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Coast Road
by Barbara Delinsky
(7/15/2001)

Chris M.
I love it when the book I'm reading lets me picture the entire setting, story, etc. Coast Road was wonderful--I passed it along to a friend who also couldn't put it down. When's the movie??

Coast Road
by Barbara Delinsky
(7/15/2001)

Ann
This book was touching, humorous and thoughtful, bringing up many issues on many levels, bypassing the clichés of how men and women act and relate. The characters and the dialogue are so real they almost jump off the page in their human strength and weakness. This book is a winner.

Coast Road
by Barbara Delinsky
(7/15/2001)

Holly Burner
Coast Road came as a wonderful surprise to me. I bought it as a "trash novel" to read at the airport. I finally read it giving birth to our third child (a boy), and discovered a novel where the relationships of husband/wife and parent/children and humanity/God (if you will via Faith) are strong and right and good rather than spineless and weak. Thank you.

Coast Road
by Barbara Delinsky
(7/15/2001)

Diane Welch
I could not put this book down, I was so upset that the book ended, I wanted it to go on and on. It made me think about relationships, life and really what is important in life. A must read !!!!

Coast Road
by Barbara Delinsky
(7/15/2001)

From Maria Ramirez
I really loved this book. I loved the mystery in discovering "Faith" - so simple and pure yet such a powerful idea which lent much to the story. I am a romantic and was praying for Jack to see what he really had and could lose again if he didn't open his eyes. I read this in 2 days and was bitter-sweetly satisfied but then I had to go back and read more of Ms. Delinsky's work. Thank goodness she is prolific. I have another favorite author and Ms. Delinsky, if you read this may I get your autograph?

Chicken Soup For The Preteen Soul: 101 Stories of Changes, Choices and Growing up for Kids Ages 10-13
by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
(7/15/2001)

Karli Babour
I think this book is a good book to read because you can just skip around in it and you don't have to read it in order. There are a lot of good stories in it about life, Friendship, Love and lots more. I really enjoy reading this book and I recommend it for kids who like to read short stories.

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(7/15/2001)

Megan
This book is a must read...even if you don't like to read! There are over 100 short stories that will touch your heart in some way or another. I laughed, I cried, I even read them out loud to friends and family. I had a hard time putting it down, and I can't wait until a College 2 is made! I highly recommend this to every student!

Charming Billy
by Alice McDermott
(7/15/2001)

Marilyn Bonano
The premise for this novel seems out of sync initially. We are at a funeral, Billy is gone and can't defend himself from the memories others have of him. Chilling thought for the live reader. But, Billy was loved by many for different reasons. And Maeve, his wife, and Dennis, his best friend, help us to know him. I loved McDermott's characters. She made them real. She has such a gift for language and settings. I want to read through all her books now.

Charlotte Gray
by Sebastian Faulks
(7/15/2001)

Alexandra
After all the hype and praise surrounding this novel, when I finally read it myself I found that my feelings resembled those of a deflated balloon. This book has been vastly overrated. It has little coherence or focus and the characters fail to excite your sympathy or imagination. Faulks begins by doing one thing, and ends up with quite another. The love story in the first half has no time to develop properly, so it ends up dissolving into the background. In the second half Faulks throws in the Holocaust to stir up some excitement, but he forgets that this tragic event and its implications cannot be bundled together in the last few pages of a novel. Towards the end he gets so desperate that he resorts to sentimental clichés to create some emotion - an old man who is ill and thinks his son has abandoned him, two small orphaned children... "Charlotte Gray" fails in every possible way. If you want to read a truly exceptional book about the Second World War, you should buy "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" instead.

Charlotte Gray
by Sebastian Faulks
(7/15/2001)

Scott Hunter
Little does the unwary reader suspect how their emotions will be squeezed, stirred and hung out to dry as they follow Charlotte Gray into war - torn 1940's France. Sebastian Faulks has again produced a novel of great power and perception, which, coupled with his extraordinary ability to breath life into his characters, makes Charlotte Gray one of the most deeply disturbing novels I have ever read. Yet, as with Birdsong, having ruthlessly exposed the horrific inhumanity of man during times of conflict, Faulks shows us the sliver of light at the end of the tunnel, the hope which makes it all bearable. The images spinning off the pages of this book will live with you for a LONG time. Mr Faulks, you are a dangerous man.

