tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35062516608126716162024-03-21T15:28:03.786-07:00LYNDA'S BOOK BLOG"A ROOM WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A BODY WITHOUT A SOUL" CICEROSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-60831773316581061412011-02-17T04:36:00.000-08:002011-09-01T02:44:27.720-07:00Book failure...Started Pride and Prejudice and Zombies <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">with</span> high <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">expectations</span>...got about 12 pages into it and gave up. Just wasn't my cup of tea, despite <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">being a</span> huge Austen fan and loving zombies!!Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-24410046141392258332010-10-15T23:42:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:11:38.529-07:00An Autumn Evening by Lucy Maud Montgomery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7R9mup4G-dFl5BTmsjU-0C2c7P4nIpvdJiWCYb2J-Ww8t0aKJpShUNpdcpZZAjSqlEsHyToTyRNs1q-TbbjzIGBN2UVNm5Fns7RwgjqkLOP7txif8J_avTLlvEdWWFhM5ZLRdrPt784/s200/fpbutton.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 40px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7R9mup4G-dFl5BTmsjU-0C2c7P4nIpvdJiWCYb2J-Ww8t0aKJpShUNpdcpZZAjSqlEsHyToTyRNs1q-TbbjzIGBN2UVNm5Fns7RwgjqkLOP7txif8J_avTLlvEdWWFhM5ZLRdrPt784/s200/fpbutton.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong><br /><br />An Autumn Evening<br /></strong><br />Dark hills against a hollow crocus sky<br />Scarfed with its crimson pennons, and below<br />The dome of sunset long, hushed valleys lie<br />Cradling the twilight, where the lone winds blow<br />And wake among the harps of leafless trees<br />Fantastic runes and mournful melodies.<br /></div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">The chilly purple air is threaded through<br />With silver from the rising moon afar,<br />And from a gulf of clear, unfathomed blue<br />In the southwest glimmers a great gold star<br />Above the darkening druid glens of fir<br />Where beckoning boughs and elfin voices stir.<br /><br />And so I wander through the shadows still,<br />And look and listen with a rapt delight,<br />Pausing again and yet again at will<br />To drink the elusive beauty of the night,<br />Until my soul is filled, as some deep cup,<br />That with divine enchantment is brimmed up.</div><br /><div align="center"><em>Lucy Maud Montgomery </div></em>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-14945994678299167382010-10-11T13:10:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:15:42.777-07:00Memory<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPg1yI6lBUa1aoPcZuYq_rAx7n9oGgESyvEPlLMHLEO86tN4Ayg1Z08JZGD9oOqVPZ3ycGQ7I5y_Lpzp3Ll0zAYmWfcpiaQX78eQfVHLOXhReO1UBF_nLJXglUP563QTgC8hNGefdSCutR/s200/litquotebutton.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 40px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPg1yI6lBUa1aoPcZuYq_rAx7n9oGgESyvEPlLMHLEO86tN4Ayg1Z08JZGD9oOqVPZ3ycGQ7I5y_Lpzp3Ll0zAYmWfcpiaQX78eQfVHLOXhReO1UBF_nLJXglUP563QTgC8hNGefdSCutR/s200/litquotebutton.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><br /><br />Every man's memory is his private literature. </strong></div><br /><div align="right"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><em>Aldous Huxley</em></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-29657636199327723922010-10-09T14:22:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:16:26.070-07:00Blogging absenceOK - so I haven't blogged for ages...<br />I've stopped doing challenges as they are driving me insane!<br />I'm also stopping doing individual book reviews, as I just haven't got the time!!<br /><br />So ... new plan...<br />Monday literary quote - keep<br />Friday poem - keep<br />Sunday sonnet - keep<br />Saturday - weekly round up and review of books I really like!<br /><br />Will add books read recently later today!!
<div style="clear: both;"></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-41709784376095330052010-07-09T17:23:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:17:37.625-07:00The Dead by Sylvia Plath<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7R9mup4G-dFl5BTmsjU-0C2c7P4nIpvdJiWCYb2J-Ww8t0aKJpShUNpdcpZZAjSqlEsHyToTyRNs1q-TbbjzIGBN2UVNm5Fns7RwgjqkLOP7txif8J_avTLlvEdWWFhM5ZLRdrPt784/s200/fpbutton.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 40px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7R9mup4G-dFl5BTmsjU-0C2c7P4nIpvdJiWCYb2J-Ww8t0aKJpShUNpdcpZZAjSqlEsHyToTyRNs1q-TbbjzIGBN2UVNm5Fns7RwgjqkLOP7txif8J_avTLlvEdWWFhM5ZLRdrPt784/s200/fpbutton.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong><br /><br />The Dead</strong><br /><br />Revolving in oval loops of solar speed,<br />Couched in cauls of clay as in holy robes,<br />Dead men render love and war no heed,<br />Lulled in the ample womb of the full-tilt globe.<br /><br />No spiritual Caesars are these dead;<br />They want no proud paternal kingdom come;<br />And when at last they blunder into bed<br />World-wrecked, they seek only oblivion.