Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Forgotten Garden

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The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.  The best book I have read in awhile!  LOVED IT.  It's about a tiny girl abandoned on a ship sailing from England to Australia.  She is taken in by the dockmaster and his wife and raised as their own.  When she is told the truth on her 21st birthday it shatters her sense of self, and she sets out to find out who she really is.  This book was sad at times, but beautiful.  I'll say it again - I LOVED IT.

So Cold the River

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So Cold the River by Michael Koryta.  I liked this book - it is compared to Stephen King, kind of a supernatural novel.  I've never read any Stephen King books, but I loved the mystery of the book, how you could sense the "bad thing" moving closer and closer to the character.

A Quiet Belief in Angels

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A Quiet Belief in Angels by R J Ellory.  This book made me think about it for days after I finished.  It's about a young man who has tragedy after tragedy happen to him and around him - but how he tries to work through it by writing.