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Your Turn and My Reads
June 27, 2008
I just love to sit outside and read a good book on a warm sunny day. I especially like to drive to the lakefront (Lake Michigan) and just sit in my comfy car and look at the lake while I read. Of course, then come other people. The nerve! The radios blasting, the bass throbing, the kids screaming. So, I go home, sit on my couch next to the patio doors and let the warm breeze and sunshine surround me while I kick back with my great summer reads. Of course, the ice cold drink with the little umbrella really helps put me in the mood.
Here's my reads for the week then it's your turn and you can tell us what you've been reading.
My first read this week was Double Enchantment by Kathryne Kennedy. In magical London, 1844, Lady Jasmina Karlyle tries to protect her mother by sneaking out of the house to return a piece of jewerly. To cover her escape, she conjures up a double to take her place in bed in case anyone checks. Sir Sterling Thorn is a were-stallion who's most valuable assest is to see through magic. Unfortunately, the aristocracy considers were-animals a very low class creature, unlike the Royals who depend on were-animals to help them rule. When Jasmina's double becomes real, havoc ensues and she needs Sterling's help to put things right again.
This little blurb does not do this book justice. Even though it's the second in the series, it stands well on it's own. I thought Enchanting the Lady was rich with the world that Kathryne has woven, but Double Enchantment surpassed all my expectations with twists, turns, gnomes and other creatures that will give adult lovers of Harry Potter the fix they've been missing since the last book. Mysterious, witty and sensual. Don't be the last to discover this wondrous world.
Everything But a Bride by Holly Jacobs. Noah Salo was engaged to be married to his childhood sweetheart Julianna. Nana Salo was thrilled and felt this would break the curse she inadvertantly put on the family years ago. But when Julianna backs out, it's up to her younger stepsister Callie, to step in and help Noah through his heartbreak.
This series about a family cursed with wedding disasters does not need to be read in order, but anyone who's gone through the trauma of planning a wedding will be able to sympathize with the goings on. Lighthearted and sweet, these books are great to share with the women in your lives.
Candy, Corpses and Classified Ads by J L Wilson. Molly lived in Tangle Butte, MN and worked at the local newspaper. When personal ads started appearing in the paper about an old love looking to rekindle the flame, Molly (and others) looked to the recently returned Sherriff JT McCord, who jilted Molly some twenty years earlier. Having Molly's ex-husband show up buried near her septic tank didn't help the budding romance, but when someone tries to kill Molly, things really start to get hairy.
It was a wonderful change of pace having lead characters in their 40s with plenty of past history getting in their way. And who couldn't love Molly, with her habit of sorting her M&Ms by color and eating them for their special qualities (red and yellow ones for punch, pink to bolster courage, and brown ones as a last resort). A delightfully, refreshing, entertaining small town mystery full of characters you want to sit down and have coffee with.
Now it's your turn to share what you've been reading for the week. We've gotten lots of great suggestions, so keep 'em coming.
Bottom Line: I've never thought of different colors of M&Ms having certain powers since I usually just rip open the bag and dump the contents directly into my mouth. Which probably explains why my poor brain seems scrambled most of the time.
Posted by Barbara Vey on June 27, 2008 | Comments (64)
