Books
A lot of the books you see listed below are for sale at my book store, Karen’s Book Korner. Stop by and browse! Better yet, BUY. They’re gently-used books for cheap!
To Be Read Pile:
Updated: August 24, 2010
Currently Reading:
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
| Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes |
| Swapping Lives by Jane Green |
| The Second Assistant by Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare |
| Never Change by Elizabeth Berg |
| A Hopeless Romantic by Evans |
| *Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot |
| Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg |
| *311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber |
| Ship Sooner by Mary Sullivan |
| Daddy’s Girl by Lisa Scottoline |
| Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot |
| Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich & Leanne Banks |
| The Enwyth Curse by Catherine Coulter |
| The Corset Diaries by Katie MacAlister |
| Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer |
| 1st to Die by James Patterson |
| The PMS Murders by Laura Levine |
| Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman |
| Pink Slip by Rita Ciresi |
| *One Night by Debbie Macomber |
| *The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen |
| Something Blue by Emily Giffin |
* = need to buy
Book Rating Key:
****** Outstanding, blew me away, I want to write like this person!
***** Couldn’t stop reading/listening!
**** Pretty Good
*** Wouldn’t read it again – but ok
** Only held half of my attention
* I wasted my time
List of Books Read
August 24, 2010
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
August 5, 2010
The Scent of Scandal by Carole Matthews
Rating: ****
July 6, 2010
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Rating: ****
June 28, 2010
The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen
Rating: *****
April 9, 2010
“F” is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
Rating: ****
April 1, 2010
Morning Comes Softly by Debbie Macomber
Rating: *****
March 21, 2010
Final Appeal by Lisa Scottoline
Rating: ***
March 21, 2010
Manhunt by Janet Evanovich
Rating: **** (in a simplistic way)
March 19, 2010
The Second Assistant by Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare
Rating: ****
February 10, 2010
Killer Smile by Lisa Scottoline
Rating: ***
February 10, 2010
The Pact by Jodi Picoult
Rating: *****
February 4, 2010
Dress Rehearsal by Jennifer O’Connell
Rating: ***
January 16, 2010
Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
Rating: *****
January 7, 2010
Hanging by a Thread by Karen Templeton
Rating: **
2010
December 25, 2009
Vision in White by Nora Roberts
Rating: ***
December 7, 2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Rating: ****
December 2, 2009
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Rating: *****
December 2, 2009
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Rating: ****
October 15, 2009
See Jane Date by Melissa Senate
Rating: ***
August 8, 2009
Nice Girls Finish First by Alesia Holliday
Rating: **
July 30, 2009
Ex and the Single Girl by Lani Diane Rich
Rating: ****
July 23, 2009
Slightly Married by Wendy Markham
Rating: ***
June 1, 2009
Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Rating: *****
May 17, 2009
The Bride’s Baby by Liz Fielding
Rating: ****
May 16, 2009
Do They Wear High Heels in Heaven? by Erica Orloff
Rating: ****
April 29, 2009
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber
Rating: ***
March 16, 2009
I Don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
Rating: *
February 21, 2009
Baby Bonanza by Maureen Child
Rating: ***
February 16, 2009
True to Form by Elizabeth Berg
Rating: ***
February 16, 2009
Speed Dating by Nancy Warren
Rating: ***
January 28, 2009
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Rating: ****
January 16, 2009
Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston
Rating: ***
January 11, 2009
Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman
Rating: ****
January 4, 2009 – Kindle
Murder List – Julie Garwood
Rating: ****
2009
December 31, 2008
The Sweetest Taboo by Carole Matthews
Rating: *****
December 29, 2008 – Kindle
The Whiskey Rebels: A Novel by David Liss
Rating: *****
December 28, 2008 – Kindle
Get a Clue by Jill Shalvis
Rating: ***
December 20, 2008
Performance Anxiety by Betsy Burke
Rating: ***
December 7, 2008
The House in Amalfi by Elizabeth Adler
Rating: ****
December 1, 2008
Late Night Talking by Leslie Schnur
Rating: ****
Started slow but picked up.
