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5 | Great book! | Sigh....I just finished this book and I'm so sad it's over... Found this series after reading the last Brother Athelstan book. Mowed through those and was desperate for more so I started on the Hugh Corbett series just as a side thing until the next Brother Athelstan. Totally convinced that no-one could take the place ... | [] | B00633W2YU | B00633W2YU | AEXNEIXZX7ILG7HRES4RZR25ZYUA | 1,473,473,409,000 | 2 | true |
5 | VERY Enjoying... | Such a good read. I wish the story could go on and on.....I look forward to Mark Lawrence's next book.... | [] | B009RYKVOA | B009RYKVOA | AEXNEIXZX7ILG7HRES4RZR25ZYUA | 1,379,093,082,000 | 2 | true |
5 | Dating ? Not dating? That is the question. | Love, love, love this story. Hazel is the crazy friend we all wish we had. Josh fits so well with her. This book has so many laugh out loud moments it'll bring years to your eyes. | [] | B07BS45W99 | B07BS45W99 | AGUVWI4XDTFOVM3B4MNTCYJ3GAVQ | 1,536,374,925,908 | 0 | true |
4 | Different but still a great story | No this isn't like the other books they have written. It doesn't have lots and lots of sex in it. What it does have are strong characters, a good story line and funny laugh out loud moments. I liked being in Carter & Evie's world for a while. What would they do to each other next ? Would they get together or be apart?... | [] | 150116581X | 150116581X | AGUVWI4XDTFOVM3B4MNTCYJ3GAVQ | 1,497,126,887,678 | 0 | true |
2 | Not a Mystery--Narration by Damaged, Self-Absorbed Psychotherapist | What a disappointment! The first-person narrator in THE SILENT PATIENT is a damaged, self-absorbed psychotherapist who should never have been allowed to treat patients. He is not quite an "unreliable narrator", but is very, very close to one. The much-admired plot twist is contrived and unbelievable. The ending is ... | [] | B07D2C6J4K | B07D2C6J4K | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,676,987,618,045 | 0 | true |
3 | Cookie-Cutter Version of Previous Jane Whitefield Novels | THE LEFT-HANDED TWIN gives readers of the Jane Whitefield series a refresher course in what needs to be done to make someone disappear. It's a cookie-cutter version of the previous books, except that this time Jane and her runner (Sara) are fleeing from the Russian mafia.<br /><br />I've read all of the previous Jane ... | [] | B092KJQCXM | B092KJQCXM | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,637,349,900,337 | 15 | true |
2 | Orphan X Tries to Get in Touch With Human Feelings, Should Have Stayed Retired | If the cliffhanger ending in PRODIGAL SON actually means the end of Evan Smoak, then all I can say is, “Orphan X deserved better”. (Just like Sofia, the daughter of Evan’s half brother Andre.) In the book, Evan learns who his mother and father were, finds and protects his previously unknown half sibling, and gets in ... | [] | B087ZXKG72 | B087ZXKG72 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,612,332,714,447 | 14 | true |
5 | Provides Technical Guidance for Placement of Embroidery on Flexible Knitted Fabric | It’s fiddly and time-consuming to add embroidery to knitting, but this book, EMBROIDERY ON KNITTING: INSPIRATIONAL MODERN DESIGNS FOR STITCHING ONTO KNITTING, gives you the technical guidance you need to get the very best results. When you embroider on knitting, you must consider the structure of the knitted fabric (b... | [
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3 | Basic Family Recipes for Air Fryers | Air fryers provide fried-food flavor, but the cooking method is healthier than deep fat frying or pan frying. The reason is that air fryers require a very small amount of cooking oil or fat. If you love your air fryer, this cookbook, EVERYDAY FAVORITES AIR FRYER COOKBOOK: 115 RECIPES MADE EASIER AND HEALTHIER, will e... | [] | 1647392934 | 1647392934 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,608,658,844,855 | 2 | false |
3 | Simple Unexciting Recipes Take Time to Prepare | THE ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER SOUP COOKBOOK: 100 FAST AND FLAVORFUL RECIPES lives up to its title--it contains many simple recipes for soups that can be easily prepared in an Instant Pot. The recipes follow a standard pattern: (1) saute ingredients like onions, garlic, ground beef; (2) add broth, veggies, spices; (3) p... | [] | 164739659X | 164739659X | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,608,656,881,952 | 1 | false |
5 | Amazing Spiral Drawings Are Easy for Anyone to Replicate | Anyone with a steady hand and a good eye can easily replicate the amazing drawings in THE ART OF SPIRAL DRAWING: LEARN TO CREATE SPIRAL ART AND GEOMETRIC DRAWINGS USING PENCIL, PEN, AND MORE. The only tools required are a pencil, a pen, and colored markers (if color is desired).<br /><br />Most of the book’s drawings u... | [] | 1633228223 | 1633228223 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,602,880,400,966 | 0 | false |
5 | Lovely Flower Photographs; Succinct Growing Information | MASTERING THE ART OF FLOWER GARDENING: A GARDENER’S GUIDE TO GROWING FROM TODAY’S FAVORITES TO UNUSUAL VARIETIES should be a welcome gift for any gardener, thanks to the lovely flower photographs and the succinct growing information about many popular garden flowers. It is a very handy, easy-to-use gardener’s referenc... | [
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2 | Rather Silly Interactive Book That May Amuse Child for Short Time | THE WAND CHOOSES THE WIZARD (Harry Potter) is a rather silly interactive book that may amuse a child for a little while. The book is battery-operated, and it comes with a battery-operated plastic wand. (Fortunately, the appropriate disc batteries are included and already installed.) The child needs to be old enough ... | [] | 133827600X | 133827600X | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,593,122,487,076 | 1 | false |
