What's Going On Here?

There are SO MANY wonderful book review blogs out there and I can't compete with them, that is for sure. So this is not a book review blog. This is just a way for me to organize what I have read so that I can be better at matching the right book to the right person. The blog title comes from the brilliant mind of the most talented woman who ever lived, Ms. Judy Garland. The full quote is, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else." That is what I hope to do here and in ever aspect of my life.
Showing posts with label Sara Shepard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sara Shepard. Show all posts

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Maybe...

While I really liked The Lying Game, I didn't like Pretty Little Liars.  I am sort of in between about The Perfectionists. by Sara Shepard.   Granted, what ruined PLL for me was the mistake I made in watching the show, but with LG I could wait for the next one.  With The Perfectionists, I wasn't even that excited about getting to the end.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Kinda Glad, Kinda Mad

I thought that Cross My Heart, Hope to Die was the last book in the Lying Game series, but it isn't. We still don't know who killed Sutton. I think I might know, but I've been wrong with this and most series before! I do want to know! But I have to admit that the story hasn't played itself out for me. I don't feel tired of it yet, so even though I can't wait to find out who the killer is, I am already looking forward to the next book!

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Ebooks

Gotta love em. I try to always be reading three books- one audio, one e and one paper. I find I can keep the stories straight that way, if the books come in different formats. Otherwise, I'm a one book at a time person. Another great thing about ebooks are these little novellas like The First Lie. This mini episode of The Lying Game gives more details about Sutton and Thayer.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Telling the Truth

I love The Lying Game and Hide and Seek was no exception.  They are fast-paced, dramatic, funny, and suspenseful.     Good one!  Start with the first one, to learn the story of twin sisters, separated at birth, one now dead, murdered and the other has taken her place and is trying to figure out who killed her sister.  Great and fun series!

Sunday, March 11, 2012

How do you respond to that?


I remember a business trip I took many years ago. We had less than zero budget, so there were six of us, all very different folks, in a minivan, driving across the state. We had a really fun time and got some good work done. But we did have a very awkward moment when someone suggested we play the game Two Truths and a Lie. We were all grown women. A few of us closing in on 35 and the others headed to, and past 50, so it was all sort of goofy and light-hearted.
Some of the truths and lies were, "I've gone white-water rafting. I've been rock climbing. I shot a gun in an orange grove." And "I have three tattoos. I used to raise show dogs. My middle name is Eunice."
We were all laughing and joking. But then we got to one lady who said, "I was raped. I had a miscarriage on my birthday. I were a bra since 44DD."
We were silent. As they say, you could have heard that pin drop. There was a lot of fidgeting and coughing, and then one lady shouted, "I have to stop for the bathroom!" And that ended the game.
So that's one way to end a game of Two Truths and a Lie!
TT and a L is the third book in the Lying Game series. I blew through this baby in a few hours, and I am sad and yet happy that it isn't the end. I REALLY wanted to find out who killed Emma's twin sister, Sutton. I have my suspicion, and I hope I am right, because I really don't like this particular character at all!

I am really looking forward to Lying Game #4, even if it is a Harlequin of another cover.  

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Still Lyin'

I am on a diet of candy, obviously.  First Private.  Then Privilege.  Now PLL.  I really didn't think I'd get hooked on this series but I am.
Flawless is the second in the Pretty Little Liars series and I enjoyed it as much as the first.  It's a mystery and pretty well done, I think.  A is still haunting the girls, threatening to reveal their secrets if they don't do what A says.  These girls are bad, nasty girls for sure.  But no, still not as bad at the 4 PTSs.