Monthly Archives: January, 2009
Emotional Geology by Linda Gillard
Synopsis: Rose Leonard is on the run from her life. Taking refuge in a remote island community, she cocoons herself in work, silence and solitude in a house by the sea. But she is haunted by her past, by memories and desires she’d hoped were long dead. Rose must decide whether she has in fact [...]
Share on FacebookLady Susan by Jane Austen
Synopsis: One of Jane Austen’s shortest works, “Lady Susan” is an epistolary novel, a novel told entirely in the letters of its title character, her friends and family. “Lady Susan” is the story of a recently widowed woman who is actively searching for a new marriage while trying to play matchmaker for her daughter as [...]
Share on FacebookAlphabet Weekends by Elizabeth Noble
Synopsis: The fabulous new novel from the No 1. bestselling author of “The Reading Group” and “The Tenko Club”. Love lessons from A – Z. A is for Affection – between childhood best friends; between their parents; between brothers and sisters. B is for Brokenhearted – Natalie when the boyfriend who was meant to propose [...]
Share on FacebookSourcery by Terry Pratchett
Synopsis: There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it should have ended. However (for reasons we’d better not go into), he had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son…a wizard squared…a source of magic…a Sourcerer. Sourcery sees the return of Rincewind and the [...]
Share on FacebookHeaven is Real by Don Piper
Synopsis The author draws on his own near-death experience to describe the reality of heaven and to explain how it is possible, by relying on God’s love, to transform life challenges into blessings. This is the follow up to the book: 90 Minutes in Heaven. Don Piper was killed in a car accident; an 18-wheel [...]
Share on FacebookMort by Terry Pratchett
Synopsis from back cover: ‘Although the scythe isn’t pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of , say, a peasants’ revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome’ For Mort however, it is about to become one of the tools of his trade. From henceforth, Death [...]
Share on FacebookConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
This is also called: “The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic” Synopsis from Amazon: Meet Rebecca Bloomwood. She’s a journalist. She spends her working life telling others how to manage their money. She spends her leisure time …shopping. Retail therapy is the answer to all her problems. She knows she should stop, but she can’t. She [...]
Share on FacebookEqual Rites by Terry Pratchett
Synopsis from Amazon: The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on [...]
Share on FacebookWhere Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern
Synopsis from Amazon: From the no. 1 bestselling author of PS, I Love You comes an enchanting novel about two childhood friends whom fate and destiny can’t help toying with! From naughty children to rebellious teenagers, Rosie and Alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin. But just as they’re discovering the joys [...]
Share on FacebookThe Kiss of Heaven by Darlene Zschech
Description from Amazon: Darlene Zschech describes The Kiss of Heaven as the sense of heaven touching earth, as if God himself kisses her on the head. In this book she shows readers how they can experience God’s favor as they pursue the dream He has planted in their hearts. Practical biblical teaching explains how the [...]
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