Praise for the Lumby Series

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The 8th Confession by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

The Women's Murder Club series is back with their eighth adventure. Detective Lindsay Boxer is thrown into one of the most mysterious murder sprees yet. Famous people are being murdered without any trace of the cause of death. As far as anyone can tell, these people are all perfectly healthy, except that they are dead. Even an autopsy reveals nothing.

Lindsay is at a dead end, when a series of similar unsolved deaths from the early 1980's surfaces. She realizes these cases are eerily similar. Could the same person responsible for those murders be striking again?

Another member of the Women's Murder Club is busy trying to solve a case of her own. Journalist Cindy Thomas stumbles upon the dead body of a homeless person, known only as Bagman Jesus. Nobody is too concerned about this man's murder, except Cindy. She never expects to uncover the startling past of Bagman Jesus.

This is one of my two all time favorite series. The other is Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books. I read this in two days. The story took a few turns here and there and kept you guessing. Mainly I just love the characters. I always have. I'm looking forward to the 9th Judgment, but I'm going to have to wait for the library to get it.

Interview with Author Laura Lyseight and book give away!

Book Give-Away June 7 - 14:

Interview with Author Laura Lyseight and book give away at Linda Weaver Clarke's blog!

Laura has been a source of inspiration and great influence in the lives of many teenagers and children. Her burning ambition to see teens find and reach their full potential has driven her to write books to challenge, empower and enrich their lives beyond their own expectations. A private tutor and coach, and a best-selling author, Laura is mentoring teens to leadership and helping them create their own success stories.

Visit http://lindaweaverclarke.blogspot.com and leave a comment if you’re interested in this amazing book.

Every Monday Linda will try to have a new book give away! If you’re interested in getting to know new authors, don’t forget to check out her past interviews if you haven’t.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

I'm behind the times...I'm probably the last person in the world to read this book, but finally I did. I'm glad I took the time, it was well worth the wait. As someone who always loved romances, it's surprising I never read it before this.

A brief...very brief description from Barnes & Noble...

Synopsis

Many consider this rich social commentary to be Jane Austen's finest novel. It is certainly among her more famous ones. Austen sets her entertaining study of manners and misconceptions against the backdrop of a class-conscious society in 18th-century England.

Spirited, intelligent Elizabeth Bennet is alternately enchanted and affronted by Mr. Darcy. She is quick to suspend her usual, more rational judgment when it comes to him. She also is quick to believe the worst gossip about this haughty, opinionated man, who soon manages to alienate Elizabeth and her family. But is the condescending air that Mr. Darcy wars an indication of his real character? Or has Elizabeth's pride gotten in the way of her chance for true romance?

Of course there is so much more to this novel than what is in this synopsis, but it would take too long to wrap it up in a nice bow. Besides, it's hard to do better than Austen's own words.

I loved the way the characters all intermingled with each other. Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth were destined and readers know this from the beginning. Elizabeth's sisters were well-rounded characters and her mother was very well written, too. Elizabeth's relationships with each character were intriguing to read and I was captivated as this story played out on each page.

Anyway, I will eventually get to the other novels in the Jane Austen collection and a few of the sequels and satires as well. I've read some of the modern books based on Pride and Prejudice and enjoyed them, too. When all is said and done, I still prefer reading modern books to the classics. The classics are good, but they just don't grab me like the contemporary books do.

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