The Geometry of Sisters- My Thoughts

The Geometry of Sisters
-Luanne Rice
Published: 2009
400 Pages
Adult Literature

From Goodreads:
New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice explores with the penetrating insight for which she’s acclaimed to explore the complex emotional equations of love and loyalty that hold together three pairs of remarkable sisters—a bond that proves powerful and true even in the face of loss and tragedy. Here in the halls of Newport Academy, a unique private school that has attracted generations of rebels, outcasts, and visionaries, a poignant and unforgettable lesson in the eternal truths of sisterhood is about to begin.





My Thoughts:
This is my second time reading Luanne Rice. The first encounter I had with this author was listening to The Edge of Winter on CD. And to be perfectly honest, I wasn't that thrilled with it. The story was fine, but the narrator irritated me to death. But I'm not going to hold that against Luanne and when I saw the blurb about her newest book, it sounded interesting so I requested it from my library. I'm glad that I decided to 'read' the book this time instead of listening to it. I enjoyed her writing so much more this time around. I'm always drawn to stories about families in some sort of crises and this one has that, plus a little bit more. There wasn't really any surprises, but that was o.k. because I was just enjoying these characters and seeing what kind of choices they were going to make. I guess you could say that it was a predictable read. Which for me, every once in awhile, is just fine. I would recommend this as a fun, easy summer read. Or one of those books that you need to read to decompress after experiencing a really emotional or harrowing book earlier. I'm glad that I gave Rice a second chance and I'm sure that I'll pick up another one of her books in the future. Because in the end....I was satisfied.

If you're interested to read more about Luanne Rice and her books, you can find all of that at Random House.

If you have reviewed this book please let me know so that I can list your link!!

Library Loot- May 27

Library Loot hosted by Eva and Alessandra
asks us to list what we brought home from
the library this week.

I'm out of excuses for my lack of self control, but I still have people to blame so I'm shunning all responsibility for grabbing these books and placing that upon fellow book lovers!! Here's what I brought home with me last Saturday!!



The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King
I am totally blaming Lenore from Presenting Lenore. Her post was so fantastic that I knew if I came across this book that I would have to get it!!
Isn't the cover pretty cool?







The Might Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson
The blaming honors go to Lisa from Books on the Brain. Her review made me want this book!!! As I was browsing the new non-fiction books the title jumped out at me and the book jumped into my bag!!!







The Turnaround by George Pelecanos
I've seen and read so many reviews on this book that I truly felt like I was missing out on something truly wonderful. This book was the reason I went to the main library in the first place!! It's going to be hard to just blame this on one person......Kathy from Bermuda Onion is the person who pushed me over the cliff!! Here is a short excerpt from her fantabulous review!
I really enjoyed this book and was engrossed in it and its characters from start to finish. The character development in this crime novel is fantastic. I empathized with most of the characters and wanted them to make good decisions.


The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
I'm passing the the buck to Chris from Stuff as Dreams are Made On for this one!! He always writes these wonderfully in-depth and heartfelt reviews and after reading this one I knew I couldn't make it through 2009 without acquiring this from the library!!






Skinned by Robin Wasserman
I don't anyone to blame...darn! I thought the cover looked intriguing (reminded me of the Uglies Series) and after reading the inside jacket, the story sounded good so in the bag it went!!






To Read List Total today 5/27/2009: 766
Last Week's To Read List total 5/20/2009: 753
Books Read in 2009 to date: 73
Number of Books Checked out from the library: 21

Teaser Tuesdays and It's Tuesday.....Where Are You?

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers!

"He himself did not know it until yesterday. My name is Mary Russell. I shall be his assistant on the case."
-The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King





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It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I am in early 1900's England. My parents both died in the same accident and now I live with my greedy and sour aunt. While walking one day I happened upon a most interesting person--Sherlock Holmes. He has taken me in under his wing and now I'm his right-hand man. Right at this moment we're tracking a would-be assassin and if you can believe it, Holmes is stumped!!
~ The Beekeeper's Apprentice

Jack Reacher Giveaway!!!!!

