These Sunflowers

So, (on time for once) this week I read:

Peaches, by Jodi Lynn Anderson

A Winter's Tale, by Trisha Ashley

This Lullaby, by Sarah Dessen

The Sunflower Forest, by Torey Hayden

Sunflower Forest was SO GOOD, as was Sarah Dessen. But the winter one? Just no.

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale by Trisha Ashley

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


A charming romantic comedy about a hard-up single mum inheriting a stately home - and a host of headaches - The perfect novel for curling up with during the long winter nights. Sophy Winter is not your typical Lady of the Manor!. When she unexpectedly inherits Winter's End - a crumbling mansion in the beautiful Lancashire countryside - it seems like all Sophy's prayers have been answered. She eagerly swaps life as an impoverished housekeeper in favour of her own team of staff. But Sophy quickly realises the challenge on her hands - the house is decrepit and its eccentric inhabitants are a nightmare. And once it is discovered that Winter's End played host to a young Shakespeare, the entire village of Sticklepond becomes curious about Sophy's plans, especially charming Jack Lewis. But is he really smitten by Sophy!or her newly-acquired cash? Meanwhile, Sophy's gorgeous head gardener Seth is the strong and silent type. But does his passion bloom for anything beyond the horticultural?As Sophy gets to grips with squabbling relatives, collapsing buildings and the ghostly presence of one of her ancestors, she wonders if Winter's End is not so much a gift from the gods as a mixed blessing. ..A charming romantic comedy for fans of Katie Fforde and Jill Mansell - guaranteed to thaw the coldest of hearts!



This was so crap, I got bored of reading it after the first page. Just don't torture yourself with it. I even flicked through to see if there was any good bits. Nope.



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This Lullaby

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


When it comes to relationships, Remy doesn't mess around. After all, she's learned all there is to know from her mother, who's currently working on husband number five. But there's something about Dexter that seems to defy all of Remy's rules. He certainly doesn't seem like Mr. Right. For some reason, however, Remy just can't seem to shake him. Could it be that Remy's starting to understand what those love songs are all about?



SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sarah Dessenstill hasn't let me down :) I'm not sure how she manages to make every single book so good,but she does.



This book is definitely aimed at older teens, and the heroine is more, well, slutty for want of a better word. She is a serial boyfriend dumper, which makes us hate her slightly. Also she's a bitch, but you can really empathise with her in situations where normally you would go: "you did WHAT????"

and yeah, it's awesome. Read it. Seriously.



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I did it again....

Very sorry. I forgot. I know. So, a day late will have to do. This week, I read...

Atonement, by Ian

Abandon, by Meg Cabot

.....not very much. To be fair, I did have a case study due in and two language exams. But, still.

Whoops....

I may have forgotten to do an update on the books I read during the week.... So i'll do it now! Up until 13/10/11, I read:

The Protector, by Dee Henderson

Rumours, by Anna Godbersen

The Healer, by Dee Henderson

The Splendor Falls, by Rosemary Clement-Moore

It seems to have been a Dee Henderson week...

The Splendor Falls

The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Sylvie Davis is a ballerina who can’t dance. A broken leg ended her career, but Sylvie’s pain runs deeper. What broke her heart was her father’s death, and what’s breaking her spirit is her mother’s remarriage—a union that’s only driven an even deeper wedge into their already tenuous relationship.

Uprooting her from her Manhattan apartment and shipping her to Alabama is her mother’s solution for Sylvie’s unhappiness. Her father’s cousin is restoring a family home in a town rich with her family’s history. And that’s where things start to get shady. As it turns out, her family has a lot more history than Sylvie ever knew. More unnerving, though, are the two guys that she can’t stop thinking about. Shawn Maddox, the resident golden boy, seems to be perfect in every way. But Rhys—a handsome, mysterious foreign guest of her cousin’s—has a hold on her that she doesn’t quite understand.

Then she starts seeing things. Sylvie’s lost nearly everything—is she starting to lose her mind as well?

I like to think of this book as being in quarters. The first quarter is ok, the second is slow, the third is awesome and the fourth is, well, meh.

It had all the potential to be awesome, and in some places it is. But in the others, the writing falls flat, the effect is complete and utter boredom. Don't get me wrong, it's alright, but that's it. The ending is too abrupt, they solve it all and then it's like: 'here's what happened to him, here's what happened to her, and now I'm living happily ever after.' Also, the title has nothing to do with the story. Unless it does, in which case I need someone to explain it to me.

If this was an OFSTED report, I'd give it 3.



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Phantom

Phantom: v. 8 by L.J. Smith




When I heard that this book was coming out, I think I died a little inside. I LOVED the first four, got a little bored with The Return trilogy, refused to read the Stefan/Damon spin off stories and have never watched the TV series. And never will. (Hello, they axed Meredith)

I'll keep this short. Vampire Diaries ended with book 7. End of. Elena with no powers + Damon dead = SERIES OVER. And this isn't even written by LJ. Yes, I will be reading this, but only to justify the one star it's going to get.



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The Book Seeker

Keeping with my idea to sum up all the books I've read in the week, here they are!

Just In Case, by Meg Rosoff

Betrayal, by Lee Nichols

The Truth Seeker, by Dee Henderson


..... Listed down, that doesn't look a lot. But I do have about three other books on the go at the same time :/