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Beastly by Alex Flinn The Seance by John Harwood

The Ghost Writer by John Harwood ~ Started: 28.05.10 ~ Finished: 03.06.10 Synopsis ~ Viola Hatherley was a writer of ghost stories in the 1890s whose work lies forgotten until her great-grandson, as a young boy in Mawson, Australia, learns how to open the secret drawer in his mother's room. There he finds a manuscript, and from the moment his mother catches him in the act, Gerard Freeman's life is irrevocably changed. What is the invisible, ever-present threat from which his mother strives so obsessively to protect him? And why should stories written a century ago entwine themselves ever more closely around events in his own life? Gerard's quest to unveil the mystery that shrouds his family, and his life, will lead him from Mawson to London, to a long-abandoned house and the terror of a ghost story come alive. I found 'The Ghost Writer' quite difficult to get into because it starts slowly but as the story progresses the suspense builds more and the story becomes more interesting. I enjoyed the twists and turns, the ending was nicely done, unfortunately it was brief but still nicely done. If you like old fashioned ghost stories, stories within stories,this book is for you.

Oh Damon...nice Nici

Lovely Univerze

I am listening to it at the moment, my laptop is finally charging

Thanks Fi I was naughty and skipped forward to The Black Keys song because our laptop needed charge, I love The Black Keys song!

My desktop ~

Danny Miller has really changed my views on Aaron, he's not as much as a thug as I thought

You are right CaliLily, I think there still some stigma attached to certain subjects, and I have always felt that books help to stop various myths if you will from being believed, if that makes sense? Thanks for answering my question

Great point chesil, its the last thing that teens needs is being preached to, I would have been the same as your Mom about 'Night', but it was part of the story, if you don't mind me asking, how did you feel about it? (you don't have to answer)

Beauty and the Beast (I love the ballroom scene), The Little Mermaid and The Aristocats, one of my cats was named 'O'Malley' because of The Aristocats

I think a lot of YA out there are more than aware than people give them credit for, as Chesil said as long as a subject is shown in honest and balanced manner, I don't see a problem, I think books like this should help more than hinder, and there are questions that some YA can't ask or are too embarrassed to ask, so reading about it may help. And the whole caper over Dumbledore, I can imagine there would be concerns by parents but it was never mentioned in the book because I think what JK Rowling showed that being gay is not a issue.

I also drink a lot of semi skimmed milk, especially when its really cool, I love it

I am so glad you enjoyed 'Club Dead', Sookie does grow on you, she is a great character

Thank you peacefield and its ace when you get carded occassionally

Welcome to the gang Fiona

I'm not much of a drinker but when I do, its usually a bottle of miller I enjoy a good cup of tea and occasionally coffee

It took me awhile but I am starting to enjoy 'The Ghost Writer' by John Harwood

I'm still 36 but someone said to me the other day that I don't look 36, so that was good

I have 'Brooklyn' on my TBR pile

I bought from Tesco's tonight ~ The Help by Kathryn Stockett Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

Oh my, I read this a few weeks ago, and there is so many issues, questions surrounding it and the most important person, the baby, how will he/she deal with the situation when he/she is older.

There was a collective gasp when it got to the end, because everyone had their own theory you know?, very unexpected and very cleverly done