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March 15th, 2010 — Book Review, Humorous, Kindle book, Romance
Recently a friend gave me this book for Kindle. I have to say it was a delight. 522 people have rated this book 4 1/2 stars at Amazon, so I am in good company. The Kindle version is available for $5.99.
Sophie Kinsella also wrote the shopaholic books.
The story
Emma Corrigan faces the usual difficulties of a young woman. She has a boyfriend who is perfect in every way, including looks, but he’s not perfect for her. She has kept herself hidden in the relationship, and he thinks she likes everything that he does. Not! Her family is enamored with her cousin Kerry who can do no wrong, in their eyes, and is a successful businesswoman. She has, however, not treated Emma right.
Emma’s job at Panther Cola involves the usual office politics, and Emma has her own ways of getting around them. No one takes her seriously, even her immediate boss, who has promised her a promotion, but has no intention of giving it to her. And she would like to have it as much for herself as a statement to her family.
Enter a business trip that isn’t the most successful. Feeling sorry for her, one of the flight attendants upgrades her to first class (business) and she is seated next to Jack, a man who must be successful, mustn’t he, to be in that seating also.
And then the plane hits enormous turbulence, and Emma in her extreme fear tells the man everything — everything — in her life — her family, her doubts about her boyfriend, her job, things about the office, her roommates, her sex life, her weight, what her perfect date, she thinks, would be.
And it is very, very funny.
And then, as books do, while they part at the airport, they meet again in the office, for lo and behold he owns the company she works for.
And she is not to mention that she met him on a plane coming back from Scotland.
He knows everything about her, but she knows nothing about him. He is very secretive about his own life. And he becomes moreso as the book goes on. The speculations as to why are both serious and funny.
How the story is told
For the most part, the story is told in Emma’s stream of consciousness. It is a testament to Kinsella’s ability that we never tire of it. And it is very funny!
Along the way
Emma divests herself of her perfect boyfriend, gains her voice in many ways, and earns our respect and sympathy. She is spot on in her assessments of much in the office, and Jack becomes her ally as well as her lover. As he says, she is the only one who has told him the truth, albeit on the plane.
The sex
There isn’t much. Most of it is off-screen and talked about in retrospect. And it is funny, and much like you’d expect with Emma.
My view
I give it 5 out of 5. I really enjoyed the humor, which isn’t forced, in the book. I liked the resolution in the end. It was very satisfying and believable. There were a couple of twists and turns along the way.
Have you read it?
If you are looking for something light, yet with some deep concepts, with a lot of humor, you could do a lot worse than this book. Let me know if you enjoy it as much as I did.
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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March 13th, 2010 — Book Review, Historical, Movies
I’ve read Ken Follett’s thrillers/WWII/spy books, but had never even heard of this book, which is his biggest seller.
A friend read the book, handed me her copy, and asked if I had read it, then said she thought I’d like it.
I set it aside until we were going out of town.
This is a massive book and in some sense reminds me of Clan of the Cave Bear, the first of Jean Auel’s books on prehistoric man (woman.) The time frames are completely different, but Follett opens up the time frame of 1123-1174 much the same way Auel opens up prehistory for us. Both novels are completely believable. I assume Follett did his research so the history I read is close to history as it was. I’m not a historian, I’m a reader, so I have no way of knowing how truthful his depiction is. It seems truthful to me.
The central story is the building of a cathedral by Tom Builder, a mason, who travels about looking for work, hoping to work on a cathedral. Along the way there are murders, intrigues, deaths, orphans, monasteries (and how men ended up in them), good and bad priests, lots of deal making behind the scenes, love, family…the hardships of life during this time…the assassination (by the boat sinking) of the heir to the throne, throwing the country into other alliances until King Henry is crowned. One of the last things in the book is the murder (and martyrdom) of Archbishop Thomas Beckett.
It makes me wish I’d paid attention to my history classes more.
As I said, the book is huge (973 pages in paperback) and covers a large span of time. I found parts of it difficult to read, so I skimmed those sections. I did my usual, jump around a bit to figure out where it is going, go back and read sections to fill in the gaps. I don’t know that I could read 973 pages any other way any longer. I don’t want to invest a lot of time in a story if I don’t know where it is headed.
