The Bookshelf

Favourite Authors

Stephen King,James Herbert,Patricia Cornwall,Kathy Riechs,James Patterson and Dan brown.

Favorite Films

Shindlers List,The Piano Player,The Butterfly Effect,Dragonfly,Gothika,All the Alien Films,Grease,Saturday night fever,dumbo,Bambi,Lion-King.

“The Lovely Bones”
A Synopsis

Susie Salmon is the main narrator of this book, brutally murdered and raped at age 14 in 1973, by a neighbour. From heaven she watches her family as she knew it, fall apart as they try to deal with this heinous unsolved crime. Heaven wasn’t what she expected as her initial focus was too much on the life she left behind. Her greatest connection with earth was a young girl that her soul touched as it passed to the other side, from this moment the girl had medium thoughts and visions and played a key part in the story for Susie.
Susie from her place in heaven yearns for the one thing she can’t have, to live with the people she loved and fulfil her dream of being with her almost – might have been love of her life.
The story tells of her friends and siblings growing up doing all the things Susie dreamt of doing but never being able. She tries to communicate from the “other side”, succeeding on a small level only, until a twist near the end which brings a kind of resolution, and Susie can make her peace and move on.

What I liked about this book is the unusual heaven’s eye point of view.
There was a poignant and sensitive portrayal of grief, the loss to family and friends very convincing. With her mother unable to cope with her loss turns to another man to help her handle her grief before going away alone, taking herself away from her family and the sadness of Susie not being in her old home.
Her father struggles to hold the family together and give as much love as he can to his other children, to his previously drunken mother in law helping in his hour of need. Her siblings them selves probably coping best in their separate ways, from the strength of her sister to the slight withdrawal coping of her brother. This covering different reactions to grief.
There seems to be a possible understanding of the afterlife, in the fact that the dead hang around until their death is resolved, and people on earth are able to let go. It has a different view of heaven to what you would normally read about,in that it appears to be joyless,boring and godless, no pearly white gates and singing angels.
Eventually though there is healing, and resolution, and all the characters find a measure of peace.
I’d say it is definitely a worthwhile read,especially if you have an interest in death and the afterlife.

I believe the film is still in the preparation stage so until then you only got the book u philistine you lol

I dont read as much as i used to but the last 2 books i read were , ‘may contain nuts’ and the ‘best a man can get’ both by an author called John O Farrell……… absolutelyhilarious, i can remember the last time a book made me laugh out loud literally lol…….. both books are a tongue in cheek look at life but very true to life too, a must for a light hearted read.

I have just started to read Rebecca again by Daphne du Maurier, my daughter bought it for me for christmas. :)