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    Rach's 2010 Reads

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    I have read quite a lot of Jodi Picoult, but not that one (Vanishing Acts) yet. I like the sound of the storyline, rach, and your 8/10 means I will probably buy it soon! :D

     

    It's took me a while to pick this up off my bookshelf but I'm glad I did! I love pretty much anything she writes - apart from maybe The Tenth Circle. I've read that this is some people's least favourite book but I really enjoyed it. I hope you get to read it :irked:.

    Rach's 2010 Reads

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    31. The Echo

    Minette Walters

     

    Synopsis from Waterstones:

    'It was the smell that Mrs Powell noticed first. Slightly sweet. Slightly unpleasant. It shocked her badly to find a dead man in the corner, his head slumped on his knees.' Who was Billy Blake, other than a homeless alcoholic who wandered the streets? Why was he found dead from starvation in one of the richest areas of one of the richest capitals in the world? And why did he die alone in the garage of wealthy architect Amanda Powell - a woman whose wealth can only be explained if her husband is dead ...?

     

    Started: 30th April - Finished: 5th May

    428 pages

    Rating: 7/10

    Rach's 2010 Reads

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    30. Vanishing Acts

    Jodi Picoult

     

    Synopsis from Waterstones:

    Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fianc, and her own Search and Rescue bloodhound - which she uses to find missing persons. But as she plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. Then a policeman shows up at her door, arresting her father for the kidnap of a little girl. And Delia's past and present fracture into little pieces

     

    Started: 25th April - Finished: 29th April

    417 pages

    Rating: 8/10

    Rach's 2010 Reads

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    29. The Best Of Times

    Penny Vincenzi

     

    Synopsis from play.com:

    Jonathan, the successful, charismatic surgeon returning from a liaison with his mistress Abi. His wife thinks he's somewhere else.

    Georgia, the young actress desperate to get to London for an audition for the part that could make her career; and Linda, her agent, dynamic, ambitious-but lonely, and with a failed marriage behind her.

    Toby, the bridegroom with a dark secret on the way to his wedding, with his loyal best friend Barney.

    Mary, travelling to the airport to meet her first love, whom she hasn't seen in over fifty years; William, the farmer who watches the drama unfold across the hill; and Emma, the engaging young surgeon at the nearest hospital.

    One heartbeat in time, and all their lives will be totally transformed. But is it for the worst, or can it be for the best? In the tense, dramatic fall-out, mysteries are created, lives are torn apart, love affairs ended - and ignited. In the aftermath of the crash, urgent questions must be answered: Who was to blame? Who was the girl seen running away from the site of the accident? And can there be any escape from the relentless power of fate?

     

    Started: 16th April - Finished: 24th April

    880 pages

    Rating: 7/10

    What are your first ten songs on iPod shuffle?

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    Darkness - Aiden

    Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

    Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith

    See The Light - Green Day

    On A Wire - Funeral For A Friend

    The Rock Show - Blink 182

    I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

    Broken Hearts, Torn Up Leters - Lostprophets

    Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Calm Before The Storm - Fall Out Boy

    Rach's 2010 Reads

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    28. The House At Riverton

    Kate Morton

     

    Synopsis from Waterstones:

    Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.

    Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could.

     

    Started: 6th April - Finished: 14th April

    593 pages

    Rating: 8.5/10

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