It opens with the hanging of an innocent man, and the cursing of those responsible by a woman thought to be a witch. This becomes important in the story and is woven into the story line in several places.
How about you?
Have you read this book? Any of Follett’s books? or Jean Auel’s?
Do you read from beginning to end, or skim, or skip and go back?
My take
I felt transported into a different time. I don’t think I would have liked to have lived then, even knowing the history as we know now.
I’m not a particular fan of historical books, though at one time I read a large number of WWII novels, and earlier I read a number of novels that began in the 1800’s and moved the descendants into the 1900’s book by book. I know several friends who love to read historical romance, but this is not romance, this is living history as envisioned by a novelist.
Man’s injustice is a difficult read for me now. So I tend not to read these any longer (or the gory detective genre.) So for me to read this would have likely been near impossible had I not been away with some time on my hands, not because it is gory, though parts of it are, but because it is historical.
The characters are very well drawn and even if you are not a fan of this kind of book you will find yourself caring for them and rooting for their welfare. It is a harsh time to live in, where living by one’s wits is a necessity. Seeing the big picture is difficult when one is being manipulated without full knowledge as characters find themselves. Yes, this happens today, but with the amount of info readily available, I don’t know that these particular events would have been unknown to the parties unless action was taken immediately before info got out, which is, of course, how it took place in the book too, though their sense of immediate took more time than ours.
I’d like to give it a 5, because it is a good book, but I’ll go with a 3.
Here’s what Follett’s website says about the mini series that is being filmed about this book:
Filming of the eight-hour limited series of The Pillars of the Earth on location in Hungary and Austria started on 22 June 2009. Ian McShane (pictured), Donald Sutherland, Rufus Sewell, Matthew Macfadyen, Sarah Parish, Hayley Atwell, Eddie Redmayne and Gordon Pinsent headline the star-studded cast for the US$40-million adaptation.
The series is directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (Heroes, Saving Grace, Into the West). Mimica-Gezzan worked as Steven Spielberg’s first assistant director on Saving Private Ryan and Schindler’s List, sharing the DGA directorial awards for both films with Spielberg.
The novel has been adapted by award-winning writer John Pielmeier (Emmy winner Hitler – The Rise of Evil and Emmy nominated The Memory Keeper’s Daughter), who will also play the role of ‘Cuthbert’.
You can see a picture of the set here.
Here’s the list of the actors and actresses playing the major parts:
Waleran: Ian McShane
Bartholomew: Donald Sutherland
Tom Builder: Rufus Sewell
Prior Philip: Matthew Macfadyen
Aliena: Hayley Atwell
Jack: Eddie Redmayne
The Archbishop: Gordon Pinsent
Ellen: Natalia Woerner
Remigius: Anatole Taubman
Cuthbert: John Pielmeier (also the series screenwriter)
Alfred: Liam Garrigan
William Hamleigh: David Oakes
Richard: Sam Claflin
Percy Hamleigh: Robert Bathurst
Walter: Goetz Otto
Francis: David Bark Jones
I will likely watch this miniseries — 8 hours! — to be immersed in the time. It makes me wish I’d paid more attention to The Lion in Winter, which begins fictitiously on Christmas 1183. I think I should see it again.
World without End is the sequel to this book, beginning in 1327, and concerns the descendants of the first book.
On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. Follett’s website
I suspect I’ll read this one too. Have you?
Karin
Originally posted 2009-07-14 14:28:52.
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February 22nd, 2010 — Adoption, Book Review, Books, Detective or mystery, Military, Parenting
Because I enjoyed Tess Hudson’s Double Down so well, I wanted to read this one. If you remember, Double Down was a romance about a young woman overcoming her addiction to gambling. There were some darker images in it involving uncovering a mystery about drugging a football player (her new romance) in order to predict a game.
I don’t know what I expected from Invisible Girl. Perhaps it was something psychological about a teen? It was not what I expected.
Invisible Girl’s prologue starts in the middle of the story. It unfolds in flashbacks to Vietnam and the Vietnam War, not chronological, superimposed on present day. It is very well written. I finished it pretty much in one sitting. I couldn’t put it down.
