Paper Towns

Author: John Green

Summary: Who is the real Margo?

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew..

Comments: I love you John Green, I really do, even though the only other book of yours that I’ve read is The Fault in Our Stars (though admittedly it wasn’t all that great, and as blasphemous as this may sound, I love the movie better than the book *GASP* but I really liked it).

So, Paper Towns. 

What should’ve taken me a maximum of four hours to finish took away 2 days of my life. That’s 2 days I’ll never get back. I’m a very fast reader; I can finish a whole book in 2-4 hours, provided I have little interruption. But while reading this, I was looking forward to some interruption myself.

I cannot stress how boring this book is.

Q’s crush on Margo is no mere crush; it’s an obsession. An unhealthy obsession. And don’t get me started on Margo Roth Spiegelman, who’s apparently so perfect and awesome that 4 people miss their graduation to race across to country to look for this attention-seeking, self-centered bitch.

Halfway through the book I was ready to kill Margo myself.

Was seriously considering adding it to my DNF pile. What kept me going was this need to know if that bitch Margo is dead. Not gonna spoil anything here, but I must say I’m disappointed with how it ends. I leave it to you to guess why.

Rating: 2/5

Re-reading my feel-good books

It's been a stressful two weeks, and I've got a lot on my plate.. So what do I do to keep my stress level at a less-than-crazy-but-not-much rate? I read.

Reading, for me, is not just a pasttime, nor a hobby. It's a necessity. I like reading because it takes me away, away from this stress. And while I read pretty much anything, whenever I need a distraction I have several go-to books I always re-read.

These are the books I never get tired of repeating, and most of these I've read more than 5 times. The ones on top of my list are Harry Potter (of course this tops the list, I've been a fan ever since I read Sorcerer's stone when I was in Grade 5), Percy Jackson (I love Greek mythology and I fell for the books as soon as I read them), Heroes of Olympus (because I can never get enough of Percy and Annabeth), The Hunger Games (not a fave, but when I'm way too stressed I like to read about the tributes killing each other), Pride and Prejudice (my all-time big-time favorite book ever), Julie James' books (no idea, but I love them).. And the list goes on. I have probably a dozen authors and series on my feel-good list.

But anyway, this time I've re-read Rick Riordan's books. I've finished the 5 books of Percy Jackson and now I'm on the second book of Heroes of Olympus. 

Sometimes I imagine I'm a demigod (because I'm awesome that way). I'd like to think that I am a daughter of Athena, my favorite Greek goddess. Heh.

a little fan-girl rant

Around May last year, I picked up a book by Kiera Cass called The Selection. I've read the first two books in the series (The Selection and The Elite) plus a novella (The Prince), and I've been waiting for the third book entitled The One for like, forever.

So when I found out about a new Selection novella entitled The Guard, I just started reading it as soon as I got my hands on a copy just to tide me over while waiting for the third book.

I know there are those who just looooved this book, and I'm sorry to put a damper on things, but I'm one of those who didn't.

I'm Team Maxon, always and forever. And while I like Aspen, that ship has sailed. He had his chance and he blew it. How stupid was that?

Plus, Aspen doesn't really know Prince Maxon. Who does he think he is, going all condescending and judgmental over Maxon? Really. And he claims to love America but is always putting her in danger with their secret meetings.

And America! Oh no, don't get me started on her. I like her (well, I'm more of a Marlee fan, but that's neither here nor there), and I love how she sees Maxon for who he really is and not just because he is their prince, but I hate how she does and says nothing when Aspen badmouths him. Maxon is a good person, and he showed that side of him to America, yet she never defends him whenever Aspen says something negative about Maxon and that just infuriates me.

But anyways, I'm still rooting for Maxon and America. In my opinion, she'll make an amazing princess. And seriously, theirs is a love story that deserves a happy ending.

Why one should never judge a book by its movie.

Yes, I am really doing this. Because I am a such a nerd, and I really need to get a life. 

So how do I do this, and where do I even begin?

1. Grover was searching for Pan, and like most satyrs who did before him, followed the scent of nature exuded by the fleece. Of course, it wasn't Pan he found, but Polyphemus. He pretended to be a female cyclops and was preparing a wedding dress slowly to stall the "wedding". He created an empathy link so Percy was having what he thought were dreams but it was actually Grover trying to communicate with him to ask for his help.

