Something New

Ok, so I want to try something different. For the past few weeks, I've been posting books that I own, cuz I absolutely love them lol.
And I'm not even done.
But, I want to bring in my readers to this posting.
Answer these questions:
What genre do you prefer? (paranormal, romance, sci-fi, fantasy, erotica, myster, etc)
What author is your absolute favorite? Why?
What series is your favorite? Why?
What book do you recommend? Why?
And here is another question a friend and I get into debates about lol: Do you like books in 1st or 3rd person?

Answer all these questions and give me ur name, and I will post on here, as a reader of the week or the month!!!

There are couple ways of doing so . . .
email: lhomfeld@gmail.com
facebook: "my book blog" site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Book-Blog/154239747967601?sk=wall
don't forget to "like" the page

Good readings to you!!!

Jacquelyn Frank

So, here is another author that I put up there with miss MaryJanice Davidson, Michele Bardsley and Laurell K Hamilton.
The lovely Jacquelyn Frank.
Why do I enjoy her series?
The first book that I picked up, "Jacob", I so fell in love with him. I mean, I wish there were other characters like him, lol. He is so adorable but really bad@$$ at the same time.
Here is the description from the back of the book:

Jacob the Enforcer belongs to one of the many Nightwalker races that thrive on the dark of night. He has a job to do for his species and it's rather straightforward. He polices his people. During the full moon their animal urge to mate overcomes them, and if they stay within their race they never need to encounter the Enforcer. But if they cross the line and turn their lust to another species...say humans...it's Jacob's duty to prevent them and then to punish them severely for it. As this 'madness' grows worse and worse for his people, there is hardly a family who hasn't felt the brutal sting of Jacob's justice. Punishment is so dire and so feared, Jacob can call very few others his friend and the life the Enforcer leads is a very solitary one.

Then one night during a hunt for one of his own, he encounters the first human woman who will tempt him in all of his 622 years of life. Isabella is a simple Bronx gal who works at her local library, lives with her sister and owns a cat.

She hardly expects a night of moongazing to change her life forever and send her falling for a man like Jacob in all kinds of outrageous ways. Heck, she certainly doesn't expect that he isn't exactly a 'man'... although he sure looks like one, smells like one and boy-oh-boy does he feel like one!

As for the Enforcer, Jacob finds himself tempted beyond reason, needing Isabella to the point that he begins to strain against every law he has always upheld.

But before long the couple finds themselves fighting for their lives against evil, Jacob's bretheren, and even their own desires for each other. How can they find the way to resist one another before Jacob faces his own punishments...or before Bella ends up dead, torn up from the animal passion inside of him that she, as a human, is too frail to ever endure?

Sounds intriguing right? I loved the book, and I got some other books that goes with this series. I haven't had the chance to read them because I have others in need of reading lol.

My favorite part of this book, is the earth-shattering sex scene. Literally, earth-shattering lol. For some reason, it always stuck in my mind, that scene. lol. It made me laugh lol.

As usual here is the links:

http://www.jacquelynfrank.com/main.html
http://www.facebook.com/authorjacquelynfrank
http://twitter.com/#!/JacquelynFrank

I hope you enjoy this series, and others that she has wrote.
Good readings!!!

As my mind is fried

Ok, so it's been a few days since my last "little" bloggie.
I'm going to just do another little one, considering it's about the first book in a series I am currently reading, BECAUSE MY BRAIN IS LITERALLY FRIED FROM CRAMMING SO MUCH MEDICAL DISORDERS AND SYSTEMS AND BLAH BLAH BLAH IN MY HEAD LOL.
So, the series I am talking about is the Broken Heart series. No, it's not about broken hearts lol. It's based in a little community in Broken Heart, Oklahoma.
The first book, "I'm the Vampire, That's Why", is about a woman named Jessica Matthews who is one of 11 single parents who were turned during an unfortunate incident (a vampire has "the taint" and goes on a killing spree). She wakes up sucking on the thigh of a naked vampire Patrick O'Halloran. Hee hee.
Anywho, she can mentally have conversations with Patrick and his brother Lorcan (the one who went on a killing spree).
Lorcan's "taint" was that he is a vampire given dead blood of a lycanthrope, and made him go mad.
Patrick finds out that Jessica is his "soul mate", and teaches her all these things, like using his fairy swords, fighting like a pro, and flying and so on and so on.
Anyways, she also finds out stuff on her late husband, not only did he cheat on her, but he felt so bad, and that he wanted to make it work but the girl he cheated on her with wanted to sabotage their marriage which worked. But nothing was solved due to the accident that killed him.
Oh yeah, and the "other woman" Charlene is also one of the 11 who were turned.
And they all go against "the wraiths" who are the ones behind the "taint", and tries to demolish all the vampires in Broken Heart, but . . . yeah, I will stop there lol.
Ok, so I know I'm not making sense on this book, but you will definitely enjoy these books. I'm currently reading the second book, "Don't Talk Back to Your Vampire", which is the 2nd book of the series, and I've read books 3 and 5 (Because Your Vampire Said So, and Over My Dead Body), so I started in the middle of the series and not even realized it lol.
Here is the link to the author:
http://michelebardsley.com/
And here is the link to the Broken Heart Series
http://www.wix.com/vampiremom/mbnewsite/broken-heart

Here is the order of the books:
I'm the Vampire, That's Why
Don't Talk Back to Your Vampire
Because Your Vampire Said So
Wait Til Your Vampire Get's Home
Over My Dead Body
Come Hell or High Water
Cross Your Heart
Must Love Lycans (September 2011)

Good readings to you

P.S. With all that cramming, I passed my test and got an 80!!!