I think Hudson captures the time of the war, as well as the feeling that there are a lot of things we will never know about or that are deliberately hidden from us. She tells us that she was befriended by a Vietnam-era veteran who taught her about writing, art, and faith and showed her a side of the war she hadn’t glimpsed in the news broadcasts from her childhood.
She uses that to good advantage here. I cannot check her facts, but I can attest that she captures the feel of that time of war perfectly. And the feel of many of the returning soldiers.
She moves effortlessly from the battlefield to deep love; from rape to the babylift; from the soldiers to the highest echelons of politics and a powerful family; from the family of soldiers to the family of one of them; from the harshest of betrayals to the depths of trust and love. Along the way she mingles Catholicism and Buddhism, as Maggie’s mother covers all the bases to protect her family. She succeeds in a way not foreseen, including her own death and the solving of a puzzle from the past wherein only bits of the puzzle are held by individuals in order to afford protection to her children.
I find myself thinking if only, if only she had taken others into her confidence, others that loved her, she would be alive and reunited with her daughter.
For those who are touched by the Vietnam babylift, this book offers a small insight into the pain corruption adds to adoption. At the same time, the woman who was adopted as a baby was deeply loved by her adoptive mother (and loved her too.) There is also reunion of the half-siblings.
Additionally, it was interesting to me how the young Vietnamese woman who gave birth after being raped by an American soldier named her daughter Tam, which means heart. She felt that when she prayed to Buddha, he conceived this child through her heart on her own, not through rape. I don’t know how realistic this is, but it was very touching to me. Having biological (and adopted) children of my own, I know how deep is the mother love, and how it is very often our heart.
I give it a 5.
Karin
Originally posted 2008-07-09 08:06:21.
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February 17th, 2010 — Book Review, Books, Just thinking, Paranormal
Harry Dresden is back in the Dresden Files series in the newest caper Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10)
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I can’t say I follow all the byways. I read nearly every word or I’d miss something, but because he has set up a sort of parallel universe I’m not always catching nuances. Sometimes another book adds some of the backstory in a way I find I understand it better. And I haven’t read the first 9 books all in order (it isn’t really necessary as there are enough allusions to other characters and their place in the story in each book.)
I really enjoy the narration of the main character, Harry. We get inside his head where there is plenty of cynicism, a lot of caring, and some interesting ways to handle evil.
This is sort of an apocalyptic series of good vs. evil with assorted vampires, archangels, evil spirits, and other literary and Biblical allusions, such as the fearsome Gruffs in this book (as in Billy Goat Gruffs). That one tickled my fancy!
I enjoy the humor.
At one time in my life, a shapeshifted, demonically possessed maniac crashing through a window and trying to rip my face off would have come as an enormous and nasty surprise.
But that was pretty much in the past. (p 102)
There is an entire website devoted to those who love the series and the various things (such as time lines and ages) that the fans are figuring out for the rest of us.
In the meantime, you could do a lot worse than spending some time in this series. There are godly believers; agnostics; atheists; a police officer in charge of paranormal with a developed sense of responsibility for her charge, the city of Chicago; and even a crime lord who has redeeming qualities. It is certainly thought provoking. There’s not a lot of gratuitous gore and what there is often happens to the bad guys. It’s not a series that would keep me up at night. I don’t expect any of these non-human characters to meet me in an alley.
Karin
Originally posted 2008-05-19 08:29:47.
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February 13th, 2010 — Book Review, Books, Inspirational, Just thinking, Spirituality and God
Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness. Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart. -Robert M. Sapolsky, neuroscientist and author (1957- )
It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts. -Bill Vaughan, journalist (1915-1977)
…we have a lot of opinions, and we tend to take them as truth. Pema Chodron
I put these quotes together in my thought today. Maybe because I am rereading When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
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This book was a gift from a friend a number of years ago. I think you have to be in the right mood to read it. If you are unfamiliar with Buddhist terms, it takes some getting used to seeing them and knowing what they mean in context. She has many gems in the book, sometimes within paragraphs where I took the wheat and left what I wasn’t clear on. In many ways, she makes goodness understood from outside a religious parameter. And it is all about having an open heart, open to the compassion of the world and of our own, open to the pain of the world and a means of alleviating it. I might try to read some of her other books too, but they are heavy duty for everyday fare.
