The Grown Up Girl’s Guide to Style by Christine Schwab 5/30/08

This was a mixed bag.
On one hand, there were photos of great outfits that gave me great hope as I flipped through the book.
The text, however, was all about rules that are ridicoulous. Such as women whose arms aren’t perfectly toned should never wear short sleeve or sleeveless shirts. Even in the [...]

Forever Cool by Sherrie Mathieson 05/30/08

I’m 41 and I haven’t thought about fashion in years. I’ve recently been inspired to care about clothes and makeup again but I found myself in an interesting situation. I found certain things that I liked and wondered “Am I too old to wear that?” So, I picked up this book and [...]

A Guide to Quality Taste and Style by Tim Gunn -5/30/08

I love Tim Gunn. I can not believe that it has taken me this long to pick up this book.
What I like about Tim is that he doesn’t tell you style to have but he does give guidelines for good taste. There’s info on how to spot quality garments and how to take [...]

The Budget Fashionista by Kathryn Finney 05/30/08

The Budget Fashionista belongs on the List of Fashion Books That Are Worth Buying.
Finney doesn’t tell you what to wear but gives the reader great ideas of how to do so and do it for less.  The Budget Fashionista website has great resources and more information.
If you are having a fashion crisis – or if [...]

The Becoming by Jeanne C. Stein 05/26/08

I said I was going to read a lot this weekend, right? I have!  It’s early still so I might even have time to finish another book.
Anna Strong is a bounty hunter who, inadvertently, goes against a vampire.  When trying to apprehend the vamp, he attacks. Of course, he meant to kill her [...]

Paperquake by Kathyrn Reiss 05/26/08

Violet is the youngest of triplets, nearly an hour younger than the oldest, as she’s reminded at one point.  The other two are identical, Violet a fraternal who looks nothing like her sisters, Jasmine and Rose.  Violet wants nothing more than to fit in with her sisters but she doesn’t.  She was sickly at birth [...]

Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn 05/25/08

I said I had plans to do little but read this long holiday weekend.  I haven’t read as much as I’d like but I did finish Parable of the Sower and this.
I can not remember who recommended this series.  I think it was someone on “Novel Ladies.”  I am fond of paranormal, fantasy and series [...]

The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler 05/24/08

My friend InfoDva recommended this series.  The Parable of the Sower is, of course, the first followed by The Parable of the Talents, which I haven’t read yet.
Let’s see how to summarize this.  Lauren Olamina is a young black woman who lives in the United States in what appears to be a nearly post-apocolypse world.  [...]

Wives Behaving Badly by Elizabeth Buchan (audio) 5/24/08

A while back I read the prequel to this, “Revenge of the MIddle Aged Woman.”  I think I need to re-read that, but I digress.  When, exactly, did I become a middle aged woman?  It happened without my permission.  Anyway.
I remember liking Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman but this one didn’t grab me.  I [...]

Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris 05/21/08

Harper Connelly sees dead people.
 
Okay, that’s not, strictly speaking, true.  She doesn’t see them so much as sense them.  Harper was hit by lightning when she was 15 and since then she can sense dead people.  That’s how she makes her living, finding dead people.  Usually murder victims, but sometimes not.
 
In “Grave Sight,” Harper [...]