<br /><br />Rolled round with goodly loam and cradled deep,<br />These bone shanks will not wake immaculate<br />To trumpet-toppling dawn of doomstruck day :<br />They loll forever in colossal sleep;<br />Nor can God's stern, shocked angels cry them up<br />From their fond, final, infamous decay.<br /><br /><em>Sylvia Plath</em></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-22797511720128058712010-07-07T14:15:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:18:30.828-07:00Medea and Other Plays : Medea; Hecabe; Electra by Euripides<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7m83p5aQHF2siwFvXNFZSkw5RmUv_IICj7P0nUk_EqjAQ9FdyEjGpT7LfzRmJFIFjg6l5jjaT-0r2H2qJ2sL3DTgYJ3bKOw1TgVV6O2azQ154EdZwRLQXAGiBRE7zeD0VfzaQli3K5kb/s1600/book.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491155216996229106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 105px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 162px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7m83p5aQHF2siwFvXNFZSkw5RmUv_IICj7P0nUk_EqjAQ9FdyEjGpT7LfzRmJFIFjg6l5jjaT-0r2H2qJ2sL3DTgYJ3bKOw1TgVV6O2azQ154EdZwRLQXAGiBRE7zeD0VfzaQli3K5kb/s200/book.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a class="title" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Medea-Other-Plays-Heracles-Classics/dp/0140441298/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1278508566&sr=1-1"><strong>Medea and Other Plays : Medea; Hecabe; Electra</strong></a><strong> by Euripides</strong></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Genre: poet plays - classic Greek<br />Rating: Excellent *****</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'd forgotten how much I loved reading Greek tragedies until I re picked up this book to read.<br />Loved <strong>Medea</strong> the best - the story of Jason's spurred wife and mooter of his two sons...how she enacts revenge on him and all those who have wronged her.</div><div>As a feminist I'm on her side!!!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><em>'These plays show Euripides transforming the awesome figures of Greek mythology into recognizable, fallible human beings.'</em></div><br /><div><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Plays 2010: 5<br />Challenges: Great Books Challenge 2010,</span></em> </div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-71199603914447141792010-07-07T13:48:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:19:33.167-07:00A thousand Suns - Alex Scarrow<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEU7-IwbsJJ8-ov1YrGD3DRHJX15jA9kLs4faDqaKzJA6uGLcW6kV_Zl4FeNO8U2IqV7zZvdvDNwS-B8SYgfXaykwjQmpexJHsyE2-lCUSC2eOfUmSvokAAPubbUBp5-Y-S_8KGqpe95d/s1600/book.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491149429038547538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 87px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEU7-IwbsJJ8-ov1YrGD3DRHJX15jA9kLs4faDqaKzJA6uGLcW6kV_Zl4FeNO8U2IqV7zZvdvDNwS-B8SYgfXaykwjQmpexJHsyE2-lCUSC2eOfUmSvokAAPubbUBp5-Y-S_8KGqpe95d/s200/book.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thousand-Suns-Alex-Scarrow/dp/1409117308/ref=pd_sim_b_5"><strong>A Thousand Suns by Alex Scarrow</strong></a></div><br /><div></div><div>Genre: fiction<br />Rating: Very Good ****</div><br /><div></div><div>Synopsis:</div><div>Photographic journalist Chris Roland is sent to cover the story of a WW2 American B17 bomber plane discovered off the coast of the USA</div><div>What he discovers is not what he expected.<br />Chris finds himself embroiled in a historic conspiracy that the US have tried to keep under wraps.<br />Dead bodies, disappearing locals after the war, and a WW2 plot by Hitler to go ahead with his atomic programme, put his life at risk.... <em>(it's difficult not to give the plot away too much here).</em><br /><br />My thoughts:<br />Really good book using actual historical evidence of Germany's atomic programme to cleverly weave a plot of events that could potentially have occurred.<br />Once again well researched, written with style and a convincing plot.<br />Characters are believable and the WW2 Germany pilots are engaging - your sympathies lie with them.</div><br /><div>Recommended.<br /><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-size:85%;">novels 2010: 76<br />Challenges: Support your local Library reading challenge 2010, Thriller and Suspense Challenge 2010,</span></em> </div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-63424340802444359472010-07-07T13:32:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:20:20.955-07:00Afterlight - Alex Scarrow<strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u3UbB9rntdPZjBJavAQ4UXw-y6FOJXGeb5yqB5hX3mBb8uhqBJLamu9iC5CGDc-znyHUaEMHWCCegX1cPMc8IAEe8G_v-0WtyAxrSoQYWRe6GQ3qYXPg9khU2WVtyvxLAAKw3wLyrz2s/s1600/book.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491141697022504898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u3UbB9rntdPZjBJavAQ4UXw-y6FOJXGeb5yqB5hX3mBb8uhqBJLamu9iC5CGDc-znyHUaEMHWCCegX1cPMc8IAEe8G_v-0WtyAxrSoQYWRe6GQ3qYXPg9khU2WVtyvxLAAKw3wLyrz2s/s200/book.