ABHORSEN

Title : Abhorsen
Author : Garth Nix









Synopsis
The long-buried secrets of the Old Kingdom and the Ninth Gate are revealed in the sequel to Sabriel and Lirael. Orannis, the Destroyer, has been freed from its subterranean prison and now seeks to unleash its terrible powers. Only Lirael, Abhorsen-in-Waiting, has any chance of stopping this enemy of all Life. As she and her companions - Sameth, the Disreputable Dog and Mogget - set out on their fated journey, Lirael has no idea of what lies ahead. Only days earlier, Lirael was merely a Second Assistant Librarian. Now, with only a vision from the Clayr to guide her and without the experience of Abhorsen Sabriel and King Touchstone, she must search both Life and Death for some means to defeat the Destroyer. Before it is too late...

My Thoughts
This last book was full of suspense, more so than the other two before it, and I think I finished reading it really fast cause I just simply couldn't put it away. I was quite happy with the ending and I look forward to reading more from Garth Nix.

LIRAEL

Title : Lirael
Author : Garth Nix










Synopsis
Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Abandoned by her mother and ignorant of her father's identity, Lirael resembles no one else in her large, extended family living in the Clayr's Glacier. She doesn't even have the Sight - the ability to See into the present and possible futures - that is the very birthright of the Clayr.

Nonetheless, it is Lirael in whose hands the fate of the Old Kingdom lies. She must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil - one that opposes the Royal Family, blocks the Sight of the Clayr, and threatens to break the very boundary between Life and Death itself. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to help her, Lirael must find the courage to seek her own hidden destiny.

My Thoughts
In this second book, we discover an entirely different family. Lirael is a mysterious character and surprisingly has a very important role in the whole trilogy. A lot of puzzles were answered at the end of this book..I really enjoyed it

SABRIEL

Title : Sabriel
Author : Garth Nix









Synopsis

SABRIEL is the first book in The Old Kingdom Trilogy
Sabriel is the daughter of the Mage Abhorsen. Ever since she was a tiny child, she has lived outside the Wall of the Old Kingdom - far away from the uncontrolled power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who won't stay dead. But now her father is missing and Sabriel is called upon to cross back into that world to find him. Leaving the safety of the school she has known as home, Sabriel embarks upon a quest fraught with supernatural dangers, with companions she is unsure of - for nothing is as it seems within the boundary of the Old Kingdom. There she confronts an evil that threatens much more than her life, and comes face to face with her hidden destiny...

My Thoughts
This trilogy was actually quite exciting. I'd never read any books by Garth Nix before and when I came across this trilogy, I didn't know what to expect. I think it's quite original, this first book was a page turner for me and I couldn't wait to read the other 2 in the set.

Shadow of the Wind

Title : The Shadow of the Wind
Author : Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Synopsis :

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra del Viento' by Julian Carax.

But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from La Sombra del Viento, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's work in order to burn them. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind. A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead.

My Thoughts
I got this book from my sister, and at first I had no idea this book would be so exciting. This is the first book by Carlos Ruiz Zafon that I've read and so I had no clue as to how he would work the plot. I would definitely look for other books by him; I really liked this one. It was a bit of a thriller, a lot of mystery finding, spooky at times, some love stuff too..It kept me turning the pages and I got through it quite fast, so that means it really worked for me.

Kafka on the Shore

Title : Kafka On The Shore
Author : Haruki Murakami
Pages : 615



Synopsis
Joining the rich literature of runaways, Kafka On The Shore follows the solitary, self-disciplined schoolboy Kafka Tamura as he hops a bus from Tokyo to the randomly chosen town of Takamatsu, reminding himself at each step that he has to be "the world's toughest fifteen-year-old." He runs away from home, both to escape his father's oedipal prophecy and to find his long-lost mother and sister. He finds a secluded private library in which to spend his days--continuing his impressive self-education--and is befriended by a clerk and the mysteriously remote head librarian, Miss Saeki, whom he fantasizes may be his long-lost mother. Meanwhile, as Kafka flees, so too does Nakata, an elderly simpleton whose quiet life has been upset by a gruesome murder. (A wonderfully endearing character, Nakata has never recovered from the effects of a mysterious World War II incident that left him unable to read or comprehend much, but did give him the power to speak with cats.) What follows is a kind of double odyssey, as Kafka and Nakata are drawn inexorably along their separate but somehow linked paths, groping to understand the roles fate has in store for them. Murakami likes to blur the boundary between the real and the surreal—we are treated to such oddities as fish raining from the sky; a forest-dwelling pair of Imperial Army soldiers who haven't aged since WWII; and a hilarious cameo by fried chicken king Colonel Sanders—but he also writes touchingly about love, loneliness and friendship. Occasionally, the writing drifts too far into metaphysical musings—mind-bending talk of parallel worlds, events occurring outside of time—and things swirl a bit at the end as the author tries, perhaps too hard, to make sense of things. But by this point, his readers, like his characters, will go just about anywhere Murakami wants them to, whether they "get" it or not.

