Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I really liked this book. It was such a sweet and touching story about Henry (Chinese) and his love for Keiko (Japanese) during WWII. Even though this story is fiction, I felt that this really could have actually happened back then. I thought the story was very heartfelt and I really felt for Henry and the struggles he had toward his father verses the love and affection he felt toward Keiko.



It sickened me to read about how Americans treated the Japanese people during WWII. I am glad we live in a time now where we are more tolerant toward our fellow humans. We could have easily done the same things to the Muslims after 9/11 that we did to the Japanese back then.....Thank goodness times have changed.



I definitely could see this book be made into a movie. I hope somebody writes the screenplay and it's filmed someday. I think it would be amazing on the big screen. I would love to see how Seattle looked like back in WWII days.



Overall, I think this was an amazing book and would recommend this to anyone! Two thumbs up from me.



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Dream Smashers by Angela Carlie

Dream Smashers by Angela Carlie

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Just finished Dream Smashers and I thought it was excellent. I really enjoyed the characters and the storyline and I would love to see a sequel to this because I didn't want it to end. I really like how the author would switch between the different characters to get different points of views but still kept the focus on the main character, Autumn.



This story is extremely heart wrenching in certain parts due to the main character's drug-addicted mother. I felt saddened by her and her story because I'm sure that somewhere, there are kids going through this very same type of thing in their own lives. It breaks my heart to think stories like this are more realistic than we know.



This book does have some religious overtones to it, but it doesn't come off as preachy which I really appreciate since I'm not a very religious person.



Overall, I think this was a great book and would totally recommend it!!! Two thumbs up for me!!!



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Finished with "The Girl Who....." series! Thank God!

This was a great series of books. I really enjoyed the stories as a whole. By the time I got to the third book I was tired of reading about the geography of Sweden and had a hard time keeping up with each of the many characters in these books, but the story line was exciting and engrossing. Some parts of these books was kind of boring but was necessary to story, but I plowed through those as best I could. Overall, I'm happy I read these books, but glad to be done with them. I know this is a popular series right now and everyone is just raving about them, and I thought they were great, don't get me wrong, I just don't think they are the best thing out there and I'm happy to be moving on to new material.

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars






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Just finished this book. Sooo good! I loved the first one "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and now off to read the third. Wonderful series. Suspensful and terrifing! Awesome, awesome book. Two thumbs up for me!!!!

Summer's Child by Diane Chamberlain

While I'm waiting for my next Dexter book, I decided on a summer beach book, called Summer's Child by Diane Chamberlain. This is the first book I have read by this author and I'm glad I decided to read this. I'm about 80 pages in and it's turning out to be quite a mystery. I've read many reviews on this book and even when you think you have figured out what's going on, it totally turns in a different direction and twists into something completely different. I am actually at that point in the book where I think I've figured it out, but I have a feeling I'm not right. I love a good mystery and I must keep reading this book to find out who would leave a newborn baby on a beach to die, only to be found by a young girl whose family adopts her and raise her as their own. This girl is now 21 years old and is curious to find out her birth mother. With the help of a neighbor, who now is a big shot Hollywood producer of a true-life mystery show, has asks for his help in finding the answers to her life-long questions of her birth and ultimately her life.

Like I've said I think I've figured it out, but who knows.........

I'm in love with Dexter books now......

My oh my! That was a great book. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay was awesome. It started off very much like the first season of Dexter, but ended completely different. I did not expect a character that has been in all the shows seasons to die off so soon. What a great, wonderful, terrible, exciting twist of events this book turned out to be. I can't wait to get the second book. I should be getting it this week. I plan to dive into the next one as soon as I finish the new book I'm reading. I am completely hooked on Dexter now.

My newest book......

I love love love Dexter. I've seen all the episodes of Dexter and now I'm starting the books. They read a lot like the show, only you get a little bit more of what is going on in Dexter's twisted mind. I'm about half way through this book and I love it, but what's not to love about Dexter? He is the most lovable antihero out there today and I can't get enough of him and his demonic thoughts. Dexter is the best!!!