to him went with the flow of this particular narrative. THAT SAID, my take on it is that Vonnegut was a Humanist and this book is all about man being kind (or cruel) to man and all creatures and how we have choices to make(again, my take) and I can easily see how Vonnegut's view of things influence Koontz. All in all, a really solid read. Koontz is a beautiful writer who really doesn't get enough credit because of certain genres he is placed in. A very solid story with great characters. (spoiler ahead) I LOVE the nun phone call. Very nice touch.
]]> 18544682 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:36:54 -0700
author: Kelley Armstrong
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2004
rating: 2
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/30/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:
An original take on the werewolf "tail". VERY slow in the beginning but all in all a well-written book.
]]> 15536238 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:12:12 -0700
author: Christopher Moore
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2003
rating: 3
read at: 06/03
date added: 03/20/08
shelves:
review:
What could be weirder than reading about a young Jesus and his best friend Biff? How about reading about aliens living inside a whale? How does that do it for you? Again, this is a book that I think about every now and again...when I went to the movie, "The Life Aquatic" I thought of this book. Just fun, weird and very much my cup o'tea.
]]> 16674865 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:37:20 -0700
author: David Wellington
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/19/08
shelves: 2008-book-list, zombielit
review:

]]> 17126832 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:36:13 -0700
Each "voice" tells the tale of Oscar, a Dominican nerd who lives in New Jersey. He is fat, ugly and a virgin....yet this doomed nerd loves woman, loves the concept of love and wants it sooo badly, it ends up being the death of him. When Oscar realizes that the fuku (curse) on his family could be VERY real, he utters the word phonetically...you just KNOW it is the end of the story for Oscar.

During the course of the book, you learn the history of Oscar's family and it is very entertaining. Filled with family, betrayal, revenge, dictatorships, violence, sex, love, brutal beatings...it's a tale as old as time. But with footnotes.

I'm telling you, read this book if only for the footnotes.

A great tale. ]]>
author: Junot Díaz
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/19/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:
There are books that always stay with me...."The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" has just joined that rank. How many different ways are there to write a book? You'd think by now, every way/option would have been covered. Well, Junot Diaz has had his way with the written word and it's original. A brilliant tale told through different view points, along with footnotes from the "author" (my favorite). These footnotes are morality tales, history lessons, comedy routines or just plain ol' asides which are, most of the time, hilarious. I want a whole book of footnotes.

Each "voice" tells the tale of Oscar, a Dominican nerd who lives in New Jersey. He is fat, ugly and a virgin....yet this doomed nerd loves woman, loves the concept of love and wants it sooo badly, it ends up being the death of him. When Oscar realizes that the fuku (curse) on his family could be VERY real, he utters the word phonetically...you just KNOW it is the end of the story for Oscar.

During the course of the book, you learn the history of Oscar's family and it is very entertaining. Filled with family, betrayal, revenge, dictatorships, violence, sex, love, brutal beatings...it's a tale as old as time. But with footnotes.

I'm telling you, read this book if only for the footnotes.

A great tale.
]]> 3191464 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:49:03 -0800
author: Michael Chabon
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2004
rating: 2
read at: 05/06
date added: 03/07/08
shelves: 2006booklist, favoriteauthors
review:
I love Michael Chabon and this was one book of his that I haven’t read. I picked up it at Gotham Books in Manhattan and couldn’t wait to read it…even though it was a book for *kids*. I was disappointed in a way. It was a fantastic tale of *other levels of existence* that just rang flat for me. Here is what Amazon says: The setting is Clam Island, Washington, specifically the area on the western tip of the island known as the Summerlands, which enjoys zero rainfall and yearlong fine weather. Ethan Feld, a self-described really bad ball player, is recruited by a 100-year-old scout called Mr. Chiron "Ringfinger" Brown. Ethan is needed to help the ferishers, essentially fairies, to save their world from eradication. On the great infinite tree of worlds, Summerland is on the boundary between two such worlds, and a particularly destructive fairy called Coyote and his band of warriors are nearby and threatening to destroy everything. Other people have called this an American version of Narnia. Um. No. Not even close…however, if you love baseball and tales of Bigfoot and fairies, this book is for you! Come on Mr. Chabon, dazzle me! Book #24 of my 2006 Book List, finished reading it on 5-23-06.
]]> 17123687 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:33:06 -0800
author: David Wellington
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 02/08
date added: 03/05/08
shelves: 2008-book-list, vampirelit
review:
I really wanted to read Monster Island; however, I couldn't find it at any of my local book stores. I picked up 99 Coffins instead. I enjoyed the back and forth between the past and the present. It was fun because I live in the Central PA area where this book takes place. If fact, I just had lunch at the Spring House Tavern in Gettysburg, the scene of a showdown near the end of 99 Coffins. Very cool. What a great use of history and legend. Horrible things happens in war. Horrible things happened in Gettysburg. Vampires just seem like a logical by-product.
]]> 16496024 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:23:06 -0800
author: Stewart O'Nan
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/29/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:

