Christmas Eve in Friday Harbor – Lisa Kleypas
Reading a romance novel novel for the setting is kinda like reading Playboy for the articles.
Lucky for me this was a “PG” rated romance novel, but even still the main focus of the story was 2 people falling in love and living happily ever after. puke.
It was a quick and entertaining read although I probably won’t read the rest of the series, even if they are set in the San Juan Islands!
You Better Knot Die – Betty Hechtman
The 5th and final (for now hopefully….) installment of the Crochet Mysteries! This one was more “novel” than a formulaic mystery which made me happy, it was a good read and less Molly Pink getting into trouble yet ultimately solving the mystery than the other other 4. I’m looking forward to the next novel in this series!
The Flying Carpet of Small Miracles: A Woman’s Fight to Save Two Orphans – Hala Jaber
I was expecting a happy book about two orphans who found their forever home, orphans who knew the horrors of wars, but were rescued. What I got was a sad, yet inspiring book more about the war in Iraq than about orphans or adoption. The most interesting part of this book was that I got to see another side of the war and see it’s true victims.
By Hook or By Crook – Betty Hechtman
This is the 3rd of 5 Crochet Mysteries staring the Tarzana Hookers and the Crime Scene Groupie Molly Pink. At first I wasn’t too sure about this series, but as I read more of them the more “hooked” I get! I love it when I can watch an author grow as a writer as I’m doing with Betty Hechtman.
Even though I read these books out of order it was ok as the books don’t really build upon each other too much!
Deadfall – Sue Henry
I started this book a few months ago and just wasn’t into it so I returned it to the library un-read. Then as I was trying to find quick reads to finish off the “Support Your Local Library” Challenge I decided to pick it up. This time I plowed through it in just a day!
I think this was the best Sue Henry I have read! It had the right amount of action and suspense, but wasn’t too scary and it was easier to figure out!
Knit the Season – Kate Jacobs
This one is a Friday Night Knitting Club book! :-) I enjoyed this one just as much as I have enjoyed the other 2 FNKC stories! The whole series reminds me a lot of Adrianna Trigiani’s books and I LOVE her!
This book was a bit odd because I felt like the story had been told out at the end of Knit Two, but I did enjoy another visit to Walker and Daughter and enjoyed seeing the characters stories continue to be told!
Comfort Food – Kate Jacobs
As you likely by now have realized as soon as I find an author I like I proceed to read everything that they have written. I have really enjoyed Kate Jacob’s “Friday Night Knitting Club” books and silly me assumed that this was another in the series. I read and re-read the first 3 pages several times attempting to plug in the characters from The Friday Night Knitting Club before realizing that this was a stand alone novel!
This book was not nearly as good as the Friday Night Knitting Club books. No where near. It was decent story, but it was lacking in something I can’t put my finger on, it just fell short of what I was expecting!
