Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Review ~ The Twisted Tale of Stormy Gale by Christine Bell

TITLE: The Twisted Tale of Stormy Gale
AUTHOR: Christine Bell
COPYRIGHT: 4/25/11
TYPE: time-travel (AKA fantasy)
SERIES: nope

REASON FOR READ:
The story sounded interesting and I admit I was curious about a time traveling pirate

SUMMARY (from Goodreads):
I'm a time pirate—born in 1810, now a 21st-century woman. I travel through time trying to right wrongs without disrupting the fragile balance between what is and what can never be.
That's why it's vital that I go to 1836 and find the man who conned my brother out of his Time Travel Mechanism as quickly as possible. If the technology falls into the wrong hands, it could change the world as we know it. The notorious Duke of Leister definitely qualifies as the wrong hands. An amateur scientist of the slightly mad variety, he's bound to figure out how to use the TTM sooner rather than later.
I knew this wouldn't be easy. But I wasn't counting on him being as sexy as hell. Or winding up chained to his bed…

THOUGHTS/OPINION:
This was a fast, quick read and I have no idea why but I thought it was a full length book. Had I know it was only 30,000 words roughly I would’ve read it sooner.
I liked the characters, loved the background, and I fully admit I am a complete sucker for the romance. Keep in mind there is not a lot of room for character growth or development but with the small amount of room she had Ms. Bell did a great job. I believed the romance, I liked the history of the characters and how they met. And I admit that I liked how it turned out.

The only complaint I have is the book was WAY TO SHORT…



Challenges:
Out Do Yourself
E-book

Friday, August 5, 2011

Reveiw ~ He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt

Title: He's Just Not Into You
Author, 
Copyright: 2004
Type: Self-Help
Pages: 204

Reason for Reading: I thought this book looked interesting... which I found strange considering I didn't like the movie (and yes for the record I know that I am a minority in that regard)

Summary according to Goodreads:
Everyone can use a daily wake-up call.
Now in bite-size mantras, the abridged empathetic wit and wisdom of the number one New York Times bestseller He's Just Not That Into You will recharge and inspire your dating outlook one wake-up call at a time. 
For ages women have come together over coffee, cocktails, or late-night phone chats to analyze the puzzling behavior of men. Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo are here to say that —despite good intentions— you're wasting your time. Men are not complicated, although they'd like you to think they are. And there are no mixed messages. 
The truth may be, He's just not that into you. 

THOUGHTS
The truth this book is common sense on a NUMBER of things... and yet as women we need to be reminded of this. The thing I liked the most was the fact it comes from a guys perspective Greg whom actually seems like he has it going on (sounds weird but if he appeared un-educated or worse just out for money this review  would've been a WHOLE lot different.)
As it is however, this book had some great pointers. I did learn that if a guy is into me then he will actually ask me out. This whole well he's shy, or maybe he's intimidated crap isn't going to work on me anymore. From now on if he is into me he will ask me no matter how many of my girlfriends are around me. 
Other than that I have to say the rest was pretty much common sense. If a guy hits you he's not into you, if a guy won't return your phone call he's not into you, if a guy only wants sex he's not into you, if a guy doesn't want sex he's not into you... etc... you get the point. 

It was a quick fun read and had some information that was interesting. I would recommend it if you are looking for some answers to questions but if you possess a good amount of common sense you are not going to get a lot out of this one.

Challenges:
Out-Do Yourself Challenge