May was a bit of a stressful month. We moved from Virginia Beach, Va to the Greater Miami area. So far South Florida has been rainy - and the drivers suck, but other than that, I really seem to like the area. Hopefully the extra hot weather will be more inducive to reading (and of course charity knitting & crocheting)
23. 1022 Evergreen Place - Cedar Cove Series # 10 - Debbie Macomber
I really like this series. I really wanted to shake the crap out of Jolene. What a brat! I love the Mack/ Mary Jo & Linc/Lori storylines.
24. 1105 Yakima Street - # 11
Cedar Cove Series - Debbie Macomber
I was so glad that the whole Bruce, Rachel, Jolene storyline tied up. Even through this book I was so over Jolene. Some of the stories are a little too predictable and Im really peeved Charlotte was not as involved in these last two books as some of the ones before. The way she wrote for Charlotte and Ben, I felt there should have been more into their coming into forgetfulness. And I was a little peeved there was nothing about what actually happened before Ben and David Rhodes. I hope they will go more into that in # 12
25. The Knitting Circle - Ann Hood
I really do need to stop reading books based on the title (and Im also a little ashamed to admit - the cover!). Ive always thought if the title grabbed my attention, and so did the cover Id give the book a chance. I thought it would be a way to broaden out what I would read overtime. It has, and I havent had too many bad experiences with it - but then I read a novel like this and remind myself I need to start reading the summaries! This book deals predominantely with the loss of a 5 year old child. It follows Mary through the stages of grief. There are characters with other tragedies as well that come to intertwine with the main characters. It is sad, it drags on a little too much for me, but its not a bad read. If your ultra sensitive to child death/illness situations, then I would avoid it.
23. 1022 Evergreen Place - Cedar Cove Series # 10 - Debbie Macomber
I really like this series. I really wanted to shake the crap out of Jolene. What a brat! I love the Mack/ Mary Jo & Linc/Lori storylines.
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| Product Description Dear Reader, Guess what? I'm falling in love! With Mack McAfee. My baby daughter, Noelle, and I have been living next door to Mack since the spring. I'm still a little wary about our relationship, because I haven't always made good decisions when it comes to men. My baby's father, David Rhodes, is testament to that. I'm so worried he might sue for custody. In the meantime, the World War II letters I found are a wonderful distraction. Both Mack and I are trying to learn what happened to the soldier who wrote them and the woman he loved. Come by sometime for a glass of iced tea and I'll show you the letters. Plus I'll tell you the latest about Grace and Olivia, my brother Linc and his wife, Lori (who tied the knot about five minutes after they met!), and all our other mutual friends. Oh, and maybe Mack can join us…. |
I was so glad that the whole Bruce, Rachel, Jolene storyline tied up. Even through this book I was so over Jolene. Some of the stories are a little too predictable and Im really peeved Charlotte was not as involved in these last two books as some of the ones before. The way she wrote for Charlotte and Ben, I felt there should have been more into their coming into forgetfulness. And I was a little peeved there was nothing about what actually happened before Ben and David Rhodes. I hope they will go more into that in # 12
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| Dear Reader, You've probably heard that my wife has left me. Rachel's pregnant and she says she can't handle the stress in our household anymore. My thirteenyearold daughter, Jolene, is jealous of her. Maybe it's my fault. As a widower I spoiled her— Jolene was reading over my shoulder just now and says that's not true. She claims Rachel ruined everything. But that's not true. The real question is: How can I get my wife back? I don't even know where she is. She's not with Teri Polgar or any of her other friends from the salon. The other question is...when will Jolene grow up and stop acting like such a brat? I'm not the only one in town with problems. Linc Wyse's fatherinlaw is trying to destroy his business. And you know Charlotte Rhodes? Seems she's becoming forgetful and the family's worried about her and Ben. Lots of other stuff going on—but Rachel is better at keeping up with it than I am. If you have any idea where my wife is, give me a call. Please. |
I really do need to stop reading books based on the title (and Im also a little ashamed to admit - the cover!). Ive always thought if the title grabbed my attention, and so did the cover Id give the book a chance. I thought it would be a way to broaden out what I would read overtime. It has, and I havent had too many bad experiences with it - but then I read a novel like this and remind myself I need to start reading the summaries! This book deals predominantely with the loss of a 5 year old child. It follows Mary through the stages of grief. There are characters with other tragedies as well that come to intertwine with the main characters. It is sad, it drags on a little too much for me, but its not a bad read. If your ultra sensitive to child death/illness situations, then I would avoid it.
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| From Publishers Weekly While mourning the death of her daughter, Hood (An Ornithologist's Guide to Life) learned to knit. In her comeback novel, Mary Baxter, living in Hood's own Providence, R.I., loses her five-year-old daughter to meningitis. Mary and her husband, Dylan, struggle to preserve their marriage, but the memories are too painful, and the healing too difficult. Mary can't focus on her job as a writer for a local newspaper, and she bitterly resents her emotionally and geographically distant mother, who relocated to Mexico years earlier. Still, it's at her mother's urging that Mary joins a knitting circle and discovers that knitting soothes without distracting. The structure of the story quickly becomes obvious: each knitter has a tragedy that she'll reveal to Mary, and if there's pleasure to be had in reading a novel about grief, it's in guessing what each woman's misfortune is and in what order it will be exposed. The strength of the writing is in the painfully realistic portrayal of the stages of mourning, and though there's a lot of knitting, both actual and metaphorical, the terminology's simple enough for nonknitters to follow and doesn't distract from the quick pace of the narrative. (Jan.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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