2 | Fairly Ordinary Recipes for Non-Dairy Desserts | INCREDIBLE PLANT-BASED DESSERTS: COLORFUL VEGAN CAKES, COOKIES, TARTS, AND OTHER EPIC DELIGHTS offers a fairly wide variety of fairly ordinary recipes for “plant-based” desserts (e.g., cakes, tarts, jam, bars, muffins, cookies). What sets the recipes apart, is that they call for ingredients like “plant-based milk (suc... | [] | 1631597183 | 1631597183 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,593,025,127,296 | 0 | false |
3 | Recipes for Baking Bread the Old-Fashioned Way | EVERYDAY BREAD BAKING: FROM SIMPLE SANDWICH LOAVES TO CELEBRATORY HOLIDAY BREADS is misnamed. It is NOT about “everyday” bread baking. Instead, it is about baking bread “from scratch”, using all of the classic time-honored--and time-consuming--steps (mixing, kneading, rising, folding, baking).<br /><br />The book con... | [] | 1641527749 | 1641527749 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,592,847,365,546 | 0 | false |
5 | Excellent Reference Book Assists in Making Your Own Repairs | If you’re working from home, being able to repair your computers, laptops, and tablets is an extremely worthwhile skill. When something goes wrong with your hardware, you’d really rather not take the offending device to a repair shop. Not only does the device contain your confidential data, you probably don’t want to... | [] | 1260455025 | 1260455025 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,591,142,137,882 | 2 | false |
2 | Travel Writer’s Tedious Maui Mystery | THE FIRE THIEF (A DARK PARADISE MYSTERY) gets so caught up in wordy descriptions of (1) Maui’s beautiful settings, and (2) Hawaii’s spiritual traditions, it is a very tedious novel to read. The barely-there mystery plot isn’t capable of sustaining the novel. The author has great credentials as a travel writer--so the... | [] | 149672772X | 149672772X | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,590,968,484,476 | 3 | false |
2 | Stilted Prose, Slow-Moving Plot Based on International Internet Scam | I’ve read and enjoyed two of the author’s “Darko Dawson” mysteries, but THE MISSING AMERICAN (AN EMMA DJAN INVESTIGATION) left me cold. The language is so stilted that it kept me from ever getting immersed in the story. The characters and their actions are reported on--always described in neutral prose (e.g., “After ... | [] | 1641290706 | 1641290706 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,589,833,309,196 | 1 | false |
3 | Hard-to-Follow Cozy Mystery Includes Suspenseful Hurricane Scenes | DEATH ON TUCKERNUCK is hard to follow, and was not a particularly enjoyable read for this cozy mystery lover. The novel has a cast of thousands--Merry’s incoming wedding guests; assorted Nantucket police and support staff; two different US Coast Guard rescue crews (one helicopter, one cutter); two caretakers for Tucke... | [] | 1616959932 | 1616959932 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,589,605,079,812 | 1 | false |
3 | Mildly Amusing Historical Cozy Featuring Bored Housewife in 1893 Poland | MRS. MOHR GOES MISSING (A ZOFIA TURBOTYNSKA MYSTERY) is an historical cozy mystery set in 1893 in Poland--specifically in provincial Cracow during the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Thus the novel abounds with aristocrats (countesses, baronesses, etc.), professors, and peasants, and the story describes a society... | [] | 0358161460 | 0358161460 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,588,978,382,570 | 0 | false |
3 | Dissatisfying Ending Ruins Otherwise Excellent Mystery Novel | TRACE ELEMENTS: A COMMISSARIO GUIDO BRUNETTI MYSTERY is the 29th entry in this immensely popular mystery series, but it works fine as a standalone. (The first “Guido Brunetti” mystery is [[ASIN:0330337726 Death at la Fenice]]). I loved the Brunetti character, the wonderful descriptions of Venice, and the leisurely pl... | [] | 0802148670 | 0802148670 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,588,284,697,137 | 3 | false |
5 | Supernatural Thriller With Literary Qualities Fills in Details of Charlie Parker’s Life | The thing that immediately struck me about THE DIRTY SOUTH, the 18th “Charlie Parker” supernatural thriller, is the literary quality of the writing. It’s done in a run-on sentence style--which usually indicates bad writing--but the long sentences actually provide rich background and character details in an economical ... | [] | 1982127546 | 1982127546 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,588,016,902,559 | 8 | false |
2 | “Treasure Hunt” Novel That Reads Like Young Adult Fiction | Given the easy-to-read writing style and the introspective heroine, THE BOOK OF SECOND CHANCES would appear to be aimed at a young adult audience--but that can’t be right, because the heroine (Emily) is 28 years old. When the novel opens, Emily is living alone in a home that she shared with her recently deceased grand... | [] | 1538701650 | 1538701650 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,587,002,980,313 | 1 | false |
2 | Disappointing Choice of Projects; Confusing Instructions; Strange “Science” | 3D PRINTING AND MAKER LAB FOR KIDS: CREATE AMAZING PROJECTS WITH CAD DESIGN AND STEAM IDEAS has a series of “lab projects” that anyone can work through in order to learn how to design 3D printed objects. The lab projects are based on the free Tinkercad design program, and the book also includes some instructions at th... | [] | 163159799X | 163159799X | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,585,876,642,159 | 0 | false |
4 | Biography of Chanel, Organized Around Her War Years | The introduction to CHANEL’S RIVIERA: GLAMOUR, DECADENCE, AND SURVIVAL IN PEACE AND WAR, 1930-1944 states: “This book is neither a biography of Chanel nor a history of the Riviera . . . but the story of the years during which Chanel spent her summers in that part of France.” That statement isn’t true--the book actuall... | [] | 1250177073 | 1250177073 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,584,288,491,898 | 0 | false |
5 | Pike Logan Takes on Russian Assassins in South America | As the introductory quote from General James Martin says, “There are hunters and there are victims. By your cunning, you will decide whether you’re a hunter or<br /> a victim.” In the “Pike Logan” series, there is no question which of these Pike Logan is. The 14th series book, HUNTER KILLER: A PIKE LOGAN NOVEL, deli... | [] | 0062886029 | 0062886029 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,582,248,787,418 | 0 | false |
