Now fifteen years later, Val shows up on Addie's doorstep asking for her help in covering up a crime that nobody is even sure has been committed. Addie is angry initially at Val's gall, but finds that she's missed her friend, no matter the pain she caused. The two go on the lam while the town police department tries to track down evidence of what happened the night of their fifteen year reunion, and if a crime was committed with no victim in sight, and only blood and a belt to indicate a crime was ever committed.
This book was interesting going back and forth in time and being told from several different character's viewpoints. The pain and loss in Addie's life is deep and profound, as is her loneliness. The selfishness of Val is appalling, yet in a way she too is likeable. She seems to have come by her self centeredness honestly with an emotionally distant father and a flaky mother always looking for the next man in her life. I didn't feel very emotionally connected to the book but it was a quick fun read, and the scenes while Val and Addie were on the lam were hilarious as were the scenes involving the bumbling of the sometimes less than competent police force trying to find out if there was a crime. Very enjoyable novel, and I'd definitely read a sequel if the author wrote a follow up with these characters.
Wow wow wow a lot happens in this book, and not nearly enough of it features Eric, but even less of it features that rat fink Bill. thank goodness for that!
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This will probably be one of my hardest reviews to write for the simple fact that nothing I write can do this novel justice. Every emotion possible was covered in this book, and for me felt deeply: heartbreak, love, second chances, anguish, loss, sympathy, agony, joy, lust, anger, pride and hurt. I know I'm particularly susceptible to feeling as if I'm there in many of the novels I read but I think I can say with certainty that this was one of the most evocative pieces of work I've ever read and I now understand the editor's note in the front of the advanced copy sent to me. This is the first novel Mr. Conroy has published in 14 years and I can see why so many were anxiously awaiting his next. Never having read his work before, I'm loathe to do so if this doesn't exceed hopes and expectations piled upon each other for this successor to his previous novels.
When we first encounter eighteen year old Leo on Bloomsday 1969, he's a heartbroken boy who masks it with humor and self-effacement. The son of a high school principal and a chemistry teacher, he's held to rigid expectations and is to today become the welcome wagon for a motley crew of incoming seniors to his high school. He's been through the ringer more than once since he found his brother's body in the bathtub at age 9. An outcast at school who was once accepted only because of the golden beauty and popularity of his popular brother, he's once again fallen to the wayside and appears to be an odd choice to make people feel at home.
His first duty of the day is to visit the orphanage and welcome Niles and Starla, a brother and sister made close by the struggles and pain of their world since they were placed in an orphanage when they were young children and their mother and grandmother sent to prison. Another orphan Betty will also be attending for senior year. Next comes welcoming gorgeous twins who've moved in next door, Sheba and Trevor. Sheba tells Leo she is destined to become a star, and her vivacious, unapologetically effeminate brother, who is possibly more beautiful than his sister and is a musical prodigy in his own right, confirms this is Sheba's destiny. Leo quickly meets their vodka soaked acid tongued mother and welcomes the two into his heart. Following this meeting, he is brought to the country club with his mother and father to meet two recently expelled students from the private school who will now be attending his public school much to the chagrin of Chad's powerful father. Joining Chad is his girlfriend Molly who was expelled with him when they were caught with cocaine. Leo falls in love at first glimpse of Molly. Accompanying them to dinner is Chad's sister Fraser who won't be attending school with them but is welcomed into the fold all the same. And finally, Leo is sent to meet the new head of the football team Coach Jefferson, who will be the first black teacher at the newly integrated school. Joining him is his son Ike who is angry at this change, and both fearful and hateful towards white people since his a family member was murdered by a white police officer. The trials and tribulations of this group bring them closer together and the most unlikely group of friends become closer than anyone could have ever suspected. The differences in their upbringing and backgrounds should guarantee that these people never crossed paths in a classist, racially charged Charleston South Carolina in the late 1960s. Yet Leo King brings them all together, and teaches them an unwavering loyalty and love that by most accounts Leo has only experienced from his father, never his hard to please mother.
