BIBLIOPHILY
Friday, January 27, 2017
THE ELIFER CHRONICLES: EPIDEMIC (Julie Boglisch)
It is amazing that this excellent young adult novel was written by a woman in her early 20's! Part mystery, part magical realism, and part dystopian, this engaging novel will hold your interest from start to finish. Fast-paced and exciting, the novel is very appropriate for almost any age. It is the story of 14-year-old twins, Karina and Maxwell, living in a decidedly unsettling version of America and searching beyond their apparently comfortable small town for their recently gone-missing mother. Along the way they encounter a variety of menacing adversaries and some wonderful friends while trying to figure out the secrets of this unfamiliar larger world. Politically savvy readers will find some thought provoking and scary ideas here. I recommend it!
FLIGHT PATTERNS (Karen White)
I have found most of Karen White's novel enjoyable, but this one is special because it involved Haviland china. I'm a china and porcelain junkie, and to have a whole novel revolve around a mysterious china pattern is a wonderful thing.
Georgia Chambers is a china and porcelain expert living in New Orleans. She hasn't returned home to Apalachicola, Florida in more than 10 years after an incident that resulted in an estrangement from her sister, Maisie. Georgia's mother, Birdie, who has struggled with mental illness for years, hasn't spoken to anyone for 10 years, but Georgia has kept in touch with her beloved grandfather, Ned, a beekeeper. When Georgia is asked to identify the pattern on a set of china inherited by James Graf, who inherited from his grandmother, she realizes that it is a close match to a piece that her mother owns and heads to Florida with James to compare.
White has penned a novel that is equal parts family drama, mystery, beekeeping lore, and romance, with a good dollop of WWII and Haviland Limoges china history. This is one of those novels that you will find hard to put down once you get started, especially if you are interested in bees or china. It is full of intrigue and well-researched information. It actually inspired me to order some books on Haviland Limoges, Johnson Brothers, Lefton, and other china and porcelains!
Georgia Chambers is a china and porcelain expert living in New Orleans. She hasn't returned home to Apalachicola, Florida in more than 10 years after an incident that resulted in an estrangement from her sister, Maisie. Georgia's mother, Birdie, who has struggled with mental illness for years, hasn't spoken to anyone for 10 years, but Georgia has kept in touch with her beloved grandfather, Ned, a beekeeper. When Georgia is asked to identify the pattern on a set of china inherited by James Graf, who inherited from his grandmother, she realizes that it is a close match to a piece that her mother owns and heads to Florida with James to compare.
White has penned a novel that is equal parts family drama, mystery, beekeeping lore, and romance, with a good dollop of WWII and Haviland Limoges china history. This is one of those novels that you will find hard to put down once you get started, especially if you are interested in bees or china. It is full of intrigue and well-researched information. It actually inspired me to order some books on Haviland Limoges, Johnson Brothers, Lefton, and other china and porcelains!
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