March 6, 2008
· Filed under Book Stuff & Reviews · Tagged Melanie Vargas, Michele Martinez, Notorius
I have been an avid Michele Martinez fan from day one. This is the 4th book in the Melanie Vargas series (Most Wanted, The Finishing School, Cover-Up). Lots has happened since the last book and having finished Notorious, I can see that lots of changes will take place in the next book as well.
Without spoiling anything, the most obvious change in this book is the virtual disappearance of Dan, Melanie’s hot hunky FBI agent significant other (say that in one breath! :-) I missed having Dan around but there was so much going on as far as plot twists and murders, that we really don’t get a chance to miss him too much. And from the hints, he will probably come back around eventually. In the meantime, it looks like Melanie is in full swing with the promotion Bernadette had promised from the last book. Bernadette is now a “happy” judge.There was lots of action in this book and you had to pay close attention to all the details but it keeps you guessing until the end which is great. There are tragedies and some lives are lost–one close to home.
All in all, I was not disappointed. I will miss Dan for a while and Linda, Melanie’s sister who seems to have plans to move to Miami (but that leaves Miami open for possibilities in the future). And also, strangely enough, the arrival of a new character by the name of Jennifer intrigues me. At the end of the novel instead of hating her, I’d actually like to see more of her. Hit me up if you’ve read this and tell me what you think!!
This is all I will say because I don’t want to spoil it. But pick up your copy. It’s worth every cent!
This one gets 5 tattered pages!!
March 6, 2008
· Filed under Book Stuff & Reviews, My Tattered Life! LOL · Tagged Paperback Swap
Hello all! I’ve recently joined a wonderful Yahoo group called Mystery Book-Swap. Basically it’s for mystery book lovers. you read and then trade your book for one you haven’t read yet with another member. The people on here are absolutely fabulous. It’s a great group. Well, it was here that I first heard of Paperback Book Swap. It’s a website where you basically do the same thing but well, you should have a lot more to choose from since there are a lot of members.
So I joined yesterday (some of my yahoo group friends have already accepted my buddy requests–thanks!! I need all the buddies I can get on there–you’ll see why).
I thought it would be easier to import a file of ISBN’s so I downloaded a text file from Shelfari (where I already had an account) which gives you ALL books on ONE list. And then I uploaded into the Bookshelf at PBS. And it worked and I was sooooo happy–THEN I realized that all the books in Bookshelf means they are available for people right away. People had books automatically wish-listed so it put a hold on 56 of my books and I could not delete them!! Worse part is that about 42 of those were actually from my OWN wish-list on Shelfari so I didn’t own them!!! I was absolutely frantic. Finally I figured out that I had to wait until people request the book and then I have to let them know I can’t mail it (they are going to love me at PBS). Then it gets deleted on its own.
I am mailing out two books today though. I even pre-printed postage and delivery confirmation. I had a heck of a time trying to wrap the books though so I finally put them in envelopes and just taped on the label with postage and address.
Ay ay ay!! What I do for the love of books!
