Library Loot: August 4th, 2012

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.

New this week from the White Bear Lake Public Library:

	Defending Jacob – William Landay Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: His fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. Every parental instinct Andy has rallies to protect his boy. Jacob insists that he is innocent, and Andy believes him. Andy must. He’s his father. But as damning facts and shocking revelations surface, as a marriage threatens to crumble and the trial intensifies, as the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial of his own—between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he’s tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive. Award-winning author William Landay has written the consummate novel of an embattled family in crisis—a suspenseful, character-driven mystery that is also a spellbinding tale of guilt, betrayal, and the terrifying speed at which our lives can spin out of control. (From Goodreads.com)
	Such A Pretty Face - Cathy Lamb Stevie Barrett is a 35-year-old legal secretary in Portland. She's also literally half the woman she used to be. Bariatric surgery melted 150 pounds off her frame, and life is looking up. However, Stevie's svelte physique carries its own baggage. (From Goodreads.com)
	When Will There Be Good News? – Kate Atkinson On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever... On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound... At the end of a long day, 16-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening. Luckily, Reggie makes it a point to be prepared for an emergency... These three lives come together in unexpected and deeply thrilling ways in the latest novel from Kate Atkinson, the critically acclaimed author who Harlan Coben calls "an absolute must-read." (From Goodreads.com)
	American Dervish - Ayad Akhtar Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes. Mina is Hayat's mother's oldest friend from Pakistan. She is independent, beautiful and intelligent, and arrives on the Shah's doorstep when her disastrous marriage in Pakistan disintegrates. Even Hayat's skeptical father can't deny the liveliness and happiness that accompanies Mina into their home. Her deep spirituality brings the family's Muslim faith to life in a way that resonates with Hayat as nothing has before. Studying the Quran by Mina's side and basking in the glow of her attention, he feels an entirely new purpose mingled with a growing infatuation for his teacher. When Mina meets and begins dating a man, Hayat is confused by his feelings of betrayal. His growing passions, both spiritual and romantic, force him to question all that he has come to believe is true. Just as Mina finds happiness, Hayat is compelled to act -- with devastating consequences for all those he loves most. (From Goodreads.com)

I am super excited about my library loot this week, but my hubby is worried the house will never be cleaned and no supper for the family.   I hate when all my reserves come in at once.  But what can a girl do?? 

This week Claire from The Captive Reader is hosting Library Loot. Stop by to check out what treasures others have found at their local libraries!

Happy Reading!!

Book Review: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

Title:  The Fault in Our Stars Author: John Green (Author Website) Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; First Edition edition (January 10, 2012) ISBN 10: 0525478817 Pages: 336 pages Format: Hardcover (Library Loan)

About the Book: 

Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumors in her lungs... for now.

Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumors tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.

Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind. (from Goodreads.com)

Setting: Indiana/ Amsterdam

About the Author: John Green's first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award presented by the American Library Association. His second novel, An Abundance of Katherines, was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His next novel, Paper Towns, is a New York Times bestseller and won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best YA Mystery. In January 2012, his most recent novel, The Fault in Our Stars, was met with wide critical acclaim, unprecedented in Green's career. The praise included rave reviews in Time Magazine and The New York Times, on NPR, and from award-winning author Markus Zusak. The book also topped the New York Times Children's Paperback Bestseller list for several weeks. Green has also coauthored a book with David Levithan called Will Grayson, Will Grayson, published in 2010. The film rights for all his books, with the exception of Will Grayson Will Grayson, have been optioned to major Hollywood Studios. In 2007, John and his brother Hank were the hosts of a popular internet blog, "Brotherhood 2.0," where they discussed their lives, books and current events every day for a year except for weekends and holidays. They still keep a video blog, now called "The Vlog Brothers," which can be found on the Nerdfighters website.  (from Goodreads.com)

Related Media: – Book Trailer

My Review:  The Fault in Our Stars is a story that has stayed in my thoughts long after I finished the book.  As a parent, I can only wonder how could I possibly manage if one of our children was diagnosed with Cancer.  It is unimaginable to me. I have to keep reminding myself this is a young adult book. One of the reason I think I forgot this was a young adult book, was the voice of the narrator, Hazel Grace.  Hazel’s voice seemed to be too old.   But the more I thought about that I remembered that most of her time was spent with adults, doctors and books.   She had to grow up very quickly to face and deal with the realities of her life and death.   It is so unfair that any child must live a life being sick and knowing they will die. 

