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Twenties Girl

The Roaring Life Author: Sophie Kinsella Lara Lington is less concerned with the burial of her 105 year old Great Aunt Sadie than her relationship woes and failing business. Lara is already in trouble with her concerned parents, her breakup behavior including constant texting and stalking leading to even more trouble from her commitment phobic former lover. Meanwhile, after quitting her job to follow her best friend’s dream of co-establishing a headhunting firm, Lara is trying to recover from the damage when her friend runs off to become a beach bunny. Amid all the turmoil, the funeral does offer one [...]

2016-12-31T17:55:09-07:00June 20th, 2014|Tags: |

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Classic Science-Fiction Adventure Author: Jules Verne Vengeance, adventure, mystery, and science combine together in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, one of my long cherished favorites which has been dusted off and taken out of my over packed shelves many times. I rarely re-read anything, but this novel is one that I keep revisiting for its sense of inquisitiveness, its tragic romance, and its ultimately timeless appeal to the human heart through the creation of an arch villain/mad scientist/humanitarian whose haunted past is only surpassed by his sense of adventure. Told from the point of view of Professor Pierre Aronnax, [...]

2016-12-31T17:55:09-07:00June 16th, 2014|Tags: |

Hyde

How far would you go to find yourself? Author: Vince Churchill A serial kidnapper and suspected rapist, the elusive Mr. Hyde, is searching for love. Each of his victims disappears for seven days and returns, forever quiet about her experience. Hyde represents the darker side of our nature: lust, lack of control, and a perverted sense of love. When he kidnaps Simone, her twin sister Sam, a cop for LAPD, will do anything to get her sister back safely. She’ll kill if she needs to. She’ll even let herself go and give into Hyde’s lascivious demands. But perhaps the enigmatic [...]

2016-12-31T17:55:10-07:00June 15th, 2014|Tags: |
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