100 Names by Cecelia Ahern and Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

January 2013.

Our main title is 100 Names by Cecelia Ahern.
I read this as soon as I could get it from the library - the first person to check it out - the thrill of it!!
It was a bit slow to start, but as I turned the pages the story grew and the pages turned over faster and faster!  And when I reached the final page I realised how much more there was to be told.
A great story of people.  Everyone has a story to be told no matter how innocuous they look, scratch the surface and you will see what is really there - forget about yourself and find the perfect gift!
Overall Opinion: Liz loved it! But others were not so positive
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Our second book for the fast readers was Labyrinth by Kate Mosse.
"When Dr Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons during an archaeological dig in southern France, she unearths a link with a horrific and brutal past. But it's not just the sight of the shattered bones that makes her uneasy; there's an overwhelming sense of evil in the tomb that Alice finds hard to shake off, even in the bright French sunshine. Puzzled by the words carved inside the chamber, Alice has an uneasy feeling that she has disturbed something which was meant to remain hidden... Eight hundred years ago, on the night before a brutal civil war ripped apart Languedoc, a book was entrusted to Alais, a young herbalist and healer. Although she cannot understand the symbols and diagrams the book contains, Alais knows her destiny lies in protecting their secret, at all costs. Skilfully blending the lives of two women divided by centuries but united by a common destiny, LABYRINTH is a powerful story steeped in the atmosphere and history of southern France."
An exciting book, it switches from Alais's story to that of Alice.  The description of the Languedoc  area makes you want to go and visit the places mentioned.

Overall Opinion:  Loved it

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