Tag: book review
member name: Linda G.
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December 01, 2009 08:55 AM EST --
The Boxer and the Spy by Robert Parker
I have to admit that this one is a bit thin. It felt more like a short story than a novel. Even though it was written for a teen audience, I thought . . .
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May 01, 2008 07:51 PM EDT --
T his is the newest installment in Parker's Jesse Stone series. Stone is the chief of Police in Paradise, MA. He is a former LA cop that struggles with alcoholism, is still . . .
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May 24, 2008 07:31 AM EDT --
APPALOOSA
Robert B. Parker
Putnam
Western
ISBN: 0399152776
Robert Parker's books are usually set in quaint New England towns or tight-laced Boston. In Appaloosa, . . .
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November 09, 2007 08:47 PM EST --
After reading at least ten novels by Robert Parker, this one feels like an old comfortable pair of sneakers.ÂÂ The story line is typical Spencer, and the cast of characters includes favorites . . .
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January 10, 2008 12:51 PM EST --
This was an amazing book. It is hard to imagine that story so simple, and without intense action or an exotic backdrop, could be so compelling. It is a love story about two average people . . .
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March 03, 2008 07:31 PM EST --
Clive Cussler's books are usually fun. I have read almost all of them over the years. The Chase has its moments, but over all I felt as though it was a story outline filled in with facts . . .
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June 06, 2008 09:20 PM EDT --
Dana Stabenow is an award-winning author that most often writes about crime in the wilds of Alaska. In Prepared for Rage, Stabenow takes on current world affairs and writes a terrorist . . .
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July 29, 2008 06:37 PM EDT --
It is a bit challenging to review the book while not fully embracing the philosophy of cleansing. I certainly agree with the author that most of us are out of touch with our bodies and damaging . . .
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August 18, 2008 05:43 PM EDT --
David Baldacci's thrillers seem to capture the pulse of the nation and current events with unnerving accuracy. His latest book "The Whole Truth" looks at what would happen . . .
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September 26, 2008 10:49 AM EDT --
I just finished listening to "The Front" by Patricia Cornwell and I am not happy, at times the book is brilliant and yet it is disappointing. The characters hold such promise, but fail . . .
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December 29, 2007 06:39 PM EST --
Having just finished this book, I admit that I was touched by its emotional ending. Even though I knew the historical ending, I was impacted by the author's moving rendition. Nancy Horan . . .
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February 06, 2008 12:50 PM EST --
Book Review: Just Tell Me What to Say by Betsy Brown Braun.
HarperCollins Publishers, http://www.harpercollins.com/ , $15.95 US
As a parent I was very interested in hearing what Braun . . .
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March 22, 2008 06:15 PM EDT --
The book cover reads "How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History." After reading the book, I would say this statement . . .
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April 14, 2008 05:10 PM EDT --
Sue Grafton's 20th book in the Kinsey Millhone series is a real thriller. The storyline takes place in 1987 and focuses on an evil nurse/home health aid that at first appears to the answer . . .
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July 26, 2008 03:00 PM EDT --
A practical joke involving eight alarm clocks turns into murder. Lady Eileen, AKA Bundle Brent and her adoring pal Bill Eversleigh join Inspector Battle in solving the mystery. I . . .
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August 04, 2008 08:42 PM EDT --
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Miramax/Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 142310146-4 (978-142310146-8)
This the fourth book in the series . . .
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December 26, 2008 08:18 PM EST --
Fall of Frost
A Novel by Brian Hall
This is a work of fiction, but it is well-researched and based on the factual life of the poet Robert Frost. I read his poems in . . .
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January 02, 2008 12:59 PM EST --
Andrew Clements is also the author of the fabulously successful children's book Frindle. His latest book is a mystery set in a rural Nebraska town. Clements captures poignantly the . . .
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July 22, 2008 08:21 PM EDT --
Plague Ship by Clive Cussler with Jack DuBrul
Juan Cabrillo and his Corporation, a covert military company for hire, head off on a new adventure aboard the Oregon , a high-tech ship . . .
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May 21, 2008 11:08 AM EDT --
D espite poverty, the threat of war, and intense racial discrimination the 1930s were a time of hope for many America people of color. In this new book Roxane Orgill paints the portrait . . .
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