RT Book Reviews

This is really short considering I have homework to do lol
I was at Barnes & Nobles yesterday and found a magazine called RT Book Reviews.
It covers mystery, romance, paranormal, inspiration, etc.
Here is the link if you are interested:
http://www.rtbookreviews.com/
If you want to have the copy in front of you, just go to the magazine section and look under "literature" and you will see Book Reviews.
Ok, told you it was going to be short lol
Good readings to you
Now I'm off to study anatomy and physiology

Mary Shelley

Ok, so here is another brilliant author, Mary Shelley (1797-1851). Yes, as in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (published in 1818).
Another tragic love story, with some horror in it.
Why do I think it's a love story? Hhhhmmmm, not cuz it's romantic, cuz it definitely was not lol. I think the reason why I call it a love story is that "the monster" actually had a heart. He hated the fact that people ran away from him because of the way he looked. And all he wanted was to fit in.
And what's a love story without any drama? lol
It got to the point that "the monster" was so angry at his creator, that he actually caused a lot of damage everywhere he went. He killed his creator's little brother, and really got back at him when he killed his creator's new bride on their wedding night. In exchange for his life, he agreed to the monster that he will take his late wife and bring her back so the monster will have someone to love (hence, frankenstein's bride)

If you don't want to read the book, I totally recommend the movie with Robert Deniro (1994). But beware, it is a very long movie lol.
I actually cried watching the movie cuz I felt bad for the monster and then when the wife comes back as another monster, she was so angry at him, and I felt so bad for the both of them, cuz now the poor things won't be able to fit into the society of stuck up snobby people just because of the way they look.

I hope everyone enjoys this book, it's definitely worth the read. Or the few hours watching the movie, but just make sure you have a blanket with you to pull over your eyes and a box of tissues next to you to catch the tears, and of a course a box of chocolates to make you feel better lol

Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte (1818-1848). Author of one of my favorite romance novels Wuthering Heights.
Wuthering Heights . . . ah, how do I love thee.
Published in 1847, caused a lot of ruckus in those days, due to the dark mental and physical problems.
To sum it up as much as I can, cuz a WHOLE lot happens. It's a love story between Catherine and Heathcliff (even though they were never together).
LOL, to be honest, this is the 3rd attempt of writing this blog because it's either giving the plot of the story or trying to sum it up, which is almost impossible lol.
But here is a Wikipedia of the story, it's awesome. It has the plot from the beginning to the end, after that it has a list of all the characters and who they are, and then there is a family tree at the end.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_heights
I totally recommend this book if you like a real dramatic, teary-eyed book. It'll make you cry, it will make you angry.
But it is truly romantic in all aspects.
I first heard about this book while watching Friends. You know, the one where Phoebe takes a literature class and Rachel tags along, and steals all of Phoebe's ideas for answers lol.
And then I saw it mentioned in the Twilight series, and I was thinking, "OK, apparently it was meant to be to read this book"
I could not put it down.
There are some parts your going to get lost in due to the language from the period.
If you prefer to watch the movie instead, I totally recommend the 1939 version of Wuthering Heights. There are other movies, and of course there were television series based on the book. But I truly adore the movie. I watched on AMC at like 2 o'clock in the morning, cuz sometimes I have problems sleeping, and I cried.
Well, I hope you check out the link that I put on here, and I hope it intrigues you enough to read the book. Totally recommend it.

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). The author of The Picture of Dorian Gray (published in 1891).
Characters Basil (not pronounced like the herb) and Lord Henry are attracted to Dorian because of his beauty.
And Sibyl who pretty much had Dorian's heart.
He has his portrait painted in the beginning of the story, and with this painting, he never ages.
When he realized he was lonely because his friends were aging and dying and he was still beautiful and young, he became angry. I won't tell you the ending.
I don't remember a lot on this story, because even though it was a good story, it was long. lol. It took me forever to read it.
If you've watched League of Extraordinary Gentleman, it has some qualities of the book, he is handsome, he is young, but the only difference is the ending on Dorian's life in the movie and in the book.
I was very disappointed in the ending. lol. I got to the end, read it, closed it, looked at my husband and literally said :"That's it? No POOF?" lol
With the way the book was magicially, I thought it would end the same way, and not simple.
Some people might of found it a really good ending, some people might of thought it was a good book all together, there might even be some that thought that after reading it the 1st time, they will never pick it up again.
But, honestly? I would so pick it up again. It's one of those books that you know that even when you didn't get it the first time, the 2nd time you read it, you will have better understanding on it and realize there are some parts that you never noticed because you spaced out hahahaha.
I do recommend this book. I'm not hating against it. I'm going to give it another chance. Every time I look at my bookshelf in the living room with all my classic books and ginormous books, I keep telling it, some other time, when I have the patience lol. You have to actually sit down and read it.

Off the topic, here are some updates on my current reading and a wonderful surprise that I got last night:
Just finished Michelle Bardsley's "I'm the Vampire, That's Why". The first book of the Broken Heart series. lol. yeah, I made the mistake of reading book 5 first, and not even realize it until I read book 4, went to Barnes & Noble to get more, and realized, I've been reading it all wrong hahahha. I was lost a few times, now I know why. But I absolutely love the series so far. Half way done considering I have 6 books of the series and read 3. Totally recommend it. When I finish the the last book, I will definitely put a post on it.
Second? I am very honored to say that MaryJanice Davidson commented on my blog "OH MY GOSH!!!". The blog was all about her Undead Series.

Ok, off to read book #2 of the Broken Heart series.
I will post about another classic tomorrow. And by far, I think it's the best classic book I have (and I have many)

Good readings to you :)