Archive for March, 2010

Because of Karen….

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

I am going to try a new author.  Karen (over at Karen Knows Best — you really must read her as she’s funny, smart and regularly irreverent!)  has made me intrigued about Dorothy Koomson.  I just received Marshmallows for Breakfast from Paperback Swap and am really looking forward to reading it.  Then, I must read [...]

Accurate!

Friday, March 19th, 2010

You’re doing your best to navigate an emotional minefield blindfolded. No one — absolutely no one — seems willing to guide you. But you don’t need them. Distract yourself any way you can. Try to remember that time really does heal all wounds, and that you have your own life to live. [...]

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

SYNOP: The publishers of Chris Cleave’s new novel “don’t want to spoil” the story by revealing too much about it, and there’s good reason not to tell too much about the plot’s pivot point. All you should know going in to Little Bee is that what happens on the beach is brutal, and that it [...]

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

SYNOP: As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object — artfully encoded with five symbols — is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as [...]