Book Reviews

Attachments
by Rainbow Rowell


This was a delightful book. I read it from cover to cover in one sitting. It is a "modern" love story as it involves the electronic communications of e.mail. The protagonist, Lincoln, works at a newspaper where he is "computer security" at night--he is monitoring the internal e.mail of the staff. He finds himself following the conversations between two good friends, Jennifer & Beth. Further, he finds himself falling in love with Beth! It sounds weird, but the characters are so well written that it actually makes sense. I really liked the fact that the protagonist was male and sensitive and we kept seeing things from his point of view. I think that in the tangles of love we don't realize how hurt and confused and fearful males can be, too! Great story with a happy ending! Congratulations to the author on a great debut!

The Lake of Dreams
by Kim Edwards
I loved this book! Lucy is a career woman who has been living in Japan. She finds her way back to her childhood home where she has a lot of unfinished work about who she is. She needs to deal with her father's death of long ago, she needs to sort out a romance from her teen years but most importantly, she discovers that in her family tree she has a connection to feminists at the turn of the 20th century. Unearthing this information gives her the resolve to move forward with who she is. This book is great on all levels: the plot, the writing, the characters,and the setting. It is always a challenge to come out with a book after your debut was wildly successful. Congratulations to Kim who did it!


- by Elizabeth Timmins, Muehl Public Library