2 of my favorites (from week #2 or #3)

1. Mitch Albom's The Timekeeper is a fast-paced read. Albom, known for capturing details and giving the reader, goes beyond that in this novel. By using an action-adventure and suspenseful storyline, surround the mysteries of time in our lives, Albom successful allows the reader to be immersed in the story. The tone is light and suspenseful, and gives the reader the understanding of time and how humans never have enough time and how we try to control it.


2. Tosca Lee's The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen takes us to a biblical time when a girl inherits her father's wealth and throne and she grows to be a queen of a rich and wealthy, and prosperous land. Further in the book, there is a conflict where she has to decide become allies with the great King Solomon, and must yield her pride to prove her status and wealth of kingdom, and through communications they begin to love each other. Lee's attention to detail of the location ad time through descriptions of clothing, palaces, etc., transports the reader into the backdrop of the biblical history and character development.

I can only say in the past year of reading, I have only enjoyed these two.