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Month: November 2014

The Botticelli Secret by Marina Fiorato

November 28, 2014 Karin, Hampshire LibrariesLeave a comment

In this exhilarating cross between The Da Vinci Code andThe Birth of Venus,an irrepressible young woman in 15th-centuryItalymust flee for her lifeafter stumbling upon a deadly secret when she serves as a model for Botticelli...

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged F, fiction, History, Italy, La Primavera, love, Painting, reading groups

Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada

November 28, 2014 Karin, Hampshire Libraries2 Comments

Inspired by a true story, Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin is the gripping tale of an ordinary man's determination to defy the tyranny of Nazi rule

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged F, fiction, germany, Nazi, reading groups, war

The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue

November 28, 2014 Karin, Hampshire LibrariesLeave a comment

Based on a scandalous divorce case that gripped England in 1864, "The Sealed Letter" is a riveting, provocative drama of friends, lovers, and divorce, Victorian style.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged affair, divorce, Forbidden Love, friendship, secrets, Victorian London

Room by Emma Donoghue

November 28, 2014 Karin, Hampshire Libraries4 Comments

Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don't have the key. Jack and Ma are prisoners.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged Captive, Childhood, D, fiction, Mothers love, Prisoner, reading groups

Room by Emma Donoghue

November 28, 2014 Karin, Hampshire Libraries4 Comments

Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don't have the key. Jack and Ma are prisoners.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged Captive, Childhood, D, fiction, Mothers love, Prisoner, reading groups

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

November 28, 2014 Karin, Hampshire LibrariesLeave a comment

This novel is a violent, lustful odyssey through the underworld of the 1850s frontier that beautifully captures the humor, melancholy, and grit of the Old West and two brothers bound by blood, violence, and love.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group Reviews

The Perfect Sinner by Will Davenport

November 28, 2014 Karin, Hampshire LibrariesLeave a comment

Discover a sumptuous and haunting novel of mediaeval loves, lies and loyalties.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged D, fiction, History, murder, passion, reading groups

The Perfect Sinner by Will Davenport

November 28, 2014 Karin, Hampshire LibrariesLeave a comment

Discover a sumptuous and haunting novel of mediaeval loves, lies and loyalties.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged D, fiction, History, murder, passion, reading groups

Summertime by J.M Coetzee

November 28, 2014 Karin, Hampshire Libraries2 Comments

Summertime is a 2009 novel by South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee. It is the third in a series of fictionalized memoirs by Coetzee and details the life of one John Coetzee from the perspective of five people who have known him.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged C, fiction, Memoirs, reading groups

Gold by Chris Cleave

November 28, 2014 Karin, Hampshire LibrariesLeave a comment

It's the ultimate test of a mother's love... IF your dreams pull you in one direction and your heart in another, which should you follow?

Posted in UncategorizedTagged C, children, Dreams, fiction, love, Olympics, reading groups, Sport

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