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Broken Promise
Broken Promise: A Thriller
by Linwood Barclay
New Author (11/3/2016)
I have seen good reviews for Linwood Barclay’s books so I decided to give them a try. I chose the Promise Falls Trilogy for starters. The third book Twenty-Three is not available to me yet. No matter…
The first book Broken Promise started a little slow for me, but it did …more
Big Coal
Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future
by Jeff Goodell
Turn the light out as you leave the room.... (6/27/2015)
This book was published in 2007 and not a thing that written about in this book has changed in the last eight years. The coal industry has lied and cheated its way into our daily lives and there is not one thing we can do about it.

The power industry does not want to move …more
Bad Paper
Bad Paper: Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld
by Jake Halpern
the dark side... (6/18/2015)
Debt collection has always had a bad reputation, this book does nothing to dispel that reputation. Jake Halpern follows an ex Wall Street Banker and an ex-convict set up shop in the Collection Capital, Buffalo, which is home to some of the largest collection agencies in the …more
A Circle of Wives
A Circle of Wives
by Alice LaPlante
disappointing.... (6/18/2015)
Alice LaPlante’s first novel Turn of Mind was excellent, Circle of Wives not so much. There is so much about this book I disliked I don’t know where to begin. First of all, I did not like any of the characters – they were swallow and self-centered, even the good Doctor came …more
What Stands in a Storm
What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
by Kim Cross
Mother Nature.... at it worst (6/18/2015)
Mother Nature is a terrifying thing. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes are just scenes from the nightly news you never can really relate to until you have actually experienced one. You know at the beginning of this book that your heart is going to be broken – …more
Blue Stars
Blue Stars
by Emily Gray Tedrowe
Mixed feelings.... (1/6/2015)
I have mixed feelings about this book, I believe the authors' intentions were good and that she meant to portray the struggles that families have with returning veterans. There was an effort to show how our government has let both the families and the veterans down.

The two …more
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter
by Mark Seal
Con of Cons (12/7/2014)
Reading Walter Kirn's Blood Will Out made me curious about you get from being German immigrant to passing yourself off as a Rockefeller. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter pulled off one of the most audacious cons in recent history.

This is one of the those you-can't-make-this- …more
Blood Will Out
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade
by Walter Kirn
conned (11/24/2014)
This is the first I have read by Walter Kirn, I was looking forward to book so much that I purchased it in hardcover. That was several months ago, I finally decided I needed to end it and finish the book.

I am not sure who I disliked more, Walter or Christian Gerhartsreiter. …more
Train Dreams
Train Dreams: A Novella
by Denis Johnson
A remarkable life (11/24/2014)
I picked this up from the library as an audiobook read by Will Patton. What an absolute gem, I was transported to another era, the depth that Johnson brings to Robert Grainer life is breathtaking.
City of the Sun
City of the Sun
by Juliana Maio
Cairo, 1941.... (11/24/2014)
Juliana Maio has written an impressive debt novel. She is a natural story teller.

Set in Cairo, Egypt in 1941 with WWII in full swing. There was a thriving Jewish community in Cairo and it became a common destination for Jews escaping the Fascist regimes of Europe. Egypt …more
Five
Five
by Ursula Archer
TNLN (10/12/2014)
Ursula Archer has put together an intriguing story about a murderer who is using longitude and lattitude – coordinates to tell the police where the last victim was placed in a series of seemingly unrelated murders. The hunt that the murderer has the police going through is …more
Island of a Thousand Mirrors
Island of a Thousand Mirrors
by Nayomi Munaweera
Great debut novel... (5/3/2014)
Island of a Thousand Mirrors is the story of two families on opposite sides of the civil war that raged in Sri Lanka for 26 years. Told by the eldest daughter of each family, the story is definitely told from a woman's view.
Ever since reading Anil's Ghost Sri Lanka has …more
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