I bought this monster of a book quite a while ago and finally decided to get my act together and read it on my two week holiday. I have read some of Stephen King’s books before and really enjoyed his writing style, especially Carrie. I would cautiously label his style ‘intellectual horror’. It did not disappoint. Clown disquiet aside, the idea that It could take on the shape of any of the children’s fears was fascinating. I loved the line drawn between adult and child – the idea that believing in the impossible as a child is considered a strength […]
Keeping up with the Lindberghs
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
Everyone knows two things about Charles Lindbergh: he piloted the first solo, non- stop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris and in 1932 his son Charles Lindbergh Jr was kidnapped and murdered. This book is a fact-based, although fictional, recollection of Anne Morrow Lindbergh who tried to create her own life within the shadow of her famous husband. I learned a lot about Lucky Lindy, particularly how far reaching his influence was in the world of aviation, but Anne is the true star of the show. She is a much more sympathetic character. “At the age of twenty-five, he […]
5/17/2015 's CBR7 Review No:24 |
As usual, Amazon sucks me in with that free book
The Sweetest Kiss Series (A Kiss for Luck; A Single Kiss; The First Kiss; Kiss Me Hello) by Grace Burrowes
This review contains spoilers for books in the Sweetest Kiss Series – Just FYI. After my Grace Burrowes review, I wandered through her Amazon page a little bit, and happened to see a free novella, and downloaded it to my Kindle. That book, A Kiss For Luck, was short, and sweet, and had unusual enough characters that I was interested in the following trilogy of books, and downloaded them once I finished it. The characters in the novella are tangentially related to the main characters – the three Knightley brothers, Attorneys at Law – in the rest of the […]