Blind Date with A Book

The local library hosted "Blind Date with a Book" again this February.

The book is wrapped so you can't see the author or title, only a short blurb on the front that gives a hint about the contents.

The wrapper said it was paranormal romance and historical fiction.

Hmmm sounds more like romantic suspense to me.

I admit I was disappointed.  I read an Amanda Quick book last summer and decided I had no interest in reading another.  However, I will give this one a go and see if it changes my mind.  

January Wrap Up

My reading has really slowed down due to other priorities as well as the end of vacation days and holidays but I managed 4 books in January so that is actually pretty good.

Central Library SciFi book club selection for January:  Ignore the tedious technical and unnecessary prologue and it reads more like an FBI thriller than science fiction.  A nice beach read, entertaining but not seat gripping.  The characters were very likable which made me keep reading.  3STARS

January Buddy Read for the Dogwood Belles Book Club:  A very interesting story told in the most boring way possible.  This book is very fact/statistic oriented and action or character driven.  I was disappointed because the author's Sunday school teacher was one of the women being written about so I thought there would more personal insight.  I ended up finishing the book as audio because I just couldn't get through reading it.  That being said, I did learn a lot and it isn't a bad book, I was just expecting a different type of story.

This is the final book in the Lunar Chronicles series (Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Winter).  To recap, Cinder is a very loose Cinderella retelling, Scarlet is Red Riding Hood, Cress is Rapunzel  and Winter is Snow White).  The final book brings all the individual story lines together for the final conclusion.  I enjoyed this book but not as much as Cinder and Cress.  My one complaint is that it was too long.  The scenes were drawn with details that were unnecessary or repetitive,  I would have preferred it to be more compact and faster paced but I still gave it 4STARS.

This is Book 2 of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.  I really liked the first book and also the movie but I wasn't quite as into the 2nd book.  Maybe the novelty was gone or the pictures weren't quite as compelling or chill-raising.  I did enjoy learning more about the children and seeing them use their powers outside the loop.  However, not a lot happened between the first couple of chapters where they were escaping the loop and the final cliff hanger chapter.  If you liked the first book then keep reading but if you weren't that into it, this book will reel you in.  3STARS