~All The Ugly And Wonderful Things Bryn Greenwood A provocative story of the love that develops between Wavy and Kellen. When the two first meet Kellen is twenty-four and Wavy just eight but there is an instant connection between the two. Wavy, who speaks very little and refuses to be touched or eat in front of anyone, so deeply scarred is she by years of abuse, immediately attaches herself to Kellen like a leach, clinging on for dear life. And Kellen feels the need to protect and care for this fragile and delicate child who hides a fierce intelligence and resilience…
By Its Cover is a series of posts wherein I read a book based solely on my love of the cover. No reading the jacket, no checking reviews! Ben Ziskind, former child prodigy, recently divorced and feeling very sorry for himself is at a cocktail party in a museum that his twin sister has all but dragged him to. When he spies a painting of an old man hovering above a city which he recognizes from the wall of his childhood home, he steals it. Just takes it off the wall and waltzes out the door with a million dollar Chagall.…
