No. 52 for 2014

Title: Cop Town
Author: Karin Slaughter
Rating: 4/5
Book: 52
Pages: 260  pgs
Total Pages: 19,430 pages
Library Book?: Yes
No. of Library Books read: 44
Version: Book
Next up: The Sweet Spot by Stephanie Evanovich

This book was not like the other Slaughter books that I have read and despite being a little skeptical when I started the book, I really ended up liking it. I took a star off just because it seemed to drag in some spots but overall, I definitely recommend this one!

About the Book:

Atlanta, 1974: As a brutal murder and a furious manhunt rock the city’s police department, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the job will also be her last. She’s determined to defy her privileged background by making her own way—wearing a badge and carrying a gun. But for a beautiful young woman, life will be anything but easy in the macho world of the Atlanta PD, where even the female cops have little mercy for rookies. It’s also the worst day possible to start given that a beloved cop has been gunned down, his brothers in blue are out for blood, and the city is on the edge of war.
Kate isn’t the only woman on the force who’s feeling the heat. Maggie Lawson followed her uncle and brother into the ranks to prove her worth in their cynical eyes. When she and Kate, her new partner, are pushed out of the citywide search for a cop killer, their fury, pain, and pride finally reach the boiling point. With a killer poised to strike again, they will pursue their own line of investigation, risking everything as they venture into the city’s darkest heart.

No. 51 for 2014

Title: Where She Went (If I Stay #2)
Author: Gayle Forman
Rating: 4/5
Book: 51
Pages: 260  pgs
Total Pages: 19,032 pages
Library Book?: Yes
No. of Library Books read: 43
Version: Book
Next up: Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

I really enjoyed this book. I think I preferred If I Stay a little more than this book but this book still was well worth the read. Forman definitely has a way of ripping your heart out and stomping all over it. I cannot wait to see the movie!

About the Book:

It’s been three years since Mia walked out of Adam’s life.

And three years he’s spent wondering why.

When their paths cross again in New York City, Adam and Mia are brought back together for one life-changing night.

Adam finally has the opportunity to ask Mia the questions that have been haunting him. But will a few hours in this magical city be enough to lay their past to rest, for good – or can you really have a second chance at first love?

 

No. 50 for 2014

Title: If I Stay
Author: Gayle Forman
Rating: 5/5
Book: 50/50
Pages: 238  pgs
Total Pages: 18,772 pages
Library Book?: No
No. of Library Books read: 43
Version: Book
Next up: Where She Went by Gayle Forman

I loved everything about this book! It’s an emotional roller coaster that starts right at the beginning of the book! I can’t wait to see the movie now!

About the Book:

On a day that started like any other,

Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, admiring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. In an instant, almost all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an unknowable future, Mia spends one critical day contemplating the only decision she has left. It is the most important decision she’ll ever make.

No. 49 for 2014

Title: Ruin and Rising (The Grisha Trilogy #3)
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Rating: 4/5
Book: 49/50
Pages: 417  pgs
Total Pages: 18,534 pages
Library Book?: Yes
No. of Library Books read: 43
Version: Book
Next up: Love Letter to the Dead by Ava Dellaira

Not the ending I was hoping for but still a fitting ending to the trilogy. I do think that the first book Shadow & Bone is still my favourite of the series.

About the Book:

The capital has fallen.

The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne.

Now the nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army.

Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives.

Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova’s amplifiers. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling’s secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction—and claiming it could cost Alina the very future she’s fighting for.

No. 48 for 2014

Title: Top Secret Twenty-One
Author: Janet Evanovich
Rating: 4/5
Book: 48/50
Pages: 305  pgs
Total Pages: 18,117 pages
Library Book?: No
No. of Library Books read: 42
Version: Book
Next up: Ruin and Rising (The Grisha Trilogy #3) by Leigh Bardugo

I am thoroughly satisfied with this book. The last few books in this series have been less than stellar but this book brings back everything I love about this series.

