Inspiration hits us in so many wonderful ways. Spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally. Each a different entry into the world we view as reality.

Kindle eh... well one day I will be all grown up and have books that I like available from said ebook stores. I have run across very few titles I read on their lists. Kind of a shame in the big scheme of things.

<shoulder shrug> I will have to content myself with the sound of disappointing books splatting the wall...

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz. Not as funny as she means it to be. But it is keeping my attention.

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair~Pablo Neruda
 

The Merlot Murders
A Wine Country Mystery

Ellen Crosby

Not too thrilled with this book. The writing is flat and uninspired. Not even sure I'll finish it, but it's in my list for a library assignment.

Speaking of the assignment, I'm looking for any recommendations of books related to fitness, health, nutrition, or organic living. Fiction or nonfiction... :)

Finished reading "enclave" (by ann aguirre) last night. Middle of the road as far as YA Dystopian goes... Had to research to find out if it were the first book of a series or a stand alone. It had that weird of an ending. They finished the story line (I thought) but there were a lot of loose ends that I wasn't sure if we were supposed to find out in a later book - or just build our own...

Yeah I guess what I'm saying is that it's not really even a middle of the road. I'd give it a 2 outta 5. And I think that may be me being nice.


But of course I'll give the second book a read - if I remember the series when the second book comes out.

Have you read Skinny Bitch, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin?
Sounds like a diet book I know, but it's so much more. It's not a simple solution to weight loss, it's about eating for optimal health. It mostly promotes going vegan, but if that is not something you're interested in, you will still learn all kinds of things you (probably) didn't know about the food industry in North America (or at least I did).

It's a great read for anyone concerned about what we put in our mouths.

the portable nietzsche :|

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i just finished this one
even with cliche characters and the wheels falling off at the end - i think this book is worth a read while on the library wait list for the book you want

it held my interest and given the time period of the story - the language used was easy to follow without being too modern and distracting

rating: borrow it

Just finished two this weekend, both are starts of new dystopic trilogies. The first was Angelfall by self published author Susan Ee and it was amazing, finished it in less than a day. The second is Divergent by Jasmine by Veronica Roth, which I thought may be frustrating but turned out pretty good. I'm a little bummed that I went through them so quickly; both are scheduled to launch the second book in Summer, I guess, right in time for pool and beach weather. Now I'm starting Unwind by Neil Shusterman this evening; so excited!

Sister Queens~Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
 

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Daughters of the formidable Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine and Juana were born in to a world of privilege and luxury that came at a devastating personal price. They were trained from an early age to understand European diplomacy and to revere their position as defenders of Catholicism against any threat to their religion. In an age of familiy politics, the sisters were useful only as a way to secure new alliances through marriage; both at the mercy of the men they were to marry. Katherine's marriage to Prnice Arthur apeared to go well until he died suddenly after ten months. Marriage to King Henry VIII did not result in the vital heir, and soon Henry was displaying his despotic nature, with the execution of 'traitors' and high-handed affairs. Juana fared no better with Philip of Burgundy, whose naked amibition and cruelty made her life equally difficult. Julia Fox's new biography vividly portrays the harsh realities of being a queen within a world dominated and run by men. She provides a fresh take on the sisters' characters and interior worlds by setting them within their family and Spanish contexts. In the case of both women, this vibrant biography graphically illustrates the dangers of being a royal commodity at such a perilous time, and gives a highly revealing portrait of two forceful female personaliites thrwarted by the men around them - including the men closest to them who sould have cared for them the most.

The Complete Works of Guy De Maupassant.

"The Huntress" by Nicole Hamlett. It's 2.99 book that Gillian downloaded into our Archives and I decided to give it a whirl.

I'm about 16% done and I've gotten a good chuckle outta it thus far - problem is I don't believe it's a comedy. The writer utilizes cliches like a Shotgun during a Zombie Apocalypse. Despite the protagonist being 30 years old - her first person narrative was spoken more like a whiny 14 year old.

But it's amusing me - so I shall push through it.

Oh Plot: From what I can gather so far - the Greek (and thus Roman I would assume) gods were really Anaceans (I think that's how you spell it, basically the people who occupied Atlantis) who have an extremely long life and can walk through different planes of existence.

The protagonist is supposedly the first "pure breed" of their kind in 3000 years and is the daughter of the one we knew as Diana. You know, The Huntress. You know, The VIRGIN Huntress... who killed someone just for looking at her..

Did I mention the story is amusing? Yes - so I'm not sure about what else, but I'm going to keep reading just because dammit this author's got some mad skills when it comes to working cliches into a sentence.

I read it once.. and it was amazing at the time but it was equally disappointing. The blatant anti butch/butch relationships in that book - at a time where I was with a butch... meh. Left a very bad taste in my mouth since everyone DOES consider this a "must read" for Butch/TG/Stone/hellanyone...

Leslie has since apologized for some of the thoughts expressed - but I won't recommend it nor read it again. :/

Gave up trying to read The Huntress. Made it 62% of the way through it before I just couldn't handle it anymore.


Last night I started reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman... so far so good - even if his writing style has taken a minute to get used to. I keep picturing the bad guys as being "The Gentlemen" from Buffy... not sure if this is accurate or not. We'll see.

I just read "Pets to the rescue, Brave Norman". It was a book sitting on the desk in the 4th grade class room I work in. It was about a dog who was adopted from the pound and went blind. He rescued a little girl who was drownding at the beach despite his blindness. It's a quick 30 page read with mostly pictures and large font, lol. It was a feel good little story and my eyes got a little misty. Hahaha! :-D

just finished drag king dreams by leslie feinberg :) now i'm reading where the streets had a name by randa abdel-fattah.

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Thirteen-year-old Hayaat is on a mission. She believes a handful of soil from her grandmother's ancestral home in Jerusalem will save her beloved Sitti Zeynab's life. The only problem is the impenetrable wall that divides the West Bank, as well as the checkpoints, the curfews, and Hayaat's best friend Samy, who is always a troublemaker. But luck is on their side. Hayaat and Samy have a curfew-free day to travel to Jerusalem. However, while their journey is only a few kilometres long, it may take a lifetime to complete.

FINALLY finished book 4 of the Game of Thrones series, now I'm a few chapters into book 5. I see the light at the end of the tunnel!