]]> 15457959 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:40:16 -0800
author: Jim Butcher
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/27/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:
This Dresden File book was "okay" but I think it needed just a bit more editing. I'll read the rest of the series, but I hope the others are just a bit cleaner.
]]> 15536088 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:15:48 -0800
author: Douglas Coupland
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 07/03
date added: 02/15/08
shelves:
review:
I remember that when I read this, I realized that Douglas Coupland was growing older and I was growing older with him. It was a mature version of "himself" and I really appreciated that at the time. Another book that I would love to re-read.
]]> 15535972 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:13:52 -0800
author: Douglas Coupland
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1994
rating: 3
read at: 03/94
date added: 02/15/08
shelves:
review:
This is a book that takes me back to a certain time in my life that I really enjoyed. I was in my late 20's and working in a job I really enjoyed. This book and it's stories were like short bursts of energy for me and was a precurser to the glory that was Microserfs.
]]> 15535961 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:11:49 -0800
author: Douglas Coupland
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1994
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 02/15/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 15535724 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:11:25 -0800
author: Douglas Coupland
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.40
book published: 1998
rating: 4
read at: 03/98
date added: 02/15/08
shelves: favoriteauthors, myfavorites
review:
Girlfriend in a Coma is one of those books that I reference all the time in my head....I'll think about bits of this book while reading other books about "the end of the world" I especially like the part about the gang visiting the abandoned grocery store. I thought about that part when I was reading "The Road" in 2006. It's also a book that I can always re-read and it doesn't feel dated. Douglas Coupland is always so soothing to me, like a talking to a good friend.
]]> 15535614 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:07:47 -0800
author: Douglas Coupland
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1991
rating: 3
read at: 01/94
date added: 02/15/08
shelves: favoriteauthors
review:

