"Sorcery & Cecelia" by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

01.24.10 to 01.30.10 - "Sorcery & Cecelia" was a little disconcerting when I first started reading it. I did not like the fact that the entire story was written in letter form. Cecy's letters to Kate; Kate's letter to Cecy. I was wrong. If you pick up this book, hang in there the story developes and it is a fun ride.

I have read other books by Stevermer and loved them and this is no exception. I loved it that smacks of Jane Austin with a magic twist. I also loved how the reader could see the love interest developing but the young girls couldn't - it just rang true for me.

Read the Book!

"A Trust Betrayed" by Candace Robb

01.25.10 to 01.29.10 - Ever read a great book that has no ending? I just did. "A Trust Betrayed" was very good story, right until the end. I am not sure if I am supposed to know who Margret "Maggie" Sinclair is in terms of Scottish history or what. The story is based around her search to for her missing husband in Edinburgh. Through the crooks and turns and a couple of murders, she learns that her husband is alive and in the service Robert Bruce....That's all I know. Does he go home, does she go home, do they have kids, do they separate?????

I was really good up until the last page and nothing is finished. Dang it, don't read it.

"All Over the Town" by R.F. Delderfield

11-19-09 to 01-24-10 - This one was tough. I love Delderfield. I rank at the top with Dumas, Gabaldon, Austin and Tolkien but...it didn't get going till about a hundred pages in. Thankfully, it was rather short for him, and when I made it to page 100, I only had another 100 to go and the story finally got good.

This one was set at the end of WWII England seashore of Sandcombe. Nat was returning to town and his old job as a newspaper reporter. Delderfield got it right with all the different personalities small town, I could relate to [he's a master at that] but the story took too long to develop. All that being said I still think you should read the book.

"An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon

11-20-09 to 01-18-10 - When you wait for a year and a half or longer for your favorite author to finish the next book, episode, edition call it what you want {I needed my Jamie and Claire fix], you want it to be the greatest thing ever. After lovingly slaved over 800 pages of this book, I realize there is absolutely no way that she will be able to wrap up all the story lines. Crap, another three years of freaking anticipation! I have read all of Gabaldon's books and really become addicted but I came to the series late, which means I was able to read book one, two, three, four, five, in a row and had to wait for six and seven. I don't know if I can do it again - write fast Diana!

Here's the story in a nut shell girl passes [accidentally] through time from the 1940s to 1700s, gets kidnapped, falls in love and marries kidnapper and lives the most envious and horrible life you could ever imagine between war, separation, witchcraft and family. Jamie and Claire have a bond even the most modern of women would want.

You cannot describe these books, they must be lived! Read the book [but start with the first one, Outlander]!!!!