Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich

 

This was a very fast read.  It appears to be the first in a series.  I would use the show "Charmed" to describe this book.  There is a good guy (Diesel), a bad guy (Wulf), and some people that are trying to lead normal lives that get roped into the middle of a situation.  Namely finding the stones that represent the seven deadly sins.  The stone they are looking for in this book represents gluttony.  It's funny and interesting and Diesel is very appealing.  Lizzy is the main character that gets roped into the situation.  She is a cupcake maker.  She works for a bakery and makes perfect cupcakes.  It's a gift.  Her friend / co-worker, Glo, buys a spell book from a shop in town and tries to cast several spells that go awry which adds elements of humor to the novel.  It's definitely entertaining and I will most likely read the next book in the series, if not all.  Eventually!  So many books, so little time....

First Among Equals by Jeffrey Archer

I didn't love this book.  It's political.  I think that says enough.  Not my style.  It was written well, and would be a good read for anyone who enjoys the workings of politics.  That's just not me.  The ending is sort of a cliffhanger.  Which made me angry because I like things to be resolved, and I will not be reading whatever book is next.  So...that is all I have to say.

Before I go to Sleep by S. J. Watson

Ok, so I have been book deprived because I hadn't had anything to read after I finished Will Grayson, Will Grayson....well I had a book to read but I couldn't bring myself to get beyond page four...so I basically had none to read.  And then last Monday a co-worker let me borrow this months book club book, which I have to say I'm also having a hard time reading but since it is a book club book I am putting in more effort into reading it...only time will tell if I make it through.

ANYWAY, all this to say, yesterday, I read this book.  I got about 50 pages in on Saturday and then spent most of my Sunday reading the rest of this book.  I didn't want to put it down.  It is brilliant.  This is Watson's debut novel, and I will be looking forward to reading his next novel (and hoping it is soon!).  I read the inside sleeve and the first two paragraph's as I was leaving our town's library and waiting to cross the street.  That is all it took to make me hooked.

So it's about this woman, Christine, who is forty something and every time she goes to sleep her brain erases everything that happened that day, she cannot retain any memories, and she only remembers certain things from her past up to the time of the accident responsible for this happening.  So every morning she wakes up she doesn't know who she is, where she is, or even how old she is; she thinks she is still in her twenty's, or sometimes even a child.  Her husband has to explain who he is, show her pictures of them, etc...Every.  Day.  It looks like from the author's blog that it will eventually be a movie.  I will want to watch it!  So, it is very well written...and of course there is a twist!  And the ending didn't piss me off!  Hahaha.  I recommend you read this book!  Or at least check it out, here:  Excerpt

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan

I finished this book on Monday.  It is for young readers, like teenagers, as is all the books I've read by John Green, so far.  But it again is funny, made me smile a lot, and laugh out loud.  I think the characters in this book are awesome.  It's about this guy named Will Grayson, and the first chapter talks about his life and about his best friend, Tiny Cooper who is very large and very gay.  The second chapter is about this other Will Grayson and he doesn't really have many friends and the chapters go back and forth between the Will Grayson's until *SPOILER ALERT* they meet in the middle of the book.  Completely random, couldn't have been timed better.  Anyway then the stories kind of integrate a bit (too much of a spoiler to say how) and throughout the book Tiny Cooper is working on this musical of his life, and the book ends with the musical, which is a hit, and it's a good book.  :)  I know I'm not the best at writing these summaries but they are for me to try and jog my memory about a book and what I felt about it in case I ever want to recommend it to anyone!