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2015 Reading Challenge

2015 Reading Challenge
Lynn has read 2 books toward her goal of 150 books.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

I love Lucy

Let's jump right in because I have more reading to do...

Absolutely, Positively- Chapters 1-6
   New characters met/ mentioned:
Lucy Valentine, has psychic ability to find lost object, operates Lost Loves;
Suzannah Ruggieri, office manager of Valentine, Inc.;
Preston Bailey, reporter, friend of Lucy's;
Lone Ranger, mystery man who throws money into public;
Dovie, Lucy's grandmother;
Judie, Lucy's mother;
Oscar, Lucy's father; owner of Valentine, Inc.;
Sean Donahue, Lucy's boyfriend, works for SD Investigations and Lost Loves;
Macalaster Gladstone, missing man;
Rufus, Mac's dog;
Betty, Mac's wife, died in house fire;
Jemima, Mac's daughter;
Rick Hayes, Jemima's husband;
Sam Donahue, Sean's brother; owner of SD Investigations;
Oliver "Cutter" McCutchan, Lucy's half-brother, artist;
Meaghan Archibald, Lost Love's new client;
Tristan Rourke, Meaghan's lost love she hires Lucy to find;
Mary Ellen & Anthony Spero, Meaghan & Tristan's foster parents;
Raphael, Oscar's valet;
Maggie Constantine, Raphael's girlfriend;
Aiden Holliday, police officer, Lucy's friend;
Christa, Jamima & Rick's daughter;
Esme, housekeeper in Mac's house;
Emerson Baumbach, one of Lucy's best friends, living with Dovie;
Marisol Valerius, Lucy's other best friend, a vet;
   Summary:
Lucy, Suz, and Preston continue to try to figure out who the Lone Ranger is.  Lucy finds out her mom is dating.  Dovie wants to hire Sean to find a man she knows who has disappeared, Macalaster Gladstone.  Dovie explains that she is worried because Mac's daughter is too accepting of Mac's disappearance; she doesn't think the police are giving the search enough attention.  Lucy shares that Sean is apartment hunting and her family and friends start harassing her about inviting Sean to live with her.  She says she is not ready and is worried about Cupid's Curse- a curse that keeps people in her family from finding true love.  Preston continues to push to find out the secrets of the Valentine family.  Lucy and Preston meet with Lost Love's new client, Meaghan.  She wants to find Tristan, a boy she was in foster care with when she was a teenager.  Tristan helped Meaghan through a rough time in her life and she lost touch with him; she told them that the last she knew Tristan was in prison.  With some investigation the Lost Loves crew finds out about Tristan's troubled past.  Tristan's been out of prison for 5 years; they are working to find him.  Lucy discovers who her mom is dating; she is not sure how to react.  Lucy and Cutter discuss Oscar's plans to have Cutter take over Valentine, Inc.  Lucy asks Aidan for help with Mac's missing persons case and Lucy and Sean go to Mac's house to talk to Jamima; she is standoffish.  They meet Christa and Rufus and end up offering Rufus a temporary home with Dovie.  They discover Mac had a secret he was keeping from people.  Lucy tries to convince Em to go on a vacation since she just called off her wedding; she also hints about Em dating Aiden.


Shadowfever- Chapters 4 & 5
   New characters met/ mentioned:
Aoibheal, Seelie Queen;
   Summary:
Mac and Darroc find their way to the White Mansion, the house the Unseelie King built for his human concubine.  Mac probes for useful information about fae and the Unseelie.  Darroc tells Mac there is a passage from the White Mansion to Dublin, an Interdimensional Fairy Pothole (IFP) Mac calls them.  Darroc gives Mac instructions on finding the IFP, a large mirror, and they split up to look for it.  Mac makes her plans for what she will do with the Sinsar Dubh.  Dani is trying to motivate sidhe-seers to fight; she is worried there has been no sign of Mac or Barrons.  While searching the mansion Mac ends up in a wing with black floors, which Darroc warned her to avoid; he has to save her from hallucinations.

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