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5 | Best Beers: the indispensable guide to 2,000 of the world's beers | I loved it. Am I a beer nut? No. Do I love a good beer? Yes! Do I like trying new beers? BIG yes. This is a pocket guide to 2,000 beers. Is it definitive? No. This would be a better choice [[ASIN:1454922176 The World Atlas of Beer, Revised & Expanded: The Essential Guide to the Beers of the World]]. Does it have the mo... | [] | 1784723908 | 1784723908 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,520,909,623,300 | 0 | false |
3 | Sucktown, Alaska by Craig Dirkes | What our teen liked: the whole story, beginning with Alaska, and Eddie who screws up big time and flunks out of the first semester of college.<br /><br />What I liked:Taylor (she’s Yup’ik, Italian, and Swedish, the high school valedictorian, and when Eddie tries to hit on her, the result is hilarious) and Alaska, and ... | [] | 1630790559 | 1630790559 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,520,907,928,618 | 0 | false |
4 | The Sweet Spot (A Willamette Valley Romance) by Heather Heyford | 'The Sweet Spot' is the name of the vineyard. I live in the area where the book is set, wine country (Newburgh) Oregon. So I was delighted to order and read the book. I have to say I didn't care for the fate of one of the secondary characters in the book, it just didn't fit for a romance feel good aura. I think the aut... | [] | 1516102568 | 1516102568 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,515,443,172,261 | 0 | false |
5 | The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories by Denis Johnson | Denis Hale Johnson (1949 – 2017) who wrote plays, poetry, journalism, and non-fiction was best known for his short story collection [[ASIN:1250074800 Jesus' Son: Stories (Picador Modern Classics)]] (1992) and 2007 novel [[ASIN:B001AGKLHU Tree of Smoke]]. If you've never read Denis Johnson before you can find his short... | [] | 0812988639 | 0812988639 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,512,894,618,422 | 3 | false |
5 | Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison | The joy of this dear book does my little historical heart so much good. Completely delighted to read this to my not so little ones who are now starting to read on their own, even the littlest one. I loved the illustrations except the downcast eyes.<br /><br />abolitionist Sojourner Truth,<br />pilot Bessie Coleman,<br... | [] | 0316475114 | 0316475114 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,512,275,951,701 | 6 | false |
5 | The New Kid: The Carver Chronicles, Book Five ... Karen English | I love the Carver Chronicles and have read all 4 with pleasure. This has 3rd grader Gavin, the once new kid in town in book one, meeting the newest kid in town. The new kid tells some big stories to fit in. What is Gavin and his friends t make of when his bike is stolen and then then the new kid shows up with a bike n... | [] | 1328703991 | 1328703991 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,512,274,659,846 | 0 | false |
3 | Fairy Mom and Me by Sophie Kinsella adventures of a mother-daughter fairy duo! | Do you remember the TV show 'Bewitched'? Do you remember Samantha's great-aunt Esmeralda? Ella's mum is a young Esmeralda. She doesn't get her spells quite right. I imagine she would have struggled mightily at Hogwarts. Our 8 year old was mildly amused. | [] | 1524769894 | 1524769894 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,512,273,787,429 | 0 | false |
3 | All Three Stooges by Erica S. Perl | Noah and Dash are 7th grad BFFs until Dash's dad dies, a suicide and Dash shuts down emotionally. Noah is hit hard on many levels, loss of Dash and loss of Dash's dad, Noah has two mothers and Dash's dad was a strong adult male figure in his life. On top of that Noah has to deal with the homophobe kid in his class. Noa... | [] | 0399551751 | 0399551751 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,512,273,036,777 | 0 | false |
5 | non-fiction Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America | A superb book for the historian in your life.Be prepared once you read this book you will be addicted to reading everything you can on Thomas Jefferson's personal life and the lives of all his children, seven from is slave/mistress/sister-of-his-deceased-wife Sally Hemings. Her mother, Elizabeth Hemings, was born in 1... | [] | 1101886242 | 1101886242 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,511,696,940,926 | 5 | false |
4 | Book 2 - Ever the Brave (A Clash of Kingdoms Novel) ... Erin Summerill | For the 15 year old and over crowd. Having missed reading book 1 [[ASIN:1328767000 Ever the Hunted (A Clash of Kingdoms Novel)]] I looked up the plot summary (below) to bring me up to speed). This novel was a little slow-going in the first half but picked up later in the story. In this book there is a love triangle th... | [] | 0544664469 | 0544664469 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,511,681,679,461 | 1 | false |
