![]() ![]() Are they delusional? Are they being framed? Are they psychotic? Are they pathological liars? Half the fun of reading her books is not being 100% sure about buying into the information being presented at face value. Ware makes her readers constantly question the reliability of her protagonists. She has a distinctive writing style when it comes to sharing the thoughts and imaginings of her main characters. I have to give Ware props where they’re due. However, I believe in redemption, and I was not disappointed this time around. Westaway about three-fourths through, and didn’t get passed the first fifty pages of The Lying Game. They were satisfyingly creepy and left me with an anticipatory excitement throughout the entirety of their stories. I absolutely loved her first two books, In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Woman in Cabin 10. I’ll be totally honest here I find Ware’s novels to be either hit or miss. For the month of September, my book club selected The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware (per my suggestion.) ![]()
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![]() Becker has a real talent with watercolours. The children must travel to different areas to find these colours. This book follows on from the first one, where the children in the story must find seven magic colours to free the captured King in the imaginative city the story is set in. It is often the case in film s and books where the sequel disappoints, and this doesn’t break that trend. These books are part of a trilogy, the last book in the series coming out sometime in the future. Quest is the follow up book to Journey by Aaron Becker. ![]() ![]() In the course of my studies recently on wordless picturebooks I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of this book to our bookshelves. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1973, Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City with just $5,000. He then went on to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School. He grew up surrounded by music and developed a love for it at an early age.Īfter graduating from high school, Dalio attended Long Island University where he earned a degree in finance. His father was a jazz musician and bandleader and his mother was a homemaker. Raymond Thomas Dalio was born on August 8, 1949, in Queens, New York City. But first, a little biography on the man of the article. If you’re looking for some great reading material, look no further than these four books by Ray Dalio. ![]() Oh, and did we mention that he’s written several best-selling books? He’s also a billionaire, and he’s widely considered to be one of the most brilliant investors of our time. He’s the founder of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest and most successful hedge funds. In case you haven’t heard, Ray Dalio is kind of a big deal. ![]() ![]() ![]() Just as they leave, Purdy gives Rose a little key to this important book " an ancient leather bound volume of enchanting recipes." Rose promises to keep the book locked safely away and never give the key to anyone. There is magic behind the refrigerator and a cookbook filled with secret recipes. Purdy Bliss and her husband Albert are called away on urgent business and so Rose and her siblings are left to manage the cake shop but this is no ordinary cake shop. ![]() Where most families had a couch and a television, the Blisses had a counter filled with pies, a cash register, and a few booths and benches for customers." " The kitchen of the Bliss home also happened to be the kitchen of the Follow your Bliss Bakery, which Rose's parents operated out of a sunny front room that faced a bustling street in Calamity Falls. The family, four children and mum and dad, live at their cake shop. ![]() ![]() Penny's work is entertaining yet lacking in complexity and genuine darkness. Written for TV by Wayne Grigsby, Still Life is nice, but the source material doesn't offer much in terms of depth and dark secrets. Also, there's the mysterious business of a painting recently done by the deceased. There's somebody who indeed uses a bow and arrows to hunt. ![]() Someone points to a recent incident of gay bashing as a possible source of info on the murder. That is, old resentments and bitterness about money and land. There are, of course, the usual trappings of small-town life to be looked into. As most viewers will know, these twists are red herrings. For a while – a short while only – it looks like a genuine mystery. A retired teacher is found dead and an arrow through the heart killed her.Īlong comes Gamache to investigate. It's Thanksgiving in Three Pines, a village in the woods that looks lovely and seems to be populated entirely by artists, the rich, retired teachers and other such people. Cozy it is, and a wee bit dozy, but an ideal, comfy time-waster on a Sunday night and, of course, compelling viewing for those who like Louise Penny's books. ![]() In fact, Armand Garmache is played by the chap who also played Lynley, English actor Nathaniel Parker. Still Life is a pleasant enough mystery, very much in the style of those cozy Brit TV mysteries featuring Inspectors named Lewis, Frost or Lynley. ![]() |