diamondgirl

diamondgirl

I am 29 years old. I work for the prosecuting attorneys office. I read anything but sci fi, fantasy, romance and westerns.

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  • Saint Louis, Mo
  • member since Thursday, February 22 2007

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  • Sepulchre
    • Rated 3 stars

    Not too sure I liked this one. It held my interest, but the switching back and forth between the 1800's and today was kind of annoying. Follows a woman in modern time who is writing a book on the composer Debussy, and trying to find out more about her family history while in Europe. The flashbacks are to the 1800's and involve Debussy. Tarot cards, supernatural, romance, 3 out of 5 for me.

    diamondgirl wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Gargoyle
    • Rated 2 stars

    Well, I finished this a few days ago and have been holding off on the review because I wasn't sure how I felt about it. I still don't. Very strange story, strange storyline, but it held my attention. A pornographer and porn film star is driving his car and drinking bourbon when hallucinations from the cocaine in his system makes him hallucinate and drive his car over a cliff where it bursts into flames. He is rescued and spends a lot of time in the burn ward of a hospital. The author goes into great detail regarding burn victim treatment. A little too much detail, gets a little long at times. A woman from the psychiatric ward starts coming to visit him and insists that they knew each other before, and are over 700 years old. (Yea, I know). She is released and still comes to visit him and tells him her story, all 700 years of it. I don't want to go into too much more detail, but it was just, well, odd. I will give it 2 1/2 out of 5, because that is half and I am still not sure how I felt about it.

    diamondgirl wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Boleyn Inheritance (Boleyn)
    • Rated 2 stars

    I didn't really like this one at all. I am hoping the next 2 are better.

    diamondgirl wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • Perfect Family: A Novel
    • Rated 1 stars

    Any book that starts out immidiately with one of the main characters asking another, "why did you call me and ask me to come here so urgently", to which another character answers "later, Ill tell you later, give me time" completely looses me. So I skipped forward to the end to see what the big secret was and I am glad I did not waste my time reading it.

    diamondgirl wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • Sweetheart
    • Rated 4 stars

    I was really looking forward to this sequel. It was a little disappointing. Still good, but not as good as Heartsick.

    diamondgirl wrote this review 4 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • Gone with the Wind
    • Rated 5 stars

    This is one very long read. Great story, keeps moving along. I am very glad that I read it.

    diamondgirl wrote this review Monday, September 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
    • Rated 4 stars

    It took me about 10 tries to finally be able to read this whole book. I am glad I stuck with it, even though it was a little out there for my taste. I just hope I like the next book because I really want to read this series.

    diamondgirl wrote this review Sunday, August 17 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Beyond Reach (Grant County)
    • Rated 3 stars

    So out of 5 stars I would give it 3. It was ok, nothing I would reread, that's for sure. Once I got 170 pages from the end and nothing had been resolved yet, I knew I wasn't going to be a big fan of it. I can't stand rushed endings to tie all the loose endings together. Then the final scene, I guess that was supposed to make you rush out and buy the next book? No thanks, the 2 main characters aggravated the hell out of me for the first part. I would much rather read about Lena Adams. She is at least interesting.

    diamondgirl wrote this review Sunday, August 17 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Blind Fall: A Novel
    • Rated 4 stars

    I am a huge Christopher Rice fan, but this was not one of his best books. It seemed very rushed, there were times when I didn't know what was going on, and the ending is predictable which I have never experienced with any of his other books. Still one of my favorite authors, but wish I hadn't paid full price for the book.

    diamondgirl wrote this review Monday, August 4 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (A Rev. Clare Fergusson and  Russ Van Alstyne Mystery)
    • Rated 2 stars

    Ok story, I read the whole thing but I won't be reading any more by this author.

    diamondgirl wrote this review Monday, August 4 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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