4 | #1 Best Seller in Christian Inspirational Higher Is Waiting by Tyler Perry | Part memoir, part Christian homily. I liked this very much and recommended it to a couple friends who have enjoyed his movies as much as I have.What a strong man. I recommend this for any young person ages 13 to 18, a lot of good life lessons about perseverance. It does get better. Tyler Perry is the creative genius of... | [] | 0812989341 | 0812989341 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,511,320,215,931 | 1 | false |
5 | Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth by Sheila O'Connor | Perfect, absolutely perfect. This 56 year old had happy tears over the last 20 pages and many many laughs over the entire book. An ideal book for any reader age 11 and older. This is a wonderful story set in America 1968 but is really timeless. A story of small town America. A story of families we are born to and famil... | [] | 0399161937 | 0399161937 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,511,318,532,440 | 0 | false |
5 | The Food & Wine Guide to Perfect Pairings: 150+ Delicious Recipes Matched with the World's Most Popular Wines – November 7, 2017 | you know what is perfect about this? You are invited to dinner and can bring the perfect wine with you as a gift. The art work is lavish and will make this an ideal gift, if you can make yourself part with it. Over 15 dishes for each varietal. If you feel ill at ease when ordering wine when you are out to dinner just... | [] | 0848752686 | 0848752686 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,510,809,206,215 | 0 | false |
5 | Tru & Nelle: A Christmas Tale by G. Neri | A Delight. Kudos to the cover artist Sarah Watts, the book practically leapt into my hands with the gorgeous and evocative cover, and lucky me the story is a gem. The vernacular is true and the story suspenseful. This a worthy book that will make an excellent gift for any 9 to 13 year old in your life. Set over 3 Chris... | [] | 1328685985 | 1328685985 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,509,514,317,204 | 0 | false |
3 | Come, Let Us Adore Him: A Daily Advent Devotional by Paul David Tripp | This week it is the Amazon #1 Best Seller in Christmas books. Daily lessons for the month of December selected by the author of [[ASIN:1433502305 Whiter Than Snow: Meditations on Sin and Mercy]]. This is a less opulent, less beautiful book than I would select as a gift. It's a very nice devotional, just not one I wou... | [] | 1433556693 | 1433556693 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,509,505,744,552 | 6 | false |
5 | Crazy Like a Fox, a "Sister" Jane novel #10 by Rita Mae Brown | I got addicted to this series since I read them out of order starting with book 8 in September 2015. The author seems to be a natural born storyteller and this series of novels is compulsively readable. It has been 3 years since the last Sister Jane novel so you know the author is not cranking them out to fulfill publi... | [] | 0399178341 | 0399178341 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,509,500,439,613 | 0 | false |
5 | Signal Loss (A Hal Challis Investigation) by Garry Disher | New to me author, and reads like a stand alone. I am ordering the previous 6 titles now. Well done police procedural.The author juggles intersecting and concurrent investigations expertly. The story flows seamlessly as if he writes with great ease. Nice spots of quiet humor. Interesting characters and snappy dialogue. ... | [] | 1616958596 | 1616958596 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,508,763,903,009 | 2 | false |
4 | Idyll Fears: A Thomas Lynch police procedural by Stephanie Gayle | I've been looking forward to seeing Police Chief Lynch back in print for the last two years. Set in 1997 small town Connecticut two weeks before Christmas, the new police chief is settling into his new gig after retiring from a 20 year career as a NYPD homicide detective when his first major case outs him as gay. Now ... | [] | 1633883574 | 1633883574 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,508,565,415,817 | 0 | false |
5 | Close Enough for the Angels by Paul Madonna | This is a gift book that will be remembered, if you can part from it. Get the hardcover, it is worth every penny and will be a book you will treasure. Just flipping through the gorgeous india ink drawings convinced me to put down what I was doing just so I could read this gorgeously illustrated book. An epic bildungsr... | [] | 1513260812 | 1513260812 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,508,563,453,652 | 3 | false |
3 | Protected by the Shadows (An Irene Huss Investigation) by Helene Tursten (Marlaine Delargy,Translator) | This is the final in The Irene Huss series,a swedish cozy with violence and many police meetings. The writing, or translation, is light and simplistic. I usually like Scandinavian police procedurals but Irene Huss, the main character, is portrayed as such a flat, disagreeable character that she sours the series for me ... | [] | 1616958456 | 1616958456 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,508,491,124,562 | 1 | false |
