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July Reviews
Title: The Blackstone Chronicles
Classification: Vampire, Horror & Other Creatures of the Night
Author: John Saul
Publisher: Random House
Copyright: 1997
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Reviewer Comments: This book is a collection of six separate novels centered around the abandoned Asylum in Blackstone, a quaint New England village. Some of the residents awaken to find very old objects on their doorsteps. After a period of time, each object brings an awesome power that causes havoc to whomever is in possession of the object. The village searches to find who left these objects and why.
Title: Charley's Webb
Classification: Fiction
Author: Joy Fielding
Publisher: Atria Books
Copyright: 2008
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Reviewer Comments: Another great page turner from Joy Fielding. This novel features a newspaper columnist who has neighbors who dislike her because they think she is writing about them, a mother who disappeared when she was a child to suddenly appear back in her life, two sisters who are bigger successes than she is, etc. Her big break to step into the limelight appears when a convicted child killer contacts her to write her story. And to top it off, Charley receives disturbing emails from someone threatening her children. Fielding manages to weave all these things together into a great book with one of those shocking endings. (Click here to check out other reviews for this title)
Title: Between Friends
Classification: Fiction
Author: Sandra Kitt
Publisher: Penguin
Copyright: 1998
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Reviewer Comments: Come on girls...ever have that one guy that you and one of your best girlfriends end up competing for? Well this is exactly the scenario that plays out between Dallas and Valerie. Best friends since grade school. Then walks Alex, an ex-Navy SEAL. The two best friends start competing for Alex's attention and during the process, secrets about Dallas's past comes to light along with some ugly truths about Valerie's daughter. Kitt writes a good story about the bonds of friendship.
June Reviews
Title: Dream When You're Feeling Blue
Classification: Fiction
Author: Elizabeth Berg
Publisher: Random House
Copyright: 2007
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Reviewer Comments: This story is about the Heaney sisters, Kitty, Louise and Tish at the time of World War II. A time where USO dances, metal drives, and the sense of patriotism is the everyday norm. It is not long before Kitty and Louise tearfully see their boyfriends off to fight in the war and the worry whether or not they will make it back begins. This tale follows the girls as they correspond with their men. As time goes by, their beliefs, strength and love about everything they know is tested and pushed to the limit. Elizabeth Berg writes a charming story that transports the reader back in time.
Title: Sundays at Tiffany's
Classification: Fiction
Author: James Patterson & Gabrielle Charbonnet
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Copyright: 2008
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Reviewer Comments: Jane is a lonely little girl with just one friend, Michael, who just happens to be imaginary. They do everything together and Jane finds Michael to be a great comfort as well as confidant. Then suddenly, on her ninth birthday, Michael tells Jane he has to go. Michael tells her that after her birthday, she will forget all about him. Now fast forward over a couple of decades. Guess what? Jane has never forgotten Michael like she is supposed to. Then comes the fateful day when Michael is in between imaginary friend assignments and who does he happen to see by mere accident? Jane, of course! This collaborative book is amazing. It's touching and true to the spirit of what can happen when you experience true love. I loved this book!
Title: Where Are the Children?
Classification: Mystery
Author: Mary Higgins Clark
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Copyright: 1975
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Reviewer Comments: I ran across a paperback copy of the 30th anniversary edition of this book. The first suspense novel Clark ever wrote. This story follows the secret life of nancy Harmon who fled across the country to get away from her past and the death of her two children. Time has passed and Nancy remarries and has two more children. Then suddenly on her 32nd birthday, both children disappear. The nightmare for Nancy is beginning all over again. There is someone out there who doesn't want Nancy to ever feel safe and secure again. While the story is very good, I'm glad that Clark continued to mold her craft into the books published today.
Meet Patty
I am the web designer for the Book Nook and long time lover of books. Some of my most favorite memories of book reading are during the summer months when I was reading twelve books a week. My fraternal twin sister and I used to bug my dad to take us back to the library to get more. And the sad part was that we’d go to the library on Sunday and my sister and I would have all twelve books read by Wednesday! My love of books has extended into my adult life.
I just finished getting my Bachelors degree in Organizational Leadership from Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s Adult and Graduate Studies. The most grueling part of going back to school was having to switch from reading pleasure books to textbooks. Anyone who knows me knows I am always juggling multiple projects at the same time. Now that school and homework is over with, I’ve found something else to plug in the time I used to spend on school. It’s amazing that I find time to do any reading at all! Obviously I do not read twelve books a week as I used to, but I do enjoy a good page-turner.