Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What She Knew
• An eight year old goes missing, just a few feet from where his mother was. He seemingly just vanished into thin air, without a single piece of evidence left behind.

Many blame his mother while others are strongly suspected by the authorities.

The reader's own suspicions fluctuate from character to character until the ending.

Book's suspenseful pace starts off with a bang, then moves quickly throughout. The final chapters move at breakneck speed and the conclusion is really unexpected.

I lost a lot of sleep staying up late reading this A++ book.
And so will you.

Orphan #8
• As a child, a little girl grows up in Orphanages in the 1920s.
Back then, the children were used so that unscrupulous physicians could perform in humane medical experiments on.

Well when she gets older she works as a nurse and finds herself caring for the aging Dr. who performed such experiences on her.
Interesting now, the tables are turned per say and it is up to the nurse to seek revenge from this evil former physician who performed unthinkable experiments on her as a child......So horrible in fact that the nurse still bears the physical scars & after effects 35 years later and may even be dying herself over all the residual damage done unto her back then.

Thank you for these recommendations; they both sound really good!

I just started "Somewhere Out There" by Amy Hatvany. So far so good.

Anonymous wrote:What She Knew
• An eight year old goes missing, just a few feet from where his mother was. He seemingly just vanished into thin air, without a single piece of evidence left behind.

Many blame his mother while others are strongly suspected by the authorities.

The reader's own suspicions fluctuate from character to character until the ending.

Book's suspenseful pace starts off with a bang, then moves quickly throughout. The final chapters move at breakneck speed and the conclusion is really unexpected.

I lost a lot of sleep staying up late reading this A++ book.
And so will you.

Orphan #8
• As a child, a little girl grows up in Orphanages in the 1920s.
Back then, the children were used so that unscrupulous physicians could perform in humane medical experiments on.

Well when she gets older she works as a nurse and finds herself caring for the aging Dr. who performed such experiences on her.
Interesting now, the tables are turned per say and it is up to the nurse to seek revenge from this evil former physician who performed unthinkable experiments on her as a child......So horrible in fact that the nurse still bears the physical scars & after effects 35 years later and may even be dying herself over all the residual damage done unto her back then.

Anonymous wrote:For one under the fun, summer beach read category - Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. Just finished it the other night and couldn't put it down. Fun, easy read.

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Anonymous wrote:A Little Life

Opposite of light.

Anonymous wrote:I'm reading A Little Life right now. Not reading too much at one time because it's so good.

I'm a PP above but I will add:

Independent People (historical fiction in Iceland)

A Fine Balance (India- Dickens esque saga)

The Bridal Wreath (first of three books by Sigrid Undset- fantastic- medieval Scandanavian setting)

The Timeless Land by Eleanor Dark (First novel of several chronicling Australia)


You guys have the same tastes in literature as me so keep the recs coming!

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Anonymous wrote:Not to hi-Jack your thread OP, but am contemplating reading "The Goldfinch" after seeing all the positive revs in this thread.

Is it a suspenseful/thriller-type read?
Also, what exactly is a "beach read?"

Something light, not too heavy or dark??
I don't imagine a Stephen King or V.C.
Andrews to be categorized as a common beach read.

I absolutely could NOT get into the Goldfinch at all. It's a very polarizing book I think. You either loved it or gave up 55 pages in.