5 | Alive in Shape and Color: 17 Stories Inspired by Paintings by Great Artists and edited by Lawrence Block | If you enjoy short stories this is for you. All new stories inspired by paintings and illustrated with 16 color plates, the only thing missing for me would be a blurb from the author on why they chose the painting they did.<br />Lee Child's was my favorite even if it wasn't a Jack Reacher the subject being Renoir's Bou... | [] | 1681775611 | 1681775611 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,508,487,534,257 | 0 | false |
4 | The Vineyard Years: A Memoir with Recipes by Susan Sokol Blosser | Very readable memoir stretching from 1970 to 2016, and never a dull moment, the family and business dynamics were fascinating.. The advent of Oregon Wine of the WIllamette Valley. Solid memoir, I would pair it with a Sokol Blosser 2013 Goosepen Block Pinot Noir which showcases flavors of anise and blackberry with a fin... | [] | 1513260715 | 1513260715 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,508,456,015,795 | 0 | false |
5 | Mornings in London (The Francis Bacon Mysteries) by Janice Law | the 6th book in the Francis Bacon Mysteries; a re-imagining of the life of Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his "goulish, grotesque imagery and his bleak existentialist outlook, he was also engaging, charismatic, articulate, well-read and openly gay.... | [] | 1504045017 | 1504045017 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,507,431,562,846 | 1 | false |
5 | Need to Know by Karen Cleveland | If I could rate it 6 stars, I would. This is the rare kind of book that makes you question your reality. It is utterly consuming in it's exploration of truth and deception. The characters are minimally developed, just enough to make the reader all too aware that this could be you. Unlike so many stories of it's type, i... | [] | 1524797022 | 1524797022 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,507,344,340,910 | 14 | false |
5 | The Secret of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange | Set almost 100 years ago at the end of devastating to England and Europe first World War, which was followed by the pandemic flu that killed almost 1% of England's population and crushes 12 year old Henry's (Henrietta) family. The poor kid can't catch a break, every member of her family is touched in some way. Henry is... | [] | 1338157477 | 1338157477 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,507,004,220,693 | 0 | false |
4 | Be Fierce: Stop Harassment and Take Your Power byGretchen Carlson | On July 6, 2016 the author filed a lawsuit against then Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes claiming sexual harassment, because she stood up dozens of other women also accused Ailes of harassment and he was forced to resign. A less then awesome book considering what happened but Hat's off to the author, she certainly... | [] | 1478992174 | 1478992174 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,507,001,598,973 | 1 | false |
5 | The Incredible Magic of Being by Kathryn Erskine | Julian is a 9 year old on the autism spectrum. His moms move him and his 14 year old sister, Pookie (who I couldn't stand so she was a nice contrast), from the city to rural Maine intending to open a B&B, primarily to give Julian a chance at less anxiety and mitigate his heart condition (Julian is so afraid of drow... | [] | 1338148516 | 1338148516 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,506,990,997,938 | 0 | false |
4 | The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser | The line drawings in the book are a total treat. Interesting story for kids who have always grown up in a non-rental home. An engaging read for kids who have grown up in a rental home. I rented a home for 9 years and while I never came to care for the home as this family (12 year old twins Isa and Jessie, 9 year old Ol... | [] | 0544876393 | 0544876393 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,506,875,867,674 | 1 | false |
4 | Addicted to Americana: Celebrating Classic & Kitschy American Life & Style by Charles Phoenix | The book delivered on it's premise: Lots of Americana. It also has lots of Charlie Phoenix that I found a bit of a distraction. Both the 50 and 70 year old in the family say it brought back lots of happy memories. | [] | 1945551194 | 1945551194 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,506,682,656,249 | 0 | false |
5 | After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search by Sarah Perry | Gripping. After mulling for days over what words to use in this review, gripping is one that best encapsulates what this read was to me. I was unable and unwanting to put the author's story/journey down until the last page. The author has a Master in Fine Arts from Columbia University - she knows the craft of writing a... | [] | 0544302656 | 0544302656 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,506,348,037,310 | 2 | false |
