Books of Summer 2009-

I've compliled "The List". These are books I've read from June-now, and what I thought of them... enjoy!!

Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell: This book was pretty entertaining. I'm sure the movie is wonderful. I do have to know that this lady loves to use the work f*#k a lot. It doesn't bug me, but if you are someone who blushes when a woman talks like a sailor, maybe you should just see the movie instead. This woman had a lot of guts to do what she did, I would lose my sanity and get even chunkier if I tried to cook my way through ole Julia's book.

The Pilot's Wife, By Anita Shreve: Good read, pretty short. The basic plot is that a woman's husband (who's well, surprise, a pilot) dies in a plane crash, and there are a lot of stories circulating about what happened, and she begins to discover a life she never knew he had, making her question if she ever really knew him. I thought it was a good read, but don't expect it to make you feel happy after finishing it!

Relentless, by Dean Koontz: This book SUCKED. I have mixed feelings about Koontz's style of writing, some of his books are great, this one was beyond stupid to me. The storyline was very bizarre and the 6 year old wonderchild prodigy slash creepy little kid bugged me. It took me forever to finish it!!!

Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult: I love Jodi Picoult's books. This was another good story. It's about a young Amish woman (~18) who gives birth to a baby and they find the baby dead in the barn and she is charged with it's murder, which she denies, as well as denying that she was ever pregnant. I think this is a moving story, and I enjoyed it!

Finger Lickin' Fifteen, by Janet Evanovich: I love, love, love the Stephanie Plum Series. They are a laugh out loud, tell people about them, hope they make it into a movie kind of a read. This one did not disappoint. There's never a dull moment in this series!!! I can't wait for more.

Deadlock, by Iris Johansen: This book was dumb. The storyline was a great idea, but the execution of telling the story was awful. That's all I can say, because it was terrible.

Tap & Gown, by Diana Peterfreund: I thought this was a disappointed end to a series. It just seemed like it was kind



The list is depressingly short this year, but I've been working a lot so not as much time for reading.....