Almost Gypsy Soul

[Linking up with Heather at Undercover Blonde ] 41 hours......that is how long this book is on cd. I knocked er out on the Really Big Road Trip. It was recommended to me by a co-worker and I thought it would be perfect for this insanely large road trip that I was about to embark on. I don't know if I'm proud of this fact or dismayed that I drove at least 41 hours by myself. ouch. And since I just got home from said 41+ hours, this is my dazed and confused book report. Its good. Its about knights and earls and monks. Its 41 hours if you do the cd version which probably translates into alot of pages. I don't think I'll read it again, but I will read this author again. Its got fighting, losses, triamphs and 32 cds. oh and did I mention It's 41 hours.

[Linking up with Heather at Undercover Blonde ] The author Ken Follett was recommended to me by a co-worker, of course when I got to the library I couldn't remember the titles that she had recommended so I just picked one. And I picked a good one! Whiteout by Ken Follett is a suspense thriller, but not with a usual story line. Its a looping story of betrayal, threat against human kind and a race against time. A medical firm that does research on deadly virus' as well as vaccines to protect against those virus' is broken into and threatened to be released into the world, threatening the existence of human kind. I know I'll be reading more by Ken Follett!

[Linking up with Heather at Undercover Blonde ]   Your typical tomboy gets the hot guy story, old school like 1800s old school is The Icecutter's Daughter by Tracie Peterson. Its an easy read and not too corny. Merrill is a girl that lives in a houseful of boys after her mother passed away. She is quite the hand with the teams of horses that her family uses to cut ice blocks each winter in a small Minnesota town. She is also a quite accomplished painter that lands her an additional job in town once the dashing young Rurik arrives in town to help his uncle with his carpentry business. Of course there is wrench thrown into the loop making somewhat of a love triangle....pick up a copy at your library to find out who the third is! And with this book, I crossed off #30 on my Dirty 30 list (this is the progress that I made in my first 3 months)!

[Linking up with Heather over at the Undercover Blonde ] Oh I love me a good murder mystery! I haven't been the the library in quite some time....yeah I still have a library card and I pickup real books, I don't have one of those e-reader things. Anyway, I always cruise the "new releases" section and I pick books like I pick wine. A catchy title and cover and .......bam, you got me! Since I was getting ready to fly to CA, I stopped to get some books before I left. This one I finished on the first day.....before I made it to my final destination. Its an easy read and highly recommended if you are into murder mystery books. Let's just say the ending isn't what you expect....or at least I sure didn't.  Trying not to do a spoiler, I'll give you a few details. The Ninth Step by Grant Jerkins is a story of one woman's quest to right her wrongs after admitting she is an alcoholic and joining a 12 Step Program. As she works her way through...