Christmas is approaching so we have compiled the top Christmas gifts for 2015 for our avid readers.
It can be hard to pick a book for our beloved bookworms for Christmas so we have taken the hard work out and done it for you. Now you don’t have to just pick the best sellers and hope they’ll like it!
We have read the following books and love them so much as to recommend them. Continue reading “Top Christmas Gifts for 2015”
Beatriz William is New York Times, USA TODAY and International best selling author. Her works include A Hundred Summers, Overseas, Tiny Little Thing and Along the Infinite Sea.
We will be reviewing The Secret Life of Violet Grant for December 31st, 2015 along with our book club discussion.
The Secret Life of Violet Grant looks like an engrossing book to read this month and we look forward to hearing from you so please drop by!
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See our other Suggested Book Club Reading.
Please put your comments for The Art Forger book club questions in the comments area below.
1. B. A. Shapiro entwines 3 plots in the story line, moving back and forth, each revealing the theme of secrets and deceit. How do you find this helps to deepen the theme of the story? 
2. The Art Forger was inspired by the real art heist that happened at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Works that were stolen included masterpieces such as Rembrandt’s “Storm on the Sea of Galilee,” Vermeer’s “The Concert” and Degas’ “After the Bath.” Continue reading “The Art Forger Book Club Questions, Part 1.”
Please put your comments for The Art Forger book club questions in the comments area below:
1. How did B.A. Shapiro’s portrayal of Claire make you feels toward her? Are you connected to Claire as an artist? 
2. The Art Forger is based in Boston, MA. How does B.A. Shapiro use the city as a nod to Claire’s state of mind?
Continue reading “The Art Forger Book Club Questions, Part 2.”
Gathering Prey: Book Review by Dinh
Click here to buy: Gathering Prey by John Sandford.
If you are a fan of John Sandford’s Prey series then you are familiar with how he starts his story off. The story starts off his usual way, getting right to business with setting the scene, with the characters who are involved and their perspectives on the events.
Skye and Henry are two Travelers, who lead a modern day nomad lifestyle and travel from city to city. They meet Letty, Lucas Davenport’s adopted daughter while she is a student at Stanford college. Continue reading “Gathering Prey Book Review”
Where’d you go, Bernadette: Book Review by Tina
Please welcome on board our special guest reviewer Tina!
Tina lives in the UK and works as a business journalist for the medical technology industry. When she is not reporting on the latest gizmos that keep your ticker ticking, Tina ricochets between a multitude of extracurricular activities to combat the bouts of existential crises that increasingly plague her with age. She enjoys reading books that she wishes she could have written instead of guiltily watching series after series of TV shows on Netflix.
Fifteen-year-old Bee Branch requests as a reward for her perfect grades a family trip to Antarctica, much to the chagrin of her agoraphobic mother, Bernadette Fox.
Nonetheless, Bernadette pushes through her misgivings and sets her “virtual assistant” in India, Manjula, to making preparations for the trip.
Then Bernadette vanishes two days before Christmas without leaving a trace – or so everyone thinks. Bee, exasperated by her father’s stonewalling, is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery by piecing together information from a variety of sources. Continue reading “Where’d you go, Bernadette Book Review”
Please join us in reading The Art Forger: A novel by B.A. Shapiro, for our November pick of the month book.
The Art Forger is a NY Times Bestseller and is the Boston Globe Best Crime Book of 2012.
USA Today says “The Art Forger is a thrilling novel about seeing-and not seeing the secret that lies beneath the canvas.”
The Art Forger novel is set in the world of art- the artist themselves, the art galleries, the paintings and the art history with a plot that twists and turns.
It looks like a page turner to be sure!
We will be reviewing The Art Forger for November 30th, 2015 along with our book club discussion.
Buy The Art Forger: A Novel by B. A. Shapiro
See other Suggested Book Club Reading.
Please put the question number in your comments for China Dolls book club questions below in the comments area:
1. After reading China Dolls were you surprised by the revelation of
who actually betrayed Ruby? Continue reading “China Dolls Book Club Questions, Part 1.”
Please put the question number in your comments for China Dolls book club questions below in the comments area:
1. If you have read any of the other Lisa See books did you find China
Dolls to be one of her best? Continue reading “China Dolls Book Club Questions, Part 2.”
My thoughts….
So here’s my thought: Digital Books Vs. Paper Books
I was recently on the treadmill trying to exercise and read (Gathering Prey by John Sandford) at the same time.
It was a pain in my backside having to hold the hardcover book and exercise simultaneously.
It got me thinking that it would be so much easier if I had the ebook on Kindle. I wouldn’t have to hold the book to stop the page from turning and I could exercise easier.
I have only ever read paper books and I know quite a few people who like to read the digital versions. I can see the benefits of having a kindle vs. real books. It will benefit me greatly on the treadmill!
Digital books are a solution to my problem. Continue reading “Digital Books Vs. Paper Books”