I bet most of us would not understand history if we read it from the perspective of someone else’s country. I think that’s where travel comes in and broadens our viewpoints. Reading about a place is not the same as breathing the air and stepping foot on the soil and looking out from or at something different from our normal scene.
It might be the same with true piety and goodness vs. piety that has a negative connotation. I don’t think the word goodness is ever corrupted as ‘piety’ usually is. If it is good, it’s good. When I think of the facts (‘facts’) about God…piety, religion, truth…the same set of facts yields many different concepts, all of which cannot be true…or all of which might be partially true. But facts or not, are we becoming a better person, maybe kinder or nicer or more considerate, more compassionate and even, a little bit more good? I’m not sure for most of us that it is a steadily inclining line, at least I have setbacks, but over all, hopefully…
How about you? Have you ever read any of her books? or any book on Buddhism? Do you think you’ve changed in the last five years?
Karin
Originally posted 2007-08-01 11:23:43.
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February 7th, 2010 — Book Review, Inspirational, Kindle book, Non-fiction, Troll or other beads
Flipping Brilliant is a short little inspirational book based on penguin life, but it is filled with wonderful, wonderful pictures of penguins.
It is also available as a Kindle book for $6.39. But I’m not sure you’d want it as an ebook yet, because you would lose the color photos. I don’t think black and white would be quite as good, despite the majority of penguin color being black and white.
I had no idea there are 17 different kinds of penguins!
Ever wonder why the Emperor Penguins march so far from the sea before making their nests? This book has the answer — because when the ice begins to melt, if they are too close to the sea, the entire colony would be lost.
I rate this book 5 star for the photos, and the inspirations drawn from them are better than I expected.
Have you read it?
Trollbead/Pandora/Chamilia/etc. penguins
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Another management book: Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter
If I had time right now, I’d read this book among the first of the books I have to read. But it will be on a later agenda, even though it is an approximately 45 min read. It looked very interesting at the book store. Additionally, you can find it at $9.99 for your Kindle. This fable is about a penguin colony faced with a potentially fatal problem. Along the way, the author teaches 8 insights into how to understand and manage change.
Have you ever thought that change either comes too quickly — or not soon enough.
Managing change, the unexpected kind, might be a good thing!
Karin
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January 25th, 2010 — Book Review, Kindle book, Non-fiction
$8.00 in Kindle.
$9.99 in Kindle
These books were given to me as Christmas presents. They are not easy reads, but they have information that everyone should have some knowledge of, if they don’t already. I had some awareness before I read these books, but I had no single book that would be a reference book on the subject.
The young reader’s edition is like a Reader’s Digest take on the adult book. The book is an abbreviated version, but it includes all the highlights. It is not something I want either my teen or pre-teen (or maybe even Book Girl) to read. Suffice it to know a bit about it, without reading it.
The author claims that those who are vegetarians begin to eat meat again, after reading his book, or conversely, those who eat meat become vegetarians.
He talks a lot about how corn has taken over, and what that means even for a cow’s digestion.
He takes us from cattle ranching to small, green type farms that are self-sustaining. He helps on the latter for a period of time and on the day that chickens are processed. This particular farm was very interesting to me. I definitely recommend reading this section — how the chickens are brought into the pastures where the cows had been a couple of days earlier. They clear the manure of eatable bugs, adding food to their diet and clearing the pasture for the safety of the animals. The systems of moving the animals is very interesting.
He finds large packing plants won’t let him in. He describes in detail how a cow is killed for food, humanely.
These are not easy books to read, but they might be necessary for one’s education.
Have you read either of these books?
Karin
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January 24th, 2010 — Book Review, Kindle book, Military, Romantic Suspense
Hot Ice continues the story of the T-Flac group. As usual it starts off with a bang.
I had a very hard time reading this book, and if it weren’t for the fact that I like the characters, I could have given up, because much of it was distasteful.
It reads much like the Da Vinci Code with alternating chapters. I enjoyed the story of the good guys, but the bad guys were too evil for me. Plus the evil guy they are trying to head off is a religious fanatic who self-flagellates, similar to the DVC, and nope, that is not for me.