5 | Gem of a Cookbook Deepens Understanding of Classic Children’s Story | The newly revised edition of THE SECRET GARDEN COOKBOOK: INSPIRING RECIPES FROM THE MAGICAL WORLD OF FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT’S THE SECRET GARDEN is a little gem of a cookbook--and a wonderful gift for anyone who loves or is currently reading Burnett’s great children’s classic.<br /><br />The book has easy-to-follow rec... | [
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5 | Page-Turner Thriller Set Mostly in San Francisco Bay Area | BLOOD RELATIONS is an entertaining, page-turner mystery/thriller that features a likeable, mildly unscrupulous, danger-magnet private investigator (Leland Crowe). It’s set, more or less, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and it’s accurate in the descriptive details.<br /><br />In the novel, Crowe discovers a dead girl (C... | [] | 1328987817 | 1328987817 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,581,388,308,025 | 0 | false |
4 | Excellent Continuation of “Children’s House” Series | THE RECKONING: A THRILLER is the second novel in the “Children’s House” series by Scandinavian author Yrsa Sigurdardottir. The translation is excellent, though I found the plot slightly hard to follow on account of the unfamiliar Scandinavian names of the various characters. (There is a list of the characters by nam... | [] | 1250136288 | 1250136288 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,581,304,905,139 | 0 | false |
5 | Excellent Collection of Recipes for “Good Bacteria” Foods | Chances are, if you’re interested in this cookbook, you already know what probiotics and prebiotics are--strains of bacteria, living in your GI system, that aid digestion. Many people get their “good bacteria” in supplements, but the best probiotic supplements (e.g., [[ASIN:B06XDBD9T9 Visbiome]]) are expensive.<br /><... | [] | 1558329897 | 1558329897 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,581,277,432,785 | 0 | false |
1 | Unreadable Novel About Revenge of Community Drowned by Water Project | The plot of THE CHILL: A NOVEL sounds promising--it’s about a huge reservoir that is haunted by the remnants of Galesburg, a community that was drowned when the reservoir’s dam was built to deliver water to downstate New York. Unfortunately, the novel is almost unreadable. Whatever story exists is buried under the sh... | [] | 1982104597 | 1982104597 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,581,267,303,309 | 86 | false |
4 | Cotton Follows Dangerous Trail of Missing Letters, Church Document | THE MALTA EXCHANGE: A NOVEL (Cotton Malone Book 14) follows the usual “Cotton Malone” formula. In the novel, Cotton’s freelance assignment to recover a politically explosive WWII exchange of letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini becomes the starting point for Cotton to follow a series of clues and pre... | [] | 1250140269 | 1250140269 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,580,949,036,414 | 0 | false |
2 | Monkeewrench Team Solves Another Crime With Computer Magic | For some reason, I can never warm to the Monkeewrench gang. They’re the sorta-genius misfits who’ve formed Monkeewrench Software, and apparently you need to start with the early books to appreciate the personalities. The three series novels that I’ve read are all police procedurals involving crimes that get solved wi... | [] | 1643851322 | 1643851322 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,577,854,856,287 | 0 | false |
5 | Coffee-Table Cookbook for Serious Cooks (Beginner to Expert) | This big coffee-table cookbook, COOK'S ILLUSTRATED REVOLUTIONARY RECIPES: GROUNDBREAKING TECHNIQUES, COMPELLING VOICES, ONE-OF-A-KIND RECIPES will delight any serious cook (beginner to expert). It’s filled with full-color, mouth-watering illustrations, so it’s wonderful to browse through. The recipes are excellent in... | [] | 1945256478 | 1945256478 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,577,498,274,092 | 0 | false |
5 | Recipes That Even Non-Vegetarians Will Love | You don’t have to be a vegetarian to appreciate THE SUPER EASY VEGETARIAN SLOW COOKER COOKBOOK: EASY, HEALTHY RECIPES THAT ARE READY WHEN YOU ARE. It’s a cookbook with a wide variety of easy-to-assemble, everyday slow cooker recipes that make tasty soups, side dishes, or main dishes. There are “bonus” recipes for cer... | [
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4 | Fresh, Intriguing Concept--Investigating Murder Victim Who’s Been Living “Off the Grid” | THE WEDDING GUEST: AN ALEX DELAWARE NOVEL is one of the best of the “Alex Delaware” series. The premise is quite fresh and intriguing--how do you solve a crime when the hard-to-identify victim turns out to have been living entirely “off the grid”? How do you find a killer with a motive for murder, when the victim has... | [] | 052561849X | 052561849X | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,577,395,010,213 | 0 | false |
3 | Disillusioned Maggie Becomes Bomb Defuser | THE KING’S JUSTICE: A MAGGIE HOPE MYSTERY is the 9th “Maggie Hope”, but it works fine as a standalone. Maggie is a likeable, reasonably believable character, even though she’s recently become somewhat self-destructive, and a heavy drinker. Presumably it’s her disillusionment with the British Special Operations Execut... | [] | 0399593845 | 0399593845 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,577,061,562,245 | 1 | false |
4 | Best to Start “Gunnie Rose” Series With First Book | A LONGER FALL is the second “Gunnie Rose” novel; it works as a standalone, but just barely. Readers new to the series, like myself, are surely better off starting with the first novel, [[ASIN:1481494937 An Easy Death]], which sets out the fantasy background. In Gunnie Rose’s world, the United States is a failed count... | [] | 1481494953 | 1481494953 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,577,054,604,937 | 4 | false |
