Three At A Time? I Must Be Crazy!

So I am an inherently lazy person.  BTW, is that how you spell inherently?  I'm too lazy to get up and find a dictionary.  Anyhow, I used to carry a book with me everywhere.  After all, I am a crazy reader, why wouldn't I?  But alas, my shoulder got tired.  It wouldn't be so bad if I just read paperbacks, but some of these books are TOMES!  I'd carry them to work and back, shopping and back, dinner and back, just in case I got a chance to read.  Finally, lazy Susan took over.  (It bothers me that there is a piece of furniture named after me and it has to be lazy.  I mean, there isn't a chair called a Sloppy Molly, or a bed called a Drunken Dan, now is there?)  So, the lazy me said, "Dammit!  I'm tired of carrying a book all the time!"  And reader me said, "Well, I *have* to have something to read!"  The argument went back and forth for some time, and it was quite tiring.  We eventually came to an agreement because someone was going to lock us, I mean me, up for arguing with myself.

So, there are now three.  Three books.  THREE books at a time!  I have never understood how people can do that.  I didn't think I had the attention span for it.  Wouldn't I confuse the stories?  And the I argued with myself (again with the arguing with myself?  Perhaps we need a counselor?) that I can keep track of numerous TV shows, why not books?  So, I did it.  One book for work.  One for the car.  One for home.  So far, so good.  Of course, my rate of finishing books is going WAY DOWN, but it was anyhow.  And this isn't a competition, now is it???  (BTW, I lost the competition.  I was down in reads for 2008.  I have shamed myselves....all of us.)  Oh yeah, I said it WASN'T a competition.

Wish me luck.  I hope I don't start thinking the Vietnamese in Work Book are joining up with the Nazis in Car Book and stalking the poor ex-con in Home Book.  That poor guy!

BOOK REVIEW: Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos

Cordelia is an average 20-something coffee house manager. Like many coffee house managers, Cordelia has a degree to back it up. She just can't find a career to be passionate about. But, she likes her little coffee house. Everyone seems as though they've walked off the set of a different movie. So Cordelia has a pretty good life, maybe not fulfilled, but pretty good. And then sweet, beautiful Cary Grant lookalike Martin Grace walks into her coffeehouse and everything changes.

Stop. I know what you're thinking. Cordelia and Martin fall in love and live happily ever after. But Love Walked In isn't that book. Oh, it's a love story, all right. In fact, it's several love stories. But love doesn't just have to be about romance. There's love of family, friends, even strangers. There's the kind of love that feels like home, wherever you are. That is this book.

I'd love to tell you more about this book, but it's really Cordelia's story. I want you to discover it like I did. About half of the book is told in the first person by Cordelia, and I really wish it was told entirely by Cordelia. She's witty and self-deprecating, full of insights and observations. And her ability to compare real life to classic films - genius! This book was almost perfect for me. If it had been told entirely in the first person, it would have been. My rating: 4/5.

This was a library book, and I urge you to pick it up yourself. The world will seem brighter for it. 

BOOK REVIEW: Greywalker by Kat Richardson

Harper Blaine is making her way as a P.I. in Seattle.  It's usually simple research projects, or tracking people down.  Every now and then, one throws her for a loop in the danger department though.  Someone gets a little violent, Harper gets pushed around - no big deal!  Until the time she gets killed.  Oh, it was only for a short time -- she was brought back to life.  She should be feeling a love for life.  She should be feeling lucky.  Most of all, she should NOT be seeing ghosts, spirits, or vampires.  She should NOT be falling into another dimension.  She should NOT be in the Grey. 

But that's where she is.  Life isn't normal for Harper anymore.  And neither are her clients.  There is the newly-made vampire, trying to find a mentor before his ignorance kills him.  Then there's the guy who wants Harper to find an organ that's supposed to be a family heirloom.  It all seems normal, but the guy is - well - not a guy.  He's a thing, a being, a spirit.  And the organ - pure evil.

So now Harper is taking meetings with Vampire Bosses.  And, she's trying to learn how to be in the Grey without the Grey being in her.  AND, she's trying to date the hot auctioneer she just met.  How does a semi-otherwordly girl make it in two worlds without losing everything?

Greywalker was a bit slow at the beginning, but did eventually pick up.  I'm interested enough that I will most likely read the next in the series, Poltergeist (Greywalker, Book 2), if I run across it.  My rating: 3/5

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope it has started out well for all of you. I've caught myself a cold, but I'm dealing.

I'm still trying to catch up on all of my book reviews. I'm still behind by 3 reads!!!!

Meanwhile, I've been busy with swaps from Swap-Bot, and trying to get healthy with Spark People. I'm not much of a self-motivator, so I hope that the challenges and teams will help me out. I'm still crocheting a little bit too plus reading and playing with my Nintendo DS. I even have a Yoga Training game on it -- HARD but fun. Although my body is apparently much older than I am. And wouldn't you know it --- hubby turned 40 yesterday, and his body is only 36! I'm so jealous! And, I'm apparently married to a much younger man when I thought I was married to an older man!!!

I hope all of you have a fun and blessed 2009. I have a perinatologist appointment tomorrow, and a cardiologist appointment on Tuesday. Wish me luck on both!!!!