[ebooktalk] Re: Tiny Sunbirds.
- From: "Elaine Harris \(Rivendell\)" <elaineharris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:17:31 +1000
Thank you, Shell. Am reading this now.
Can barely speak courtesy of a raging sore throat and sinuses not worth
writing about so reading is about all I can do.
Absolutely riveting.
Thank you,
Elaine
From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Shell
Sent: Monday, 3 June 2013 7:06 PM
To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ebooktalk] Tiny Sunbirds.
Hi Trish, the book is Tiny Sunbirds Far Away by Christie Watson. I've
attached it to this email. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Shell.
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From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 11:16 PM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Books I read in May.
> Shell, Some time ago you sent a book you recommended set in Africa,
possibly Nigeria. Clare said, and I agreed, that it sounded similar to
"Purple Hibiscus" by Kimamanda Ngozie Adachikie. Unfortunately, I seem to
have lost it, and I wanted to read it. Please could you re-send it? If it
wasn't you, many apologies, and if anyone recognizes my rather garbled
description, can they help?
> Cheers,
> 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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