5 | Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork | Best for ages 17 to 19. The misery that is Mexico today is explored in the one family's journey. Drug cartels own the streets. Sex trafficking is rampant. Dozens of young women kidnapped and enslaved each year. The local police are controlled by the cartels and the sex traffickers. It appears impossible for people to w... | [] | 0545944473 | 0545944473 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,506,324,089,160 | 0 | false |
3 | Misadventures of a City Girl by Meredith Wild & Chelle Bliss | "Hollywood" caught my eye, "swanky retreat in Northern California" kept me interested, wondering how the author could make a character like "Luke Dawson lives off the grid, preferring solitude to society" work led me to order the book. Turns out lots of sex - lol. More plot and character develop... | [] | 1943893403 | 1943893403 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,506,246,536,849 | 0 | false |
5 | The Barrowfields by Phillip Lewis | A novel you will think about long after it ends. A perfect book club choice. The characters struck me as very 'real'. I will be re-reading this one day and appreciating it all over again. The parallel story of a young woman struggling with the family who adopted her while needing to know who her birth parents were, and... | [] | 0451495640 | 0451495640 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,506,242,014,515 | 1 | false |
3 | Fairytale by Danielle Steel | I am a life long reader of Danielle Steel, from 1978 [[ASIN:B001LQNNWE The Promise]], and while Fairytale is a well written novel with the prose of a Danielle Steel novel it wasn't a Danielle Steel romance. The romance started on the last page, so go into this knowing the lack of romance and you will not be disappoint... | [] | 1101884061 | 1101884061 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,506,221,704,104 | 0 | false |
5 | Illustrated Storybook E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The Classic (Pop Classics) | Adapted from the movie by author Jim Thomas and illustrated by Kim Smith. Perfect for ages 3 to 7 to be read to or read themselves for the older reader. It will leave plenty of surprises for the film viewer once they are old enough to understand the more tense aspects of the story that are not included here. I got a to... | [] | 1683690109 | 1683690109 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,505,199,242,930 | 1 | false |
5 | After the Fire by Henning Mankell | Beautifully written. Posthumously published. A lovely and heartfelt and eminently readable novel by a master storyteller. Little did I know when I ordered this book that it is continuation of 2009's [[ASIN:1595584366 Italian Shoes]]. A remote island on a Swedish archipelago, 70-year-old Fredrik Welin's home, built by ... | [] | 0525435085 | 0525435085 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,504,852,822,119 | 2 | false |
5 | Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions by Amy Stewart | Historical and humerous fiction, 1916 Northern New Jersey, with a most original sleuth. I am so glad the first book became a series. The characters really come alive, it's as if the author lived in that time and actually knew these people. this 3rd book has less crime and suspense then the first two novels, In this one... | [] | 054440999X | 054440999X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,504,290,029,620 | 1 | false |
4 | I focus on collaboration and because of this I meet amazing people who look at youth culture in ways I ... | For Grades 6-12. The Owning Up Curriculum teaches students and educators to take responsibility as bystanders, perpetrators, and victims of unethical behavior. First published in 2009 [[ASIN:0878226095 Owning Up Curriculum: Empowering Adolescents to Confront Social Cruelty, Bullying, and Injustice (Book and CD-rom)]]. ... | [] | 1506343678 | 1506343678 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,503,890,657,005 | 1 | false |
4 | The Reluctant Highlander by Amanda Scott | Medieval historical fiction with not enough romance between highlander Sir Àdham MacFinlagh and lady-in-waiting Fiona Ormiston the daughter of a loyal border lord during the rule of James I, King of Scotland (Reign: 4 April 1406 – 21 February 1437). I was hoping for another Roberta Gellis but it wasn't to be. | [] | 150401619X | 150401619X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,503,887,781,798 | 0 | false |
5 | The Beautiful Los' by Luanne Rice | Must-read YA. The cover looks like a romance novel and while there is love it is so much more. I really liked the kids and their problems and issues, and backstory are believable, heartbreaking but no over the top drama. What captured the story for me and urge any school or library to carry this in their system was tha... | [] | 1338111078 | 1338111078 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,503,769,752,184 | 0 | false |
4 | It All Comes Down to This by Karen English | 1965 Los Angeles and 12 year old African American Sophie moves with her family to a all white neighborhood. Right there you know disaster is imminent. Tack on that Sophie's parents marriage is crumbling and her sister is leaving for College, the Watts riots, racism, internalized racism and I gotta wonder what 12 year o... | [] | 0544839579 | 0544839579 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,503,645,109,567 | 0 | false |
