Long Gone, A book review

This is a story about Alice, who is the daughter of rich and famous parents and is trying to make a life for herself without her family's money or influence. She is offered a job as a art gallery manager. She thinks that this is almost too good to be true, and it turns out that the case. Her new boss is found murdered, and she is the prime suspect. As the story progresses, we find out that things are not as they seem.

This is the typical murder mystery, and sometimes that is just the kind of book that you want to read. It is a well written story with an intricate plot and interesting characters.

I would recommend reading this book to those who enjoy a good mystery full of twists and things you wouldn't expect.

This book was given to me in electronic form to review from netGalley by the publishers HarperCollins.

House Divided, a book review

House Divided was a great drama set in Washington DC about scandal and cover-ups in the government. It all started when a murder is being investigated by local police, and the FBI step in to take over the case. From there we follow the winding tale of several intelligence agencies and what happens when people follow their own rules...

This was a very entertaining book with several characters that make you wonder if they are with the good guys or playing for the other team. It also deals with several issues in current events, such as warrant less wire tapping.

I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in crime mysteries as it will certainly make you think and leave you unable to put the book down! Will be looking for more books from Mike Lawson.

This book was given to me electronically to review from netGalley for the publisher Grove/Atlantic Inc.

Eli and the spaceman, and some cuties....

Here are some cute pictures of Noah and Daddy that I snapped while we were getting ready to watch a movie. I love how they are all snuggly and loving each other! They certainly are cuties!

Then I found a picture of Eli from our trip. He looks like he is next to a spaceman, and I thought he looked cute as well. All my boys in one post, how exciting!

The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady.......

The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady by Elizabeth Stuckey-French was a very interesting book to me. It was advertised by being sold as similar to the movie "Little Miss Sunshine". I loved that movie and thought that this would be a funny book as well.

This was a funny book. It was about a woman that wanted to get revenge on her doctor from many years ago because he used her and other women in experiments with radioactive materials. Bad things happened as a result, and she has fixated on exacting revenge from the moment of her daughter's death from cancer a result of the experiments. She finds the man, and moves near him to kill him. She finds that she can't do that because he is beginning to lose his mind as a result of dementia, and instead decides to make things hard for his daughter's family.

It was a really funny book. I found the characters in the book to be very real and still funny. It is pretty hard who to figure out who to cheer for because all the characters have their own quirks. I recommend this book to anyone that is up for a funny read and is also able to laugh at the funny things in life. It was certainly a pleasure to read this book.

This review book was sent to me by the publishers, Doubleday, in exchange for a review.

More winter...

So here it is, nearing March, and we are in store for more snow storms and winter weather. I love winter, and I love snow. But I think the cold and wind has just about worn out its welcome. Is 30 degree days so much to ask for? Maybe just a half a day of snow? Well, it is the seasons that make it so much more enjoyable when we have hot summer days and the first snow fall. So the drawn out winter is just a way to make me appreciate spring, right?

Riding the horses!

These are just some picture of us visiting the carousel in Salem. It was me, my sis, Eli, Noah, Daphne, and Cyprus that went to Salem, and Josh stayed home sick. Eli had a rough go at the AC Gilbert house, but when we walked to the carousel, everything turned out ok. What an awesome place to visit!

Off we go to Auntie's house!

Over the long holiday weekend we planned a trip to go visit the Cast Iron Farm in McMinnville. This is the third time for me visiting here, second for my boys and Josh's first trip to the new farm. It is always nice to get to see my sister, and I am really excited by her farming endeavor. We went over on a Thursday and came home on a Monday leaving 3 days full of fun. First off we got to help with chores everyday! Then we went to Salem to the AC Gilbert children's museum and the carousel and a big trip to Costco. Unfortunately Josh wasn't up to going on this trip, but it was pretty cool. Eli was not really impressed by the museum, but I think that is because he may have been tired. The next day we went to the Air and Space museum, and that rocked. It is always so much fun to visit my sis, but always sad to leave. Hopefully we will get to hang out again in the future!