Life's a Beach

I picked this book to read well, it was toward the end of summer and I haven't read any summer/beach books.
Nice little story. Nothing to be learnt. Just a fun read. I like all the characters. Of course my favs were the sisters, Ginger and Geri. Sounding so familiar of incidents that one feels it's all about the other.
A little bit of comedy intertwined in story, nice touch. Especially like the part where Ginger and nieces and nephew where waiting in line for an audition. And a man was walking up and down asking if anyone had SAG. Course Ginger took it that her chest was sagging. "Not yet"

All in all in this story no matter how they felt toward each other you could tell they loved each other. Now the parents in the story were getting a bit on my nerves. The father I get it wanted to pretend he didn't want to be around the chos that the sister's mother was going through. But truthfully. Enough is enough with the memory loss.

Even though there were no lessons to be learnt. I realize that No.1 do not live with your parents. Especially if you don't pay rent. Gives them a cause just to walk in and invade your privacy. Hence my own life wish my children,especially daughter would pay rent. It would help out a lot.
No.2 FROG means finished room over the garage. that's where Ginger was staying.

I give Life's a Beach 4 

Barnes and  Noble says People who bought this also bought Summer Blowout Claire Cook, The Wildwater Walking Club Claire Cook, Dedication Emma McLaughlin, Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club Jessica Morrison, School's Out Christophe Dufosse

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The Girl Who Played with Fire

I liked this book. It took me forever to read it but I finished. It seems like a political book but the way the author wrote the characters to intertwine with each other was excellent thinking. I felt for the characters especially  Lisabeth
The way it ended was a bit foreseen. You knew that Blomvist was going to be involved in her finding.


These are some things I found  interesting along the way of reading this story .
1.The biggest point that was made, that changes wanted to be made so it is a real difference a person is making.
2.Funny how character described the bad people as a forest troll, leprechaun.
3.7 Eleven is sought out more than a grocery store in Sweden
4.Sweden has same concerns as we. One of the characters is looked down because he isn't married. But has a SO that is married.
5.A selective description of  Lisbeth. "She was so dark that in the light her eyes might be raven black."
6.I see that in real life Sweden, there is things that happened that are just as bad as any other country. A politician being murdered. And she was a popular woman.
7.A look at one of the under appreciated professions, school teacher, devotes time to make things right in investigations.
8.I'll never look at evil just as a word. The "Evil" that Lisabeth tells is something that I am grateful not to go through
9.A clue for the next book. Lisabeth boxed and she boxed like scrapping with a hornet. "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest"
10.The title of book comes with something with fire  to protect herself from her father. And here is where the "Evil" is.

Somewhere toward the end of book. It felt like it jumped characters. First talking about a journalist next talking about a fox.
A description of a character was compared to a horror movie. "The creature on the floor was no girl, but a being from the other side of the grave who couldn't be conquered with human strength or weapons known to man"..


Looking forward to the next book, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest. I'm sure author will wrap up loose ends. I hope to see Lisabeth happy again. And the rest of characters find their way to their own destiny. But first I need to catch up on my summer books.

Barnes and Noble says eople who bought this also bought  The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,  South of Broad

by Pat Conroy, Little Bee by Chris Cleave, That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo.

I give The Girl Who Started the Fire  4 

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Dead To the World

Another Sookie Stackhouse book read.It was one of the most interesting books of the series so far.
I never was so glad not to see Bill in the book as this one. About time Sookie thinks for herself without him.
Relationship between her and Jason is a bit different. Nice to see the brother and sister team so calm.

Important for me to see how Eric is with Sookie and family in the rest of stories.


Barnes and Noble says People who bought this also bought Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris, Club Dead by Charlaine Harris, Dime Store Magic (Women of the Otherworld Series #3) by Kelley Armstrong, Smoke and Shadows by Tanya Huff, Cravings by Laurell K. Hamilton , Rebecca York , MaryJanice Davidson , Eileen Wilks, Bite by Laurell K. Hamilton , Charlaine Harris , MaryJanice Davidson , Angela Knight , Vickie Taylor, Undead and Unwed (Betsy Taylor Series #1)by MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Unemployed (Betsy Taylor Series #2) by MaryJanice Davidson, Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Series #1) by Charlaine Harris, Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse / Southern Vampire Series #10) by Charlaine Harris



I give Dead To the World 4 

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Water For Elephants

Very interesting book indeed. The way the author went back and forth of when Jankowski young and old. Sometimes it was hard to follow, is it when he was young that I'm still reading? Oh no, he's in his 90's. I like how she put it when he was older."Ghosts of my past rattle around my vacuous present". I think the memories that we have of the past are more precious of the memories of the present.

Old America when funny things are said that you would never think about doing now like "You should take it up. It's good for your health". Yeah not now would someone say that about smoking.

As the circus went to town to town Uncle Al would pick up animals from other companies when they couldn't make it financially. Nice to see Jacob suddenly feel soft toward all the animals.

Although I didn't like how August treated Rosie. It broke my heart to read of the horrors he put on her. I did learn something about this elephant, had a language barrier. She only knew Polish.
We all know that elephants just don't respond to just Polish, German. But it is a part of the circus history that there were at least one that did. Elephants do remember and Rosie did do what anyone else (human) would do ponked August over the head. Animals don't harm, people do.

Sweet that Jacob found his true love in Marlena. Nice to see that he would love a child even if it wasn't his. Quite a life they led. They did Rosie right and the horses. Which made what happened not forgiven or forgotten but easier to know that they are in good hands.

Jacob Jankowski thinking the show he went to see was not to the magnitude of either Benzini Brothers or Ringling. For that you need a train. Water For Elephants is a story that will give you a bit of history. Not factual but with a story.

I thought the ending a bit weak. But believe it was appropriate of how it ended with Jacob at a circus, "for this old man, this is home".

I give Water For Elephants 4 

Barnes and Noble says, Customers that bought this book, bought The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards, Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium Trilogy Series #1) by Stieg Larsson, and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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Listen

I liked this book. I thought the characters were interesting too. I think my favorite character was Frank. He was a cop that just wanted to do good. And love where he lived. There were a lot of reviews saying that it was too much referencing on the religious side. While reading I kept my eye out on it and didn't see too much. I'm saying things weren't jammed down our throats. Point, what are we without faith? Any kind of faith for that matter?

What if our conversations were recorded, the ones that we think are private? I know I wouldn't like it, to know that others will see what was said. It is a lesson to check yourself on what you say, how you say it.
In Listen it is said to be a dark and dirty secret. Time to listen than talk.

A lot of the bullying we see today is caused by harsh words. Maybe this web site that they had was a good idea, listen to yourself. Sometimes it doesn't sound nice. In this case life and death are in the power of the tongue. Are we defined who we are by our private conversations? Or are we who we are despite our private conversations? This is food for thought.

My thoughts on Listen. It says trust begins with words. If we don't watch what we say and how, I think we will never be able to live in peace. There will always be something that is said and done that hurts. If we continue to be not so judgmental I think we will eventually become that good person you don't mind calling friend, good neighbor, buddy.


I give Listen 4 

Barnes and Noble says Customers who bought this also bought Deliver Us From Evil by Robin Caroll, A Case for Love (Brides of Bonneterre Series #3) by Kaye Dacus, Snitch by Rene Gutteridge, Hunter's Moon by Don Hoesel, Scoop by Rene Gutteridge