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A awesome book for sure. It was a bit slow going in the beginning, but a few chapters in, it really grabs you. I have always been interested in the Indians and have done a lot of history reading on them, but these go back even further. The one thing I found very interesting, is how they would pretty much use every bit of a animal they have killed to live.
The Sacred Stones Book 2 of this series.....Courageous, passionate men and women battle for survival of their clans--in the shadow of the great mammoth who speaks with thunder....
As the massive glaciers fade and the wide seas rise, the warm grasslands of the Americas bring prosperity to the gentle People of the Red World, followers of the Great Ghost Spirit, the White Mammoth. But farther north, where the harsh dry winds howl, another nation, the People of the Watching Star, are enmeshed with legends of an evil shaman and the man-eating monster called the wanawut. Relentlessly they have hunted the mammoth to near extinction. Now, as raiders and ravagers they are coming south to invade the villages of the People of the Red World. The only ones who can prevent the murder of innocents and the final slaughter of the mammoth are a young boy shaman to whom the animals speak, a man whose strength equals his conviction, and a woman who hopes that, beyond violence and cruelty, humankind will recognize a stronger power--the force of love.
Has anyone else been reading these series and if so, what are your thoughts on them????
I can see that day as clearly as if it was yesterday. Walking down each aisle, my fingers sliding across each book on the shelves....waiting for a title to jump out at me as if to say "Take me! Take me!" I was in a different part of the library...a territory I had yet to venture into but was in the need for something different. Then it happened.
I'm not sure what made me reach for the one book. Maybe it was the dark spine with the red letters, or the little picture of a house that loomed up as if to say, "I am the Master!" Whatever it was, it looked interesting and I checked it out. Never having a clue, that would be the start of a great love affair with V.C Andrews.
Such wonderful children. Such a beautiful mother. Such a lovely house. Such endless terror!
It wasn't that she didn't love her children. She did. But there was a fortune at stake--a fortune that would assure their later happiness if she could keep the children a secret from her dying father.
So she and her mother hid her darlings away in an unused attic.
Just for a little while.
But the brutal days swelled into agonizing years. Now Cathy, Chris, and the twins wait in their cramped and helpless world, stirred by adult dreams, adult desires, served a meager sustenance by an angry, superstitious grandmother who knows that the Devil works in dark and devious ways. Sometimes he sends children to do his work--children who--one by one--must be destroyed....
'Way upstairs there are
four secrets hidden.
Blond, beautiful, innocent
struggling to stay alive....
Righteous Anger... Innocent Fear...
Because the grandmother's wrath had not yet materialized, Chris and I had grown careless. We were not always modest in the bedroom. It was difficult to live, day in--day out, and always keep the intimate places of our bodies secret from the other sex.
And to be perfectly honest, none of us cared very much who saw what.
We should have cared.
We should have been careful.
We should have kept the memory of Momma's bloody welted back sharply before us, and never, never have forgotten.
A key turned in the door lock. Swiftly I tried to put the dress over my head and pull it down before she came in. But she had seen me naked; it was those glittering, gray stone eyes.
"So!" the grandmother spat, "I have caught you at last... Sinners! you think you look pretty? You think those new young curves are attractive? You like that long golden hair that you brush and curl?"
She smiled then.
The most frightening smile I ever saw...
This story continued on into 4 other books....each better than the next and a story I, myself will never forget. Many critics have claimed that her writing style was eccentric, not to mention the fact that they believed her novels to be immoral. In 1983 Flowers in the Attic was banned from all schools because of its offensive passages concerning incest and for its explicit sexual content. I found this book in 1989 so my school must not have gotten this memo hahaha
Andrews' novels combine Gothic horror and family saga, revolving around family secrets and forbidden love (frequently involving themes of consensual incest, most often between siblings), and they often include a rags-to-riches story. Sadly, V.C Andrews died in 1986 but it wasn't till years later that I found this out and by this time, I had read all of her older books and got to the point, I had to wait for the new releases. The family hired a mysterious ghostwriter to continue Andrews' legacy. The ghostwriter's identity was held secret from Andrews' fans for years. However, the ghostwriter was finally unmasked as Andrew Neiderman best known for his novel The Devil's Advocate published in 1990.
Yet again, I was not disappointed in this book and enjoyed every moment of it. Even though all the books have pretty much the same story line, they are still good.
Broken Flower:
She was too grown-up for childish games.
But too young to become a woman....
Living with her parents and brother in her Grandmother Emma's enormous mansion, Jordan March tries to be a good girl and follow her grandmother's strict rules. But one day, without warning, Jordan's body begins to change -- and everyone notices her in a way that seems dark, dangerous, and threatening. Suddenly the March family secrets are unleashed, and Jordan is ashamed and afraid that her soft curves are unwelcome indeed. Now Grandmother Emma sets out to make Jordan pay for her family's past mistakes, sending her world spinning wildly out of control...
I've been playing around here in VOX, checking out all that I can do with my page and it has some good and bad points. So far, I like how easy it is to compose. I give that a plus. I love how you can upload music from your own computer and how easy it is to keep track of your books.
My biggest disappointment is that there isn't a guest book for others to leave a comment that doesn't have anything to do with your blog postings. I don't see a place to show some of your favorite links to share. I think I got spoiled at the last place I was blogging at LOL
