Lindsey's Literary Leanings

  Thought Provoking, Captivating, Emotional Genre: Historical Fiction/Family Drama/Romance/Coming of Age Every Night Has A Dawn by Rachel Valencourt Author Winds of Change Book 1. At ninety years of age, Millie Dawn Jensen, or Dawn as she had decided that she wanted to be known as at the grand old age of six, reflects on her colourful, tumultuous and wonderful four score years and ten. She reminisces over the many events of her life for her grandchild, just as her mama suggested she would on that day when she was nine years old living on the Reservation. She recounts the hardships of the depression, the influential and inspiring time living with and being taught the ways of a different group of people at an age untouched by the vileness of discrimination, the deep sadness and struggle that living through a war brought, and the pitfalls, heartbreak and joy, that navigating relationships gave, culminating in marriage, more heartbreak and bringing her own children into this world. S...

  Intriguing, Emotional, Predictable Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Family Drama The Book Club by Roisin Meaney Tom decides that he needs a clean break, he has been staying with his brother and sister-in-law, but feels that he has imposed on them long enough and that he must start rebuilding his life, but also, that he must put some distance between him and his home town of Dublin. Being in London, where Joel and Sarah lived, reminded him too much of his old life. He needed to choose somewhere no one knew him and were unlikely to recall the events of last year, although the media hadn’t wasted anytime in picking up the story. He figures returning to the place of his birth, Ireland will give him the peace he needs and he settles on a cottage rental somewhere out in the sticks, the nearest town being a place called Fairweather. He could recall of neither hearing of this seaside village previously, or visiting it. Upon his first meeting with his landlady Beth who seems subdued as she was...

  Imaginative, Educational, Delightful Genre: Fiction/Mystery/Children’s Literature (but would appeal to all ages) Where Is All The Grass Going? By Deborah Fox - Author I have heard it said, that depending on the breed, dogs can in fact, be highly intelligent animals. Well, in reading this book, you may be about to have this train of thought reinforced. However, much like a book cannot be judged by its cover, it is often unwise to judge a dog by its breed. Philip’s impressive stature, glossy coat, highly trained nose and ability to resolve a tricky predicament, (especially the latter), plus his all round good natured character were qualities that endeared other animals to approach him when there was a problem to be worked out. His partner in crime, Gino, couldn’t be more different, with his short, stumpy body and legs, his ill-tempered nature often giving people and other animals, the impression that he was difficult, hence having been through so many owners in his short little li...