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. How to Talk to a Widower by Jonathan Tropper
2. Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie
3. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
4. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
5. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
6. Cry No More by Linda Howard
7. Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
8. Spirited by Rebecca Rosen
9. What it is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes
10. The Orchard by Theresa Weir

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. Shelter Me by Juliette Fay
2. A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
3. Remembrance by Jude Deveraux
4. In For the Kill  by John Lutz
5. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang  by Chelsea Handler
6. Cry No More by Linda Howard
7. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
8. Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
9. Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie
10. The Autobiography of Malcolm X  by Alex Haley

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 weeks 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. For the brains: The Intellectual Devotional by David Kidder
2. Moving tribute: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
3. Surprisingly insightful: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
4. My favorite short story: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
5. Suspense: Cry No More by Linda Howard
6. Humorous: Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
7. Sarcastic: The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
8. Young Romance: Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
9. Motivational: Love Your Life by Victoria Osteen
10. Fun Chick Lit: The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot

An Independent Wife

An Independent Wife by Linda Howard

Amazon Description:

“Seven years after her husband walked out on her, Sallie Jerome Baines has finally recovered from her broken heart and picked up the pieces of her life. She’s lost weight, loosened up and turned her talents to news reporting for one of America’s leading magazines. Finally, she has become the independent, self-possessed woman her husband Rhydon always wanted her to be. When Rhydon unexpectedly re-enters her life, joining the magazine she works for as the new publisher, Sallie wonders if her former husband will even recognize her. Of course, having obtained her hard-won independence, there’s no way she would ever want Rhy back … or would she?”

My Thoughts:

I really enjoy some of Linda Howard’s more current work. Going back to her earlier stuff is very random, though. Her male characters are often abusive. She was doing dysfunctional males before it was “in.” This one is not so great…not as bad as some others.

All That Glitters

All That Glitters by Linda Howard

I enjoy a strong male character in the romance genre, but this one took it too far. This relationship was blatantly abusive….not just dysfunctional, but abusive.  

Apparently I am in good company with this opinion, as can be seen in the Amazon reviews.

Horrible book…definitely skip!