Long awaited Chocolate

It has been a very long time that I posted about chocolate. Now this close to New Year, I think it is a good time to talk some sweet nonsense and round up the year with chocolate.
I have been very devoted to Trader Joe’s these past few months (they opened a new branch close to our house), specially their wonderful French Truffles which I adore! Three of these per day and you have your fix of chocolate for day.
Another chocolate bought from Trader Joe’s was “Simply Light” chocolate bars. They come in three flavors, Milk chocolate, Dark chocolate and Almond Dark chocolate and are supposed to be low calorie. They are very sweet (probably from artificial sweeteners) and oily. Also there is some special type formulated for Carb-Watchers and is gluten free but again too sweet and oily for my taste.
Have been adoring Lindt’s Lindor Truffles White Chocolate. They are creamy and comforting and melt in you mouth goodness. My only problem was not getting enough cocoa from these truffles. They were more like cookies for me and I had to have a piece of dark chocolate afterward to get my cocoa fix.
My recent discovery is Godiva’s small chocolate bars. You can get these treats in supermarket for $3.00 and enjoy a quick fix! I’m currently enjoying the Milk chocolate flavor which has all the goodness of Godiva truffles. Each bar can be broken into four not-so-little squares and enjoyed separately.

A journey to Discworld

Have been rereading Kim Harrison’s Rachel Morgan series due to having no better book available! How? The library was closed when I went to check out “Discworld” series and I had to keep busy over the weekend!
Anyhow, I finally got to check out: “The Light Fantastic”, “The Thief of time”, “Jingo”, “Feet of Clay” and “Monstrous Regiment”.
I admit “The Light Fantastic”, “Jingo” and “Feet of Clay” are not my favorites but it was these or waiting for a couple of weeks for my on holds to get to our branch.
So now starts my fantastic long anticipated journey to Discworld.
Annnnd to make things more official I am going to sign up with Marg form “Reading Adventures” in her Terry Pratchett 2010 challenge. It is the first challenge I’ve ever taken and I’m excited. Sheesh! I am a Challenge Virgin!

As I am a very fast reader I can finish the whole series in a couple of months, the challenge part for me is choosing the books that I love and buying them! I have been looking for box sets of mini series but found nothing. So I’m going to pick the individual books I love and start collecting them!
Good luck to me!

One book, two book, three…

I was thinking of checking out all of Terry Pratchett’s books from the library on Thursday and having “Discworld” orgy over the holidays but I totally forgot! Sheesh!
What I did check out were:
“50 Ways to Hex Your Lover” by Linda Wisdom, the first book of the series about that expelled witch class. This is the love story of Jazz and Nick. A nice action packed (!!) story but I liked Stasi’s tale better.
The seventh book of Psy-Changelings series “Blaze of Memory” by Nalini Singh was great. A Forgotten director finds a beaten and broken Psy on his door step and cares for her despite all the suspicions. The Psy –network is becoming unstable and I have two new guess on the identity of “Ghost”: Aden or Vasil. Am I clever or what?!

Have started a new book: “Working for the Devil” (Dante Valentine, Book 1) by Lilith Saintcrow. One quart into the book, I haven’t made my mind if I want to finish this book or not. Let’s give it a couple of more chapters!

Read a book and relax!

I am still reading to calm my nerves, so I did a lot of re-read:
The first 5 books of Sookie Stackehouse series, “Soulless”, and “The Host” were my rereads.
I also finished “Tempest Rising” (Jane True series) by Nicole Peeler. The book is from the same publisher as “Soulless” and has the same editor, but that’s where similarities end. “Tempest Rising” is a modern supernatural romance mystery, featuring a half selkie half human girl named Jane who is a misfit in her small fishing town up north in Main.
Let me tell you first that I didn’t like the book and I think the character was weak. The story was somehow illogical, very rushed and full of unnecessary characters. Also Jane was supposed to be a college graduate but she was talking like a trailer trash girl. And she easily went with that vampire boy and let him wine and dine and romance her and had this whole Cinderella experience with gorgeous clothes and balls and spa and all but all that time she was thinking negatively about the guy. She was behaving like a paid mistress, (very déclassé) and has the guts to get upset with the guy when she thought he is using her! Can I say it again? Very white trash!
And, how in god’s green earth this half cooked book has won some kind of praise?
My current read is “Confessions of a Demon” by S.L. Wright. It is an urban fantasy full of demons, mayhem, a little romance a lot of confusion! Love Allay, she is kind and loving and strong…

Can't wait for the Wednsday to pass and my exam, then I go get a whole bunch of good books and become totaly lazy for the holidays!