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Afterlight-Alex-Scarrow/dp/1409108155/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1278505917&sr=1-2-spell">Afterlight - Alex Scarrow</a></strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Genre: fiction<br />Rating: Excellent *****<br /><br />Synopsis:<br />Follow up to the excellent <strong><a href="http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/last-light-by-alex-scarrow.html">Last Light</a></strong>, the novel is set 10 years after the oil crisis that effectively shut down the world.<br />Society has broken down and only small groups of survivors remain, fighting against disease and starvation, and the hoards of roaming thugs who kill and rape anyone for fun.<br />Jenny Sutherland heads a small group of survivors, fashioning a new way of life on a a series of decaying offshore oil-rigs, recycling water, growing food and fishing.<br />Yet there is unrest in the community, those who want to try to exist on the mainland again, unaware that dangers still exist.<br />For there is trouble coming, and once again it will be a fight for survival....<br /><br />My thoughts:<br />A realistic look at what the world might be like if the oil does stop pumping.<br />A terrifying glimpse at how society breaks down, and a dog eat dog world comes into being.<br />Well written, with engaging characters, this book is not one for the squeamish, but definitely one to read!<br />You can read this novel alone, or read it after reading <strong><a href="http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/last-light-by-alex-scarrow.html">Last Light</a></strong><br />A great thriller. Recommended.<br /><br /><em>A warning of what our lives may be like if we don't rethink and stop our reliance on oil consumption.<br />All hail renewable energy ....<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Novels 2010: 75<br />Challeneges: Support your local Library reading challenge 2010, Part III of The End of the World Challenge.,</span></em>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-82207756095992641572010-05-03T12:49:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:28:10.007-07:00Spring Rain<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPg1yI6lBUa1aoPcZuYq_rAx7n9oGgESyvEPlLMHLEO86tN4Ayg1Z08JZGD9oOqVPZ3ycGQ7I5y_Lpzp3Ll0zAYmWfcpiaQX78eQfVHLOXhReO1UBF_nLJXglUP563QTgC8hNGefdSCutR/s200/litquotebutton.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 40px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPg1yI6lBUa1aoPcZuYq_rAx7n9oGgESyvEPlLMHLEO86tN4Ayg1Z08JZGD9oOqVPZ3ycGQ7I5y_Lpzp3Ll0zAYmWfcpiaQX78eQfVHLOXhReO1UBF_nLJXglUP563QTgC8hNGefdSCutR/s200/litquotebutton.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><br /><br />Spring rain<br />leaking through the roof<br />dripping from the wasps' nest.</div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><em>Matsuo Basho</em></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-83596750257319256972010-05-02T18:43:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:29:05.777-07:00Prey by Thomas Emson<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivP9nVM7KqdjsaqEngRfLOaO54VLvT9hWalzf6k-9gOTVlcInftv7ER6yhqnt0H25wYNFtKwRNc-WTBUnfXX4BXtpTO09gmUHB9EoBUX7Y4hqOLrAA5gPgBG7jSr0YrDZKuCtzpG_8jHPS/s1600/51wRCUS8a6L__SL500_AA300_.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466730469013360754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivP9nVM7KqdjsaqEngRfLOaO54VLvT9hWalzf6k-9gOTVlcInftv7ER6yhqnt0H25wYNFtKwRNc-WTBUnfXX4BXtpTO09gmUHB9EoBUX7Y4hqOLrAA5gPgBG7jSr0YrDZKuCtzpG_8jHPS/s200/51wRCUS8a6L__SL500_AA300_.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Prey-Thomas-Emson/dp/1906727368/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272822119&sr=1-3"><strong>Prey</strong></a><strong> by Thomas Emson<br /><br /></strong>Genre<strong>:</strong> fiction - werewolf<br />Rating: Very Good *****<br /><br />Synopsis<br />In Russia a mysterious animal brutally kills gangster Vasili Kolodenko.<br />Police officer Lev Dasaev follows the trail to the US, where he finds himself caught up in a family feud...a feud that runs blood deep - werewolf blood deep!<br /><br />My Thoughts<br />This book is the follow on to <a href="http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/maneater-by-thomas-emson.html"><strong>Maneater</strong></a>, and I really think you need to have read the first one to be able to understand this one fully.<br />Laura Greenacre is now living in New York,trying to stay out of trouble, but knows she is being looked for. John Thorn and his daughter are still hiding in Wales. Ruth Templeton is after them both, seeking revenge for the loss of her son and family in the Trafalgar Square incident.<br />A good plot and well written - I just think it doesn't stand alone. You need to read Maneater first.<br />Still - I recommend these novels - so read them BOTH!