Twenty years later, all still reside in Charleston save Sheba and Trevor who've made good on their word that Sheba would be a star. Trevor had embraced a new hometown of San Francisco where he has opened his arms to the livelihood and dangers of the gay scene in the 1980s San Francisco. Sheba dropped off the radar some years ago, but Trevor was good at keeping in touch until recently. Now Sheba has reappeared asking all to help find her brother who has AIDS and cannot be found. Everyone but Chad pledges their help and they all trek to San Francisco where the beginnings of a tragedy none of them could have imagined lies in wait to devastate all of them.
Initially I was intimidated by the florid prose in this very long novel (512 pages). By page 12, I was ready to set it to the side. By page 20, I was sucked in and couldn't put the book down. Not for the sake of being redundant, but the story within the pages tapped into my emotional reserve, and I cried, laughed, gasped, shuddered, and smiled at many, many points within the pages. Nothing of the story was predictable, beyond the expectation of some overwhelming incident lying in wait. In that, South of Broad didn't disappoint. Nor in anything else actually. The tales within the plot tied up seamlessly, even one that was an integral part of the story but not expected to be given a resolution or understanding, and my heart broke for several characters many times over. The ending left me a little drained, and hoping the best for the characters within the book, and not a little disappointment that this which has kept me compelled all weekend has drawn to a close. I fell a little bit in love with the protagonist of the story and would love to see from his perspective again someday. This is truly a must read and one of the most compelling stories I've ever read.
I apologize for the verboseness of my review :)
A big thanks to DoubleDay for the advanced copy!
This has been a favorite of mine thus far in the series! As you might be able to tell from the cover art, this book features Eric as the primary man in Sookies life.
Bill SUCKS, yes literally, but figuratively as well! The jerk has the nerve to
No sooner does she arrive than word comes out that a body was found. They quickly identify the body, and the state of the body when it's found is shocking. Leia realizes there is a sign the killer left to someone in the way the body was found. After scouring the records of the town, she finds there was another killing exactly like this some 40 years ago.
Dr. Peter Gram, a child psychiatrist, was on call one night when a seven year old girl was rushed into the ER by her worried parents. She'd been dreaming, and in a hallucination tried to jump off of the second floor balcony to fly away with the doves who told her in the dream that she was able to do so. Worried there could be more to this, Dr. Gram submits her to an in patient program where they will test her to rule out medicinal issues. As she is witnessed by doctors during her sleep, it becomes apparent that her dreams are not normal. As Dr. Gram sits with her one morning, she draws a picture of her dream, describing in detail to him things about the murder case that nobody knows about.
There's a lot going on in A Circle of Souls. Sometimes, the amount of sub plotlines in this book could overwhelm a story completely. And yet in A Circle of Souls, it kept me glued to the pages from the beginning. At around page 160, I felt a little disappointed because I thought the author had given away too many clues so I was sure I knew who the killer was. With half of the book still to be read, I wondered where it could go from there. The trial? Unearthing some secrets that would explain why he did this? But the rest of the book was as fascinating as the first half. Dr. Grandhi threw in a bit of each genre without taking away from the integral storyline.
Dr. Grandhi is a child psychiatrist at Bronx 5 and his expertise in the field and his personal involvement in taking care of children in the regard really was evident in the writing. He emigrated from India at age five, and I loved that he showcased a little bit Indian culture and beliefs in the novel also. My only complaint with the book, and it's a very slight one was that at times the narrative when focused on Pete could be a bit stilted. Aside from that, the book was absolutely intriguing. You know it has to be good if Judge Judy is recommending it right?
Big thanks to Dr. Grandhi for the advanced copy! I look forward to more of your novels!