My Thoughts
I took so long to read this book...mainly cause of the things that were happening around me during the last 3 months..moving house etc.. Anyway, the book turned out quite different than what I've ever read before. I'm not sure if I'm right in saying that it's a fantasy novel, but I thought it was the best description due to all the weird and unnatural things that happened in the book, like leeches falling from the sky, a world beyond the living, talking to cats, and stuff like that..I thought it was pretty freaky at times too..but quite original, just like a lot of the Japanese :-) I would definitely recommend it to those who like to try different story lines.

Life of Pi

Title : Life of Pi
Author : Yann Martel
Pages : 336



Synopsis
Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi is a magical reading experience, an endless blue expanse of storytelling about adventure, survival, and ultimately, faith. The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry, India, where he tries on various faiths for size, attracting "religions the way a dog attracts fleas." Planning a move to Canada, his father packs up the family and their menagerie and they hitch a ride on an enormous freighter. After a harrowing shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker ("His head was the size and color of the lifebuoy, with teeth"). It sounds like a colorful setup, but these wild beasts don't burst into song as if co-starring in an anthropomorphized Disney feature. After much gore and infighting, Pi and Richard Parker remain the boat's sole passengers, drifting for 227 days through shark-infested waters while fighting hunger, the elements, and an overactive imagination. In rich, hallucinatory passages, Pi recounts the harrowing journey as the days blur together, elegantly cataloging the endless passage of time and his struggles to survive: "It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion."

My Thoughts
To me, this book was very different to what I've read before.. I think the main idea of the book is really interesting, it was a fun read. Imagine if what Pi experienced was true?!#@* The island with the Meerkats was quite horrifying and original too, I think...I will look for other books by Yann Martel..

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Title : A Thousand Splendid Suns
Author : Khaled Hosseini



Synopsis :
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan’s last thirty years—from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to the post-Taliban rebuilding—that puts the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives—the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness—are inextricable from the history playing out around them.

My Thoughts :
Compared to his first novel, "The Kite Runner", this one didn't really hit me as strongly. It was good, but too sad and frustrating for me. I got frustrated at the way things were in Afghanistan in those days and how the people suffered so much. Anyway, I wouldn't read it over again, even though it was really good.

The Lollipop Shoes

Title : The Lollipop Shoes
Author : Joanne Harris

Synopsis :

Five years have passed since Chocolat, the story of a woman (or is she a witch?) who, with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk, blows into the stuffy little village of Lansquenet and opens her chocolate shop at just the wrong time – and in just the wrong place – incurring the wrath of the local priest and pitting Church against Chocolate.

Since then, things have changed. Vianne has another daughter, Rosette; Anouk has started secondary school; and the three of them are living in a rented chocolaterie in the Montmartre district of Paris. On the surface, life seems good; Anouk goes to school; Vianne has finally found a niche for herself. She is accepted within the community. She has learnt to conform; to blend in. The wind has stopped blowing – for a while.

But security has a high price, and Vianne has made some heavy sacrifices. She has given up her mother’s ways; the magic that she and her daughters shared. She has given up her identity, living now under the name of Yanne Charbonneau. She has even given up making chocolates – the demands of motherhood are just too much – and now orders her stock, just like everyone else. Most importantly, she has given up true love – in the person of Rosette’s father, Roux – and is considering marriage to her reassuringly conventional landlord Thierry, who promises her financial security and a home for her children.

Meanwhile, Anouk (now called Annie) is on the cusp of adolescence. A misfit and a loner at school, she hates Paris, resents the “new” Vianne, and desperately misses the intimacy they once had together. Rosette is nearly four years old, with physical and behavioural problems that are only exacerbated by her uncanny and disturbing Accidents…

Onto this stage comes Zozie de l’Alba, blowing into town on the Day of the Dead. Beautiful, passionate, bohemian and fabulously indifferent to convention, she befriends Anouk, moves into the shop, seduces half the neighbourhood with her effortless charm and little by little, helps Vianne regain, not only her skills, but her life –

But Zozie is not without an agenda. Little by little her influence grows - over Vianne, the shop, the customers, but most of all over Anouk, who sees in her an echo of her own mother, without all the fears that inhibit her. And as Christmas approaches and Zozie’s “help” becomes increasingly more questionable, it becomes clear that behind the charismatic façade there hides a cold and malevolent being, her power immense; her greed insatiable; her ultimate goal – Possession.

