false 15 111 101 true 5702322 read 3 true 2164822 currently-reading 7 true 2164821 to-read 50 false 2167124 fiction 16 false 2298688 childrens-books 11 false 2182861 sci-fi-fantasy 11 false 2167152 horror 9 false 2167147 non-fiction 6 false 2167163 biography http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79229571 to: Arrow's Fall (Heralds of Valdemar, #3) by Mercedes Lackey
bookshelves: sci-fi-fantasy
i really enjoyed this world she created, and i really enjoyed the way she wrapped up the final book in the trilogy. There were some slow parts, but that happens in most stories :) I know most folks like to critique this trilogy as being obvious that it was her first books, but i dont mind...i enjoyed the ride and had fun!
I think ill check out "By the Sword" next. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77264905 to: Arrow's Flight (Heralds of Valdemar, #2) by Mercedes Lackey
bookshelves: sci-fi-fantasy
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77264475 to: The Quilt That Walked to Golden: Women and Quilts in the Mountain West-From the Overland Trail to Contemporary Colorado (Paperback) by Sandra Dallas
bookshelves: non-fiction
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75608711 to: Arrows of the Queen (Heralds of Valdemar, #1) by Mercedes Lackey
bookshelves: sci-fi-fantasy
this was my first Mercedes Lackey book, and i really enjoyed it! I know she wrote this long before the Harry Potter books, but it really is similar (only with a female lead), so if you liked the HP books, i think you will enjoy these :) I guess i should read the other two in the series before i say "these"
enjoyable characters and a fun read :) ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40438703 to: Dune (Dune 1) by Frank Herbert
bookshelves: sci-fi-fantasy
What a fun ride...i cant believe it took me this long to finally read this book! I loved all the characters, the location, the story...fantastic! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72287791 to: A Room with a View and Howards End: (A Modern Library E-Book) by E.M. Forster
bookshelves: fiction
i tried to read this book several years ago, and just couldnt get into it. i decided to give it another try...after all, i hadnt seen the movie yet, and thought it would be fun to read the book first.
Well, im glad i stuck with it...once again, it started out really slow for me, but then it really picked up and i found i couldnt put the book down. Its hard to imagine living as they did then...the way women were treated, the pompous high society folk, the prudish ways...so it was fun to see Lucy's behavior in all of it. Im glad i gave this book another try :) ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69884686 to: Naked (Paperback) by David Sedaris
bookshelves: biography
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44029022 to: Water for Elephants (Paperback) by Sara Gruen
bookshelves: fiction
i really enjoyed this book...the story, the characters, the setting...and of course, the ending! Read this book...you wont be sorry :) A fun, light read that you will tear thru with delight! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65299374 to: Beloved (Paperback) by Toni Morrison
bookshelves: fiction
This book was very good, very dark, and very disturbing! Its about slavery and all of the horrors that entails. It took me a while to get into the style of her writing, but once i did, it was a page turner...and frightening and depressing after each page.
I wont read this book again...as i said, it was depressing...but an eye opener for sure!
A reminder of a world we never want to see repeated! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57878045 to: Treasure Island (Kingfisher Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
bookshelves: fiction
I chose to read Treasure Island for several reasons...the main one being that a previous book i read had some exciting pirate adventures, and i was having so much fun with that, i decided to stay with that theme! Besides, how did i get thru my childhood without reading this book? The story was fun and exciting, but i did find the writing a bit hard to get into sometimes. I tried to read some of it out loud to my daughter and that was a disaster! Once i got into the book, however, the writing didnt seem to bother me as much.
I imagine this would have been rather exciting to read as a child...Jim was definitely a likable character, and his crazy reaction to situations were entertaining as well. But i really enjoyed Long John Silver...what a shady, interesting and fun character he was, by thunder! Always playing the game...always the pirate :) For such a short story, it was filled with lots of excitement, and its obvious that Robert Louis Stevenson was a fan of the tropics, the seas and adventure. His travels helped to tell a thrilling story for folks that, at that time, probably couldnt even dream of those kind of places. A story well worth the read, even if just once! Pieces of eight...pieces of eight....pieces of eight...... ]]>