ellemnope's Reviews (2.4k)

Not my favorite Anita Shreve...a little different for my tastes. Seemed to be hastily written with flat characters. For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-wedding-in-december-by-anita-shreve.html

Not my favorite historical fiction novel. It took me quite a while to even get interested in the plot. For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-question-of-guilt-by-juilanne-lee.html

Everything I was told about this book was true: it was slow to start, it got me hooked in the end, and...of course...it's filthy. I did find it annoying that the book ended where it did...it felt like a ploy to make more money - similar to the way the last books of the Harry Potter and Twilight series were split into two movies each. I suppose I do understand it from the point of view of length. It would've been difficult to fit all of the book details into singular movies, similar to the way it would've been difficult to have this series as one gigantic 1,000 page novel. That may have perhaps made it harder to sell...

Not a bad end to the trilogy, but not my favorite. Odd and bumpy start and a rushed ending. After how many pages had been taken to get this danged thing going, you'd think the ending would be a little more rounded.

Definitely better than the first, but it might be sad that I think I liked this one better because there was actually less sex than the first. Oh well...

Cute and quick, but didn't necessarily grip me. Still a good book to read.

Read this one in less than a day. Loved it. Somewhat predictable, but still very cute and fun.

This book nearly killed me. She's a good writer in terms of sentence structure and description, but there was a serious lack of plot direction. The story just blah blah blahed along. For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/12/under-tuscan-sun-by-frances-mayes.html

Once again...I just don't get it. J.D. Salinger is supposed to be this awesome author. I say no. This book bored me to tears. I thought about abandoning it twice...I should learn to go with my gut. The story was a rambling disaster with an uninteresting premise. Thank goodness it was short.

The plot started out very promising, but I got really tangled up and confused about 3/4 of the way through. Not a horrible read, but I got frustrated with the ending. For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2013/01/four-for-price-of-one.html