The woman
Taylor Kincaid is a jewel thief and real good at her work. She has some life secrets unknown to the T-Flac operatives. She is being targeted by two groups of bad guys and by T-Flac for something she stole along with the jewels in a safe. While she took it deliberately, she didn’t know what she had. T-Flac had hoped to have her steal it for them, but before they could contact her, she did it on her own.
She finds herself in a San Cristobel jail — able to escape, but being caught and worked over each time — the first time she has been in custody for any of her jobs.
The man
Huntington “Hunt” St. John needs her, not only for what she stole, but for her ability to crack safes and other codes. In the first few pages he rescues her from jail. He doesn’t trust her (and she doesn’t trust him.) Of course he doesn’t know her motivation for stealing or who has hired her.
Their love story Erotic as usual.
She awakens his protective instincts against what he thinks is his better judgment. Together they are able to thwart the bad guys (and women.) You knew that from the genre of the book.
What they are up against
A religious fanatic who is also a terrorist — and a second terrorist group which is gunning for the first, as well as them.
Jose Morales has an underground lair, complete with armed missile. He has rigged it all to follow the book of Revelation in his twisted way.
Warning
Some murders that are particularly distasteful (which all murders are, really.) A religious fanatic who is more than a little crazy. Chemical warfare; hand to hand warfare with knives; etc.
My take
I would prefer a lighter hand in the evilness. More of a romp than a treatise on evil. I’m not sure I want to continue with the books, except to take a quick look to see who has the next stories. I should only have read the chapters concerning the T-Flac group.
Have you read this book?
It is available for Kindle for $5.59.
Book 2 Kiss and Tell
Book 3: Hide and Seek
Book 4: In too deep
Book 5: Out of Sight
Book 6: On thin ice
Karin
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January 18th, 2010 — Book Review, Kindle book, Romantic Suspense
On thin ice takes us to the Alaskan wilderness in the 6th book of the T-Flac series. This is the first hard cover book in Cherry Adair’s repertoire.
It is also available for $5.59 for Kindle.
Once again we learn another facet of the Wright brothers. This time it is Derek, a wealthy rancher, — and more.
The hero
Derek Wright is no fool, but he has been fooled by a consummate con artist, who had seemingly been a good friend. In the process he lost the woman he had come to love in only a few short dates. She, unfortunately, married the liar (who has since died.) He wants her to realize she wants him for a lifetime. He wants the whole package — marriage, children, et al.
The heroine
Lily Monroe is a veterinarian who is afraid to fly. Yet, when she is forced to the wall, she does it.
She learned fast that her husband was not what he appeared to be. But when she confronted him for divorce, he was dying of cancer. So she ended up nursing him until he died. In the meantime, she has overheard something that puts her life in danger. She isn’t sure if Derek is part of it, but has not had time to talk to him about it.
Derek appears to be only a playboy to her. He is away much of the time, and of course, she doesn’t know what his other real work is.
She nearly dies more than once. Derek is there for her.
Iditarod Race
Both of them race this grueling event. Lily is determined to win this time. Unknown to them she is being stalked by determined killers. Derek believes that they are stalking him. This puts her life more at risk.
The enemies
Not only is Lily being stalked (and shot at — and avalanched), there is a group of terrorists in the vicinity, hell-bent on destruction. Derek is the only one close enough to do anything about it.
There are a number of domestic suspects for Lily’s nemesis. I was glad it was not one of them that it might have been.
Violence
The body count mounts. First, one of the stalkers is done in by another stalker, in a gruesome murder that shows the character of the second man. Terrorists die right and left. We are not sorry. Along the way, Derek and Lily both take a few hits.
The love story
We hear the thoughts of both Lily and Derek. Lily is afraid to trust because her trust was violated in her marriage. Complicating matters is that her dead husband had told her that he was the man with the ranches and that Derek worked for him. She needs to sort out fact from fiction, but she has pretty much figured it out. Derek is determined to show her that he loves her.
Plenty of love shown physically. It’s more than sex, but it is hot, hot, hot, no matter how cold Alaska is.
Have you read this book?
