http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books sharing views and reviews on books in East Renfrewshire Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:51:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1101" align="alignright" width="80" caption="Anderson: Final Cut"][/caption] When Claire regains consciousness after a stranger causes her car to crash in a snowstorm, she is frantic to discover her nine-year-old daughter Emma missing from the back seat. Then Emma is found in the woods nearby, unharmed but cradling a child’s skull. She ... http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/06/anderson-final-cut/ [caption id="attachment_1087" align="alignright" width="80" caption="Ahern: PS, I Love You"][/caption] Everyone needs a guardian angel...Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other's sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry ... http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/06/ahern-ps-i-love-you/ [caption id="attachment_1083" align="alignright" width="80" caption="Allende: Ine"][/caption] It is the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americans, and when Inés’s shiftless husband disappears to the New World, she uses the opportunity to search for him as an excuse to flee her stifling homeland and seek adventure. After a treacherous journey to ... http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/06/allende-ines-of-my-soul/ Ali: Brick LaneStill in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed man who is twenty years older. Away from the mud and heat of her Bangladeshi village, home is now a cramped flat in a high-rise block in London's East End. Nazneen knows not ... http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/06/ali-brick-lane/ CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIEFifteen-year-old Kambili’s world is circumscribed by the high walls of her family compound and the frangipani trees she can see from her bedroom window. Her wealthy Catholic father, although generous and well-respected in the community, is repressive and fanatically religious at home. Her life is lived under his ... http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/06/adichie-purple-hibiscus/ [caption id="attachment_1065" align="alignright" width="80" caption="Adichie: Half of a Yellow Sun"][/caption] In 1960s Nigeria, a country blighted by civil war, three lives intersect. Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university lecturer. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live ... http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/06/adichie-half-of-a-yellow-sun/ [caption id="attachment_979" align="alignright" width="80" caption="McDermid: A Darker Domain"][/caption]     It seemed like an unsolvable mystery at the time: a wealthy heiress and son kidnapped in fife, then a botched payoff, leaving her dead with no trace of the child. So when, over twenty-five years later, a possible clue is discovered by a journalist ... http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/02/mcdermid-a-darker-domain/ Ness: The Knife of Never Letting GoBook review on “The knife of never letting go” By Patrick Ness I thought the book was an interesting story which kept me engaged until the end which was a cliff hanger leading on to the second book. I enjoyed it and I can’t wait to ... http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/02/ness-the-knife-of-never-letting-go-2/ Hooper: Newes from the Dead‘Newes from the Dead’ By Mary Hooper I enjoyed this book but found it quite gruesome. It was about a girl who was accused of murder, even though she was innocent, and sentenced to be hanged. After she was hanged though, the men at the place where the body ... http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/02/hooper-newes-from-the-dead/ Gray: Ostrich BoysThis is a very interesting book. It tells the story of Sim, Kenny, Blake and their dead best friend, Ross. When Ross’ funeral doesn’t live up to their expectations, Kenny, Sim and Blake decide to take Ross’ urn on an epic adventure to Ross, far away in Scotland. ... http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/01/gray-ostrich-boys-2/