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Novemeber
2007
STARBURST
by Robin Pilcher
The Edinburgh International Festival has hosted an annual
three week fair featuring music, dance and comedy since
1947. Angelique Pascal, a young violinist is one of the
star attractions but her manager keeps her on a tight schedule
so she never experiences the world outside her music. When
she decides to go out on her own, violence ensues and an
ensemble of performers are enlisted to enable her escape.
As their lives entwine, each one of them is changed as the
festival ends with spectacular fireworks.
THE
QUICKIE
by James Patterson
Lauren
Stillwell is not your average damsel in distress. When the
NYPD cop discovers her husband with another woman, she decides
to beat him at his own game. But her revenge goes dangerously
awry, and she finds her world exploding into a mess that
becomes more harrowing by the hour. As fate would have it,
Lauren must take on a job that threatens everything for
which she stands. With her job and marriage in jeopardy,
Lauren's lust for revenge becomes all consuming as she fights
to save her livelihood--and her life. Patterson takes us
on a roller-coaster ride of thrills in his most gripping
novel yet. This story of love and dangerous secrets will
have readers' hearts pounding.
CHILDREN
OF HURIN
by JRR Tolkien
Edited
by Christopher Tolkien, Children of Hurin is an expanded
version of a chapter from Tolkien’s epic fantasy Silmarillion,
the history of Middle Earth. Hurin, a Man, is the archenemy
of the Dark Lord Morgoth, and he is imprisoned in the fortress
of Angband where a curse is laid on his family. The book
follows the exploits of hero Turin, Hurin’s son, and
his ill-fated sister. If you loved the medieval tales and
poetry about Dragons, Elves and wizards in Tolkien’s
masterpiece, Lord of The Rings, Children of Hurin will not
disappoint you. However, if you’re looking for more
of the folksy, down to earth sagas about hobbits, those
furry footed Little People who provided much comic relief
in Rings, you are probably better off re-reading Tolkien’s
landmark work for young adults, The Hobbit. Because while
most people who loved Tolkien were attracted to the hobbits,
Tolkien himself considered his works of epic mythology to
be more important. Still, while Children is more serious
than The Hobbit, it is far more readable than Silmarillion,
and it is a quick read that is a must for Tolkien fans.
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