]]> 15535493 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:04:51 -0800
author: Osamu Tezuka
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 01/08
date added: 02/15/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:
The story of Siddhartha is one of the "Greatest Stories Ever Told"...and it happened BEFORE that other "Greatest Story Ever Told" The life of Buddha is so wonderful and makes for a great comic! And I mean that in the most respectful way possible.
]]> 15535334 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:04:31 -0800
author: Osamu Tezuka
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 01/08
date added: 02/15/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:
The story of Siddhartha is one of the "Greatest Stories Ever Told"...and it happened BEFORE that other "Greatest Story Ever Told" The life of Buddha is so wonderful and makes for a great comic! And I mean that in the most respectful way possible.
]]> 15535082 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:00:52 -0800
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 01/08
date added: 02/15/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:
Book 3 of the Harper Connelly Mystery series by Charlaine Harris. An okay read...Harper, to me, is just a rehash of Sookie Stackhouse, Charlaine's Southern Vampire heroine. All of Charlaine's characters are pulled out of the same bag of tricks, so to speak. I'd like to see her write something a bit different...but hey, it seems to be working and she has a strong fan base.
]]> 15534434 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:57:07 -0800
author: Dean Koontz
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2002
rating: 4
read at: 01/08
date added: 02/15/08
shelves: 2008-book-list, myfavorites
review:
I had a great time with this wonderful story. A story about love, redemption, terror, dogs and aliens. That is quite the package! A little boy (little alien to be precise) is running from a pack of assassins. His traveling companion is his dog "Old Yeller" who is neither old nor "yeller" Who they meet along the way is just half the adventure. Their tale intersects with that of handicapped wise acre Leilani Klonk who just may be killed by her step-father on her next birthday and Michelina Bellsong, a lost soul just out of prison. How do all these stories interweave? That was the fun part! I love the message at the end...even though some people may find it a bit schmaltzy.
]]> 15457598 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:54:30 -0800
author: Toni L.P. Kelner
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/14/08
shelves: 2008-book-list, vampirelit
review:
A great anthology of nice little vampire stories with a birthday theme. Some were very good and I want to seek out more stories, others, not so much. Rachel Caine's story was VERY good and I can't wait to read more of her work. I got some very good author leads from this mix of stories. Charlaine Harris' Sookie story kind of fell flat for me...
]]> 15457368 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:50:42 -0800
author: Jim Butcher
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2000
rating: 2
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/14/08
shelves: 2008-book-list
review:
My introduction to the Dredsden story was in "Many Bloody Returns" a book of vampire shorts. I thought it was snappy, witty and very well written. So I borrowed this, the first book in the series, from the library. It was "okay"...but I found myself wishing it would move itself along. I think the pacing was a bit off, but I'll give the other books a try.
]]> 3426589 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:57:19 -0700
Anyway, all in all, this was my least favorite. And I always knew Snape had his heart in a good place. It was such a blatant plot device, but for a young adult book, a good one. ]]>
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at: 07/07
date added: 08/03/07
shelves: 2007booklist
review:
I can honestly say that this is the worst of the series, in my opinion. I totally lost interest during all the "camping" scenes. OKAY already! We get it. They are on the run. I say the same thing over and over again about certain writers who are successful. You STILL need edited. Are publishers afraid to edit these successful writers? I'm kinda sick of it...and I count a few of my favorite writers in with this group. It's annoying and it's a waste of my time. What happened to Harry as far as his career, life, etc. I know that Rowling stated this information in interviews...but that doesn't work for me. It's got to be written down. Dobby's death was so sad and much was written about it...yet Fred's death was just glossed over. I don't get those choices.

Anyway, all in all, this was my least favorite. And I always knew Snape had his heart in a good place. It was such a blatant plot device, but for a young adult book, a good one.
]]> 3715050 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:52:27 -0700
author: Simon Rich
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 07/07
date added: 08/03/07
shelves: 2007booklist, myfavorites
review:
Fast and Fun. That sums up this book of quick little 2 page essays..essays about the not-so great aspects of being invisible...gotta be careful at those urinals! What WAS the ride home like for Abraham and Issac? (wanna stop for ice cream?). Just an amazingly fun read. I want more!
]]> 3425697 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:11:44 -0700
The book is also a great portrait of America in the 1950's. It reveals that families can love one another...no matter how imperfect. LOVED it. I will read more of Smith's work. ]]>
author: Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 07/07
date added: 07/31/07
shelves: 2007booklist, myfavorites
review:
What a great memoir of a girl growing up in 1953. It's not your typical 50's picture perfect family. Distance, illness and murder keep things interesting. Her autistic brother, Tyler, chews at his arm if he hears loud noises such as crying, loud talking, or laughing. If you had emotions, you had to stifle the sound...or risk Tyler going beserk. This means, the author, Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, never really gets to show her true emotions. Crying? What is that? She is also expected to take care of herself as her loving father has his hands tied with Tyler and her mother is too busy working and becoming an ace golfer. That isn't even the whole story. The book also tells the story of a murderer who kills a school mate of the author. Right in the neighborhood. The book, in odd chapters, follows the path of the murderer...basically from birth to his execution. It's fascinating and an amazing view of our judicial system.

