Read Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon series

Earlier this year, I picked a random book of the New York Times Bestseller list, titled, The English Girl. As someone that likes novels about England, Ian McEwan books and admittedly, Regency era romance novels, I realized that I was reading a complicated spy novel with an amazing twist mid way through. The title character, Gabriel Allon, is an Israeli spy who has a talent for Italian art restoration and a hunger to capture a kidnapper. The novel is  thrilling and I was left wanting more as I finished it. It was so great in fact, that I sent emails to a few friends who I thought would enjoy it.

At the beginning of this summer, The Heist came out, and at this point, I recognized the author on the cover. I read through the book at a voracious speed, finishing it in a day. At the end of the Heist, I reached a turning point, I knew that the Heist was the fourteenth book in a series about Gabriel Allon. Each book is lengthy and I was a creature obsessed.

1. The Kill Artist: 512 pages
2. The English Assassin: 416 pages
3. The Confessor: 480 pages
4. A Death in Venice: 400 pages
5. Prince of Fire: 432 pages
6. The Messenger: 512 pages
7. The Secret Servant: 512 pages
8. Moscow Rules: 528 pages
9. The Defector: 528 pages
10. The Rembrandt Affair: 544 pages
11. Portrait of a Spy: 528 pages
12. The Fallen Angel: 464 pages

After 5,856 pages, I began to re-read the English Girl. The characters in the book had a lot more depth. While each book as a brief introduction of the characters, almost slightly like a more advanced Sweet Valley style, it was thrilling to be able to acknowledge previous missions and build further on the relationships between Gabriel, Chiara, Mikhail, and Shamron.

13. The English Girl: 544 pages
14. The Heist: 496 pages

Six thousand eight hundred and ninety six pages later, I can't wait for the next book. I'm about to start Daniel Silva's The Mark of the Assassin.

Yay, summer 2014!

Usher announces upcoming tour!

Seriously, this is something on my bucket list. All I need is Usher to post his third round of tour dates and hopefully he'll come to San Francisco. I just don't see how Atlanta isn't on there yet either. Obvi, he'll be going to both!

My fingers are crossed!

Daily Dose of Sad

Here is your daily dose of sad, ya'll.

I've edited this screen shot to reflect what I see when I read an OkCupid message sent me. User name is my creation. The message itself, is so sad, that I can't.

Christine's drink of choice

Gin + champagne + a squeeze of lime + and if possible, some St. Germaine.

All alcohol, very delicious, served mix with a lot of ice.

The Dom and Bom as Absolutely Fabulous would have you call it, and it is, absolutely fabulous.

Enjoy!

Although, I should include a small warning, here are some possible outcomes on what happens when you drink Dom and Boms:

• you may fall asleep on the floor in the middle of a party
• you may enjoy yourself at a wedding where you know few people and take a picture in a hat owned by someone dressed suspiciously like little bo' peep
• you might get hit on by a 20 year old Ivy League gentleman
• you may black out while making delicious Korean ramen noodles
• you might fall asleep and be caught snoring in the middle of a group of friends at 3 in the morning
• you may vomit
• you may want to have Gaviscon and Rolaids on hand.