Thursday, August 16, 2007

Book #19- The Observations by Jane Harris

What a fabulous read!!!!! It's about a maid, Bessy, who begins working at Castle Haivers. Arabella, her mistress, wants her to keep a journal and informs her that from time to time, she will be reading what Bessy has wrote. One day when Arabella is away from the house, Bessy sneaks into Arabella's desk and stumbles across a book her mistress has been writing called the Observations. Arabella has been keeping notes and recording bizarre experiments which she has conducted on past maids. In her book, she is trying to discover the qualities which encompass a perfect housemaid. Needless to say, Bessy finds that there are pages about herself in there. Based on what is written, Bessy feels betrayed. This is a page turner! I loved this book!

Things I loved about this book:
  • It hooked me in! I love books that do that!
  • The characters are wonderful. You feel a mixture of emotions as you read about them.
  • The story is fabulous and there is not a dull moment at all in the book!
Things I didn't like about this book:
  • Nothing. Everything was excellent!!

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