Showing posts from December, 2011

Best Reads of 2011

The votes are in! We've look backed through our book reviews for the year, and here are Reading For Sanity's c…

Cold River - Liz Adair

Summary: Someone wants Mandy dead... Mandy Steenburg thinks her doctorate in education has prepared her to run any sch…

If I Stay - Gayle Forman

Also reviewed by Heather . Summary:  On a day that started like any other... Mia had everything: a loving family, a go…

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

"Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.  For unto you is born…

The Christmas Crimes At Puzzel Manor - Simon Brett

Summary:   Oh, Holy Fright! There's a Christmas corpse under the mistletoe this year...and if you can solve each of…

The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks

Summary: After U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman half-buried in the dirt during h…

The Power of Six - Pittacus Lore

This book is the sequel to I am Number Four in the Lorien Legacies series.  If you haven't read that one already,…

Ramona the Brave - Beverly Cleary

Summary:   In this touching and funny story, the ebullient Ramona, feeling brave and grown-up, enters the first grade. …

Star Wars : A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy - Matthew Reinhart

Summary:   A big fat Star Wars pop-up book with lots of interesting Star Wars facts. (Summary - I made it up.  Image fr…

The Man Who Couldn't Eat - Jon Reiner

Summary: “I’m a glutton in a greyhound’s body, a walking contradiction, in the grip of the one thing I can’t have—food…

Have You Read These Yet?

I just finished reading this series to my husband. I've been begging him to let me for a while and he finally caved…