I quite enjoyed this book, this was second time to read it.
It tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman in New England who becomes pregnant by an unknown man. The problem is, that her husband sent her ahead of him, to make a home for them, but he never followed. In the puritan society she lives in, becoming pregnant like this is a serious crime, and so Hester must spend her life being scorned by her fellow townspeople and wearing a symbol of her shame, which is a Scarlet Letter A on her chest.

This is very enjoyable, and interesting. Well worth reading!

The story of a young boy called Kim orphaned in India who goes on an adventure with a Lama who is looking for the healing river.

this play explains a lot... past, present, and future. its hard to read but i took from it what i could. ill reread sometime soon.

REALLY GOOD. I love Portia, she's such a cool 18th century character.

Hmmm....Sounded so promising, but took me an age to get through, could not get the will up to pick up this book, but finally finished it about an hour ago, and was never so glad to finish a book.

It tells the story of The House of the Seven Gables....funnily enough! This house is occupied by Hepzibah, an old scowling woman who came from much wealth but is now reduced to opening a penny shop at the side of her house. Also living here is a young man named Holgrave who is an artist, Hepzibah's relation Phoebe, a young girl from the country and her brother Clifford.

A mystery surrounds this house, and the family is believed to be cursed ever since they stole land belonging to a supposed Wizard.

Sounds good? Yeah well the horror part doesn't arise until the last 20 pages or so, where you just get a slightly creepy feeling, but thats about it. Not worth the read at all, and if I hadn't gotten to the point of no return, I would have abandoned this book a long time ago.

this is very nice book for those people who want to live in dream

I quite enjoyed Heidi. Again this is another children's book which for some reason I never actually read when younger and am trying to catch up on now. It tells the story of Heidi, a young girl who was orphaned and sent to live with her aunt. However when her aunt gets an opportunity for a job elsewhere, she can no longer look after Heidi, so takes a trek up into the mountains to drop her off with Heidi's grandfather, a gruff old man who has made many enemies down in the village. Heidi soon wins over the old man however and seems to do the same with everyone she meets.

Its a beautiful story, full of innocence and magnificent scenery. Very enjoyable read.

The first chapter or 2 of this book were quite slow and I really wasn't sure I was going to enjoy it, however once I got into it, I couldn't stop reading it!!

The story is set in Lyme, funnily enough where a large section of the Novel Persuasion is set. Lyme is a seaside town, where people go to breath the fresh healthy sea air, and convalesce. As a result, everyone knows everyone and wants to know their business too.

The main protagonists of the book are, Sarah, who is the infamous French Lieutenant's woman, Charles and Ernestina. Charles is engaged to be married to Ernestina, an only child of a business man who is willing to provide a substantial dowry. However Ernestina is also quite spoilt and a little bit of a snob. She is spending some months in Lyme as the request of her parents who worry about her health.

Charles is quite similar in that, he has never had to work...being a gentleman and all, and he is expecting a large inheritance from his unmarried uncle.

On a visit to Lyme to see his fiance, Charles meets Sarah for the first time. She is standing by the sea, staring out, dressed in black, and generally looking quite miserable. Ernestina tells him her story, or what she knows of it. The story goes that Sarah was involved with a French Lieutenant who broke her heart, there are also rumours of an illegitimate child and now Sarah waits by the sea for him to return to her. Ernestina makes it quite clear that she does not approve.

Throughout the novel however, Charles becomes more and more obsessed with Sarah, and her with him. I kind of feel that calling it a romance is pushing the boundaries slightly as it really explores the darker side of love, lust and obsession.