Bored of their tech jobs and lives back in Ohio, Shaw and Romeo decide to go on a road trip to Florida and get a job on the fishing boats. Heading down, Shaw starts to feel the irritation of the close quarters, and they decide to grab a room in Georgia rather than another two hours in the car when the tire goes flat. Shaw stops a gas station to fill it up and decides to flirt with the attendant, but she is preoccupied finding out their gas station has sold the winning 360 million ticket. Hearing this helps Shaw overcome the anger of being dismissed. He hatches a plan to get half of the money and enlists his faithful friend/servant Romeo to make it happen. Shaw and Romeo worm their way into the lives of the family, and quickly threaten their lives and the lives of their loved ones if they don't give over what Shaw feels he is owed. The reactions of the family to Shaw are varied and surprising in their own right.
Wow. I need to admit I've never read a mystery/thriller before and after finishing this one, I could kick myself for this. It was a quick read, entertaining throughout, I couldn't put it down!
The ending was something I never would have seen coming either. Don't miss this book!
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Tiana Tomlinson is America's Sweetheart, let into homes across the nation every evening as she fills in all about the goings on in Hollywood. The cameras love her, the viewers love her, the only ones who don't love her it seems are the studio execs she's angering by refusing to go under the knife to reverse the aging process. At thirty eight, she's noticed subtle changes to her face, but nothing that bothers her or is increasingly noticeable. However, the studio wants to alter the format of the show, bring in a new young vibrant face, and Tiana knows she's being edged out. On one hand, she's tired of the reformatting of the show, she used to be a serious journalist, and when she was given this show, she was able to keep human interest stories, that touched people, that could do good in the world if it swept away the viewers. Now it's all about who's dating who in Hollywood, and when Brangelina will have another baby. She's feeling adrift and knows it's not just her career that's creating the anxiety and amplifying the wounds in her heart. Orphaned at fourteen and widowed at thirty, she's afraid of love. Of what happens to those who love her. But still she craves love and a family.
Sparring with her at every turn is Michael O'Sullivan, a plastic surgeon to the stars. She finds him vain and shallow, mainly because of his career. But when she finally gets her chance to create another human interest story, this time in Africa featuring women trying to make the world a better place, Michael offers her a chance to go with him to Africa and see Rx Smile in action. Suddenly she realizes how wrong about him she was, and her physical attraction to him turns into something very much deeper.
I loved this story! What could have been just a fun quick read had serious undertones that brought attention to heartwrenching topics, without coming across as an admonishment or making the book too heavy. There's also a twist in the last quarter of the book that I did not see coming at all! While this was definitely a fluffy novel, I ended it feeling satiated and looking forward to the rest of the books on my shelf from Ms. Porter! I would love to see this turned into a tv movie as well! ( She wrote Flirting with Forty, which was turned into a Lifetime Movie featuring Heather Locklear)
So I've been having a hard time picking up and finishing a book the last week or so. I started Sacred Hearts finally after reading a review at The Burton Review (she does amazingly wonderful, in depth reviews!) and it sold me on the book. However, I got through Part I and put it down. It just didn't captivate me the way I'd hoped it would. Has anyone else read it? Did it pull you in later? I really want to finish it, but I'm going to step away from it for a bit and the come back to it later I think. I can tell it's an amazing story, so I want to appreciate it fully.
The next book I started on Friday was The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, which I've been eyeing every time I hit the bookstore, but something pulls me away. My best friend gave me her copy after she moved and was downsizing her book and dvd shelves (something I'm loathe to do, but really need to). I've been reading it, and it's a fascinating story, but it's overwhelming (which is the point, if I'm not mistaken) and so I took a break from that as well at the moment and think I will come back to it tomorrow.
I picked up Jane Porter's Easy on the Eyes yesterday at Borders and am already a quarter of the way through it. I love it! I did goof though b/c I won a copy of Odd Mom Out from Wrighty's Reads in her Mother's Day Giveaway, and evidently should have read that first. Now I know a bit of the ending in that story and I was waiting until I picked up Mrs. Perfect to read that because it looks like they go hand in hand.
I went on a bit a spending spree this week with all the sales at the bookstores, and the books from Wrighty's (thanks!!)
