Lucy’s Monster by R.L. Royle

This is Rebecca’s debut book, and is very different to E11even Terrible Months. It’s the story of a three celebrities, dealing with depression, undiagnosed schizophrenia, and drug abuse.
It’s dark and disturbing, and builds to quite a crescendo in the middle.. then leads you to the touching ending.
Rebecca has a rather unique style for this book, [...]

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

“They don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us” says Maudie Atkinson, one of the ladies of Maycombe referring to Mockingbirds. The symbol of the Mockingbird is repeated through out the book and is significant within the stories as a bench mark for people’s actions. Harper Lee explained in later years that [...]

The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan

Date of Publication: 2003, Putnam
Number of Pages: 398
Synopsis: Born into a family who believed in fate, Amy Tan has always looked for alternative ways to make sense of the world. And now, in The Opposite of Fate, her first book of nonfiction, she shares her thoughts on how she escaped the expectations and curses of [...]

The Lost World by Michael Crichton

Date of Publication: 1995, Alfred A. Knopf
Number of Pages: 393
Synopsis: It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since that extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end - the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that [...]

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Date of Publication: 1990, Alfred A. Knopf
Number of Pages: 400
Synopsis: An island off Costa Rica will soon be the world’s most ambitious theme park–a dinosaur preserve. A visionary financier’s biotechnology company has succeeded in cloning these extinct reptiles. Fifteen different species, presumably incapable of breeding, are now placidly roaming around, but Jurassic Park’s resident mathematician, [...]

The Messenger by Andrew E. Shipley

Synopsis (from Amazon):
Is U.S. Senator Peters a prophet, a fraud, neither, or both? Senator Peters vaults to worldwide fame and politial prominence after his first speech from the Senate floor. According to SenatorPeters, he delivered his speech in English, but according to amazed listeners from around the world, he could be understood by all [...]

Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk

Synopsis: Set in a moderately posh suburb of London, acclaimed British novelist Rachel Cusk’s Arlington Park is a captivating exploration of how the simple act of living can become an excruciating exercise in self-deprivation, hypocrisy, and desperation. Set over the course of a single day, the novel follows a group of young mothers who feel [...]

E11even Terrible Months by R.L. Royle

In January 1998, a family of five moved into a flat on a small estate in Beeston, West Yorkshire. By November of the same year they had fled, with their lives and nerves in tatters. What happened to the Walkingtons during their time there to cause such a turn-around in what was once such a [...]

To Catch A Cheat by Kelley St John

Sent to me by the author, this is the type of book I probably wouldn’t have picked up for myself. Which is a shame, because I would have missed out on a funny, sexy read!
The main female character, Marissa, realises that she has been cheated on by all the men in her life, and decides [...]

Hope Leslie by Catharine Maria Sedgwick

Date of Publication: 1827Number of Pages: 371
Synopsis: Set in seventeenth-century New England, Hope Leslie portrays early American life and celebrates the role of women in building the republic. A counterpoint to the novels of James Fenimore Cooper, this frontier romance challenges the conventional view of Indians, tackles interracial marriage and cross-cultural friendship, and claims for [...]