tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16525814322745571902024-03-13T22:53:42.754-07:00Shelf IndulgenceShirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-84625858772461912972010-11-21T21:04:00.000-08:002010-11-22T13:01:40.361-08:00The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head by Gary Small, M.D. and Gigi Vorgan
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (September 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061803782
ISBN-13: 978-0061803789
Dr. Gary Smalls is husband to Gigi Vorgan and a distinguished psychiatrist and researcher. After thirty years of practice and research on the human brain, he has written a book about his most intriguing and bizarre Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-23541489075699332452010-11-14T14:56:00.000-08:002010-11-14T18:18:45.025-08:00The Pawn by Steven James
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Onyx; Reprint edition (September 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451412796
ISBN-13: 978-0451412799
Coffee connoisseur and FBI agent Patrick Bowers' specialty is environmental criminology. That means he attempts to track lawbreakers by analyzing the significance of the time and place at which the crime occurred. Not Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-70134333783697114932010-11-12T20:38:00.000-08:002010-11-14T18:12:39.236-08:00The Redemption of Holly Dobson by C. Lynn BartonPerfect Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: Dark Willow Books; First edition (September 30, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0615349412
ISBN-13: 978-0615349411
At the age of six months Agatha Mircea was dropped off at the babysitter's house by her mother. Her mother never returned to pick her up. The babysitters, the Dobsons, kept the baby, renaming her Holly after Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-67226617721439713612010-10-16T11:50:00.000-07:002010-10-16T12:33:38.993-07:00Make Me an Offer by Jessica Dee RohmPaperback: 330 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (July 21, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1453650318
ISBN-13: 978-1453650318
Rohm's real estate background really comes across in this novel about two strong, successful but entirely different women. Alyson Strong owns Marry Well, a glossy magazine designed to teach women how to marry and keep a rich man. She isShirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-19805882587912589522010-10-16T11:04:00.000-07:002010-10-16T21:21:21.937-07:00American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig FergusonPaperback: 288 pages
Publisher: It Books; 1 edition (May 11, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061998494
ISBN-13: 978-0061998492
I just love Craig Ferguson...the accent, the crazy antics, the naughty little boy quality. I DVR The Late, Late Show every night so I don't have to stay up half the night to see him. American on Purpose is his brutally honest Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-29778103419358289672010-10-04T12:51:00.000-07:002010-10-12T18:11:58.709-07:00Sugar Tower by Jessica Dee RohmJessica Dee Rohm
Jessica Dee Rohm was born in New York City and graduated from high school as valedictorian at 16. She went on to Barnard College on a scholarship, following her dream of becoming a journalist. She loves writing and began her career with The New York Times in the financial news section. She is the founder of Jessica Dee Communications, a marketing and Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-29792106583381077052010-09-28T13:47:00.000-07:002010-10-05T19:40:36.584-07:00La Cucina: A Novel of Rapture by Lily PriorPaperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial (September 18, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060953691
ISBN-13: 978-0060953690
Since childhood, Rosa Fiore - daughter of a sultry Sicilian matriarch and her hapless husband - found solace in her family’s kitchen. La Cucina—the heart of the family’s lush estate--was a place where generations of Fiore women preparedShirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-46955950835583475082010-09-27T19:45:00.000-07:002010-10-05T19:41:14.810-07:00The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk KiddPaperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Penguin; 1st PAPERBACK edition (March 7, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143036696
ISBN-13: 978-0143036692
Sue Monk Kidd writes of the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, which houses a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint, who, Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-9625789115680178842010-09-20T12:27:00.000-07:002010-10-05T19:40:00.553-07:00The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia CornwellPaperback: 592 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Reprint edition (August 31, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425236285
ISBN-13: 978-0425236284
Cornwell's Dr. Kay Scarpetta is probably my favorite fictional character. She is brilliant, attractive, successful and an awesome cook. But even with her many achievements, she has had her setbacks.
In the 17th novel of Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-86238106789346456802010-09-17T14:50:00.000-07:002010-09-17T14:50:35.614-07:00The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners by Luanne Rice Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Bantam (September 28, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553589784
ISBN-13: 978-0553589788
This book tells the story of two sisters who have been separated from their mother for ten years due to a disturbing secret. Lyra Nicholson is an heiress living on the island of Capri. She moved there after leaving her family Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-83708714631859094732010-09-08T19:53:00.000-07:002010-10-05T19:41:55.278-07:00A Review: The Seasons of Grace by Beverly LewisI've never been one to read Christian novels, not because I'm not a Christian, but because my tastes run more to mystery and thriller genres. But a few months ago someone loaned me a book titled The Secret by Beverly Lewis. This is a story set in Lancaster County PA, a story about an Amish family. Ms. Lewis grew up in Amish country and her extensive knowledge of the Amish Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-75456583113247485802009-12-18T10:42:00.000-08:002009-12-18T19:17:54.737-08:00Taking a break...I'm going to suspend posting on this blog for a while. Obligating myself to reading challenges has sort of taken the fun out of reading because I felt pressured to read as many books as possible in order to complete the challenge. I wasn't able to just enjoy the pleasure of reading for pleasure's sake. When things settle down after the holidays, I'll be reading and writing Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-75983379587173891972009-10-26T07:39:00.000-07:002010-09-08T21:53:58.309-07:00A Review: 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition (October 31, 2005)
ISBN-10: 0446578673
ISBN-13: 978-0446578677
I bought this book because 1) I love Billy Crystal, and 2) I needed something light and entertaining to read on the plane while traveling to Kansas City to visit my mother. 700 Sundays refers to the number of Sundays Billy got to spend Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-17206584088971922732009-10-19T12:48:00.000-07:002010-09-16T11:38:32.445-07:00A Review: One Door Away From Heaven by Dean Koontz
Mass Market Paperback: 704 pages
Publisher: Bantam; First Thus edition (October 29, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553582755
ISBN-13: 978-0553582758
Part X-Files, part thriller, this book is unique in more ways than one. The characters are typical of Koontz in that they are never boring, never ordinary. Micky Bellsong is at a critical time in herShirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-65374249751029422442009-10-03T16:01:00.000-07:002009-10-03T16:01:45.045-07:00A Review: Still Life by Joy Fielding
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Atria (March 24, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1416585273
ISBN-13: 978-1416585275
Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall and listen to what people were saying without their knowledge? Casey Marshall had that opportunity...just not in the way she wanted.
