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Treasure Hunting by JB McDonald

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

E-book, 81 pages, 2008

Rating: 8/10

Reason for Reading: Sometimes a girl just needs a romance story. And let’s face it, that cover and any site named Book Brothel just belong together.

Synopsis: Meg is hunting through the jungles of South America looking for ancient runes and treasures when one of her guides shoots a jaguar. In tending to it, she realizes she may have found a different sort of gem - the jaguar can turn into a man. A gorgeous, highly muscled, incredibly sexy man that just might prove to be as wild as she is - if they can survive the jungle long enough to find out…

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The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Hardcover, 631 pages, 2008

Rating: 10/10

Reason for Reading: I’ve never considered myself a ’sci-fi reader,’ but before Harry Potter, I never considered myself a reader who would be into children’s books about wizarding school, so I knew I had to take a chance when Stephenie Meyer and J.K. Rowling were compared as success stories (though The Host is Meyer’s first adult novel).

Synopsis: They call her Wanderer, because of how many bodies and planets her spirit inhabited before she found herself on her current home of Earth. Her species has taken over the host bodies of most of the human race, except for a few incredibly strong people like that of Melodie, her current host body. In fact, Melodie is proving so strong that she’s not vanishing, and Wanderer can feel her strongest feelings taking over her own - namely, the love of her younger sibling and of her boyfriend, Jared. Torn between these odd feelings of love and the very nature of her species to take over all humans, Wanderer decides to set out to find Jared, unsure of which urge will prove stronger - and if it will even matter when she finds some of the planets’ few remaining humans, who would kill to retain their humanity…

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How to Ruin Your Love Life by Ben Stein

Tuesday, September 21st, 2004

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Hardcover, 116 pages, 2003

Rating: 7/10

Reason for Reading: I saw it when I was browsing the shelves at the library, and picked it up because I’ve been enjoying the television game show Win Ben Stein’s Money the past few months. There’s nothing better than people that have brains crammed to bursting with random knowledge.

Synopsis: Jack-of-all-trades (master of quite a few) Ben Stein weighs in with a humorous book of tips for ruining your love life - keeping potential love interests terrified of dating you, driving away people you’re currently with, and ensuring anyone that does stay with you remains satisfactorily miserable.

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Full Blast by Janet Evanovich

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass market, 344 pages, 2004

Rating: 8/10

Reason for Reading: Getting in my Evanovich fix while I wait to get my hands on Ten Big Ones.

Synopsis: Jamie Swift, editor of a small-town newspaper, discovers that a series of murders being committed seem to be linked to the personals section she’s recently started including in the paper. Helping with her amateur sleuthing is her love interest, Max Holt, a millionaire playboy-type who seems to blow in and out of town far too often to get involved in anything resembling a real relationship. This is the fourth book in the series.

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The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

Tuesday, May 4th, 2004

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Trade, 661 pages, 2001

Rating: 10/10

Reason for Reading: It’s just consistantly come up as a ‘must-read’ over the past few years, so I finally hopped on the bandwagon.

Synopsis: The Other Boleyn Girl is set in sixteenth century England, where King Henry is growing weary as his wife, Queen Katherine, has been unable to bear him a son. As she ages, the window of time she has left to give him an heir to the throne grows ever narrower, and the family of Anne and Mary Boleyn is determined to take advantage of this fact. In their quest for wealth and power, the Boleyn family may be willing to sacrifice body, mind, and soul…

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Girls Night by Stef Ann Holm

Tuesday, April 20th, 2004

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass market, 377 pages, 2002

Rating: 7/10

Reason for Reading: Harlequin sent me this one for filling out a survey, and who am I to turn down a free book?

Synopsis: When Jillene McDermott’s husband died, he left her with two pre-teen daughters and a coffee shop business that he never told her was dangerously close to going under. Scrambling to pay bills and look after her daughters, Jillene thinks she can’t be bothered with love, especially with all the tongues it would set wagging in their small town. But when hometown hero Vince Tremonti - a crime writer with a hidden dark side - turns up, she finds she’s struggling to repress her attraction to him.

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Full Tilt by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes

Monday, September 22nd, 2003

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass market, 342 pages, 2002

Rating: 9/10

Reason for Reading: The Evanovich factor.

Synopsis: Millionaire Max, cousin of Nick in Full House, rolls into a quiet town (in a talking car, no less) in South Carolina, looking to help his brother-in-law Frankie run a campaign for mayor, and to check up on his unseen partner on the town’s newspaper, Jamie. Upon arrival, Max discovers two things: Jamie is beautiful, intriguing, and fiercely dedicated to a faltering newspaper, but engaged; and Frankie would make an excellent mayor, but a corrupt town council will do almost anything to stop him from getting in and uncovering them.

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Full House by Janet Evanovich

Tuesday, September 16th, 2003

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass market, 334 pages, 2002

Rating: 5/10

Reason for Reading: Hoping for some of the humour in Evanvich’s Stephanie Plum series.

Synopsis: Single mom Billie decides to take polo lessons while her kids are on vacation with their father, and finds herself being taught by rich playboy Nick. She’s attracted, but there’s no way anything can come of it - what would the handsome Nick want with a sixth-grade teacher with two kids of her own? Spurred by recent burglaries and weird noises in the night, Billie agrees to house Nick’s spoiled cousin, Deedee, until her wedding, and finds Nick is determined to use his cousin as an excuse to come over as often as he wants…

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Lola Carlyle Reveals All by Rachel Gibson

Wednesday, April 9th, 2003

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass-market, 353 pages, 2002

Rating: 7/10

Reason for Reading The cute cover.

Synopsis: Lola, an ex-lingerie model, takes refuge from bad press on a friend’s boat, only to awake to find the boat has been stolen - or commandeered, as her kidnapper claims - by a mysterious man named Max who says he works for a division of the government that officially does not exist. Lola is not impressed with the annoying but gorgeous Max, but there might be a favour that he can do for her…

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Archive for the ‘Romance’ Category

Treasure Hunting by JB McDonald

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

E-book, 81 pages, 2008

Rating: 8/10

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Hardcover, 631 pages, 2008

Rating: 10/10

How to Ruin Your Love Life by Ben Stein

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Hardcover, 116 pages, 2003

Rating: 7/10

Full Blast by Janet Evanovich

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass market, 344 pages, 2004

Rating: 8/10

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Trade, 661 pages, 2001

Rating: 10/10

Girls Night by Stef Ann Holm

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass market, 377 pages, 2002

Rating: 7/10

Full Tilt by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass market, 342 pages, 2002

Rating: 9/10

Full House by Janet Evanovich

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass market, 334 pages, 2002

Rating: 5/10

Lola Carlyle Reveals All by Rachel Gibson

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass-market, 353 pages, 2002

Rating: 7/10

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