I am currently reading "Promises I Can Keep". It's nonfiction, a study that was done in Philadelphia low income neighborhoods. Why young girls choose motherhood over marriage! It is about whites, black, and hispanics in eight poor urban neighborhoods. It's very interesting. Next up for me is our new book club pick "Mansfield Park" by Jane Austen.
I'm reading a cozy mystery by new writer Victoria Laurie. It's called 'Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye'. The main character is a psychic intuitive and tells people what could or will happen in the future. What Abby does is someone schedules a 45 minute appt with her and she tapes the sesions. She has spirit guides who pass on messages from loved ones of clients who have passed on but also the spirit guides help Abby focus in possible outcomes. Abby gives the tape after each session to her client and tells them to relisten when they get home; that the final choices are theirs to make. It's interesting because the author, Victoria Laurie, is a professional clairavoyant and police pychic. It's a different type of mystery which I'm enjoying very much. Here's the link to the writer's website: www.VictoriaLaurie.com
Just bought Metallic Love by Tanith Lee...dark sf/fantasy, and a sequel to a book she wrote many, many years ago that I loved (The Silver Metal Lover). I am just about to lay eyes upon page 1. :)
I just finished Amanda Eyre Ward's How to be Lost last night. It was good, but not nearly as good as her first, Sleep Toward Heaven. That one I can't say enough good things about. It centered on three women: one was an inmate on death row, one was the wife of the murdered man who put the first woman on death row, and the third was a doctor who goes to work at the prison. It is beautifully written, haunting and touching. How to be Lost was about a family of three girls, the youngest of which disappeared when she was five. It focused on the family when the girls were adults and explored what such a loss can do to a family. It was quite good, but really lacked the power of Sleep Toward Heaven.
Now I'm reading The Other Boleyn Girl. I'm not too far in, but it seems really good so far.
I was all primed to read Nelson DeMille's NIGHT MUST FALL, which I was really looking forward to (there, I've ended a sentence in a preposition, and I offer no apologies! LOL). However, I got side-tracked by Laura Pederson's BEGINNER'S LUCK. It's a coming-of-age story with a wicked, sly sense of humor and populated by the most quirky, eccentric, loveable characters to come down the pike in a long while. I am absolutely loving it. I notice the author has only written two other books (one fiction, one NF). Wish she'd crank them out a little faster. I am absolutely enchanted by her writing style.
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Hi Teri,
I am currently reading "Promises I Can Keep". It's nonfiction, a study that was done in Philadelphia low income neighborhoods. Why young girls choose motherhood over marriage! It is about whites, black, and hispanics in eight poor urban neighborhoods. It's very interesting. Next up for me is our new book club pick "Mansfield Park" by Jane Austen.
Sue
I'm reading a cozy mystery by new writer Victoria Laurie. It's called 'Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye'. The main character is a psychic intuitive and tells people what could or will happen in the future. What Abby does is someone schedules a 45 minute appt with her and she tapes the sesions. She has spirit guides who pass on messages from loved ones of clients who have passed on but also the spirit guides help Abby focus in possible outcomes. Abby gives the tape after each session to her client and tells them to relisten when they get home; that the final choices are theirs to make. It's interesting because the author, Victoria Laurie, is a professional clairavoyant and police pychic. It's a different type of mystery which I'm enjoying very much. Here's the link to the writer's website: www.VictoriaLaurie.com
Donna
Oh my goodness, Teri...I should never have gotten involved in this site, lol!
Another Nancy Thayer fan!!
Hi Kris,
It really is great to find another Nancy Thayer fan!
I just finished Amanda Eyre Ward's How to be Lost last night. It was good, but not nearly as good as her first, Sleep Toward Heaven. That one I can't say enough good things about. It centered on three women: one was an inmate on death row, one was the wife of the murdered man who put the first woman on death row, and the third was a doctor who goes to work at the prison. It is beautifully written, haunting and touching. How to be Lost was about a family of three girls, the youngest of which disappeared when she was five. It focused on the family when the girls were adults and explored what such a loss can do to a family. It was quite good, but really lacked the power of Sleep Toward Heaven.
Now I'm reading The Other Boleyn Girl. I'm not too far in, but it seems really good so far.
Scrappy
Hi, Mary!
Hi Scrappy,
Nice to see you!
I was all primed to read Nelson DeMille's NIGHT MUST FALL, which I was really looking forward to (there, I've ended a sentence in a preposition, and I offer no apologies! LOL). However, I got side-tracked by Laura Pederson's BEGINNER'S LUCK. It's a coming-of-age story with a wicked, sly sense of humor and populated by the most quirky, eccentric, loveable characters to come down the pike in a long while. I am absolutely loving it. I notice the author has only written two other books (one fiction, one NF). Wish she'd crank them out a little faster. I am absolutely enchanted by her writing style.
Lena
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