Books I was reading in July:
The Little Italian Bakery by Valentina Cebeni
This book was set in the 1980's. Elettra struggles to keep her mother's bakery open after her mother Edda has a stroke. Elettra dreams of being a journalist working in New York and finding her father. Clara, a mysterious friend Edda instructs Elettra to make aniseed bread rolls and take them to the Convent of Saint Elizabeth on Titan's Island and leave the rolls at the feet of the statue of Saint Elizabeth at the Convent and pray for Edda. Elettra's mother worked at the Convent when she was young, Elettra travels to the small isolated Island in the Mediterranean.where she hopes to find answers to her mother's early life and the name of her father. This was a novel about tragedy, secrets and everlasting friendship.and an old Convent.
The Love That I Have by James Moloney
his novel was set in Germany during 1944 and 1945. It is about Margot, a girl aged sixteen who has left school and started working in the mailroom at a concentration camp. One of Margot’s jobs is to collect the letters posted by prisoners and burn them. Margot feels bad about burning the letters because she has an older brother who is a prisoner of war and she wonders if someone burns the letters he writes. Margot takes a few letters home to read with the intention of re-posting them. She is overwhelmed with the outpourings of love contained in the letters.
There is a lot of conflict and tension as Margot makes decisions that could put her life in danger as she tries to discover more about one of the prisoners writing letters.
I did have a bit of trouble believing that prisoners would have money to buy writing paper, envelopes and stamps. At times I felt that Margot was very foolish. The descriptions of the characters were good, especially Margot’s older sister Renate who was possibly having an affair with an officer. Margot and her best friend Lili share secrets and their hopes and dreams. Lili tries to give advice to Margot, but Margot ignores Lili’s advice.
This novel is a love story about war, concentration camps, friendship and families.
I loved the ending.
The Wrong Light by Matt Coyle
This novel is about Private Investigators, it is set in the present time in San Diego.
Rick Cahill is hired by a radio station to find out who is stalking Naomi, a radio announcer. Naomi does not want the police involved, which makes Rick’s job more difficult. Rick takes on the job but is also trying to solve another crime. Rick hires two investigators to help.
The novel is about stalking, murder and crime. The action mostly takes place at night. Rick is constantly under threat of being killed by some Russian’s who are trying to protect a secret.
There is a lot of action and murders throughout this novel. There is conflict between Rick, Naomi and the police.
The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
A woman is robbed and her handbag stolen. Laurent finds the handbag in a garbage bin. He tries to find out who owns the handbag by looking at the items in the bag. There is no name or contact information. There are a lot of items and a red notebook containing thoughts and lists that sparks an interest in Laurent.
This novel was set in Paris. It is about relationships. It made me thing about the items I have in my handbag.
My handbag is a backpack. If I carry my bag on one shoulder I get a sore back. So I use a backpack.My Reading Journal would make some interesting reading if I lost my bag.
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