2. Percy and Tyson met at Meriwether College Prep where they're classmates. Tyson is a homeless kid, and the school adopted him as a community service project. He did not live in the woods. He lives in a cardboard refrigerator box in an alleyway.

3. Annabeth summoned the Chariot of Damnation on the way to camp. And she did it not by whistling, but by shouting something in Ancient Greek and throwing a drachma to the asphalt. It wasn't yellow, it was smoky gray. At least they got the coordinates right, though.

4. The camp was already under attack when Annabeth, Percy and Tyson got there.

5. Where the hell was Tantalus?

6. Why wasn't Chiron blamed and fired for the poisoning of Thalia's tree?

7. Tyson was supposed to be claimed by Poseidon at camp.

8. Chariot races and Stymphalian birds. Where were you?

9. Clarisse consulted the Oracle, not Percy. And speaking of which, Percy was told about the prophecy, but he didn't hear the full version of The Prophecy until the fifth book. And it said "A halfblood of the eldest gods, shall reach sixteen against all odds. And see the world in endless sleep. The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap. A single choice shall end his days. Olympus to preserve or raze." Sixteen, not twenty. And the cursed blade was definitely not Riptide. Plus the history of the blade was just wrong.

10. They did not seek out Hermes, Hermes was the one who approached Percy. He did give them the thermos, and a set of vitamins, but no magic tape.

11. There were three Hippocampi. What happened to the two?

12. The Princess Andromeda was not a yacht. It was a cruise ship. They weren't taken as prisoners. And what Luke said about digging into the depths of Tartarus for Kronos? Pfffft. Kronos is slowly reforming. With every recruit who pledges to their cause, a small piece appears in the sarcophagus.

13. After escaping the Andromeda, they went into one of Annabeth, Luke, and Thalia's past hideout. There they fought a Hydra, with Clarisse arriving aboard the CSS Birmingham just in time to save them.

14. They passed Charybdis, but where the hell was Scylla? And they weren't sucked into the Sea of Monsters. The ship exploded; they got separated. Annabeth and Percy washed ashore on Circe's island "spa" and Circe, man-hater that she was, turned Percy into a guinea pig. The vitamins Hermes gave them turned Percy back, along with the other guinea pigs, one of whom was Blackbeard. They stole Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, and left the island.

15. A cyclops did not kill Thalia. They got delayed going back to camp because a cyclops tricked them, allowing the other monsters to catch up to them.

16. Island of the Sirens, anyone?

17. Polyphemus did not eat his sheep. He has a flock of them. And when they reached his island, Clarisse was also already a captive. When she heard about Polyphemus marrying Grover, she said he was a satyr which made him very angry. He threatened to eat Grover, and marry Clarisse instead. 

18. Annabeth donned her invisibility cap and used The trick Odysseus used, taunting him about Nobody. She wasn't stabbed by that scorpion-like tail, Polyphemus caught her and dropped her head-first into the rocks. The fleece did heal her, though.

19. Tyson survived the blast, and was found by Rainbow, one of the Hippocampi. Both of them were searching the Sea of Monsters looking for Percy and Annabeth before finally arriving at Polyphemus' island.

20. Clarisse brought the fleece back to camp. Luke caught up to Percy, Annabeth, Tyson, and Grover just about after Clarisse left. Luke never got the fleece.

21. Chiron and his fellow centaurs attacked the Princess Andromeda. Party ponies!

22. Kronos did not re-form. Yet. 

I wonder if I missed anything.

Granted, I don't care if they don't follow the book chapter by chapter. Even Harry Potter changed some of the scenes to fit into the movie.

What frustrates me is that they MESSED UP the storyline big time. So what happens on the third movie? Luke miraculously survived being trap with Polyphemus? Kronos reforms yet again? And what about the Great Prophecy? It was supposed to be fulfilled on the fifth and final book. What happens then? 

Aside from Harry Potter (because, who doesn't love HP?), Percy Jackson remains to be one of my favorites series. Harry Potter was great, and I did grew up with it, but wizards and magic aren't just my thing.