Hazel was annoyed with her mother hovering.  But I think her mother was doing pretty good.   I know I hover even more than that when my children have a simple illness.  But honestly, this is a coming of age, love story.   Cancer is a part of that story, but really takes a backseat to the love story of Hazel and Gus.   I just loved Hazel and Gus as a couple – they really complimented each other well.   Gus was charismatic, witty, and so in love with Hazel. 

So if you have read this review and thought you wouldn’t want to read a story about kids with cancer, I encourage you to read Fault In Our Stars anyways.   You will not be disappointed.  You will laugh, cry and be amazed by the lives and attitudes of these young people facing the most uncertain future, but finding love along that way. 

My Rating:  4/5 – I really liked The Fault in Our Stars -  I would recommend it to others.   I did lose a few hours of sleep trying to finish The Fault In Our Stars by John Green.   The Fault in Our Stars very well might change my attitude about the genre of Young Adult fiction, which I have avoided reading for the most part.

My Rating Scale: 1 – didn’t like it; 2 – it was ok; 3 – liked it; 4 – really liked it; 5 – it was amazing

Other Bloggers Reviews :

Book Journey

Time 4 Reading

Baby Got Books

Rhapsody in Books

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Book Review: Dead End Deal–Allen Wyler

Title: Dead End Deal Author: Allen Wyler (Author Website) Publisher: Astor + Blue Editions (May 10, 2012) ASIN: B00822N2G2 Pages: 402 pages Format:  Digital File from Publisher

About the Book: 

World renowned neurosurgeon Jon Ritter is on the verge of a medical breakthrough that will change the world. His groundbreaking surgical treatment, using transplanted non-human stem cells, is set to eradicate the scourge of Alzheimer’s disease and give hope to millions. But when the procedure is slated for testing, it all comes to an abrupt and terrifying halt. Ritter’s colleague is gunned down and Ritter himself is threatened by a radical anti-abortion group that not only claims responsibility, but promises more of the same. Faced with a dangerous reality but determined to succeed, Ritter turns to his long-time colleague, corporate biotech CEO Richard Stillman, for help. Together, they conspire to conduct a clandestine clinical trial in Seoul, Korea. But the danger is more determined, and more lethal, than Ritter could have imagined. After successful surgical trials, Ritter and his allies are thrown into a horrifying nightmare scenario: The trial patients have been murdered and Ritter is the number one suspect. Aided by his beautiful lab assistant, Yeonhee, Ritter flees the country, now the target of an international manhunt involving Interpol, the FBI, zealous fanatics and a coldly efficient assassin. Dead End Deal is a fast paced, heart-pounding, and sophisticated thriller. Penned by master neurosurgeon, Allen Wyler—who often draws from experience and actual events when writing—Dead End Deal is unmatched as a technical procedural. Its medical and scientific details can impress even the most seasoned medical practitioners. And yet, the fascinating expertise is seamlessly woven into a riveting plot, with enough action and surprises to engross even the most well-read thriller enthusiast. A smart, unique, page-turner, Dead End Deal delivers.

Setting:   Washington/ Seoul,Korea

About the Author: Allen Wyler is a renowned neurosurgeon who earned an international reputation for pioneering surgical techniques to record brain activity. He has served on the faculties of both the University of Washington and the University of Tennessee, and in 1992 was recruited by the prestigious Swedish Medical Center to develop a neuroscience institute. In 2002, he left active practice to become medical director for a startup med-tech company (that went public in 2006) and he now chairs the Institutional Review Board of a major medical center in the Pacific Northwest. Leveraging a love for thrillers since the early 1970s, Wyler devoted himself to fiction writing in earnest, eventually serving as vice president of the International Thriller Writers organization for several years. After publishing his first two medical thrillers Deadly Errors (2005) and Dead Head (2007), he officially retired from medicine to devote himself to writing full time.

My Review:  I read Dead End Deal by Allen Wyler at the request of the publisher in exchange for a fair review.  Dead End Deal started off slowing for me.   Initially, the characters were introduced too fast for me to really get a good grasp on each character.  I like to understand and feel the emotions of the characters.   In Dead End Deal I didn’t feel I had much insight into what the characters were thinking.  I did have a character I was rooting for and the one I wanted to get his just deserts.    I found Jon Ritter, to be a likeable and very clever character in Dead End Deal.   I wanted to keep reading to find out how he would get himself out of the next predicament. 

As the action begins the story picks up and I was curious and intrigued regarding how the situation would resolve itself.  The whole idea of a cure for Alzheimer’s and stem cell research was very interesting to me.  I was satisfied with the ending of Dead End Deal and felt the story flowed well into the ending.    Dead End Deal is a departure from what I usually read, but I enjoyed the change. 