<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">fiction 2010 # 58<br />Challenges:what an animal challenge III, 100+ Books Reading Challenge 2010, Support your local Library reading challenge 2010, iWere Challenge.,</span></em> </div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-4560840847626030562010-05-02T18:23:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:29:41.245-07:00Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indridason<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVo5MJsb-OF2xLgnL7H0iIFAMds9tkgi90xeDpqX7kR3rgUv-k6p_IGS3lGOp-z2l-4WcjLVhxkN0Mx7qE5Yj42pNEtrgn88lH1RglSy5kRIQSp4Tq6YyYL5V4DLAAiqtogeF-vZXt-96/s1600/book.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466725163539302066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVo5MJsb-OF2xLgnL7H0iIFAMds9tkgi90xeDpqX7kR3rgUv-k6p_IGS3lGOp-z2l-4WcjLVhxkN0Mx7qE5Yj42pNEtrgn88lH1RglSy5kRIQSp4Tq6YyYL5V4DLAAiqtogeF-vZXt-96/s200/book.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Chill-Arnaldur-Indridason/dp/0099542323/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272820770&sr=1-1"><strong>Arctic Chill</strong></a><strong> by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Arnaldur</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Indridason</span></strong><br /><br />Genre: fiction - crime<br />Rating: Very Good ****</div><br /><p><br />Synopsis:<br />In Iceland Detective <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Erlendur</span> and his colleagues <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Sigurdur</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Oli</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Elinborg</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">investigate</span> the fatal stabbing on a young 10 year old half-Thai boy. Left on the frozen ground outside his flat, no one seems to know what happened.<br />With his older brother missing, the search is on to find the killer...is the killing racially motivated?<br />For <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Erlendur</span> the killing brings back painful memories of the traumatic death of his own young brother, lost in the winter snow.</p><p>My thoughts<br />I enjoyed this novel.<br />Although the main <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">characters</span> are hard to get to know, you find yourself drawn to them, especially <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Erlendur</span>, a man struggling with his own demons.<br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">plot is</span> crafted well, and the Icelandic landscape and culture are vividly portrayed,<br />Have ordered the next installment in the series - <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hypothermia-Arnaldur-Indridason/dp/1846552621/ref=pd_sim_b_2">Hypothermia</a></strong> - from my library<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">novels 2010 # 57<br />Challenges: 100+ Books Reading Challenge 2010, Support your local Library reading challenge 2010, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">scandinavian</span> challenge,</span></em> </p>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-59769767869958513242010-05-02T17:48:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:30:22.110-07:00Venice Challenge<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYK5aI7lthCx3wZqM5iJmeT3IIoNbbj_shYPPNbiNHmTu8FGX4veBNpqueoFb37qm1R2OLE34WB-UyAjNsUCRVCI9nKk7O4cIqx03EtubmLAliITkGys6vyoKCWsbm1XkAc6NNYqPGl-h/s320/Ven.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 147px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYK5aI7lthCx3wZqM5iJmeT3IIoNbbj_shYPPNbiNHmTu8FGX4veBNpqueoFb37qm1R2OLE34WB-UyAjNsUCRVCI9nKk7O4cIqx03EtubmLAliITkGys6vyoKCWsbm1XkAc6NNYqPGl-h/s320/Ven.jpg" border="0" /></a><a style="COLOR: blue" href="http://heidenkind.blogspot.com/2010/04/announcing-venice-challenge.html"><strong>Venice Challenge</strong></a><br /><br /><div>dates - May 1st, 2010-May 1st, 2011<br />host - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">heidenkind</span> of <a href="http://heidenkind.blogspot.com/">Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and Books</a><br /></div><div>Read 6 books <em>set in the city of Venice, or about Venice. .. fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, YA, or whatever.</em></div><div><br />How could I resist this challenge as I love Venice and reading books about her.