Spring Fever

It's spring and my reading has been completely crazy.  On warmer days, I'm anxious to expand my mind preparing to read War and Peace and some of the many non-fiction books I want to read about how to help my kids grow-up to be normal adults (I could read forever on that topic!).  On overcast, rainy and cold days, I'm back to my Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance escaping into more interesting worlds.  With the weather 50 and rainy one day and 85 and sunny the next it's been a little crazy.  There is hope on the horizon!  Only a few more weeks until school is out and summer begins. 

The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

This book started off slow; it took me a while to get into it.  When I finally did, I couldn't put it down.  I really, really liked it.  First, it is about three sisters.  This is great for two reasons, because I have two sisters and because there are so few books about women being friends with women (or in this case their sisters).  Second, it's a book about a family who loves to read.  I love reading about people who read (is that too obsessive?).  The story of how the three women mess up their lives and come together again is believable, interesting, and hopeful.  It's a great book. 

Update

I don't have time for any full book reviews right now, but here is what I've been up to:

Saw Charlene Harris and got an autographed copy of her new book, Dead Reckoning!  I finished it a few days ago.  I find myself wishing for more Romance for Sookie and am a little worried that her relationship with Eric won't workout.  I'll guess I'll have to wait and see.

I have been reading about ADHD and Sensory Processing Disorder to try to understand how to help my son.

I have been reading the Mayo Clinic Diet, French Women Don't Get Fat, and 1001 ways to get in Shape to try to carve out a diet and lifestyle that works for me and will help me eat healthy without having to follow a strict diet (those don't work).

I am gearing up to read War and Peace over the summer.  I will have to read 14 pages a day all summer.  I am looking forward to it.  I am reading the intro. and the cliff notes so I'll be ready to start June 1st.

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

Book two in the Mercy Thompson series.

Mercy's Vampire customer and possible friend (she not sure vampires can be trusted enough to be true friends) asks her for a favor and she ends up in trouble.  A dangerous being is killing people and Mercy must come to the rescue.  The vampires either can't or won't help and the being affects the werewolves in a bad way.  So it's Mercy (a werecoyote)  on a dangerous mission to rescue a vampire and three werewolves. 

Mercy just keeps getting more and more interesting.  Is it possible that her vampire friend is really a nice vampire?  Is is possible he likes her?  What about Adam and Sam?  What does being a Walker mean?  I look forward to the next book.

Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon

A romance full of Greek Mythology, kind of like a grown-up Percy Jackson with romance instead of adventure.  I have seen a lot of Sherrilyn Kenyon in the paperback book sections and I wanted to read something of her's.  It was good.  There were a few really tender, heart wrenching moments and a happy ending--just want I want in a romance. 

Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison

The first book in the Hallows series.

I liked this book.  I didn't devour the book, but I did enjoy it a lot.  There were even a few funny parts.  I'm not as fond of books that include vampires where the vampire bite is awful and wrong and vampires are evil, but there is enough else to like that made up for it.  The Heroine is spunky and headstrong.  I will be reading more of this series.

Ape House by Sarah Gruen

A woman, who's life is researching bonobos and language, has her world turned upside down when the lab is bombed.  A reporter with job and wife problems sets out to redeem his career by tracking the story.

I really liked the story.  It is filled with true, interesting details about bonobos and ape cruelty.  I realized it is a transparent animal rights statement, but since I mostly agree with it, I didn't mind.  What I did mind, however, was that the story was going along fine, when the author suddenly ended the book.  It should have been much longer.  She set up this interesting story and then wrapped it up in just a few pages, leaving me feeling like the story shouldn't be finished yet.