All Things: The Official Guide to the X-Files: Volume 6

All Things: The Official Guide to the X-Files: Volume 6
By Marc Shapiro
0061076112 279p

Great to read the synopsis for my favorite episodes! And great to read the behind-the-scenes stuff, some of which was new to me.
8/10

Nights and Days at Pemberley

Nights and Days at Pemberley
By Linda Berdoll
9781402205637 429p

Every time I read another ridiculous phrase used for Darcy's, ahem assets, I flash to the scenes in 10 Things I Hate About You where the guidance counselor is writing her trashy romance novel and trying to come up with different phrases for "Reginald's quivering member." Great movie, great scenes, great actress (love Allison Janney!), but all played as a joke. I just hope Linda Berdoll is joking too.
Otherwise, the book jumps all over the place at times, place and time actually. Fun book overall.
8/10

Soccer Against the Enemy

Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power
By Simon Kuper
9781560258780 300p

More dates would be helpful! I knew maybe 1% of the names and situations he mentions. Guess the book is meant for a much bigger soccer fan than me! I was always glad when I recognized what he was talking about (ie "Hand of God"). He got to tal to a lot of interesting people, though. Very fast paced and interesting as he hopped around the world. Breezy, enjoyable. Subtitle doesn't make much sense, as that only seems to be a small point in the grand scheme of the book. He seemed to focus more on the ways politics and soccer mesh- keeping a corrupt government in power is part of that, but it was more about the day to day workings.
8/10

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel
By Baroness Orczy
343p (via PlanetEBook.com)

Love this story! Always have, saw it on Broadway in high school and have been a fan ever since.
9/10

Sarum

Sarum
By Edward Rutherford
897p

Sort of like 'Pillars of the Earth'- Wow! Great book. Read the first 600 pages the week before I toured Sarum, which was very cool! (side note- Go visit Old Sarum, it was just as enjoyable as Stonehenge, possibly moreso.)
10/10

Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul

Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul
By Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
00757300987 398p

Opposite of the teen Chicken Soup- almost no poems, drama but no over-dramatic stories. Solid, sweet but calm stories. Very enjoyable!
8/10