I've been out of town for a month, visiting my mom in Florida and Detroit, and there doesn't seem to be an easy way to blog from an iPad. I was reading the entire time, though.
Nose Down, Eyes Up by Merrill Markoe - I do love a book that takes place in Southern California, and it seems that I am enjoying the thinking talking dog genre lately, too. This is a fun read about a contractor with a bunch of problems and four dogs with distinct personalities and with whom he communicates. One dog is super smart, one is like a three year old and the other two I don't remember! The book is amusing and could be a different kind of a beach read than your usual mystery or chic lit fare.
Little Known Facts by Christine Sneed - Why was this book even on one of my lists? Was it on a list or did I like the idea of a cover with a swimming pool? As I wrote in the other two places where I write even shorter thumbnail reviews than I do here, Sneed writes like Danielle Steel. Repetitive, and in the characters' heads all the time. This was like a Danielle book but without the great life tragedy. It's about a famous 50 or 60 something movie star and his family and the women he dates. I kept waiting for something to happen but it never really did. The book doesn't deserve the title; it can have the cover.
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht - Here's another one I didn't like. This one is all over the place as a good book to read. It's about a grandfather and a granddaughter and a tiger and the grandfather when he was a boy, and some stories about jerky village people and being behind the iron curtain, and nothing ever happens, so I thought it might be going existentialist, but it never did that either. At least not for me.
Her Heart On Her Sleeve: I live in a suburb north of Chicago, and I read, bead, make jewelry, sew, watch TV and movies, crochet, craft, decorate, go to house and garage sales, walk and go on beach walks, listen to music, take pictures, cook and bake, read, and write about all of it on herheartonhersleeve. I have a companion blog called Jewlery by Dianne Sophia at diannesophia.blogspot.com where I write exclusively about my jewelry.
Jewelry By Dianne Sophia: I have been collecting vintage jewelry since I was a girl growing up in Detroit, and have been designing and making jewelry for 15 years. I love to work with pearls and crystals, semi-precious stones, Sterling Silver and Gold, along with vintage beads and materials. I delight in combining shape, pattern and color in new ways. I'm inspired and influenced by my travels and experiences as a reader, writer, photographer and student of life. My blog herheartonhersleeve.blogspot.com chronicles my life in art and popular culture.
Nose Down, Eyes Up by Merrill Markoe - I do love a book that takes place in Southern California, and it seems that I am enjoying the thinking talking dog genre lately, too. This is a fun read about a contractor with a bunch of problems and four dogs with distinct personalities and with whom he communicates. One dog is super smart, one is like a three year old and the other two I don't remember! The book is amusing and could be a different kind of a beach read than your usual mystery or chic lit fare. 
Little Known Facts by Christine Sneed - Why was this book even on one of my lists? Was it on a list or did I like the idea of a cover with a swimming pool? As I wrote in the other two places where I write even shorter thumbnail reviews than I do here, Sneed writes like Danielle Steel. Repetitive, and in the characters' heads all the time. This was like a Danielle book but without the great life tragedy. It's about a famous 50 or 60 something movie star and his family and the women he dates. I kept waiting for something to happen but it never really did. The book doesn't deserve the title; it can have the cover. 
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht - Here's another one I didn't like. This one is all over the place as a good book to read. It's about a grandfather and a granddaughter and a tiger and the grandfather when he was a boy, and some stories about jerky village people and being behind the iron curtain, and nothing ever happens, so I thought it might be going existentialist, but it never did that either. At least not for me. 
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