These are the reading challenges for 2012 that I find fascinating.
I'll be joining many of these for 2012. Join along with me.
I'll list each challenge on it's own tab.
1. A - Z Reading Challenge (26 Titles + 26 Authors)
2. 52 Books in 52 Weeks
3. 12 Books in 2012
4. Mind Voyages (SciFi/Fantasy)
Sling shot back to Earth : Read at least 3 winners on the Nebula Winner's List
5. Cruisin' Through The Cozies -
Level 2 - Investigator - Read 7-12 books
6. Reading Romances - 12 books
7. What's In A Name 5 - 6 books
8. Foodies Read 2
Pastry Chef: 4 to 8 books
9. Chick Lit Challenge - 12 books
10. Cozy Mystery Challenge - 12 books
Level 4 Super Sleuth: 10 to 12 Cozy Mysteries
11. Steampunk Reading Challenge
Geared – Choose 5 books to read
12. The Classics
Level One: 1-3
13. YA Reading Challenge
The Mini YA Reading Challenge – Read 12 Young Adult novels.
14. Time Travel Reading Challenge
Surprise Trip: 1 to 3 time travel books.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
How to Knit a Heart Back Home by Rachael Herron
This is the second book in the Cypress Hollow Yarns series.
I've been knitting more this year so I'm finding I enjoy books with knitting too. In this series the characters love to knit and I want to pick up my knitting right along with them.
There is also romance built into this series and this book focus's on Lucy Harrison, fire brigade volunteer, bookseller, and fan of the famous knitting work of Eliza Carpenter. Eliza is the deceased friend of Lucy's grandmother and Irene Bancroft, the mother of Lucy's high school crush, Owen.
Owen, is a former San Francisco cop. An on-the-job injury forces him into retirement at 35 so Owen returns to Cypress Hollow to visit his mother and decide where he will live next. Lucy is thrilled. With Irene suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's in a home, Owen takes up residence in the parsonage next to the Book Spire, a deconsecrated church turned book store that Lucy owns and a romance blooms between them.
While helping Owen with his mother's belongings, Lucy discovers a valuable cache of Eliza Carpenter's patterns and papers, prompting her to write a biography of Eliza. Things come to a dramatic and contrived head when Owen's mother flees the home and ends up in an abandoned lighthouse, where Owen's injury forces Lucy into action.
I've been knitting more this year so I'm finding I enjoy books with knitting too. In this series the characters love to knit and I want to pick up my knitting right along with them.
There is also romance built into this series and this book focus's on Lucy Harrison, fire brigade volunteer, bookseller, and fan of the famous knitting work of Eliza Carpenter. Eliza is the deceased friend of Lucy's grandmother and Irene Bancroft, the mother of Lucy's high school crush, Owen.
Owen, is a former San Francisco cop. An on-the-job injury forces him into retirement at 35 so Owen returns to Cypress Hollow to visit his mother and decide where he will live next. Lucy is thrilled. With Irene suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's in a home, Owen takes up residence in the parsonage next to the Book Spire, a deconsecrated church turned book store that Lucy owns and a romance blooms between them.
While helping Owen with his mother's belongings, Lucy discovers a valuable cache of Eliza Carpenter's patterns and papers, prompting her to write a biography of Eliza. Things come to a dramatic and contrived head when Owen's mother flees the home and ends up in an abandoned lighthouse, where Owen's injury forces Lucy into action.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Dead Days of Summer by Carolyn Hart
This book is number 17 in the Death on Demand Mystery series.
I really enjoy this who-done-it series by Carolyn Hart and number 17 is another hit. Most books in this series has some focus on Annie Darling's book store, but this one has less focus on the book shop when Annie goes undercover to do some investigating and set up a trap.
Annie's PI husband, Max, accepts a new case and fails to come home, she's frantic and calls in all her friends, including the police. The authorities organize an effective search that leads to the body of an attractive woman near Max's abandoned car; in the trunk is the murder weapon. Portrayed by the press as an unfaithful husband and killer, Max is arrested as soon as he surfaces. That's when Annie and her friends go to work to hunt down a killer.
I really enjoy this who-done-it series by Carolyn Hart and number 17 is another hit. Most books in this series has some focus on Annie Darling's book store, but this one has less focus on the book shop when Annie goes undercover to do some investigating and set up a trap.
Annie's PI husband, Max, accepts a new case and fails to come home, she's frantic and calls in all her friends, including the police. The authorities organize an effective search that leads to the body of an attractive woman near Max's abandoned car; in the trunk is the murder weapon. Portrayed by the press as an unfaithful husband and killer, Max is arrested as soon as he surfaces. That's when Annie and her friends go to work to hunt down a killer.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Only Mine by Susan Mallery
This is another book in the Fool's Gold series. This is another series I can't get enough of. It's well written without repeating what has happened in previous books. There is a short reference here and there but definitely acceptable.
Her town’s lack of men may make headlines, but it isn’t news to Dakota
Hendrix. The beautiful blonde has bigger problems to deal with, such as
overseeing the romance reality competition filming in Fool’s Gold.
Screening eligible bachelors is a difficult enough task, but Dakota hits
an unexpected snag when a sexy stranger comes to town. Finn
Anderssen will do anything to keep his twin brothers — the perfect
contestants — off the show. Despite Dakota’s better judgment, she finds
herself drawn to the mysterious outsider. Like her, Finn knows about
heartbreak and how a family can fall apart, so she doesn’t dare to hope
for anything more than a fling. After all, even in the Land of Happy
Endings, finding true love is never as easy as it looks on TV.
Fool's Gold is a small town filled with mostly women and since someone reported this, a reality TV series is trying to create interest for the town and men have started showing up.
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