Monday

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. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
2. Superfreakanomics by Steven Levitt
3. Say You Love Me  by Johanna Lindsey
4. Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
5. Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
6. The Collector by John Fowles
7. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
8. A Time to Kill by John Grisham
9. Are You There Vodka, It’s Me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
10. Black Ops Series (starts with Show No Mercy) by Cindy Gerard

The Devil Who Tamed Her

The Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey

My rating (out of 5 stars):

3 stars—I liked it.

My Thoughts:

This was one of my favorite historical romance books from my late teens/early twenties. I decided to re-read and I didn’t love it as much this time, but I still enjoyed the whimsical storytelling and the characters.

Description from Goodreads.com:

“…Ophelia Reid is an incomparable beauty with a reputation for starting rumors and spreading them. Having purposely wrecked her engagement to Duncan MacTavish, a future marquis, which her social-climbing father arranged, Ophelia wants to return to London's marriage mart and make her own choice of a wealthy husband. But on her journey home, something unexpected happens....

The heir to a dukedom, Raphael Locke, Viscount Lynnfield is -- in spite of his disinterest in marriage -- the most sought-after young lord in England. He instantly disliked Ophelia when she caused a scandal to avoid marriage to his friend MacTavish, but having comforted her in a tearful moment, he begins to wonder if she's not all bad. So when MacTavish claims that Ophelia will never be anything but a spiteful beauty, Rafe bets his friend that he can turn her into a kindhearted lady who will one day make a good match, just not with him. With her parents' blessing, Rafe commandeers Ophelia's coach and whisks her -- chaperoned, of course -- to his remote estate in the countryside. There, as he tries to show his furious, sharp-tongued "guest" the error of her ways, he discovers the surprising reasons for her bad behavior.

Soon his daily lessons with Ophelia take effect and he finds himself irresistibly attracted to her. When Rafe champions the new and improved Ophelia's re-entry to London society, marriage proposals pour in. Only then does Rafe start to wonder whether he hasn't gone and fallen in love with Ophelia himself…”

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. Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
2. Love Your Life by Victoria Osteen
3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
4. Wild Swans  by Jung Chang
5. Wherever You Go, There You Are  by Jon Kabat-Zinn
6. Day After Night by Anita Diamant
7. Say You Love Me by Johanna Lindsey
8. The Quickie by James Patterson
9. War by Sebastian Junger
10. Tao Te Ching  by Lao Tzu

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. Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
2. The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
3. The Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey
4. Random Family  by Adrian Leblanc
5. Stitches  by David Small
6. Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
7. The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
8. The Informant by James Grippando
9. An Incomplete Education by Judy Jones
10. Talking to Heaven  by James Van Praagh

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. Classic: Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
2. Historical Spiritual Fiction: Buddha by Deepak Chopra
3. Romance: Say You Love Me by Johanna Lindsey
4. Romantic Suspense: Seeing Red by Susan Crandall
5. Thought provoking YA:  The Giver by Lois Lowry
6. For Parents: 365 Things to Do With Your Kids by Bill Adler
7. Memoir: Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
8. Legal Suspense: A Time to Kill by John Grisham
9. Humor: Are You There Vodka, It’s Me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
10. Romantic Suspense Series: Black Ops series (starts with Show No Mercy) by Cindy Gerard