Certain Prey
by John Sandford
(7/15/2001)

J Rolph
I have read all of the "Prey" series and they are all excellent books. Certain Prey was one that I had difficulty putting down. The climatic ending was such a shock, it really is too bad that Lucas didn't get the killer in this one, maybe that means Clara Rinker will appear in another great "Prey" book.
Keep up the great writing Mr. Sandford. I'm always waiting for the next Lucas Davenport book.

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(7/15/2001)

Dee
I just finished "Carnal Innocence". I couldn't put it down. It was such a wonderfully written book, with plot twists even I didn't see coming. It was very emotional. Until the very end, I didn't know who had committed any of the murders. Very good read.

Bridget Jones's Diary: A Novel
by Helen Fielding
(7/15/2001)

Reethika
You bet "Bridget Jones is me"!!! She's every one of us single working women wondering what the heck it is we are trying to do with life anyway!!! Absolutely smashing... and so true to life!

Bridget Jones's Diary: A Novel
by Helen Fielding
(7/15/2001)

Jesse Kelly
Absolutely hilarious and unfortunately so true to life for many of us "Singletons." Would love to see a sequel. Where is this author anyway? Have not been able to find out much about this comical lady who tells it like it is when it comes to the single life. Just loved the book and read it twice!

Body For Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Fitness Forever
by Bill Phillips
(7/15/2001)

Mike Rofshus
If you are truly interested in becoming fit both physically and mentally, Body For Life is the how to book to accomplish this in as short a time as twelve weeks. Even if you are a person that considers yourself physically fit this book is a must! If you have heard about this book and consider it a gimmick or hoax I can assure you that if you apply the proven methods contained in this book you will obtain the results you are looking for! I have read the book and followed his program with tremendous results. Anyone can do this! I did!

Body For Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Fitness Forever
by Bill Phillips
(7/15/2001)

Rafael Boroni
I read the book in 4 hours, could not stop reading it. I knew the instant I picked it up that this program, was different from all the other 'diet' books out there. Bill is amazing and delivers the info in an easy to understand way. He weeds through all the 'Miracle cures' and 'fads' and offers sound advice, motivation and information that will get anyone on the road to a better life. One part Richard Simmons and one part Tony Robbins, he inspired me at age 32 to lose 40 lbs of fat, while nearly doubling my strength.

Body For Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Fitness Forever
by Bill Phillips
(7/15/2001)

David Oakes
Inspiring book. Can't wait to get started! And the progress forms can be downloaded from the book's site at: <a href="http://www.bodyforlife.com/downloads/bfl_charts.asp">http://www.bodyforlife.com/downloads/bfl_charts.asp</a>

Body For Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Fitness Forever
by Bill Phillips
(7/15/2001)

Red
Today is my first day and I have no doubts that I am going to do it. I weigh 270lbs and I am determined. I have also recreated the sheets in the book so if you would for me to email them to you email me at redette @webmail.bellsout.net.

Body For Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Fitness Forever
by Bill Phillips
(7/15/2001)

William J. Gallant
I once thought like the majority of obese people until I completed my first 12 weeks of the Body For Life Challenge. I have lost 60 pounds on this no nonsense approach to getting off your duff and getting down to losing weight perspective. A perspective based upon hard scientific facts and the reality that there is never going to be a magic pill. Just read and believe what this book has to offer, and you too can change your life! I weigh 285 pounds and wear a size 46; I use to wear 52's and weigh almost 380 pounds. Believe this man, Bill Phillips, and read "Body For Life" then visit the website to hear more amazing stories of real life triumphs.

Body For Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Fitness Forever
by Bill Phillips
(7/15/2001)

Pisces
This is a wonderful book. I found it to be very interesting and full of info. I have not yet started the program, but I know people that have and they have had tremendous results. I am really looking forward to getting started. I wish there was somewhere I could get more copies of the progress charts instead of having to photocopy. I anyone knows where I might can find them and print them please let me know.

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