October 24, 2008
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Rating: *****
October 19, 2008
Pretty Woman by Fern Michaels
Raing: ***
October 2, 2008
The Last Year of Being Married by Sarah Tucker
Rating: *
September 29, 2008
The Loves of a D-Girl by Chris Dyer
Rating: **
September 15, 2008
Riptide by Catherine Coulter
Rating: **
September 7, 2008
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
Rating: ***
August 16, 2008
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
Rating: *****
August 7, 2008
Cold Fire by Dean Koontz
Rating: ***
July 23, 2008
Everything She Thought She Wanted by Elizabeth Buchan
Rating: ****
July 5, 2008
Devil’s Own by Sandra Brown
Rating: ***
June 29, 2008
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
Rating: ****
June 13, 2008
Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell
Rating: ***
June 6, 2008
7 Days and 7 Nights by Wendy Wax
Rating: *****
May 19, 2008
I Am No One You Know by Joyce Carol Oates
Rating: I actually can’t rate this book because I didn’t finish it. And I didn’t finish it because I get impatient with short stories. But the few I did read were very good.
May 5, 2008
Breaking All the Rules by Sue Civil-Brown
Rating: *
May 4, 2008
Captive of My Desires by Johanna Lindsey
Rating: *****
April 28, 2008
Off Limits by Michele Albert
Rating: ****
April 23, 2008
Ransom by Julie Garwood
Rating: *****
April 13, 2008
Priceless by Marne Davis Kellogg
Rating: ****
April 4, 2008
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Rating: *** (Side note: This book was off-the-charts weird).
March 30, 2008
The Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani
Rating: ****
March 18, 2008
Hey, Good Looking by Fern Michaels
Rating: **
March 16, 2008
Pink Jinx by Sandra Hill
Rating: ***
February 22, 2008
The Face of Fear by Dean Koontz
Rating: ****
February 17, 2008
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
Rating: *****
February 9, 2008 – Reading
Lisa Maria’s Guide for the Perplexed by Susan Hubbard
Rating: ***
February 1, 2008 – Reading
Killer Summer by Lynda Curnyn
Rating: ****
January 28, 2008 – Reading
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
Rating: ****
January 17, 2008 – Reading
Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult
Rating: *****
January 12, 2008 – Reading
No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark
Rating: ****
January 2, 2008 – Reading
The Mommy Fund by Madeleine Jacob
Rating: ****
2008
December 28 ,2007 – Reading
16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber
Rating: ***
December 11 ,2007 – Reading
The Last Time I Saw Paris by Elizabeth Adler
Rating: ***
October 24, 2007 – Reading
“Remember When” by Judith McNaught
Rating: ****
September 28, 2007 – Reading
“Straight into Darkness” by Faye Kellerman
Rating: *
*SIGH* I have not been picking very good ones lately. I didn’t finish this one because I had just read Night, so any reference to Hitler and that whole time period instantly turns me off. I gave it a chance, but I simply couldn’t get past my dislike for the time period.
September 10, 2007 – Reading
“The Last Town on Earth” by Thomas Mullen
Rating: ****
August 24, 2007 – Reading
“Match Game” by Beverly Brandt
Rating: **
August 14, 2007 – Reading
“Seasons of Her Life” by Fern Michaels
Rating: I gave this book a chance. It failed. I usually love Michaels, but this time, not so much. I stopped reading because it bored me.
August 8, 2007 – Reading
“Night” by Elie Wiesel
Rating: How do you rate something so horrific and true? I neither liked it, nor disliked it, but it will be something that will stay with me for the rest of my life.
July 16, 2007 – Reading
“Deception on His Mind” by Elizabeth George
Rating: Didn’t finish it. The writing style was too condensed for my taste.
June 26, 2007 – Reading
“Bare Necessity” by Carole Matthews
Rating: **
June 21, 2007 – Reading
“Twins” by Katherine Stone
Rating: **
June 13, 2007 – Reading
“Nineteen Minutes” by Jodi Picoult
Rating: *****
June 8, 2007 – Reading
Singled Out by Trisha Ashley
Rating: I didn’t finish it – it just bored me to tears.
