Leni Zumas's writing crackles. Her books are sharp, bleak, funny, and possibly dangerous. When her collection of short stories, Farewell Navigator,...
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This was a page-turner for me. I loved the way Annie's story unfolded through the past and the present: as she was dealing with life while kidnapped and then telling her story to a psychiatrist and struggling with relationships in the present. There were several little mysteries about her life that kept me reading well into the night, wanting to see how they were solved.
This is the book I recommended most to friends this year. I loved how the story, past and present, unfolded and practically speed-read the book to see what happened.
I could not put Three Cups of Tea down once I started reading it and have been recommending it to friends since finishing it. It's a truly inspiring book - one that elevates the value of education in our chaotic world.
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Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
Freda, August 9, 2011
This was a page-turner for me. I loved the way Annie's story unfolded through the past and the present: as she was dealing with life while kidnapped and then telling her story to a psychiatrist and struggling with relationships in the present. There were several little mysteries about her life that kept me reading well into the night, wanting to see how they were solved.The Outlander (P.S.) by Gil Adamson
Freda, January 23, 2011
This is the book I recommended most to friends this year. I loved how the story, past and present, unfolded and practically speed-read the book to see what happened.Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Freda, January 1, 2010
I could not put Three Cups of Tea down once I started reading it and have been recommending it to friends since finishing it. It's a truly inspiring book - one that elevates the value of education in our chaotic world.