segunda-feira, janeiro 21, 2008

2. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger

518 páginas

This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. His disappearances are spontaneous and his experiences are alternately harrowing and amusing. The Time Traveler's Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's passionate love for each other with grace and humour. Their struggle to lead normal lives in the face of a force they can neither prevent nor control is intensely moving and entirely unforgettable.

sexta-feira, janeiro 04, 2008

1. Forget Me Not, Isabel Wolff

341 páginas

Anna Temple is about to start a new life... it's just not quite the one she had in mind. After the sudden death of her mother, Anna realises she must live for the moment. Swapping hedge funds for herbaceous borders, and shares for scented stocks, she leaves the city to fulfil her dream of becoming a garden designer, a tribute to her green-fingered mother.
But on the eve of her sparkling new future she meets Xan. Their chance encounter changes her world in more ways than she can have ever imagined - enter baby Milly, nine months later. Juggling her new business with new motherhood is a struggle, especially alone. Meanwhile, Anna's father has moved to London to escape his memories. He's begun to act rather strangely. Then Anna unearths a long buried family secret - and unwelcome news about the new man in her life. Skeletons tumble from the closet and the past rears its ugly head. Suddenly nothing is as it seems, past or present...

terça-feira, janeiro 01, 2008

2008

Mais um ano a começar, expectante de boas leituras.
Em 2007 consegui ler mais um que em 2006, já não foi mau, veremos o que me espera em 2008...