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 Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:45 pm
This thread is for reviews on a romance novel that you have read. This is for those (like me) who need some new romance novel to read.
The Review should be written like this:
Title:
Author:
Rating: (For instance, young adult, adult, etc.)
Pages: (This is optional, but you should put down if the book is long or short.)
Summary:
Review: (Whether you liked it, what you did like, etc.)
Your Rating: (On a 1-5 scale, 1 being a piece of trash, 5 being the god of all books.)
Enjoy!
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:55 pm
Title: Memoirs of a Geisha
Author: Arthur Golden
Rating: Adult
Pages: approx. 420
Summary: Chiyo is sold to a geisha house at age 9, and from there begins her training as a geisha in the 1930's.
Review: The writing of this story is very well done, I think. It is very believeable and descriptive, making it impossible to put the book down. However, in my view, the overall story fell short. Some parts of the book, for instance, the Chairman's confession at the end, were so unrealistic to me. However besides that, it was an enjoyable book.
My Rating 3.5
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:45 am
Title: On the Way to the Wedding Author: Julia Quinn Rating: Adult (for one very tastefully written sex scene) Pages: 384 Summary: Publisher's Weekly ...Gregory Bridgerton's six siblings have all fallen prey to love, so he figures he need only sit back and wait for "the one" to waltz into his life. Then he meets Hermione Watson. The "breathtakingly perfect curve of her neck" convinces Gregory that she's destined to be his, but Hermione's practical, plainspoken friend Lucy Abernathy throws cold water on his aspirations when she informs him that Hermione's heart belongs to another... As the final installment of an eight book series, it was a long wait for this book, but completely worth every minute of it. After being a bit disappointed with the last book (In His Kiss)--mostly because I did not much like the heroine and the ending left me a bit...well, disappointed--I was happy to note that Quinn's witty style had me laughing from page one to three-eighty-four. Not my favorite book of the series, but still very high up on my list. If you're a fan of Quinn's, you will not be let down. Your Rating: 4
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:01 am
Title: A Soldier's Quest
Author: Lori Handeland
Rating: Adult
Pages: 298
Summary: Back of the Book GI Joe meets Jane of the jungle...
Bobby Luchetti, a U.S. Special Forces soldier, has a mission: go to Mexico and rescue Dr. Jane Harker, the kidnapped daughter of a U.S. senator. Fresh from discovering that the woman he loved has married his brother, Bobby's desperate to concentrate on his work. He expects this to be a routine assignment--until he meets Jane. She's unlike any other woman he's encountered, and the attraction between them is undeniable. But he can't do anything about it until she's out of danger.
As Jane and Bobby journey from the Mexican jungle to Washington, D.C., to a farm in Illinois, they become a whole lot more than a soldier and the woman he's recued. But does their relationship have a chance? Because getting trhough this alive is just the beginning...
Your Rating: Four
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:56 pm
Title: the princess diaries
Author: meg cabot
Rating:young adult
Pages:not too long
Summary: a geeky girl finds out that she is a princess
Review: this is an awesome book!!
Your Rating: 555555555555555555555
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:38 pm
Title: Angel and Demons
Author: Dan Brown
Rating: Adult
Pages: Approx. 608
Summary: An ancient secret brotherhood.
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
An unthinkable target.
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth...the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.
Review: I loved it. It's kinda advanced. not to be rude but you have to be a little smarter than normal to understand this book or have a good dictionary
Your Rating: 5
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:49 am
Title: Starcrossed
Author: Susan Krinard
Rating: Young Adult
Pages: 406
Summary: *From back of book* For years Ariane Burke-Marchand has been haunted by the memory of Rook Galloway, the handsome young Kalian raised from poverty and trained at the direction of her gradfather as a space pilot. But that was before the deadly riots that pitted Marchand against Kalian and turned the man she worshipped into an enemy she loathed. Convicted of murder and sentenced to life on the harshest prison planet in the League, Rook seemed gone from her life forever...
Review: Very interesting. Had a good plot that I could actually follow and an intriguing mysetery to it. If you like science fiction romance you'll like this book.
Your Rating: 4
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:44 am
Title: Twilight Author: Stephenie Meyer Rating: 12+ (YA) Pages: 498* Summary About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him — and I didn’t know how potent that part might be — that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him. —page 195*When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human. —official summary I was quite pleasantly surprised by the quality of this book. When I picked it off the shelf, I was more expecting an erotic fiction for which I would have to pick at piece by piece to get through the actual plot (as I had unintentionally learned to shy away from “vampire novels” due to this). Yet, what I discovered was much, much better: it was exactly what I wanted to read; nothing overly explicit, and it wasn’t all about demented vampires that ran around killing people — instead, it was perfectly balanced and very much a page-turner. Your rating: 5 *Fact based on the paperback version of the book.[And most definitely do not forget to pick up the sequel New Moon while you’re at it! wink ]
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