Rip Tide by Stella Rimington

Loved it!  It's as good, or almost as good as her first novel.  A "ripping good read" if I don't say so myself.  Interesting plot, premise and characters.  Liz Carlyle is such a great protagonist.  And the ending is a real nail-biter.  Don't open it unless you are ready to read nonstop.

March 2012's Chosen Book


http://www.katemorton.com/the-forgotten-garden/

March's book that we will all read is: The Forgotten Garden: A novel.  By Kate Morton

A tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. She arrives completely alone with nothing but a small suitcase containing a few clothes and a single book -- a beautiful volume of fairy tales. She is taken in by the dockmaster and his wife and raised as their own. On her twenty-first birthday they tell her the truth, and with her sense of self shattered and with very little to go on, "Nell" sets out on a journey to England to try to trace her story, to fi nd her real identity. Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast and the secrets of the doomed Mountrachet family. But it is not until her granddaughter, Cassandra, takes up the search after Nell's death that all the pieces of the puzzle are assembled. At Cliff Cottage, on the grounds of Blackhurst Manor, Cassandra discovers the forgotten garden of the book's title and is able to unlock the secrets of the beautiful book of fairy tales.

The moment I read the synopsis I was hooked.
Check out the link I've provided to a slightly different synopsis from the Author. I can't wait!!!!
Happy reading!
Terry-Jo
~Listens With Sticks

Upcoming Themes

November - something from your stash of books

December - supernatural or scary

January - author Mona Simpson

February - love stories

March - book to be chosen by "listens with sticks"

April - biography

May - moms

June - dads or grads

October minutes

Recommended books about friendships among women:

The Hot Flash Club by Nancy Thayer

The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen

The 10 Best Days of My Life by Adena Halpern

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell

Carried over from last month:

The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik

Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand

Swamplandia by Karen Russell

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

Looking forward to:

The Four Ms. Bradwells by Meg Waite Clayton

Random:

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral by Barbara Kingsolver