Hello everyone and welcome to Week 2! I hope you're keeping cool and enjoying the many good books out there.
This week, I just wanted to share a few books that are getting some great buzz out in the "blogosphere."
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy
suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends
reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He
swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange
searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent
calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's
beautiful wife?
Blackwater has 5 copies and there are already 12 holds, so get your name on the list!
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thomason Walker - Imagines the coming-of-age story of young Julia, whose world is thrown
into upheaval when it is discovered that the Earth's rotation has
suddenly begun to slow, posing a catastrophic threat to all life. - Speculative literary fiction, great reviews are popping up all over the place.
Blackwater has
3 copies, 1 of which is available, so snatch it up while you can.
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty - A novel about the friendship between an adolescent, pre-movie-star
Louise Brooks, and the 36-year-old woman who chaperones her to New York
City for a summer, in 1922, and how it changes both their lives.- Great for those interested in silent films and the Roaring Twenties.
Blackwater has
2 copies that were just cataloged yesterday.
All right - that's it for this week, folks. Get reading and leave a comment here for the books you finish this week. Love to see what everyone is reading and it can't hurt to get a chance to win a Walmart gift card :)
Cruising Attitude by Heather Poole
ReplyDeleteForbidden by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
Claremont
Soul Survivor by Bruce and Andrea Leininger
ReplyDeleteHonor Few, Fear None by Ruben "Doc" Cavazos
FINISHED WILD THING BY JOSH BAZELL. TERRIBLE
ReplyDeleteProbiotic Foods for Good Health by Beatrice Trum hunter
ReplyDeletethe Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook by Pam Hoenig
Kiss the Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton (didn't like it)
ReplyDeleteEssential Visual History of World Mythology by National Geographic
Mortal by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
Claremont
Jennifer, for Kiss the Dead, have you been an Anita Blake fan and this was a bad book in the run, or was this your first reading of one of Hamilton's books? I only ask since Kiss the Dead is #21 in the series.
DeleteGet Out of that Pit by Beth Moore
ReplyDeleteHer writing style felt like I was just sitting down having an amazing conversation with a friend! Her sharing her own stories and others who have shared their hearts as well all about thoughts and attitudes affecting truly living with joy in their everyday lives and grounding in the word of God was fabulous! I gleaned alot of wonderful wisdom and encouragement from this book...can't wait to see her live this Sept in Reading, PA (hopefully, God willing)!
Courtland
Hope you have fun in Reading if you get to go, Amber!
Delete"Old-fashioned Girl" by Louisa May Alcott. I absolutely loved "Little Women" as a young girl and saw this novel when I was signing up for the online lending program. I enjoyed the way the story just sort of tumbled along, relating one child-like incident after another, it reminded me of a family sitting around reminiscing about the past and creating that warm glow of good memories. The best part of the book was when the author gave a quick sidebar wherein sh pe alerts the reader that she is going to bring the love story portion of the tale to a "satisfactory" conclusion since she received so many complaints and questions about not doin so in another book- an obvious reference to Laurie's unrequited love by Jo in Little Women.
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DeleteIt's always great to hear people still enjoying the classics! To be honest, I didn't realize how many books Alcott wrote. I remembered Little Women and Little Men, but that's about it! Time to add to the "to read" list.
"Amy Inspired" by Bethany Pierce. Some typical fare in the Inspirational fiction/romance genre, Amy Inspired chronicles a year in the life of a college professor who has some significant self-confidence issues. She ultimately falls in love with the down on his luck artist who rooms in her apartment. Of course, there's the obligatory 'I love you, you love me but this won't work' tension built in which propels the love interest out of state for a season. But, in the end Amy meets back up with said love interest and discovers that, despite her flaws, he has made her his muse and inspired his greatest art ever. The end. A bit sappy, but character development was much better in this book than many in the genre. A good, predictable and mindless read.
ReplyDelete"The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DeCamillo. What a lovely story about love, loss, and redemption....all for children! I absolutely loved reading this with my young boys. Edward's miraculous journey from selfish, thoughtless, and egotistical to a rabbit we could all love was written in an engaging and simplistic manner that made its moral point clear without preaching. I was able to talk with my kids about some greater themes of humanity on a child-ready level using this story for comparison and example. Highly recommended!
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