Little Thoughts About Books and Stuff

So my plan is each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week. Currently Reading: Title:   Shelter in Place Author:  Nora Roberts Date Started:  June 24 Title:   I'll Be Gone in the Dark Author:  Michelle McNamara Date Started:  June 16 Title:   The Catholic Youth Bible Date Started:  January 1 Note:   Roof Beam Reader  -  Read the Bible as Literature Event Currently Listening: Title :  Atlas Shrugged Author : Ayn Rand Narrator:  Christopher Hurt Date Started : August 23, 2017 Note:  On part 7 of 7 Finished Reading: Title:   Rock Wedding (Rock Kiss #4) Author:  Nalini Singh Date Started:  June 22 Date Finished:  June 23 Stars:  4 of 5 Review:  Good end to this series. I'm happy all the guys faced (are still) facing their demons but have their st...

When I was deciding to come back to the blog I was looking through all the blogging memes that the blogs I read follow. I had done Book Beginnings and The Friday 56 a handful of times, but over at  Mixed Book Bag , JC merged them together and I really like that idea.  So borrowing from her I'm going to start linking up to both Book Beginnings on Friday from  Rose City Reader  and The Friday 56 with  Freda's Voice . This week I'm reading: I'll Be Gone in the Dark   by Michelle McNamara It Begins:   Prologue That summer I hunted the serial killer at night from my daughter's playroom. On Page 56: A bloodhound following a scent trail had brought him to the spot. The trail began at a child's bedroom window, continued over a fence and through a field of weeds, stopping at the curb. Shelby knocked on the nearest door and looked across the field toward the victim's house, a distance of about two hundred feet. He wished away his une...

So my plan is each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week. Currently Reading: Title:   I'll Be Gone in the Dark Author:  Michelle McNamara Date Started:  June 16 Title:   The Catholic Youth Bible Date Started:  January 1 Note:   Roof Beam Reader  -  Read the Bible as Literature Event Currently Listening: Title :  Atlas Shrugged Author : Ayn Rand Narrator:  Christopher Hurt Date Started : August 23, 2017 Note:  On part 7 of 7 Finished Reading: Title:   Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension Book One Author:  Nick Abadzis, Cavan Scott, George Mann, Rachael Scott, Adriana Melo Date Read:  June 14 Stars:  5 of 5 Review:  What a crossover! Since it collects issues from other storylines it wasn't always perfect, but I enjoyed it too much to lower my star rating. Title:   Kim...

Title:  Ocean Light (Psy-Changeling Trinity #2) Author:  Nalini Singh Publication Date:  June 12 Rating:  5 Stars Read:  March 9-11 (eARC) Synopsis:  Security specialist Bowen Knight has come back from the dead. But there's a ticking time bomb in his head: a chip implanted to block telepathic interference that could fail at any moment--taking his brain along with it. With no time to waste, he should be back on land helping the Human Alliance. Instead, he's at the bottom of the ocean, consumed with an enigmatic changeling... Kaia Luna may have traded in science for being a chef, but she won't hide the facts of Bo's condition from him or herself. She's suffered too much loss in her life to fall prey to the dangerous charm of a human who is a dead man walking. And she carries a devastating secret Bo could never imagine... But when Kaia is taken by those who mean her deadly harm, all bets are off. Bo will do anything to get her back--even i...

So my plan is each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week. Currently Reading: Title:   The Rouge Not Taken (Scandal & Scoundrel #1) Author:  Sarah MacLean Date Started:  June 11 Title:   The Catholic Youth Bible Date Started:  January 1 Note:   Roof Beam Reader  -  Read the Bible as Literature Event Currently Listening: Title :  Atlas Shrugged Author : Ayn Rand Narrator:  Christopher Hurt Date Started : August 23, 2017 Note:  On part 7 of 7 Finished Reading: Title: Turtles All the Way Down Author:  John Green Date Started:  June 6 Date Finished:  June 8 Stars:  5 of 5 Review:  Wow. Aza's anxiety takes her monkey brain on a spiral of internal worry.  It was less dramatic than some of his other books but still heart-breaking. As someone who struggles with anx...

So my plan is each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week. Currently Reading: Title: Uncommon Type Author: Tom Hanks Date Started: May 26 Title:   The Catholic Youth Bible Date Started:  January 1 Note:   Roof Beam Reader  -  Read the Bible as Literature Event Currently Listening: Title :  Atlas Shrugged Author : Ayn Rand Narrator:  Christopher Hurt Date Started : August 23, 2017 Note:  On part 7 of 7 Finished Reading: Title: Hot Stuff (Hot Zone #1) Author: Carly Phillips Date Started: May 30 Date Finished: May 31 Stars: 2 of 5 Review: I've had this series for awhile, and at one point I think I enjoyed it but now I'm not thrilled with the book. It either doesn't hold up well or my taste in romances has changed.  I enjoy the sports concept, but it lacks some character development and is all j...

When I was deciding to come back to the blog I was looking through all the blogging memes that the blogs I read follow. I had done Book Beginnings and The Friday 56 a handful of times, but over at  Mixed Book Bag , JC merged them together and I really like that idea.  So borrowing from her I'm going to start linking up to both Book Beginnings on Friday from  Rose City Reader  and The Friday 56 with  Freda's Voice . This week I'm reading: Uncommon Type   by Tom Hanks It Begins:   (This is from the short story Three Exhausting Weeks) Day 1 Anna said there was only one place to find a meaningful gift for MDash -- the Antique Warehouse, not so much a place for old treasures as a permanent swap meet in what used to be the Lux Theater. On Page 56: (This is from the short story Christmas Eve 1953) Compared to many other guys in those hospitals and on the ship home, Virgin felt like he had won the 1945 Irish Sweepstake. Al...