2010 Read (32)

• Last Light- Terri Blackstock
• Coming Back Stronger- Drew Brees
• A Little Class on Murder-Carolyn Hart
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde
• Unbelievable: Pretty Little Liars 4
• Strawberry Shortcake Murder-Joanne Fluke
• Perfect: Pretty Little Liars 3
• Flawless: Pretty Little Liars 2
• The Enchanted April- Elizabeth von Arnim
• The Curse of the Pharaohs- Elizabeth Peters
• Pretty Little Liars
• Murder on a Girls' Night Out- Anne George
• Shutter Island- Dennis Lehane
• Elizabeth & her German Garden- Elizabeth von Arnim
• Carmlla- J. Sheridan LeFanu
• The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg- Mark Twain
• Crocodile on the Sandbank- Elizabeth Peters
• The Solitary Summer-Elizabeth von Arnim
• Death of a Prankster- M.C. Beaton
• Shakespeare's Landlord- Charlaine Harris
• The Help-Kathryn Stockett
• The Tragedy of Puddn'head Wilson- Mark Twain
• Death of an Outsider- M.C. Beaton
• Saving CeeCee Honeycutt- Beth Hoffman
• Gilt by Association- Tamar Myers
• O Pioneers!- Willa Cather
• Larceny and Old Lace- Tamar Myers
• The Principle of the Path- Andy Stanley
• I Scream, You Scream- Wendy Lyn Watson
• Murder Takes the Cake- Gayle Trent
• Three Blind Mice- Agatha Christie
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

A Little Class on Murder- Carolyn Hart

As I've mentioned before, I usually read several books at a time. I almost always read e-books, but have a paper book for the bath.

This was my bath-tub book this month.....

My apologies to those who may have liked it, but I hated this book.

A professor comes up to a random person and asks them to teach a class on mysteries for a college journalism department?

That seems a bit implausible.

I also found the main character whiny, immature, and judgmental.

Phrases such as "this girl knows her mysteries" (used repeatly) made me cringe. I had the culprit figured out by the middle of the book..... not to mention the unnecessary use of crude language.

It was a tedious read. I don't know why I even finished it! lol

I haven't been reading as much lately as I did this summer- which is unusual because I normally read more in the winter. lol

I'm currently reading Teri Blackstock's "Last Light" series, which I got for FREE on my Kindle a few weeks ago.

Hopefully the reading bug will bite me soon and I'll have more to add to this blog. :)

update

I didn't do nearly as much reading as I wanted to do today.

Life got in the way. lol

However, I plan on reading through the rest of the morning.

I'm a bit sleepy, so hopefully I can make it. :-)

Read-a-Thon update

I am participating in Dewey's read-a-thon today.

I'm just posting a quick update to say that I've finished my first book (which I was already over half way finished), " The Body in the Library" by Agatha Christie.

Next up is "The Hunger Games.". I started it earlier this week. I am about 1/4 into it.

My goal is to finish all the books I am currently reading, then perhaps start and finish another one.

Happy reading!


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The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde- Robert Louis Stevenson

94 pages

Most people know the story of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.

I wanted to read it because I had never read it before and I was curious to know if the actual book was true to what I'd always heard.

For the most part, it was.

It was interesting.

I liked the idea of the dual nature of man, and how we can feed either one.

There's definitely a spiritual lesson that can be taken away from this book.

2010 total: 29

Pretty Little Liars: Unbelilevable

352 pages

Book 4 of the series

I believe this was supposed to be the last book in the series, but they ended up adding 4 more to it.

This is the last one I will be reading.

In this book, we find out who "A" is.

We also find out who killed Ali......although I wasn't satisfied with the answer to that mystery...... I have a feeling the next books will dig deeper into that aspect of the story.

As I said, this is the last one I'll be reading. My curiosity is satisfied and, frankly, I'm tired of reading them. lol I liked them but I'm sure I would have enjoyed them even more if I'd read them when I was younger.... it's time for me to read something a little less YA now. :-)

2010 total: 28

Strawberry Shortcake Murder & Perfect

336 pages

Product Descripton:

In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four perfect-looking girls aren't nearly as perfect as they seem.

Aria can't resist her forbidden ex. Hanna is on the verge of losing her BFF. Emily is freaking out over a simple kiss. And Spencer can't keep her hands off anything that belongs to her sister.

Lucky me. I know these pretty little liars better than they know themselves. But it's hard keeping all of their secrets to myself. They better do as I say . . . or else! ~A

Things are getting serious for the four friends, and we still don't know who "A" is.

The parents in this book make me very angry. They all seem to care about no one but themselves. Ugh!

I don't want to give anything away, so that's all I'll say.

320 pages

From School Library Journal:

Adult/High School-Cookie entrepreneur Hannah Swensen is recruited to judge a bake-off but gets embroiled in a bittersweet murder. The victims are not Lake Eden's finest; one is a wife abuser and the other is a snippety blackmailer, but the town is small, concern is rampant, and Hannah is curious. She and her sister Andrea begin sleuthing to prevent their friend (the wife of the first victim) from being accused of a crime she did not commit. The story is at times dense with detail, but the relationships among family and neighbors are pleasingly homespun-and occasionally sophomoric. Spanning the time of the bake-off, this whodunit is appropriately interspersed with mouthwatering dessert recipes. Readers who don't like guts or gore will enjoy this mystery and stick with the amateur detectives as they reach an action-packed conclusion.

I did not like this book. I usually like cozy mysteries and I liked the first book in this series, but this one lost me. There are sooooo many details about every. little. thing. I'm not fond of the main character, either. I won't be reading any more of this series for a long time (if ever).

2010 total: 27

currently reading: Pretty Little Liars #4