Casey had everything. Boatloads of money, a handsome loving husband, a successful interior design Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-31845543381649534762009-10-03T15:38:00.000-07:002010-09-08T21:55:04.873-07:00A Review: The Cheater by Nancy Taylor RosenbergHardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Forge Books (June 9, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0765319020
ISBN-13: 978-0765319029
Lily Forrester is a former prosecutor, now a Ventura, California judge, who literally got away with murder when she killed the man who raped her and her daughter a few years before. Now her marriage to Bryce Donnelly is falling apart. Lily has no idea that Bryce is a Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-23775587969774165192009-09-20T15:59:00.000-07:002010-09-16T11:34:56.785-07:00A Review: Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition (October 27, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553591711
ISBN-13: 978-0553591712
Ryan Perry is 34, wealthy and in a loving relationship with Samantha. Ryan made his fortune as an internet entrepreneur with his wildly successful social networking site. He has the world on a string, Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-82969373518387812492009-09-19T10:26:00.000-07:002009-09-20T07:12:54.526-07:00Completed: Summer Reading Challenge 2009: Books Read June 21 - September 21
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Shallow Graves by Jeffery Deaver
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark
Phantom Prey by John Sandford
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
The Front by Patricia Cornwell
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
Act of Betrayal by Edna Buchanan
Dead Watch by John Sandford
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Sail by James Patterson and Howard Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-48784484626858973832009-09-15T13:14:00.000-07:002009-09-19T08:56:09.513-07:00A Review: New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
Hardcover: 608 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers; 21st edition (August 21, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0316160199
ISBN-13: 978-0316160193
Meyer's Twilight series was written for young adults but it seems to have a certain appeal for a few of the older crowd also. I guess it could be the perennial 12 year old inside us that screams for unconditional, true love...even if it is with a Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-30124348120100714702009-09-11T08:01:00.000-07:002009-09-11T08:01:42.244-07:00A Review: C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
Hardcover: 389 pages
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co; Book Club edition (May 1, 1986)
ASIN: B001I1JYPC
I just love Kinsey Milhone...she always keeps me turning the pages. Grafton's character in her alphabet series is hired by wealthy Bobby Callahan to find out who tried to kill him months earlier by running his car off the road. She met Bobby at the gym where they are bothShirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-89650352170522560872009-09-07T15:03:00.000-07:002009-09-07T15:03:50.383-07:00A Review: Saving Faith by David Baldacci
Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Vision (September 1, 2000)
ISBN-10: 0446608890
ISBN-13: 978-0446608893
The characters in this book are pretty typical for a Baldacci novel...
Smart beautiful heroine
Strong handsome hero
Evil political bad guy
Hired assassin
Although not his best, Saving Faith is enjoyable, but not riveting. Faith Lockhart works for Danny Buchanan, a highly Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-48422122330843642742009-08-26T17:54:00.000-07:002009-08-26T19:54:15.003-07:00A Review: Relentless by Dean KoontzHardcover: 368 pagesPublisher: Bantam; First Edition first Printing edition (June 9, 2009)ISBN-10: 0553807145ISBN-13: 978-0553807141We are introduced to the sweet but goofy Cubby who is a best-selling author. His wife, Penny is the daughter of survivalists and also an author, but of of children's books. They are the parents of six year old Milo who is a genius and currently working on a project Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-36407648748219277612009-08-26T16:57:00.000-07:002009-08-26T17:53:13.088-07:00A Review: Hallowe'en Party by Agatha ChristieHardcover: 224 pagesPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; First Edition edition (November 1969)ISBN-10: 0002311178ISBN-13: 978-0002311175Although I enjoy reading mysteries, I'd never read anything by Agatha Christie. I really didn't care for it and I found myself becoming rather bored at the drawn out pace of the narrative.During preparations for a Halloween party, 13 year old Joyce Reynolds Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-2537764877361613012009-08-25T12:54:00.000-07:002009-09-20T07:12:37.516-07:00Completed: 2009 1st in a Series ChallengeFinished! Click on the titles to read my reviews.
1. Rules of Prey by John Sandford (Prey series)
2. Along Came a Spider by James Patterson (Alex Cross series)
3. 1st to Die by James Patterson (Women's Murder Club)
4. Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell (Scarpetta series)
5. Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell (Andy Brazil series)
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme series)
7. TheShirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652581432274557190.post-48017734586862198252009-08-25T12:10:00.000-07:002009-08-25T13:27:28.250-07:00A Review: Hornet's Nest by Patricia CornwellHardcover: 377 pagesPublisher: G.P. Putnam & Sons 1996ISBN-10: 0399142282ASIN: B0002Z0HW4Finishing this books means I've finished the 2009 1st in a Series Challenge on J. Kaye's Book Blog. This means I've read 12 books that are the first in any series by any author.This is the story-about two women top cops and a young male newspaper reporter in Charlotte, N.C. A series of murders of Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689372714813191534noreply@blogger.com0