BEAUTIFUL ASSASSIN by MICHAEL WHITE
Elizabeth Moynihan, a young journalist, has hit the jackpot. It’s 1992 and a chance remark has sent her to a small farm in the middle of nowhere in Colorado. There resides Russia’s most notorious sniper-turned-spy, the one-time beautiful assassin, Tat’yana Levchenko, and she’s ready to tell her story. During the Second World War, Tat’yana was Russia’s secret weapon. After the Germans killed her daughter, aged four, she enlisted as a sniper for the Russian army. Having finally achieved her goal of killing three hundred Germans, she was badly injured in a siege and shipped back to Moscow. She was presented to Stalin, paraded among the ranks of high society and before the world’s press.Her duty to her country not yet over, she was sent to America, to befriend Eleanor Roosevelt, touring the nation with her, securing support for the war. And all the while, she was to send vital information about American armament and troop plans back to her homeland. Before long, Tat’yana was ready to defect, putting her own life – and that of the man she loves – in more grave danger than ever before.
This book is a great read. Be warned, once you start it’s hard to put down.
Release date – March 30th 2010
IMPACT by Douglas Preston
I seem to be drawn to Sci-fi lately, and in this case I am glad I am. This is a great read with a good story and excellent characters. The story is one that will make you ponder life on other planets. All I can say is READ IT and enjoy. You won’t be sorry you did. The book is available to the public on 1/10/2010
A Great Sci-fi Read- The Breach by Patrick Lee
I just finished a really well written book called The Breach. This book is a great lazy day read, I thought. Once I started it there was no putting it down. It hooks you from the beginning and never let’s go. If you’re a Sci-fi/Thriller fan don’t miss this one. Available 1/10/2010
Fall is in the air!
You know you’re in Texas when you have a beautiful Saturday and almost a blizzard on Monday. OK maybe it’s not quite a blizzard but it’s much cooler then Saturday. On Saturday I couldn’t help but look up and down Main Street. The shop owners were cleaning up, shoppers were out early and it just warmed the heart. I think every customer coming into the store was smiling. There’s just something about a day like Saturday that makes people happy, not just on the outside but deep in the soul. I can honestly say there’s no other place I would have wanted to be that day, at that time. Thanks Boerne for making a beautiful day even prettier.
Latest read – Num8ers by Rachel Ward
Not bad, not good either. Story of an English 15 yr. old girl who can see the date of other people’s deaths, much like a stamp on the forehead that no one else can see. The story is good but the book drags on like a bad cold. I found myself wanting it to end……please! Some of the problem, for me anyway, is the English street slang. I had to figure out what dossers and slags were. By the way, can anyone tell me? Normally this book would be right up my alley, and at half its size it might have been. Comes to America Feb. 2010. I would give it a 2 1/2 on a scale of 5.