What I read in April 2012

The Pact by Jodi Picoult (April 27)

The Best of Times by Penny Vincenzi (April 19, NOOK)

Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (read April 8)

My Reading Life* by Pat Conroy (read April 8, NOOK)

The Night Circus* by Erin Morgenstern (April 6)

Home Front by Kristen Hannah (April 4)

Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson (April 1)

* I'll be reviewing these 2 books in upcoming posts!!!

Book 19- On Mystic Lake

Stupid romance novel. Kristin Hannah suckered me again with On Mystic Lake. One minute I think it's a story of redemption and the next minute it's a crappy old love story. and not even a very creative one, or well written.

Annie's husband Blake leaves her after a 20 year marriage. She thought she was the perfect housewife, wife and mother. She goes back to her hometown of Mystic, Washington. There she reunited with her old friend from high school, Nick. Nick had married Kathy, who was Annie's best friend. But Kathy had died, leaving Nick and their six year old daughter Izzy alone. So Annie tried to help Nick stop drinking and to help Izzy speak again.

Of course she falls in love with Nick and then stuff happens and she has to make a choice between Blake and Nick.

Bunch of crap if you ask me.

Not a fan; can ya tell?

Book 16- True Colors

I hate it when I start a book and it ends up being a romance novel. I got sucker punched by True Colors by Kristin Hannah!

I am not a fan of romance novels of any kind. I can tolerate a bit of "chick lit" because it's usually funny. This was a pure romance novel dressed up like a piece of contemporary fiction. I read it because it was one of those "if you like Jodi Picoult, then you'll love Hannah"- no no no and no. Those two authors are not in the same ballpark, not even the same league!

This is about three sisters who are raised by a mean old daddy after their mama dies. Daddy has a favorite daughter- Vivi, who is the princess. Win is the oldest, is fat and is a lawyer and is dying for true love and the approval of her father. Aurora is the middle child who is peace keeper, and is perfect, apparently.

Vivi meets and marries the ranch hand who is half Indian/ half white; he's "bad news" but they have a "true love that will never die." At this point, it's all blah blah blah, yammer yammer yammer. The girls fight, someone goes to prison, they hold grudges, a son is born and grows up without a daddy, is there true love, pills, booze, and a syrupy ending. Oh yuck-o.

I think it's safe to say I'm not a fan.