I think this will pretty much be it for the year! The rest of the year is going to be super busy! Here are my vacation reads.
57. The Beach House - Jane Green
58. A Million Little Pieces - James Fray
59 To Begin Again - Naomi Levy
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
56. Splendor - Anna Godbersen
Super great series! Its young adult - but I dont think 13 year olds need to be reading about this. It is definietly for the 16 and up reader. I am sad this is the last book in the series! These books would be a FANTASTIC movie! I am so glad my oldest friend talked me into reading them! They are not my usual read as they are set in the late 1800s early 1900s.
More books! Forgot to Update
54. Shopaholic and Sister - Sophie Kinsella
55. Shopaholic and Baby - Sophie Kinsella ( I hope she continues the series!)
55. Shopaholic and Baby - Sophie Kinsella ( I hope she continues the series!)
52. Daddys Little Girl - Mary Higgins Clark
Read in October
From Publishers WeeklyWriting in the first person a rarity for this veteran author has inspired and energized Clark. Her 21st novel of intrigue is her best in years, a tightly woven, emotionally potent tale of suspense and revenge. Clark's new heroine is Atlanta investigative journalist Ellie Cavanaugh, who was seven when her sister, Andrea, 15, was beaten to death by 20-year-old Rob Westerfield, scion of the wealthiest family in a small Westchester town. Now Westerfield is up for parole, so Ellie, now 30, returns home to speak out against him. When Westerfield is released, Ellie begins to write a book aimed at re-proving his guilt. Digging for evidence, she uncovers clues that Westerfield may have committed another murder as a youth, but that digging also enrages the Westerfields and other town members who think the man was railroaded. Before long, Ellie's life is in danger, as someone breaks into the house she's staying in, then later sets fire to it, nearly killing her, and as Westerfield himself begins to shadow her moves. What makes this novel work isn't only the considerable tension Clark teases from Ellie's precarious position, but the thoughtful backgrounding to the action. Ellie is cast as a lonely woman, without a lover and estranged from her father and half-brother: will she accept one or the other into her guarded life?; and she carries a heavy load of guilt for her sister's death, wondering at times if she is blinded by her thirst for vengeance. With its textured plot, well-sketched secondary characters, strong pacing and appealing heroine, this is Clark at her most winning. (On sale, Apr. 16)
From Publishers WeeklyWriting in the first person a rarity for this veteran author has inspired and energized Clark. Her 21st novel of intrigue is her best in years, a tightly woven, emotionally potent tale of suspense and revenge. Clark's new heroine is Atlanta investigative journalist Ellie Cavanaugh, who was seven when her sister, Andrea, 15, was beaten to death by 20-year-old Rob Westerfield, scion of the wealthiest family in a small Westchester town. Now Westerfield is up for parole, so Ellie, now 30, returns home to speak out against him. When Westerfield is released, Ellie begins to write a book aimed at re-proving his guilt. Digging for evidence, she uncovers clues that Westerfield may have committed another murder as a youth, but that digging also enrages the Westerfields and other town members who think the man was railroaded. Before long, Ellie's life is in danger, as someone breaks into the house she's staying in, then later sets fire to it, nearly killing her, and as Westerfield himself begins to shadow her moves. What makes this novel work isn't only the considerable tension Clark teases from Ellie's precarious position, but the thoughtful backgrounding to the action. Ellie is cast as a lonely woman, without a lover and estranged from her father and half-brother: will she accept one or the other into her guarded life?; and she carries a heavy load of guilt for her sister's death, wondering at times if she is blinded by her thirst for vengeance. With its textured plot, well-sketched secondary characters, strong pacing and appealing heroine, this is Clark at her most winning. (On sale, Apr. 16)
50. Mother From Hell - Ken & Patrick Doyle
This book was extremly disturbing. I met one of the authors, Ken Doyle at an Irish festival. This book isn't published in the US but if you can find it I recommend it even though it was hard to get through. It tells the story of these two boys lives being tortured by their mother and even after hospitalizations no one ever hekped them. There are pages of social services notes from ireland that they knew about the abuse.
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