Finished #14

Last night I finished The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman.  This book was a story of war, loss, guilt, and hope.  It took be a while to get into the book, but once Tom and Isabel moved to the lighthouse, I was hooked.  This was such a sad story on so many levels, but it was so beautifully written.  I really didn't know whether I should side with Hannah or Isabel towards the end.  I can't say the story ended as I hoped it would, but liked how the other showed that we are able to survive in life even without the one thing that makes us happiest.

I had started a few pages of The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken a few days ago.  This was a first reads book I won.  I'm going to wait to continue it and start The End of Your Life Book Club first since I just received my wait list copy for the library.  :)

Finished #13

I just finished Grave Justice, the 2nd book in the Marcie series by Glen Ebisch.  I really like the Marcie/Amanda team, and enjoy meeting new characters.  The solving of this mystery seemed to have more of a "social" aspect than a "journalism" aspect, but I still enjoyed it.  Some things were cheesy like the ongoing Jeff problem and new love interests.  I did like that there was a twist again in this story after they thought it was solved.

Up next I will be reading The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman.

Finished #12

I just finished The Crying Girl.  This was a type of mystery/investigation book about people hearing a girl crying in an abondoned inn.  In addition to the ghost story, there was also a missing girl and an elderly woman killed.  2 editors from a magazine go to find about more things that are happening in town.  For the most part I liked the story.  There was a good twist at the end that I liked.  I didn't really like one of the "cheesy" things that happened at the end.  It didn't seem to fit well with the rest of the book, but I kind of see why it was added.  I liked the 2 main characters, so I think I'll go ahead and read the 2nd book that I got.  It's about a Lochness type monster in Maine.  The 2nd book is called Grave Justice.

The Crying Girl

Today I am starting The Crying Girl by Glen Ebisch.  I was looking for a different book at the library that for some reason was misplaced.  I found this book right next to where the other book should have been, so I thought I'd give it a try.  It's an Avalon Mystery about a haunted inn in New Hampshire.  Some editors are supposed to do a story on the inn when one of them dies unexpectedly while exploring the inn.  The other girl decides to investigate the inn and the death of the editor.

I haven't read a mystery in a while.  This book is pretty short, so I hope I'm able to get back on the reading track.  I grabbed the 2nd book in this series just in case I like this one.

Finished #11

I finally finished One Hundred Years of Solitude.  I was expecting this book to be really good, but I was VERY disappointed.  I found that some parts of the story were good, but that it was mostly just boring and didn't hold my attention.  One thing that bothered me in the story was that all the men had the same name.  This made it so hard for me to remember who the person they were talking about was. Some of the women in the story lived 140+ years too, which added more to the confusion of trying to figure out how much time had passed and with Aureliano or Arcadio was which.  I'm just really glad to be done with this book.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Today I am starting One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.  This book was suggested by a friend a long time ago.  The library had lost their copy and the Book Shoppe didn't have one.  I added my name to the list at the Book Shoppe to be called if any used copies came in.  Right before Thanksgiving I got the call that a copy came in, so now I am finally getting to read it.

The book description on Goodreads says it is the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo told through the history of a family.  It says the story features love, lust, war, politics, and more.  I hope I enjoy this novel.

Finished #10

I just finished Hot Six.  This book was very action packed.  Just when you think Stephanie can't get into any more trouble, she almost gets herself killed 3 times.  I'm a little annoyed with the dialog in the book as everyone is starting to sound the same when they talk, but these books are always a good quick read.