So far, this is the book I have liked the most in the series. I give it 5*.
Reading the books so close together
It’s interesting to me to read the series altogether at one time. It’s easy to see comparisons within the books and within the characters. Each hero and heroine is distinct, but they share certain qualities. They may be flawed because of things in their pasts, but they march into the future, holding their own. There is a lot of loyalty expressed within the family and within the T-FLAC organization. The love between the each pair of main characters is strong and keeps them both safe against all odds. There is usually a bit of catch up with the other characters we already know and love.
Book 2 Kiss and Tell
Book 3: Hide and Seek
Book 4: In too deep
Book 5: Out of Sight
Book 7:Hot Ice
Karin
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January 17th, 2010 — Book Review, Kindle book, Military, Romantic Suspense
Book 5 of the T-FLAC series, Out of Sight is the story of Kane Wright, fashion and other photographer extrordinaire. It was strongly hinted in the storylines of other books in the series that he is not all he seems, and so it is.
The hero
Yes, Kane is a photographer, but he is also a T-FLAC operative, going in under the guise of being a photographer to various hotspots in the world. He is adept at disguises. And he’s fighting his own demons because he lost one team to torture when they were captured.
The heroine
A.J. Cooper can hit a target without fail, but then she has an accident during training in which she is shot. She is blamed for it, but we learn later there is more to the story. Meantime, sent in as part of Kane’s new team to take out a wicked terrorist, she misses the shot. Then freezes in fear. She vows to get the target the next time.
She is another strong woman who doesn’t give in to her fears. She holds her own and then some.
The love story
Believable. Some interesting situations, including one place I’ve never seen in a book before. Adrenaline does that to you. Plus she is very beautiful and both have noticed each other before this op. Together they watch each other’s back and get out of some tight situations, which might not work in RL.
Violence
As usual, the baddies get taken out, one by one. A couple of gruesome deaths — and dead bodies. Some torture, but of baddies to baddies, except for finding the body of one of the good guys. Makes you not want to give the bad guys any chances.
The action is fast and furious. Of course, you root for the good guys (and woman.)
Have you read this one?
It is also available for Kindle at $6.39.
Book 2: Kiss and Tell
Book 3: Hide and Seek
Book 4: In too deep
Book 6: On thin ice
Book 7: Hot Ice
Karin
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January 16th, 2010 — Book Review, Kindle book, Military, Romantic Suspense
This is the 4th book in the T-FLAC series.
I have also reviewed the first (Kiss and Tell) and second books (Hide and Seek).
The hero
In too Deep follows the story of Michael Wright, the second of the three Wright brothers. When the story opens, he is a changed man. No longer a Navy Seal, because he lost one eye on his last assignment, he now fights his fear of the water. All he wants to do is revenge the death of Hugo, his partner.
As luck would have it, he meets the daughter of his arch-enemy. He rescues her from certain death when the yacht she is on explodes.
Tally Cruise has come to the same island to meet her father, having been invited there. Michael expects he will use her to get to her father, but he underestimates Tally herself.
The heroine
Tally has not had a happy childhood, traipsing all over the world in search of her illusive father at the whim of her mother. She is fighting her own demons. Not as beautiful as her mother, never really having the love of her father, extremely afraid of the dark …
Like the other Adair females, she is strong and feisty, fighting for her life on more than one occasion and fighting for Michael’s life, once she knows he is trustworthy.
Flashbacks
Michael’s flashbacks eventually reveal to us the accident that took his eye. Tally’s one flashback reveals to her and to us why she is afraid of the dark.
Tally’s father
SOB doesn’t begin to describe him. He doesn’t show up on the scene until the last few pages. One particular act of murder on his part is particularly shocking and grim, even if you don’t much like the one he kills.
Figuring it all out
It doesn’t take long to figure out that Tally is slated for murder. The reader figures it out, at least I did, before she or Michael do. The question is, by whom?
The sex
Definitely there. The love story is believable.
My take
There is violence in this book. The baddies get theirs, which doesn’t hurt the reader a bit. You practically cheer. Tally is roughed up more than once, but more than holds her own. She gives as good as she gets, sometimes almost comically. Though you can almost feel her palpable fear, you also see how strong she is not to give in to it. The book is not as dark as the second book, thankfully, or I couldn’t keep reading the series.
