December 2011

Lots of 3 out of 5 reads for December.  Keeping it simple, here's the list:


THE WHISPER by Carla Neggers

Rating:  3.5/5 (Romance Scale)
Source:  Amazon
Format:  eBook
The December 2011 selection for the Barnes and Noble (Burlington, MA) Romance Readers.  We did not realize when selecting The Whisper that it was the fourth in a series.  A little continuity was lost in not knowing the backstory of some of the characters.  That aside, the Boston/Ireland setting, the suspense, and the hero/heroine romantic interaction made for a good read.  Sometimes, after reading a later installment in a series, I'll go back to catchup up; however, this time I will not.  Knowing who of the secondary characters in The Whisper ends up with whom would be definite spoilers for the earlier books.


AGAINST THE LAW by Kat Martin
Rating:  3.5/5 (Romance Scale)
Source:  Library
Format:  eBook
Third and my favorite in the Raines of Wind Canyon series.


WISHIN' AND HOPIN' by Wally Lamb
Rating:  3/5 (Fiction Scale)
Source:  Amazon
Format:  Trade Paperback
Reread for OTPS December Book Discussion.


EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN by Janet Evanovich
Rating:  3/5 (Mystery Scale)
Source:  Library
Format:  Hardcover
Stephanie having an attack of conscience?  I love him, I love him not.  Oh, and the usual band of bad buys who can't shoot straight, a sunrise hairdo, Lula finds her man (or maybe not), and Grandma Mazur takes up bowling.


THEN AGAIN by Diane Keaton
Rating:  3/5 (Non-fiction Scale)
Source:  Library
Format:  Hardcover
Not what I expected, but a beautiful homage to Ms. Keaton's mother, Dorothy Deanne Keaton Hall.


V IS FOR VENGEANCE by Sue Grafton
Rating:  4/5 (Mystery Scale)
Source:  Library
Format:  Hardcover
V also is for vortex as the characters in Grafton's latest alphabet entry are pulled and twisted into a plot full of action and connections none of them anticipated as May 1988 came upon them all.


I LOVE THIS BAR by Carolyn Broan
Rating:  3/5 (Romance Scale)
Source:  Library
Format:  eBook
A wonderful not much of a book.  The story of the Honky Tonk Bar, Daisy O'Dell, and Jarod McElroy was the perfect accompaniment for holiday cooking.


THE SISTERS by Nancy Jensen
Rating:  4/5 (Fiction Scale)
Source:  Library
Format:  Hardcover
Good intentions and a choice made in desperation set off the story of sisters Mabel and Bertie Fischer.  Not a particularly happy family saga for Christmas week reading, but I'm glad to have spent time with these sisters and the consequences of their decisions that reverberated through three generations.


GOOD GIRLS DON'T by Victoria Dahl
Rating:  3/5 (Romance Scale)
Source:  Library
Format:  eBook
A good mix of characters, story, and romance. The next two in the series (Bad Boys Do and Real Men Will) are in my library eBook queue.

And with this December 2011 monthly reading report, Owls Feathers will end.  Thank you to all who visited and who left comments.  Reading and learning from your blogs will continue to be part of my daily routine.  Wishing you all happy reading days ahead!


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