Greek mythology, however, is. I love the stories about the gods, and the way Rick Riordan incorporated it into the modern world is just awesome. This is why I really hated the way they turned the book into something not worth watching.

Sorry movie fans. I just had to.

recently read - may 2013

• Inferno 
• The 5th Wave 
• The Program 
• Legend 
• Prodigy 
• Life Before Legend
• Matched
• Crossed
• Reached 
• The Selection
• The Elite 
• The Prince 
• Razor Sharp
• Walking Disaster
• The Last Letter from Your Lover
• Vendetta
• Love Irresistibly 
• Soul Possession
• Weekend Warriors 
• Fast Track
• Cross Roads 
• The Jury 
• Deja Vu 
• Beautiful Stranger 
• Collateral Damage
• Lethal Justice
• Someone to Love
• Vanishing Act
• Home Free
• Just Remember to Breathe
• Free Fall 
• The Trouble with Love 
• Fool for Love 
• Seeing is Believing
• Game Over 
• Burning Rubber 
• Deadly Deals
• The Best Man

maybe sometimes it's ok to judge a book by its cover

We were told early on to never judge a book by it's cover. Of course, this English idiom, according to Wikipedia, is a metaphorical phrase which means "you shouldn't prejudge the worth or value of something, by its outward appearance alone."

Now, literally speaking, we shouldn't discount a book just because its cover is ugly is hideous isn't pleasing to the eye.

I've been known to break this rule every now and then.

I'm not a picky reader. If you recommend a book saying it's good, chances are I'd add it to my reading list and get to it sooner or later. I do have specific genres I stick to. I'm a fan of all things romance (I mean, come on, who isn't?) and chick-lits. However, my ultimate favorite would be suspense, mystery and crime; mostly law (John Grisham, etc.), forensics and police work (Tess Gerritsen, JD Robb, etc.).

I also read young adult fiction - I literally grew up with JK Rowling's Harry Potter (which is THE ultimate, in my own opinion). And I'm a fan of Rick Riordan's books, too. I read a few fantasy books, such as Abbi Glines' Existence Trilogy, but that's about it.

I was never a fan of Dystopian novels, until about recently. And even now, I'm still not sure if I'm a fan per se, but I do enjoy it.

The first Dystopia-type books I've read was the Hunger Games Trilogy, and I was a bit late in that. I had no actual plans of reading it, but last month, I finally gave in. It opened up a whole new world for me, and that was the start of my Dystopian adventure. Friends gave me more recommendations, starting with Veronica Roth's Divergent, and Lauren Oliver's Delirium Series.

I preferred to choose on my own, though. I was still undecided when I saw Kiera Cass' The Selection. Now, if you've seen this book, then you can see why I was attracted to the cover.

Isn't it pretty?

So I read it because the cover was nice, and I continued reading it (even finishing the 2nd book and the novella) because the story was good.

This is a very Dystopian month for me. After Kiera Cass, I moved to to Ally Condie's Matched Trilogy, Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave (sadly, I didn't like this), Suzanne Young's The Program, and the first two books of Marie Lu's Legend Trilogy.

Dystopia aside, I also discovered lots of authors this way. I've been "judging" books by its covers way back, and from time to time, I'd pick up a book with an author I've never heard of. And despite being unfamiliar with the author and the way he/she writes, I'd read that book because I liked the cover. If I didn't like the book, then no harm, no foul. But if I did, then I can add another author to my must-reads. I think it's a win-win situation for me.

So maybe, just maybe, sometimes, something good comes out of judging a book by it's cover after all.

recently read - april 2012

• Twisted Perfection
• Hot Ticket
• The Silver Linings Playbook
• I Choose You
• Unmaking Hunter Kennedy
• Stealing Parker
• Trust in Me
• Things I Can't Forget
• The Hunger Games
• Rock Hard
• Emancipating Andie
• Snowed In
• Hawthorne, Rachel
• Make it Last
• Mockingjay
• Fever Dreams
• Selling Scarlett 
• Catching Fire
• Calculated in Death 
• Running Time
• Backstage Pass
• Double Time 

recently read - january - march 2013

January

1. Fallen Too Far
2. Waking Up to Boys
3. The Secrets of Boys
4. The Perfect Boy
5. Forbidden Boy
6. The Other Boy
7. Flirting with Boys
8. Already Home
9. Cut and Run
10. Betrayals
11. Midnight in Death
12. Second Chance Summer
13. Interlude in Death 
14. Overprotected
15. The Lady Most Willing...: A Novel in Three Parts
16. Shades of Gray
17. Bittersweet
18. Perfect Fit
19. All She Wants For Christmas 
20. Back to You 
21. Hometown Girl
22. The Racketeer
23. A Rare Gift 
24. The Litigators

