Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Freakanomics by Steven Levitt
2. Are You Ready by Bob Harper
3. Day After Night  by Anita Diamant
4. Seeing Red by Susan Crandall
5. Escape by Carolyn Jessop
6. 365 Things to Do With Your Kids by Bill Adler
7. The Rich and the Rest of Us by Cornell West and Tavis Smiley
8. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
9. Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
10. Rizzoli & Isles Series (starts with The Surgeon) by Tess Gerritsen

Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
2. Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith
3. The China Study by Colin Campbell
4. The Paris Wife  by Paula McLain
5. Ashes to Ashes  by Tami Hoag
6. Hoda by Hoda Kotb
7. Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie
8. The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children by Steven Vannoy
9. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
10. The Bride Collector  by Ted Dekker

Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
2. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
3. CEO of Me by Ellen Kossek and Brenda Lautsch
4. Happiness Now  by Robert Holden
5. The 4 Hour Work Week  by Timothy Ferriss
6. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
7. Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
8. Don’t Know Much About History by Kenneth Davis
9. Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center
10. An Artist of the Floating World  by Kazuo Ishiguro

Anyone But You

Anyone but You by Jennifer Crusie

My rating (out of 5 stars):

3 stars—I liked it.

Description from Goodreads.com:

“For Nina Askew, turning forty means freedom--from the ex-husband, freedom from their stuffy suburban home, freedom to focus on what she wants for a change. And what she wants is something her ex always vetoed--a puppy. A bouncy, adorable puppy. Instead she gets...Fred.

Overweight, middle-aged, a bit smelly and obviously depressed, Fred is light-years from perky. But he does manage to put Nina in the path of Alex Moore, her gorgeous, younger-by-a-decade neighbor.

Alex seems perfect--he's a sexy, seemingly sane, surprisingly single E.R. doctor--but the age gap convinces Nina that anyone but Alex would be better relationship material. But with every silver-haired stiff she dates, the more she suspects it's the young, dog-loving doc she wants to sit and stay!”

My Thoughts:

This was a cute story. I found it a bit bland…but cute. Crusie is always a delight!

Charlie All Night

Charlie All Night by Jennifer Crusie

Amazon Description:

"Dumped by her boyfriend and demoted from WBBB's prime-time spot, radio producer Allie McGuffey has nowhere to go but up. She plans to make her comeback by turning temporary DJ Charlie Tenniel into a household name. And if he's willing to help cure her breakup blues with a rebound fling, that's an added bonus.

Charlie just wants to kick back, play good tunes and eat Chinese food. He's not interested in becoming famous. But he is interested in Allie. And after all, what harm is a little chemistry between friends?

But suddenly their one-night stand has become a four-week addiction. Night after night on the airwaves, his voice seduces her…and all the other women in town. He's a hit. It looks as if Charlie's solved all Allie's problems…except one. What is she going to do when he leaves?"

My Thoughts:
Crusie is always good for a light, funny romance. This one was a quick, happy read! New to Crusie? “Bet Me” is one of my favorites.

Monday Recommendation List

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This weeks 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. My One and Only by Kristan Higgins
2. Even Silence Has An End by Ingrid Betancourt
3. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
4. Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie
5. Eve Duncan Series (starts with The Face of Deception) by Iris Johansen
6. Just Let Me Lie Down by Kristin Van Ogtrop
7. Husband and Wife by Leah Stewart
8. Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
9. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
10. The Executor by Jesse Kellerman