In which it is late and all through the house not a creature was stirring... except for me!

Hello everyone!!!! Wow, so much for the idea that I would blog all summer long:( My only saving grace is that I have been reading voraciously. I've read so many books I don't know where to begin!


First, let me say that I have read Lover Avenged. It is the story of Rhevenge, vampire drug lord/pimp/nightclub owner extraordinaire in Caldwell. He is also part sympath, a breed that is cold calculating and confined to a camp upstate to keep the general population safe. He meets Ehlena, a nurse at the local vampire hospital, and they start a thing. While their relationship is still blossoming, Rhevenge's secret comes out and he must make Ehlena hate him in order to save her.


Now, that is absolutely the bare bones of the story. Because, unlike her other books where there are at most three voices; this book has at least seven! And there was so much going on; drama with the royal couple, teenagers being bratty and long lost friends drowning in grief. The whole effect left me wondering whose story was supposed to be told. Yet having said all of that, I have read it twice and loved the addition it made to The Black Dagger Brotherhood series.





I'm afraid I have given up on the Sookie Stackhouse mysteries. They don't hold the appeal that they once did. Sookie and Bob are not growing as characters and more characters are being thrown in to the fray. Basically, burned me out.

Next is the latest Jaquelyn Frank book!! It centers around the head priest of the Night Walkers, Magnes, and his new Handmaiden. She had been a slave in her aunt and uncles' house when Magnes called her to Sanctuary. Together they have to battle evil within the palace as well as their own personal demons. It was a decent book but I am really looking forward to her story of Malaya, the princess and her bodygaurd Guinn. That one promises to be fabulous!

Those are the highlights of my summer reading, I have also started up my beading and crochet again, so that will mean lots of crafty fun! Talk to you guys later!!

In wich it is raining and I explain where I've been...

Hello everyone!! I have been busy reading Suzanne Brockman's Troubleshooters series. There are something like fifteen books in this series so it's taken me a while but finish them I did!!
They are centered around SEAL team sixteen, the most elite team of SEALs, and other counter terrorist units in other branches of the military. They are full of excitement and suspense and also confront some interesting issues. The most prominent is the acceptance of homosexuals in any branch of the armed forces and law enforcement agencies and the "don't ask, don't tell" "policy" that abounds in the military. These are causes that ave very near to Ms. Brockman's heart because her son is gay. I would definately reccomend these books to any romance fan, but also if you find the military interesting.

OMG I just remembered!!!

It's Wednesday!!!! That means I can reinstate Wednesday Wish You Were Here!!!!!!!

This week....

The Bodleian Library in Oxford England!!!!

This is what every library in the world should strive to look like! The interior boasts warm dark wood and walls covered in bookshelves.

In which I was really excited about thursday...

See... I get paid on Thurdays, so I was really looking forward to going to the local horse equipment store and getting some paddock boots for myself. Well, I was sitting in traffic today pondering the funness that tomorrow was going to be when "screeeeeech" go my breaks. I let out an expletive that would make a sailor blush because I know what this means, no paddock boots for me, no no no I must go tomorrow and sacrifice my firstborn child so that my breaks can be fixed and I won't be in any wrecks!!!

*sigh* maybe I'll be able to spare $20 to make a run to goodwill...

So about my job...

I have what Douglas Coupland has called a Mcjob. Basically low-income, low-intelligence job. Anyway, I was working the other day and came up with a list of things I hate about the people that come into the store.

A very short list of things I hate about retail:

1. People who put money on the counter when my hand is held out for it.
2. People who walk past what they are looking for and then ask me where it is.
3. People who ask for a bag when all they have is a card
4. People who don’t read the fine print on coupons and signs, they hold important info.
5. People who spend hours in the store only to buy two items
6. People who return items after using them more than once.
7. People who don’t pay attention in line.

I'm broke but I'm happy I'm short but I'm healthy, I'm high but I'm grounded I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed I'm lost but I'm

So I have made a list of fave's for the summer, at least so far;

1. Hot Pink nail polish
2. Bright colorful eyeshadow
3. Aviator sunglasses
4. Reading books while in the sun
5. Trips to the beach
6. Late night trips to Starbucks

more are sure to come, I mean, the Summers just started!!!

I'M BACK!!!!!

Oh my bloggers! How I have missed you! The school year is finally over, the tests are taken, papers turned in and I can blog to my hearts content!

We have a lot to cover because, though I haven’t been able to get to the blogs to chronicle my reading and other adventures doesn’t mean they haven’t been happening!

First I would like to discuss Christine Freehan. She is the author of several series such as The Ghostwalkers, and The Drake Sisters. The series I was reading was about the Carpathians. They are what some may call “good” vampires. They suck blood and can’t go out in the sunlight but they are not evil. The males of the Carpathian race can’t see in color or feel emotion after two hundred years or so, and they will not gain back either without finding their lifemate. Feehan’s vampires are Carpathians that have not found their lifemate and refuse to walk into the sun choosing to be consumed by their naturally dark nature.
I read several of the books in this series (which incidentally, can be read out of order) and I have to say that I was extremely frustrated by most of them. All of them feature Carpathian men, but, of the ones I read, only one featured Carpathian women, and they were all extremely resistant to becoming the lifemate to their destined mate. Yes, the men are overbearing and have very set ideas about what their women should do; but they are devoted to the women from the very first second they lay eyes on them. Only after several tense (not sexually) encounters do the women accept what they are.
It was all very frustrating and I found myself yelling at the books quite a lot.

I have also developed a fondness for Manga. I’m reading three series right now, Demon Flowers, Vampire Knight, and Deathnote. I would describe the plots of each of the manga here but each plot is really complex and has so many layers that it would take all day long!


Then, of course, the thing I have been waiting months for…. Lover Avenged!!!!
I haven’t read the book or bought it yet, just because I know that it will consume my life once I buy it. Also, my family is going to Tybee in June!!! So I might read it there!!

That pretty much brings us up to speed! Be ready to hear lots from me as the summer continues!!