This was my favorite meme to put together. I like looking at the book covers and putting them all together. It makes me want to go to the book store! Friday Finds is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. While browsing fabulous book blogs, Amazon.com, Washington Post.com, NPR.org, various other places on the Internet, and getting recommendations from friends, these are the books that either made it to my wish list this week or I downloaded the samples on my Kindle from Amazon.com.
Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, is a story of survival, both literally and figuratively. The description on the inside cover of this book says, ” WE DON’T WANT TO TELL YOU TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS BOOK. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn’t. And it’s what happens afterward that is most important. Once you have read it, you’ll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don’t tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.” Little Bee
In the spirit of the author and publisher’s request, I will not go into details about Little Bee. I will tell you that I loved this book. The writing is wonderful. The characters are so real I actually wish they were except for what happens to them. I still find it amazing that a male mind wrote this story which is told from the minds of two complicated, feeling, richly woven women. The story will stay with you as it will stay with me. You will want to talk about this book as you read it and when you are done. When you are ready to talk about Little Bee please let me know.
{Rating ~ 4.5 out of 5 stars}
You can learn more about Little Bee and author Chris Cleave at his web site HERE. Below I have included an author interview/book promo video for Little Bee (in the U.K. it is titled The Other Hand).
Planet Books 