I picked up 4 Jack Reacher books written by Lee Child at the library sale a while back. Since I'm feeling very overwhelmed by my continuously growing TBR stack, I would like to offer these up as a giveaway!!! I'm going to divide them up into 2 groups that way I can have 2 winners instead of 1.

Group 1
Tripwire- Book #3 in the series








Running Blind - Book #4 in the series










Group 2
The Enemy - Book #8 in the series










One Shot- Book #9 in the series

Everyone is welcome to enter!
No special rules but if you don't leave
me a way to contact you if you win,
then I'll have to pick
another winner!!
Giveaway entries need to be in by May 31st 9:00 pm est.

Catching up on Awards and Asking For Forgiveness!!

I wanted to take this time to acknowledge the awards that some fellow bloggers bestowed upon me in the past month or so. And in doing so I throw myself at your feet and beg your forgiveness for how long it has taken me to do this post!! My only defense is that I have a son who plays sports and that means 2 nights a week are late nights. Added on to that I am a Girl Friday for a couple of teachers so I do some extra stuff for them at night too. Plus, on top of all of that I try to keep up on my regular posting and visiting blogs...and I'm going to BLAME Bonnie at Red Lady's Reading Room who sent me an invite for Facebook and now I MUST spend time there too. Then, of course, I want to read, eat, and visit with my family!!!! You get the picture right?



I received this award from Harvee at Book Bird Dog, Kristina at Kristina's Favorites, and Kay at The Infinite Shelf.

One Lovely Blog Award
One Lovely Blog Award goes to new blogs and blogging friends.

***Thanks Harvee, Kristina, and Kay!!






I received this award from Caspette at The Narrative Casuality
The Lemonade Stand Award
For this award I will again go with the theme of new (or semi new) blogs and blogging friends I have discovered which I think are pretty darn good.

**Thanks so much Caspette!!




I received this award from Kristi at Books and Needlepoint
Sisterhood Award and also from Bonnie at Redlady's Reading Room.

**Thanks Kristi and Bonnie!!






I received this award from Robin at My Two Blessings
You Don't Say Award
What I want to award is to those people whose comments have meant THE WORLD to me. It takes time to visit a blog and leave a comment.Also, I wanted to recognize some special bloggers whose comments have made such an impact on me. The “You Don’t Say?” Award is awarded to these special bloggers

* Thanks so much Robin!!



I got this pretty award from Anna at Diary of an Eccentric.
The True Fairy Tale Award
The award is for the hopes that one day all your dreams will come true!! Because we all are still Cinderella's at heart!

* I appreciate you thinking of me, Anna!







Received this one from Jane at Fleur Fisher Reads.
2009 Friendly Blogger Award

** Thanks Jane!!




I want to sincerely thank each and every friend who thought of me while they were passing these awards on.......if you read my blog then consider yourself tagged!!! I do plan on giving these out every Thursday!! I would be here all night if I tried to do it in one big post...I still have dial-up!!! But here's something that I can send out to all of my blogger friends tonight!!!

Friday Fill-Ins

Hosted by Janet
Play along now!!




And...here we go!


1. Moving ___is exciting and tiring__.

2. _Best things in life are ____ free like my husband's and children's love!!.

3. My best quality is _my way of making friends easily ____.

4. __It's all in the___ details.

5. In nearly 10 years, Mitch and Marc will be grown men!!!! Oh No!!

6. _A three day weekend____ is what I need right now, oh yeah, I'm getting one!! Hurrary!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _going to town and getting groceries maybe____, tomorrow my plans include __washing windows and reading___ and Sunday, I want to __read, clean up my scrap room and be outside___!

Winner of The Chosen One

and the book goes to: Bermudaonion!!!


I'll be sending you an email shortly to get your snail mail address. Enjoy!!

And thanks to everyone else that entered!!


**winner chosen by the Interactive Fruit Machine