February

1. Just for Now
2. The Vincent Brothers 
3. While It Lasts 
4. Because of Low
5. Breathe 
6. The Vincent Boys
7. Abandon 
8. Dark Sky 
9. On Fire
10. Hurricane

March

1. Cold Dawn 
2. The Boyfriend League
3. Take Me
4. Tempt Me 
5. Suite Dreams
6. Try Me
7. Immortal Ever After
8. Playboy Prankster 
9. Slow Burn 
10. On The Move 
11. Total Control 
12. To The Limit 
13. Dangerous Curves 
14. On The Edge 
15. What Happened to Goodbye
16. The Truth About Forever
17. The Valentine's Arrangement
18. Luscious
19. Crazy Thing Called Love
20. Love Unrehearsed
21. Love Unscripted 
22. Caribbean Cruising
23. Eighty Days Yellow
24. Beautiful Bastard 
25. Never Too Far 
26. Ceaseless 
27. Predestined 
28. Existence

confessions of a bookaholic part 2

I'm a The Hunger Games Trilogy late bloomer. I know the first book was released 2008, and it became even more popular when the movie came out on 2012, but I just wasn't feeling it, you know?

All my friends know what a bookworm I am, and almost all of them kept asking me if it was good. And I kept getting these shocked looks when I told them that I haven't read it, and that I've no plans to read it. 

It's quite known that I'd read absolutely anything (well, except for Sidney Sheldon, Stephen King, and a handful of other authors I really don't like, but that's another story), but it doesn't mean that I'd read everything. I'm open to trying authors I've never heard before, and despite the saying "don't judge a book by it's cover", I've been known to pick up a book and start reading it just because the cover's pretty.

I don't read books because everybody's reading it. I've never been known to jump into a reading bandwagon. And there are certain times when I've already read a book even before it became popular. Case in point: The Twilight Saga. I've finished the first three books, and was waiting for the release of the fourth. I even told my friends to read it, because while I never thought of it as a really good book, I felt as if it has potential. But did anybody listen to me? No. And then when the movie tie-in was announced, well it was pretty much everyone could talk about. And it irked me. It irked me so much that when the books were all sold out, I gloated over the fact that I have all four books, in hardbound. And no, I didn't allow then to borrow my copy. (Bitter, huh?)

So what made me change my mind?

As I've said on my Instagram post, I had four reasons for reading it.

Number one would be because I ran out of books to read. I have several books that I downloaded from torrent, but since I'm not familiar with them, I decided to skip them first. Hunger Games has been on my Kindle, then my iPad, ever since the books came out. So I told myself, what the heck and just got on with it.

Two, was for my friends to stop telling me "but you're a bookworm, you love to read, how come you never read Hunger Games?" blah blah stinking blah. It's like I'm committing a grave sin, the way they look at me when I say that I don't like to read it. 

Reason number three would be because I'm tired of defending and explaining myself that being a bookworm  doesn't necessarily mean that I'd be devouring every available book there is.

And lastly, number four would be to satisfy my curiosity. Almost all my book-lover friends read it, and they kept saying how good it was and all that shit. So I decided to see for myself what the hype was all about.

So I finished all three books in two days, but since I'm a naturally fast reader, time isn't a good indicator of how good the book was. I thought it was good enough to keep me reading, but frankly, I got tired of Katniss and all her self-centered, self-loathing thoughts. The first book was ok, but when I got to the middle of the second book, I got bored already. I was hoping that Katniss would die in the arena so that the book would finally end (despite the fact that Katniss is the main protagonist, and let's face it, the lead characters seldom die). By the time I got to the third book, I was already speed-reading. I expected the third book to have more action, and in the story it did, but it was just dragging on and on and on. I'm so glad when it finally ended. I did wish for a much more detailed epilogue, though. I felt like it left me hanging.