My Thoughts:

I loved this book! I finally finished reading it after probably a month or so..I was so busy I didn't have the time. But anyway, it was really surprising about the magic, cause I don't remember too much of magic mentioned in Chocolat (then again, I only saw the movie & didn't read the book). I think it was really exciting, lots of twists and turns and ended really nicely too. As her other books, this also made me hungry for chocolates..I would definitely read it over again someday..

Morality for Beautiful Girls

Title : Morality for Beautiful Girls
Author : Alexander McCall Smith

Synopsis :

With her No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in financial difficulty, Mma Ramotswe makes the tricky decision to share offices with her fiancé, Mr J. L. B. Matekoni. But although Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors could do with a little help, it is Mr Matekoni himself who really requires her attention.

If that weren’t enough, the agency is handling some highly puzzling cases: the government official whose sister-in-law is trying to poison his brother; the beauty pageant whose contestants aren’t as good as their looks; and the strange young boy, found naked and wild, and smelling of lion.

My Thoughts :

I enjoyed the book, but because I've read the 2 previous books, I felt the cases in this book are too predictable. But still, I liked the part where Mma. Makutsi becomes Assistant Mgr of the garage and she kicks the apprentices' ass really good. I predict the next book will show better financial situations for Mma. Ramotswe & her fiance.

A Spot of Bother

Title : A Spot of Bother

Author : Mark Haddon

Pages : 368

Synopsis :

George Hall is an unobtrusive man. A little distant, perhaps, a little cautious, not quite at ease with the emotional demands of fatherhood or manly bonhomie. He does not understand the modern obsession with talking about everything. "The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely." Some things in life, however, cannot be ignored.
At sixty-one, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, and listening to a bit of light jazz. Then his tempestuous daughter, Katie, announces that she is getting remarried, to the deeply inappropriate Ray. Her family is not pleased—as her brother Jamie observes, Ray has "strangler's hands." Katie can't decide if she loves Ray or loves the wonderful way he has with her son, Jacob; and her mother, Jean, is a bit put out by all the planning and arguing the wedding has occasioned, which get in the way of her quite fulfilling late-life affair with one of her husband's ex-colleagues. And the tidy and pleasant life Jamie has created crumbles when he fails to invite his lover, Tony, to the dreaded nuptials.
Unnoticed in the uproar, George discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind.
The way these damaged people fall apart—and come together—as a family is the true subject of Haddon's disturbing yet amusing portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely.

My Thoughts:

This was a really light and refreshing read. Funny, sad, a little bit vulgar at times but as a whole, it was a fun read. I laughed a lot reading through it and that's a good sign. I would recommend it to all (adults, no kids allowed here).

The Genesis of Shannara - Armageddon's Children

Title : Armageddon's Children (The Genesis of Shannara - Book 1)

Author : Terry Brooks

Pages : 416 (mass market paperback)

Synopsis :

Logan Tom is doomed to remember the past and determined to rescue the future. Far behind him lies a boyhood cut violently short by his family’s slaughter, when the forces of madness and hate swept our world after decadent excesses led to civilization’s downfall. Somewhere ahead of him rests the only chance to beat back the minions of evil that are systematically killing and enslaving the last remnants of humanity. Navigating the scarred and poisoned landscape that once was America and guided by a powerful talisman, Logan has sworn an oath to seek out a remarkable being born of magic, possessed of untold abilities, and destined to lead the final fight against darkness.

Across the country, Angel Perez, herself a survivor of the malevolent, death-dealing forces combing the land, has also been chosen for an uncanny mission in the name of her ruined world’s salvation. From the devastated streets of Los Angeles, she will journey to find a place–and a people–shrouded in mystery, celebrated in legend, and vital to the cause of humankind . . . even as a relentless foe follows close behind, bent on her extermination. While in the nearly forsaken city of Seattle, a makeshift family of refugees has carved out a tenuous existence among the street gangs, mutants, and marauders fighting to stay alive against mounting odds–and something unspeakable that has come from the shadows in search of prey.

In time, all their paths will cross. Their common purpose will draw them together. Their courage and convictions will be tested and their fates will be decided, as their singular crusade begins: to take back, or lose forever, the only world they have.

My Thoughts :

I'm a big fan of Terry Brooks's Shannara series and that's what drew me to this book. The setting is of the new world (I still prefer the old world like in the previous Shannara series). I didn't really enjoy the beginning, but gradually it got more exciting and halfway through I couldn't put the book down.