My Rating: 3 – Liked It;  I didn’t lose any sleep trying to finish this book, but if you like medical thrillers, you will like Dead End Deal by Allen Wyler.

My Rating Scale: 1 – didn’t like it; 2 – it was ok; 3 – liked it; 4 – really liked it; 5 – it was amazing

Other Bloggers Reviews :

The Book Galaxy

For What It is Worth (interview with author)

Library Mosiac

A Bookish Libraria

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Book Review: The Violets of March by Sarah Jio

Title: The Violets of March Author:  Sarah Jio (Author Website) Publisher: Plume (April 26, 2011) ISBN 10: 0452297036 Pages: 304 pages Format:  Paperback – from public Library.

About the Book:   A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2011

A heartbroken woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author.

In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novel, a husband plucked from the pages of GQ, and a one-way ticket to happily ever after.

Ten years later, the tide has turned on Emily's good fortune. So when her great-aunt Bee invites her to spend the month of March on Bainbridge Island in Washington State, Emily accepts, longing to be healed by the sea. Researching her next book, Emily discovers a red velvet diary, dated 1943, whose contents reveal startling connections to her own life.

A mesmerizing debut with an idyllic setting and intriguing dual story line, The Violets of March announces Sarah Jio as a writer to watch.

Pictures of Bainbridge Island

Setting: Bainbridge Island in Washington State – Puget Sound

About the Author: 

Sarah Jio is a Seattle-based magazine writer and novelist. Her novels include THE VIOLETS OF MARCH (a Library Journal Best Book of 2011), THE BUNGALOW, and the forthcoming, BLACKBERRY WINTER (Penguin/Plume). Sarah is also the health and fitness blogger for Glamour.com. She has written hundreds of articles for national magazines including Redbook, O, The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, SELF, Real Simple, Fitness, Marie Claire, Hallmark magazine, and many others. She has also appeared as a commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition. Sarah lives in Seattle with her husband and their three young boys

Related Media:  Violets of March – Book Trailer – I just love book trailers!!!

My Review:  Violets of March is book that was on my reserve list at the library, most likely because I read an interesting review.  Violets of March is a romance and mystery that is set in present day and the 1940’s through a diary discovered by Emily in her great aunt’s home.  The flow between the present and past is very smooth.   I was very intrigued by the diary and the story it held.  Some parts of the story, were just a bit too convenient, but if you could look past that and enjoy the story without over thinking it, it was a very pleasant, engaging read. 

My favorite character was Aunt Bee, she was quirky without being over the top.  But actually I found the island itself to be a best character in the story.  I loved the essence of the island and the peacefulness of life there.  The island maintained an air of mystery itself, including the presence of the Violets.  The feeling of the island reminds me of the wonderful relaxing feeling I experience during my times up in north in Duluth, MN on Lake Superior. 

As I got further into the the story, I found Violets of March to be a real page turner.  I neglected all I was suppose to do around the house to finish the book.  I did not find the ending completely satisfying.  I wanted to know more about the characters from the diary and their motives, especially Elliot and Esther. 

I plan on checking out the next book by Sarah Jio, the Bungalow. 

My Rating: 4- really liked it – I did get caught up in the story towards the end and just had to finish it!   Good thing hubby was out of town as I didn’t get any of my household chores done and my youngest son stayed up way too late because Mom was caught up in the book.  My son didn’t seem to mind! Violets of March is a good, light Summer read that I would recommend to a friend!

My Rating Scale: 1 – didn’t like it; 2 – it was ok; 3 – liked it; 4 – really liked it; 5 – it was amazing

Other Bloggers Reviews :

The Well - Read Wife

BookNRound

Amy’s Book Obsession

Sharon’s Garden of Book Reviews

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It’s Monday! What are you reading?? and Library Loot–July 23rd, 2012

It’s Monday! What Are you Reading? is hosted by Shelia of Book Journey. It is a chance to share what you have read and what you plan on reading in the upcoming week. I enjoy seeing what everyone’s reading plans for the week. I always find some titles that I just *had to add to my TBR list.

My Plans for this week

Write a review of :   The Violets of March – Sarah Jio

Finish Reading:  Read - Dead End Deal – Allen Wyler – a review book, I have really neglected.

Next Up ?? - State of Wonder – Ann Patchett – reading/listening for book group

These are my reading plans for the week. What are you reading plans for the week??? Join in with Shelia at Book Journey and share your reading plans for the week!!

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.

