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red-hot CITY OF ASH by MEGAN CHANCE
I love historical fiction.
Megan Chance is an amazing author.
CITY OF ASH in the social set up of Seattle, WA during 1880.
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It is about two independent and strong women.
Geneva(Ginny) is a heiress to Stratford Mining fascinated by arts, paintings, poetry and culture, married to a rogue Nathan Langley.
She brings scandal and shame to her family by posing nude to an artist.
Her rich father banishes her family to Seattle, WA.
Seattle is no match to Chicago, it is backward, Ginny finds her life boring and lonely.
The society aware of her Chicago scandal is unfriendly to her.
Ginny is in loveless marriage and a prisoner in her own home.
Beatrice is an actress with full of potential looking for spectacular opportunities and recognitions.
Then there is a charming, talented playwright Mr. Dewitt.
He charms both the women. Bea is in love with him.
Scheming and ambitious Nathan has earned Ginny's father's trust over the yrs.
Nathan is a scumbag, uses both of them.
Ginny and Beatrice narrate the story alternatively.
At the end the plot come together.
Then the famous Seattle fire.... the tragedy brings the girls closer, the rest of the story is about how both the girls over come their jealousy, work together to fight against Nathan and his roguish plans.
Well developed Characters , love triangles, underhanded schemes, erotic sexy scenes and mesmerizing plot.
Spellbinding. (except that F word usage, did they use the vulgar word in those days ?????? )
Megan chance has been my favorite author, I love her earlier works.
http://www.meganchance.com/
VINATHA.
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SOBBING, EMOTIVE MURDER MYSTERY SISTER by ROSAMUND LUPTON
SOBBING, EMOTIVE MURDER MYSTERY
SISTER by ROSAMUND LUPTON
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English woman Beatrice works in New York lives with her boy friend Todd.
Beatrice's younger sister Tess has disappeared, her mom calls Beatrice.
Beatrice hops into an airplane, arrives at London to find out more about what happened.
Novel is narrated by Beatrice as a letter to her missing pregnant younger sister eventually found dead.
Very gripping and emotional novel.
Two sisters are very close. Beatrice is always protective of her sister Tess.
The letter(format of the novel) is very emotive. I am choked with sadness while reading the intimate beautiful letter of Bee to Tess.:cry2:
Tess involved with a married man and was pregnant.
Cystic fibrosis is in her family. Their brother had cystic fibrosis and died.
Tess finds out her unborn baby has cystic fibrosis and is participating in an medical trial.
The novel talks about their relationship with their mom, some scientific facts on cystic fibrosis.
Emotions run high with the novel. Very powerful murder mystery. Felt very heavy for the past two nights. I was sobbing in some places of the novel:cry2:
http://www.rosamundlupton.com/books/us
I will follow his next novel.
Vinatha.
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Engrossing before i go to sleep....s.j.watson
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I Picked up BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP BY S.J.WATSON from the library.
BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP......is about a lady- Christine, who wakes up next to a middle aged man in his(or their?) house doesn't know and remember how she got there.
The man- Ben tells her that he is her hubby and she is suffering from amnesia. She forgotten most of what happened in her life, she keeps a journal to manage day to day life. Ben loves her very much and cares for her at home.
When Ben goes to work after giving her schedule of the day, she got a call.
The man on the phone claims that he is her Doctor. Dr.Nash says that she is making progress with him.
He is helping her from Amnesia and keeping their meetings secret. Her journal says 'Don't tell Ben'. He tells her that it is her decision not to tell Ben yet, wanting to wait until they make progress.
This is how Christine tries to figure out her life. Awful.
Chirstine's journal forms most of the book, as we read more & more into her journal, it's a disturbing feeling.
Can she trust Ben?
Confused and terrified world of Christine Lucas is very engrossing . (I kind of guessed the end. So I was not frightened or anxious when reading those end chapters.)
Good read indeed.
http://www.facebook.com/beforeigotosleep
Wow, It's going to be a movie.
amnesia movie!
Inception fame Christopher Nolan's earlier movie MEMENTO is on a man suffering from short term memory loss. Thriller.
I remember my husband was watching it on NETFLIX :)
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Memento/60020435
I love amnesia movies, from Kamal's moondram pirai to recent Ghajini(inspired from Memento)
Vinatha.
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SHUT YOUR EYES TIGHT.......JOHN VERDON....HEFTY NOVEL is a good read.
Author of THINK OF A NUMBER - JOHN VERDON is back with his intelligent, flawed, retired detective Dave Gurney.
SHUT YOUR EYES TIGHT.......JOHN VERDON....HEFTY NOVEL is a good read.
I was eagerly expecting the second installment to visit upstate Newyork with our ace detective Gurney along with his wife Madeleine.
Author did a fine job of integrating their personal life in his earlier Creepy novel.
Madeleine is intelligent, enjoys nature, wants to live a quite life after enduring some difficult times during Dave's cop yrs.
Madeleine is not happy when her hubby was contacted by his former colleague Jack Hartwick.
A wealthy, prominent lady wants to hire Dave Gurney as a consultant.
Her beautiful, young daughter who marries celebrity psychiatrist (more than twice her age)was murdered at her wedding reception in a horrific manner.
Missing mexican gardener is presumed murderer.
She wants Dave Gurney to take a look at the cold blooded murder case that has taken the state police several months with no progress.
In spite of his wife's disappointment, our Dave Gurney gets involved in the case.
It is a big book... around 509 pages but I enjoyed the good multilayered mystery and the complex police procedural with several criminal elements.
I took a week to finish the novel. I was not in a hurry.:) ( I do other things too :smile:)
I enjoyed the author's simple narration (told mostly through Gurney's eyes),
his detailed offering of Dave Gurney's thoughts and his restless nature (his preoccupation of whether to fertilize the asparagus plants..),
deep Madeleine who speaks volumes with her warm smiles while passing by Dave when he is busy without uttering words, their marital dysfunction.
JOHN VERDON writes beautiful descriptions.
Chapter - 15 BLACK & WHITE , is my favorite - Gurney's mulling over his love for solving crime even in retirement, Madeleine's disappointment with his workaholic temperament, their troubled relationship and tension in their marriage, coyotes incident etc.. I love it.
eerie book is a good read. I am glad.
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