A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I am a fan of Ms. Binchy's books because I enjoy the stories she tells about the people who populate the small world about which she writes, such as the people who come from this small village, return to it, or simply come for a holiday. As soon as I could, I requested this from my hometown library, and my request was already 45th in line.
I recommend it to fans of the author and for readers who enjoy anecdotal stories about people connected to a place.

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Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I enjoy reading the books by Maeve Binchy because I admire the way she tells the stories of her characters. I heartily recommend her books to new readers, with the warning that many of her secondary characters seem superfluous to the current book, and that is because their stories have been more fully told in prior books. Sometimes these updates and transitions read as barely more than an outline or synopsis which can jar a reader out of the fictive dream of the current story. These updates are there to satisfy me and the rest of her fans that more has happened to the twins, Muttie and Lizzie, Clara and Frank and so on.



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Books I Read in 2003

22 Books I Read in 2003

1. Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy
   
2. A Common Life by Jan Karon
   
3. Fasting and Eating for Health by Joel Fuhrman
   
4. The 28 Principles of Attraction by Thomas Leonard
   
5. Alan Shrugged: Alan Greenspan, The World's Most Powerful Banker by Jerome Tuccille
   
6. Learn Faster and Remember More by David Gamon and Allen Bradgon
   
7. The Heart of the Soul by Gary Zukav and Linda Francis
   
8. Handbook to Higher Consciousness by Ken Keyes Jr.
   
9. Natural Brilliance by Paul R. Scheele
   
10. The Laws of Money; The Lessons of Life by Suze Orman
    
11. Building Wealth by Russ Whitney
    
12. Overcoming the Hurdles and Pitfalls of Real Estate Investing by Russ Whitney
    
13. Real Estate Riches by Dolf de Roos
    
14. The Millionaires by Brad Meltzer
    
15. O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton
    
16. Loopholes of the Rich by Diane Kennedy
    
17. Sastun by Rosita Arvigo with Nadine Epstein
    
18. The Walk West by Peter and Barbara Jenkins
    
19. The Twelfth Commandment of Wildly Successful Women by Pamela Gilberd
    
20. Quentins by Maeve Binchy
    
21. Hunting Season by Nevada Barr
    
22. In This Mountain by Jan Karon
    

my 2003 bookshelf