Now that we have moved we are getting "settled" into our new surroundings and as part of that I had to have us check out the area library. The nearest library is in a neighboring community (Pop. 262) approx. 2 miles from us. After getting library cards and scanning all the shelves I did end up checking out 5 books and interlibrary loaning 2 other books. I can't help it, books are an addiction for me. As you can see I already have 11 books on my "Things I'm Consuming List" so it wasn't like I really had nothing to read. It's a sickness but I think I found some really good reads. Here in no particular order is what I newly have on my bed-side table:
"A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" by Donald Miller, this book came from Nicole Baart's book discussion she is conducting on her blog, I had to snag it if I could, it sounded like real food for thought sort of reading.
"Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog" by Lisa Scottoline, had to pick it up out of curiosity sake, who doesn't want to read about the amazing adventures an ordinary woman can have?? Then "Worst Case" by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge you just have to love murder mysteries that only James Patterson can spin!
"Rush Home Road" by Lori Lansens here's what the back cover said that drew me in: "The story of a seventy-year-old woman's journey through the nearly unbearable sorrows of her past in order to save an abandoned little girl, this is a novel of exquisite power, honesty, and conviction. Its portrait of how much has changed, and how little, over nearly a century in the realms of race, love, hate, and loss is quite nearly without flaws."
"The Watchers" by Mark Andrew Olsen "Two lives collide in a globe-circling adventure involving both peril and discovery: Abby, a young woman whose visions of heaven turn her into a Web-celebrity; and Dylan, a troubled young man sent by an ancient foe to silence her. From California beachfronts to Nigerian rain forests to Jerusalem and back again. A high-octane blend of action, mystery, and spiritual battle spanning centuries."
"Out of Mind" by Stella Cameron "Willow Millet longs to deny her family's exceptional gifts - paranormal talents known to few, shared by even fewer. Benedict Fortune is one such-a connection that should have strengthened the undeniable bond between him and Willow. But her self-doubt has driven them apart. Married instead to her business, Willow's concierge we-can-do-anything service is thriving until it is hit by a string of bizarre and fatal accidents-every victim a client. Now her livelihood depends on two enigmatic socialites and their notoriously decadent parties. Willow and Ben are thrown together again and their need for each other is as strong as ever, but they are challenged at every turn. Dark forces are stalking Willow-coveting her gift as a means of cheating death...and ruling New Orleans forever."
"Past Perfect" by Susan Isaacs "Katie seems to have the ideal life: a great husband, a precocious and winning ten-year-old son, and a dream job-writer for the long-running TV series "SPY GUYS". But all is not as splendid as it should be because writing about the espionage business isn't nearly as satisfying as working in it. Fifteen years earlier, Katie was in the CIA. She loved her job (to say nothing of her boss, the mysterious Benton Mattingly). Yet just as she was sensing she was in line for a promotion, she was fired-escorted off the premises by two hulking security types. WHY? No one would tell her: When you're expelled from the Agency, warm friends immediately became cold ex-colleagues who wouldn't risk their security clearances to talk to you. Until that day, Katie was where she wanted to be. Coming from a family of Manhatten superachievers, she too had a job she not only adored but a job that made her, in the family tradition, a SOMEONE. Fifteen years later, Katie is still stuck on being fired. Was she set up? Or did she make some terrible mistake that cost lives?
I'm super excited to read all of these latest finds rather than do my household chores! The dusting, laundry and vacumming can wait, right?? Have a great weekend!! Blessings, Melissa
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