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1st to Die

by James Patterson
- Rated 3 stars
“page turner.....hard to put down but the ending is somewhat sad...”

arlene wrote this review Tuesday, May 13, 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Summer of '42

by Herman Raucher
- Rated 0 stars
“A beautiful 'coming of age' book. I wrote a blog on this one which is posted at my Multiply account. Found a matching video at Youtube. Beautiful music by Michelle Legrand.”

arlene wrote this review Monday, May 5, 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Mister God, This Is Anna

by Fynn
- Rated 4 stars
“I've read this book twelve years ago. Fairy tale or not, Anna's story will simply move you and haunts your thoughts.

"It isn't the devil in humanity that makes man a lonely creature, it's his God-likeness.It's the fullness of the Good that can't get out or can't find its proper 'other place' that makes for loneliness".”

arlene wrote this review Monday, May 5, 2008. ( reply | permalink )
With God All Things Are Possible

by Life Study Fellowship
- Rated 4 stars
“a sort of inspiration for everyday living. I bought several copies years ago and gave them to my close friends.

God always answers our prayers....in His own time....”

arlene wrote this review Monday, May 5, 2008. ( reply | permalink )
A Woman of Substance

by Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Rated 5 stars
“...the power of being a woman..it's one great read!”

arlene wrote this review Monday, May 5, 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Irish Blessings: A Photographic Celebration

by Ashley Shannon
- Rated 5 stars
“For such a small and handy edition, this book is full of nuggets of wisdom, poems, inspirational wishes, and Irish blessings. I like the layout of the book and the illustrations of course. A book to treasure!”

arlene wrote this review Thursday, April 3, 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Mystic River

by Dennis Lehane
- Rated 5 stars
“One of the best books I've read. It's not your typical fast-paced action thriller but the story slowly builds each of the characters in the book making you appreciate them more as you go along. It's about friendship, family relationships, shattered dreams etc.

My first book of Dennis Lehane - he is a terrific writer.”

arlene wrote this review Wednesday, April 2, 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Trinity

by Leon Uris
- Rated 5 stars
“viewed as a historical fiction, this is great. angela's ashes has basically the same theme although both books were written by different authors. one of the best books by leon uris. definitely a good read.”

arlene wrote this review Sunday, March 16, 2008. ( reply | permalink )
A Child Called "It"

by Dave J. Pelzer
- Rated 3 stars
“I simply could not imagine how a parent (a mother at that) could treat her child this way, and the father doing nothing about it. I was looking forward to reading this book but I was disgusted in the end. I admire David for enduring all that his mother did to him but then, there is really something wrong somewhere. the mother is a lunatic. There are two more books by the same author, one is when he was a teenager and the last is a grown up David .I am glad that eventually, he led a normal life by writing everything and sharing it with his readers. ”

arlene wrote this review Saturday, March 15, 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë
- Rated 0 stars
“"My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath- a source of little visible delight, but necessary."
"I am Heathcliff! He's always, always on my mind-not as a pleasure, any more than I am a pleasure to myself, but as my own being".

The novel was set in 1801 when the Industrial Revolution was under way in England. In the novel, you could clearly see the difference between the lives of the landed gentry like the Lintons and Earnshaws and the outcast and oppressed like Heathcliff. Some critics say tha Wuthering Heights is even more superior due to its originality and achievement than Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

A very powerful and absorbing book. I have read this when I was still in college but I've only understood its impact and depth after rereading it a few days ago.”

arlene wrote this review Friday, March 14, 2008. ( reply | permalink )