madcow Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 Slowly, very slowly but there's definately an improvement of late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 I finished Richard Mason's The Lighted Rooms last night, although not something I would normally have picked up I found myself getting more engrossed the further I got into the book. It gave me an insight into how alzhiemers (sp?) and it's affects not only on the family, but the person afflicted too. I almost gave up on it part way through but I'm glad now that I didn't. Next up... Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult</SPAN> Jane had always lived in somebody's shadow. Escaping a childhood of abuse by marrying oceanographer Oliver Jones, she finds herself taking second place to his increasingly successful career. However, when her daughter Rebecca is similarly treated, Jane's dramatic stand takes them all by surprise. Jane and Rebecca set out to drive across America to the sanctuary of the New England apple orchard where Jane's brother Joley works. Oliver, used to tracking male humpback whales across vast oceans, now has the task of tracking his wife across a continent. To do so he must learn to see the world - and even himself - through her eyes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 I really enjoyed Songs of the Humpback Whale, not sure I was happy with the ending though. The mojo is still not right but it is getting better, only 10 days to read a book this time lol. Next up is The Peacock Emporium by Jojo Moyes Athene Forster embraced the sixties like few others. Nicknamed the Last Deb, she is spoilt, beautiful, and out of control. And within two years of her marriage, the rumours have begun again. Thirty-five years on, Suzanna Peacock finds refuge from her mother's shameful legacy in her shop, the Peacock Emporium. Within its magical walls she discovers not just friendship, and an escape from her troubled marriage, but the first real passion of her life. But the spectre of Athene still haunts her, setting in place a series of dramatic events. Only by confronting the past will Suzanna finally be able to face the future... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 Just finished Jojo Moyes' The Peacock Emporium and really enjoyed it, and in 4 days! It was a light and easy read which for some strange reason I didn't want to put down. Next up is Under The Knife by Tess Gerritsen. For David Ransom, it begins as an open-and-shut case. Malpractice. As lawyer for a grieving family, he's determined to prosecute a negligent doctor. Then Dr Kate Chesne storms into his office, daring him to seek out the truth - that she's being framed. First it was Kate's career that was in jeopardy. Then, when another body is discovered, David begins to believe her. Suddenly it's much more. Somewhere in the Honolulu hospital, a killer walks freely among patients and staff. And now David finds himself asking the same questions Kate is desperate to have answered. Who is next? And why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 OMG can't believe how long my reading mojo has been missing! I did finish Under the Knife last week and enjoyed it once I got stuck in. Friday saw me stuck on a coach for 19 hrs so I started and finished Restitution by Eliza Graham. February 1945. Europe is in ruins and the Red Army is searing its way across Germany’s eastern marches, revenging itself upon a petrified population. The war is over, but for some the fight for survival is only just beginning. Alix, the aristocratic daughter of a German resistance fighter, is alone and desperate to flee before the Reds come. But when a ferocious snowstorm descends she must return to the shelter of her abandoned ancestral home. There, she is shocked to find her childhood sweetheart Gregor. As old passions are rekindled, a couple break into the house to hide – the man, dressed in Gestapo uniform, is a stranger, but his companion is altogether more familiar. By morning, the blizzard has died down but the Reds are back. The woman and her Nazi escort are dead, and Gregor has vanished. Alone and terrified, Alix runs for her life, and embarks upon an extraordinary and heartbreaking journey. It will take sixty years and the fall of another empire – Communism – before the riddles of that fateful night can be deciphered. Restitution is a memorable novel about love and betrayal, hatred and heroism – a reminder that, even in the worst of times, the most courageous acts of kindness are possible. Thoroughly enjoyed this, the journey home passed quite quickly as I got stuck in and will look out for more of her work. Not sure what to read next but will pick one later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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