<br /><br />I'm going to read:<br />Gleanings from Venetian <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">History</span> v1 - F. Marion Crawford<br />Gleanings from <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Venetian</span> History v2 - F. Marion Crawford<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brunettis-Venice-Walks-Through-Novels/dp/0434019496/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272819496&sr=8-1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Brunetti's</span> Venice: Walks Through the Novels</a> by Toni <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Sepeda</span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/City-Falling-Angels-John-Berendt/dp/0340825006/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272819653&sr=1-1">The City of Falling Angels</a> by John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Berendt</span> </div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Francescos-Kitchen-Francesco-Da-Mosto/dp/0091922283/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272819888&sr=1-1">Francesco's Kitchen</a> by Francesco <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Da</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Mosto</span> </div><div>The Merchant of Venice<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Question-Belief-Donna-Leon/dp/0434020206/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272820157&sr=1-1">A Question of Belief</a> by Donna Leon<br /></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-11230381775674979172010-04-30T07:50:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:31:02.497-07:00The Village by RS Thomas<div align="center"><strong>The Village<br /><br />Scarcely a street, too few houses<br />To merit the title; just a way between<br />The one tavern and the one shop<br />That leads nowhere and fails at the top<br />Of the short hill, eaten away<br />By long erosion of the green tide<br />Of grass creeping perpetually nearer<br />This last outpost of time past.<br /><br />So little happens; the black dog<br />Cracking his fleas in the hot sun<br />Is history. Yet the girl who crosses<br />From door to door moves to a scale<br />Beyond the bland day's two dimensions.<br /><br />Stay, then, village, for round you spins<br />On a slow axis a world as vast<br />And meaningful as any posed<br />By great Plato's solitary mind.<br /><br /><em>R S Thomas</em></strong></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-44196340713954216232010-04-29T13:31:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:31:54.896-07:00Booking Through Thursday - Restrictions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtxF00Rsx0KKQF_vgAj_gTx-8kxY86oTRewWwMZ7upYJUAEQPs-XsAtb-ObiGlod76Tj0KW6PMpsHYo-rLXW6kxXeGDQxU8L_vJk5fxhxQNuY83QjSul76bkJBxYW2hPFNCCEKa-PR9s/s200/bookingthroughthurs-1.jpeg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 27px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtxF00Rsx0KKQF_vgAj_gTx-8kxY86oTRewWwMZ7upYJUAEQPs-XsAtb-ObiGlod76Tj0KW6PMpsHYo-rLXW6kxXeGDQxU8L_vJk5fxhxQNuY83QjSul76bkJBxYW2hPFNCCEKa-PR9s/s200/bookingthroughthurs-1.jpeg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://btt2.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/restrictions/" rel="bookmark"><strong><em>Restrictions</em></strong></a><em> April 29, 2010<br /><br />God* comes to you and tells you that, from this day forward, you may only read ONE type of book–one genre–period, but you get to choose what it is. Classics, Science-Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Cookbooks, History, Business … you can choose, but you only get ONE.<br />What genre do you pick, and why?<br /></em><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>*Whether you believe in God or not, pretend for the purposes of this discussion that He is real.<br /><br /></em></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Oh my Goodness - heartbreak - just one type of book!!<br />Torn between women's 19th century classics or modern thrillers.<br />Do I go with classic writting or new stories.<br /><br />OK I'd have to abandon the classic which I love to re-read and go for 21st century thrillers!<br /><br />Good job I'm a Buddhist - so I wouldn't have to choose!!!!</span>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-67448889512061053472010-04-29T13:14:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:33:31.235-07:00Thursday Tea<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuuWxLyeHJgdGQ9m3kSyiuzqhBOUzH2F1-fpAUJNpdallJyIuK_zLVqw2FsKL8vleWTfuOvCsMTY1AhkDhZNrUWohVJu3Y1QON_HApBWN-dvvSlspQ-MdI6mePLhnVlnJiZ2hPCyhtGWh/s400/thursdayteav1.png"><em><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 148px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 157px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuuWxLyeHJgdGQ9m3kSyiuzqhBOUzH2F1-fpAUJNpdallJyIuK_zLVqw2FsKL8vleWTfuOvCsMTY1AhkDhZNrUWohVJu3Y1QON_HApBWN-dvvSlspQ-MdI6mePLhnVlnJiZ2hPCyhtGWh/s400/thursdayteav1.png" border="0" /></em></a> <em>Thursday Tea<br />Thursday Tea is hosted by Anastasia at </em><a href="http://birdbrainbb.net/"><em>Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog</em></a><em>.<br />Here's how it works:<br />Tell us what tea you are drinking (and if you like it).<br />And then tell us what book are you reading (and if you like it).<br />Finally, tell us if they go together<br /></em><div><div><em><br /></em><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzJuPSjbmPVzcSH5tBZKYf2ci1prGtpXIXiUJVKxH_kRVFkwaxja8Yv5ekbDMQJHdLpNwXqroqGah0SVJzvvA-by2CgLjVyJyznwpoGTXL5zcEuCaeZjyv_p_H8_WFEbMdDwOp43mWAwg/s1600/picture.