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    ~Weave's World of Books 2011~

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    Another great review, Paula, and another recommendation from the good people on the forum to read Room. It seems like this is the book to read at the moment, I'm certainly happy I found a copy of it at the library, can't wait to get to reading it :smile2:

     

    Thanks Frankie :)

    ~Weave's World of Books 2011~

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    Room by Emma Donoghue ~ Started: 18.02.11 ~ Finished: 21.02.11

     

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    It’s Jack’s birthday, and he’s excited about turning five.

     

    Jack lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked door and a skylight, and measures 11 feet by 11 feet. He loves watching TV, and the cartoon characters he calls friends, but he knows that nothing he sees on screen is truly real – only him, Ma and the things in Room. Until the day Ma admits that there's a world outside . . .

     

    Told in Jack's voice, Room s the story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible. Unsentimental and sometimes funny, devastating yet uplifting, Room is a novel like no other.

     

    'Room' is the story of Jack and his Ma, and where they live, a place called Room, Jack was born there and does not know anything else, his Ma is his whole world and Jack is his Ma's whole world. Ma tries to make things as normal as possible for Jack, he plays with his friends, who are cartoon characters on TV, he learns from his cartoon friends and his Ma and every night he sleeps in Wardrobe waiting for the door to Room to go 'beep beep' and open with the arrival of Old Nick, who Jack has never see up close because his Ma forbids it. Jack's world changes when his Ma tells Jack about 'Outside', what he can see when he looks out of 'Skylight' and Ma's plan to leave 'Room' forever.

     

    What I thought of 'Room' ~

     

    There has been endless positive reviews about 'Room' and I am going to add to them with another positive review, 'Room' is nothing short of brilliance, Emma Donoghue's has created one of the most insightful, whimsical, intelligent and endearing characters in five year old Jack. 'Room' is told from his point of view, everything in his world has order, he understands it, he has his Ma with him and that is all he needs. The character of Jack's Ma is well written, a woman raising her son in the strangest of circumstances, keeping his safe, teaching him as much as she can, her concerns as Jack gets older and what she should do to make sure they both get the lives they deserve, Jack and his Ma' strength as a family unit shines through, they are fiercely protective of each other.

     

    Jack's individual look at the world shines through too, which will make you laugh and cry, you will feel for Jack and Ma, their fight to have normality in their lives is inspirational.

     

    'Room' is well researched and without giving too much away, it explores all aspects of what Ma and Jack go through, you feel for both of them because they do not deserve their past and you feel positive for them for their future.

     

    I started 'Room' last Friday but did not get a chance to have a straight run of reading it until yesterday and I finished the book this morning, I could not put the book down.

     

    'Room' is a book that will stay with you, I guarantee Jack and his Ma will be in your thoughts from time to time.

     

    Highly recommended.

     

    Rating ~ 10/10

    ~Weave's World of Books 2011~

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    The Body Finder (Book One in 'The Body Finder' series) by Kimberly Derting ~ Started: 12.02.11 ~ Finished: 15.02.11

     

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    Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend, she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodies – or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes the dead leave behind in the world...and the imprints that attach to their killers.

     

    Violet has never considered her strange talent to be a gift, but now that a serial killer is terrorizing her small town Violet realizes she might be the only person who can stop him.

     

    Despite his fierce protectiveness over her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet find the murderer – and Violet is unnerved by her hope that Jay's intentions are much more than friendly. But even as she's falling in love, Violet is getting closer to discovering a killer...and becoming his prey herself.

    'The Body Finder' is the first book in 'The Body Finder'.

     

    'The Body Finder' begins with 8 year old Violet Ambrose, the main character of the story walking in the woods with her father. As father and daughter walk through the woods, Violet feels an echo, a feeling, which she goes to investigate and unfortunately finds the dead body of a murdered girl buried. Violet has a power which she has inherited from her grandmother, the power to find dead bodies, human or animal and now at the age of 16 she needs her power more than ever a as serial killer is murdering young girls, Violet must find the killer before its too late.

     

    What I thought of 'The Body Finder' ~

     

    I enjoyed 'The Body Finder', it was a easy and interesting read, Violet is an easy character to identify with and her developing relationship with best friend Jay is predictable but it flows nicely. 'The Body Finder' did remind me of the Harper Connelly series by Charlaine Harris, which I enjoyed (and miss), so its good to read a series similar to it.

     

    There is enough suspense to keep you entertained and I am planning on reading the sequel, 'Desires of the Dead' when its released next month.

     

    Rating ~ 7/10

     

     

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    Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy ~ Started: 15.02.11 ~ Finished: 18.02.11

     

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    The classic American novel that was the source for the Oscar-winning film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, now back in print from Scribner. Joe Buck, a good-looking, naively charming Texas 'cowboy' who's convinced that he's the salvation of many love-starved New York women, makes his way to the Big Apple to seek his fortune. Trouble is, his well-to-do clientèle never materialises and the only wealth he finds is in the friendship of Ratso Rizzo, a scrounging, sleazy, small-time con man with big dreams. Living on the tattered fringe of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond - one that transcends their broken dreams and get-rich-quick schemes and makes Midnight Cowboy that rarest of things...every bit as moving now as it was when it was first published. Midnight Cowboy is the powerful and unforgettable novel of the compelling need of human beings for one another.

     

    'Midnight Cowboy' is the story of Joe Buck, handsome, naïve and about to leave his current home of Houston, Texas to go to the bright lights of New York, to become a hustler to all the wealthy women of New York. Joe's naivety quickly becomes the target of con man Rizzo 'Ratso' (his real name is Enrico Salvatore Rizzo) but despite their troublesome beginning, Joe and Ratso find a friend in each other, and work towards Ratso's dream of going to Florida, a subject that Ratso is incredibly knowledgeable about, now all they have to do is survive New York and make the money to start a new life in Florida.

     

    What I thought of 'Midnight Cowboy' ~

     

    I have never seen the film of 'Midnight Cowboy' and I was happy that I had not seen the film when I started reading the book, I could see the characters as I would see them as opposed to two actors on a screen. 'Midnight Cowboy' is the story of two very different but ultimately lonely men who become to depend on each other, both Joe and Rizzo grew up in families where they were forgotten, so they are both looking for something, Joe, for someone to love and someone to love him, Rizzo to be accepted, he has always survived on his wits and shows Joe all the tricks of the trade, and Joe shows Rizzo friendship and compassion.

     

    The book is also about a ever changing America and what the America dream is for both characters, a sad book in so many ways but also funny at times especially the bickering between Joe and Rizzo. Joe's naiveness and personality shines through the book and you can not help but like him and Rizzo too, they are characters you will care about.

     

    Read it if you get the chance.

     

    Rating ~ 7/10

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