Books 12, 13, 14 and 15

Shutterbabe by Deborah Copaken Kogan: I kept trying to read this book for a bit longer. Andrew says the stories of her adventures as a photographer aren't bad, but I couldn't get past her moral issues (my moral issues?) Anyway, I may go back and give it a bit of a skim, but probably not.

Next on the agenda was Daughter of Eden by Charlotte Bingham. I quite liked this story: It was like watching an old movie. Set during World War II it not only featured characters, plot line, etc. from that era, you almost felt like the author was stuck in the 1930s/40s. Which in this book's case was a good thing. The story had a kind of corny olden-days feel to it, which was actually more conducive to the storyline, or at least, that's what I felt.

Then I read Anne Bennett's Daughter of Mine. Which just felt completely contrived. So I read the first two hundred pages and skimmed here and there in the next four hundred (cause you have to know what happens after the first two hundred). But I wouldn't recommend it.

Now I'm reading Saving Graces, loaned to me by Jane. Very, very good. I'm currently trying to figure out which of us is which (from our writing group of five). Looking forward to getting through this one.