LET IT BE

LET IT BE WAS A QUICK READ ABOUT THE FLIGHT FROM AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP, BEGINNING TO TRUST AGAIN, BETRAYAL OF A LOVED ONE THAT LEAD TO HEIGHTENED VIOLENCE.  IT IS A GOOD STORY WITH A STRONG PLOT AND THE BACKGROUND BEATLES THEME BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER.  ENJOY THE READ!

PUBLISHER’S EXCERPT:

Let It Be is a touching tale of loss, longing, and forgiveness that chronicles the breakup of a marriage, the destruction of a family, and the struggle to come together in the aftermath of what remains.

Searching for the love and happiness she feels she deserves, Michelle Jansen leaves her abusive, overbearing husband behind and takes her two kids to Amarillo, Texas, where she begins to learn how to stand on her own two feet, supporting herself and her children with the money she earns from a low-paying job as she becomes increasingly involved with a coworker who is an even bigger fan of the Beatles than she is.

But Michelle doesn’t realize that her ex-husband is willing to do whatever he can to destroy her new life. When Michelle is betrayed by her very own son, this already fractured family will be damaged in an almost unimaginable way. Can they find forgiveness in the midst of so much sorrow and guilt, or will love give them the strength that they need to let it be?

Part family saga, part coming of age tale, Let It Be is a story intimately linked to the music of the Beatles, a debut novel filled with true-to-life characters who want nothing more than a second chance.

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THE KITE RUNNER

I AM ASHAMED TO SAY I WAS NOT GOING TO READ THIS BOOK BECAUSE OF THE AUTHOR’S NAME!  THAT’S NOT USUALLY HOW I OPERATE BUT 911 IS STILL SO FRESH IN MY MEMORY – IT IS HARD TO OVERCOME.  SO, I PUT THE BOOK ON MY WISH LIST LAST YEAR AND THEN KHALED HOSSEINI’S “AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED” WON ALL KINDS OF AWARDS IN 2103.  WHEN I CHECKED THE LIBRARY, THE KITE RUNNER WAS AVAILABLE AND I SCOOPED IT UP!

I REALLY LOVED THE STORY.  IT IS ABOUT TWO BOYS GROWING UP (ONE THE SON OF A WEALTHY MAN; THE OTHER THE SON OF THE WEALTHY MAN’S SERVANT) AS FRIENDS IN THE  AFGHANI WORLD OF THE 1970’S.  LIVING THROUGH THE TAKE OVER BY THE TELEBAN YET WORKING THROUGH THEIR OWN CHILDHOOD STRUGGLES.  THE STORY IS WOVEN SO INTRICATELY YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ALL THE COMPLEXITIES UNTIL THE LAST FEW CHAPTERS.  IT SHOWS WE ARE ALL HUMANS WITH WEAKNESSES BELOW THE SURFACE BUT WE CAN ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE BETTER AND OVERCOME THOSE WEAKNESSES!  A RECOMMENDED GOOD READ!

HERE IS THE PUBLISHER’S SYNOPSIS:

The New York Times bestseller and international classic loved by millions of readers.

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.

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THE HIT

THIS BOOK WAS GOOD BUT NOT THE PAGE TURNER I EXPECTED FROM DAVID BALDACCI! The story was about a big terrorist plot that only Jessica Reel had uncovered.  Her actions brought Will Robie into the picture to kill her, but he instead joined her to save the nation and governments around the world.

Here is the library synopsis:

Will Robie is a master of killing.

A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming untold numbers of innocent victims.

No one else can match Robie’s talents as a hitman…no one, except Jessica Reel. A fellow assassin, equally professional and dangerous, Reel is every bit as lethal as Robie. And now, she’s gone rogue, turning her gun sights on other members of their agency.

To stop one of their own, the government looks again to Will Robie. His mission: bring in Reel, dead or alive. Only a killer can catch another killer, they tell him.

But as Robie pursues Reel, he quickly finds that there is more to her betrayal than meets the eye. Her attacks on the agency conceal a larger threat, a threat that could send shockwaves through the U.S. government and around the world.

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