false 14 217 161 true 5677076 read 10 true 3976916 currently-reading 44 true 3976915 to-read 2 true 6585383 will-not-finish 51 false 4496378 library--fiction-mystery 33 false 4496383 library--fiction-fantasy 13 false 4496387 library--fiction-horror 11 false 4496405 library--fiction-romance 6 false 4496389 library--nonfiction-history 4 false 4496390 library--nonfiction-writing 4 false 4496388 library--fiction-other 3 false 4918843 library--nonfiction--craft 1 false 4918837 library--nonfiction-inspirational 1 false 4918860 library--nonfiction--cookbook 1 false 4552231 library--graphic-novel 1 false 4496402 library--fiction-children 1 false 4496399 library--nonfiction http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76547500 Frankenstein (Enriched Classics) by Mary Shelley
bookshelves: currently-reading, library--fiction-horror
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57613399 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Paperback) by Seth Grahame-Smith
bookshelves: currently-reading, library--fiction-other
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75680849 The Wild Blue : The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 (Hardcover) by Stephen E. Ambrose
bookshelves: currently-reading, library--nonfiction-history
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74681090 to: Seabiscuit (Mass Market Paperback) by Laura Hillenbrand
bookshelves: library--nonfiction-history
I love this book. Horses. 1920-1930s. Horses. Hillenbrand does an excellent job blending cultural events with a history of horse-racing. The people come to life on the page and I couldn't help but cheer each time Seabiscuit drove for the wire. An absolute must-read for horse-lovers or anyone who enjoys studying the time period. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74673999 Light of the Moon (Mass Market Paperback) by Luanne Rice
bookshelves: currently-reading
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73160879 to: The Patriotic Murders (A Poirot Mystery) by Agatha Christie
This has been my favorite Poirot novel to date. Many catches and suspects, a growing plot, a Poirot who at time doubts himself, and a very satisfying ending. Sublime. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45044190 to: Seventy-Seven Clocks: A Bryant & May Mystery (Mass Market Paperback) by Christopher Fowler
bookshelves: library--fiction-mystery
This has to be the only book series that I've ever read out of order. But it doesn't seem to lessen my enjoyment. Bryant has to be one of my all time favorite detectives and May is a fascinating partner to follow, too. This novel kept me guessing the entire time and the solution to the mystery was far more involved than I would have expected. The ending seemed to keeping on going for a while, with all the ends to tie up (and the Whitstables really need to be tied up--and thown away), but I was pleased with the outcome. A very good read. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71403830 to: The Godmother (Hardcover) by Carrie Adams
Sorry to say this book isn't my cuppa. I tried to like it, but the narrator was self-absorbed and not the sort of person I root for in the book. Add to that the death of two characters, orphaning their twin babies, and another character having a late miscarriage, and I couldn't get out of the book fast enough. I'd blame pregnancy hormones, but honestly, I wouldn't have enjoyed this book if I weren't expecting.

At least there was a somewhat possible maybe happy ending in sight at the end, but only just. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66852656 to: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict (Hardcover) by Laurie Viera Rigler
bookshelves: library--fiction-romance, will-not-finish
The premise of this book was fascinating--modern gal wakes up in 1600s England and must learn to cope. But the story never picked up for me. The character kept on about why she was there, how it had happened, what she would do, and basically 'thought' herself, and me, into circles. When the 'thought-ing' never let up, I gave up.

Plot, not thought, makes a book for me. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70075068 to: The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1) by Robert Ludlum
bookshelves: will-not-finish
I tried to read this novel. Really, I did. I loved the movie and enjoyed watching an old interview with the author.

But the book never clicked with me. And it was long . . . too long for it not to be clicking. I got maybe halfway through and had it sitting on my nightstand for over a year before I gave up and passed the book along to a friend to give it a try. ]]>