I just thought I would get us started on a new thread since a new month has started.  I am still read Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan.  It is taking me forever to finish books lately because I am trying to be a good student and do my homework and I am trying to keep the house clean and the laundry done and now those things seem to be taking up most of my time.  Hopefully the rest of you are getting a little more reading time than me....

I am reading -- "Handle With Care" By; Jodi Picoult

Here is the summary of what it is about ---

Every expectant parent will tell you that they don't want a perfect baby, just a healthy one. Charolette and Sean O'Keefe would have asked for a healthy baby, too, if they'd been given the choice. Instead, their lives are consumed by sleepless nights, mounting bills, they pitying stares of  "luckier" parents, and maybe worst of all, the what - ifs. What if thier child had been born healthy? But it's all worth it because  Willow is, well, funny as it seems, perfect. She's smart as a whip, on her way to being as pretty as her mother, kind, brave, and for a five-year-old an unexpectedly deep source of wisdom. Willow us Willow, in sickness and in health.

Everything changes. though, after a series of events forces Charolette and her husband to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. What if Charolette should have known earlier of Willow's illness?  What if things could have been different? What if thier beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice, Charolette must ask herself these questions and one more.  What constitutes a valuable life?

Happy reading!!!!

Thank you,

Jennifer Chumbley

I just started a really cool drakon series by Shana Abe... THe first one is called Smoke Theif and im on Dream Thief... the 3rd is called Queen of Dragons.

I'm reading Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton

just finished the manning sisters, and the manning grooms by macomber. will be starting suspicious by nora roberts soon which has partners, art of deception and night moves. wont get much reading done this week with all the stuff to do and no work cuz im on vacation. bday on monday. im getting old (24).

I tend to read books by ---

James Patterson

Jodi Picoult

Daneille Steel

Tracey Hayden

I love these authors and a few other ones!!!

Happy reading though!

Jennifer

i read danielle steel and have only read one james patterson. just got passions promise by danielle steel

My problem is that I have a lot of Danielle Steel books that I have not read yet -- and ones that I want to reread also --- it's like I forgot what they were about! Ya know!  I have that book by Danielle Steel also -- I have not read it yet either! Let me know how it is okay?!

Happy reading!

Jennifer

Anya, let me know how those Shana Abe books are.  I have seen them at the library and at the bookstore and they seem interesting.  I want to try one but I have so many other things to read.  If you think they are good then that might give me a push to try them.

Kris...

I am almost done with the second one and they are pretty good... They are set back in older times and they are pretty neat.  I like the second one better than the first but they are both good

Ive read Handle with Care. It's good. I'd love to discuss a thing or two once you've finished reading it.

So i just finished Dream theif now to find Queen of Dragons by Shana Abe...

Am awaiting PC cast Vamp Diaries from the library but will have to read some stuff on my shelf until they get in...

Andrea --

I love the book also --- But, I am only in the first chapter right now! Sad, I know. But, when I am done with it -- I would love to discuss it with you!

Talk to you soon!

Jennifer

ive read so many books last month ;i cant even remember them all.i have been reading a new book every 2 days days.im up to the lara adrian last book.it hasnt been sold yet.on hold for it.pat briggs mercy series,i read all of those.anya got me hooked on the highlander 1s im on no 4 of that 1.indi got me hooked on the faefever series i read the last 1.sookie series im waiting for no 6 on that 1.im up to no 8 on the ladies fern michaels series.im on no 3 of the charlaine harris gravesight series.plus on top of all that the rl bookclub i belong too i have been reading bits and pieces on that,2 last month and 4 this month.o i am also currently on no 3 of the kitty midnight hr series.ty for who got me hooked on that 1. i forget hehehehe.and now i have a new series by james patterson; i am hooked on the female mystery,im waiting for no 2 on that 1.all their names i have forgotten .thats what i have been reading for the past 2 months.

o and joanne fluke has a new 1 out too.she writes light-hearted mysteries.im currently waiting for that 1 also.

indi how r u liking her novels?hamilton.she is soooooo naughty!!!!

There hasn't been that much naughtiness yet (just finished the 7th book in the series), at not nearly as much as I've been given to expect given her reputation.  It hasn't been bad.  And I TOTALLY love Anita Blake and want to be as kick-a$$ as she is when I grow up LOL (especially funny since that character is younger than I am, at least at this point in the series).  I've seriously started working out though, in an effort to have more of an Anita Blake figure.  We are the same height, so I figure why not?  LOL  How lame am I??????

