Fearless Fourteen- Janet Evanovich (book Review)

Fearless Fourteen- Janet Evanovich

*Book Jacket Review*
Stephanie’s latest skip is Loretta Rizzi, a stressed out single mom who recently help up a liquor store- “I needed a Tom Collins.”- and who just happens to be a cousin of Joe Morelli. Seems trouble runs in the family: Joe’s other cousin Dom- robs banks for a living. His latest take: 9 million dollars stashed… Well, your not the only one who wants to know.
Loretta’s on the lam, and she only agrees to be brought in on one condition: that Stephanie pick up her son, Mario (street name: Zook) from school while Loretta gets bonded out. Plum luck being what it is, Loretta doesn’t get the bond. And now Stephanie’s playing nanny to a 14-year-old tough guy she can neither shoot nor shake down.
Meanwhile, less than a week after Dom gets out of the slammer, shadowy figures are breaking into Joe Morelli’s house. Plus, he’s getting threatening messages-and now Dom’s gone missing. On top of all that security expert Carlos Manoso- a.k.a Ranger-has a job for Stephanie that will involve nightmare night work: babysitting an aging rock diva who eats bodyguards for breakfast!
And you thought YOU had it bad>
Bottom line: Only the fearless should read Fourteen.

*My Review*
Loretta Rizzi, a single mom holds up a liquor store just for a bottle of vodka, so that she may make her a Tom Collins. Now she’s in deep trouble because she has skipped bail, and the only way she will agree to be taken back to jail- Stephanie has to be there for her son. Stephanie’s luck lands her in the middle of a babysitting job (make that TWO) and she isn’t sure which one is worse.

Janet Evanovich- To The Nines (Book Review)

Janet Evanovich- To The Nines
A Stephanie Plum Novel

*Book Jacket Review*
Stephanie Plum has rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week (much to the dismay of her mother, her family, the men in her life, the guy who slices meat at the deli…oh, the list goes on. An ordinary person would cave under the pressure.
But hey, she’s from Jersey.

Stephanie Plum may not be the best bounty hunter in beautiful downtown Trenton, but she’s pretty darn good at turning bad situations her way…and she always gets her man. In To The Nines, her cousin Vinnie (who’s her boss) has poste bail on Samuel Singh, an illegal immigrant. When the elusive Mr. Singh goes missing, Stephanie is on the case. But what she uncovers is far more sinister than anyone imagines and leads to a group of killers who give new meaning to the word hunter.

In a race against time that takes her from the Jersey turnpike to the Las Vegas strip, Stephanie Plum is on the chase of her life. The unforgettable characters, nonstop action, high-stakes suspense and sheer entertainment of To The Nines define Janet Evanovich as unique among today’s writers.

*My Review*
This is a very well written book that keeps you so embraced in the words that I actually read it in about 2 ½ hours, because I couldn’t do anything but keep reading.

Until this book, I hadn’t had the privilege to read ANY book by Janet Evanovich. Now that I have, I want to read them all. She is a wonderful author, with an amazing way with words. She has so clearly made her characters lifelike and plot and characters are very well detailed.

Stephanie, the bounty hunter is trying to find Samuel Singh (an illegal immigrant in Trenton on a Visa) before her cousin Vinnie has a heart attack (he bailed Samuel Singh out) and now he is nowhere to be found. What Stephanie hopes to find is far from what she DOES actually find. Far more trouble than she realized it would be. She thinks for awhile that she is on a goose chase. If Vinnie and Stephanie don’t have Singh in custody before the hearing, both of them may very well be out of jobs. While questioning the whereabouts of Singh, Stephanie finds herself in a situations she couldn’t have even dreamed up.

I’m not one for spoiling, so I’m going to leave it at that. Amazing book, unforgettable characters, and fantastic plot. You have to read it yourself.


- Jess

V.C. Andrews- Flowers in the Attic (Book Review)

V.C. Andrews- Flowers in the Attic
The horror begins with…
Flowers in the Attic.

Righteous Anger…
Innocent Fear…
Because the grandmother’s wrath has not yet materialized, Chris and I had grown careless. We were not always modest in the bedroom. It was difficult to live, day in, day out, and always keep the intimate places of our bodies secret from the other sex.

