[ebooktalk] Chevalier and Morton.
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 10:03:10 +0100
Hi Tracy,
I've read 2 Tracy Chevalier books and loved them both. They were Falling Angels
and Remarkable Creatures. I can highly recommend them to anyone.
I have been planning to get round to Kate Morton shortly and was thinking of
trying the Forgotten Garden first. Have you read that one, or which one would
you say you enjoyed most?
Cheers,
Shell.
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From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 11:03 PM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Books I read in May.
> Hi,
> I've just finished "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier. It took
> me a while to get into it, but that maybe because I was only reading it in
> short bursts at first, but I started enjoying it about a third of the way
> through. At the beginning of the week I read "The Cupid Effect" by Dorothy
> Koomson, which was a good, if light, read - full of feelings and emotions,
> but amusing with it. I've started "The Chocolate Run", a very early Koomson
> novel, and all I can say is that she's matured quite noticeably as a writer
> over the years. I once saw Koomson listed in "chic lit" writers, and now I
> know why. This one is certainly bordering on chic lit, and not to be
> recommended as a sample of her writing. I don't know if I'll finish it.
> I've also recently read Kate Morton's "The Secret Keeper", and was slightly
> disappointed. I enjoyed her other books, but in this one I felt she was
> keeping to the same old formula of present-day character delving into a
> mystery from a relative's past, then a time change into the past to describe
> the relative's experiences, so on and so forth, and there seem to be a couple
> of flaws in the plot towards the end.
>
> Trish.
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> From: Shell
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 9:08 PM
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Books I read in May.
>
>
> I had quite a good reading month and read some new authors to me. By far my
> favorite book was the Joseph Heywood.
> Shell.
>
> French, Nicci. Blue Monday. May 2013. 9 Stars.
> A little girl disappears from a sweet shop in the middle of the day. No body
> is ever found, but when a little boy disappears on his way home from school
> 20 years later, it is psychotherapist Frieda Klein who presents the
> similarities to the police.
> Frieda is an excellent character and the mystery was solid. A very tense
> story with lots of unexpected twists and turns. Will be reading more in this
> series.
>
> Straley, John. The Woman Who Married a Bear. May 2013. 5 Stars.
> Cecil Younger Is an Alaskan PI who is hired to solve an old crime. Some of
> the descriptive writing is good, but Cecil's drinking problem and stories
> from his youth drag the book down and make it tedious to read.
>
> Shriver, Lionel. We Need To Talk About Kevin. May 2013. 10 Stars.
> Written in a series of letters from Eva to her husband we go back in time to
> before Kevin was born and hear the story of the strange child he was and the
> events which led up to him killing 7 of his class mates.
> Very suspenseful and dark but with some laugh out loud humor. We hear Eva's
> thoughts and pain as she tries to cope with a terrible situation.
>
> Crais, Robert. Suspect. May 2013. 6 Stars.
> Max was injured in a shooting and can no longer be a street cop. Maggie, a
> German Shepherd was also shot in Iraq and lost her handler in the same
> incident. Can they now work together as a team and help heal each other's
> emotional wounds?
> A book of two halves. The dog story is sweet and pulls on the heart strings
> but, the investigation side of the book is hampered with inaccuracies and is
> so lame that non of it could happen in the real world. Which spoils the book
> all together. A weak effort.
>
> Mark, David. Dark Winter. May 2013. 8 Stars.
> DCI Aector McAvoy is trying to connect the murders of victims who have all
> previously been the sole survivors of tragedies. He is a gentle man with a
> good home life which is nice for a change and I could not guess who-done-it.
> I wasn't quite as bowled over as I'd hoped to be from the excellent reviews,
> but perhaps I was expecting too much. Will read more in the series.
>
> Heywood, Joseph. ICE HUNTER. May 2013. 10 Stars.
> What a fantastic mystery! Set in the wilder parts of Michigan we meet Grady,
> a woods cop like his Father. Policing such a rural area takes special skills
> and Grady has all the knowledge of the rural area and the ability to track in
> all the local terrain. Great mystery and the female characters out
> outstanding. Beautifully described and a nice dog too. What more could you
> want. Can't wait to get my hands on the next in the series. A must read!
>
> McEwan, Ian. Sweet Tooth. May 2013. 6 Stars.
> Set in 1972, Serena is a bit of a lost soul after a failed relationship with
> an older man. She is offered a job by MI5, but it was not the work she had
> hoped for.
> Quite a slow book centering on relationships but quite compelling reading
> and a good end.
>
> Seton, Anya. Dragonwyck. May 2013. 7 Stars.
> A good example of a gothic romantic suspense. Miranda accepts an invitation
> to go and stay with her wealthy cousin in the mid 18 hundreds. We have the
> spooky house, the mysterious but darkly attractive home owner and the
> impression that all is not well. No real surprises in the tale, but it's well
> written and nice and easy to read and relax with.
>
> Kennedy, Douglas. Five days. May 2013. 8 Stars.
> I've given this book more stars than suits my enjoyment of it because it's
> unfair to mark a book down just because it's not my kind of novel. It was
> well written and focusses on a married woman who has a fling with a married
> man at a conference she is attending and the effect this has on her life and
> that of her family. I just like a bit more to happen and a few surprises
> along the way and as Douglas Kennedy is one of my favorite authors I expect a
> different style from him. So, highly recommended if you like books about the
> intricacies of relationships and I didn't dislike it but wasn't sad to get to
> the end.
>
> Behrens, Peter The Law of Dreams. May 2013. 9 Stars.
> Fergus is forced to leave Ireland in the 1840s due to the potato famine and
> the death of his whole family. We follow his journey to Liverpool, Wales and
> then on to America.
> Quite a slow start and I did give up on it, only to be persuaded to give it
> a bit longer. I was very glad I did as the book picked up and the characters
> developed well later in the story. Some really interesting historical detail
> and what life was like for the majority of people at that time.
>
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