Time to learn how to talk again, see my sister (in DE), brother (in PA), friends, eat a cheesesteak, go to Longwood Gardens, dip my toes in the Atlantic (Rehoboth), and generally hang out.
Roots. Still gonna be weird with no dad to visit. Can you go "home" again?
Julia Pritzker's husband was murdered in Philly and she's still recovering. Then news arrive from Italy - she's inherited a fortune, a Tuscan villa, and a vineyard. How? Why? Julia was adopted and has no biological history. A jaunt to Italy becomes quite the adventure.
The villa seems haunted. Clues appear to indicate Julia might be related to Emilia Rossi and a Renaissance Duchess - Caterina Sforza. And husband, Mike's murder, no longer seems random. Whoa!
cover blurb - Before long, Julia fears she's being followed. Events turn deadly, and Julia's search for identity becomes a harrowing struggle for sanity - and survival.
Solid poolside read with a satisfying conclusion. Scottoline does not disappoint.
Two sisters bonded by music, divided by fame...silenced by tragedy.
Now twenty years later, a new generation will try to reunite Cassie and Zoe. Can the love between sisters survive the secrets that remain?
Jennifer Weiner with The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits once again writes an excellent family tale with plenty of drama, mystery, love, and secrets. I really enjoyed following the tale of Zoe, pretty and adequately talented, AND Cassie, the prodigy voice and piano sister who hides behind her heaviness and lack of beauty. It's a brief stint as a band with plenty of drama, sleeping around, a marriage, a death, a pregnancy, a talented kid named Cherry - niece, daughter, and kid trying to figure out the story.
Can there be forgiveness?
Well written page turner - full of family drama, angst, and emotion. Thumbs up!
Brad looks great and he's just cool as Sonny Hayes. He's a broken man with a racing history, now just moving from quick gig to gig. Javier Bardem as Ruben tracks him down and convinces him to join his Formula Team - it's on its last legs and needs a boost and some wins. The young gun driver, Joshua, (played well by Damson Idris), is of course irked at "old man" Sonny. There's competition, issues, and then teamwork.
Kerry Condon is the team hot shot designer who listens to Sonny as he gives his opinion on the car. Is there a love kick? Well, yeah - it's Brad, Kerry. Hot stuff for a moment. But the key to the movie is the F1 racing in exotic locations. One of the producers is Lewis Hamilton.... Hello - he's not going to have crap on the screen. And gee - is he prominent in the racing finale?
All in all, this is maybe a tad long. But it's very entertaining, well filmed, and a good summer movie.
And Brad!!!!!!!!!!!! 'nuff said. Enjoy.
1975 Monta Clare, MO, girls are disappearing.
Patch, a local kid missing an eye becomes a hero when he saves the richest, prettiest girl in town. But he's taken and is tortured, left to die, and then saved by his best friend - a tough girl named Saint. She never gave up.
cover blurb - Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. Their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.
A missing person mystery, a serial killer mystery thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each. This book covers what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope.
It all starts in 1975. It ends in 2001. Holy Cow is all I can say. The writing, the characters, the story arc - un-freaking- believable.
Get this book. Read it. You are welcome.
Thanks Canada for being so damn perfect
I was pulled into this story immediately and the deep freeze of Maine, 1789 kept me enthralled. After one man is saved after falling into the ice, another is discovered entombed. Martha, the midwife, is called to examine the body - her declaration: Murdered by hanging. The man - Joseph Burgess - had also been accused of rape.
Over the course of one winter, a trial is pending, more scandal, more accusations and Martha's word and her journal prove to be at the center. This is a time when women were to be seen and not heard. The fact that she could write, that she knew every secret in town, and that she truly was a woman of convictions makes this story very powerful. Martha Ballard proves an exception and her husband, Ephraim, is also a man ahead of his time.
I loved the tone of this book, the pace, the obvious research done, rich characters, and that family love that shined through. The Frozen River glistens and each word and chapter flow. Big thumbs up from me!
