The 5 Love Languages

Title: The 5 Love Languages     By: Gary Chapman    Pages: 209   Genre: Self-Help

Not any one marriage is perfect. There are 5 main ways to speak "love" to someone you love. This book lists them and gives you details and examples on how it has changed marriages that started out rough and because they applied the love languages how dramatically it changed for the better!

I enjoyed reading this and getting a perspective that I didn't see before. I did read some reviews that stated some of this is common sense and I agree, but sometimes you forget that people don't feel loved the same way you do. I recommend this to everyone that is going to get married or are married. Even if you don't see any problems in your relationship I would still suggest to read it because you can't go wrong with improving your relationships that mean the most to you right?

Clockwork Angel

Title: Clockwork Angel   By: Cassandra Clare   Pages: 479   Genre: Fantasy

Tessa is  your ordinary girl, being summoned to London from New York by her dear brother she hasn't seen in a long time. The rest of her family is dead. She gets held captive by some horrible sisters that make her use her power she wasn't aware she had and she got thrust into a world she never knew exsisted! 

This book did hold a lot of the same similarites in character development that Cassandra's other series The Mortal Instruments is. There is enough differences between the two however that you can enjoy both series! I enjoyed it and will continue to read this series!

One of Us

Title: One of us  By: Michael Marshall Smith pages: 349 Genre: Science Fiction

Hap has a job of taking on dreams but what happens when he is willing to take on a memory of a murder? In this time period its not if you did it but what you remember. Hap gets chashed by police and some guys in suits because of what he knows.
It took me from October to beginning of Feburary to read this book, so I'm going to go with I wasn't a huge fan. The writing was great and the thoughts were fluid but I really wasn't into the talking kitchen appliances. I wish it would happen in real life just because that would be pretty cool, but to just drop it in like it was normal on page one confused the crap out of me.

update since I keep forgetting!

Pages: 390 Author: Christopher Farnsworth Genre: Fiction

Zach is a very ambitious guy. He gets a new job where it becomes kill or be killed. He can't just walk away from this job. He is one of the guys that is left with the nations biggest secret he gets to be a "caretaker" for the nation's vampire. Who would have thought that we would control one right? Well, they go of course on some adventures to try and keep the nation from entering darkness that we couldn't even imagine. 

Its a good start to an amazing series I'm sure. I haven't been able to finish the second one I will have to check it out again in the mean time I haven been reading other books. I did enjoy this book and can't wait to "sink my teeth" into the next one :P Am I cheesy or what?!

Pages: 190 Author: Susan Hatler Genre: Short fiction

Gina just got out of a 10 year relationship that wasn't going anywhere and she swears off men that won't commit right as her friend is getting married and she needs a date. So while the other bridesmaids set her up with her "dream man" a friend from work who is leaving the company asks her to pretend to be his girlfriend at his new company dinner get together as things heat up between them and the secrets spill on their feelings for one another she now has to choose...the guy her friends think is a good match or the guy that makes her swoon? 

I enjoyed reading it. In all honesty i could have finished it in one sitting if I had more of a life, but alas I don't. I enjoyed reading this and I would recommend it if you need a short romance for a nice pickme up. I hope to be able to get my hands on more of her writing soon. :)

Friendship Bread

Pages: 363 Author: Darien Gee Genre: Fiction

Julia and her sweet 5 year old daughter Gracie get home and find this bag on their porch, Julia had all intentions of just throwing it out but who wants to crush the heart of a little 5 year old that wants to bake what is inside? After baking it she runs into some new people and hands them the extra starter bags which begins the tail of new friendship and a bit of a new start for them all who all have their own secrets and pains. Soon, the whole town is filled with friendship bread and starters overflowing from the freezers until a flooding of a neighborhood city brings little Avalon together and they bake what they have to give to the poor town and spread the love, and lifts everyone's spirits in unlikely ways!

Although the site I use www.goodreads.com says its 400 pages the actual story only goes to 363 and the rest is recipies for Amish Friendship Bread if you feel like starting your own "chain mail" of bread or whatever you choose to make! I loved this book it was hard to put down and it really pulls at your heart. I would recommend every woman to read this book or hear it from an audio it is such a heart-felt story that you just don't want to keep to yourself!

Things Without A Name

                                          Pages: 392    Author: Joanne Fedler  Genre: Fiction
Her name is Faith, but consequently she doesn't have any in anything that is happy. She doesn't believe in happiness or true love. She works as a legal counciller at a company that helps woman who are being raped or in a abusive relationship.
There were some parts that it made it hard to follow on what was going on in what part of her life since it jumps back and forth from current to bits and pieces of her past. It wasn't what I was expecting to really read either but I'm glad I found it and continued to read it. It was very hard for me to put down I really enjoyed reading it. I got to know Faith and a part of me on a whole new level.

On another note I have read some books inbetween this one and the last post but I forgot to write it down/blog it. So, with it being a new year I'll try and be better about posting the books I finish!

Vampire Kisses

Pages: 208  Author: Ellen Schreiber  Genre: Fiction

A girl wants nothing more then to be a vampire since she was little. So when a mystery family moves into the "haunted" mansion up on the hill in her dull town rumors fly about who they are..WHAT they are...And what a surprise there is a handsome boy her age that she falls madly in love with. 

I really enjoyed this book. Of course I like almost anything vampire related unlike Raven though I don't want to be a vampire...I like my life as is. It's definitely a good read. :)