Things come full circle in A Desirable Residence by Madeleine Wickham. A family of three purchases a tutorial college and moves into the flat above it, hoping to sell their house -- What ends up happening is the married woman falls in love with the real estate agent, has an affair and falls deeply in love with the idea of having money and no worries that he does. However, the real estate agent is married as well. Their lives end up entertwining and coming to a climax in the end.
Meanwhile, the real estate agent had a temporary fix for them until the house sold, renting it out to a PR person from the firm. Ginny and her actor boyfriend Piers have drama of their own.
There is no shortage of drama and more drama in this book. It didn't have my attention for many pages but when it was climaxing and coming to a head, it made for a very interesting read. Beautiful ending!!!! I truly enjoyed it!
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." — C.S. Lewis
Friday, July 2, 2010
Fried Fridays
It is Fried Friday! So glad it is the weekend! I have been engrossed in A Desirable Residence by Madeleine Wickham and am almost done. It is an ok story, hasn't really grabbed me. The whole cheating thing bothers me but I hope they both come to their senses.
So what are you reading this holiday weekend? I will be finishing Amandine by Marlena De Blasi. It is a really good book but I wanted to get a few library books read.
Next 5 will be:
Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden
An Unfinished Score by Elise Blackwell
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell
Honeysuckle Summer by Sherryl Woods
The Rebellion of Jane Clarke by Sally Gunning
So my QOTD is, in what form do you receive news? Paper, internet or TV?
So, last night 2 of my good friends and I went to the "big" city. Big for us, considering there are only about 3700 people in our town. So we always have to visit Borders. A fire alarm went off and they asked us after about TEN minutes of this thing blaring and us trying to find each other to leave. So what do we do? Follow the firemen carrying their axes around...hehehe.. Can't take us anywhere.
Happy Reading!
So what are you reading this holiday weekend? I will be finishing Amandine by Marlena De Blasi. It is a really good book but I wanted to get a few library books read.
Next 5 will be:
Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden
An Unfinished Score by Elise Blackwell
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell
Honeysuckle Summer by Sherryl Woods
The Rebellion of Jane Clarke by Sally Gunning
So my QOTD is, in what form do you receive news? Paper, internet or TV?
So, last night 2 of my good friends and I went to the "big" city. Big for us, considering there are only about 3700 people in our town. So we always have to visit Borders. A fire alarm went off and they asked us after about TEN minutes of this thing blaring and us trying to find each other to leave. So what do we do? Follow the firemen carrying their axes around...hehehe.. Can't take us anywhere.
Happy Reading!
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