5 | All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West | Humorous and poignant. Published and set in England 1931. It's exactly what the book blurb describes. The story of 88 year old Lady Slane newly widowed, her husband a former prime minister of Great Britain, a former Viceroy/Governor General of India. She has been the perfect diplomat's wife for 70 years. And she is get... | [] | 052543397X | 052543397X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,503,548,683,246 | 5 | true |
5 | The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West | set in England circa 1905 to 1910. While the [[ASIN:B01DRWEO6S Downton Abbey: The Complete Collection]] lovers might devour [[ASIN:B000MZE1YY The EDWARDIANS. A Novel.]] the reader should not expect it to read like the TV series. [[ASIN:B000MZE1YY The EDWARDIANS. A Novel.]] was published in 1930 by an author born in ... | [] | 0525433996 | 0525433996 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,503,542,233,197 | 5 | true |
4 | Empire Made: My Search for an Outlaw Uncle Who Vanished in British India by Kief Hillsbery | Titled 'The Tiger and The Ruby' in Great Britain. I loved it but I am a history buff and this is so much more than tracing an ancestor, the author opens up the British Raj for 275 delicious pages. 20 year old Nigel Halleck a distant relative of the author traveled to India 175 years ago. An employee of the British East... | [] | 0547443315 | 0547443315 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,503,476,272,568 | 4 | false |
5 | The Room of White Fire by T. Jefferson Parker | The last 50 pages were so taut there wasn't a chance I was going to put the book down. A terrific thriller,<br /><br />Arcadia, a private mental hospital in San Diego County.<br />Briggs Spencer, Arcadia’s founder, and author of the CIA's how to manual to extract information.<br />Clay Hickman, ex-military and a patien... | [] | 073521266X | 073521266X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,503,465,317,524 | 0 | false |
4 | VENTURESS by Betsy Cornwell Age Range: 12 - 16 | Should have ditched the romance(s) it distracted from the story. Other than that a total winner. Loved the characters, the writing, the story and the end. | [] | 0544319273 | 0544319273 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,503,460,218,294 | 0 | false |
5 | 12th Rizzoli & Isles mystery: I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen. | Gruesome murders, Great characters. Wonderfully convoluted plot. I tend to skip over the gruesome details- I don't feel they move the story forward and offer no value. The detective work by both characters are super entertaining. I have not gone wrong with any of Gerritsen's novels. A serial killer has burned a woman t... | [] | 0345543882 | 0345543882 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,503,413,561,088 | 0 | false |
3 | Things That Happened Before the Earthquake by Chiara Barzini | Great cover. Great dialogue. I ordered the book because of the cover and the premise and it was listed as a story for teen to young adult. At this point I am not sure who the target audience is. This story is every parents fear. Sex, lots of sex, drugs, lots of drugs, everything including murder. The author speaks with... | [] | 0385542275 | 0385542275 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,503,367,921,642 | 1 | false |
5 | New York in the Snow by Vivienne Gucwa | A must gift to any New Yorker who loves their city and every New Yorker who wishes they still lived there or wants to be there. Listen to this 70 year old New Yorker - this is the photographer who knows New York. She is a today's Berenice Abbott . The prose adds little the photographs are all Seeing the city stilled, t... | [] | 1781574154 | 1781574154 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,502,589,210,881 | 4 | false |
5 | The Special Ones by Em Bailey | I really had to question myself and decided, no, this is not something I want someone 12 years old reading - time enough to become cynical and disillusioned - so I let the 15 year old read it lol. But seriously I think the suggested age range of 12 to 17 for the subject of four young teens who live in a remote farmhous... | [] | 0544912292 | 0544912292 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,502,560,150,441 | 0 | false |
5 | What's Become of Her by Deb Caletti | Book Club Worthy. Did everything go the way I wanted? No. Did everything go the way I hoped it would? No. Did it have suspense? YES. It kept me wondering what the heck was happening next while at the same time I am asking the Isabella " What are you thinking??!! Saying more will give too much of the book away - sti... | [] | 1101884266 | 1101884266 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,502,559,101,512 | 0 | false |
