[ebooktalk] Re: Chevalier and Morton.
- From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 10:43:47 +0100
Thanks for the change of name, Shell, but I think I'll keep to Trish for now.
Also, thanks for the recommendations of the Chevalier books.
Yes, I have read "The Forgotten Garden" and think it's her best work, although
I also enjoyed "The House At Riverton" very much. "The Secret Keeper" was ok,
but not as good as the others.
Trish.
----- Original Message -----
From: Shell
To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 10:03 AM
Subject: [ebooktalk] Chevalier and Morton.
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.
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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