Don't Look for Me
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One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life. She doesn't want to be found. Or at least,...
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Jamie Lee Curtis recommended Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) in Books (curated)
Dead Island (2018)
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Found footage film about a pair of 17 year old twins aspiring film makers who move to an island with...
Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Everything I Never Told You in Books
Feb 8, 2018
The novel chronicles the Lee family, who wakes up one day to find their eldest daughter/sister, Lydia, missing. Eventually Lydia's body is found in the local lake, and the family is turned upside down.
It goes without saying, but it's really a rather depressing book. Lydia's parents, Marilyn and James, are just awful, and not just because they are grieving. I found very little to like in them. Lydia's siblings, Nath and Hannah, aren't nearly as bad (Hannah is truly the redeeming one in the family), but still. It's hard to root for a family that you don't much care for. There are also some strange side plots involving the siblings that never really seem resolved.
As a parent, I found aspects of the book interesting -- the way Lydia's mom pushes her so much to attain a dream that really belonged to Marilyn. In addition, the family is still reeling from Marilyn's brief disappearance before Hannah was even born. Ng does do a good job of showing how much this impacts the family, especially the kids. It's a little frightening, really, as the sinking realization of how every little thing you do can follow your children, even 10 years later (though in Marilyn's case, she really does some damaging things).
Still, those redeeming moments couldn't salvage the whole book for me. I liked it well enough, but I was left at the end feeling a little depressed and annoyed and wishing more loose ends were tied up.
Lindsay (1717 KP) rated The Amish Nanny (The Women of Lancaster County, #2) in Books
Feb 15, 2018
Her family and Grundy family need to work something out with the deed all the way back in the Switzerland. Alice and Christy go and Ada goes represent a member for her grandmother. Things her she start to want feeling for Daniel there travel companion though will she have found her true love and her story. She also is hoping to talk to her mother who is staying in Switzerland. Find out more by reading. You learn about Switzerland a bit as well.
Gotti (2018)
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Raised on the streets of New York, young John Gotti found his way into the Gambino crime family,...
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The Donna Reed Show
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The Stones consist of loving homemaker Donna, her pediatrician husband Alex, and their children Mary...
Lost & Found (2016)
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Sent to spend the summer on a remote and mysterious island, brothers embark on a thrilling treasure...