Sunday, February 26, 2012

Reading this week


Finished

Healing Autumn's heart by Renee Andrews 
The Protector by Carla Capshaw 

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight



Currently reading

Soul Surfer Devotions by Bethany Hamilton
A woman’s Passionate Pursuit of God: Creating a Positive and Purposeful life by Karol Ladd
 Kisses from Katie by Katie J Davis, Beth Clark
A Lasting Impression by Tamera Alexander
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

The Merchant's Daughter





Getting ready to read

An Eye for an Eye by Irene Hannon
Deadly Pursuit by Irene Hannon





For school 
Reading in Deviant Behavior by Alex Thio, Thomas C Calhoun
Constitutional Law for a changing America: Rights, Liberties, and Justice by Lee Epstein, Thomas G. Walker
Vold’s Theoretical Criminology by Thomas J. Bernard, Jeffery B. Snipes, Alexander L. Gerould

Corrections Today by Larry J siegel Clements Bartollas 

n the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Redemption

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Review of Queen of Kentucky


Title: The Queen of Kentucky
Author: Alecia Whitaker
Series:  
Chapters: 32
Pages: 375
Genre: Teen Chick lit
Rating: 4 stars
     The Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker is a teen book that is set in small town Kentucky. The author is originally from Kentucky, but part of me wonders if she has lost touch with her roots. Don’t get me wrong I enjoyed the book, I just wish that book was more real.
     Ricky Jo Winstead is your typical country girl, she lives on a farm, but not a horse farm she doesn’t belong to the country club. When she starts high school she wants to change who she is. Luke Foster is her best friend and the boy next door. Luke is the typical country boy. When I picture a country boy Luke is pretty much it.
     Reading the book was like re living my childhood in parts, I could relate. The book does capture the typical teenage years  in Kentucky. I just wish that the book didn’t have so much cussing, and scenes of teenage drinking.
     What I didn’t like about the book was the fact that for the main character the author had to pick a name that made her seem like a country bumpkin. She also made it seem like all country girls who live on a farm want to get away from the farm.  Even with everything the book was a good debut novel. I would read more books by this author. Every Kentucky girl and country girl will enjoy this read. 


My favorite line from the novel is "I've been dreaming of the perfect guy when he's been right under my nose." Ricky Jo 

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Book review


Title: Diary of a Player
Author: Brad Paisley with David Wild
Series:   no
Chapters: 9 plus prologue and epilogue
Pages:247
Genre: Nonfiction Memoir biography
Rating: 4 ½ stars
     Don’t let the title fool you it’s not what you think. Brad wrote the book as a way to thank the guitar players that made a guitar player out of him. Starting with his grandfather, the man who gave him his first guitar. Also Brad talks about Clarence “Hank” Goddard his guitar teacher and a member of his first band. The C notes.
     He also goes on to talk about the famous guitar players he played with; such as Buck Owens, and Little Jimmy Dickens. Even though the book is about Brad’s growth as a guitar it does foucus on the guys that helped shape his playing. It was a good back that I enjoyed reading. 

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

book review of Sketchy Behavior


Title: Sketchy Behavior
Author: Erynn Mangum
Series:   no
Chapters: 20
Pages: 222
Genre: Christian teen fiction
Rating: 4 ½ stars
     Sketchy Behavior is the seventh book that I have read by Erynn Mangum not counting her three novella. It is her first teen novel. I love Erynn’s novel; that combine two of my favorite genres together Christian fiction and chick lit. Erynn’s novels are the books that you pick up when you need a good laugh.
     I wondered if she could write teen books as good as she does adult and she does. Kate Carter is a high school junior that has a talent for drawing, but little does she know that that talent will get her into trouble. Justin walters is her classmate who she has come to believe that he doesn’t talk. 
     Erynn’s characters are real and believable who make the same type of mistakes that we make in real life. My sister who doesn’t sister who doesn’t read Christian fiction loved the book, she picked it up to prove to our parents that she could get a job doing what she loved, and in the process she fell in love with an author

Monday, February 20, 2012

Review of the Lucky one


Title: The Lucky One
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Series:   no
Chapters: 38 plus epilogue
Pages: 326
Genre: Romance?
Rating: 4  stars
     With The Lucky One I decided to give Nicholas Sparks another chance. Mainly because of the movie coming out. I read A Walk to Remember and also show the movie, I loved both. When I read Dear John that’s what turned me off of Nicholas Sparks books. However I decided to get him another chance with The Lucky One, and I am glad I did.
     Logan Thibault is a former Marine who after a picture in the Iraq desert walks from Colorado to North Carolina in order to find the woman in the photograph that kept him alive.  Logan’s character is so real, I mean what’s not to love about a Marine who’s willing to work across the country to say thank you.
     Beth (Elizabeth) Clayton is a single mom trying to raise a son Ben who is your typical ten years old. While helping her grandma (Nana) run a dog kennel. Who cannot get rid of her ex. Keith one of the town’s deputy sheriff’s.
     For a secular novel the book was fairly clean. I do not remember any cuss words in the novel, there were a few scenes where things were implied, but didn’t really give too many details are descriptions. I would say that this is a book for adults.  


