The Tea Rose
When I was traveling from Wellington to Christchurch to head to Queenstown, I was reading "The Memory-Keeper's Daughter." It was decent. Interesting concept for a story. Unfortunately I had just read an article about coincidences in movies and how gullible audiences are while watching them. The whole book looked like a big coincidence to me. Everything fell magically into place. Anyways, if you can ignore that, it's a worthwhile read. On the plane, a woman looked over and noticed what I was reading. She leaned over and asked me if I was enjoying it. I told her I was. She then took got excited and told me about a book club she was in. They had read the book in her club and she was sure that I would enjoy other books she had read so she scribbled down 4 or 5 books for me and handed me the piece of paper. We didn't talk after that and she disappeared out of my life into Christchurch.
As soon as I got back to Welly and finished Memory-Keeper, I rushed to the library to take out "The Tea Rose," one of the books she recommended. She told me that she couldn't stop reading it. It turned out to be a hardcover 500 somewhat page book and she was absolutely right! With images of old East London in the time of Jack the Ripper and the up-and-coming city of New York, a bustling sanctuary for the main character, I couldn't pull my eyes away from it. I have to say, it was the first story, in a long time, that I felt empty upon finishing. Luckily, the Tea Rose has a sequel called "The Winter Rose." I will be reading this shortly! Just got it out of the library. Anyways, I highly recommend reading these books, especially if you have found yourself in love with London or just in love.
That's all. :)
As soon as I got back to Welly and finished Memory-Keeper, I rushed to the library to take out "The Tea Rose," one of the books she recommended. She told me that she couldn't stop reading it. It turned out to be a hardcover 500 somewhat page book and she was absolutely right! With images of old East London in the time of Jack the Ripper and the up-and-coming city of New York, a bustling sanctuary for the main character, I couldn't pull my eyes away from it. I have to say, it was the first story, in a long time, that I felt empty upon finishing. Luckily, the Tea Rose has a sequel called "The Winter Rose." I will be reading this shortly! Just got it out of the library. Anyways, I highly recommend reading these books, especially if you have found yourself in love with London or just in love.
That's all. :)