Have you read the book or any of the series?
If you like this genre, you would like this book.
It is also available for Kindle.
Book 2: Kiss and Tell
Book 3: Hide and Seek
Book 5: Out of Sight
Book 6: On thin ice
Book 7: Hot Ice
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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January 14th, 2010 — Book Review, Kindle book, Military, Romantic Suspense
Hide and Seek is the third book in the T-FLAC series. This book concerns Kyle Wright, the second of the Wright sibs. He is a medical doctor, but like all the Wright brothers, not what he seems.
Be warned
This book is considerably darker than Kiss and Tell. Personally, I prefer it a little less dark. Truthfully I read over much of this, skimming very rapidly to get to the part that carries the story forward. I was strongly tempted to just say: I know they end up together and get out alive, skip to book 3.
The hero
Kyle has been working undercover to expose and destroy the far-reaching empire of an international crime lord who now wishes to release small pox on the world. Imagine his surprise to run into Delanie Eastman with whom he had had a very hot 3 days several years earlier. He is afraid his work will be ruined. Later, he is joined by his career military brother and his brother-in-law (who was featured in Kiss and Tell.) He does everything in his power to keep Delanie safe, but it isn’t always enough.
The heroine
Delanie has problems of her own. She is pretending to be a dumb blond bimbo in order to find her sister who has disappeared into the recesses of this evil empire. She thinks Kyle is part of it. On the whole, she is a very strong, resourceful woman. She fights with all that is in her to save herself (and Kyle, once she realizes he is one of the good guys.) She holds her own and doesn’t give up any territory.
The protagonist
The drug lord is particularly evil, with a streak of sadism, and just despicable evilness. And his mother is even more so. There is murder and torture. Piranas and a big snake. Very hard to read these sections.
The good men
The good men have a strong, protective streak for women, as well as keeping the world safe.
The sex
Hot and heavy. Including some drug induced aphrodisiac administered by one of the baddies. The scene is almost comical, were it not for the evil of it. Be warned.
I believe two of the characters are introduced in this book that may end up having a book of their own.
I’m on to the third book. We’ll see if all the books are as dark. I hope not.
Have you read this book?
This book is also available for Kindle.
Book 2 Kiss and Tell
Book 4: In too deep
Book 5: Out of Sight
Book 6: On thin ice
Book 7: Hot Ice
Karin
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January 12th, 2010 — Book Review, Inspirational, Joy and happiness, Just thinking, Kindle book
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill by Matthieu Ricard joins the latest books in my Kindle. I believe it might have been offered free, but I missed it at that savings. I bought it for $1.99.
I’m a sucker for books on happiness, because the concept of happiness is dear to my heart, something I have to fight for, and always a little bit nebulous, almost there but a little bit out of reach.
Ricard is a French Buddhist monk and former cell biologist. He has written a number of books, which if they are as readable as this one, will join my to-read list which is getting longer and longer. I’m not very far into the book yet, but I wanted to talk about it.
Here are some of the ideas discussed in the first few pages (I could do a post on several more of them too, and might):
Is happiness a skill that, once acquired, endures through the ups and downs of life? …Happiness is … a way of interpreting the world. Matthieu Ricard
Is happiness
the radiation of joy over one’s entire existence or over the most vibrant part of one’s active past, one’s actual presence, and one’s conceivable future[?] Robert Misrahi, philosopher
How would you define ‘active past’ — (this is not discussed in the book) those things of our past that are active in consciousness today or that have long-lasting effects on our every days, whether for good or ill? compared to inactive past, that may or may not seem to have an effect on us, but are in the long-forgotten reaches of our minds?
Is happiness intentionally vague so that each person can interpret it in his or her own way? (Henri Bergson)
I like the idea that happiness is a joy that hovers over all aspects of life, that we can acquire the skills for happiness, that we can interpret happiness for ourselves. Ricard states that happiness is more than fleeting moments and causative events.
What do you think happiness is?
Would you like to read this book along with me?
I think it is possible to have happiness even in the midst of sorrow, but it takes some effort and some intentional choices. Here’s to making them!