2 | Unappealing Female Detective; Interesting Small-Town-Alaska Setting | THIN ICE: A MYSTERY features Beth Rivers, a thriller writer and amateur sleuth, who is about the most unappealing female investigator that I’ve ever encountered. She’s hiding from a kidnapper in a backwater Alaskan town, and her paranoia knows no bounds. Absolutely everything that she encounters—starting with a man’s... | [] | 1250295211 | 1250295211 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,575,777,283,315 | 3 | false |
3 | Of Interest to “Magic Men” Series Fans; Not a Standalone Novel | NOW YOU SEE THEM (Magic Men Mysteries) is definitely NOT a standalone mystery. The story is almost entirely about the relationships among the established series characters (Max, Edgar, Emma, Sam, Ruby), and you probably won’t find the characters at all interesting unless you know their backgrounds as developed in the ... | [] | 1328971597 | 1328971597 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,575,604,264,394 | 3 | false |
2 | Too Much Flashback; Unsatisfying Conclusion | ANYTHING FOR YOU: A NOVEL (Valerie Hart) is professionally written, but it’s annoying to read. The story unfolds in two parallel plots. One plot details the detective’s murder investigation; the other (printed in italics because it’s all in flashback) describes the murderer’s background, careful planning, and motives... | [] | 1250199913 | 1250199913 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,575,259,020,531 | 2 | false |
2 | Fans of Conspiracy Thrillers May Like This Novel | There are three things that I disliked about THE EXTINCTION AGENDA. First, the plot idea isn’t particularly original. Second, the viewpoint character (Mason) is not only immortal (surviving dangerous missions despite truly impossible odds), but also unlikeable (extremely self-centered and full of himself). Third, the... | [] | 1250158486 | 1250158486 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,574,217,866,155 | 0 | false |
4 | Fictional Exploration of “Killer Couple” Phenomenon | THEIR LITTLE SECRET: A TOM THORNE NOVEL is a depressing book. It sort of explores the “killer couple” phenomenon, where two relatively normal people meet and spark something in each other that transforms them into co-murderers. I’m new to the “Tom Thorne” series, so I don’t know whether this one is typical; I rather s... | [] | 0802147364 | 0802147364 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,573,604,574,935 | 0 | false |
2 | Hard-Boiled Female Detective Defeats Human-Trafficking Operation | THE JANES: AN ALICE VEGA NOVEL is just too long. Too many words and pages are devoted to developing (and admiring?) the “Alice Vega” character, who sounds like a sociopath. She barely speaks to her investigative partner (the hopelessly enamoured Max Caplan aka Cap); she engages in criminal behavior (e.g., breaking an... | [] | 0385545517 | 0385545517 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,573,597,358,446 | 10 | false |
5 | Page-Turner Reverses Concept of Author’s Popular “Jane Whitefield” Series | A SMALL TOWN reverses the basic concept of author Thomas Perry’s popular “Jane Whitefield” series (e.g., [[ASIN:B0013ALNMK Vanishing Act]]). Instead of hiding good people from vicious killers, the main character (Leah Hawkins) hunts down and murders vicious escaped convicts. The 12 men on her “hit list” are the escape... | [] | 0802148069 | 0802148069 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,572,217,597,452 | 11 | false |
4 | Technical Cookbook for Moderately Advanced Pie-Makers | If you’ve mastered pie crust, then pie really is “easy as pie”. This book, THE PERFECT PIE: YOUR ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CLASSIC AND MODERN PIES, TARTS, GALLETTES, AND MORE will guide you to pie crust mastery--or you can take the easy way out (as I do) and use commercial pie crust from your grocery store’s cold case (e.g., ... | [] | 1945256915 | 1945256915 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,571,683,245,368 | 11 | false |
5 | Lovely New Cookbook for Busy Bakers | Limited-ingredient cookbooks are usually gimmicky, and often cheat on the number of ingredients, but THE 3-INGREDIENT BAKING BOOK: 101 SIMPLE, SWEET AND STRESS-FREE RECIPES is the real deal! I like it a lot, because it has a gazillion useful tips for speeding up your baking, in addition to a lot of good, simple, 3-ing... | [] | 0778806340 | 0778806340 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,571,420,283,424 | 4 | false |
5 | Treat for Fans of LEGO Vehicles | Like so many independently-authored LEGO building books, HOW TO BUILD BRICK TV AND MOVIE CARS: DETAILED LEGO DESIGNS has beautiful, easy-to-follow building instructions. The book is a delight to page through, if you’re a LEGO fan--especially if you love building LEGO vehicles.<br /><br />However, to actually build any... | [
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5 | Maryellen “Saves the Day” in Historical Doll Character Book 2 | MARYELLEN: TAKING OFF is the second book written for the American Girl [[ASIN:B01IAQ320U Maryellen Larkin doll]]. Maryellen is one of the historical character dolls (year 1954), so the book is about activities that a 10-year-old girl might have enjoyed in 1954. The first series book, [[ASIN:1683371364 Maryellen: The ... | [] | 1683371372 | 1683371372 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,568,825,508,832 | 4 | false |
2 | Detective Novel With Literary Pretensions, Lots of Coarse Language | From the book jacket notes, you’d never guess that GALWAY GIRL: A JACK TAYLOR NOVEL is written in a quasi-Joycean style--with cryptic literary quotes separating chapters, frequently-changing stream-of-consciousness viewpoints, unexpected flashbacks that mix up the plot’s chronology, and many references to Irish culture... | [] | 0802147933 | 0802147933 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,568,564,157,288 | 6 | false |
