Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Recommended Read

Sometimes I visit the library with a purpose. I have a certain author in mind or a book title to find and that's my goal. Most times I browse the stacks and let titles catch my eye or a cover intrigue me. Then I pull out the book, read the blurb, and make a decision. Depends on my mood. I read many genres, often with no rhyme or reason. And yes, sometimes, I want a short book. Other times, I want to hunker down with a tome.

Invisible Boy by Cornelia Read leaped into my hands the other week and I devoured this book. It's so much fun to crack open a story by an unfamiliar author and get drawn into a tale, a voice, and a style.

Madeline Dare is helping a friend clean up an old family cemetery and shockingly finds a small skull and bones, rib bones that show being crushed. Police are called and the mystery commences. Who was the child? Why was he tucked into a corner of this cemetery? Madeline is ultimately hit by a car, threatened, and afraid for herself and family. Yet, her wisecracking sense of humor sends the story into high gear and the pages turning.

When I closed the book, I smiled and said, "Wow." Invisible Boy proved to be a rolicking read, and I shall look for the author's other books. Her style is current, a tad snarky, and tight. This gem was a find, and I shall return to the library seeking other jewels on the shelves.

Have you read a book lately that had that Wow! factor?

4 comments:

  1. Wow - very cool to have THE author comment. This whole internet search engine key word thing must work. Now if only Ms.Read would have posted her latest Wow! book page turner.

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  2. Hi Joanne, Yes, I do have my wow factor books and some authors I truly love. No matter what the topic is I love Angela Hunt books. Even when I'm not interested in the topic it seems I love her books and can't put them down. I read the Fairlawn Series, set of 3, and they are wonderful. I was looking for something different and I found it here. She does her homework and you also learn alot in the process. Another one of her wow books was "Uncharted". Makes you think. I also love Sara Gruen and Kristen Hannah, "True Colors" actually made me cry and I never cry with a book. I just completed "One Good Dog" by Susan Wilson. Loved it! Couldn't put it down. And, you were talking about new authors, I just read, "Life, In Spite of Me" by Kristen Anderson. It's a memoir but incredible. Anyway, happy reading. If you are on goodreads a site for reviews and listing your books, please add me to you list. I'd love to see what your reading. Go to www.goodreads.com/lv2scpbk

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  3. P.S. Sarah Gruen wrote "Water for Elephants".

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