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...

  Enchanting, Captivating, Thought Provoking The Secret Of Stone Cottage By Maighread Mackay. Contemporary Fiction/Historical Fiction/Fantasy/Romance Rebecca had, as she saw it, the perfect life, employment as a senior partner in her Father's firm, a loving and caring husband, they were parents to 10 year old twin girls and they had a lavish lifestyle thanks to the success of the company that Becca's father had built up from nothing, plus David's landscaping business. Her best friend whom she had known from college days was her 'sister' in all but name, and her Brother, also a senior partner in the family business had become someone with whom she had grown closer with over recent years. Her relationship with her Mother had never been in doubt, they had always been close. However, her connection with her Father could at times, be challenging. Whilst he was, and would always be the most important man in her life on a paternal level, she struggled with him as her emplo...

Easy-To Read, Engaging, Intriguing Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Domestic Abuse/Family The Family Webb By Itzel Cummings, Author Ever since first meeting Debbie, Clara has never felt her to be perfect mother-in-law material. Even when she had insisted on helping Clara move from her shared accommodation with her best friend, to 'Theo's house - as Debbie like to constantly make abundantly clear, she did everything she could to make her future daughter-in-law feel insignificant & in the wrong. As for wanting more time with Theo, didn't she realise that this was a big day for the two of them? Theo had always felt torn between the two women, and unable to completely stand up to his mother, leaving Clara feeling hurt. The way Debbie acted during their earlier years & even the later ones after marriage & kids, pales into insignificance, when Clara learns just how devious Theo's mother can be & what she is really capable of, threatening her place within the fa...

  Exhilarating, Evocative, Gripping Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Historical Fiction/Fantasy/Romance 'The End Of Forever' By C.M Stokes Boone sat waiting for her as he had done so many times before. The end was always so hard, and the time waiting for her always felt endless. But seeing her again, falling in love all over again, knowing that she felt the same, however long it took and then having their own family, made it all worthwhile. Each time was different and he had never yet mustered the courage to tell her the truth. If only he'd kept on walking and not stopped for that wretched, ailing young man. He could have had lived an ordinary life with Isabella by his side until the end. The end was something that he had come to long for and everytime, he hoped that she might recall past events & that the spell would be broken. But for now, he had to be content with making the most of what time they had together. Forty years of being loved by the most beautiful woman he h...