And to be perfectly honest, none of us cared very much who saw what.
We should have cared…
We should have been careful…
We should have kept the memory of momma’s bloody welted back sharply before us, and never, never, have forgotten. A key turned in the door lock, swiftly I tried to put the dress over my head and pull it down before she came in. But she had seen me naked; it was those glittering gray stone eyes.
“So!” the grandmother spat, “I have caught you at last…Sinners! You think you look pretty? You think those new young curves are attractive? You like that long golden hair that you brush and curl?”
She smiled then.
The most frightening smile I ever saw..
This is the extraordinary novel that has captured millions in its spell! All across America and around the world, millions of readers have been captivated by this strange, dark, terrifying tale of passion and peril in the lives of four innocent children, locked away from the world by a selfish mother.

FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC is the novel that launched the extraordinary career of V.C. Andrews, winning her an immediate and fiercely devoted worldwide following; today there are more than 58 million copies of her books in print.

My Review
Christoper-
Cathy-
Carrie-
Cory-
These are the main characters, they are all children. Chris is the eldest at 15, then Cathy who is twelve, ad the twins are five. The story begins with them living with both parents, their lives are very happy. Although they aren’t rich, they aren’t poor either. They know love and caring, as well as nourishment and delight.
Their daddy, Christopher Sr., was a P.R. man for a large computer manufacturing company. He was a huge success and they were living well=being middle-class citizens.
Their mother was a stay-at-home mom. Everything seemed to be going well, until their daddy didn’t show up for his own birthday party. They were thinking he was just held up in traffic. Three hours after the dinner was supposed to start, there was a knock at the door. A policeman gave the bad news that their fateher had been in a terrible accident and he didn’t survive. Their mother had no way to keep the bills paid on their house and car.
The kids knew she was writing her parents to ask for forgiveness, but they had never heard her speak of them when their dad was alive. She wanted to be able to move back in with them because she couldn’t financially take care of all four kids with no job and no experience. When the story unfolds the kids learn that their mother had come from a very rich family and had been disinherited. The grandmother agrees to let her and the kids come live with them. The mother explains to her children, that until now, the grandmother didn’t know about them.
She promises that she can get her father (who is on his deathbed) to re-write her into his will. So staying with them would only be temporary until she can leave with a vast amount of money and they would be rich. They end up being locked in a room off an old wing of the huge house that isn’t used anymore. Their mother promises to them that they won’t be in the room for long. She promises to buy them thing to keep them occupied, such as games and toys, until she can win back her father’s love and affection.
They hate their grandmother and she hates them right back, calling them “devil’s spawn”. They don’t know what she means by this until their mother explains that their father was also their half uncle, and that’s the reason she had been disinherited. A week turns into months, which turns into years of them not being able to go outside and see other people. They turn pale and sickly and begin to lose weight.
Their affections for each other turn from innocent into thriving curiosity. They end up sleeping together when her brother turns aggressive because he can’t express himself as a man and she feels like she caused him to feel this way when she wore short skirts and clinging nightgowns in front of him.
The twins end up hating their mother and turning against her and start seeing their big sister as their mother because she is the one who takes care of them. The story unravels and they find themselves sickly and wanting out after 3 years of imprisonment. Chris, the brother, makes a key imprint when their mother leaves the key laying around, and they sneak in her room and pocket all the money they can get their hands on without being noticed. She thinks the maids are stealing from her, while they are collecting money for their escape.
The twin boy Cory, ends up getting extremely sick and dying. Their mother didn’t even want to take him to the hospital for fear of them being found out. She finally agrees to, although the other kids soon realize that she is lying to them. Cory dies, and although she says it’s pneumonia, they think he has been poisoned. They take Cory’s pet mouse, and start experimenting with him, giving him bites of the powered sugar donuts that the grandmother brings them each morning.
They finally realize that their mother has lied to them the entire time they have been held in captivation. They realize that she has had a new love, and she didn’t even tell him about them. The grandfather has been dead for awhile, and she never said anything. Why would she betray her own children this way? They realize that they can’t depend on their low-life money hungry mother to help them. They have to depend on each other or they will die in captivation. They find out that her love for money, exceeds the love that she has for them.
This is a must read book. It captivated me, drawing me in and kept me turning pages until I was done with it. Makes you hate their mother for being so rude and disregarding to her own children, while they suffer- locked away, dying for her affection and love. V.C. Andrews is a very good writing. Spinning an unbelievable awesome web, that leaves you wanting more of her words. She knows how to write a story, her characters are well developed, her plot so terribly frightening and words that bring you to your knees.

