The Last Girls is a slow-moving, but interesting, drama. There is no climax to the plot, but more of a coming-of-menopause-age story of four women who knew each other in college.
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Day is a moving novel of how a soul can be deeply affected by witnessing evil. There is sadness to it that can only be understood to a certain level. I think the entire trilogy does a good job of letting readers into the heart and soul of a Holocaust survivor. It is a must-read for adults and mature high school students could learn a lot from it, too.
Day by Elie Wiesel
The Dogs of Christmas is a heart-warming tale of how much dogs can help people in all areas of their lives. It has some twists and turns, and even some scary moments, but being a holiday book, all ends well. Animal lovers, lovers of holiday fiction and lovers of good fiction will all enjoy this book.
The Dogs of Christmas by W. Bruce Cameron
Isaac is growing up in a traditional Amish community. He loves to play with his friends, enjoys school and tries to avoid chores. In The Little Amish Matchmaker, he sees his older brother acting funny around his teacher, Catherine, and gets it into his head that they would be a good couple.
The Little Amish Matchmaker by Linda Tyler
Ashley Davison wants to get home to Seattle for Christmas, but can't buy a plane ticket. When she tries to get a rental car, she finds it's the last one, but she's not old enough to rent it. In Dashing Through the Snow, the man behind her is and he also wants to get to Seattle for a job interview. They decide to share the ride, not knowing that the real reason Ashley can't buy a ticket is that the feds think she is on the Do Not Fly list - and they're after her!
Dashing Through the Snow by Debbie Macomber
1 In The Christams Wedding, Gaby wants all her children home for Christmas this year. They haven’t been together since her husband, their father, passed away several years earlier. Gaby has also decided that it’s time for her to do something for herself – get married again.
The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson
1 Noel Street is a sweet love story that deals with war, widowhood, racism and fears. It is a quick read, but I really enjoyed the story and felt like the Christmas season was really starting when I finished reading it.
Noel Street by Richard Paul Evans
“You’ll make mistakes because it’s impossible to know what is or isn’t a mistake until it’s made.” Her real name is almost forgotten to her, but she is known as The Chemist. With no family left by the time she was in college, she was a target recruit of the […]
The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer
Louis L’Amour left behind many pages of writing that his son, Beau, has decided to sort through and release certain well-crafted stories in Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures, Vol. 2.
Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures, Vol. 2 by Beau L’Amour
Almost everyone knows the story of Dorothy visiting the land of Oz from the movie, but the movie was based on a series of books written in the early 1900s.