2-11-09 The Good, The Bad, and The Undead by Kim Harrison - Fiction

5 - Rachel Morgan just can't keep herself out of trouble. Which is why these books are so fun! She's working as a consultant for the FIB, the human police force, and is constantly faced with the fear of the misunderstood. But she, Ivy, and Jenks work to make a convert of Glenn, Edden's son, who is the new Inderland liaison at the FIB. They are tracking a witch killer this time and Rachel ends up right in the thick of things. As usual.

2-9-09 Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison - Fiction

5 - I love this series of books. Rachel Morgan is a witch with a wry and sarcastic sense of humor who has a price on her head. She lives in a church with a living vampire and a pixie family lives in the garden. She's trying to bring down one of the most prominent citizens of the city with a link to biodrugs. And this is just the first book!

2-6-09 The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8. Lee - Non-Fiction

5 - I loved this. It starts out in 2005 when there were 110 second place winners in the Powerball lottery. The got their winning numbers from a fortune cookie. Lee begins her quest to visit all the Chinese restaurants that sold the winning cookies but ends up taking the reader on a journey that includes Chop Suey, soy sauce, and American Chinese food abroad. She's very informative and follows the stories and legends of how certain dishes and treats came to be with a fascinating thoroughness. This is an enjoyable read for any foodie.

2-1-09 Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause - Fiction

4 - This was another case of seen the movie but hadn't read the book. The movie kept the character names and the fact that there are werewolves, but that was it. The book deals more with wanting what you can't have but maybe it's not what you really want after all. The pack is in almost total disarray and Vivian is trying to find her place in her pack and in the human world. And then she wins the fight that makes her head bitch in the pack. But she doesn't want it, does she?

Sorry for the delay

I was a little distracted this weekend. I'll be updating with last week's reads tonight.

2-1-09 Black by Ted Dekker - Fiction

3 - The first in a trilogy, Black has an interesting premise, a man who lives in two worlds that are linked by events simultaneously, but it took a lot for me to finish it. I don't know if it was the writing or the pacing of the story, but it really didn't hold my interest. I just forced myself to finish it so I could move on to the next book in my ever expanding pile. I'm not sure if I'll continue this series or not.

1-27-09 The Neverending Story by Michael Ende - Fiction

5 - I've seen the movie numerous times but I had never read the book. I can say that the movie follows the book extremely well, except the movie is only the first third of the book. Bastian's story continues with his wishes recreating the world of Fantastica. He learns much about himself and his place in his world. The adventures he has in Fantastica are as incredible as Atreyu's and the world Ende created is absorbing. The book is as addictive to the reader as 'The Neverending Story' is to Bastian.