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When Camels Fly by NLB HORTON

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This is a novel definitely filled with suspense and some facts. I have enjoyed reading When Camels Fly by NLB Horton. Had no idea I would travel so deeply into Jerusalem, Jericho, Israel, the Holy Land. That jittery feeling of what will happen next takes over the body when Grace's daughter, a hydrologist, is kidnapped. There is a constant need to follow the water. Water is being stolen by countries for their use. Water has become almost as important as oil  today. Water is a commodity that everyone wants because it's precious. As I started the novel, the rush was on for one side to stop the other side, slow the other side down to the point of wanting to kill to fulfill your desires. It's a terrorist event. I especially enjoyed this novel by NLB Norton because there are family bonds involved.it seemed a bit funny to hear mother or daughter or son trade a joke along the most dangerous path or just getting up on a camel to start riding again. Looking away from all the dan

Wondrous Words

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http://www.bermudaonion.wordpress.com   1.cocoyam  2.prodigally Title Mango Seedling 1.On one ever recurring dot of cocoyam.... http://www.wikipedia.com 2.Cocoyam is a common name for several tropical root vegetables and may refer to: Taro ( Colocasia esculenta ) - old cocoyam Malanga ( Xanthosoma spp.) - new cocoyam On seed yams, prodigally. wastefully or recklessly extravagant: http://www.dictionary.com  

W...W...W...Wednesdays

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http://www.shouldbereading.wordpress.com  I finished The Spark And The Drive by Wayne Harrison. Also finished,Sister Betty Says I Do by Pat G'orge Walker. Now I'm reading When Camels Fly by NLB Horton. Next, I want to finish The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman. Next, I would like to continue The Gold Finch by Donna Tartt and Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

First Chapter First Paragraph

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"You risk everything by killing her." The Israeli voice outside Maggie's rent rattled with age.  "How much do you thin she knows?" The second speaker sounded young, his diction precisely well educated. Based on her work in the region, she thought his accent was Lebanese or Jordanian. He was not the same caste as the Bedouin guard who communicated with a grunt, and leared and cleaned his pistol across from her now." Arabian Desert, western Jordan http://bibliophilebythe sea.blogspot.com

Teaser Tuesday

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They didn't build a fire because it could attract attention. The desert chill made them thankful for their robes. Mark was wrapped tightly, and pulled the dense wool closer. "You take the first shift, I'll take the second. I want to be in the market by five thirty." He wiggled a small rock from the wall. "Peep hole, in case of visitors. Make it five." Visitors were unlikely because the terrain was rugged and off the beaten path, and showed no sign of recent traffic when they had approached two hours earlier."

THE SPARK AND THE DRIVE A NOVEL WAYNE HARRISON (Courtesy copy of www.stmartinspress)

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When I first received this novel in the mail, I thought it would be all about mechanics and car repair. My reaction proves it's not always possible to really know a book until you open it and start reading a bit. The Spark And The Drive by Wayne Harrison is about more than I could ever imagine. I would say Mr. Harrison deals with the nuts and bolts of life experiences. In this instance, the novel mainly is about a couple's struggles to deal with the loss of a baby. Around this one event will swirl like a typhoon the lives of other people who become involved with Nick and his wife, Mary Ann. I can't even imagine how difficult it is to lose a child. I only have heard or read the experiences of  other people in my life or characters in books. Nick and Mary Ann grieve in different ways. Perhaps, men and women always grieve differently. I don't know. Anyway, their grief separates them one from another. Their marriage is now on dangerous ground. It's very easy to kno

The Spark And The Drive by Wayne Harrison

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" Sometimes I'd go to the great gothic campus downtown and look at the Gutenberg Bible, one of only forty eight in existence , or  Van Gogh's Night Cafe, which he gave his landlord in lieu of rent, now worth upwards of fifty million, according to the catalog."