All in all, it was a good book. Definitely a step up from the Twilight Saga (which was so ugh), but still worlds away from my favorites: JK Rowling's Harry Potter Series, and Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson Series and The Heroes of Olympus Series.

Oh, and I haven't watched the movie, too. But maybe I will, now that I've read the book. Also because of Jennifer Lawrence. I liked her in X-men First Class, loved her in Silver Linings Playbook. Might as well see how she portrayed Katniss. =)

recently read - december 2012

• A Winter Scandal
• Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
• Kismet
• Fated
• Leave Me Breathless
• Back to Basics
• The Best Thing
• The Proposition
• Bared To You
• Reflected in You
• The Marriage Bargain
• The Marriage Mistake
• The Marriage Trap
• Riding Wild
• Riding Temptation
• Riding on Instinct
• Riding the Night
• The Next Always
• The Last Boyfriend
• The Perfect Hope

recently read - september - october 2012

September 2012

• Harvesting The Heart
• Perfect Match
• The Pact 
• Sing You Home
• Playing to Win
• Softly at Sunrise
• Echoes at Dawn
• Goodnight Tweetheart
• Delusion in Death
• Night Sins
• Guilty as Sin
• A Kiss at Midnight
• When Beauty Tamed the Beast
• The Duke is Mine
• The Ugly Duchess
• Sex with the Ex
• The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
• Home is Where the Bark Is

October 2012

• Cold River
• Chemistry for Beginners
• Copy Cat
• In the Groove
• The Manolo Matrix
• The Mark of Athena
• The Temporary Wife
• Snowfall
• The Angel

on babies and books

So I went to my OB this afternoon for a follow up check up. Almost two years ago, I've been having abdominal pains and after I had an ultrasound done I found out I had a cyst. Nothing serious, but it gave me quite a scare. It freaked me out. And me being a teeny bit hypochondriac, I had these visions of not being able to get pregnant, or having my ovaries removed.

I dislike hospitals (ironic, since I'm a registered nurse), and I hate seeing a doctor. The only doctor I see regularly is my EENT, since I frequently get ear infections, sinusitis, and throat infections. But now, I also see my OB quite often.

I first went to her last April, complaining of abdominal pain similar to the ones I've had before I found out about the cyst, chills and severe dysmenorrhea during my period. I was afraid the cysts were back, so I went for a check up. She gave me a thorough check up, had lab tests done, prescribed me meds, and put me on the Pill. And I've felt better since then. Usually I don't go back for follow ups, but I need to go see her because she needs to monitor for cystic growths while I'm on the Pill, and that's fine with me.

I take my OB visits seriously, because if there's one thing I want most in my life, it's to be a mother. Not right now, though. Maybe someday.

It's one of the few things we talked about this afternoon. She asked me if I'm thinking about getting pregnant anytime soon and I responded with a resounding no. Maybe in a couple of years or so, when I've fully reached grown-up status, I'll be ready think about it. I think I'm still stuck in my teenage years. I certainly don't feel like a 20 23 year-old, and if I haven't finished growing up yet, how can I be responsible for another person?

Anyway, after I left the clinic, I walked around for a while. And I ended up at one of my happy places: Book Sale. I'm a frequent visitor, though I don't always buy a book when I'm there. But when I do buy, I usually buy a lot. Once I dropped in to kill some time and I ended up buying 11 books. The salespeople know me already, and are always helpful when I need help looking for something, or when I didn't bring any money and I need them to hide it so I can get it when I return another day. *grin*

I just bought 9 eBooks online last Saturday, and I already read 5 of them. And today, I bought 4 more books from Book Sale. I paid only 267.00 pesos for all 4. They're so cheap, how can I resist?

