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The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Lisa Combs, January 15, 2013

In Language of Flowers you learn what flowers have to say in name and lore. And as this floral language unfurls itself you are caught up in the tale of Victoria, abandoned at birth, the trials and tribulations of surviving other devasting ordeals. Words curl in flora and fauna as you take the emotional plunge thorugh survival with Victoria witnessing as she overcomes obstacles, meets challenges, and makes it through it all. This is a vital story of a young woman and how she speaks the language of flowers because words are sometimes not enough.

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The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Lisa Combs, January 15, 2013

In Language of Flowers you learn what flowers have to say in name and lore. And as this floral language unfurls itself you are caught up in the tale of Victoria, abandoned at birth, the trials and tribulations of surviving other devasting ordeals. Words curl in flora and fauna as you take the emotional plunge thorugh survival with Victoria witnessing as she overcomes obstacles, meets challenges, and makes it through it all. This is a vital story of a young woman and how she speaks the language of flowers because words are sometimes not enough.

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The Last Storyteller: A Novel of Ireland by Frank Delaney

Lisa Combs, January 1, 2013

Stories within the novel make this a great read in the truest sense of Delaney. Heed the many warnings and messages within and come to understand the importance of STORIES imparted by tellers rather than upon the silver screen. Oh, I like a good movie but I treasure a well told tale. Delaney skillfully returns us to the days of tellers. Discover the intrigue and capture of storytelling as he unfurls a layered plot that moves along through the encounters of the characters for love lost and found again. Read it as a novel by a world reknowned author, keep it bedside for the stories he craftily uses to do the job.

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Among Others by Jo Walton

Lisa Combs, May 24, 2012

Okay, confessions here... I have been a science fiction reader since childhood (eons ago). I avoided the fantasy aspect for various reasons. Jo Walton came to my reading shelf via Patrick Rothfuss actually. Now, I admit I am a fan of Walton and the fantasy aspect of the science fiction genre. In Among Others I rediscovered the child like wonder of how reading came to be a passion. Gobbling up her other stories only enriched my senses of good storytelling, good connection with characters that live among other characters from other reading experiences in my head if I am caught between books! A fellow Welsh-ite at that....
Jo Walton gives a vivid in-the-action moment kind of reading I love. The benefit of coming to the science fiction fantasy genre a little later than many others is I have so many wonderful books to look forward to reading, when I have read all of Walton's.

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Long Train Passing

Lisa Combs, April 21, 2012

Steven Wise paints with words. He paints the lives of four people intertwined. Annabelle, deals with her own obstacles, reaches out to Jewel, a troubled boy. You meet a grizzly codger of a father and Emmett, a painfully shy man. Wise plops the reader down in the midst of this drama. As it develops, one gets tangled in the events turning the pages to see what happens. Prediction doesn't work here. Appreciate a good story? Appreciate impeccable writing? Read Steven Wise's Long Train Passing.

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