No. 42 for 2013

Title: Still Missing
Author: Chevy Stevens
Rating: 5/5
Book: 42/50
Pages: 340 pgs
Total Pages: 17,031 pages
Version: Book
Next up: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

This book kept me turning pages right to the very end and it has been several hours since I finished the book and I’m still sad that it’s over. I recommend this book to everyone who loves a good mystery and I definitely will be following Chevy Stevens’ work from this point forward!

About The Book:

On the day she was abducted, Annie O’Sullivan, a 32-year-old realtor, had three goals—sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she’s about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all.

Interwoven with the story of the year Annie spent as the captive of a psychopath in a remote mountain cabin, which unfolds through sessions with her psychiatrist, is a second narrative recounting events following her escape—her struggle to piece her shattered life back together and the ongoing police investigation into the identity of her captor.

No. 41 for 2013

Title: The Rosie Project
Author: Graeme Simsion
Rating: 4/5
Book: 41/50
Pages: 324 pgs
Total Pages: 16,691 pages
Version: Book
Next up: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

This was a fun book. The main character reminded me of Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory. A definite must read for those who are looking for a light fun read.

About The Book:

A first-date dud, socially awkward and overly fond of quick-dry clothes, genetics professor Don Tillman has given up on love, until a chance encounter gives him an idea.

He will design a questionnaire—a sixteen-page, scientifically researched questionnaire—to uncover the perfect partner. She will most definitely not be a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker or a late-arriver. Rosie is all these things. She is also fiery and intelligent, strangely beguiling, and looking for her biological father a search that a DNA expert might just be able to help her with.

No. 40 for 2013

Title: Never Knowing
Author: Chevy Stevens
Rating: 5/5
Book: 40/50
Pages: 407 pgs
Total Pages: 16,367 pages
Version: Book
Next up: Never Knowing by Graeme Simsion

I loved everything about this book! It kept me on the edge of my seat and turning pages and I looked for any opportunity I had to read. I highly recommend this book to all mystery lovers!

About The Book:

At thirty-three Sara Gallagher is finally happy. Her antique furniture restoration business is taking off and she’s engaged to a wonderful man. But there’s one big question that still haunts her — who are her birth parents? Sara is finally ready to find out.

Sara’s birth mother rejects her—again. Then she discovers her biological father is an infamous killer who’s been hunting women every summer for almost forty years. Sara tries to come to terms with her horrifying parentage — and her fears that she’s inherited more than his looks — with her therapist, Nadine, who we first met in “Still Missing.” But soon Sara realizes the only thing worse than finding out your father is a killer is him finding out about you.

Some questions are better left unanswered.

No. 39 for 2013

Title: Big Girl Panties
Author: Stephanie Evanovich
Rating: 5/5
Book: 39/50
Pages: 324 pgs
Total Pages: 15,960 pages
Version: Book
Next up: Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens

I really enjoyed this book and I hope that we get to see more from this author. Holly reminds me so much of myself and the trials and tribulations of being overweight. What I like about Holly is that she owns it and she’s perfectly happy being who she is although she acknowledges that by losing weight, it’d make her a healthier person. I love the “Holly-isms” that we saw throughout the book and I loved meeting all of the characters. Chase and Amanda were especially a great addition. I kind of hope that we see a sequel to this book.

The ONLY thing I don’t like about the book is that sometimes the point of view changed from Amanda to Logan within the same chapter but it wasn’t too difficult to manage.

About The Book:

Holly Brennan didn’t expect to be a widow at thirty-two. She also didn’t expect to be so big. Through her husband Bruce’s diagnosis and death, food was the one thing she could always count on. Now, those extra pounds make flying coach more than a little mortifying-especially since she’s sitting next to Adonis himself, aka Logan Montgomery, a personal trainer to the country’s most famous pro athletes.

Though Holly doesn’t make the grade on his first-impression meter, Logan finds himself intrigued by her sharp wit and keen insight-a welcome change from the beautiful bubble-headed dolls he usually dates-and impulsively offers to get her back in shape. Ready to make at least one positive change in her life, Holly agrees.

To Logan’s (and her own) surprise, Holly turns out to be a natural in the gym. Throwing herself into exercise, the red head with the blazing wit and welcoming smile slims down into a bonafide looker with killer curves-and a new kind of hunger. Soon, the easy intimacy and playful banter of their training sessions lead Logan and Holly into the bedroom where they share their most intense and steamy workouts yet.

But can a man whose whole life depends on looks commit himself to a woman who doesn’t fit his image? Now that Holly’s turning other men’s heads, does she even need Logan anymore? Are they a couple built to last . . . or is this sizzling affair going to burn out fast?

No. 38 for 2013

Title: Prodigy
Author: Marie Lu
Rating: 5/5
Book: 38/50
Pages: 371 pgs
Total Pages: 15,636 pages
Version: Book
Next up: Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich

I didn’t like this book as much as I did Legend but it was still an equally enjoyable book. I definitely recommend this series to all fans of dystopian fiction.

About The Book:

June and Day arrive in Vegas just as the unthinkable happens: the Elector Primo dies, and his son Anden takes his place. With the Republic edging closer to chaos, the two join a group of Patriot rebels eager to help Day rescue his brother and offer passage to the Colonies. They have only one request—June and Day must assassinate the new Elector.

It’s their chance to change the nation, to give voice to a people silenced for too long.

But as June realizes this Elector is nothing like his father, she’s haunted by the choice ahead. What if Anden is a new beginning? What if revolution must be more than loss and vengeance, anger and blood—what if the Patriots are wrong?

 

No. 37 for 2013

Title: Legend
Author: Marie Lu
Rating: 5/5
Book: 37/50
Pages: 305 pgs
Total Pages: 15,265 pages
Version: Book
Next up: The Love Wars by Alison Heller

I wasn’t expecting much out of this book but I could NOT put this book down! I read it in less than 24 hours and I can’t wait to get my hands on the sequel! For anyone who likes dystopian fiction, you must check this book out!

About The Book:

What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic’s highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country’s most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.

From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths—until the day June’s brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family’s survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias’s death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.