From Barnes and Noble I bought:
The Break Up Club by Melissa Senate
Good In Bed by Jennifer Weiner
Hunger Point by Jillian Medoff
School of Fortune by Amanda Brown
I'm Not Julia Roberts by Laura Ruby
Flying Changes by Sara Gruen
Accidental It Girl by Libby Street
Special Relationship by Robin Sisman
From Book Closeouts
The Romantics by Galt Niederhoffer
Cost by Roxanna Robinson
Mrs. Perfect by Jane Porter
The Smart One and The Pretty One by Claire LaZebnik
I can't wait to add these to my seemingly never ending pile of TBRs!
This is by far my favorite of the series thus far. Lindsay Boxer finds her life thrown into a tailspin when her judgement as a cop is questioned.
The newly dubbed "Dirty Harriet" must fight a very public court case to save her position on the force as well as her reputation and her finances. To top everything off, her vacation spot at her sisters home is surrounded by families being murdered in a bizarre style that mimics a cold case she had come across over a decade previous.
Its hard for Lindsay to lay low and read a book the way her hot-shot lawyer is suggesting. After all, shes a cop to the core! When she finds out the similarities between the cases in town and the cold case she had years ago, she can't help but investigate.
The court case is amazing. I love the way the story unfolds, so I don't want to give much away. I was flipping pages like crazy trying to find out what happens. The 4th in the series is by far the most exciting of the series thus far.
I have to admit that I have been absolutely flying through this series. I love kickass female leads, and Lindsay Boxer is about as kickass as they come.
In the first two books we are introduced to the Women's Murder Club, a group of four women that share many common interests and come together for fun, drinks, and when need be, to help solve crimes. When they are working together they have every imaginable angle covered and manage to solve the case everytime. In this book Lindsay is facing her toughest case yet, a terrorist group is targeting people in her city, and its getting personal.
Lindsay is out for a jog when a home she is admiring across the street blows up. She decides to go in and look for survivors, of which she finds a young boy. Everyone else in the home died, a family. When the organization that is committing the heinous crimes identifies itself as August Spies and starts making demands, the department of homeland security is called in to help out. This brings a foxy man that goes by the name Joe into the picture, and a nice little romance side story develops.
The Women's Murder Club finds themselves the targets of this radical group of terrorists and must work together to find the killers, before they kill hundreds of people.
The second book in the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris does not disappoint. The storyline becomes much more complex and the action level is kicked up a notch in the sophomore effort.
Living Dead in Dallas features Sookie being called upon to use her gift for Eric, Bills elder. She had made an agreement with him that he could use her when he needed to as long as what she discovered didn't result in anyone dying. Sookie has a very valuable talent of telepathy that the vampires find quite curious and a huge asset all at the same time.
Sookie is finding out more and more what a danger hanging around with vampires can be. Now that she is spending more time with them due to her talent, she is being put into life threatening situations again and again.
Bill, Sookies love, has become less and less available to protect Sookie, and so she finds that whenever she needs help, Eric seems to be there to assist. This results in some exciting storyline developing. Will Sookie test the waters with Eric? Will Bill finally deliver the straw that breaks the camels back? Will Sookie live to see another day? All these and more questions come up throughout the course of this novel.
I love how more creatures and supernatural beings are being introduced into the storyline. I simply cannot get enough of this series!
P.S. TEAM ERIC!
(I am also TEAM RANGER when it comes to the Stephanie Plum series. I always seem to go against the grain and hope that the leading lady leaves her stick in the mud significant other for the bad boy with all the sex appeal.)
If you are interested in starting the Sookie Stackhouse reading challenge and still need the first book, head on over to the giveaway I am hosting of Dead Until Dark.
Season 2 of True Blood is mostly based off of the 2nd book. They have so far added a lot, but the bones remain the same. Here is a preview for one of the episodes for Season 2 of True Blood on HBO.
I loved this book and devoured the 400 pages quickly. There was no predictability in the pages at all for me, and indeed every turn brought something new to an already heavy plot without muddying up the original premise, adding more anticipation to the outcome at the end. The final chapters felt like something out of a Mark Wahlberg movie, and I was on the edge of my seat.
