2009 October | UK Chica - Book and Movie Reviews

Counterfeit Gods – The empty promises of money, sex, and power, and the only hope that matters By Timothy Keller

Where do we place our faith? What do we spend our time and money on? That is what we value – good and bad. We pursue things for happiness right? But how many of us are happy? Counterfeit Gods is another way of saying idols – and not the ones maybe you are thinking of. [...]

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The Hundred Dresses By Eleanor Estes

This was a Newbery Honour Book in 1945 so many of you will have not only heard of it but read it as well. It is an interesting little social commentary about our fear of different people as well as how cruel children can be. A little Polish girl in a small town is made [...]

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A Rule Against Murder By Louise Penny

Another Penny mystery that I loved – I should get royalties. This story is set at a romantic getaway where the inspector and his wife spend their anniversaries hidden away from work, telephones and the world. Every year they have done this without any interruption – this year is different. A mostly obnoxious family has [...]

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The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch

This book is an emotional tribute to his wife and children – not schleppy but quite sad given the reason. The author is honest and writes of some great teaching moments even though his black and white attitude to everything, for me, was annoying and prideful. He does acknowledge that his parents were the reason [...]

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Even Money By Dick Francis and Felix Francis

I am a huge Francis fan and this one did not disappoint. His books are set around the horse racing world which is where he spent a good many years as one of the Queen’s jockeys. This time our hero is a bookmaker following in his family’s footsteps. If you know nothing about this vocation [...]

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Twenties Girl By Sophie Kinsella

Having read all that Ms. Kinsella has written I picked this up with relish. These are not deep books which is great. I would love to be able to write like this. Great beach read would be a way to describe this one. Any fans of Kinsella’s work will immediately recognize a similar pattern in [...]

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The Best of Everything By Kimberla Lawson Roby

The moral of the story is don’t do it! Young Alicia is newly married and addicted to shopping but in a very sober self justifying way which I suppose is the way of addiction. This is not a funny book or even humourous as was Shopaholic but an attempt to show how destructive the sins [...]

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