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Bad Boy: An Inspector Banks Novel
by Peter Robinson
Bad Boy done Right (7/14/2010)
This is a great read and a wonderful "who dun it!" I especially enjoyed the female police detective. All of the characters are well developed and the plot line is well though out. This is the first time I have read this author and I know that I will be reading more from him.more
Saving Fish From Drowning
by Amy Tan
Clueless Travelers (6/3/2010)
Amy Tan introduces us to a group of people who are out for an adventure, so they sign up with their friend and guide, Bebi Chen. The problems start when Bebi dies, or is she murdered ? The group decides to go on without her, in her memory and that's when the fun, adventuremore
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
What a life (5/23/2010)
With parents like Jeannette had, it's a wonder that she, and her siblings, survived. Her parents, one one side, are feckless, self absorbed, mean-spirited, and on the other hand hopeless romantics ! The amazing part is that she turned out as successful, both personally andmore
Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
Olive (5/23/2010)
Olive Kitteridge is strong, sassy, thoroughly opinionated and totally lovable. The stories that Elizabeth Strout uses to tell us about Olive are so well written and so detailed that you really get to know the character. Just When you think you know Olive's story, she goesmore
The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors: A Novel
by Michele Young-Stone
The Handbook-Great Story (5/1/2010)
This is a wonderful love story, but not in the traditional sense. The story is told through the lives of the two main characters, Buckley and Becca. It is the story of these two trying to fit into their particular world and how they come together to find their place. Themore
A Thread of Sky: A Novel
by Deanna Fei
A Thread of Sky (4/2/2010)
Wow, what a great start for this author. There is so much to like about this book on many levels. The themes are universal, growing up, growing old and learning how to deal with all of life's seasons. I identified with the mother and the grandmother the most and I'm suremore
The Book of Air and Shadows: A Novel
by Michael Gruber
Keeps You Guessing (2/18/2010)
This book manages to take itself seriously while the author is making fun of the very stuff he is writing about. I loved it !The story is full of double crosses, and red herrings, both in the present and in the past. Characters from the past are mirrored in those in themore
Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy
by Melissa Milgrom
Watching You! (12/30/2009)
If you ever thought that the stuffed head in your grandparents' house was watching every move you made, you will enjoy reading this book.They could be watching you! Ms. Milgrom goes into great detail about the art of taxidermy and the pains that the people who do it go tomore
The Things That Keep Us Here: A Novel
by Carla Buckley
The Things that Keep Us Here (11/5/2009)
This is the story of how one family survives, and endures, a pandemic outbreak of avian flu in this country. It is the story of the choices that the main characters, Ann, Peter and Shaiza make and the consequences that those choices have. Ms Buckley has written a remarkablemore
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It: Stories
by Maile Meloy
Great Read (9/1/2009)
From the first story of unrequited love to the last story of love fulfilled and love's potential, I was caught up in the magic that Maile Makoy created with each of her eleven short stories. Her book reminded me of just how wonderful short stories can be when they are wellmore
Serena: A Novel
by Ron Rash
Unforgettable (8/26/2009)
One of the main characters in this story realizes that a person can be starving for words as well as food. Ron Rash has written a story that will fill the reader with both words as well as food for thought. This story is set in the early days of the Great Depression inmore
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