Little Thoughts About Books and Stuff

Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish (2011) Author: Grace Burrowes Series: #1 in  Windham Sisters Published: October 1, 2011 Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca # Pages: 416 Description: "Grace Burrowes passes 'the hair rose on the back of my neck' test...{her} voice embeds itself in your brain." -USA Today A luminous  holiday tale of romance, passion, and dreams come true from rising star Grace Burrowes, whose award-winning Regency romances are capturing hearts worldwide. All she wants is peace and anonymity... Lady Sophie Windham has maneuvered a few days to herself at the ducal mansion in London before she must join her family for Christmas in Kent. Suddenly trapped by a London snowstorm, she finds herself with an abandoned baby and only the assistance of a kind, handsome stranger standing between her and complete disaster. But Sophie's holiday is about to heat up... With his estate in ruins, Vim Charpentier sees little to feel festive about this Christmas. ...

Book Club For October we read Divine Evil by Nora Roberts. This is one of my favorite books of her and I was happy to suggest it and glad it seemed to be well received. 2011 Support your Local Library Challenge This was a big month I checked out 13 books (as well as a few DVDs). One of the last ones I checked out was the Steve Jobs biography. This book is massive, I have no idea how I'm going to read it and write my NaNoWriMo novel in November. Men in Uniform 2011 Reading Challenge I read one book this month and technically he was a cop so I counted it but he was never in a real uniform.

Book: Divine Evil Author: Nora Roberts Description: Famed sculptor Clare Kimball has commanded the attention of the New York art world, but troubling memories from childhood have drawn her home to Maryland, to the town where she grew up and where her father died so long ago in circumstances never really explained. Nothing much has changed in Emmitsboro—except Cameron Rafferty, the onetime high-school bad boy turned town sheriff. The only hint of Cam’s wild nature is the light in his eyes when he looks at Clare. In Cam’s strong arms Clare is seduced into falling in love—and into believing that her small-town world is safe. But within the dark woods of Emmitsboro, something evil is spreading its poisonous power. Now Clare must pay the price for digging up the secrets of the past . . . and confront an evil that may be unstoppable—because those who practice it believe it is divine. (from Goodreads.com) Review: I'll be honest I almost forgot to do this post (kinda like last mo...

Book Club It was when I sat down to do this month in review that I realized I never did a book club posting. Then I couldn’t remember what we read, then it hit me, we read the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Romance book by C.L. Wilson and I obsessively read them all in like 2 weeks because the series was so good, but I didn’t like the first book all that much.   I soon came to remember that we really didn’t talk about the book at our meeting, so I’m going to blame that on why I didn’t write a post. I’ll make sure I write a really good one for October. We read the Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson. 2011 Support your Local Library Challenge I checked out seven books this month (as well as a few DVDs). I had a little bit of everything mixed in this month. Lady of Light and Shadows by  C. L. Wilson Queen of Song and Souls by  C. L. Wilson Crown of Crystal Flame by  C. L. Wilson Tea and Destiny by Sherryl Woods Save as Draft by Cavanaugh Lee Ready P...

Book Club For August we read A Courtesan's Guide to Getting Your Man by Celeste Bradley and Susan Donovan. I really liked the part written by Celeste Bradley. 2011 Support your Local Library Challenge I checked out seven books this month (as well as a few DVDs). I had a little bit of everything mixed in this month. Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson The Little Women Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai Cook this, not that! by David Zinczenko WeightWatchers new complete cookbook The good neighbor cookbook by Sara Quessenberry King of Sword and Sky by C. L. Wilson Men in Uniform 2011 Reading Challenge I didn't read any Men in Uniform books this month, but I did read quite a few about Highlanders in Kilts.

I found this over on the blog read this! : The Personal Libraries of Celebrities Diane Keaton's Home Library Some of these libraries are absolutely stunning.  I'm very green with envy, seeing as my own personal library is a few wooden book cases and baskets filled with books crammed into any available space in my house.  I will say that not all of them are my taste. I think a home library should be warm and inviting some place you want to curl up in and read a book, for me Keith Richards' would be my ideal followed by Nigella Lawson's but only if there's a big comfy chair to sit in. Click here to see the 19 other libraries that made the list . 

Now I'll be honest I'm not a huge James Patterson fan.  I've read a few of his books and I've enjoyed them, but I'm not reaching for his novels first.  I know he's very popular, his books are in constant circulation at the library and the holds list for his new book is always incredibly long.  That being said I don't think he should be considered for this list because of this co-author deal with his novels. I know authors use ghost writers and I'm fairly certain that some of my favorite authors use them too, but they still have novels coming out at a normal pace of one or two a year, sometimes three. But in this one year span James Patterson is credited with 10 books. He released 9 in 2010 and has currently 6 books out in 2011. I just question how involved he is in the writing of all these books and how much is the co-author and how much is him.  I kind of want to be cynical and think that it's the co-author writing the book and he just approves ...