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465533464135793842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 75px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzJuPSjbmPVzcSH5tBZKYf2ci1prGtpXIXiUJVKxH_kRVFkwaxja8Yv5ekbDMQJHdLpNwXqroqGah0SVJzvvA-by2CgLjVyJyznwpoGTXL5zcEuCaeZjyv_p_H8_WFEbMdDwOp43mWAwg/s200/picture.jpg" border="0" /></a>Tea: <a href="http://www.latisaniere.com/tresor-nature/tisane-infusion-violette-tilleul-verveine.html">La Tisaniere - Verveine (violet) tea</a><br /></strong><br /><strong>Taste: </strong>Really does taste and smell of violets - lovely, light and refreshing.<br />Only had one sachet in a swap parcel, must get more of this one too.<br /><em>FYI: trivia about violet tea and Victorian violet tea parties </em><a href="http://www.victoriasjewelrybox.com/the-violet-tea.html"><em>here</em><br /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pRIrmfoH7nH4iZPuqYLzw7H4ATyFhpHjfwdp4ZB4OmjtyYJyAW9E15q0007fRcoWRxhsrN2sMfSadHIaD3EBziGMKu3TNV0K2F4kXhI6f9fzQ2ppl9OkuhJCi3BK4BUUYdfsMWFq5jeH/s1600/picture.jpg"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465534511422870882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pRIrmfoH7nH4iZPuqYLzw7H4ATyFhpHjfwdp4ZB4OmjtyYJyAW9E15q0007fRcoWRxhsrN2sMfSadHIaD3EBziGMKu3TNV0K2F4kXhI6f9fzQ2ppl9OkuhJCi3BK4BUUYdfsMWFq5jeH/s200/picture.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a><strong>Book : </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Six-Degrees-Future-Hotter-Planet/dp/0007209053/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272543859&sr=1-1"><strong>Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet</strong></a><strong> by Mark Lynas<br /></strong>Just started this book about climate change.<br />Lots of evidence .. anyone who is not convinced<strong> </strong>it is happening must be mad!<br /><em>See previous post for another book on the subject.</em><br /><br /><strong>Do They Go Together:</strong> no! This beautiful tea is too delicate for such a strong subject.<br />Yet I fear that if we continue the way we are going, one day there will be no violets left.</div></div></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-49563132090068528352010-04-29T12:59:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:34:16.042-07:00Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Climate Change - Is Time Running Out? by Elizabeth Kolbert<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kPkFtaIYliP3OK8UNR1f5stawOHLacrk0d4GsG2WKbVxH4j7kvFLgL_WgkxHp2wGe7ZJ1GcemOSmTmi0VhLoXHhJ_6py3FfQHvzpYKh6VV_xgaOZStqzQIRosdGVEQjOdk8ZCBl3lr7S/s1600/picture.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465528230202921714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kPkFtaIYliP3OK8UNR1f5stawOHLacrk0d4GsG2WKbVxH4j7kvFLgL_WgkxHp2wGe7ZJ1GcemOSmTmi0VhLoXHhJ_6py3FfQHvzpYKh6VV_xgaOZStqzQIRosdGVEQjOdk8ZCBl3lr7S/s200/picture.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Field-Notes-Catastrophe-Climate-Running/dp/0747583838/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272542407&sr=1-2"><strong>Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Climate Change - Is Time Running Out?</strong></a><strong> by Elizabeth Kolbert</strong><br /><br />Genre: non-fiction - ecological / climate change<br />Rating: very Good ****<br /><br />Kolbert presents a variety of essays which show convincing evidence for global warming, from changes in the Arctic ice to the loss of spices of toads.<br />The science is kept to a minimum, while the real life examples are thoroughly presented.</div><div>A frightening book that shows how we are heading for a disaster if we don't act NOW.<br /><br />Why more governments and more people don't do something is beyond me.<br />Everyone who cares about our future should read this book.<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">non-fiction 2010 #26<br />Challenges: 100+ Books Reading Challenge 2010, Support your local Library reading challenge 2010,</span></em> </div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-80537404373087884632010-04-29T12:42:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:37:51.611-07:00Far North by Marcel Theroux<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivU8wxC8DnCRKAp6neo0RmxessJ325jMEcrhLGc4F4L1geWbF4WYUTF0ybgPndbwMZ62OgwpwUFLKcRxsJa7HbckBkZiNNT8TD2c56x-2cbUH763aD8ypYRO-sBRapCc0V7uBbwLvLhyphenhyphenLV/s1600/picture.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465523825222118146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 88px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 145px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivU8wxC8DnCRKAp6neo0RmxessJ325jMEcrhLGc4F4L1geWbF4WYUTF0ybgPndbwMZ62OgwpwUFLKcRxsJa7HbckBkZiNNT8TD2c56x-2cbUH763aD8ypYRO-sBRapCc0V7uBbwLvLhyphenhyphenLV/s200/picture.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Far-North-Marcel-Theroux/dp/0571237770/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272541377&sr=1-1"><strong>Far North</strong></a><strong> by Marcel Theroux<br /><br /></strong>Genre: fiction - post-apocalypse<br />Rating: Very Good<br /><br /><em>Synopsis</em></div><div>In the Far North of Russia, after an unstated disaster has devastated the planet, Makepeace patrols the ruins of a dying city.