Monday, February 20, 2017

PEANUTS HOLIDAYS THROUGH THE YEAR FIVE CLASSIC STORIES by Charles Schulz

Do you love Peanuts stories, I know I do.  Here you have five classic favorites,  Something to enjoy reading with your children and grandchildren.

AMAZON - Peanuts Holidays Through the Year five classic stories

SANDY 3/3 STARS

FIVE DAYS IN PARIS by Danielle Steel

Peter is head of a major pharmaceutical company.  They are working on a new chemo drug.  He is in
Paris awaiting the final test results. The results of the Paris tests are not promising. Olivia is in Paris along with her husband and his group of advisers, he is about to run for president.  They are staying at a very nice hotel, where celebrities and even kings stay at. one night there is a bomb scare and the hotel is evacuated.  Olivia decides to walk away during the confusion and Peter follows her. They ended up becoming friends and more.  They both have lots of things to work through.

I had a hard time staying with the story.

AMAZON - Five Days in Paris

SANDY SAYS 2/3 STARS

THE SPY WHO CAME FOR CHRISTMAS by David Morrell

Do you like mysterys?  What about stories about holidays?  Then you will like this quick read.
Set in Santa Fe, NM on Christmas Eve.  A group of Russians kidnap a baby.  What they dont know is one of them is an American.  His parents having defected before his birth to save him.  He can not go along with the kidnapping and steals the baby during the kidnapping.  The rest of the group will kill him if they catch him and he has already suffered a gunshot wound.  He has to find somewhere to hide and happens upon a house.  The only ones at home are a boy and his mom.  He soon finds out the dad abuses the mom and had gone out that evening.  He has to figure out a way to protect them all.

AMAZON - The Spy Who Came For Christmas

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

SILENT HONOR by Danielle Steel

Have you ever wondered what it was like to be living in America and be Japanese, after the attack on Pearl Harbor?  This story takes you into that world.  Hiroko has come to America to live with cousins and attend a women's university.  People have a stigma against her from the start.  However after the attack on Pearl Harbor the girls get viscous and it is decided she will return to her cousins. Things are bad for them as well and soon the whole family end up in one of the camps.  You will read about daily life in the camps which was not all bad.

AMAZON - Silent Honor

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

Thursday, February 9, 2017

BLUE by Danielle Steel

Another great story by Danielle.  Ginny works for a human rights agency out of New York City.  She travels most of the time helping give relief in dangerous parts of the world.  She is running away from the pain of losing her son and husband.  She comes across a homeless boy on a cold December night when she is contemplating suicide.  They help each other heal.  It is a hard road, though.


AMAZON - Blue

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS