November 2010
3 posts
The Lace Reader: Brunonia Barry
Passion, suspense, magic and dogs. That’s what you get in Brunonia Barry’s tale of a damaged family from Salem. These women have the ability to read lace and predict the future, but this gift is not always pleasant and it leads to Towner Whitney’s escape from Salem as a teenager. When her aunt disappears, Towner is forced to come back and face what she fled from all those years...
The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag: Alan...
The Weed that Strings The Hangman’s Bag was a last minute, by the counter purchase in my local bookstore. I picked it up because it had a nice purple cover (I’m a sucker for marketing) and ended up buying it because it suited the sleuthy detective vibe I was looking for. When I got home I realised it was actually the second in a series by Alan Bradley, following up The Sweetness at the...
Water For Elephants: Sara Gruen
Love, violence, animals and the circus. What else could a good book possibly need? Water For Elephants follows the experiences of Jacob Jankowski, a recent veterinary school dropout, who after his parents sudden death finds himself on a train and somehow manages to accidentally run away with the circus. Making the best of the situation, his veterinary education is put to good use in the hodgepodge...
