Stolen

Title: Stolen
Author: Lucy Christopher

Publisher: Recorded Books
ISBN: 9781449838409

Why Read?: For Fun
Challenges: Author Alphabet

Thoughts:  This was actually rather boring to listen to.  There were only a few fast parts; most of it was the narrator trying to understand her kidnapper, but it seems like she took to long to understand him, making the end seems a little rushed.  I do think, though, this would make an excellent two person play...except for the camel.

Rating: 2 stars

The Count of Monte Cristo

Title: The Count of Monte Cristo
Author: Alexandre Dumas

Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: For Fun
Challenges: Author Alphabet

Thoughts:  This is a highly complex novel of revenge and I understand why it is a classic.  It is, though, just too damn long.

Rating: 3 stars

A Lessons in Secrets

Title: A Lesson in Secrets
Author: Jacqueline Winspear

Publisher: Harper
ISBN: 978-0-06-172767-2

Why Read?: For Fun
Challenges: Author Alphabet

Thoughts:  I have tried a Maisie Dobbs novel before, but really could not get into this.  However, I loved A Lesson in Secrets.  I think part of it had to do with the college setting.  It was a wonderful blend of cozy, police procedural, and historical fiction.

Rating: 5 star

Stacking the Shelves: 2/8-2/14

For possible review (here and on Bookloons):

Due for Discard by Sharon St. George

Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton

First Reads from Goodreads:

Mosquitoland by David Arnold

Darkwalker by E. L. Tettensor

Emissary by Thomas Locke

Requested from Paperback Swap:

1356 by Bernard Cornwell

Bought on Amazon:

The Iron Ring by Auston Habershaw

A Bouquet from M. J. Rose by M. J. Rose

The Orange Eats Creeps

Title: The Orange Eats Creeps
Author: Grace Krilanovich

Publisher: Recorded Books
ISBN: 9781461804796

Why Read?: For Fun
Challenges: Author Alphabet

Thoughts:  I am not sure what genre this really falls into - it has vampires, but that does not seem to really be what it is about, and I am not really sure they are indeed vampires.  The storyline is scattered all over the place and feels like you have to be in an altered state of mind to understand it.

Rating: 1 star

Stacking the Shelves: 2/1-2/7

First Reads from Goodreads:

The Cabinet of Dr. Blessing by Jack Rollins

LibraryThing Early Review:

The Boy from the Burren by Sheila Gilluly

The Bridge of Dead Things

Title: The Bridge of Dead Things
Author: Michael Gallagher

Publisher: Seventh Rainbow
ISBN: 97809575822552

Why Read?: Early Review
Challenges: Author Alphabet

Thoughts:  This MG novel has broad appeal and a very engaging story full of psychics and ghosts and Victorian technology.  I cannot wait to read the next installment of the Lizzie Blaylock series.

Rating: 5 stars