For One More Day

Title : For One More Day
Author : Mitch Albom
Pages : 208






Synopsis :
Pauline “Posey” Benetto raises her son bravely as a divorced woman in the 1960’s. The boy, Charley, never really appreciates her sacrifices, spending much of his life chasing the elusive love of his father, who left when Charley was 11. The book begins on the night when Charley, now a middle-aged alcoholic whose family and work life have disintegrated, decides to take his own life. He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, staggers into his old house, which he believes to be abandoned, only to make a startling discovery: his mother, who died eight years earlier, is still living there, as if she never left.
The two of them then embark on the “one more day” that so many wish they had with a lost loved one – a day to ask question, seek forgiveness, and reexamine the life you thought you had.

My Thoughts :
I read this book because I really liked Mitch Albom's previous books (Tuesdays w/ Morrie & The Five people you meet in heaven). Like his other books, there's a lot of moral and values that we can take from this book. It made me look back at my life and think about the times I disappointed the people I cared about the most..and you can't really fix the past, but you can change your ways to make the future better. I hope I never have to wish for that "one more day" because of regret..but I guess if we lose someone we really love we will always wish for that day.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Title : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Author : Mark Haddon

Pages : 288

Synopsis :

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down.

My Thougths :

This is a children's book, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Funny, simple in the way it was told and exciting trying to imagine yourself as Christopher and what he has to go through. It's a light and refreshing read, and I would recommend it to children and adults alike.

The Chronicles of Narnia

Synopsis :

Book 1 : The Magician’s Nephew

Digory and Polly discover a secret passage that links their houses, and are tricked into vanishing out of this world and into the World of Charn, where they wake up the evil Queen Jadis. There, they witness the creation of the Land of Narnia, as it is sung into being by the Great Lion, Aslan.

Book 2 : The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy find their way through an old wardrobe into the world of Narnia. There, they unite with Aslan to fight the White Witch and save Narnia from perpetual Darkness.

Book 3 : The Horse and His Boy

Shasta escapes from the land of Calormen with a Narnian warhorse, Bree. Along with Aravis and her horse Hwin, they uncover a Calormene plot to conquer Narnia and must find a way to save Narnia and its people.

Book 4 : Prince Caspian

Troubled times have come to Narnia as it is gripped by civil war. Prince Caspian is forced to blow The Great Horn of Narnia, summoning the help of past heroes, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Now they must overthrow Caspian's uncle, King Miraz, to restore peace to Narnia.

Book 5 : The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Lucy, Edmund, and their cousin Eustace, are magically transported onto the ship, Dawn Treader, where King Caspian is searching for the seven lost friends of his father. On the voyage, the children meet many fantastical creatures, including the great Aslan himself.

Book 6 : The Silver Chair

King Caspian's beloved son Prince Rilian has disappeared. Aslan sends Eustace and his school friend Jill to Narnia on a quest to search for the young prince and defeat the evil Witch.

Book 7 : The Last Battle

A false Aslan is roaming Narnia, commanding everyone to work for the cruel Calormemes. Can Eustace and Jill find the true Aslan and restore peace to the land? The last battle is the greatest of all and the final struggle between good and evil.

My Thoughts :
I read the series a few years ago and I think I must reread it. I remember I couldn't stop reading when I started because it was so exciting and full of fantastic imagination. My favourites are The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, but the whole series is magnificent.

The Lord of The Rings

Synopsis - The Fellowship of the Ring :

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his uncle Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.

Synopsis - The Two Towers :

THE TWO TOWERS, the second part of Tolkien's LOTR trilogy, takes the reader on a remarkable, almost breathless journey: chasing orcs who have captured Merry and Pippen; galloping across the plains of Rohan with Riders of the Rohirrim; the bloody battle of Helm's Deep; the vast wasteland of Isengard; the perilous journey of Frodo and Sam to the borders of Mordor, accompanied by a most unlikely ally. Unlike "The Fellowship of the Ring," Tolkien's first installment, which at times was compelled to slow to a snail's pace to patiently set up the story, THE TWO TOWERS moves the reader along at a rapid clip, from the first page to the last.
Here we are also introduced to a rich variety of new characters: Eomer, King Theoden, the evil Wormtongue, Treebeard the Ent, Faramir of Gondor, and a nasty assortment of snarling orcs. Tolkien's mastery of the written word brings these characters, and the places of Middle-earth they inhabit--to colorful life.

Synopsis - Return of the King :

While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarmed out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggled deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron's power. To defeat the Dark Lord, the accursed Ring of Power had to be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way was impossibly hard, and Frodo was weakening. Weighed down by the compulsion of the Ring he began finally to despair.

