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I also picked up Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts. It's the second book in the series and I enjoyed the first one.
I picked up Dark Witch: Book One of The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy by Nora Roberts from my library.This will be my first book by her.Looking forward to this trilogy.
I finished "They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars: The Untold Story" by Ann Jones and I want to insist everyone read it, but am becoming so disheartened by the extent of our atrocities that I just cannot bring myself to it. Ann is a gifted writer and I want to read more of her works. As much as I hated what I was reading, I literally could not put it down.
Next up: "Christine Falls" by Benjamin Black.
I want to want to read this, but I don't think I can right now. My 18-year-old nephew signed up for the Marine Corps and leaves next month. It's been a life-long dream of his and now we're all resigned to hoping for the best.
I know it's very ostrich-like of me, but the darkness of the world can be so overwhelming that most of the time I just want to read easy fluff.
I want to want to read this, but I don't think I can right now. My 18-year-old nephew signed up for the Marine Corps and leaves next month. It's been a life-long dream of his and now we're all resigned to hoping for the best.
I know it's very ostrich-like of me, but the darkness of the world can be so overwhelming that most of the time I just want to read easy fluff.
Truly, Marlow, I understand. I don't actually WANT to read this stuff either. I can avoid reading historic atrocities (Halocaust, Inquisition, etc) but for some reason reading about what we are STILL doing -- and getting approval of the capitalist world FOR doing is something I just seem to HAVE to look at and report. It isn't making me all that popular with friends and family, but I keep feeling like -- well, if not me WHO?
I finished the first chapter of "Christine Falls" and if it doesn't improve by chapter three it is down for my count. I HATE when I have to keep re-reading sentences -- even paragraphs to figure out what the author is ATTEMPTING to convey. Add the "sin" of waxing poetic about the stupidest things (the memory of a cry of an unknown woman from a building while walking by??? -- really???) is just a flat out waste of my time. ESPECIALLY when it isn't even in alignment of the character depicted so far!
Rant over. Maybe I will only give him until chapter two...
Meanwhile, I've also been listening to Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," read by the author. I LOVE to listen to her read. She has one of those caressing voices that soothe my soul. This autobiographical story of her time spent at her grandma's home with her older brother is not only well told, but informative of what it is like to live in the Deep South before Civil Rights -- when just looking at a white person could invite a nocturnal visit of those spineless creeps known as the KKK.
I picked up Dark Witch: Book One of The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy by Nora Roberts from my library.This will be my first book by her.Looking forward to this trilogy.
I have loved her books for years. They are nice easy reads and they always have someone falling in love. My MIL is Irish and has never read her books. I just mailed her this series: http://www.amazon.com/Born-Fire-Ice-...omplete+Novels
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I finished Local Girls by Alice Hoffman. "More than a collection of short stories, yet not quite a novel..." is what it said on Amazon. It would have been better as a novel. The short stories weren't distinct from each other. Rather, there was a flow, but it was much too choppy. A few additional paragraphs between the "stories" would have made it a novel and I would have enjoyed it more than I did. Also, I don't know what the deal was in the Kindle edition, but there were a bunch of typographical errors that made me a bit nutso.
I'm going to start The Temple of Gold by William Goldman. I recently read his The Princess Bride and I like his writing style. Plus, it's a short book and I'm going on vacation soon, so I want to finish it before I leave.
I'm going to start The Temple of Gold by William Goldman. I recently read his The Princess Bride and I like his writing style. Plus, it's a short book and I'm going on vacation soon, so I want to finish it before I leave.
I have not read a Goldman book in years but I do like his style. Marathon Man and Magic are both exceptional books, IMO.
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