Dog Gone, Back Soon by Nick Trout
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was awesome! So cute!

This is a story about a veterinarian who goes back to him home town to take over his dad’s practice after his dad passes away. He has been working as a pathologist previously so working with pets and their owners is all new to him.

He likes a waitress at the diner and his less than suave approach with that relationship makes him feel like the high school nerd. I love a book with a good dog and Stash fills the bill here.

This is a great book and I highly recommend it. Although it’s the second in the series, I didn’t feel like I missed anything not having read the previous book. 🙂

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The Here and Now by Ann Brashares
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was very unsure of this book before I read it. I’m not a science fiction reader and I also made the mistake of reading some reviews before I started reading. But, big BIG surprise, I loved it!

This book is about Penna and some people from the future coming back in time to 2010 to avoid plague and starvation. Penna becomes friends with Ethan, who is able to see time travelers so knew she was one without her having to tell him.

Together they discover something that should set the future right. In the process, they fall in love, something that is completely advised against in there traveler world.

I liked the story of Penna and Ethan. It could have happened in any time frame and it would have been a good one. Two thumbs up! 🙂

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Waiting for Wednesday by Nicci French
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wow. Well, I really liked this book. It’s the third in a series and the only reason I’m giving it a four instead of five stars is that I wandered around about the first third of the book trying to figure out who people were. Would it have been better if I’d read the previous two books first? Maybe.

But…once I got into it, I couldn’t put this book down. What an amazing tangle of mystery and intrigue. Frieda is a psychiatrist but apparently has been injured and recovering? But still, she is brought into the murder of a mother of one of her niece’s friends. That story I would have never figured out.

Then came another story where her life intersected with a former newspaper man who was on the trail of murdered/missing girls. Another big surprise.

I give this book two thumbs up but it may be good to read the first two books first. I know I plan to read them! 🙂

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The Hiltons: A Family Dynasty by J Randy Taraborelli

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I really liked this book! Like most people, I know of the Hiltons of today. But I was so intrigued with the history of the family.

The book chronicles Conrad Hilton’s rise in the hotel industry. I love knowing that he wasn’t “to the manner born” and worked hard to achieve his success. Twice, as he lost almost everything during the Great Depression.

I was especially interested in the hotel properties he acquired long ago that are still held and could feel his excitement about buying one he had his eye on.

It was interesting to read about his children’s lives. I didn’t know that they were involved with so many movie stars!

This was a terrific book. It drew me right in and I couldn’t put it down. Two thumbs up for The Hiltons! 🙂

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