3 | Boring Police Procedural Is Deservedly Optioned for TV Series | TIN BADGES: A NOVEL has been optioned for TV by the producer of “NYPD Blue”, and it should make a terrific TV series. In the novel, a retired detective (“Tank” Rizzo), his disabled former partner (Pearl), an off-duty NYPD Chief of Detectives (Ray Connors), Tank’s computer-whiz teenage nephew (Chris), and a squad of st... | [] | 0345483928 | 0345483928 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,568,401,903,485 | 2 | false |
5 | Billy Boyle Sees Action at Falaise Gap, Liberation of Paris | WHEN HELL STRUCK TWELVE is the 14th entry in the “Billy Boyle” series. It’s not my favorite, and it has an annoying cliffhanger ending, but it’s an exciting, entertaining page-turner all the same.<br /><br />The novel works less well than most of the others as a standalone, because Billy’s close friendship with Kaz of... | [] | 1616959630 | 1616959630 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,567,999,650,055 | 1 | false |
5 | Plenty of Room for Entire Family’s Important Appointments | This ANSEL ADAMS 2020 WALL CALENDAR is the same as the annual Ansel Adams calendar sold in retail bookstores at year's end. I buy this calendar year after year, because of the large size. The wide calendar pages have extra-large boxes for each day, so there is more space than you will normally find on a wall calendar... | [] | 0316411957 | 0316411957 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,566,579,334,959 | 21 | true |
5 | Initially Comic Plot Soon Turns to Bloody Carnage | In the beginning, BLUE MOON: A JACK REACHER NOVEL is comical (like a Donald Westlake novel), as Reacher inadvertently sets off a Ukrainian/Albanian gang war by killing two Albanian quick-loan enforcers. The rival gangs’ misinformed leaders (Dino, Gregory) start knocking off each other’s men, two by two, as they try to... | [] | 0399593543 | 0399593543 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,565,644,909,189 | 111 | false |
5 | Uncomfortable Reading for Captain Wyndham Fans | Fans of the excellent “Wyndham & Banerjee” series may find SMOKE AND ASHES somewhat uncomfortable to read, because Captain Wyndham has become seriously addicted to opium. The addiction is so bad, he can barely hide it from his superiors. Wyndham’s trusted junior officer Banerjee is furious with him about it. And Wyn... | [] | 1643130145 | 1643130145 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,565,035,505,851 | 0 | false |
5 | Final Entry in Long-Running “Sheriff Dan Rhodes” Series | Sadly, THAT OLD SCOUNDREL DEATH is the 26th and last of the “Sheriff Dan Rhodes” mysteries: the author passed away in February of 2018. This novel constituted my first meeting with the rural Texas sheriff, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s sort of a cozy mystery, filled with oddball characters and low-key humor. The... | [] | 1250165628 | 1250165628 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,565,026,548,269 | 0 | false |
5 | Prequel Is Worthy Addition to Charles Lenox Series | All too often, prequels are thinly-plotted novels that appear in long-running mystery/thriller series after the author has run out of new ideas. Happily this is NOT true of THE VANISHING MAN: A PREQUEL TO THE CHARLES LENOX SERIES, which is not only a worthy addition to the series, but even works as a standalone. Bas... | [] | 1250311365 | 1250311365 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,564,358,666,620 | 1 | false |
4 | Starter Book for Building LEGO Microscale Architecture Models | Although I love LEGO and miniatures, I’ve never been particularly interested in building microscale LEGO models--there is too much loss of detail in the end. This book, LEGO MICRO CITIES: BUILD YOUR OWN MINI METROPOLIS!, illustrates the “problem”: although the colorful endpapers show four different city models (Brid... | [
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2 | Disappointing to Fan of “Ruth Galloway”, “Magic Men” Series | As a fan of author Elly Griffiths’ “Ruth Galloway” series (see, e.g., [[ASIN:B003UV90G6 The Crossing Places]]) and “Magic Men” series (see, e.g., [[ASIN:B00QPIGTOM The Zig Zag Girl]], I expected to like THE STRANGER DIARIES. Unfortunately, it was a big disappointment--the story is told from multiple viewpoints (centra... | [] | 1328577856 | 1328577856 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,564,345,927,240 | 1 | false |
3 | Rex Stout Might Think He’d Written This “Nero Wolfe” Mystery | Rex Stout himself might be unsure whether he had written DEATH OF AN ART COLLECTOR: A NERO WOLFE MYSTERY--Robert Goldsborough is that good at emulating Stout’s style and getting into Archie Goodwin’s viewpoint character. However, this new “Nero Wolfe” series entry has an extremely thin plot. The one thing that sets ... | [] | 1504057546 | 1504057546 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,564,103,889,353 | 1 | false |
5 | Includes Excellent Explanations of How, Why Toy Models Work | The best thing about this book, GENIUS LEGO INVENTIONS WITH BRICKS YOU ALREADY HAVE, isn’t that the toys and games use fairly common LEGO elements (including basic Technic gears, beams, and connectors). The best thing about it is the concise explanations of how and why the animated toys (various robots, an animated dr... | [
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2 | Intricate Plot Utilizes Shifting Viewpoints, Time Periods to Dribble Out Clues to Serial Murders | SOME CHOOSE DARKNESS is a professionally written novel, but it’s just not my cup of tea. It’s kind of a cross between a police procedural and a cosy mystery, in that: (1) the main investigator (Rory Moore) is an expert doll restorer (!), in addition to being a terrific forensic reconstructionist (an independent contr... | [] | 1496713818 | 1496713818 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,562,804,886,947 | 10 | false |
4 | Game Warden Bowditch Investigates Prison Corruption, Crossbow Attack on Dog/Wolf | ALMOST MIDNIGHT (MIKE BOWDITCH MYSTERIES) is the tenth entry in this entertaining series featuring Maine game warden Mike Bowditch (the first is [[ASIN:1250161657 The Poacher’s Son]]); it works fine as a standalone. The author does a marvelous job of immersing the reader in the remote Maine woods scene. The plot invo... | [] | 1250102413 | 1250102413 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,562,778,305,035 | 1 | false |