<br />Once an official peacekeeper, now long since left without orders in this cold, vast isolated world.<br />Struggling to survive and starved of company, Makepeace find evidence of 'civilisation' somewhere beyond the hills.<br />Undertaking a grueling journey, what Makepeace discovers is not as hoped.<br />instead is an even harsher wold, forced labour camps, terrible conditions, and a mysterious 'zone' where old technology is thought to be the answer to all problems.<br /><br />My Thoughts<br />A disturbing, moving novel which leaves you hoping that civilisation never comes to this.</div><div>The central question of the novel is 'What is it to be human?' - what makes life worth living for.<br />Loving written with a feel for the remote sub-arctic landscape.<br />If you can read this sort of fiction without becoming depressed, you will enjoy this novel.</div><div><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">fiction 2010 #57<br />Challenges: 100+ Books Reading Challenge 2010, Part III of The End of the World Challenge., Support your local Library reading challenge 2010, A to Z Challenge 2010,</span></em> </div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-65973115123437727902010-04-29T12:31:00.000-07:002011-09-01T02:38:36.785-07:00Chosen Prey by John Sandford<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TfwU8J2F9aV_qqLs5KGgIlYf3383xNRwaXY-t4wA-9v97rr1CLiV_7UvVhFhdtqlnvC7Z7rhk09Nk9uL390JpMhkh8X_aoa1rw0ZakesrtC8bJmbSyVLbBVwBaF5fmXwIM8KdBH41H-3/s1600/picture.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465523408921156882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 93px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TfwU8J2F9aV_qqLs5KGgIlYf3383xNRwaXY-t4wA-9v97rr1CLiV_7UvVhFhdtqlnvC7Z7rhk09Nk9uL390JpMhkh8X_aoa1rw0ZakesrtC8bJmbSyVLbBVwBaF5fmXwIM8KdBH41H-3/s200/picture.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chosen-Prey-John-Sandford/dp/0743415558/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272540660&sr=1-1"><strong>Chosen Prey</strong></a><strong> by John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Sandford</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Genre: fiction - thriller / crime<br />Rating: Very Good ****<br /><br /><em>Synopsis</em><br />Lucas Davenport is called on to help investigate a body found in a shallow grave in Minnesota, that of a young woman who appears to have been strangled.<br />Connecting the murder to a series of pornographic drawings that have been sent to numerous women, they come across more victims of this serial killer, buried together in a woodland site.<br />Lucas begins investigating the connection to the art world, while the killer stalks his next victim...<br /><br /><em>My </em><em>thoughts<br /></em>I enjoy the Prey series, although I didn't find this one as gritty as the other ones I've read.<br />Still, it's nice to see how the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">character</span>s are progressing.<br />I just hope Lucas is more hard-nosed in the next one!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>fiction 2010 # 56<br />Challenges: 100+ Books Reading Challenge 2010, Support your local Library reading challenge 2010, Prey Challenge,</em></span></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-23357823608712077232010-02-19T16:48:00.000-08:002011-09-01T02:42:14.799-07:00The Apothecary's House by Adrian Mathews<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdwSoCesMVG6sKJomzYfVR2ISndhWN0YOK7E4Y5ulL7yNAC_efyBM3PsrrO8fPqBw89Is50nYVza04tqM9kWdpUBY8wJPVqNHRunk_nPxukzJwaaiIkzvf9LYMmOiU6nvdCQkzkfArzhk/s1600-h/515zDzoJ3oL__SL160_AA115_.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439998809084579442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdwSoCesMVG6sKJomzYfVR2ISndhWN0YOK7E4Y5ulL7yNAC_efyBM3PsrrO8fPqBw89Is50nYVza04tqM9kWdpUBY8wJPVqNHRunk_nPxukzJwaaiIkzvf9LYMmOiU6nvdCQkzkfArzhk/s200/515zDzoJ3oL__SL160_AA115_.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apothecarys-House-Adrian-Mathews/dp/0330441604/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266598163&sr=1-1"><strong>The Apothecary's House</strong></a><strong> by Adrian Mathews</strong><br /><br /><p><br />Genre: fiction - mystery, art,<br />Rating: OK **<br /><br />Synopsis:<br />In modern day Amsterdam, an old lady lays claim to a rather strange painting she says was stolen from her family by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">the</span> Nazi's during WWII. However, there is another claimant and it soon becomes obvious that the two know each other.<br />Art <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">historian</span> Ruth soon gets dragged into the old lady's life and after helping her with her claim, finds herself the target of someone who seems determined to get her off the case.<br />So what is the relevance of this painting? And who is threatening her?