Three years ago, Mack took his youngest three children on a camping trip before school started again. His wife Nan, an oncology nurse had too many patients who needed her and their two oldest sons were in college. On the last day Kate and her older brother take out a canoe and call out to Mack who is watching his youngest Missy coloring at the table. In an instant, his world is upside down. When Kate calls out to him, the boat tips and Josh doesn't surface. Mack dives in to save his son. When Josh regains consciousness, a feeling of elation pervades the campsite until they realize Missy has disappeared. A search party is quickly formed, but it soon becomes apparent that there will be no happy ending. Now, Mack lives day to day and is enveloped in The Great Sadness and has lost the faith that helps sustain his wife and their kids. One day, alone while the family is on a trip, Mack finds a postcard in the mailbox inviting him to the shack where all his nightmares were realized and signed Papa, which is what Nan calls God. Angered, Mack decides to go and find out if it is the man who took away his youngest daughter. What he finds there is hard to believe and indeed is met with his resistance for quite a while.
I was hesitant to read this book because it was pretty wrought with angry reviews on Amazon, which also intrigued me a bit. But the book came highly recommended as well and my book club was insistent that this be our next pick. As much as I wasn't invested in the book, I tore through it and really changed my mind. The end was as heartwarming as a book with this subject matter could be. The message of the book was beautiful and apparently real as told to the author.
Bud and Carolina met when they were young, in one look at each other, they knew they were each other's destiny. In their youth, they thought that love would be enough salve for any and all wounds. In the thirty three years since, they've found it is not the case, and yet their love endures. What also endures is a heartache and distrust over past heartaches. One calm day in 2008, Bud goes out on his shrimping boat alone since his right hand man has let him down, and he falls off the radar. As a storm brews, and he is two hours late, a search party is called together and the town bands together to find the husband, father and grandfather alive. As the story is told, their memories from meeting on are told and woven into the story seamlessly.
The passion between Bud and Carolina was simple, deep, and passionate, and it was really conveyed well in the story. I know I cry a lot, but towards the end of this book I really lost it. The writing was simple seamless and heartfelt. I felt connected to the story and the characters and was rooting for the best outcome in the main plot and all the plotlines. It was a quick breezy read, but one that definitely stuck with you.
I've had this book on my bookshelf since it came out in hardcover early last year. I've had the inclination to read it several times over but never pulled it to read until I saw the paperback cover (love it!!). I loved this book! It wouldn't seem like Emily would be a very likeable character, setting hurdles in front of herself at every turn, but I really ended up rooting for her to make amends with herself, her family, and Andrew. The book flows quickly, there's not a dull moment, and I ended up just a little bit vested in every character. I didn't know what to expect from the ending, but was not disappointed in the least in any part of this novel.
After reading "1st to Die", I had to dive right into the second book in the Women's Murder Club series, "2nd Chance" by James Patterson.
The women's murder club, I finally started the series! Being a big fan of the Stephanie Plum books, I have always wanted to start another series with a kick butt female lead. I finally collected the first 8 Hachette audiobooks in this series and decided to dive in! I was not disappointed. (Hachette Rocks!)
These books are a heck of a lot more gritty and raw than anything Janet Evanovich has ever written. Not for the faint of heart, the crime descriptions in this book are gruesome. I found myself cringing at times.
1st to Die centers around a killer murdering newlyweds and defiling the bodies of the brides. The crimes seem random and hard to tie together, yet are inextricably linked. Lindsay Boxer is assigned to the case and feels compelled to stop at nothing to put an end to these heinous crimes. Inside her body another war is raging. She wonders if she can keep up the strength to continue with the case.
Cindy Thomas, a rookie reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle finds herself smack dab in the middle of the crime scene. This gives her an advantage over every other reporter in the city and snags her a spot on page one.
Cindy keeps running into Lindsay at the crime scenes and Lindsay decides that this girl might just have something to offer up in the investigation. She and Cindy start meeting to brainstorm about details in the case. Eventually two other women join the impromptu club, a medical examiner by the name of Claire Washburn and an assistant DA, Jill Berhardt.