1 | Not Nearly as Interesting as Walker’s “Bruno” Series | THE MISSING CORPSE: A BRITTANY MYSTERY lost me after only 22 pages, as those were mostly filled with fact-filled passages about (1) zoo penguin behavior, (2) the dying out of the lighthouse keeper’s profession, (3) the varieties of rain in Brittany, (4) the emergence of life from Brittany’s seawater, (5) the geography ... | [] | 1250173361 | 1250173361 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,559,101,352,900 | 1 | false |
3 | Disappointing, Thinly Plotted Addition to Series; Advances Bruno’s Romantic Relationships | THE BODY IN THE CASTLE WELL (Bruno, Chief of Police Series) is disappointing addition to this generally entertaining series. The “Bruno” novels are always about French cuisine and wines, the lovingly described Perigord region, and WWII history, but there is little else to be found in this one. The mystery plot is ext... | [] | 052551998X | 052551998X | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,556,818,149,676 | 8 | false |
3 | Duplicates Prior Series Novels; Develops Ruth/Nelson, Judy/Cathbad Relationships | Until now, I’ve enjoyed each new entry in the “Ruth Galloway” series. The novels are pleasant “cozy police procedural” mysteries about an archaeologist, now a single mother, who consults with local police whenever bones are discovered in henge sites in England’s North Norfolk salt marshes. However, most of this 11th ... | [] | 1328974642 | 1328974642 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,556,553,879,239 | 4 | false |
2 | Factoids About Computers, Programmers; Generalities About Programming | DKFINDOUT! CODING is mostly a collection of factoids about early computers (e.g., Babbage’s Difference Engine), programmers and inventors (e.g., Steve Jobs, Bill Gates), elementary coding programs (e.g., Scratch), apps (e.g., smartphones in action), gaming (e.g., virtual reality), and the like. It’s so elementary in s... | [] | 1465462333 | 1465462333 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,556,507,006,138 | 0 | false |
5 | Imaginative, Page-Turner Thriller, Filled With Nail-Biting Action | Patrick Lee is the absolute master of the imaginative, page-turner thriller--and DARK SITE: A SAM DRYDEN NOVEL proves this once again. As usual, I read this Patrick Lee novel straight through, putting it down only to sleep. This is the third series novel, but it works fine as a standalone. The Sam Dryden series begi... | [] | 125003079X | 125003079X | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,556,493,309,327 | 2 | false |
5 | Weird, Dark Horror Fantasy Is Unforgettable | BREAK THE BODIES, HAUNT THE BONES is the weirdest horror story I’ve ever encountered. The prose is a bit difficult (intricate sentences, as you might expect from a creative writing professor), but the unfolding story and imaginative detail makes the novel hard to put down, and well worth the reading effort.<br /><br /... | [] | 1328566455 | 1328566455 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,553,553,117,495 | 0 | false |
5 | Cute Animals Built From Simple, Basic Elements | THE LEGO ZOO: 50 EASY-TO-BUILD ANIMALS doesn’t disappoint--it delivers step-by-step instructions for building 50 different animals, using simple, easy-to-obtain LEGO elements. The animals are all cute, but my personal favorite is the Peacock. The bird has elaborate tail feathers, with the colors created by careful pl... | [
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3 | Farcical Mystery With Unpleasant Darkness Underneath | I ordered A SHOT IN THE DARK: A CONSTABLE TWITTEN MYSTERY because a national newspaper reviewer labeled it “the funniest mystery of the year 2018”. Well, it’s written as a farce, and funny at times, but it has an unpleasant darkness underneath that destroys the humor and fun. I shouldn’t have ignored my personal rule... | [] | B07FLCLGC6 | B07FLCLGC6 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,545,161,495,661 | 15 | true |
5 | Covers 50 Mobile Games | This book, MOBILE GAMING -TIPS, TRICKS, AND STRATEGIES FOR TODAY’S HOTTEST MOBILE GAMES: GO PLAY!, may not be the only mobile gaming guide that you’ll ever need, but it does cover some 50 games (see my photo of the Table of Contents).<br /><br />I wanted it for the Minecraft tips, and it's pretty good. It seems to hav... | [
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2 | Disappointing Knitting Reference With Mediocre-to-Poor Definitions | What a disappointment--from Interweave Press, of all publishers! THE KNITTER’S DICTIONARY: KNITTING KNOW-HOW FROM A TO Z is a small, handbook-sized dictionary of knitting terms that has mediocre-to-poor definitions. It's spottily illustrated with line drawings, but all it really does is define specialized terms that ... | [
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4 | Valuable for General Ideas for Illuminated Clothing | MAKE IT, WEAR IT: WEARABLE ELECTRONICS FOR MAKERS, CRAFTERS, AND COSPLAYERS is more valuable for the general ideas than for the specific clothing design projects. You have to download a lot of cutting patterns (e.g., for T-shirt, skirt), 3D printer files (e.g, battery holder from Thingiverse), and how-to videos (e.g.,... | [] | 1260116158 | 1260116158 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,540,867,691,531 | 3 | false |
3 | Quality Wall Calendar; Ice Cream Cone Photos Are So-So | This ICE CREAM 2019 WALL CALENDAR is decorative, and has date boxes with enough space for recording your most important events (e.g., medical appointments, birthdays, etc.). However, there isn't enough space for recording an entire family's important events. Major U.S. holidays are shown on the calendar; mainly it's ... | [] | 0789335018 | 0789335018 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,540,689,799,905 | 0 | false |