May 30, 2007 – Reading
“Angels” by Marian Keyes
Rating: ****
May 25, 2007 – Reading
“The Husband” by Dean Koontz
Rating: ****
May 17, 2007 – Reading
“The Nanny Diaries” by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
Rating: ****
May 7, 2007 – Reading
“Tangled Up in Daydreams” by Rebecca Bloom
Rating: **
April 27, 2007 – Reading
“4 Blondes” by Candace Bushnell
Rating: *
April 23, 2007 – Reading
“Gucci Gucci Coo” by Sue Margolis
Rating: ***
April 7, 2007 – Reading
Privileged Information by Stephen White
Rating: ***
April 3, 2007 – Reading
“Lord of Raven’s Peak” by Catherine Coulter
Rating: *****
March 28, 2007 – Reading
“Reflection” by Mary Sheldon
Rating: ****
March 20, 2007 – Reading
“Rise and Shine” by Anne Quindlen
Rating: **
March 8, 2007 – Reading
“The Man of My Dreams” by Curtis Sittenfeld
Rating: ***
March 2, 2007 – Reading
“The Notebook” by Nicholas Spark
Rating: ***
February 27, 2007 – Reading
“Desire” by Amanda Quick
Rating: ****
February 8, 2007 – Playing on my iPod
“The Color of Death” by Elizabeth Lowell
February 5, 2007 – Reading
“Anybody Out There?” by Marian Keyes
Rating: ***
January 29, 2007 – Playing on my iPod
“A Love of My Own” by E. Lynn Harris
Rating: ***
January 28, 2007 – Reading
“I’ve Got You Babe” by Karen Kendall
Rating: **
January 18, 2007 – Reading
“Oh My Stars” by Lorna Landvik
Rating: ****
January 8, 2007 – Reading
“The Dogs of Babel” by Carolyn Parkhurst
Rating: ***
January 1, 2007 – Playing on my iPod
“Good in Bed” by Jennifer Weiner
Rating: ***
2007
December 31, 2006 – Reading
“Send No Flowers” by Sandra Brown
Rating: **
December 18, 2006 – Reading
“Santa Baby” by Jennifer Crusie, Lori Foster, and Carly Phillips
Rating: ***
December 9, 2006 – Reading
“The Pajama Game” by Eugenie Seifer Olson
Rating: **
November 30, 2006 – Reading
“Just a Hint – Clint” by Lori Foster
Rating: ***
November 25, 2006 – Reading
“True Witness” by Jo Bannister
Rating **
November 16, 2006 – Reading
“Undone” by Virginia Henley
Rating: ***
October 18, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Lost and Found” by Jayne Ann Krentz
Rating: ***
October 17, 2006 – Reading
“Clay” by Jennifer Blake
Rating: ****
October 13, 2006 – Reading
“Once Upon a Day” by Lisa Tucker
Rating: ******
October 10, 2006 – Reading
“The Devil Wears Prada” by Lauren Weisberger
Rating: *****
October 6, 2006 – Reading
“Wives Behaving Badly” by Elizabeth Buchan
Rating: **
September 27, 2006 – Reading
“Between, Georgia” by Joshilyn Jackson
Rating: ****
September 24, 2006 – Reading
“What Men Want” by Deborah Blumenthal
Rating: ***
September 17, 2006 – Reading
“What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]” by Zoe Heller
Rating: **
September 12, 2006 – Reading
“Undomestic Goddess” by Sophie Kinsella
Rating: ****
September 1, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Hemlock Bay” by Catherine Coulter
Rating: ***
August 29, 2006 – Reading
“Susannah’s Garden” by Debbie Macomber
Rating: ***
August 27, 2006 – Reading
“Shopaholic and Sister” by Sophie Kinsella
Rating: ***
August 19, 2006 – Reading
“The Naked Truth” by Donna Kauffman, Beverly Brandt, Alesia Holliday, Erin McCarthy
Rating: **
August 7, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Flirting with Pete” by Barbara Delinsky
Rating: ******
August 3, 2006 – Reading
“Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman” by Elizabeth Buchan
Rating: ***
July 20, 2006 – Reading
“Shopaholic Ties the Knot” by Sophie Kinsella
Rating: ****
July 18, 2006 – Reading
“Shopaholic Takes Manhattan” by Sophie Kinsella
Rating: ****
July 14, 2006 – Reading
“Confessions of a Shopaholic” by Sophie Kinsella
Rating: *****
July 14, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“In Her Shoes” by Jennifer Weiner
Rating: **** (the book was better, of course)
July 11, 2006 – Reading
“Blue Flame” by Jill Shalvis
Rating: ****
July 6, 2006 – Reading
“Couch World” by Cathy Yardley
Rating: ****
June 30, 2006 – Reading
“We Are All Welcome Here” by Elizabeth Berg
Rating: ******
June 29, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Dance with Me” by Luanne Rice
Rating: ***
June 26, 2006 – Reading
“The Pact” by Jennifer Sturman
Rating: ***
June 24, 2006 – Reading
“Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?” by Melissa Senate
Rating: ****
June 24, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“E is for Evidence” by Sue Grafton
Rating: **** (I’m really enjoying Grafton’s alphabet mysteries and Judy Kaye’s animated voice absolutely MAKES these audio books, IMO).