Im currently on book 3 of the Cambell Trilogy by Monica McCarthy... They are really good historical fictions!  After this i have Blood Lite to read

I am just about finished with Stalking Ivory, book 2 in the Jade del Cameron historical mystery series.  I am really enjoying this series!  If you are fan of historical fiction then you should give these a try.  Here is the synopsis from Barnes and Noble if anyone is interested:

"On a photography assignment in the northern territory of Mount Marsabit, Jade and her friends Beverly and Avery Dunbury hope to capture on film the area's colossal elephants. Instead they discover the mutilated remains of four elephants and one man. The authorities suspect Abyssinian poachers and raiders in search of ivory and slaves. But Jade has her own suspicions, which are only heightened when she discovers a cache of German rifles hidden in a nearby cave. And when Jelani, the Kikuyu boy accompanying her, is captured by slave traders, Jade must join forces with handsome American pilot Sam Featherstone to rescue one of her own. "

recently i have read be me, manhunting, charlie all night- all by jennifer crusie and am currently reading her book strange bedpersons. also read moon light warrior by janet chapman . soo loved that book cant wait for book 2 though it doesnt come out till next fall. atleast i have a lot of books to read between now and then. also read book one of the pine creek series, charmign the highlander. i had previously read her book 2 loving the highlander which got me hooked on her. i have the rest of pine creek to read but i am trying to mix it up a bit. started blood brothers on sunday . half way through. reminds of nora's divine evil a lilttle bit. its so good. thinkign about read her morrigans cross series next .

I just finished Back to the Bedroom by Janet Evanovich and I thought that was cute.  It is definitely fluff reading but it was fast and enjoyable and will probably read more of her romances.

Now I am reading My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.  I am about 140 pages in and it is really good.  A little depressing but good but I was prepared for it to be that way.

I am reading the jeanienne frost series just got thru w/ no 2 and am on no 3.figured out that somehow i skipped hokus pokus somehow.we have 3 new books on the rl bookclub.they r all mysteries i think.i just got thru reading a mystery and i was soooo mad at the ending.nancy grace i think the 11th victim.i guess that means more books w the same psycho.

I just started this book today. Only about 40 pages in but it grabs you from the get go.

The 19th Wife

Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, David Ebershoff’s The 19th Wife combines epic historical fiction with a modern murder mystery to create a brilliant novel of literary suspense.

It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of a family’s polygamous history is revealed, including how a young woman became a plural wife.

Soon after Ann Eliza’s story begins, a second exquisite narrative unfolds–a tale of murder involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah. Jordan Scott, a young man who was thrown out of his fundamentalist sect years earlier, must reenter the world that cast him aside in order to discover the truth behind his father’s death.

And as Ann Eliza’s narrative intertwines with that of Jordan’s search, readers are pulled deeper into the mysteries of love and faith.

Andrea,  that book sounds good!  I am definitely going to add it to my list of books to try.  Thanks for sharing.

recently finished the sign of sevem series. blood brother, the hollow and the pagan stone all by nora roberts. yesterday read the book married in seattle a combo book by debbie macomber. it contains first comes marriage and wanted:partner. last night started the seduction of his wife by janet chapman book one of the logger series. will probably start anyone but you soon by jennifer crusie or dakota series by debbie macomber..anyone read any of the cedar cove books? i was wondering if they had to be read in order cuz i have most of them but am missing a few

I loved the Seven Series...

I loved the Seven series, too.

yes but i didnt like the ending.somehow it was made up to be something more and it wasnt.

currently reading tempting the highlander. waiting on her sinclair brothers series book 1. is in the mail on way to me

cedar cove ,thinks we r reading that now in rl bookclub.204 is next in line.ul have to go to barnes and noble to get the list.

i have the list i was just wondering if you had to read the in order or if it doesnt matter

i have the list i was just wondering if you had to read the in order or if it doesnt matter. currently reading tempting the highlander. need to get only with a highlander winter's story. already have secrets of the highlander and want the new one the highlander christams i think its called. anyway its camry's story

o it matters cause of the way the events are happening.dan left his wife and in 2 and 3 u find out y and who hes with.

thanks lexi. i have them all except 311 pelican court and 50 harbor street

finished tempting the highlander by janet chapman. half though her secrets of the highlander. need to get only with a highlander. once done with secrets of the highlander will be starting highlander in love by julia london. any recommendations?