Fiction
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a heart breaking story of the “Sawtelle Dogs” and the family that raises them. When Edgar’s father dies without warning a vision appears that leads Edgar on a quest for the killer and he heads for the wilderness with three dogs from the first litter he delivered. For any [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway as she becomes the wife of Mr. Rochester in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Rhys creates a childhood and environment to explain Antoinette’s wild “unladylike” behaviour in Jane Eyre. She creates situations that lead to Antionette’s insanity and lets her act out this madness well before she [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Horn Of The Lamb
I just finished Horn Of The Lamb by Robert Sedlake (2003. FIC SED) and want to say it was great!! I am not a hockey fan and thought this might not be my cup of tea, but was I wrong.
Hockey is front and centre as the unifying theme, but there are many threads to this [...]
Water: a novel based on the film by Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta caused a stir with the movie Water (2006. DVD 791.5372 WAT). For those of you who (like me) did not see the film, you can read the book. Water (2006. FIC SID), written by Bapsi Sidhwa, shows us the India of the 1930’s when traditional customs were being challenged by Gandhi and his [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Strawberry Fields
I enjoyed Marina Lewycka’s novel A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian (2005. FIC LEW) immensely and had to hold myself back from borrowing her next one Strawberry Fields (2007 FIC LEW) until after the library furor died down and copies started sitting on the shelves.
Again her talent shines in constructing characters whose second language [...]
Gods Behaving Badly
If you like to be entertained this is the book for you. Plain and simple, Gods Behaving Badly, by Marie Phillips is just good fun. It helps if you have some previous knowledge about Greek Gods as you gain some insight into their characteristics as portrayed in this novel.
The Olympian Gods and Goddesses are living [...]
The Town That Forgot How To Breathe
The Town That Forgot How To Breathe by Kenneth J. Harvey (2003. FIC HAR) is an eerie story. I chose it because it was set in Newfoundland and I have enjoyed many other stories set there. This one was very different.
Bareneed is a small port town not far from Port de Grave. [...]
Rex Zero And The End Of The World
Tim Wynne-Jones’ book Rex Zero And The End Of The World (2006. J WYN) is meant for children about nine, ten, or so, but I think anyone born in the forties and fifties will love this story. We of that generation can remember the nervousness of our governments, the chill of the Cold War, and [...]
Number Ten
How about something very light, that you can read in no time flat. Sue Townsend, the author of the Adrian Mole books, has written a quirky chuckley book about a fictional British Prime Minister and his quest to find out what the people are really thinking.
Number Ten (2002. FIC TOW) is the story [...]
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