♥Jess

Janet Evanovich-Ten Big Ones (Book Review)

Janet Evanovich-Ten Big Ones
A Stephanie Plum Novel

*Book Jacket Review*

She’s accidentally destroyed a dozen cars. She’s a target for every psycho and miscreant this side of the Jersey Turnpike. Her mother’s convinced she’ll end up dead…or worse, without a man. She’s Stephanie Plum, and she kicks butt for a living (well, she thinks it sounds good to put it that way…)

It begins as an innocent trip to the deli-mart, on a quest for nachos. But Stephanie Plum and her partner Lulu, are clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time. A robbery leads to an explosion, which leads to the destruction of yet another car. It would just be another day in the life of Stephanie Plum, except that she becomes the target of a gang-and of an even scarier, more dangerous force that comes to Trenton. With super-bounty hunter Ranger acting more mysteriously than ever (and the tension with vice cop Joe Morelli getting hotter), She finds herself with a decision to make. How to protect herself and where to hide while on the hunt for a killer known as junkman. There’s only one safe place and it has Ranger’s name all over it.-if she can find it. And Junkman doesn’t find her first. With Lulu riding shotgun and Grandma Mazur on the loose, Stephanie Plum is racing against the clock in her most suspenseful novel yet. Ten Big Ones is page-turning entertainment, and Janet Evanovich is the best there is.

*My Review*
This is the second Stephanie Plum novel I’ve read by Janet Evanovich.
I have to say-She’s drawn me in with her witty, kick-ass characters. Stephanie’s the chick you wanted to be when you grew up. Outspoken yet caring, and the need to be unlike most. Most women would be happy to stay at home and let their husbands make the money, but not Stephanie. When she is at home she walks in circles trying to figure out a way to get around the overprotective Joe Morelli. She’s adventurous and is willing to put her life on the line to get the criminals off the streets. Stephanie’s partner Lulu, the big black lady who loves to eat and where her spandex a little too tight brings insight and humor to the story. Ranger and his bad-boy attitude, and unlimited cars and bodyguards for Stephanie. Joe Morelli and his charming good looks and his almost humorous ways he tries to protect Stephanie.
Janet Evanovich is an excellent novelist. She knows how to pull it all together. Crime-fighting, humor, romance, and all….She is now one of my favorite authors and her other books are on my “to-read” list…

-Jess

CampusBookRentals.com Review

When your in college, life can be expensive. Tuition seems over the moon to what it used to be back years ago. As a mom of 2 young kids, I hate to see what it's going to be like when they're ready to head off on their ambitions for their future. You need to have a budget, and try and save as much money as you can. Instead of buying college books that you may never use again after your class is through, you could rent them. YES, I said rent them. campusbookrentals.com offers free shipping both ways This is an amazing offer, considering paying weight shipping on a textbook could be mighty expensive. Way more than you actually think it should be. They have live customer support, so if you need help, you have it without having to play email tag back and forth. You can search for books by ISBN, Title, Keywords, or Author. They have flexible renting periods with the largest selection of books in the nation. They also buy books, so if you have any left over and not in use, you could sell them to campusbookrentals.com so that someone else could use it. You can write or highlight in these rental books as long as you don't make it excessive, writing in every open space and highlighting every words. Just keep it to a minimum, and you can use it as your own. How cool is that? CampusBookRentals.com also work with Operation Smile.. campusbookrentals.com supports The children of Operation Smile We're ecstatic to announce our 2011 Making a Difference Program. We have officially teamed up with Operation Smile, an out of this world, awesome organization, that performs life changing cleft lip surgeries on children whose families could not otherwise afford it. The long term Improvement in quality of life for the children that receive these surgeries is almost incomprehensible. We have committed to donating enough to cover a minimum of 1,000 life changing surgeries. We hope To beat that number, but it's a significant commitment. So for EVERY book rented starting now, we will donate a portion of those proceeds to Operation Smile with our sights set on meeting and exceeding our goal of 1,000 lives changed. So add that extra book to your cart, and consider this goal as you go back to school this year. Thank you for your support. So not only are you saving money, you are also helping out someone in need. They donate a part of your renting fee to help these children, and it does make a giant significance in their lives.So if you are in college, thinking about going to college, or know someone in college--> send them in the right direction Love, Jess