June 20, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Courting Trouble” by Lisa Scottoline
Rating: ***
June 20,2006 – Reading
“The Bronte Project” by Jennifer Vandever
Rating: **
June 14, 2006 – Reading
“Buring the Map” by Laura Caldwell
Rating: ****
June 7, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Blue Dahlia” by Nora Roberts
Rating: ****
June 7 – Reading
“Mike, Mike & Me” by Wendy Markham
Rating: *****
June 3, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Temptation” by Jude Deveraux
Rating: ***** (then again, I’m nuts for Deveraux)
June 1, 2006 – Reading
“Rococo” by Adriana Trigiani
Rating: ***
May 30, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“D is for Deadbeat” by Sue Grafton
Rating: ***
May 29, 2006 – Reading
“Any Bitter Thing” by Monica Wood
Rating: **** Story was a bit drawn out, but beautiful prose.
May 22, 2006 – Reading
“My Latest Grievance” by Elinor Lipman
Rating: ***
May 17, 2006 – Reading
“Dirty Blonde” by Lisa Scottoline
Rating: ****
May 1, 2006 – Reading
“Slightly Engaged” by Wendy Markham
Rating: **
April 24, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
Birthright by Nora Roberts
Rating: ****
April 24, 2006 – Reading
The Thin Pink Line by Lauren Baratz-logsted
Rating: Didn’t finish – the character was way too self-centered
April 13, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Lie by Moonlight” by Amanda Quick
Rating: ****
April 13, 2006 – Reading
“Dating is Murder” by Harley Jane Kozak
Rating: — Didn’t finish it – too boring
April 10, 2006 – Reading
“Dead for the Winter” by Betsy Thornton
Rating: **
April 5, 2006 – Reading
“Desert Wives” by Betty Webb
Rating: ** – though the part that did have my attention was disturbing
April 3, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Seduction by Design” by Sandra Brown
Rating: **
March 27, 2006 – Reading
“Kill Me” by Stephen White
Rating: *****
March 22, 2006 – Reading
“Confessions of an Ex-Girlfriend” by Lynda Curnyn
Rating: **
March 22, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Springwater Wedding” by Linda Lael Miller
Rating: ***
March 16, 2006 – Reading
“Tales of a Drama Queen” by Lee Nichols
Rating: ***
March 11, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Long Time No See” by Susan Isaacs
Rating: ****
March 9, 2006 – Reading
“Spitting Feathers” by Kelly Harte
Rating: ****
March 7, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“C is for Corpse” by Sue Grafton
Rating: *****
March 2, 2006 – Reading
“With or Without You” by Carole Matthews
Rating: ***
February 23, 2006 – Reading
“The Solomon Sisters Wise Up” by Melissa Senate
Rating: *****
February 18, 2006 – Reading
“Bombshell” by Lynda Curnyn
Rating: *****
February 10, 2006 – Reading
“The Jinx” by Jennifer Sturman
Rating: ****
February 6, 2006 – Reading
“The Breakup Club” by Melissa Senate
Rating: *****
February 7, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Not Even for Love” by Sandra Brown
Rating: **
January 26, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“Disobedience” by Jane Hamilton
Rating: Didn’t finish it. *yawn*
January 23, 2006 – Reading
“Speechless” by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout
Rating: ****
January 23, 2006 – Playing on my iPod
“A Kiss Remembered” by Sandra Brown
Rating: **
January 17, 2006 – Reading
“Rescuing Rose” by Isabel Wolff
Rating: *****
January 10, 2006 – Reading
“The Matzo Ball Heiress” by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Rating: **
January 8, 2006 – Reading
“Inappropriate Men” by Stacey Ballis
Rating: *
January 7, 2006 – Playing on iPod
“Heaven and Earth” by Nora Roberts
Rating: **
January 4, 2006 – Reading
“Starting from Square Two” by Caren Lissner
Rating: **
January 2, 2006 – Reading
“Blue Blood” by Susan McBride
Rating: ****
2006
December 28, 2005 – Reading
“Bed of Roses” by Katherine Stone
December 20, 2005 – Reading
“Mr. Perfect” by Linda Howard
Rating: ****
December 2, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“Deadly Embrace” – by Jackie Collins
Rating: ***
October 31, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“Full Tilt” by Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes
October 26, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“B is for Burglar” by Sue Grafton
Rating: ****
(Judy Kaye is the reader on this book and she was FANTASTIC!! She MADE this story IMO).