Sunday, February 19, 2012

Reading this week


Finished
A Killer behind you by Lynette Eason
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 
First Date by Krista McGee



Currently reading

Soul Surfer Devotions by Bethany Hamilton
A woman’s Passionate Pursuit of God: Creating a Positive and Purposeful life by Karol Ladd
 Kisses from Katie by Katie J Davis, Beth Clark
A Lasting Impression by Tamera Alexander
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

The Merchant's Daughter

Healing Autumn's heart by Renee Andrews 



Getting ready to read

An Eye for an Eye by Irene Hannon
Deadly Pursuit by Irene Hannon





For school 
Reading in Deviant Behavior by Alex Thio, Thomas C Calhoun
Constitutional Law for a changing America: Rights, Liberties, and Justice by Lee Epstein, Thomas G. Walker
Vold’s Theoretical Criminology by Thomas J. Bernard, Jeffery B. Snipes, Alexander L. Gerould

Corrections Today by Larry J siegel Clements Bartollas 

n the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Redemption

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Review of Don't Look Back


Title: Don’t Look Back
Author: Lynette Eason
Series:   Women of Justice Book 2
Chapters: 37 plus epilogue
Pages:327
Genre: Christian Suspense with a hint of romance
Rating: 5 stars
     Don’t Look Back is the second book in the woman of Justice series. Jamie Cash is a forensic anthropologist who survived a kidnapping and attempted murder has finally got her life back, and living for God. Dakota Richards is an FBI agent that is running from God even though he wouldn’t admit it. You first meet Jamie and Dakota in Too Close to home. Jamie is Samantha’s younger sister. You don’t have to read the books in order but to understand what’s going on and not have anything given a way it’s best to read them in order. 
     Jamie is working as a forensic anthropologist for a South Carolina police department when the team discovers bones of a murder victim. Which lead Jamie and the team to realize that her attacker is back, and Dakota will do whatever it takes to protect Jamie. It will become a race to find the killer before Jamie becomes his next victim. Will Jamie be able to let go of the past and have a future with Dakota? What kind of surprises in store for the sisters?

     I really enjoyed the book I am looking forward to the third book in the women of justice series and Lynette’s next book. I liked how the bad guys name wasn’t given to the end of the book. He had a nickname “Hero” because he seriously thought he was the hero to the girls he attacked. Unlike the first book I figured out who was the bad guy before the book stated it. But still enjoyed the book. 

Sunday, February 5, 2012

reading this week


eading this week


Finished
The Doctor’s secret Son by Deb Kastner
The Real Enemy by Kathy Herman
The Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker Feb 4, 2012
One call away: Facing the Unexpected with Resilient Faith by Brenda Warner Feb 4, 2012


Currently reading

Soul Surfer Devotions by Bethany Hamilton
A woman’s Passionate Pursuit of God: Creating a Positive and Purposeful life by Karol Ladd
 Kisses from Katie by Katie J Davis, Beth Clark
A Lasting Impression by Tamera Alexander
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
A Killer behind you by Lynette Eason
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 


Getting ready to read

An Eye for an Eye by Irene Hannon
Deadly Pursuit by Irene Hannon
First Date by Krista McGee

The Merchant's Daughter




For school 
Reading in Deviant Behavior by Alex Thio, Thomas C Calhoun
Constitutional Law for a changing America: Rights, Liberties, and Justice by Lee Epstein, Thomas G. Walker
Vold’s Theoretical Criminology by Thomas J. Bernard, Jeffery B. Snipes, Alexander L. Gerould

Corrections Today by Larry J siegel Clements Bartollas 

n the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Redemption

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Review of Too Close to Home


Title: Too Close to Home
Author: Lynette Eason
Series:   Women of Justice book 1
Chapters: 33 Plus Epilogue
Pages: 332
Genre: Christian Suspense
Rating:  5 stars
     Connor Wolfe is a homicide decetive assigned a case of missing teenage girls, one of whom’ body turns up. There’s really nothing to link the girls other than the fact that they all have access to a computer. That’s where FBI special agent Samantha Cash comes in. She’s a computer expert or as Connor calls her the first time he meets her a computer geek.
     Together they work together to find the missing girls and solve the case while fighting their feelings for each other. Samantha’s faith is strong and Connor’s is all but gone. Too Samantha it seems like he blames God for taking his wife. Then something happens with the case, it hits home, and what could have destroyed Connor faith brings him back to where he needs to be.
     I enjoyed the book, but then again I am a huge fan of suspense. I loved that Lynette kept you guessing about who the bad guy was the whole time. The epilogue was a teaser for the next book. Which is the story of Jamie Samantha’s sister.
     Even though it was a bit of a love story, it was secondary the novel mostly focused on the crime and the working to solve it. So I would call the book Christian suspense and mystery with just a hint of romance.