Cicely Loves Books

Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked out from the library. I'm reading Once Upon a Thriller by Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew Diaries) and All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior. I'm listening to Chronicles of the Red King: The Secret Kingdom by Jenny Nimmo, read by John Keating. Last week I reviewed The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, narrated by Richard E. Grant.  This week on SYNC you can download Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick, narrated by Noah Galvin (Hachette Audio) and October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman, narrated by Emily Beresford, Luke Daniels, Tom Parks, Nick Podehl, Kate Rudd, Christina Traister (Brilliance Audio). Downloads are free till Wednesday. Thursday the new downloads are Torn from Troy by Patrick

When  Colonel Protheroe is found dead at the vicarage, it causes quite the stir in St. Mary Mead. Even after there are two confessions, the police and the townsfolk are wondering how it happened. But little old Miss Marple is the one who solves the case. I read a lot of Agatha Christie as a teenager, like a lot . But it's been a while so when SYNC offered up The Murder at the Vicarage I knew I had to give it a listen. And I'm glad I did. I love a good murder mystery especially one that features Miss Marple who is clearly one of the best detectives ever conceived. It's interesting that everyone views her as a nosy old lady even the vicar at the start of the book. But by the end he comes to respect her keen observation powers and skills at deduction. Miss Marple is an example to us all. I don't remember reading this book though I'm sure I did so I couldn't remember the solution. It was simple yet not at all obvious like most of Christie's mysteries. I didn

Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked out from the library. I'm reading  All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior. I'm listening to The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, narrated by Richard E. Grant. Last week I reviewed Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, narrated by Emma Galvin. This week on SYNC you can download I’d Tell You I Love You, But THen I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter, narrated by Renée Raudman (Brilliance Audio) and Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, narrated by Colleen Winton (Post Hypnotic Press).  Downloads are free till Wednesday. Thursday the new downloads are  Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick, narrated by Noah Galvin (Hachette Audio) and October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard

Tandy Angel is a member of the elite Angel family, known for their perfectionism and lack of emotion. Some people call them sociopaths, she just thinks of them as family. When her parents are found dead in their room, the police suspect foul play and everyone including the Angel kids are under suspicion. Confession: I found Tandy Angel extremely hard to relate to, but then she is almost the exact opposite of me. Her parents have encouraged, beyond encouraged, made her into a emotionless, laser focus practically automaton. So much so I expect the big reveal to be that Tandy and her brothers were created in a lab of some kind. Not quite it turns out, but close (unless that comes up in the next book).  She methodically tries to find out who killed her parents believing she has a better shot than the police and in the midst of her investigation, without her parents' influence, she beings to develop emotions as more and more of the Angel parents' secrets come to light. In the end I

Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked out from the library. I'm reading  All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior. I'm listening to Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, narrated by Emma Galvin. Last week I reviewed The Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer, read by Maxwell Caulfied. This week on SYNC you can download Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein, narrated by Morven Christie and Lucy Gaskell (Bolinda Audio) and The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill, narrated by Bernadette Dunne. Downloads are free til Wednesday. Thursday the new downloads are I’d Tell You I Love You, But THen I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter, narrated by Renée Raudman (Brilliance Audio) and Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, nar

Riley, a teen orphan boy living in Victorian London, has had the misfortune of being apprenticed to Albert Garrick, an illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and now uses his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims’ dwellings. On one such escapade, Garrick brings his reluctant apprentice along and urges him to commit his first killing. Riley is saved from having to commit the grisly act when the intended victim turns out to be a scientist from the future, part of the FBI’s Witness Anonymous Relocation Program (WARP). Riley is unwittingly transported via wormhole to modern day London, followed closely by Garrick. In modern London, Riley is helped by Chevron Savano, a nineteen-year-old FBI agent sent to London as punishment after a disastrous undercover, anti-terrorist operation in Los Angeles. Together Riley and Chevie must evade Garrick, who has been fundamentally altered by his trip through the wormhole. Garrick is now not only evil, but he also possesse

Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked out from the library. I'm reading  All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior. I'm listening to The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, Narrated by Richard E. Grant This week on SYNC you can download  All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill, narrated by Meredith Mitchell (Tantor Audio) and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, performed by Richard Dreyfuss, JoBeth Williams, Stacy Keach, Kelsey Grammer, and a full cast (L.A. Theatre Works) Thursday the new downloads are Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein, narrated by Morven Christie and Lucy Gaskell (Bolinda Audio) and The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill, narrated by Bernadette Dunne (christianaudio).

Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked out from the library. I'm reading  All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior. I'm listening to WARP: The Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer, narrated by Maxwell Caulfield. This week on SYNC you can download Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, narrated by Emma Galvin (Hachette Audio) and The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, narrated by Richard E. Grant (Harper Audio). Downloads are free til Wednesday. Thursday the new downloads are All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill, narrated by Meredith Mitchell (Tantor Audio) and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, performed by Richard Dreyfuss, JoBeth Williams, Stacy Keach, Kelsey Grammer, and a full cast (L.A. Theatre Works)