Before I Go To Sleep is the debut novel of the British writer S. J. Watson. It is a crime thriller, and full of psychological terror. The protagonist of this book is Christine Lucas. Christine wakes up every morning with the memory of the last 20 years of her life erased. She does not recognize [...]
Archive for the ‘Fiction’ Category
16 Apr
Wife 22
Wife 22. Great title for a book. Actually I had hoped that it was another book about about fundamentalist Mormons, one of my obsessions. Of course it is not; the cheery looking cover is a dead give-a-way. Alice Buckle is the eponymous Wife 22, a subject in a research study called “Marriage in the 21st [...]
21 Mar
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard is the debut novel of Janyce Stefan-Cole, an artist turned writer. It is the story of Ardennes Thrush, a talented actress who quits acting as she is nearing the peak of her career. Ardennes is living, temporarily, with her husband at the Muse Hotel, off Hollywood Boulevard. Andre is a noted director, and [...]
21 Mar
Girl in Translation
This debut novel by Jean Kwok tells the moving story of young Kim Chang who immigrates to New York from Hong Kong along with her mother. Ma was a talented musician and teacher in Hong Kong. In New York, she works in a Chinatown sweatshop to repay her debt to her older sister, Paula. Paula [...]
5 Mar
The Lilac House
The Lilac House is a complex and interesting book. It is the intersecting stories of Meera and Jak. Meera is the wife of a successful executive and the mother of two. She is also the author of a guide to cooking and entertaining for corporate wives. Jak is a renowned expert on cyclones. He has [...]
11 Feb
Sister
Sister is a murder mystery, a medical thriller, and the story of the love that exists between sisters. Rosamund Lupton is an author who is new to me, so I really took a chance purchasing it for my Kindle. Beatrice is the older sister. Raised in London, she has moved to New York and made [...]
5 Feb
The Last Child
The Last Child is a striking work of fiction. It is a mystery, and a very good one. It is full of false clues, red herrings, and coincidences. There is also some important history lessons as well as comments on contemporary society thrown in. A year after the kidnapping of Alyssa Merrimon, her twin brother [...]
11 Jan
The Innocent
The Innocent is the second novel in the series about my favorite action hero Vanessa Michael Munroe. Munroe is contacted by Logan, an old friend of hers. A girl named Hannah has been kidnapped into a cult known as The Chosen. After looking for Hannah for eight years, Logan knows that the now thirteen year [...]
23 Dec
The Orphan Master’s Son
Wow! Did Adam Johnson get lucky or what? The Orphan Master’s Son is set to be released in January, just weeks after the death of North Korea’s Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. And this novel could only have been written by someone who has completed extensive research on North Korea life today. This is the [...]
23 Dec
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (hereafter referred to as ELIC) is an extraordinary book by the very talented Jonathan Safran Foer. I was anxious to read it now as the movie, starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, is about to be released. It tells the story of Oskar Schell, a young boy whose father has [...]