My Thoughts :

I just realised I haven't said anything about this masterpiece. I'm glad I read the book before watching the movie. The movie was really good too, but there are always things that they leave out from the movie that's actually interesting in the book. This book has been around for decades and it's a classic. I really enjoyed The Hobbit and The Silmarillion also by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Kite Runner

Title : The Kite Runner

Author : Khaled Hosseini

Pages : 400

Synopsis:

Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable, beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan nonetheless grow up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara, member of a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When the Soviets invade and Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.

My Thoughts:

I recently finished reading this book and found that it's really good. Quite a tragic story, it's a novel about friendship, betrayal and the price of loyalty. It's also a story about history that's never been told in fiction before. A lot of stuff about karma in it at the end..it's really worth getting if you haven't already read it..

Labyrinth

Title : Labyrinth
Author : Kate Mosse
Paperback: 528 pages

Synopsis:

July 2005. In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery-two crumbling skeletons, strange writings on the walls, and the pattern of a labyrinth; between the skeletons, a stone ring, and a small leather bag. Eight hundred years earlier, on the eve of a brutal crusade to stamp out heresy that will rip apart southern France, Alais is given a ring and a mysterious book for safekeeping by her father as he leaves to fight the crusaders. The book, he says, contains the secret of the true Grail, and the ring, inscribed with a labyrinth, will identify a guardian of the Grail. As crusading armies led by Church potentates and nobles of northern France gather outside the city walls of Carcassonne, it will take great sacrifice to keep the secret of the labyrinth safe. In the present, another woman sees the find as a means to the political power she craves; while a man who has great power will kill to destroy all traces of the discovery and everyone who stands in his way.

My Thoughts:

My sister recommended this book to me and she said it's far more interesting & exciting than the Da Vinci Code. I accepted the book eagerly, so curious about how it can be better than DVC. A historical & religious fiction, I found it hard to put down. In the search for the Holy Grail, it is a fascinating story and I liked the way Kate Mosse wrote it.

The Secret of Shambhala

Title : The Secret of Shambhala: In Search of the Eleventh Insight
Author : James Redfield
Pages : 256





Synopsis:
In the remote, snow-covered mountains near Tibet lies a community long thought to be mere myth called Shambhala, or Shangri-La. Here, in this place, is knowledge that has been kept hidden for centuries -- and an insight that can have a profound impact on the way each of us lives our lives.
Like James Redfield's other books, THE SECRET OF SHAMBHALA has a parable affect. Open yourself to this adventure, and the experience will stretch your world-view and leave you determined to channel your thoughts and wishes into a dynamic force that can help you liberate your life, enhance others, and actively change the world.

My Thoughts:
This third book had a lot more action put into it and had a bit more suspense than the previous ones. But like the Tenth Insight, you must read the series from the beginning in order to understand it all.

The Tenth Insight: Holding the Vision

Title : The Tenth Insight: Holding the Vision
Author : James Redfield
Pages : 256

Synopsis: In this exciting sequel to The Celestine Prophecy, in a rich setting of cathedral forests, wooded streams, and majestic waterfalls, your adventure in search of The Tenth Insight unfolds. It is a trip that will take you through portals into other dimensions...to memories of past experiences and other centuries...to the moment before our conception and the birth vision we all experience...to the passage of death and the life review we must all face...to the self-imposed isolation of hell, where fearful souls resist awakening...and the love-filled Afterlife dimension where the knowledge of human destiny is guarded and held. And back on Earth, you will see the fear of the future that is endangering Earth's spiritual renaissance, and you will struggle to overcome this fear by exploring the nature of intuition, synchronicity, and visualization.

My Thoughts: This book was just as tough to read as the one before. And you must read the first book to really understand what they're talking about in this book. It's interesting though, for when you want to feel spiritual and want to get closer to your spiritual side..

The Celestine Prophecy

Title : The Celestine Prophecy
Author : James Redfield
Pages : 256




Synopsis:
In the rain forests of Peru, an ancient manuscript has been discovered. Within its pages are 9 key insights into life itself - insights each human being is predicted to grasp sequentially, one insight then another, as we move toward a completely spiritual culture on Earth.
The Celestine Prophecy contains secrets that are currently changing our world. Drawing on ancient wisdom, it tells you how to make connections among the events happening in your own life right now...and lets you see what is going to happen to you in the years to come!

My Thoughts:
I'm not a very spiritual person, but this book was quite interesting. Some of the things written here can be related to in real life, it's almost eerie at times. I wouldn't read it over again though, once is enough for me.