Heidi Ayarbe- Compromised

Heidi Ayarbe- Compromised
Book Jacket-
Maya’s life has always been chaotic. Living with a con-man dad, she’s spent half her life on the run. Whenever her father’s schemes go wrong, Maya finds a scientific way to fix it. But when her dad ends up in prison and foster care fails, Maya grasps at her last possible hope of a home: a long-lost aunt, who may not even exist.
So Maya formulates a plan, and with her wits, two unlikely allies, and twenty dollars in her pocket, she sets off in search of this aunt, navigating the unpredictable four hundred miles from Reno to Boise. Life on the streets, though, becomes a struggle for survival- those scientific laws Maya has relied on her whole life just don’t apply. And with each passing day, Maya’s definition of right and wrong are turned upside down when she’s confronted with the realities and dangers of life as a runaway. She can’t help but wonder if trying to find her aunt-and some semblance of stability- is worth the harrowing journey or if she should compromise and find a way to survive on her own.
My Review-
Very compelling and captivating novel. I would recommend this not only to young adults but to anyone.
Maya’s mother committed suicide when she was five. She has lived with her dad since. Taken from city to city running from her dad’s schemes, and headed for the next scam. This is the only life that Maya knows and doesn’t mind that it’s just her and her dad. She doesn’t even mind spending holidays at the local Denny’s. Well, that is until the IRS show up and start repo-ing everything: Car, electronics, house, and then eventually her dad. He’s stuck in prison, while she’s at an orphanage with no way out.
She’s wants to just wait it out, hoping he can talk himself out of it like he always has. Not this time. This time he signs her away to the state who want to put her in foster care. She takes the only clues she has (some letters from her moms sister) and sets out on a journey to find a place to call home and someone to call family. This journey shows her more family than she has ever asked for, although not as she had planned.
10/10.

Charm Factory Review & Giveaway

Charm Factory

Charm Factory has the most beautiful and classy charms I have seen around.

I reviewed the peace bracelet, which is masterfully crafted and something I am proud to wear. It is silver with the silver peace charms. It contains different links so that you can wear the bracelet no matter if your big or small.

I am allergic to anything that isn’t real gold or silver, so I know this is the real deal. I have been wearing the bracelet for awhile now, not taking it off and it hasn’t broken me out.

I have even washed dishes with it on my arm and it didn’t change in any way. I love it. My Best Friend loves it. She’s all about the peace sign, so of course she is going to be the proud recipient of one.

Charm Factories jewelry is A-Mah-ZING and I accentuate the amazing. All of their pieces are unique and astonishing.

 

 

Christmas is very near and doesn’t every girl/woman love beautiful jewelry? Especially since you can buy charms that suit their interests and hobbies as well as fetishes.

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Something for the Princess!Flowerzinherhair Review & Giveaway

 

Flowerzinherhair bows exceeded my expectations when it came to the quality of their workmanship. Each bow is exquisitely designed to fit the needs of your little princess.

I can say that I am very glad to have had the chance to work with this amazing company. Not only are their bows astonishing, they are designed for comfort as well.

I have always wanted a nice, beautiful, and awesome collection of hair pieces for Adisyn. I also wanted to get her ears pierced for her first birthday and since Adam wouldn’t let me, I just had to stack up on some bows.

The other companies and boutiques I was looking into were pricey. They were beautiful but I didn’t want to put a lot of money into bows that I figured she would break or lose. These bows have withstood the test of time with my daughter.

Every time I would try and put it in her hair she would pull it right back out. These bows didn’t budge or fall apart, rip or shred in any way. YAY.

Awesomeness for cheap- how about that?

As a mom- Amy (the owner of Flowerzinherhair) knows what we want. We want to make our girls pretty while not having to break the bank.

These princesses were all smiles for the camera in their bows.

nwu

I love Flowerzinherhair because not only do they have these clip in’s..

They have beanies..

tons of bows..

bracelets

clip holders

funky flower clips

flower girl halo’s

headbands

holiday pieces

Infant Collections

& Spirit Bows

 

About Flowerzinherhair

(owner Amy Jackson) 

With 2 little boys (whom I love and adore!) you can imagine the fun and excitement of finally having a little girl to doll up.  Shortly before she was born I started looking for cute flowers, bows, and headbands for her, but was always disappointed by high boutique prices or low quality and poor selection; so I began making them myself.  After hearing over and over “You should sell these!” I decided to, and that is why we are here, and we just keep growing.  We hope you enjoy our products and your little angel looks like a princess, with Flowerz In Her Hair every day!

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Pursuit of Justice (Call of Duty) by DiAnn Mills {Book Review}

Pursuit of Justice

(Call of Duty)

 For centuries, the legend of the Spider Rock Treasure has lured people to West Texas with promises of unimaginable wealth.

And it just claimed three more victims

Did they fall prey to the legend’s curse or just get too close to someone’s discovery? To investigate the murders, the FBI calls one of its most promising up-and-comers- Special Agent Bella Jordan. What they don’t know is that one of their prime suspects is deeply connected to the past she’s been running from for fourteen years.