October 19, 2005 – Reading
“Angel Falls” by Kristin Hannah
Rating: *****
October 14, 2005 – Reading
“American Idle” by Aleisa Holliday
Rating: ****
October 12, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“An Accidental Woman” by Barbara Delinsky
Rating: ***
October 3, 2005 – Reading
“Sex, Murder and a Double Latte” by Kyra Davis
Rating – ****
September 28, 2005 – Reading
“How to Be Lost” by Amanda Eyre Ward
Rating: *****
September 19, 2005 – Reading
“Time Off for Good Behavior” by Lani Diane Rich
Rating: *****
September 15, 2005 – Reading
“Babyface” by Fiona Gibson
Rating: ***
September 15, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“Eloquent Silence” by Sandra Brown
Rating: **
September 12, 2005 – Reading
“Lucy’s Launderette” by Betsy Burke
Rating: ***
September 10, 2005 – Reading
“Milkrun” by Sarah Mlynowski
Rating: ****
September 5, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“From Potter’s Field” by Patricia Cornwell
Rating: ****
September 3, 2005 – Reading
“My Only Story” by Monica Wood
Rating: ***
August 21, 2005 – Reading
“On the Verge” by Ariella Papa
Rating: ***
August 16, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“Eleventh Hour” by Catherine Coulter
Rating: Bored me – didn’t finish it
August 12, 2005 – Reading
“Multiple Choice” by Claire Cook
Rating: *
August 9, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“Crazy For You” by Jennifer Crusie
Rating: *****
August 8, 2005 – Reading
“Little Earthquakes” by Jennifer Weiner
Rating: *****
August 5, 2005 – Reading
“The Saints and Sinners of Okay County” by Dayna Dunbar
Rating: *****
August 4, 2005 – Reading
“Fashionistas” by Lynn Messina
Rating: *****
August 3, 2005 – Reading
“The Last Year of Being Single” by Sarah Tucker
Rating: ****
July 27, 2005 – Reading
“You Have to Kiss a lot of Frogs” by Laurie Graff
Rating: ***
July 24, 2005 – Reading
“A Clean State” by Laura Caldwell
Rating: ******
July 21, 2005 – Reading
“Losing It” by Lindsay Faith Rech
Rating: *****
July 20, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“Above and Beyond” by Sandra Brown
Rating: *****
July 19, 2005 – Reading
“Slightly Settled” by Wendy Markham
Rating: ****
July 15, 2005 – Reading
“My Life Uncovered” by Lynn Isenberg
Rating: **
July 13, 2005 – Reading
“Up and Out” by Ariella Papa
Rating: ****
July 12, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“Come the Spring” by Julie Garwood
Rating: ***
July 12, 2005 – Reading
“Having it and eating it” by Sabine Durrant
Rating: *****
July 10, 2005 – Reading
“A Little Change of Face” by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Rating: ***
July 5, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“Tell Me Lies” by Jennifer Crusie
Rating: *****
June 28, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“Dying to Please” – by Linda Howard
Rating: *****
June 17, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“A is for Alibi” by Sue Grafton
Rating: ****
June 13, 2005 – Reading
“Ladder of Years” by Anne Tyler
Rating: ****
June 10, 2005 – Playing on my iPod
“A Body to Die For” by Kate White
Rating: ****
June 8, 2005 – Reading
“Until You” by Judith McNaught
Rating: *****
June 4, 2005 – Reading
“Forever and Always” by Jude Deveraux
Rating: *
June 1, 2005 – Reading
“Joining” by Johanna Lindsey
Rating: *****
May 31, 2005 – Reading
“Princess Annie” by Linda Lael Miller
Raing: *****
May 30, 2005 – Playing on iPod
“Falling Awake” by Jayne Ann Krentz
Rating: ***
May 27, 2005 – Reading
“The Hotel Riviera” by Elizabeth Adler
Rating: ****
May 25, 2005 – Reading
“Blind Side” by Catherine Coulter
Rating: **
May 24, 2005 – Reading
“Why She Went Home” by Lucinda Rosenfeld
Rating: ***
2005
