Tuck

By Stephen Lawhead...the third in the King Raven Trilogy! I was excited to finally finish this trilogy started with Hood (Book 1) and Scarlet (Book 2). I finally had a road trip that needed a good book to listen to. I LOVED this final chapter in this marvelous retelling of the Robin Hood. I have always enjoyed the Robin Hood stories and when I heard about this one I was happy to start the series. As always I have a difficult time waiting for the NEXT book to come out...and this time was no different! I would recommend this book to ANYONE! Definitely read the whole series. I have never read a Stephen Lawhead book before...this was incredible. The characters, the plot, the descriptions. I laughed, I cried...and I couldn't wait to see what would happen next! Thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend for sure!

Desert Heat #1 Joanna Brady

By J A Jance...so I finally read the first book of the Joanna Brady series...twists and turns and a great mystery...of course since I already knew what happened (after reading some of the later books) it was less exciting...but it definitely helped set the scene of how Joanna ends up a sheriff! I plan to listen to book 2 soon! I recommend this series...it is a great, easy, fun read with some interesting plot twists and sometimes it keeps you guessing, yes, there were a couple things revealed that I didn't see coming! Winter is coming...so curl up with a great mystery!

Dead and Alive

By Dean R Koontz...the third and VERY anticipated book in the Frankenstein series...yes, even I emailed My Koontz and asked, WHERE IS THE BOOK??????? Once I finally started it...I was worried that things wouldn't end and I would have to wait for a 4th book. One and Two were awesome...but I had hesitated even starting the series because I hate to wait for books to come out...Harry Potter and Georgia Nicholson have nearly killed me with the suspense of what would happen next. Anyway...thoroughly enjoyed this book...lots of humor (dark as it was) and of course gross and shocking as Mr Koontz tends to be at times...and while things were wrapped up...well a little too quickly I might add...there is room for the saga to continue. But..the story that started with book one did finish. If you have never read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, do that first...then start the series...it was an interesting take on a classic.

The Lovely Bones

By Alice Sebold...I re-read this book recently in preparation for the movie. It is being released soon and I wanted to relive this amazing book about a murdered girl who watches life unfold after her death...she thinks about the things she wished she could have done. She sees her family move on, her killer go on with life...the boy she liked and her sister...all go on with their lives. We see the story from her point of view...and it is an interesting perspective. I thoroughly enjoyed it the first time...and I enjoyed reading it the second.

Talk Before Sleep:A Novel

By Elizabeth Berg...okay, I admit, I have tried reading her novels without success. I guess I just can't get into them...but this one was given to me by my best friend as a beach read the weekend of her wedding. I finally started it on the way home, on the plane...by the time we landed in Atlanta...I was sobbing...my husband looked and me and asked me What is wrong? I told him this is just so, sad, touching, inspiring...all of the above. It made me want to run out and hug my friends...call my mom and be there for the people I love...read it...I won't even tell you what its about!

Paradise Lost (Joanna Brady #9)

By J A Jance...okay I mentioned that I LOVED my first taste Jance...so my next road trip I got another of the Joanna Brady series...once again...not the first one, but number 9. Joanna's daughter Jenny goes on a girl scout camp out and finds a body...Joanna spends this book trying to protect her daughter from someone she thinks may know that Jenny found the body and may have seen something. Relationships between Joanna, Jenny and the grandparents are revealed in a little more detail as well as the man in Joanna's life...but the mystery still keeps you on your toes, especially when the girl who discovered the body with Jenny ends up dead as well. What an incredible mystery...keeps you guessing right up to the end!

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

By Brian Selznick...this is a story for younger readers but the story kept me captivated as well. A boy, Hugo, is an orphan, lives at the train station and spends his time making sure the clocks in the station are the correct time. The author tells this story in both words and pictures...the book is thick (Harry Potter thick) but most of the pages have the most incredible pictures. Kids will learn a little about the mechanics of clocks and gears and how they work. Hugo meets a girl and her grandfather and learns about a connection from his dead father and something that the grandfather created....a little mystery, a little adventure, a lot of interesting topics I recommend for readers of all ages...

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

By Ally Carter...What a cute story! Listened to most of it, then had to read the rest of it, too impatient about the ending! Regardless this is a mixture of all girl's school, spies, so James Bond meets girls! Cammie Morgan goes to the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women...a school that appears to take only the richest...but in fact takes girls who are training for a life as a spy. She can speak 14 languages and she can kill a man several ways...but what happens when on a mission she meets the boy of her dreams? Can she keep up the double life? Will she end up telling him too much and jeopardizing the future of the school. Can a spy find love and remain a spy? Perfect for teens of all ages! Good Clean Fun!

Dead Wrong Joanna Brady #12

By J A Jance...my first Jance mystery and I LOVED it. I listened to it on my way to and from Seattle...it kept my attention...Joanna Brady is a sheriff, she's pregnant, she's got two dead bodies on her hands...and her due date is coming soon...I have never read a Joanna Brady mystery...but this explained everything I needed to know...and the twists and turns kept me guessing...I really didn't know who done it until the last minute! I loved the characters...the reader (as I listened on audio) and the mystery. This all takes place in the Southwest (Arizona) which made me feel thirsty with the descriptions of the dry hot desert! Anyway, I highly recommend!!

The Great Depression Ahead

How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History...by Harry S Dent, well I almost feel like I should have been reading him all along. Harry Dent has written a series of books predicting the biggest boom in history and how to make money...as well as a warning that there is a depression coming soon...and it predicts all of what is happening now. He wrote this book in 2008...and said that people would say that the recession is ending now...but in fact the worst is yet to come...read this stunning insight into our economy, how it works and how patterns may be traced from our history!

Evermore The Immortals #1

By Alyson Noel...a great teen read! If your teen loves Twilight books and those that are similar this first book in the Immortal series will draw them in with the romance and the immortal aspects. Ever can see auras, read minds and feels very different ever since a horrible accident where her family dies...she meets Damen...one of the first people she can't tell things about...and he intrigues her and scares her a little...he is gorgeous, exotic and sexy...and drives her wild...but he has a secret too...can't wait to read more of this series!

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

By Lisa See...What an incredible read. A book about the friendship between two girls that grow into women together through a match called laotong. They will communicate using fans and they will marry better due to their match. Of course it isn't as simple as that...there are secrets that they keep from each other....and there is betrayal that threatens their bond. An incredible story of friendship that also explains some Chinese traditions. I can't wait to read more by this author!