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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January 12th, 2010 — Book Review, Military, Romance, Romantic Suspense
One genre I generally will read is romantic suspense. It’s a little softer than suspense, which hits too close to home for me now.
Drue Allen’s first book, The Cost of Love, is romantic suspense at its best. I hope she has plans to make this a series.
Format: hardback
Length: 311 pages
ISBN: 9781594148590?
Publisher: Five Star
Pub Date: March, 2010
In the interests of transparency: I was given a pdf to read by Love Romance Passion who received it from Drue prior to publication. I put it on my Kindle, and unfortunately it didn’t format perfectly, which was super annoying, but the book was so good, I could overlook all that.
National security comes with a price.
Read my full review at LRP.
In the meantime, if you like the romantic suspense genre, you will love this book. It is not erotica. It is very suspenseful! Every page is a page turner. Everyone is suspect. I missed entirely who the baddie is.
It becomes clear that the bad guys are domestic, but that isn’t clear for a while. Who are the mole(s)…
My take:
I give this 8* out of 5, that’s how good it is. Make no mistake, it is suspenseful; there are murders and gruesome details… believable characters… and more.
Would a man like this book?
I think so. It has plenty of action. I think it would make a wonderful movie — now who to cast…
Karin
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January 11th, 2010 — Book Review, Books, Kindle book, Military, Romance, Romantic Suspense
It’s always fun to find a new author — especially when they have beaucoup books already in print!
Thanks to Susan for sharing the author, Cherry Adair who writes a genre I enjoy reading, romantic suspense.
I decided to order some from the library. The reference librarian said — Do you want all? strongly hinting that there were a lot. Ha! Yes, I did. So now I have a huge stash to read. Unfortunately, I can read them faster than she can write them! It looks as though each book gives enough of a recap to make it understandable if you read them out of order.
It is also available as a Kindle version.
Kiss and Tell is the second in the TFLAC series. I’m guessing The Mercenary is first.
While predictable, in a good way, I give it 5 stars. The odds of all this happening in a short period of time are thankfully small.
When Marnie Wright goes to her grandmother’s cabin, shortly after her grandmother dies, in order to think out her life, she doesn’t expect to meet a mercenary who pretty much has received a burn notice. When a storm comes up, washing away the bridge, and a tree falls on her cabin, she is ‘rescued’ by Jake Dolan (and her dog.)
But the bad guys — or is it the good guys — are running rampant in the woods, dressed in spy gear and speaking a special language known only to TFLAC members (or not.)
Trouble is, no one knows where he is and he hasn’t been followed.
So, of course, someone knows where he is. I figured that out right away, though Jake and Marnie do not. Who that someone is, is a main part of the story.
Romance
Believable and strong.
Strong feminine lead
Marnie is strong, feisty, hard to resist in every way. It’s great to have a strong feminine lead. She is not trained in warfare, but never underestimate the power of a woman who refuses to lie down and die.
Male lead
Jake has been burned by a woman he thought he loved. She tried to kill him by slitting his throat. So when Marnie shows up, similar in coloring to this previous woman, his defenses are up. Lucky for him he has designed a high tech lair to which they retreat, complete with infrared cameras.
Violence
Yes.
One by one the baddies are picked off. In this genre, you know the main characters will come out on top a la James Bond. You don’t have to worry about that. Along the way, they pick up assorted injuries, are in several fights (rough ones.)
While there is violence, it seems very far removed from real life — at least in once sense, until we think of terrorists — so it is not something I worry about in a dark alley.
If you want a good read — and an all too fast one — you can’t go wrong with this book.
Hints of the next book
Marnie has four brothers, all over protective, and her father owns a computer company (where she works.) One brother is a doctor; one a military man; one a photog; one owns a cattle ranch. But we are given hints in this book that they all are more than they seem. On thin ice is previewed in the back of this book, but it is not the second book, so far as I can tell. But as I said, they all pretty much can stand alone.
I’m on to the second one.
Have you read any of her books?
Do you have a favorite?
Book 3: Hide and Seek
Book 4: In too deep
Book 5: Out of Sight
Book 6: On thin ice
Book 7: Hot Ice
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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