Summary from goodreads: Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun…  In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, the shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one […]

Summary from goodreads: Unlikely romance is sometimes just an inconvenient marriage away   Charlotte Beck may be entering adulthood, but she can’t seem to keep to her stubborn, independent spirit from bucking social protocol. Fed up with her behavior, Charlotte’s father Daniel pressures her to settle into a nice marriage despite knowing she is set on going to college. Then Daniel […]

Author Kevin B. Burk wants to make you angry. Burk believes that getting angry is the first step to happiness, and his newest book, Anger Mastery: Get Angry, Get Happy shows you how. “Anger is like fire,” says Burk. “When you master it, it’s a powerful source of energy. If you don’t master it, however, it can be dangerous and destructive.” More […]

Summary from goodreads:  Ten-year-old Nathan Rockledge cannot catch a break. After all, life as a fourth-grader can be hazardous what with science projects to deal with and recess football games to avoid. Everyone, including his best friend Tommy, seems to have bad luck when hanging around Nathan. Throw in an older sister who is a royal pain, a dad who […]

Summary from goodreads:  “You’ll never walk again.” California Senator Omer Rains had been a politician on the global stage, a power-broking lawyer of A-list celebrities, and conqueror of some of the highest mountains in the world. But when a paralyzing brain aneurysm and stroke hit him at age 61, he became more helpless than a small child. In Back to […]

This is a really hard one today.  Only 10 characters?  Really?  Thankfully, yesterday’s post covered the “boyfriends.”  So I can concentrate on heroines, villains, supporting characters, and more.  It still is a very hard choice. Well, here goes. Honorable mention: Adina from Noah Zarc: Mammoth Trouble by D. Robert Pease I felt I had to mention this character.  This is […]

Day 3 of Top 10 of 2011–this one is a stretch for me as well.  But only because I have never really written about it.  There are many times that I read through books and wish with all my heart that I could have a husband or boyfriend like the guy in the book!  So I think this one will […]

Okay, this is not something that I generally do.  A lot of book bloggers get into “covers,” and most of the time, I could care less.  However, since I agreed to do this blog hop, I figured I needed to follow the rules.For this Top 10 post, I will be sticking to books that I have read this year, not […]

True to my word, I am participating in the blog hop I told you about.  Today I will be telling you about the top 10 books I read this past year.  I will link you to the review and tell you why I chose that book. This was actually easier than I thought it would be in many ways (other […]

Summary from Goodreads: For country music fans, singer Alan Jackson needs no introduction. With his “neo-traditional” sound, this Georgia native has sold over 40 million records and won dozens of awards, including a Grammy. Denise Jackson, once his high school sweetheart and now his wife, has often shared her husband’s spotlight, sometimes unwillingly. In 1998, this celebrity couple separated under […]