http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/ lunarhunk's Blog en-us © 2010 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:17:16 GMT 30 http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/shakespeares_counselor_charlaine.html Everyone's favorite housecleaner is working on a career change. Lily Bard is back for her fifth case, and this time it is going to take place just as she is getting her troubled life back in order. The newlywed, who married private investigator Jack Leeds in the previous novel, has started as an apprentice investigator with him in the hopes of getting a better handle on her finances. Considering her previous novice experience and an innate skill for solving crimes, it is not a surprising c ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/shakespeares_counselor_charlaine.html#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:10:26 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/purging_monica_campbell_dj.html Set betweend 1963 and 1972, this novel explores the story of Monica "Moe" Campbell as she explores the terrible experiences of her life as she tries to move beyond them and build a life of her own. Moe was born and raised in the Cumberland Mountains in the town of Mount Laurel. As many of you know, these were years in which America was confronted with a number of troublesome challenges ranging from the Viet Nam War to the Civil Rights Movement. Riley carefully sets her story and characters ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/purging_monica_campbell_dj.html#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:56:55 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/world_flat_thomas_l_friedman.html I previously read the follow-up for this book, but it made me want to go back and read this one. Friedman is a well-known columnist and writer for The New York Times, for which he has won three Pultizer Prizes. He is basically looking at history and current trends to examine whether or not there is still a division between the West and the Third World. He starts his examination by looking at a number of important dates, including those in which eBay started, the Berlin Wall fell, and the s ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/world_flat_thomas_l_friedman.html#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:09:48 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/grayson_grayson_green_levithan.html Two teens, both with the name Will Grayson are brought together through an interesting series of events. Two of YA literatures strongest writers have come together tot tag-team the story by each writing from the perspective of one of the Wills in alternating chapters The first Will Grayson, penned by John Green, is more of an every-teen who does pretty good in school, doesn't stand out too much as in the process of sorting out what he wants out of life. His best friend since elementary sch ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/grayson_grayson_green_levithan.html#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:51:35 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/shakespeares_trollop_charlaine.html Poor housecleaner Lily Bard once again finds herself coming across the body of one of her employers. This time the body is that of Deedra Dean, a young woman who has a reputation for entertaining most of the unmarried men in Shakespeare, Arkansas. It was clear the murderer knew of her reputation because poor Deedra was not just murdered ... her body was also left in a violated condition in her own car on an out-of-the-way road. Everyone quickly assumes the murderer was one of her beaus. Af ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/shakespeares_trollop_charlaine.html#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:40:02 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/faceless_ones_derke_landy.html Valkyrie Cain, along with her mentor Skulduggery Pleasant, are back for another magical mystery. This time the fate of the whole world may rest in their hands if they can't solve the case. It all starts when a series of sorcerers turn up dead. It does not take long for everyone to notice a pattern in the victims: they are all teleporters. Unfortunately, previous events from earlier books in the series has placed Skulduggery outside of the Sanctuary and, thus, unable to assist in the invest ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/faceless_ones_derke_landy.html#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:14:31 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/bell_dustin_diamond.html Many in my generation better know Dustin Diamond as Samuel "Screech" Powers from the popular Saturday morning comedy Saved by the Bell. He is looking back on his experiences with the show and the other stars in this tell-all book. Sadly, he has less than fond memories of most of his co-stars, who include Lark Voorhies, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Elizabeth Berkley, and Tiffani Amber Thiessen. Like Screech, Dustin was a bit of the outside. He was actually 3 years younger than the rest of the cast, ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/bell_dustin_diamond.html#comments Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:29:08 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/fany_james_patterson.html the bird kids are back for their sixth adventure written for teens, and this time they are heading back to their roots. While they are still involved with a global environmental defense group, they are definitely going to be dealing more with genetic experimentation in this tale. The story starts off with the kids visiting Chad in an attempt to bring attention to the food shortage and other troubles taking place there. While there, they meet Dr. Gunther-Hagen, an extremely wealthy man with ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/fany_james_patterson.html#comments Tue, 6 Jul 2010 19:25:34 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/ike_love_steve_kluger.html Presented in the form of faxes, emails, journal entries, and other formats, this novel presents a romantic comedy about two guys who fell in love in high school and grew apart once they headed off to college. Craig McKenna is a star athlete in his high school in New York state. He ends up befriend Travis Puckett, who is full of spit and vinegar as well as being a major fan of Broadway. Over the course of the senior year, they friendship grows into something more. Then college life drags th ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/ike_love_steve_kluger.html#comments Tue, 6 Jul 2010 17:39:42 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/world_live_susan_beth_pfeffer.html Pfeffer skillfully brings the characters from her previous companion novels Life As We Knew It and The Dead and the Gone in this exciting sequel that introduced readers to a world devastated by a major natural disaster. For those of you unfamiliar with the earlier books, they each started with the moon being struck by a comet, knocking it into a lower orbit. The increased gravitational pull between the moon and Earth resulted in major earthquakes, volcanoes, and tidal waves, throwing the p ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/world_live_susan_beth_pfeffer.html#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:24:03 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/9th_judgment_james_paterson_maxine.html A whirlwind of mysteries hit San Francisco as a serial killer, a cat burglar/jewelry thief, and the murder of a well-known movie actor's wife seem to take over the town and grabs the attention of the Women's Murder Club. The book starts in the bedroom of actor Marcus Dowling and his wife. The two have just finished up with a houseparty, and things tie up with a pretty intense argument and some serious making up. Little do they know it, but their untimely return to the bedroom away from the ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/9th_judgment_james_paterson_maxine.html#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:02:41 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/faust_daniel_diane_nayeri.html The classic tale of Doctor Faust and his deal with the devil is brought into the modern world as five very different teams find themselves brought together in a melded family. While they are now living together in a posh apartment and going to a private school, Marlowe Academy, for the wealthy in New York, each had a wish they made and a deal they traded in order to get there. *Italian Belle and her twin Bice have found themselves in the group for very different reasons. Bice is bright and ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/faust_daniel_diane_nayeri.html#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:41:51 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/river_sky_elizabeth_peters.html Amelia Peabody, her beloved Emerson, and the rest of her extended family are back for a 19th adventure. The years in 1910, and Amelia and Emerson are preparing for another expedition to the Middle East, though this time, they will not be in their beloved Egypt. Instead, they are planning to work in Palestine, largely because they have been banned from Egypt by the Antiquities Service becomes of prior disagreements. They are not the only archaeologists eying sites in Palestine. They are pla ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/river_sky_elizabeth_peters.html#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:40:43 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/dead_family_charlaine_harris.html In the 10th volume of the series focusing on Sookie Stackhouse, whom many of you might be most familiar with as a result of the successful True Blood series on HBO, family takes center stags as Sookie and her friends all recover from the rough events in the previous books, Dead and Gone. Most of the characters, and the reader along with them, get to further explore their familial ties. For Sookie herself, that takes on the form of what is left of her faery-kin. Her cousin Claude is now one ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/dead_family_charlaine_harris.html#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:18:12 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/matt_pena.html Miguel Castaneda takes on the role of narrator in a tale told through his own words. de la Pena's newest work is presented in the form of a court ordered journal being written by a Mexican-American teen who has found himself living at the Lighthouse, a group home for troubled boys. Each is there for their own reasons, but all of them have come through the courts. Miguel is still reeling from what led to his own arrive at the Lighthouse. He turns toward the books in the home;s collection fo ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/matt_pena.html#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:06:44 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/ark_boyd_morrison.html I picked this one up looking for a readlike to The Da Vinci Code. In some ways it was, and in others, not so much. There is definitely a bit of a religious/Biblical mystery, and you can probably guess that it is tied to the tale of Noah and his ark. There is also a great deal of international intrigue and hopping around various geographical locations. It turned out to be a pretty good premiere novel for a first-time author. The story kicks off with the introduction of Dilara Kenner, a tale ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/ark_boyd_morrison.html#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:23:27 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/angry_management_chris_crutcher.html Familiar faces and settings return in Chris Crutcher's most recent work, which is a collection of three short stories. This time, he has brought back some favorite secondary characters to give them a chance to resolve some of the issues they were confronted with in earlier novels. The first piece focuses on Sarah Byrnes from Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. She was the teen who had bad burns on her face from an incident with her father when she was younger. She is now getting a chance to try ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/angry_management_chris_crutcher.html#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:11:36 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/shakespeares_christmas_charlaine.html Most people look forward to going home for the holidays, but Lily Bard's difficult past means that she is more than happy to stay in small-town Shakespeare for a quiet Christmas season. Unfortunately, she is not going to get to do that. It turns out her younger sister Varena is getting married, and that means a trip back home to Bartley. Lily left Bartley after being raped and tortured years earlier. While it was clear the people in town cared about her, she just couldn't live with their c ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/shakespeares_christmas_charlaine.html#comments Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:58:11 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/road_emma_clayton.html Mika's life is pretty bleak. He lives on the British coastline behind a giant wall that was erected three decades earlier as a result of the Animal Plague. The plague was not all that different from rabies in that it turned animals of all types, from insects to whales into tremendously dangerous creatures. The populations of the world had to retreat to the far northern and southern countries behind giant walls built to keep animals out. Anything outside of the wall was decimated with poiso ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/road_emma_clayton.html#comments Mon, 7 Jun 2010 16:57:01 GMT http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/fire_kristin_cashore.html Cashore's success with Graceling has brought about an interest in what happened to the mysterious world of Katsa and Po. Readers are no brought to a neighboring kingdom called the Dells, where they meet Fire. Fire is a young girl, whom many refer to as the last of the human monsters. Monsters are generally viewed as animals of any type that have interesting coloring, whether in pelts or feathers. In humans, the unique look, which for Fire is her amazingly red hair, is often accompanied by ... http://my.greasy.com/lunarhunk/fire_kristin_cashore.html#comments Wed, 2 Jun 2010 19:40:37 GMT