Tag: Upcoming Drama Movies
Down by The River by Lin Stepp: Book Review
Down by The River is set in a small Smoky Mountain town in Tennessee. The Smokies have always seemed mystic and I picked up this book with great expectations. Expectations that were largely fulfilled by this story. Grace Conley has lived her married life in Nashville. She has four grown children and has been recently…
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The All You Can Dream Buffet by Barbara O’Neal: Book Review
As captivating as the title is, the story of The All You Can Dream Buffet does not disappoint. Granted, I have read several books where four girl friends get together and rehash their lives. Almost every author from Danielle Steel to Debbie Macomber has written something of the sort. The four ladies here are friends…
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The Lady’s Maid by Dilly Court: Book Review
The Lady’s Maid is part of some books Random House has recently released for the US. Dilly Court writes a rambling yet absorbing tale of two girls born on the same day whose fate couldn’t be any more different. This is a good story with a strong plot that will appeal to a wide number…
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The Battered Heiress Blues by Laurie Van Dermark: Book Review
The Battered Heiress Blues has already been optioned for a feature film. This is a book that will be great as a movie, maybe even better. It all depends on which angles of the story are played up. The title of the book is very appropriate. The book is about a woman’s blues, and by…
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By The Sea Tess by Antoinette Stockenberg: Book Review
By The Sea is the story of Tess, a young Irish immigrant girl who is transported to the wealthy and opulent life of Newport in the 1890s in the lowest possible station, that of a laundry maid. Antoinette Stockenberg seems to have a thing for seaside towns. A Charmed Place was all about three friends…
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: Review
I read a print copy of The Book Thief a while ago. Quite a heavy book with illustrations and poems, I almost did not read it. Almost! The narrator of the book is Death, and the beginning seemed very morbid to me. The thought of Death sucking my soul like a Dementor, holding me in…
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Bianca’s Vineyard by Teresa Neumann: Review
The story of Bianca’s Vineyard spans several decades and it will enthrall you with the various colorful characters and the level of detail. Teresa Neumann has delivered a biographical novel that is so engrossing that you will feel one with the characters by the time the story ends. Read a Sample Bianca is an old…
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Dakota Blues by Lynne Spreen: Review
Dakota Blues is a debut award winning novel by Lynne Spreen. Lynne Spreen has a flowing narrative style. this could happen to anyone who is career obsessed
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The Coach House by Florence Osmund: Review
The story of The Coach House starts in the late 1940s in a post War America busy with reconstruction. The book offers many parallel story lines. My review tells all.
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Review: The Skye in June by June Ahern
If you read my review of Five Days in Skye, you know I find the Isle of Skye enchanting. The Skye in June tells the story of a Catholic Scottish family who emigrate to America in the 1950s.
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