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Rating: 3/5 Stars Best Friends Erin and Darcy have agreed to answer personal adds for a friend who is doing research on the kinds of people who place personal ads. When Darcy is out of town and Erin goes missing, Darcy is determined to figure out what happened to her. Once Erin's body shows up, Darcy decides to, against the police and better judgement, go on dates with the guys who Erin had dated recently. When Darcy turns into the next target, there is no turning back for her. In classic Mary Higgins Clark style the mystery unveils and you are left uncertain who the killer is until the end. This was a very quick read for me and as usual Mary Higgins Clark throws enough character development into the book that you think you know who the killer is but you really have no idea. You get to know and like the characters and the twists and turns come openly. Her writing always reminds me a bit of Agatha Christie with the way she unveils the killer. This book fills the following Categories...

For our Second WoWO Book Club Meeting we read and discussed Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. Before the book discussion we got together and watched the movie and that was a fun time in itself. Between Tricia's yelling out during the movie what was different in the book and my very first Appletini in a movie theater (Lori corrupting me). We had a really fun time at the movies. Later in this review I'll speak of what we liked and disliked about the movie compared to the book. But for now, I'll stick with the book review first. Group Rating - Book: 4/5 Stars Group Rating - Movie: 3/5 Stars Dear John is the story of John Tyree and two very key relationships in his life. The relationship between him and Savannah, who he meets while home on leave from the Army. They have a whirlwind romance for a few fabulous weeks and then he must go back to Germany, where he is stationed. They write letters and their relationship takes ups and downs as any long distance relationship would. The oth...

Rating: 2/5 Stars Three Cases, all being looked into by Private Investigator Jackson Brodie. The book jumps around to be told from different perspectives and this gives an interesting view on the stories. In the beginning we learn a bit about each of the cases individually and then as the story unfolds you see some overlaps in the story from Jackson's uncovering of the details and meeting with all the clients. I have been sitting on this review for days because i didn't know what to say about it. I enjoyed the beginning of the book and learning about all the cases but it just fell flat to me. So, this review is more about just stating that I read the book and wasn't wow'd by it. I wish it grabbed me more. I know others who have loved it but it just wasn't for me. This book fills the following Challenges/Categories for me: RYOB Challenge Thriller and Suspense Reading Challenge PBT Tag: Relationships Monthly Mixer Mele Challenge New Authors Challenge

Rating: 5 Stars - Favorite I am a fan of Lisa Scottoline's Legal Thrillers, where she writes her women protagonists to be strong, human and real or as she would say "extraordinary ordinary women." Since I am local to Philadelphia, the setting for these books hit close to home as well and it adds an extra special component for me. I have not read them all yet, but I have read several of them out of order and I enjoyed them enough to go back and start from the beginning of the series. Which I'm still in the process of going through and just realized that I will make this series by final series choice for my Finish the Series Challenge this year. But I am off track now... let me get back to why were are here! When I saw the title, "Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog", and I saw that Lisa Scottoline wrote this book there was no way I was leaving without it. Besides the title being entirely fitting to my state of mind, I just knew it would be a worthwhile re...

Yes.. I know I know.. another challenge.. What's your point?!?! ;-) Synopsis of Challenge comes directly from the BooksAboutTVChallenge site post by Callista: Introducing a new challenge... Please note this is not for books that were turned into a TV show. This is for books that are about or based on a TV show that was there first. There are a few different kinds from what I've thought of: Short novels based on a TV show. These usually have the same characters but the storyline is new. E.g. Charmed: The Legacy of Merlin by Eloise Flood or Sabrina the Teenage Witch #2 Showdown at the Mall by Diana G. Gallagher I know of books like this for Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and many more. Episode Guides. These usually include a synopsis of each episode of a TV show as well as character information and trivia. E.g. The Complete Slayer: An Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to Every Episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Keith Topping or Finding Lost - Season...

Ok.. so I know I said no more challenges but Tenia, my friend from shelfari, keeps posting about new book challenges and I can't resist when they fit with books I need to read.. so here it goes. Welcome to the Truth is Stranger Than Fiction Reading Challenge! Sure, we all like to read fiction, but there's lots of great non-fiction out there, too! Here at Truth is Stranger Than Fiction, the goal is to encourage everyone to read more of it. The Rules: Only non-fiction books apply! These can be anything you're interested in: memoirs, history, geography, politics, religion, sports - whatever non-fiction you've put your hands on and your nose into. Overlaps with other challenges allowed! Post a list of choices if you want, or make it up as you go along. Any book format is allowed. There are four levels: Just the Facts - Read two non-fiction books. The Scoop - Read four non-fiction books. **The Whole Story - Read six non-fiction books. ** Nothing But the Truth - Read eight (o...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Rating: 3/5 Stars Through the Looking Glass - Rating 2/5 Stars Since the new Alice in Wonderland is coming to the movies soon, I decided with a few people from my book club to read these stories. Since this is my first experience with the books as well as with Lewis Carroll, I expected the books to be like the Disney movie I remember from the past. I was wrong. We all know the synopsis of Alice in Wonderland; little girl falls down the well and follows the White Rabbit through a passage and gets into all kinds of trouble. This is basically true, but what I didn't know is that Alice would be such a brat. I really wanted to love these stories and I was left with disappointment. While I enjoyed Alice's Adventures in wonderland a bit more than Through the looking glass, it still didn't wow me like I wanted it too. I found myself drifting away from the story as I was reading Through the looking glass, nothing about that story did any...

It's time for the January Monthly Wrap-up: Not a large month in quantity but not a bad month in ratings. I didn't have any stinkers and I was entertained by all my books: *Picture borrowed from visualizeus.com Happy Hour by Michele Scott 4/5 Stars Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay 4/5 Stars 7th Heaven by James Patterson 4/5 Stars Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare 3/5 Stars My Plans for February Reads are as follows: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll Dear John by Nicholas Sparks (WoWO Book Club read) Peony in Love by Lisa See Case Histories by Kate Atkinson Putting on the Dog by Cynthia Baxter South of Broad by Pat Conroy Why my third husband will be a dog by Lisa Scottoline 8th Confession by James Patterson (Audio) Four Blind Mice by James Patterson Winter Moon by Dean Koontz LOVES MUSIC, LOVES TO DANCE by Mary Higgins Clark DUST TO DUST by Tami Hoag Check back for my reviews!

Rating: 4/5 Stars I picked this audio book up on a whim, based on no knowledge of Abbott whatsoever. My library has shelves and shelves of Audio books and I couldn't decide what to listen to next so I started all the way to the left of the stacks at A and picked the first one in the stack. What a nice surprise it was for me to find that I picked up an exciting and complex tale of suspense. This book brings 3 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) patients together after their therapist asks them for help and then is murdered. They feel a need to find out who killed her and why she was killed and finish what she died for. These 3 people get into the thick of more traumatic events while still trying to face their own fears and move on with their lives. This book was really well written and you never really know who can be trusted nd who cannot, with lots of twists and turns that will keep you excited to read on. There are alot of characters in the book but I think the author does a go...