This is definitely a candidate for a LifeTime Channel movie. A beautiful and brilliant young woman falls from a ladder and suffers major brain injuries. In fact, she is declared brain dead. Her equally brilliant neurosurgeon husband is devastated because she is the love of his life. But he's ready to pull the plug until he learns she is pregnant. Then all hell breaks loose because half the extended family feels it would be her wish to die with dignity and her husband knows she would want the baby to have a chance at life. Lots of drama and lots of mulling over the same issues numerous times. In fact, after reading almost half of it, I just skipped to the end even though I was able to guess what it would be.
My big question is why do books like this get great reviews online. I can only guess that there is a big audience for this type of book. It just isn't my type. -June
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Friday, June 13, 2014
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennet
This is one of those rare books that you can fly through in a couple of hours and enjoy every moment. If you are a reader (and you are, I'm sure) you like to read about other readers. And this reader is the Queen of England. Imagine that the Queen is just too busy to read, but then finds a bookmobile close to her castle and gets hooked. That's the plot. As she reads, she changes as she's exposed to the world of reading. Fun. -June
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
How about a book that combines erotica with horror? Kind of a strange combo, and certainly something different from my normal reading. But once I got into it, even though I could clearly see where it was going, I couldn't put it down.
The author starts with some short chapters that seem to be unconnected, but then quickly starts alternating chapters from 2004 to 2008 in the life of Catherine, a young woman who has had an abusive relationship with Lee. We know this almost from the beginning, and we also know that in 2008 she is suffering from the result of this abuse. But this writing technique if very effective in building the suspense and keeping the book going. It would have been have very different read if it had been written in chronological order.
Some of the scenes are tough to read. The abuse is extremely violent, but being in Catherine's head when it happens, the reader can see how she fought to get through it. My only criticism is that it's a bit long, but there was no way I would have stopped before the ending. (oh and one more criticism - do people really wink at each other? There was a lot of winking in this book.) -June
The author starts with some short chapters that seem to be unconnected, but then quickly starts alternating chapters from 2004 to 2008 in the life of Catherine, a young woman who has had an abusive relationship with Lee. We know this almost from the beginning, and we also know that in 2008 she is suffering from the result of this abuse. But this writing technique if very effective in building the suspense and keeping the book going. It would have been have very different read if it had been written in chronological order.
Some of the scenes are tough to read. The abuse is extremely violent, but being in Catherine's head when it happens, the reader can see how she fought to get through it. My only criticism is that it's a bit long, but there was no way I would have stopped before the ending. (oh and one more criticism - do people really wink at each other? There was a lot of winking in this book.) -June
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