Currently On Loan from the White Bear Lake Public Library:

The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares – Joyce Carol Oates	State of Wonder – Ann Patchett	Carry The One – Carol Anshaw
True Sisters – Sandra Dallas	The Girl in the Garden – Kamala Nair	The Violets of March – Sarah Jio
Simplify Your Time – Stop Running and Start Living – Marcia Ramsland	The Fault in our Stars – John Green

Happy Reading!!

Book Review: Home Front by Kristin Hannah

Title: Home Front Author: Kristin Hannah (Author Website) Publisher: St. Martin's Press (January 31, 2012) ISBN 10 :0312577206 Pages: 388 pages Format: Library Book

About the Book: (from Goodreads.com)

In her bestselling novels Kristin Hannah has plumbed the depths of friendship, the loyalty of sisters, and the secrets mothers keep. Now, in her most emotionally powerful story yet, she explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this provocative and timely portrait of a husband and wife, in love and at war.

All marriages have a breaking point. All families have wounds. All wars have a cost. . . .

Like many couples, Michael and Jolene Zarkades have to face the pressures of everyday life---children, careers, bills, chores---even as their twelve-year marriage is falling apart. Then an unexpected deployment sends Jolene deep into harm’s way and leaves defense attorney Michael at home, unaccustomed to being a single parent to their two girls. As a mother, it agonizes Jolene to leave her family, but as a solider she has always understood the true meaning of duty. In her letters home, she paints a rose-colored version of her life on the front lines, shielding her family from the truth. But war will change Jolene in ways that none of them could have foreseen. When tragedy strikes, Michael must face his darkest fear and fight a battle of his own---for everything that matters to his family.

At once a profoundly honest look at modern marriage and a dramatic exploration of the toll war takes on an ordinary American family, Home Front is a story of love, loss, heroism, honor, and ultimately, hope

Setting: Poulsbo Washington/Liberty Bay

About the Author: (from Kristin Hannah Amazon Page)

Kristin Hannah was born in September 1960 in Southern California and grew up at the beach, making sand castles and playing in the surf. When she was eight years old, her father drove the family to Western Washington which they called home.

After working in a trendy advertising agency, Kristin decided to go to law school. "But you're going to be a writer" are the prophetic words she would never forget from her mother. Kristin was in her third-and final-year of law school and her mom was in the hospital, facing the end of her long battle with cancer. Kristin was shocked to discover that her mother believed she would become a writer. For the next few months, they collaborated on the worst, most clichéd historical romance ever written.
After her mom's death, she packed up all those bits and pieces of paper they'd collected and put them in a box in the back of her closet. Kristin got married and continued practicing law.

Then Kristin found out she was pregnant and was on bed rest for five months. By the time she'd read every book in the house and started asking her husband for cereal boxes to read, she knew she was a goner. That's when her husband reminded her of the book she'd started with her mom. Kristin pulled out the boxes of research material, dusted them off and began writing. By the time their son was born, she'd finished a first draft and found an obsession.

The rejections came, of course, and they stung for a while, but each one really just spurred her to try harder, work more. In 1990, Kristin got "the call," and in that moment, she went from a young mother with a cooler-than-average hobby to a professional writer, and has never looked back. In all the years between then and now, she have never lost her love of, or her enthusiasm for, telling stories. Kristin feels truly blessed to be a wife, a mother, and a writer.

Related Media: (Kristin Hannah speaking about Home Front)

My Review:  We went to the library and Home Front by Kristin Hannah was waiting for me.  I don’t even remember reserving Home Front, but glad I did.    I easily got caught up in  Home Front and found myself reading every spare moment I had or didn’t really have.   Trying to cook a big meal for guests on the 4th of July and sneaking in extra reading time don’t really work well together.  I must say, my hubby is a wonderfully tolerant man.

My favorite character in Home Front is Jolene Zarkades. Jolene is a loving mother, wife, friend and soldier.   She believes to the core of her being in duty, honor and loyalty.  She does her best to keep her career as a pilot in the military separated from her family life, but her deployment brings it to the forefront.   Jolene’s husband, Michael was my least favorite character.  He was very unsupportive of his wife’s career and felt the war in Iraq was unnecessary, without considering the true cost of war.  The Zarkades have 2 children, Betsy (an preteen with a terrible attitude) and LuLu (delightful 3 year old wear a kitty headband to be invisible).

The author does an amazing job of character development.  I started off just hating Michael, but as he grows and develops, I found my self hoping the best for him.  Kristin Hannah’s writing evoke such emotions and is so real.   In Home Front she confronts the truth about the war in Iraq and the effects of the war on the soldiers and the families they leave behind. 

