PURPLE QUEEN FAIRY READS

Synopsis : Jennifer Weiner's rich, witty, true-to-life "New York Times" bestselling novel tells the story of three very different women as they navigate one of life's most wonderful and perilous transitions: the journey of new motherhood. Becky is a plump, sexy chef who has a wonderful husband and baby girl, a restaurant that's received citywide acclaim -- and the mother-in-law from hell. Kelly is an event planner who's struggling to balance work and motherhood while dealing with an unemployed husband who seems content to channel-surf for eight hours a day. And Ayinde's basketball superstar husband breaks her trust at her most vulnerable moment, putting their new family even more in the public eye. Then there's Lia, a Philadelphia native who has left her Hollywood career behind, along with her husband and a tragic secret, to start her life all over again. From prenatal yoga to post birth sex, "Little Earthquakes" is a frank, ...

March is pretty much a month of madness.  Right after the Chinese New Year celebration ended early this month, things are just pretty crazy and hectic.  There are lots to do at home and there are even more to do at work.  I have been working every weekend and haven't have a weekend break yet in March and even this coming weekend is rather uncertain.  April is not going to be better with a couple of major events that I need to look into but in all things I am thankful so I am not complaining. A rainbow at the end of all these madness is that the hubby managed to bring back for me some books that were left behind for me at our previous home.Some are keepers but some are ready for new homes.  I managed to sort them out a bit but further sorting would be required if my flea market is on this weekend. The story is that earlier this year, I signed up for my usual flea market for this weekend.  Due to the hectic schedule for these two months I was quite hap...

Synopsis : The Shell Seekers is a novel of connection: of one family, and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. The Shell Seekers is filled with real people--mothers and daughters, husband and lovers--inspired with real values. The Shell Seekers centers on Penelope Keeling--a woman you'll always remember in world you'll never forget. The Shell Seekers is a magical novel, the kind of reading experience that comes along only once in a long while. At the end of a long and useful life, Penelope Keeling's prized possession is The Shell Seekers, painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her grown children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do. But as she recalls the passions, tragedies, and secrets of her life, she knows there is only one answer...and it lies in her heart. I have...

Synopsis : Amber Hewerdine knows more than she is telling.  She knows that she hasn't slept since the arson attack which killed her best friend. She knows that it is not normal for four members of your family to disappear one Christmas morning, and then reappear the next day, refusing to explain or ever speak of it again. And she knows that somewhere, buried deep in her subconscious, is the key to what happened all those years ago at Little Orchard. In my opinion, books such as this should be easy to read in that it should be engrossing, entertaining, thrilling and evokes sense of curiosity, excitement and interest among others.   It should not be difficult to read in that being tedious and draggy and overly descriptive.  Unfortunately that is how I viewed Kind of Cruel . Termed a psychological suspense novel, it was kind of difficult to read Kind of Cruel .  The writing was kind of overly descriptive, the plot was kind of unrealistic, the characters wer...

Synopsis : On an old slaving ship named the Ibis, fate has thrown together a motley crew of sailors, coolies and convicts, including a bankrupt raja, a French runaway and a widowed opium farmer. As their old family ties are washed away, they come to view themselves as Jahaj-bhais or ship-brothers.  Set against the backdrop for the Opium Wars, this unlikely dynasty is what makes Sea of Poppies so breathtakingly alive - a masterpiece from one of the world's finest novelists. I would describe Sea of Poppies is a different book and it's difference made it good.  I quite like the earlier book by the same author that I read something mid of last year and likewise, that book was very different too. Sea of Poppies was intended as the first book of a trilogy.  However, I am not sure if the author moved on to write book two and three.  As a story on it's own, it was still quite entertaining.  It started with the  individual stories of the many character...

Synopsis : Meet Rose Feller, a thirty-year-old high-powered attorney with a secret passion for romance novels.  She has an exercise regime she's going to start next week, and she dreams of a man who will slide off her glasses, gaze into her eyes, and tell her she's beautiful.  She also dreams of getting her fantastically screwed-up, semi-employed little sister to straighten up and fly right. Meet Rose's sister, Maggie.  Twenty-eight years old and drop-dead gorgeous.  Although her big-screen stardom hasn't progressed past her left hip's appearance in a Will Smith video, Maggie dreams of a fame and fortune - and of getting her big sister on a skin-care regimen. These two woman, who claim to have nothing in common but a childhood tragedy, DNA and the same size feet are about to learn that they're more alike than they'd ever imagined.  Brought up by their father and step-mother, they are also discovering that they have a grandmother.  A sisterly fight ...

Synopsis :  A brutal struggle in the cutthroat computer industry...A shattering psychological game of cat and mouse...A shocking accusation that threatens to derail a brilliant career...These are the electrifying elements that you will find in this novel. An up-and-coming executive at the computer firm DigiCom, Tom  Sanders is a man whose corporate future is certain.  But after a closed-door meeting with his new boss - a woman who is his former lover and has been promoted to the position he expected to have - Sanders finds himself caught in a nightmarish web of deceit in which he is branded the villian. As Sanders scrambles to defend himself, he uncovers an electronic trail into the company's secrets - and begins to grasp that a cynical and manipulative scheme has been devised to bring him down. Disclosure   by Michael Crichton was written at at time when the world was experiencing great growth in the digital age. Because of that, it feels a bit strange as ...