It’s Monday! What are you reading? #Meme

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes J.Kay created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. The books I have read in the past week: A Circle of Souls Hot Gimmick (3in1) Vol. 1 Blanket [...]

REVIEW: #17 Fruits Basket Vol. 1

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Fruits Basket Vol. 1 Author: Natsuki Takaya ISBN: 1591826039 Pages: 216 Synopsis: (Taken from back of book) A family with an ancient curse… and the girl will change their lives forever.  Tohru Honda was an orphan with no place to go until the mysterious Sohma family offered her [...]

REVIEW: #16 Surviving High Society

Reading time: 4 – 7 minutes Title: Surviving High Society Author: Elizabeth Marvin Mulholland ISBN: B002KKCSQC Pages: 96 Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) As an adopted child into a rich CT family, I was given the best of everything…education, clothes, trips to Europe, golf and tennis lessons, two houses to live in and access to personalities [...]

I already broke my "no more books" promise!

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes My husband and I happened to pass by this huge building titled “Half-off Books”. Could I go in .. and NOT get something when they were so abundant in books (and yes, they were half-off!) It’s like saying no to a delicious cookie. You just cannot resist the urge [...]

REVIEW: #15 Four to Score

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Name: Four to Score Author: Janet Evanovich ISBN: 0312966970 Pages: 338 Synopsis: (Taken from Evanovich.com) Working for her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, Stephanie is hot on the trail of revenge-seeking waitress Maxine Nowicki, whose crimes include bail jumping, theft, and extortion. Someone is terrifying Maxine’s friends, and those who [...]

REVIEW: #14 Blanket of White

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Blanket of White Author: Amy Grech ISBN: B002LLNG52 Pages: 119 Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) Blanket of White True love knows no bounds. Crosshairs A young boy learns the perils of hunting fare game firsthand. Prevention Murderous twins help their dear mother into and out of trouble. Perishables A [...]

REVIEW: #13 Hot Gimmick (3in1) vol.1

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Title: Hot Gimmick (3in1) Vol. 1 Author: Miki Aihara ISBN: 1421523485 Pages: 552 Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon) In company-owned rabbit-hutch apartments live tenants who can’t afford to live anywhere else, and the apartment complex in which high-school girl Hatsumi Narita lives is ruled over by the rumor mongering, self-righteous [...]

REVIEW: #12 A Circle of Souls

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Title: A Circle of Souls Author: Preetham Grandhi ISBN: 1599552353 Pages: 339 Synopsis: (Taken from back of book) The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town’s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent [...]

It’s Monday! What are you reading?

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes J.Kay created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week. The books I have read in the past week: A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini EyeLeash by Jess [...]

WINNER: Jerry Spinelli Giveaway

Reading time: < 1 minute The winner of the Jerry Spinelli: Stargirl giveaway is Alyce, selected at random. Congratulations, Alyce! I will be contacting you to find out where to send your prize book! Thank you to everyone who entered the first Well-Read Reviews giveaway! There will be many more to come!

What is my daughter saying?

Reading time: < 1 minute PICTURE REMOVED. .. when she goes into my bookcase, steals one of my unread books, and runs off squealing and laughing? Is she trying to tell me not to read so much.. or is she trying to see what this “reading thing” is all about?

I need to stop buying books! (Really)

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes This is the LAST set of books I am buying for a while. No more buying books until all the books I have purchased are done! (Well – mostly). The only Janet Evanovich book I am ISO is “Visions of Sugar Plums“. Also – would appreciate if you not [...]

REVIEW: #11 – Three to Get Deadly

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Three to get Deadly Author: Janet Evanovich ISBN: 0312966091 Pages: 396 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Evanovich.com) Stephanie Plum, the brassy babe in the powder blue Buick, is back, and she’s having a bad hair day – for the whole month of January. She’s been given the unpopular task [...]

I love books in the mail!

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes I absolutely love and adore getting the mail. Maybe it’s silly – but it’s an Amelie (little pleasure) of mine. Opening up the mailbox to find a package is always a happy experience for yours truly. Today I received an ARC copy of “Circle of Souls” by Preetham Grandhi. [...]

Book Selection for the Japanese Lit Challenge

Reading time: 4 – 7 minutes I have selected three books for the Japanese Literature Challenge. I chose one manga from a series I have been wanting to try, but also selected two authors of novels that I have wanted to try. Usually I would be all for reading manga (because I am such a [...]

REVIEW: #10 EyeLeash

Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes Title: EyeLeash Author: Jessica C. Scott ISBN: 1448615984 Pages: 260(pdf) Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) Jade Ashton is a sassy virgin. In her private blog, she vents about “fitting in” a world where superficiality reigns supreme. Suddenly all logic flies out the window when she meets Novan: the former [...]

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