REVIEW: Rainwater

Title: Rainwater
Author: Sandra Brown
Finished: January 9, 2011
Pages: 247
Published: 2009
Format: First Edition

I’m playing catch up with my Sandra Brown books and was excited for this one specifically since it’s been awhile since she’s written a romance, plus this was so different from her other stories that it was like getting to know her all over again.

Rainwater is the story a woman running a boarding house, taking care of her disabled son and trying to survive in a time when women weren’t strong enough to do a mans work.

The story was so captivating and I kept wanting more, even at the end. Brown did an amazing job creating a forbidden world that the reader would fall in love with along with the characters.

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REVIEW: Casino Royale

Title: Casino Royale
Author: Ian Fleming
Finished: January 7, 2011
Pages: 192
Published: 1953
Format: audiobook

I have been wanting to read Ian Fleming for quite some time and came across this in audiobook one day, having no idea it was truly the first in his series.

Having seen the movie I was familiar with the storyline but enjoyed it just as much if not more than the movie.

Not my typical genre of book, I found it very interesting to listen to the story versus actually read it. The action and characters were very descriptive and I felt a if I was right there with everything that was happening.

I highly recommend this book to anyone, especially as a first for someone who hasn’t read any Bond before.

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