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Friday Finds (March 19 )

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Friday Finds hosted by Should Be Reading asks us to share what great books we heard about or discovered in the past week.


My pick this week is a book called My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares. I’ve read and loved The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series and I really enjoy her writing style so I’d love to read this one as well. This novel is being released June 1, 2010 by Riverhead Hardcover. Here’s a bit about it from Amazon.com:

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Last Summer (of You and Me) comes an imaginative, inspired, magical book-a love story that lasts more than a lifetime.

Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, he and Sophia (despite her changing name and form) have been drawn together-and he remembers it all. Daniel has “the memory”, the ability to recall past lives and recognize souls of those he’s previously known. It is a gift and a curse. For all the times that he and Sophia have been drawn together throughout history, they have also been torn painfully, fatally, apart. A love always too short.

Interwoven through Sophia and Daniel’s unfolding present day relationship are glimpses of their expansive history together. From 552 Asia Minor to 1918 England and 1972 Virginia, the two souls share a long and sometimes torturous path of seeking each other time and time again. But just when young Sophia (now “Lucy” in the present) finally begins to awaken to the secret of their shared past, to understand the true reason for the strength of their attraction, the mysterious force that has always torn them apart reappears. Ultimately, they must come to understand what stands in the way of their love if they are ever to spend a lifetime together.

A magical, suspenseful, heartbreaking story of true love, My Name is Memory proves the power and endurance of a union that was meant to be.

I think this sounds like a really good one from Ann Brashares. How about you? What did you find that caught your interest this week?

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  1. Sounds perfect for me. I'll add it to my wishlist. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Darlene!

  7. I like the sound of this book! My kinda book…very different from her Sisterhood of Traveling Pants series too…loved that too!!

  9. This one sounds great! I read The Last Summer of You and Me by her and really enjoyed it. It was a fun beach read. I'll have to check this one out!

  11. Oh my, this sounds SO good! I had no idea she had a new book coming out, thanks for pointing it out to me! I cannot wait to read this one.

  16. This does sound like a great book! I have not yet read any of her others, but my daughter loves them. I will have to check this out! Thanks for spotlighting it!