<br /><br />Thoughts:<br />I started this book with high hopes and, while I must admit I found the art theft background quite interesting, I felt that the book was too long and drawn out.<br />The main <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">characters</span> were unsympathetic and unbelievable.<br />The dialogue was too stilted and over the top at times.<br />At no point did the novel grip me and make me want to stay up and read it.<br />The whole novel could have been so much shorter that it's 720 pages!<br />For me a tedious read.<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Fiction 2010 # 15<br />Challenges: 100+ Books Reading Challenge 2010, Support your local Library reading challenge 2010, New Authors Challenge 2010, western europe challenge, 2010 global challenge, </span></em></p>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-5384822889407692812010-02-19T16:31:00.000-08:002011-09-01T02:43:28.367-07:00Have You Seen Her? by Karen Rose<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuMATIHAwrtktkl_xweL4nZsYfwz3L-WqODB-5hwZUQa9ozyqMsiBRi4OwupjN4Jg14uX15pTSek6MW2J20ED42XIEznfp_JMCwxwlrYvuZ8wDPywGZo0bdo_Ub1uwfM2gB5bbn7aKXav/s1600-h/Z3AOTUCASYL6NICA97QOFDCAUF4ICECA2GFW7RCAQT508ICAAFEGSPCAD68A6ACAM3JO4WCA7T7VIECAT3K3RTCA8KZTXLCAMZ3MWACA878C0QCA5S22YVCAIANM6ICAOYYBR1CADGDRSACAHJZ1GTCAT8YB3B.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439996812287973938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 81px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuMATIHAwrtktkl_xweL4nZsYfwz3L-WqODB-5hwZUQa9ozyqMsiBRi4OwupjN4Jg14uX15pTSek6MW2J20ED42XIEznfp_JMCwxwlrYvuZ8wDPywGZo0bdo_Ub1uwfM2gB5bbn7aKXav/s200/Z3AOTUCASYL6NICA97QOFDCAUF4ICECA2GFW7RCAQT508ICAAFEGSPCAD68A6ACAM3JO4WCA7T7VIECAT3K3RTCA8KZTXLCAMZ3MWACA878C0QCA5S22YVCAIANM6ICAOYYBR1CADGDRSACAHJZ1GTCAT8YB3B.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Have-You-Seen-Karen-Rose/dp/075534829X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266597158&sr=8-1"><strong>Have You Seen Her?</strong></a><strong> by Karen Rose<br /><br /></strong>Genre: fiction - thriller<br />Rating: Very Good ****<br /><br /><br />Synopsis:<br />A serial killer is abducting girls form their beds in a small town in North Carolina. They seem to have nothing in common apart from being all of them being cheerleaders and all of them having long dark hair.<br />Special Agent Steven Thatcher is eager to catch the killer, while at the same time dealing with his own family problems...<br /><br />Thoughts:<br />I love Karen Rose...her novels are always well crafted and gripping to read.<br />This one was no exception.<br />Immediately you get involved with the characters and carried along by the plot, eager to find out who and why.<br /><br />I recommend her books.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>fiction 2010 # 14<br />Challenges: Support your local Library reading challenge 2010, 100+ Books Reading Challenge 2010,</em></span> a-z challengeSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506251660812671616.post-64615182113523462732010-02-12T18:06:00.000-08:002011-09-01T02:45:23.959-07:00COMING UP ROSES: Stories for the Green Fingered by Caroline Oakley<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVAKVLA7RG_XlKPnEAhPX5ydQ1e1XXoPtU6XWNG8RZ3YMza-V34fPXMWOuLYExJVCdH3wkHSNMkxocUID3jFrgcRHJj5L_fx8XMcJVhYxn6eXUbR74zQOv7X4CywPFusFz5IxBUiv9aL-/s1600-h/book.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437420541915115026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVAKVLA7RG_XlKPnEAhPX5ydQ1e1XXoPtU6XWNG8RZ3YMza-V34fPXMWOuLYExJVCdH3wkHSNMkxocUID3jFrgcRHJj5L_fx8XMcJVhYxn6eXUbR74zQOv7X4CywPFusFz5IxBUiv9aL-/s200/book.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/COMING-UP-ROSES-Stories-Fingered/dp/1870206932/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265998015&sr=1-1"><strong>COMING UP ROSES: Stories for the Green Fingered</strong></a><strong> by Caroline Oakley</strong><br /><br />Genre: short stories - gardening<br />Rating: Excellent *****<br /><br />From back cover:<br /><em>Every thing's coming up roses...but not all of these roses are beautiful or sweet smelling - some have a touch of frost. Our gardens reflect our lives, from the regimented to the artfully dishevelled, the pristine to the neglected, and this collection of bittersweet stories is uprising in it's variety.<br /><br /></em>Another lovely collection from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Honno</span> - Welsh women's' press.<br />A variety of stories all with a gardening theme.<br />Crime, romance, loss, haunted tales... this collection has it all.<br />20 great stories...an ideal present for the gardener in your life.<br /><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Short</span> story collections 2010 # 5<br />challenges: 100+ Books Reading Challenge 2010, Support your local Library reading challenge 2010, New Authors Challenge 2010, typically <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">British</span> challenge, welsh reading challenge, </span></em>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379758145686252833noreply@blogger.com