Author: Nicholas Evans
Title: The Loop
Genre: Fiction, Romance
Pages: 434
Published: 1998
Where I Got It: My shelf (Free book in Free Book Bin in downtown Linden, MI)
From the author of "The Horse Whisperer" comes a breathtaking story of love, family and man's relationship with the natural world, set against the epic grandeur of the American West. The story surrounds wolf biologist Helen Ross who comes to the ranching town of Hope, Montana, to protect the wolves from those seeking their destruction.
Oh no...oh no. *looks around Goodreads* Oh no. All the amazing reviews!!!!!
Sooooo the story follows Helen Ross who is a wolf biologist and her goal is to save the wolves and maybe find love. But overall...wolves are her thing.
I tried SOOO HARD. I really did. For all those reviewers who adored this book. I really did try. I started reading this Feb 17. It took nearly a month for me to finally just set the book down and move on.
This is my 2nd book by this author and alas, the other one I skimmed through like a pool skimmer. Maybe it is the author? Maybe the author and I don't click? It's not that the writing style is bad, but I just cannot get myself to care about the people.
I liked the wolves and I hope Helen saves them. But I cannot read on.
DNF. The first and hopefully the only one of the year! *fingers crossed*
Author: Nicholas Evans
Title: The Smoke Jumper
Genre: Romance
Pages: 576
Published: 2001
Where I Got It: My shelf (Salvation Army)
His name is Connor Ford and he falls like an angel of mercy from the sky, braving the flames to save the woman he loves but knows he cannot have. For Julia Bishop is the partner of his best friend and fellow “smoke jumper,” Ed Tully. Julia loves them both–until a fiery tragedy on Montana’s Snake Mountain forces her to choose between them, and burns a brand on all their hearts.
In the wake of the fire, Connor embarks on a harrowing journey to the edge of human experience, traveling the world’s worst wars and disasters to take photographs that find him fame but never happiness. Reckless of a life he no longer wants, again and again he dares death to take him, until another fateful day on another continent, he must walk through fire once more…
*Wakes up* What? I'm at the last page? How...when? What? I feel like I just started this....I can't remember a single thing.......
All I remember is opening this book up. I read the first couple of chapters and thinking how good this was. I was absolutely hooked. I liked Skye. And then...blackness. I was mindlessly flipping through pages, skimming and just yawning my way through this.
Was this boring? No...it wasn't. I just did NOT care a lick about anything or anyone. My liking of Skye even faded when she became just a side character because Julia and Connor took center stage with their forbidden love and yadda yadda.
I can honestly tell you I have very few memories from this book until the last couple of chapters. Things happen and everyone lives happily ever after. Except for Eddy. Sad.
I wanted to read this book for SO long and I am highly disappointed.
I do not recommend this book. It is covered in cliches and stupid characters who are complete jerks. The ending was too happy for my liking....there needed to be some sadness. I technically finished the book, but between chapter three until the last two chapters, I was a mindless robot and just skimmed and probably slept during it and just kept turning the pages. This really should be marked as a DNF honestly. I'll give this 1 star.