Logging out now, so I can get started on those books! =)

recently read - august 2012

• A Visit From Sir Nicholas
• When We Meet Again
• Let It Be Love
• The Heiress
• The Husband Hunt
• Shooting Stars
• Epic Fail
• Sing Me To Sleep
• Second Kiss
• Below The Surface
• Cold Pursuit
• Friday Night Cocktails
• Heartsick
• The Lady Is A Vamp
• I Got You, Babe
• Wild At Heart
• Call Me Wild
• Last To Die
• The Demigod Diaries
• The Throne Of Fire
• The Serpent's Shadow

recently read - july 2012

Because I spend most of my free time reading... =)

• Let Love Find You
• Jacked Up
• The Rules Of Seduction
• Lessons Of Desire
• Secrets Of Surrender
• The Sins Of Lord Easterbrook
• Cold As Death
• The Other Extreme
• Fifty Shades Of Grey
• Fifty Shades Darker
• Fifty Shades Freed
• Gone Missing
• Cindy Ella
• Anna And The French Kiss
• Lola And The Boy Next Door
• The Great Escape
• Catching Jordan
• Pretty Face
• The Break Up Bible
• The Boyfriend Game
• Flirting With Disaster
• Island Girls (And Boys)
• Labor Of Love
• Love On The Lifts
• Thrill Ride
• Her Sexiest Mistake
• Out Of This World
• The Trouble With Paradise
• The Wedding Bargain
• The Husband List
• The Marriage Lesson
• The Prince’s Bride
• Her Highness, My Wife
• Love With The Proper Husband
• The Lady In Question
• The Pursuit Of Marriage

recently read - june 2012

..and the list goes on. =)

Bad Girl By Night - Lacey Alexander

Party of Three - Lacey Alexander

Karma - Carly Phillips

A Night Like This - Julia Quinn

Under A Vampire Moon - Lynsay Sands

Sweet Addiction - Maya Banks

Pray For Silence - Linda Castillo

Breaking Silence - Linda Castillo

Dead Reckoning - Linda Castillo

Seducing The Highlander - Emma Wildes

Hot Under Pressure - Louisa Edwards

Rescue Me - Rachel Gibson

The Duke Next Door - Celeste Bradley

Duke Most Wanted - Celeste Bradley

About That Night - Julie James

Three Weddings and A Kiss - Catherine Anderson & Loretta Chase & Lisa Kleypas & Kathleen Woodiwiss

Where's My Hero - Lisa Kleypas & Kinley MacGregor & Julia Quinn

To Wed A Scandalous Spy - Celeste Bradley

Surrender to A Wicked Spy - Celeste Bradley

One Night With A Spy - Celeste Bradley

Seducing The Spy - Celeste Bradley

The Pretender - Celeste Bradley

The Impostor - Celeste Bradley

The Spy - Celeste Bradley

The Charmer - Celeste Bradley

The Rogue - Celeste Bradley

Devil In My Bed - Celeste Bradley

Rogue In My Arms - - Celeste Bradley

Scoundrel In My Dreams - Celeste Bradley

The Bite Before Christmas - Lynsay Sands & Jeaniene Frost

Category Five - TJ MacGregor

Snow Blind - PJ Tracy

recently read - april-may 2012

April

• The Other Twin - Morrgan Hunter
• Next of Kin - Sharon Sala
• Blood Stains - Sharon Sala
• Blood Trails - Sharon Sala
• Blood Ties - Sharon Sala
• Simply Sinful - Carly Phillips
• Simply Scandalous - Carly Phillips
• Simply Sensual - Carly Phillips
• William and Kate: A Royal Love Story - Christopher Andersen
• The Letter - Emma Wiles
• A Woman Seduced - Emma Wiles
• The Lady Most Likely - Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, Connie Brockway
• The Viscount Who Loved Me: 2nd Epilogue - Julia Quinn
• When He Was Wicked: 2nd Epilogue - Julia Quinn
• It's In His Kiss: 2nd Epilogue - Julia Quinn
• Romancing Mr. Bridgerton: 2nd Epilogue - Julia Quinn
• Lessons From A Scarlet Lady - Emma Wiles
• The Countess - Lynsay Sands
• Desperately Seeking A Duke - Celeste Bradley
• The Lover's Dictionary - David Levithan
• Rituals of Passion  - Lacey Alexander
• Master of Desire  - Lacey Alexander
• Carnal Sacrifice - Lacey Alexander
• French Quarter   - Lacey Alexander
• Their One and Only - Trista Ann Michaels

