First of all, let me start by telling you I am almost as obsessed with Gregory's books as I am with Tudor history - and that's saying something. This is a wonderful book, told in 3 ladies point of view. I was really excited to read this, because I didn't know much about 2 of the 3 ladies. All of that being said, however... as much as I did enjoy this book (and I give it 4 out of 5 stars), I was so disappointed because the story line seems so... simple. I would have thought this was a young adult book, except... it's not a young adult book. I kept waiting for more. I did thoroughly enjoy the portrayal of Anne of Cleves & slightly less so of Lady Jane Rochford, but Katherine Howard... childlike, immature, beautiful, vain Katherine Howard, just drove me nuts. I have never believed her to be as simple as Gregory pictured her.

All in all, I'd recommend to other history buffs, but it's not a book I'd read again.

I picked this book up for 75 cents at work! I mean, seriously, how can you beat a new paperback for 75 cents? This book is some fantasy, some mystery, and some laughs. The main character, Slwyn, gets convicted of a crime he didn't commit, and loses his girl, all at the same time - sound familiar? The twist is, the dead man helps to prove his innocence. Yup, the dead man comes back to life, in the form of a bat, and later in the form of a songbird. In the end, the murder's been solved, Selwyn is free to live another day, but doesn't get the girl.

Not bad for a quick read, I give it 3 stars. Worth reading, but I wouldn't bother reading again.

I absolutely loved this book, like I love all of the other books in the Undead series. This one was absolutely my favorite of all of them, however. I like this series because it's so light, breezy, and fun - not to mention a little romance, a little vampires, and the devil's daughter to boot. This book, however, had a lot more - much more of a storyline, much more plot, and there's an absolute twist at the end of the book that makes you screaming for Davidson's blood that she left it like that!

How can anyone not be touched by this classic? This is one of these books that you just have to read again & again, and every time you do, you find something new that gripes you. When I was younger & read it for the first time (and saw the movie), I didn't "get" the full picture/horror of the Holocaust, but as an adult I'm haunted by the ending - that her father is the only one that survives the death camps, and this is typical for families you lived during the Holocaust.

A group of friends & I decided to read this book for October for Halloween (none of us really like horror). I have only read a few of the Stephanie Plum books (and most of those a long time ago), but I was able to jump in with no problems. The book was definitely light on plot, but it was what was I was looking for at the time. I did laugh out loud at times, and the characters are definitely interesting, though sometimes a little predictable. Overall, it was a great, fast read.

I've been obsessed with Howard Hughes since I was little - yeah, I was a weird kid. I just couldn't imagine anyone living the way he did in later years. This is a big book, and goes into depth about Hughes personal & professional lives. Most of the time, you got enough detail, and the book moved along well, but a few times I would have liked to have known more (though the lack may have been due to the fact that so little is known about some details of Hughes life). It's such a sad story about an interesting character - I can't help but wish he was alive now, when medical knowledge could have helped him & improved his life dramatically & who knows what else he could have accomplished.

I'm a trekkie through and through. I loved the movie & have watched it at least 20 times, probably more like 35 or 40 times. I enjoy reading Star Trek books, too. But, I was disappointed in this book - it read more like a movie script, then an actual book. The author added absolutely nothing to the book, and almost every line the character speaks in the book, is word for word the line in the movie. I would have liked to have seen a more in-depth look at the characters - more "why" and less action.

I requested this book from the library because of a book review blog. The person read mainly paranormal, and said that Jeaniene Frost was her all time favorite author. Anyone who loves paranormal & mentions a favorite author, that I've never heard of - well, I have to get the book, obviously.

And I was immediately disappointed. I just couldn't get into the book. I kept reading it, mainly because I kept forgetting to grab another book from my TBR pile & put it into my lunch bag. And it started getting better, and all of a sudden, I got hooked, completely engrossed in the story, couldn't put it down & thought about Cat & Bones all the time, begrudged my husband for interrupting me when I was reading, type of maddness. I don't know how or why it happened, but I'm thrilled to say that I can add Frost to my list of authors I enjoy, and I look forward to reading the rest of this series in the future!

I saw a review of this book on another blog - sorry, original blogger, I didn't save the post - and since I'm an obsessive knitter & obsessed with vampires, witches, fairies, and the like, I immediately requested the book from interlibrary loan.

You'll saw my huge library pile I got last week, this book was in it. Well, it was the first one to be picked up from the stack (even though I was reading 3 other books at one time), and I absolutely laughed out loud - literally made my cat cross eyed with me - from the very first page. Obviously Bretton was sincere in her desire to make a GOOD knitting fiction book; it's been done before, but usually the knitting references are done in passing, and it's obvious the writer has no real connection to knitting (an exception is The Shop on Blossom Street, by Debbie Macomber). The addition of paranormal elements made me just giddy. There's a bit of romance, which I'm not a huge fan of, but the book is so well written, I felt myself rooting for the relationship between Chloe & Luke all the same.