Before Green Gables (raidergirl3)
Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
I believe Anne fans have been somewhat leery of this book. To attempt to write the before story, based on the small tidbits of her past that Anne let slip, was a huge undertaking for Wilson. People who love Anne would want the story to be true to LM Montgomery’s […]
Popularity: 19% [?]
The Bleeding Dusk (Nicola)
The Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason
The Gardella Vampire Chronicles, Book 3
Pages: 346
First Published: Feb. 2008
Genre: paranormal romance, historical fiction
Rating: 3.5/5
First sentence:
The lair of the Queen of the Vampires was tucked away in the snowy mountain range of Muntii Fagaras.
Comments: As the third book in the series it is difficult to summarize the plot without spoilers […]
Popularity: 14% [?]
Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher
Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher
By Lenore Hart
Completed May 29, 2008
I must admit that I am a sucker for a good companion novel. Last year, I read Finn by Jon Clinch, which was a story about Huck Finn’s infamous father. My latest read was the feminine side of this group of friends – […]
Popularity: 30% [?]
Black Ships (Nicola)
Black Ships by Jo Graham
Pages: 411
Finished: Mar. 10, 2008
Reason for Reading: Review copy.
First Published: Mar. 10, 2008
Genre: historical fantasy
Rating: 5/5
First Sentence:
You must know that, despite all else I am, I am of the People.
Comments: Set in approximately 1200 BC along the coast of the Mediterranean from Egypt to Italy this tale is a retelling of […]
Popularity: 33% [?]
Belong to Me(Amy)
I had a couple of other books lined up to read before Belong to Me. However, when I allowed myself the pleasure of reading the first chapter of this book, I was immediately sucked in and I couldn’t put it down.
The characters in this story are so real and uncontrived that I found myself wishing […]
Popularity: 30% [?]
Belong to Me (3M)
This second book by Marisa de los Santos is about friendship and family, and we see the highs and lows of both in the characters’ lives in this novel.
Cornelia and her doctor husband Teo move in to the ‘perfect’ neighborhood, but the women who live there are very slow to accept former city-dweller Cornelia. In […]
Popularity: 40% [?]
de los Santos talks about Belong to Me
Hear Marisa de los Santos speak about Belong to Me.
Popularity: 39% [?]
Popularity: 39% [?]
Belong to Me (Lesley)
Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
Contemporary Fiction
2008 HarperCollins Publishers
Finished on 3/13/08
Rating: 4.5/5 (Terrific!)
ARC - Due out on April 1, 2008
Book Description
Everyone has secrets. Some we keep to protect ourselves, others we keep to protect those we love.
A devoted city dweller, Cornelia Brown surprised no one more than herself when she was gripped […]
Popularity: 40% [?]
Bulls Island (Jill)
Betts McGee fled her childhood home of Charleston, SC, after the sudden death of her mother, which drove a wedge between her and her fiance, J.D. Betts moved to New York City, became a successful financier and raised her son, Adrian. For almost 20 years, Betts never spoke to her father, sister or estranged fiance. […]
Popularity: 31% [?]
Belong to Me (Caribousmom)
It seemed impossible that you could stand in a kitchen making hot chocolate and grilled-cheese sandwiches with your best friend dying in the next room, the voices of her children tangled up with the voices of your own, that you could butter bread and watch, through the window, the trees relinquishing their leaves and hear […]
Popularity: 43% [?]
Previous Stories
- Before Green Gables (raidergirl3)
- The Bleeding Dusk (Nicola)
- Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher
- Black Ships (Nicola)
- Belong to Me(Amy)
- Belong to Me (3M)
- de los Santos talks about Belong to Me
- Belong to Me (Lesley)
- Bulls Island (Jill)
- The Bleeding Dusk (Raidergirl3)
- Breathless in Bombay (Literary Feline)