May

• Simply Sexual - Kate Pearce
• Simply Sinful - Kate Pearce
• Sin City - Lacey Alexander
• Key West - Lacey Alexander
• Missing - Sharon Sala
• Crazy on You - Rachel Gibson
• Seven Nights of Sin - Lacey Alexander
• Voyeur - Lacey Alexander
• Simply Shameless - Kate Pearce
• Simply Wicked - Kate Pearce
• Simply Insatiable - Kate Pearce
• Simply Forbidden - Kate Pearce
• The Story of Us - Deb Caletti
• Somebody to Love - Kristan Higgins

recently read - march 2012

Celebrity in Death - JD Robb

Hot Stuff - Elaine Fox

Wine, Tarts, and Sex - Susan Johnson

Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella

Guilty - Karen Robards

The Time of My Life - Cecelia Ahern

There's No Place Like Here - Cecelia Ahern

Sleepwalker - Karen Robards

The Widow - Carla Neggers

Left To Die - Lisa Jackson

Final Justice - Fern Michaels

Man At Work - Elaine Fox

Sworn to Silence - Linda Castillo

Special of the Day - Elaine Fox

Game for Anything - Bella Andre

Game for Seduction - Bella Andre

Game for Love - Bella Andre

New Girl - Paige Harbison

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier

Taking A Shot - Jaci Burton

recently read - february 2012

Because reading is always fun. <3

• Always the Baker, Never the Bride - Sandra Bricker
• Always the Wedding Planner, Never the Bride - Sandra Bricker
• Under the Radar - Fern Michaels
• Payback - Fern Michaels
• Take Me - Bella Andre
• Love Me - Bella Andre
• Heaven Texas - Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• Lethal Remedy - Richard Mabry
• Nine Uses for An Ex-Boyfriend - Sarra Manning
• I've Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella
• Desirable Residence - Madeleine Wickham
• What's Your Number? - Karyn Bosnak
• Lucky Charm - Carly Phillips
• Lucky Streak - Carly Phillips
• Lucky Break - Carly Phillips
• Seduce Me - Carly Phillips
• Before She Dies - Mary Burton

recently read - january 2012

January has been a productive month. =)

Some Like It Hot - Louisa Edwards

Wild Thing - Robin Kaye

The Book of (Even More) Awesome - Neil Pasricha

When Harry Met Molly - Kieran Kramer

Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right - Kieran Kramer

Cloudy With a Chance of Marriage - Kieran Kramer

If You Give a Girl a Viscount - Kieran Kramer

A Home By the Sea - Christina Skye

Simply Irresistible - Jill Shalvis

It's All Greek To Me - Katie McAllister

Confessions of a Karaoke Queen - Ella Kingsley

The Accidental Courtesan - Cheryl Ann Smith

Destiny - Carly Phillips

Wild Heat - Bella Andre

Hot As Sin - Bella Andre

Swimming Naked - Stacy Sims

Whispers in the Dark - Maya Banks

Sweet Possession - Maya Banks

Summer Loving - Carly Phillips

recently read - october to december 2011

Hungry for You - Lynsay Sands

The Reluctant Vampire - Lynsay Sands

Before I Go To Sleep - SJ Watson

Lord Langley's Back In Town - Elizabeth Boyle

Mad About the Duke - Elizabeth Boyle

Slow Ride - Erin McCarthy

Handle With Care - Jodi Picoult

The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks

All I Ever Wanted - Kristan Higgins

Catch of The Day - Kristan Higgins

Too Good To Be True - Kristan Higgins

Until There Was You - Kristan Higgins

Fools Rush In - Kristan Higgins

Maybe This Time - Jennifer Crusie

My Sister's Voice - Mary Carter

The Book of Awesome - Neil Pasricha

Code Blue - Richard Mabry, MD

Medical Error - Richard Mabry, MD

Diagnosis Death - Richard Mabry, MD

Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay

A Secret Kept - Tatiana de Rosnay

Along For The Ride - Sarah Dessen

Keeping The Moon - Sarah Dessen

School For Brides - Cheryl Ann Smith

Wouldn't Miss It For The World - Tara McCarthy

Hide and Seek - Fern Michaels

Sweet Revenge - Fern Michaels

Hokus Pokus - Fern Michaels

The Hiding Place - Karen Harper

The Falls - Karen Harper

Avenging Angel - Justine Dare

Take Me Home - Jerri Corgiat