Sunday, July 17, 2011

"This Life Is In Your Hands" by Melissa Coleman

This Life Is In Your Hands--A Dream, Sixty Acres and A Family Undone by Melissa Coleman is about how her family lived by the land with no electric devices nor a bathroom. I enjoyed the story of how they built their house and had their garden for food. What they thought would be paradise turned out to be anything but. I liked how Melissa told the story.
(Gerard's Review)

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Friday, July 15, 2011

"Long Drive Home" by Will Allison

WOW! Long Drive Home by Will Allison is good! A man has to deal with road rage three times on the way home with his first grade daughter. When the same driver who was the cause of the third one is at it again, he decides to teach him a lesson. It turns into a fatal accident with the only witness being his daughter. He is not all that forth coming to the cop and when his wife finds out, this book goes into super drive. I really enjoyed it a lot. It will keep you turning pages, trust me. With it only 182 pages, it is worth your while to read it.
(Gerard's review)

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

"Faith" by Jennifer Haigh is a Must Read!

WOW! Double Wow!  Faith by Jennifer Haigh is good!  It is told by a sister who has two brothers.  One brother is a priest, accused of molesting a child.  I loved this book, especially enjoyed the family.  A loving family, this is not.  Brother vs. brother, sister vs. brother, husband vs. wife made for great reading.  The last 75 pages are some of the best pages you will read all year!  It was impossible to put down!  The ending is a shocker!  I highly recommend you put this on your TBR list--it's SO GOOD!
(Gerard's review)

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Tuesday Teaser: "Save Me" -"The Happiness Project" - "Faith"


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should  Be Reading. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just do the following
  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on  that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away!   You don’t  want  to  ruin the  book for others!)
  • Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can  add the book to their TBR  Lists  if they  like your teaser. 
Save Me
Karen's
She hit the ground running and charged to the walkway, her blond hair flying and her features so contorted with rage that it took a moment for Rose to recognize her. It was Amanda’s mother, Eileen Gigot.

From page 58 from Save Me by Lisa Scottoline (Large Print edition)


The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More FunAll these thoughts flooded through my mind, and as I sat on that crowded bus, I grasped two things: I wasn’t as happy as I could be, and my life wasn’t going to change unless I made it change. In that single moment, with that realization, I decided to dedicate a year to trying to be happier.

From page 3 from The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

 

Gerard's:  
Faith: A Novel
"It's an uncomfortable situation. His own brother. He doesn't like to talk about it."

From page 114 of Faith by Jennifer Haigh (My review will be up tomorrow of this one--must read if you like family drama!)


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Monday, July 11, 2011

"Fallen" by Karin Slaughter

Fallen by Karin Slaughter had me asking lots of questions. Faith's mom is taken by what, why and what are they after? What secret does Faith's mom have hidden that she does not want to come out? This is a page turner with a twist I did not see coming. not a "wow" book, but well worth your time to read. I liked Broken by Karin Slaughter better. Here's my teaser:
Like most women, it was rape that had always terrified her, but she knew now that there were far worse dangers. here was at least an animalistic logic to the crime of rape.

From page 163 of Fallen by Karin Slaughter.
(Gerard's Review)

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