Friday 56

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.


"Too bad there hadn't been more of the building and streetlamp to make an accurate guess of where the crime scene was located, but she doubted that Griffin was about to pull out a crime scene shot for her benefit"

My selection is taken from pg. 56 of The Bone Chamber by Robin Burcell.

Quick Review-A Black Tie Affair

So this is a cute romantic story that I felt was a good read. It was fast paced and fun. The characters were like-able and interesting and the romance was ..well romantic! I loved the cover art too! I know that's not important in the grand scheme of things, but still I thought it was cute.

I also enjoyed the mystery aspect of this one. Not only do you get the sexy romance but you also have that edge of mystery too! I read in another review that this is a good "soaking in the tub" book and I would so agree! This is certainly not a cerebral novel but it is fun brain candy! I'd definitely suggest this one!



Oh and check out this trailer too!

Product Information

Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages

Publisher: Forever (January 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446618594
ISBN-13: 978-0446618595

Quick Review-Size Eight in a Size Zero World

It's really hard for me to write negative reviews, because well I want to be a nice person. I didn't HATE this book, that's such a harsh word, but I didn't like it either. I love a good love story. I love a good chick lit book. This book fell flat for me.

Lindsay is the mother of two children, whom seem like great kids. Her husband isn't very supportive or emotionally responsive to her. He treats her like a slave and doesn't interact with their children. Every single scene he is in we are reminded of how douchey he is. Okay we get it. Her marriage is doomed and she is emotionally unfulfilled. So? She has a job. She has connections and friends. GET A DIVORCE! Yeah the player in your apartment building is hot, but he's just that. A player! Even after she is shown many many MANY signs that he is not that great of a person, she still is smitten. BUT my main problem was that Lindsay just became incredibly selfish. She seems like a good mother in the beginning but gradually becomes this self-involved mushball. She lets her husband walk all over her and then let's Mr. Studly walk all over her too. She does things that as a mom made me cringe. Yeah, us Mommies need to let loose and go wild! After all we aren't dead, but we also have responsibilities that are more important. Lindsay seems to let the men in her life control her. I was hoping by the end she would see that she could support herself and be a strong woman, but that was not what we were given. The end of the book it seems like she's morphed into another character and one that I didn't really like.

I'm sorry I know this is coming out really harsh, but I'm being honest. I didn't enjoy this book. The characters never really grabbed me. Just when Lindsay seem to be developing as a person, she backslides and disappointed me. By the end of the book I was sad by what she had become. I'm not against being sexually extroverted, but by the end of the book Lindsay was acting like a fool.

Maybe it just wasn't a good choice for me. I hold no ill-will towards Ms. Cagen. I seem to be one of only a few, that didn't enjoy the book. To be fair and give a balanced review, I've found a few more positive reviews for this book. Have a look for yourself.

Check out these other reviews:
Press Release

http://www.free-press-release.com/news-racy-biting-funny-book-on-nyc-life-size-eight-in-a-size-zero-world-1260936277.html

Amazon Page

Grrr...Technical Difficulties

Grr! Okay peoples, my monitor is doing some funky stuff right now. I believe it is dying a slow, sad death right now and I am not sure when exactly it will die. Sooo... I figured I'd post this as a warning. I really really needed this *sarcasm* at this time in my life. Our car is in the shop, our loaner car was taken back by the owner because she needed it, and because of this our finances are strapped. Yay! Another expense to add to the pot! Woot! *snortle*

Anyway, as long as it works I'll keep updating, but if you do not see me around the blogosphere for a few days then you know what happened.

I really seriously will go insane with insanity if I do not has my internets.

Blog Tour-Gringa in a Strange Land

About Gringa in a Strange Land

Gringa in a Strange Land brings back the exhilarating and confusing time of the “counterculture” in the early 1970’s.
Erica Mason, an American woman living in Mexico, is torn between working to become an artist and the lure of the drug culture.
Set mostly in the colonial city of Merida in the Yucatan peninsula, the story also moves among Mayan ruins, laid-back beaches and the cities of Belize and Oaxaca.
A host of bohemian expats and Mexicans, and the complex character of Mexico itself, infuse this portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-American, culminating in an unexpected resolution.

My Review:
Sadly I couldn't get into this one. I do not think that it was the right book for me so I will not give it a rating. I will pass on writing a review and link a few blogs that have also reviewed it, both good and bad, so that you can make up your own mind. I do not wish to offend the writer Linda Dahl, but I just wasn't the target audience for Gringa.

Other Reviews:

My Reading Room's Review
Jen's Book Talk
The Book Connection

What are you Reading?

Well the last two weeks have definitely been a bust for me (reading/life-wise) so I can't say I actually completed a book yet. I'm ALMOST (like this () much) done with The Eye of the World, so yay! But I have ambitions for this week.

I got a few quick looking reads in the mail so I'll put those on my list. Here goes:

To Read:

• The Bone Chamber-Robin Burcell
• A Black Tie Affair-Sherrill Bodine-FINISHED!!!
• Wizard's First Rule-Terry Goodkind (This is one for the Sword of Truth challenge. It's got eleventy million pages in it and scares me half to death!!!)
  
• Size Eight in a Size Zero World-Meredith Cagen-FINISHED!!!
• The Lighthouse of Mr. Tinfish and Mr. Choli's River Trip-Chris Wardle (children's books)

There! That's not to ambitious...right? Right? I probably won't finish WFR until the end of the month but the other's seem pretty do-able. Wish me luck!

In the Mail

So this week has been SWEET for me (bad for my mail carrier!) Loads of awesome new books have poured in and I'm so geeked!

Here they are:
Arcadia Falls-Carol Goodman-review copy
Freaks and Revelations-Davida Wills Hurwin (won from Frenetic Reader)
Stone of Tears-Terry Goodkind-goodreads swap (for the sword of truth challenge)
Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider-Ellen C. Maze-review copy
Size Eight in a Size Zero World-Meredith Cagen-Review copy
A Black Tie Affair-Sherill Bodine-review copy
Gutshot Straight-Lou Berney-review copy
The Bone Chamber-Robin Burcell-review copy
The Lighthouse of Mr. Tinfish and Mr. Choli's River Trip by Chris Wardle-review