As Bella begins to sift through evidence, another murder and threats on her own life convince her she’s hunting an experienced killer...and he’s not working alone. To catch the suspect before he catches her, Bella must draw on all her skill and instinct and finally gather the courage to face the memories she’s tried so hard to forget.

H My review

A book about Bella Jordan, special Agent in the FBI who is sent on a task to catch the Spider Rock Murderer. Is there really a treasure that these men lost their lives for? Or is it a hoax- buried somewhere where no one will find it, or possibly already found?

This book keeps you glued to the page with it’s well written chapters. It never spills the secrets, only lets you grab more and more evidence as you go on, still surprising with what really happens.

Bella went to live with her Aunt when she was 15, to try and get away from the poverty that her dad had placed on his family years ago after her mother died.

She isn’t sure whether her greedy father has anything to do with the murders, so when threats happen and she almost loses her life, it keeps her head spinning.

And mine as well... I didn’t know the people who were involved until they clearly showcased it. So- props to the writer.

It isn’t an easy crime to solve. While the investigation is going on, more people are dying and Bella doesn’t know which direction to point her finger in. There are so many possibilities as to who could have made such a mess of this Texas town.

Carr Sullivan is the main suspect because the 3 dead men were found on his property and he used to have an ager/drinking problem. There’s Brandt Richardson who has been searching for the treasure as long as anyone can remember and who is wanted by the FBI for previous murders and Bella is determined to get the bottom of all the craziness.

And while all this is happening- her FBI partner Vic Anderson, a 20 year veteran has left her in the middle of the investigation. She doesn’t know what to think or how to act about his disappearing- claiming his wife has cancer. She didn’t know whether to believe the iffy story or if in fact it were true.

It’s a great book that I know you would love to have on  your bookshelf. It is a Fiction/Romance/Suspense that brings a little faith in your life.

I want to thank Tyndale Network for letting me review this awesome book. It is a great suspense novel and one that I am glad to say I have read and have on my bookshelf.

j

EcoZip {Review & Giveaway}

I have recently had the chance to review the ECOzip bag. This bag is a very green product, made with less plastic but yet has 3 times the value and strength of other plastic bags.

These bags are unlike any bag I’ve ever used before. It has a zip in the middle that you can use to separate your items or you can unzip it to use it as a full bag.

For me, it has been an organization makeover in my house with these bags. Before- I was keeping all my craft, crochet, and sewing stuff in separate totes and really couldn’t sit down and get anything completed because I was spending so much time looking for a tool or something I desperately needed. Now I can keep everything together in the ECOzip.

This is a product that I will definitely continue to purchase, and one that I would recommend to you. You can use these bags in the kitchen for snacks, keeping leftovers fresh, or separating pre-prepped foods from the seasoning.

They are great to use around the house to separate or store your items. They are great to use for make-up, baby items, or just about anything. There is a larger bag that I use to separate my hot glue gun from glue sticks. It is a handy bag that is nice to use on the go. I can just put everything in my bag and not have to worry about them coming open and spilling.

Amazing, awesome, and eco-friendly. They use less plastic to make their bags and the design allows you to use less bags for your organization and storage needs.

Plus, they can be recycled.

Whether it’s packing your kids lunch in the morning, snacks to munch on after an intense workout, pre-prepping dinners, storing leftovers or packing toiletries and make-up for travel, Ecozip is versatile and convenient while still being kind to the earth.

Ecozip is a new multi-compartment storage bag that allows you to separate and organize multiple items all in 1 bag. Just zip and flip it! It’s 2 in 1 technology allows you to use the bag as a split bag where you get to separate and compartmentalize or by opening it’s middle zip and use the entire bag.

"Ecozip uses 20% less plastic to produce the bags and the 2 in 1 technology
helps you cut back on the amount of bags you use, with 3x the value.
Ecozip's "Zip n Flip" technology also offers convenience and versatility to
everyday storage needs by helping you separate and organize multiple items
all in 1 bag"

Suggested retail is $2.99 at a retail store/3.99
+ shipping and handling online

the product is available at the following
retailers-

Stop & Shop
Hannaford
SweetBay
Duane Reade
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Food Emporium
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Pathmark
Shopko
Woodman's

You now have a chance to enter to win some of these awesome bags, because Eco Zip is giving a box of bags to one lucky Lime Green Dreams reader...

to enter..

1-Go to the Eco Zip website (Here) an tell me what you would love to put in these bags

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I want to thank Eco Zip for sponsoring this review and giveaway on my blog.

o Jess