Fall into Reading Challenge 2007

I'm late posting this. Yeah two months late. Anyway, I did finish the challenge. It ended on Dec. 21st. About a week before it ended I realized I had two more books. (Christmas time-I was busy). I grabbed the last two books for The Unread Arthurs Challenge. Once I realized it I just swapped the titles on the list. I read them for the sole purpose of finishing the challenge so I think they count. Anyway, here's the completed list.

1.) The Locket Ж Richard Paul Evans
2.) Love in the Time of Cholera Ж Gabriel García Márquez
3.) O Pioneers! Ж Willa Cather
4.) Ricochet Ж Sandra Brown
5.) Veronika Decides to Die Ж Paulo Coelho
6.) The Wrong Hostage Ж Elizabeth Lowell

The Locket

The Locket
by Richard Paul Evans

"The Locket" is a sweet little story about forgiving and second chances.
Michael Keddington is a 22-year old college student who had to leave school to care for his dying mother. After her death, Michael takes a job in a nursing home until he can get a scholarship to go back to school.

He immediately connects with a reclusive woman, Esther. She slowly opens to him and tells him of her life and her missed chance at love.

Then tragedy strikes the nursing home and one of the residents dies after being abused. And Michael is blamed and must face trial.

I really enjoyed this book. If you liked "Tuesdays with Morrie" you'll like this one.

Veronika Decides to Die

Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

Veronika is a young woman living an independent life in Slovenia. She rents a room at a convent and works in a library. She has built a safe, predictable world. She has also decided to commit suicide.

She spends six months trying to get sleeping pills. Two of her friends finally find them for her. But the pills weren't enough. She wakes up in a psychiatric hospital. But her heart has been damaged and she will die within a week.

But now Veronika is getting back the will to live.

I was hooked from the first page. This is another thought provoking book from Paulo Coelho. His books go into the soul of people and pull out little snippets of wisdom you would think we all knew.