Lindsey's Literary Leanings

Suspenseful, Thought Provoking, Powerful Genre: Memoir From A Place Called Shame By Carolyn Parker I spotted this title in an e-mail from Voracious Readers. I requested it and received an e-mailed copy from the Author. I was attracted to the title & cover initially, and foremost, prior to gaining the knowledge that it was a memoir, it suggested to me, to be the story of someone's personal journey through life encountering struggles and challenges and maybe some sort of life altering tragedy. As a person who has had a life full of ups and downs, I am drawn to this type of narrative. It is clear that the Author has had to deal with many difficult decisions throughout her life to date, but none more so than facing up to the situation she found herself in at the age of nineteen, and not only coming to the realisation that she was not in an appropriate place to deal with the circumstances that she found herself in, but then the horrifying awareness that the predicament may, have be...

  Engaging, Easy-To-Read, Action Packed Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Mystery The Messenger by John Guthrie Sandy had to get away from his home and his warring parents. From the arguments that they had, he figured that he was the cause of most of them anyway, so surely him not being there was for the best. When all is quiet and it is dark, he creeps out of the house. It isn’t long before he comes across a disused warehouse and decides to use it to take shelter and maybe get some sleep. However, it soon becomes apparent that he is not alone. A number of men enter the building amid a lot of noise. Three of the men are pursuing the another. After a scuffle, the man being pushed, lands near Sandy and gives him information that it becomes, apparent his assailants want, leaving Sandy in a very vulnerable, precarious position when they discover his presence. It then becomes very clear to Sandy that they will stop at nothing to get what they’re after… Knowing a little about the plot pr...