Rick Mofina- "They Disappeared"

I have a tendency to feel for stories with little kids in them because my nephew is still little and I miss him a lot. This book was really hard for me to read while I am still so far away from my little G-baby. It also doesn't help my fear of big cities and crowds. 

Jeff Griffin and his family go to New York for a vacation. His son and wife end up kidnapped while sight seeing and he and his family are thrown in a grand plot of global consequence. It is always terrorism now a days. It is never a simple ransom kidnapping anymore. 

This book was good, but like all the other thriller kidnapping books it didn't have anything unique to it. It was extremely generic to me. No twists and turns of betrayal, nothing that made me say, "Oh, shit! Didn't see that coming!" I didn't expect that from this book, so it wasn't really disappointing. It is fast paced and easy to keep up with. I give it three and a half fake passports. 

Kristen Hannah- "The Things We Do For Love"

We all cope with grief differently. Some people cry for months, others become numb. I have found in the genre of inspirational fiction everyone seems to become complete assholes and selfish. Is this a requirement for such books? Divorce your loved one, hate your family and fight all the time. Then when timing is convenient for the writer the character realizes they have become assholes and changes in two pages. I have gotten so frustrated with this genre. It is the same formula over and over again. 

I have created a book club for my family and friends and my nanny picked this book out to read. It is a story of lost babies and teenage pregnancy and lost dreams. Honestly, it is like every other book by Kristen Hannah and even ends suddenly. She can't finish I book. It makes my eyes twitch. 

Being fair, this is a good book about real life struggles and she makes you feel for the characters. Too bad she does that and then just ends the friggen book. 

Kathleen Delaney- "Dying for a Change"

The Worldwide Mystery books that I get in the mail never disappoint. They are short and not raunchy. All the stories are fast paced and interesting.

In this Worldwide Mystery, a real estate agent, Ellie, finds a dead man in the house that she is showing and all hell breaks loose in the small town. Doesn't it always? Ellie tries to solve the crime while stumbling over dead bodies along the way.

I loved this book. It was first person narrative which is my favorite. I loved the character Ellie and found the small town that she lived in very charming. The only complaint I have is the fact that Ellie hates the gossip in town, but then gossips about the murder at the same time. Other than that, this was a good little book. If you like a light read then this is your book to pick up.

Lori Foster- "Run the Risk"

I have only read 74 pages of this book and it is all I can do. Dirty romances are not my thing. I could go into why I don't like it or why I couldn't finish this book. However, I am just going to share a sentence that sums it all up.

"He should have a big D for danger on his oft-naked chest."

Need I say more?

Virna DePaul- "Shades of Temptation"

I should have gotten an idea of how the book was when I read the blurb. Anytime the words sparks fly and special agent are used together, it is going to be a doosey.Why is it so hard to find romantic mysteries these days?

In this Harlequin romantic suspense, two special agents, who have the hots for each other try and chase a serial killer. That is it. They have the hots for each other, fight it for maybe a day, then have dirty hot sex,then try and catch the killer. Seriously this is the book.

I found that I just didn't care about the characters. I didn't care if they ended up together or even if they caught the killer. The end is terribly cliche and predictable, to me at least. I know what was going to happen in the end because the author gave away a huge hint early on in the book. At times I found myself with a sliver of hope that it was going to pick up and then it would be clouded up by just me not caring about what was going on.

Is this a horrible book? Probably not, it got great reviews on good reads. I am just not the type to get into books that are 90% what are they feeling and 10% actual story and mystery. It is why I hate Grey's Anatomy.

Robin Cook- "Coma"

I have made it known in previous reviews that I love medical thrillers. Which is strange because I am very paranoid. Reading about hospitals conspiring in any type of criminal or heinous activity sends shivers down my spine.

At a hospital in Boston, patients start going into comas while undergoing surgery without any known reason. Susan Wheeler, a medical student new to the hospital notices the pattern of patients and decides to investigate further. As with any medical thriller she steps in serious shit and her life becomes threatened and the only way for her to get out of the mess is to uncover the truth.

Although this book is old and the ending is a little predictable, it still was very fast paced and thrilling. Susan is all on her own and everyone seems to be against her. She trudges on and doesn't give up and I like that. The mystery itself is probably a well known issue today, but maybe back when the book was published it was probably unheard of and shocking. Overall it is a really good and easy read. This is definitely going in my list of why I hate hospitals.

Sharon Sala- "Don't Cry For Me"

Yet again the time of the month came around for me to get more Harlequin books in the mail and let me tell you these looked like keepers. I am being totally sarcastic if you couldn't tell. One of them was a Sharon Sala book, which I have read a book by her in the past and loved it, so all hope wasn't lost.

Let me begin by saying this was a filthy book. If you are shy around sex scenes in books do not pick this book up. Having said that this was actually a really enjoyable book. I totally feel like a perv for saying it but it is true.

The story centers around a woman names Mariah who just got out of the hospital after being injured in Afghanistan. Having no where to go and no family to support her a fellow soldier and ex-lover, Quinn comes to bring her to his secluded cabin in Kentucky. While she tries to recoup a bunch of shit happens and she gets frustrated with her Post Traumatic issues. Add some dirty sex and that is it in a nutshell.

Despite the filthy and slight corniness that this book reeks of it is actually pretty good. Just stay away if you are conservative with your reading.

Dean Koontz- "Phantoms"

I have always been a fan of horror. I also am easy to get creeped out. Especially when I was little. When I was about 8 or so years old my aunt decided to rent a little movie called Phantoms that was based on this book. It scared the shit out of me. Years later I decided to try and read the book. It scared the shit out of me and I couldn't ever finish it. Until today. Finally after a billion years I have finished this book.

What is so scary about this book? Try mass death and disappearances of a small town in California. Jennifer Paige brings her little sister to move in with her to Snowfield California after the death of their mother only to find that the town is silent and everyone they know has either disappeared or dead. A group of police officers come to investigate and all hell breaks loose and even more creepy stuff happens. The whole time you don't know what the hell is killing the people which is what has always creeped me out. This book is a lot like his other book The Taking. Which is also creepy as hell to me.

Although it has taken me years to finish this book, I have always loved trying to attempt to read it. It is mysterious and fast paced and it ties in a lot of events of disappearances that really happened in real life. Being older now, it still hasn't lost that scary touch to it and I will probably read it again later on in life. In the light of day of course.