by jim newell | Mar 30, 2013 | Not Bee Rated
Authors on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I26PZGjyiKU SECOND BOOK out APRIL 2013!!!! FROM AMAZON: Having stepped off the fast track of prime-time network television news, John Andrews has chosen a quieter life as editor of Salem News, a small paper in a quiet New...
by jim newell | Mar 30, 2013 | 3 Bees
FROM AMAZON: Paris, May 2002: On Vel’ d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France’s past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that...
by jim newell | Mar 26, 2012 | Not Bee Rated
In this beautifully written debut, Anna Jean Mayhew offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in the throes of segregation and what it will mean for a young girl on her way to adulthood and for the woman who means the world to her.On a scorching day in August 1954,...
by jim newell | Mar 26, 2012 | Not Bee Rated
Imbued with all the lyricism, compassion, and suspense of her bestselling novel The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Kim Edward’s The Lake of Dreams is a powerful family drama and an unforgettable story of love lost and found. Lucy Jarrett is at a crossroads in...
by jim newell | Jan 21, 2012 | Not Bee Rated
Hedi has chosen this months selection and it has a great first line: “Use to be when a bird flew into a window, Milly an Twiss got a visit.” It was a Ladies Home Journal book club pick and part of the Target Emerging Authors Program. Visit the...
by jim newell | Nov 9, 2011 | Not Bee Rated
I love this book – it is a classic. It was written in the 1940’s, takes place in the 1930’s, but I believe you will all find it enchanting. SUMMARY FROM AMAZON: Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain wants to become a writer. Trouble is, she’s...
by jim newell | Oct 30, 2011 | Not Bee Rated
NOTE: Bookclub moved to 11/10, Thursday at 7:30p A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the...
by jim newell | Oct 2, 2011 | 4 Bees, Fiction
by Alan Bradley NOTE: A new Flavia mystery is available November 1st – I am Half Sick of Shadows: A Flavia deLuce Mystery Donna has chosen a mystery for us this fantastic October! It is one of four Flavia deLuce mysteries. Flavia, a spunky, curious 11-year...
by jim newell | Oct 2, 2011 | 4 Bees
by Maggie O’Farrell This book was complex with a surprise ending that everyone enjoyed. It is told from three perspectives and different time periods, which moves the mystery forward. Iris Lockhart, owner of a vintage clothing store, receives a phone call that...
by jim newell | Aug 6, 2011 | Not Bee Rated
Author: Lori Lansens This is the second novel we have read by Ms. Lansens. Also see: The Girls Certain novels recall fairy tales. Their heroes are banished, repeatedly challenged, until finally, foes vanquished, they make their triumphant homecoming. Though it opens...