Suspense is the backbone of any story – even a love story. In fact, anything that keeps those pages turning as a puzzle begins to unfold with an intriguing, high-concept idea, I find fascinating! In this case, the high concept is a serial killer making a coat of his victim’s skin. We want to know why, how, and whether he can be stopped.
I normally love heart-warming books with meaningful characters you want as friends, but sometimes the puzzle and suspense are enough to make me tear through a book. Alfred Hitchcock also does that to me! Thomas Harris’s novel is a beautifully engineered study of suspense yet nourishes us with a fascinating knowledge of dark psychology. The intelligence and structure of the book shines through.
As part of the search for a serial murderer nicknames "Buffalo Bill," FBI trainee Clarice Starling is given an assignment. She must visit a man confined to a high-security facility for the criminally insane and interview him.
That man, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, is a former psychiatrist with unusual tastes and an intense curiosity about the darker corners of the mind. His intimate understanding of the killer and of Clarice herself form the core of Thomas Harris' The Silence of the Lambs--an unforgettable classic of suspense fiction.
I will read any genre of story, as long as it’s good. However, rich, highly three-dimensional characters who feel as though you’re among friends has a special place in my heart.
In this case, Anne is wonderful! She’s positive, bright, magical, transformative, like golden sunlight dappling a dark room. She makes the world come alive and despite being a poor orphan, can’t help but saturate the grim hearts of the characters around her with love. She’s a rainbow in a black-and-white world.
If I slow my reading during a book because I’m enjoying its world, it’s because I don’t want it to end! I want to stay in that world. This book is full of characters you’d love to have as friends. It’s one I’ll definitely return to.
Anne of Green Gables is the classic children's book by L M Montgomery, the inspiration for the Netflix Original series Anne with an E. Watch it now!
Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are in for a big surprise. They are waiting for an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables - but a skinny, red-haired girl turns up instead. Feisty and full of spirit, Anne Shirley charms her way into the Cuthberts' affection with her vivid imagination and constant chatter. It's not long before Anne finds herself in trouble, but soon it becomes impossible for the Cuthberts to…
This is a beautiful, tearful, joyous, heart-breaking, deeply moving story that engages us right from the start when we learn Enzo, an old golden retriever, is dying. But he’s had a good life.
The story, told from the unique viewpoint of the dog is wow. What a High Concept idea! But it’s also much more than that. It shows the strength and bond of love between Enzo’s owner as Enzo narrates his life with his owner, aspiring racing car driver Denny, and the bond they share in their mutual love and exhilaration of racing fast… in the rain.
Through Enzo’s narrative, we learn about Denny’s struggles, his dreams, his life, his passions. Truly a transformative story. This book stayed with me long after it finished. It’s one I will return to.
Soon to be a major motion picture, this heart-warming and inspirational tale follows Enzo, a loyal family dog, tells the story of his human family, how they nearly fell apart, and what he did to bring them back together.
Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: he thinks and feels in nearly human ways. He has educated himself by watching extensive television, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver. Through Denny, Enzo realizes that racing is a metaphor: that by applying the techniques a driver would apply on…
Cooper came home unexpectedly early that day. The day her world collapsed. The day she heard things she shouldn’t have. Saw things she shouldn’t have.
Now Cooper is running away. Driving recklessly. Blindly. A broken heart spiralling out of control after returning home to an earth-shattering scene. Then Cooper discovers the website. Speaks to the doctors. Can they help her? Can they can give her the treatment she desperately wants? Yes they can. They can do something mind-blowing.
They can surgically erase her love for her husband Jethro.
Only what appears to be the perfect solution sets off a devastating chain of events not only for Jethro and herself. But one also involving their teenage son Daniel in ways she can’t imagine.
A life-shattering moment. A rash decision. An easy solution. This isn’t just a love story. Not when a heart isn’t just broken, it is irreversibly silenced...