3 | Llewelyn Heads Investigation Into Bombing That Seriously Injures Barker | BLOOD IS BLOOD: A BARKER & LLEWELYN NOVEL is the 10th novel in the “Barker & Llewelyn” series, but the first one that I’ve read. It works fine as a standalone, but it didn't hold my interest--I just couldn't warm to the priggish, self-important, unimaginative Thomas Llewelyn (Cyrus Barker’s associate). This time out,... | [] | 1250170389 | 1250170389 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,540,162,289,854 | 0 | false |
5 | George and Ernie Investigate Murder at MDL in 1970s Korea | THE LINE (A SERGEANTS SUEÑO AND BASCOM NOVEL) is the 13th novel in this addictive series about two 8th Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) agents stationed in Korea in the 1970s. Like the doctors in the movie [[ASIN:B008IGAITQ M*A*S*H]], the agents (George and Ernie) follow a basic rule--never ask permission, b... | [] | 1616959665 | 1616959665 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,540,157,447,235 | 0 | false |
5 | Resourceful Burglar Elle Stowell Stumbles Into Major Trouble | THE BURGLAR introduces another of author Thomas Perry's strong, resourceful, almost fearless female characters. Elle Stowell is a petite, athletic, 24-year-old cat burglar who takes crazy risks, though the risks usually seem reasonable at the time. The novel is a taut, edge-of-your-seat page-turner--Elle is in almost... | [] | 0802129005 | 0802129005 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,539,715,221,395 | 5 | false |
5 | Professional Burglar Lives to Regret Taking Job That Pays Too Much Money | NIGHTTOWN (A JUNIOR BENDER MYSTERY) is the 7th novel in the amusing “Junior Bender” series, and it works as a standalone. Junior (that's his given name) is a professional burglar--and a very good one, because he was mentored in “the art of the steal” by master burglar Herbie Mott. Thanks to Herbie, Junior lives by an... | [] | 1616957484 | 1616957484 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,539,368,988,723 | 0 | false |
2 | Disconnected Novel Reads Like Collection of Creative Writing Class Assignments | RUBIK doesn't’ read like a novel, but like a collection of “experimental” short stories--or, more accurately, like a collection of vignettes prepared for creative writing class assignments. The stories make little sense to me, and leave me feeling sad and mildly depressed, so I didn't enjoy them.<br /><br />I’m baffle... | [] | 1944700579 | 1944700579 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,539,305,807,329 | 0 | false |
3 | Well-Written, Engaging Novel | CIRCE is a well-written novel, and the story engaged me as a reader from the very beginning. However, I still prefer to read the classical versions of the Greek myths, which can hardly be improved upon. | [] | 0316556343 | 0316556343 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,539,296,875,766 | 0 | false |
2 | Middling Translation of First Entry in Swedish Authors’ Best-Selling Series | THE HYPNOTIST: A NOVEL (JOONA LINNA) is a new translation of the first novel in Lars Kepler’s internationally best-selling Joona Linna series. (Lars Kepler is the pseudonym of a Swedish husband-and-wife writing team.) Unfortunately, it isn’t a very good translation--the grammar is correct, but the sentences are short... | [] | 0525433120 | 0525433120 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,539,222,898,088 | 0 | false |
5 | Entertaining Police Procedural Set in India During British Raj | If not exactly a page-turner, A NECESSARY EVIL: A NOVEL is an interesting, entertaining historical police procedural. It’s the second “Wyndham and Bannerjee” novel (the first is [[ASIN:B01MYNQPMW A Rising Man]]), and it works as a standalone. The novel’s depiction of India during the British Raj rings true to me (tho... | [] | 1681776715 | 1681776715 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,539,199,789,801 | 0 | false |
1 | Uninteresting “Mystery/Thriller” With Jumbled Timelines | When I order a book marketed as a mystery/thriller, I expect a relatively easy-to-read, entertaining book--a novel to be read for the story, and then given away or recycled. What I do NOT want is a book with a plot that dribbles out information about what actually happened or is happening to the characters, or that ma... | [] | 1635570522 | 1635570522 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,539,190,362,829 | 1 | false |
3 | Well-Written, Divided-Plot Novel About Cold War CIA Operations | SAFE HOUSES: A NOVEL is another one of those mystery/thrillers that tells a story via a divided plot with two timelines. There’s a present-day (August 2014) mystery: Why did gentle, developmentally-disabled Willard murder his parents? And there’s a long-ago (Berlin 1979) mystery: What is the meaning of the coded me... | [] | 0525520198 | 0525520198 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,539,108,315,929 | 0 | false |
3 | Slow-Moving Cozy Mystery Featuring Drab British Ex-Pat | DEATH IN PROVENCE: A NOVEL (PENELOPE KITE) is a slow-moving cozy mystery with a drab, boring amateur detective (Penelope) and an uninteresting plot. Especially at the beginning, the narrative is weighed down by many untranslated French phrases that are presumably inserted to establish the Provence setting. I guess th... | [] | 006286985X | 006286985X | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,539,104,729,776 | 11 | false |
1 | Slow-Moving Plot With Too Much Brutality, Descriptive Detail | EXIT STRATEGY is full of brutality and torture. One main character (Jordan) suffers so many knockout head butts, you wonder how his skull, let alone his brain, manages to remain functional. There are also several extremely graphic descriptions of burned, bloodied, tortured-to-death or tortured-and-shot-to-death bodie... | [] | 1335016929 | 1335016929 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,539,032,139,496 | 2 | false |
2 | Complicated Mystery/Thriller With Large Sections Printed in Italics | DON’T BELIEVE IT is a complicated mystery/thriller with a lot of “chapters” printed entirely in italics--which gives you some idea of what you as the reader are in for. The basic storyline is that a woman (Grace), who was convicted of murdering her lover on Gros Piton in St. Lucia, Eastern Caribbean, contacts an old f... | [] | 149671380X | 149671380X | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,538,875,263,380 | 2 | false |
