Archive for May, 2007

Two Little Girls in Blue — Mary Higgins Clark

Another great novel by MHC. I have loved MHC boks since I was in Jr. high and she never ceaces to amaze me. Twin toddler girls are kidnapped and it takes a mother’s intuition and the “twin connection” to solve the mystery. 8 out of 10.
From Booklist
Clark’s thirty-third book revisits the subject matter of her [...]

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The Probable Future — Alice Hoffman

I love stories of witchyness, and this book had enough witchyness to go around. Hoffman knows how to write from any angle. I loved this book. I give this book 9 out of 10.
Book Description
The women of the Sparrow family have lived in New England for generations. Each is born in the month of March, [...]

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QotD: Should’ve Seen Them Live

” Which band or artist which is no longer performing or alive would you have loved to have seen? “
Nirvana.   I never got the pleasure to see them or Sublime perform. RIP Kurt and Brad.

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The Plain Truth — Jodi Picoult

1 of 2 of my favorite Lifetime movies was based on this novel. The Amish are a peaceful people, so when an amish teenager is accused of giving birth and killing her newborn child, the whole community changes. Picoult spent a lot of time in an Amish community in order to keep her story accurate. [...]

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Dear Amy,

I am so sick of bailing you out of situations. If I wasn’t so afraid of what might happen to the kids if I was not there to save them from you, I would just walk away. You have turned into the ex-husband who you left because you didn’t want your beautiful children to grow [...]

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The Pact — Jodi Picoult

1 of 2 of my favorite lifetime books is based on this novel. This is a story of 2 teenagers who grew up knowing that their parents knew it was destined for them to be together. In the end, the girl is dead, the boy is accused of her murder and neither family will ever [...]

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