About the Book:

Trenton, New Jersey’s favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used cars out of his dealerships. Now he’s out on bail and has missed his date in court, and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is looking to bring him in. Leads are quickly turning into dead ends, and all too frequently into dead bodies. Even Joe Morelli, the city’s hottest cop, is struggling to find a clue to the suspected killer’s whereabouts. These are desperate times, and they call for desperate measures. So Stephanie is going to have to do something she really doesn’t want to do: protect former hospital security guard and general pain in her behind Randy Briggs. Briggs was picking up quick cash as Poletti’s bookkeeper and knows all his boss’s dirty secrets. Now Briggs is next on Poletti’s list of people to put six feet under.

To top things off, Ranger—resident security expert and Stephanie’s greatest temptation—has been the target of an assassination plot. He’s dodged the bullet this time, but if Ranger wants to survive the next attempt on his life, he’ll have to enlist Stephanie’s help and reveal a bit more of his mysterious past.

Death threats, highly trained assassins, highly untrained assassins, and Stark Street being overrun by a pack of feral Chihuahuas are all in a day’s work for Stephanie Plum. The real challenge is dealing with her Grandma Mazur’s wild bucket list. A boob job and getting revenge on Joe Morelli’s Grandma Bella can barely hold a candle to what’s number one on the list—but that’s top secret.

No. 47 for 2014

Title: That Night
Author: Chevy Stevens
Rating: 5/5
Book: 47/50
Pages: 370  pgs
Total Pages: 17,812 pages
Library Book?: No
No. of Library Books read: 41
Version: Book
Next up: Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich

I LOVED this book!! Chevy Stevens has easily climbed to the top of my must-read authors. Quite frankly, I’d read her grocery list!

About the Book:

s a teenager, Toni Murphy had a life full of typical adolescent
complications: a boyfriend she adored, a younger sister she couldn’t relate to, a strained relationship with her parents, and classmates who seemed hell-bent on making her life miserable. Things weren’t easy, but Toni could never have predicted how horrific they would become until her younger sister was brutally murdered one summer night.

Toni and her boyfriend, Ryan, were convicted of the murder and sent to prison.

Now thirty-four, Toni is out on parole and back in her hometown, struggling to adjust to a new life on the outside. Prison changed her, hardened her, and she’s doing everything in her power to avoid violating her parole and going back. This means having absolutely no contact with Ryan, avoiding fellow parolees looking to pick fights, and steering clear of trouble in all its forms. But nothing is making that easy—not Ryan, who is convinced he can figure out the truth; not her mother, who doubts Toni’s innocence; and certainly not the group of women who made Toni’s life hell in high school and may have darker secrets than anyone realizes. No matter how hard she tries, ignoring her old life to start a new one is impossible. Before Toni can truly move on, she must risk everything to find out what really happened that night.

But the truth might be the most terrifying thing of all.

 

No. 46 for 2014

Title: Invisible
Author: James Patterson and David Ellis
Rating: 5/5
Book: 46/50
Pages: 399 pgs
Total Pages: 17,442 pages
Library Book?: No
No. of Library Books read: 40
Version: Book
Next up: That Night by Chevy Stevens

While this book had a little bit of a slow start, this story was great. The villain was creepy and all of the characters were likeable. The main character, Emmy, was a tad annoying at times but she wasn’t unbearably so.

The twist at the end I did not see coming and I’m usually very good at predicting these mysteries. It made me put the book down in shock for a few moments.

I am of the opinion that James Patterson does not actually write the books that he co-authors with another author. I believe that the co-author does the writing and Patterson just slaps his name on the book. Even if it’s not the case, I will definitely be checking out more books by David Ellis!

About the Book:

Everyone thinks Emmy Dockery is crazy. Obsessed with finding the link between hundreds of unsolved cases, Emmy has taken leave from her job as an FBI researcher. Now all she has are the newspaper clippings that wallpaper her bedroom, and her recurring nightmares of an all-consuming fire.

Not even Emmy’s ex-boyfriend, field agent Harrison “Books” Bookman, will believe her that hundreds of kidnappings, rapes, and murders are all connected. That is, until Emmy finds a piece of evidence he can’t afford to ignore. More murders are reported by the day–and they’re all inexplicable. No motives, no murder weapons, no suspects. Could one person really be responsible for these unthinkable crimes?