3 | Slow-Moving Psychological Thriller--NOT a Ghost Story | THE NEW NEIGHBORS is a rather slow-moving psychological thriller. In alternating chapters, two viewpoint characters (Jack and Sydney) recount the mysterious things that happen to them after they move into their new house. Some of the events are creepy (e.g., the discovery of something decomposing in the attic, a hand... | [] | 0451490452 | 0451490452 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,538,870,021,591 | 0 | false |
5 | Discreet Engagement Calendar Displays Only Sigils (NOT Scenes From HBO Series) | This hardbound, handbook-sized GAME OF THRONES 2019 16-MONTH EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR is very discreet. Except for the maps of Westeros and Essos on the cover, it has only grayed-out sigils of the major houses printed opposite the week-by-week entry pages. The sigils are: Stark (dire wolf), Lannister (lion), Gr... | [] | 0789334615 | 0789334615 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,538,701,999,401 | 0 | false |
5 | Another Excellent PI Novel From Walter Mosley | DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEA is another excellent private investigator novel from Walter Mosley. The plot is extremely complicated, and there are a gazillion characters to keep straight. However, main character Joe Oliver’s love for his daughter (Aja-Denise) sustains the story as surely as that love sustains Joe and k... | [] | 0316509647 | 0316509647 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,538,596,401,947 | 0 | false |
5 | Literary Mystery That Grabs, Holds Reader’s Attention | Usually I dislike “literary” mysteries, but THE FRENCH GIRL grabbed and held my attention. It’s basically a first-person narrative, but it tells the story without dwelling too much on the personal angst of the narrator (Kate). The plot kept me guessing as to the murderer’s identity until near the end; but I never fel... | [] | 0399586938 | 0399586938 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,538,261,958,319 | 0 | false |
5 | Convincing Portrayal of Classic PI Character Marlowe | ONLY TO SLEEP: A PHILIP MARLOWE NOVEL meshes beautifully with what I remember of Raymond Chandler’s novels. It features hard-boiled private investigator Philip Marlowe, working his last case, and is a convincing portrayal of the classic character. Central to the novel is its evocation of the atmosphere of Southern Ca... | [] | 1524759619 | 1524759619 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,538,234,939,488 | 0 | false |
2 | New Police Procedural Series Featuring Hard-Boiled Female Detective | BROKEN PLACES (A CHICAGO MYSTERY) sets up an extremely hard-boiled female detective (Cass Raines) in a new series set in Chicago. Unfortunately, the prose is too wordy for the “hard-boiled” notion to come off properly. For me, Cass is just unsympathetic and unlikeable. I like the idea of a black female investigator,... | [] | 1496714873 | 1496714873 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,538,160,763,879 | 4 | false |
1 | Hide-The-Ball Novel About Kidnap-And-Ransom Negotiations | THE MISSING HOURS is a slow-moving, confusing novel about kidnap-and-ransom consultants (experts who are hired to negotiate for the safe return of kidnap victims). It’s a hide-the-ball mystery, told in chapters that shift viewpoint characters (mostly alternating between sister-and-brother detectives Leah and Finn), an... | [] | 1496713710 | 1496713710 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,538,153,442,513 | 0 | false |
5 | Easy Recipes for Traditional Italian Desserts Use Sugar With Restraint | AUTHENTIC ITALIAN DESSERTS: 75 TRADITIONAL FAVORITES MADE EASY is true to its “made easy” promise. The recipes for mouth-watering Italian desserts have short ingredients lists, and simple preparation instructions.<br /><br />The photographs are gorgeous, making this book a joy to peruse even if you never try a single... | [] | 1624146430 | 1624146430 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,538,087,021,316 | 4 | false |
3 | Snail-Paced Procedural About Hunting Incident on Maquoit Island | STAY HIDDEN: A NOVEL (MIKE BOWDITCH MYSTERIES is the 9th series novel, but my first. It works okay as a standalone, but I felt like I was missing something important because it never explains anything about Mike’s estrangement from the daughter of his father-figure/mentor (Charlie). The novel is a snail-paced police ... | [] | 1250102383 | 1250102383 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,537,981,318,795 | 0 | false |
3 | Run-of-the-Mill Cozy Mystery Lacks 1913 Greenwich Village Atmosphere | MURDER IN GREENWICH VILLAGE (A LOUISE FAULK MYSTERY) is a decent but run-of-the-mill cozy mystery. It’s supposedly set in Greenwich Village in 1913, but there isn’t much of an historical atmosphere. References to new buildings (e.g., the electrified Woolworth Building) are dropped in; and male figures (especially the... | [] | 1496714245 | 1496714245 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,537,840,260,849 | 3 | false |
1 | A Serious Attempt at Literature | When I ordered FIRST PERSON: A NOVEL, I thought that the book-publishing aspect sounded interesting, and that it was a mystery/thriller. Whatever book list I found it on, it was badly misclassified, because it appears to be a serious attempt at writing literature.<br /><br />It’s a first-person narrative, written in l... | [] | 0525520023 | 0525520023 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,537,749,391,025 | 0 | false |
3 | Second Book in Series About Investigators’ Hunt for Cult Leader Quinton Zane | PROMISE NOT TO TELL is the second novel in the “Cutler, Sutter & Salinas” mystery/thriller series about a trio of private investigators who are hunting a charismatic, manipulative cult leader (Quinton Zane). It sort of works as a standalone, but it’s hard to commit to if you don’t know the backstory. (I did not.) If... | [] | 0399585273 | 0399585273 | AEYGPUCRKH7G4VM22FM3VAKSQ23Q | 1,537,740,871,997 | 0 | false |
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