Together they share in their meetings all of the info they have, with 4 top of their game women all working together, they are able to bust the case wide open, or so they think.
If you haven't started this series yet, start it now.
You all may remember my recent review of Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's "Sippy Cups Are Not For Chardonnay". I loved it! I thought that the stories were insightful, hilarious and candid. The latest book from Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is her own memoir. She takes us through growing up, all the way through carrying her twins in a high risk pregnancy.
One of the things I like most about her writing is her -holds nothing back- style. She talks openly and candidly about life situations and her reactions to them. She obviously has a knack for humor as well. Her father was a bit of a deadbeat, a stand-up comedian who walked out on the family early on, but left Stefanie with sharp wit.
I am not surprised at all that she is friends with Chelsea Handler, the two have very similar styles of writing and story telling. Naturally if you like the two books by Chelsea Handler you will really enjoy what Stefanie Wilder-Taylor writes about.
My biggest complaint about the book would be the ending, or lack thereof. The book just kind of stopped. I actually wondered if I was missing some pages. I think that the book needs an additional chapter at the end to wrap things up. They way that it is currently left off is strange.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
*Grab your current read
*Open to a random page
*Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
*BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!
*Share the title and author as well please.
Holly Teaser:
"The left side of my face was swelling something fierce. But my legs weren't broken, and I could still run, given the chance; that was the main thing."
Page 143, "Living Dead in Dallas" by Charlaine HarrisAshley Teaser:
"Where?" I asked.
Please don't say the morgue
"Up to Derby,"she said.
"What's in Derby?"
"Your daughter's car," Jennings said.
Page 53, Fear the Worst by Lynwood Barclay
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your 2 ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks
It seems that Elin Hilderbrand definitely has a charming muse. And that muse is none other than the island of Nantucket. Neither Nantucket nor Ms. Hilderbrand let us down in her latest novel, The Castaways. Told from six different perspectives, the story had me entranced from the start.
After a tumultuous year, with Greg fighting off accusations of an inappropriate liaison with a student, he and Tess set off on an anniversary sail, hoping to get back the trust and love that seems to have left their marriage battered and broken. The kids are dropped off to close friends Delilah and Jeffrey's house to play with their boys, and Tess' cousin and confidante Andrea has packed a sumptuous picnic lunch for them to enjoy while sailing. Fast forward a few hours and Andrea's husband, police chief Ed hears from the Coast Guard that they drowned and is asked to identify the bodies. Now he has to break the news to Andrea, who saved Tess years ago from drowning and promised that if she was spared, Andrea would become a nun. Andrea makes this connection immediately and blames herself, quickly losing herself in an overwhelming grief and despair. Ed now has to break the news to Chloe and Finn, Tess and Greg's seven year old twins. Delilah asks Andrea to let her keep the twins for the summer so they can be with their friends, but Andrea staunchly refuses to allow anyone but herself to have the children. Phoebe has already hit the bottom of her grief, and has been locked in a glass room inside her mind, heavily medicated, watching the world go by since the moment she felt her twin brother Reed jump to his death September 11th from the 101st floor of WTC1, minutes after she talked to him and he promised he'd be okay. That day she lost her brother, herself, and so much more. Told from the perspectives of close friends Addison, his wife Phoebe, Delilah, her husband Jeffrey, and Andrea and her husband,
The Castaways reels you in from the beginning and keeps you involved from start to finish. Surprising relationships and feelings are disclosed throughout each person's story of dealing with their loss. Elin Hilderbrand definitely stands out to me. I first read her novel The Love Season, and eagerly anticipated her following two: Barefoot and A Summer Affair. After reading The Castaways, I'd have to put this at the top of my list of her must reads. Don't miss this book when it's released in July!
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I love books that have a healthy dose of high fashion. This gem of a book delivers the red soled pumps and the couture closet every girl dreams of. Unfortunately the leading lady, Blythe Young, manages to lose everything when her slimy husband dumps her with no notice and kicks her out of the mansion with nothing more than what she could carry. Having signed a pre-nup, she is stuck with no friends, no money, and a very bruised ego.
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