My heart ached for Jolene when she was deployed.  The parts of the book that depict Jolene’s time in Iraq were the most heart breaking to me.  I could not put the book down during that part of the book.  She was an amazing soldier who took her duty, honor and loyalty to her crew very seriously.  All the way through this book, I thought about the amazing sacrifices soldiers and their families make for our country.  As a nation we need to do better about helping the families of the deployed and those returning from war.  They all give so much. 

Home Front is an eye-opening account of the effects of war on modern day soldiers and their families.  Home Front is a very emotional read, which portrays true friendship, love, loyalty, truth and honor. 

My Rating: 4.5/5 – I really liked Home Front and would high recommend this very emotional read.  I lost a nights sleep and burned supper for Home Front!

My Rating Scale: 1 – didn’t like it; 2 – it was ok; 3 – liked it; 4 – really liked it; 5 – it was amazing

Other Bloggers Reviews :

Shelia of Book Journey

My Friend Amy

Steph the Book Worm

Melissa’s Eclectic Bookshelf

 

Happy Reading!

Book Review: The Snowman by Jo Nesbo

Title: The Snowman
Author: Jo Nesbo  (Author Website)
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (April 17, 2012)
ISBN 10: 0307742997
Pages: 512 pages
Format: Kindle Edition/Audio Book

About the Book: (from Goodreads.com)
Internationally acclaimed crime writer Jo Nesbø’s antihero police investigator, Harry Hole, is back: in a bone-chilling thriller that will take Hole to the brink of insanity.

Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to find his mother gone. Out his window, in the cold moonlight, he sees the snowman that inexplicably appeared in the yard earlier in the day. Around its neck is his mother’s pink scarf.

Hole suspects a link between a menacing letter he’s received and the disappearance of Jonas’s mother—and of perhaps a dozen other women, all of whom went missing on the day of a first snowfall. As his investigation deepens, something else emerges: he is becoming a pawn in an increasingly terrifying game whose rules are devised—and constantly revised—by the killer.

Fiercely suspenseful, its characters brilliantly realized, its atmosphere permeated with evil, The Snowman is the electrifying work of one of the best crime writers of our time.

Setting: Oslo, Norway

About the Author: Jo NesbØ is a musician, songwriter, economist, and author. He is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the Glass Key, the Riverton Prize, and the Booksellers Prize, and one of his Harry Hole novels was voted best Norwegian crime novel of all time by Norwegian readers. He lives in Oslo.

Related Media:

My Review:  I started listening to The Snowman by Jo Nesbo, but found I was having a hard time keeping the characters straight and really getting into the story in the audio format.   This book was to be discussed by my book group and I really wanted to finish it so I purchased the kindle format as well.   I was able to track the characters and the story better in the written format.   I honestly can’t say if this was the book or my attention.   It helped to see and write the names of the characters down.

Once you think you have it figured out, the plot twists and several people come under suspicion through out the book.  My original thoughts were correct in the end.   There is a bit of the creep factor throughout the book.  I do think it was genius to make such a innocent thing such as a snowman so evil.   Harry Hole was my favorite character, thought he was a bit of the stereotypical macho detective.   I also found Katrine Britt to be an interesting character with many sides to her.   I do wish I knew a bit more about her, but maybe I would have to read more of the series.  

A co-worker of mine has read most of the series and really likes the Harry Hole series.   She mentioned to me that in the series you always meet the killer in the book, so I was a bit preoccupied by trying to figure out which character could be the Snowman.  I must be honest in saying, I am not a huge fan of mysteries.   I don’t know why, but I tend to get very bored and impatient near the mid point of the story.   I just want to know the ending already.   I felt less like this with The Snowman, after a bit of a drag in the middle, the story did grabbed me again and kept me interested to the end.   I have been in such a reading slump lately that to have read this book to the end was a bit of a accomplishment for me. 

I look forward to book group as one of our members has a fear of snowmen….I wonder how she weathered this book.   And am I the only one that doesn’t get the mold in the apartment??  I think I missed something!   

My Rating:  3/5 -  I liked The Snowman by Jo Nesbo and even mentioned it to one friend who I know enjoys mysteries, but I don’t think I will be clamoring to the library to reserve more book from the Harry Hole series.  I am just not a huge lover of mysteries.   That is the truth of it. 

My Rating Scale: 1 – didn’t like it; 2 – it was ok; 3 – liked it; 4 – really liked it; 5 – it was amazing

Other Bloggers Reviews of the Snowman by Jo Nesbo:

Seaside Book Corner

Floor To Ceiling Books

Book Journey

Literate Housewife

 

Happy Reading!