Dry as Rain by Gina Holmes

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This is a book about life, marriage, family, happiness, lies, infidelity and a little bit of God.



It was well written and held my interest.



It starts with a couple who are seperated. There is an accident, some memory loss and trying to rebuilt a marriage based on not all the facts. There are lots of minor characters who at times have a place in the story and at others not really.







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Christmas in Sugarcreek: A Christmas Seasons of Sugarcreek Novel by Shelley Shepard Gray

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


Believe it or not I could not make myself finish this book. I have loved all the others in the series.

Maybe it is me and not the books.



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Three short stories - I enjoyed 2 out of three of them but for the most part there are not enough time in these short stories (about 100 pages each) there is not a lot of time to get invested.

The story by Susan Mallery is part of the Fool's Gold series that she writes, but we didnt' see or hear much about Fool's Gold.

Sheryl Woods was about San Francisco(and since I grew up there I liked reading about some of the places I used to visit)

The Susan Wiggs was didn't hold my interest.

The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I am a huge James Patterson fan but I was not impressed with this one. I did read the whole thing though so that says something.



Gaby is hosting herself a Christmas wedding but she won't tell anyone (including the groom) whom she is going to marry. She gets all her children to come home for the wedding.



I just don't see anything special about this book.



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A Life of Joy by Amy Clipston

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This is the 4th book in this series.



!8 year old Lindsay is happy in the amish community she and her sister (who has gone back to the English world in a previous book) moved to when their parents died (book 1). She is considering joining the church and settling in when her parent's best friends called and ask her to come take care of her 'aunt' who broke her foot.



Lindsay travels to Virginia to help out and reconnects with old friends, and the english way of life (cell phones, education). Her sister continues to pressure her to continue her education by getting her GED and going off to college.



We now wait for the next installment.



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SEAL of My Dreams by Robyn Carr

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


When I first heard about this book I was thrilled- I love romance and I love military men. Prior to my starting this book I looked through the authors and realized I have never read most of them so this was going to be a good starting point for me on some possibly new favorite authors.

My favorite novellas were the ones involving military dogs, I thought this was cute on the part of a few of the authors, I really enjoyed the animal aspect and learning some about what military dogs do and how their handlers respond.

Some of the novellas I had difficulty with due to them being an epilogue for other novels. Holding On by Stephanie Tyler was by far the hardest as there were too many characters and I never really understood who was who and what they were doing.

My favorite was Baby, I’m Back by Stephanie Bond. Not really sure why but the animal aspect is part of it. Others I just found it to be a good story. I will be looking up others from this author.

The last story, Letters To Ellie by Loreth Anne White was a horrible way to end this book I felt like. I read romance novels because I am a social worker in real life and have to deal with horrible stories every day and reading is my outlet. This story made me cry and pretty much hate life. I did not like the way this anthology ended, I mean the story was a great addition but I think order should have been shifted as I was left feeling very depressed at the end of it all.

I am glad I read it though, and am so proud to call myself an American after reading even fictionalized versions of our troops.

-The only easy day was yesterday




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Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed this book. I found Lilah and Brady to both be likable and relate-able, something that can struggle sometimes. Good humor throughout and I love how clumsy Lilah was, that I can relate to so much so watching her struggle with that was awesome. Overall, just a good fun read. I do not have too much to say about it but I enjoyed it which I think is the point. Cannot wait for the next one to arrive from the library.



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