The book is also a great portrait of America in the 1950's. It reveals that families can love one another...no matter how imperfect. LOVED it. I will read more of Smith's work.
]]> 3207514 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:26:54 -0700 Book #13 of my 2006 Book List, finished reading it on 3-3-06.]]>
author: Kim Edwards
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2005
rating: 1
read at: 03/06
date added: 07/23/07
shelves: 2006booklist
review:
This book was "okay". A doctor's wife gives birth to twins, a healthy boy and a girl with downs syndrome. Is it love that makes the doctor give up the "defective" baby? He instructs the nurse on duty to take the baby to an institution. The nurse, Caroline, cannot and on impulse, keeps the baby and raises her as her own. The doctor tells his wife that while the boy is healthy, the little girl died. The lies begin as their relationship flounders. You follow their lives...Caroline and her daughter Phoebe, living a full, loving life...the doctor and his life with an unhappy, unstable marriage with things hidden that are never said. I think the concept was wonderful...it just kinda let me down a bit. I didn't really care about these people..Caroline, surely...but that was the only story I cared about. "eh".
Book #13 of my 2006 Book List, finished reading it on 3-3-06.
]]> 3244167 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:51:57 -0700
author: Michael Chabon
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at: 09/02
date added: 07/18/07
shelves: favoriteauthors, myfavorites
review:
I have always loved books...I've always been a reader. It's a rare thing, these days, to feel and remember those first moments in your youth when you realized that you loved books and reading. This book brought that all back to me. This wasn't just a book, it was a story. A great yarn...a story that I didn't want to end. An adventure that I'll always remember and cherish. I tell everyone I know that they should read this great tale of adventure, love, friendship, loyalty, business and magic. The magic is the best part. The many stories being told in this book never get convoluted or lost. I never for one instance thought this book needed editing (which is what I think of most books). A comic book, religious, historical, romantic tale. I wish I could read it again..for the first time.
]]> 3243935 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:44:12 -0700 I love when Doctor Impossible, the villian, but the hero and narrative (one of them) of the book can't understand why he gives away too much of his evil plan when talking with people. Such a fun, witty book. ]]>
author: Austin Grossman
name: Sherrie
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 07/07
date added: 07/18/07
shelves: 2007booklist, myfavorites
review:
Pow! Whap! BAM! FUN! This book was so much fun to read. It's about a world where superheroes and villians co-exist in every day life. It's basically the dumb jocks (see heroes) against the geeky smart people (see villians). They have problems with their parents...they have problems with romance, they have problems with their bionic parts. Get behind the scenes of what really goes on in the halls of superheroes and the jungle island liars of villians. (it's cheaper to have a jungle island liar as opposed to city dwelling.) heehee.
I love when Doctor Impossible, the villian, but the hero and narrative (one of them) of the book can't understand why he gives away too much of his evil plan when talking with people. Such a fun, witty book.
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author: Charlaine Harris
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2005
rating: 2
read at: 02/06
date added: 07/18/07
shelves: 2006booklist, vampirelit
review:
Fourth in the series. Sookie finds head vampire Eric, running naked and terrified through the woods. Eric has been attacked and his memory erased by a coven of extremely powerful witches. The coven has put a bounty on his head so Sookie must hide him. Her brother Jason goes missing after seeing Eric, and Sookie finds herself in the middle of a war among vampires, witches and werewolves. Another great Sookie Stackhouse story. Fun! Book #8 of my 2005 Book List, finished reading it on 2-12-06.
]]> 3207672 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:27:49 -0700
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2003
rating: 0
read at: 02/06
date added: 07/18/07
shelves: 2006booklist, vampirelit
review:
Third in the series. Sookie’s vampire boyfriend Bill has been in another state working for the vampire Queen of Louisiana. Sookie thinks there is something fishy going on and discovers that Bill may have been kidnapped. While trying to track Bill down she ends up at a vamp nightclub called Club Dead. There, Sookie uncovers a stunning betrayal by Bill and has to decide if she’s going to help him or stake him. You will love some of the new characters in this book including Bubba, a VERY strange, vampire who just might explain all those Elvis sightings. Not the strongest in the series. Book #7 of my 2005 Book List, finished reading it on 2-6-06.
]]> 3207627 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:26:45 -0700
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2004
rating: 1
read at: 02/06
date added: 07/18/07
shelves: 2006booklist, vampirelit
review:
Second in the series. Vampires are turning up missing. Sookie goes to Dallas to interview a human who may know what is happening to the vamps. She ends up running afoul of The Fellowship of the Sun (local anti-vamp loonies) and she may become their next victim. Harris’s characters are not only interesting, but also believable in this strange world she has created. A look at intolerance and what power that it can hold over people. Book #6 of my 2005 Book List, finished reading it on 2-2-06.
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author: Lori Foster
name: Sherrie
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2004
rating: 2
read at: 01/06
date added: 07/18/07
shelves: 2006booklist
review:
A fun, fluffy way to start this years Book List! Part adventure, part romance novel. But not in a bad adventure/romance way! The angst is good, the smart-ass comments fly…the love scenes aren’t schmarmy. Julie Rose is kidnapped. Clint