2007 Reads

January
Love, Lies, & Liquor (Agatha Raisin)
The Complete Peanuts (1950-1954)(2 books)
Then End- Lemony Snicket
The Year of Pleasures
The Tale of Despereaux
The Messenger of Magnolia Street

February
Miss Julia Stands Her Ground
The Edge of Darkness (Babylon Rising)
Cure for the Common Life
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Blue Shoes and Happiness

March
My Antonia
Louisiana in Words

April
Strawberry Girl
Sounder
Homeschooling from Scratch
By the Pricking of my Thumbs
The Whipping Boy
Farenheit 451
Bad Kitty

May
The Giver
Breaking Free

June
Digging In
Before You Leap (Kermit the Frog)
Monster
By the Light of the Moon

July
nothing :-(

August
The Sign of the Beaver
Murder at the Vicarage

September
Death of a Dreamer
Death of a Poison Pen
Out of the Dust

October
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
Hatchet
Violet Dawn
Halloween Party

November
Invisible
In Plain Sight
On the Run

December
Stranded
Santa Cruise

2007 total: 41

Santa Cruise- Mary Higgins Clark

I am a big fan of Mary Higgins Clark.

That is why is pains me to say that this book was really bad.

There wasn't really any mystery to the story at all.

The characters were confusing, especially the Reillys:
Nora Regan Reilly, her daughter Regan Reilly, Regan's husband who also happens to have the last name of Reilly (and who calls Regan "Reilly Reilly"), and then there was Nora's husband whose name I forget.

There were a lot of characters, most of which were very under developed. It was hard to keep up with all of them. The plot felt was shaky. At times it felt like 2 separate stories that had been pieced together.

I hate to write such a terrible review (especially about one of my favorite authors), but this book was just really, really bad.

I'm sorry. :-(

Stranded- Lorena McCourtney

I actually finished this one a couple of weeks ago, but I'm just getting around to blogging about it.

I'm also glad to say that I finished it before Dec. 21, making it the last book in my Fall Reading Challenge goal. Yay! I did it. :-)

Now, on to the book.

I admit that the first book in this series was a tiny bit too "Christian fictiony" for me. (Yes, I know that's not a real word ;-))

The second one was better and the last two were even better. I loved these books. I only regret that there are no more for me to read.

I was thrilled (and quite surprised) to see that Ms. McCourtney left a comment on my last post!
If she happens to stop by again, I just want to say
Thank you, Ms. McCourtney. I really enjoyed these books and I can't wait to try your new series. :-)