3 | WITCHTOWN by Cory Putman Oakes | Adventures of a 16 year old targeted for 12 year old readers. To me that is such a vast expanse of life experiences. Kids are growing up so quickly that I am pretty happy about my kid experiencing life as a 12 year old that I think I am going to hang on to this book until she is a bit older, say 14 years old but I thin... | [] | 0544765575 | 0544765575 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,502,522,847,604 | 0 | false |
5 | best for ages 12-16 The Little Exile by Jeanette Arakawa | This should be required reading in every school, lest we forget. Still unbelievable that they could be driven from their American homes in America by the American government. The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the western... | [] | 1611720362 | 1611720362 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,502,522,088,555 | 1 | false |
3 | Lights, Camera, Middle School! (Babymouse Tales from the Locker) By: Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm | I thought our middle schoolers would love it - final comments from both boy and girl were "I'm just not that into you". I would highly recommend using the look inside feature on the hardcover preview, because I can see that my kids are in the minority. | [] | 0399554386 | 0399554386 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,502,433,070,914 | 0 | false |
4 | The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., by.. John Eisenberg | A worthy gift for anyone who loves the history of the game. As told by Baltimore sportswriter, they are the only two players to appear in over 2,000 consecutive major league baseball games - Ripken over 17 season from age 21 to 38, and Gehrig from age 22 over 14 season until ALS struck him down in his prime at age 35. ... | [] | 0544107675 | 0544107675 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,502,432,418,785 | 0 | false |
4 | The Waking Land by Callie Bates | Huge potential that died about 100 pages in. In this fantasy, 19 year old Elanna Valtai, the daughter of royalty, tells her story (first-person, present-tense) of being a hostage since childhood by King Antoine, who has raised her as if she were his daughter as a way of keeping her dynasty from rebelling against his d... | [] | 0425284026 | 0425284026 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,499,581,408,045 | 0 | false |
5 | Oceanborn (The Aquarathi book 2) by Amalie Howard | Perfect for ages 14 to 17. speculative fiction, adventure, thriller romance. Fast paced, kind of superficial, a fantasy 90210.<br /><br />Book #1 [[ASIN:0373211058 Waterfell (The Aquarathi)]] THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE QUEEN sixteen-year-old La Jolla, California resident Nerissa Marin hides among teens in her human form, p... | [] | 0373211252 | 0373211252 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,499,579,779,912 | 0 | false |
3 | WILDERS by Brenda Cooper suitable for ages 16 and up. | In the Pacific Northwest of the future, Seattle and Vancouver Canada are united as the domed city SeaCouver. When she was 16, Coryn's parents left her an orphan after their double suicide, her older sister, Lou, abandoned her to pursue a career far away, emailing Coryn occasionally as if she were a school acquaintance.... | [] | 1633882659 | 1633882659 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,499,408,666,821 | 1 | false |
4 | EMILY AND THE SPELLSTONE by Michael Rubens suitable for ages 8 - 12 | 12-year-old Emily Edelman has just moved to a new town with her older sister and six year old brother. She is treated like an outsider and is a target of the local bully. Interesting times float her way via a local beach and a odd shaped stone<br /><br />Top reasons to love the book:<br />1) Mrs Hallgren the librarian... | [] | 0544790863 | 0544790863 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,499,407,707,068 | 0 | false |
4 | THE EVAPORATION OF SOFI SNOW by Mary Weber Age for ages: 14 - 18 | Our 15 year old thought this a rip roaring tale heavy on story but a bit light in character development which he found no problem at all with such a original story. In post–World War 4 Manhattan Sofi Snow and her team of gamers are competing at the arena "Fantasy Fight Games". Shilo, her younger brother is bl... | [] | 0718080904 | 0718080904 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,499,326,193,174 | 0 | false |
2 | KALE, MY EX, AND OTHER THINGS TO TOSS IN A BLENDER by Lisa Greenwald Ages: 16 - 18 | Sorry, but no. In the summer before her high school senior year, conventionally attractive Mia is dumped by her boyfriend. She and her bff decide it requires a payback - one of Mia's actions is to get super slim. Everyone comes off as superficial - I hope I never have a child who could enjoy this kind of story. | [] | 0399556389 | 0399556389 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,499,322,490,275 | 0 | false |
4 | While a fun read it didn't strike me as being equal to ... | The Jensen Brand (Book 1). Author of 200 books, William Wallace Johnstone (October 28, 1938 – February 8, 2004) was an American author, mostly of western, horror and survivalist novels. Since his death over 13 years ago 100 titles have been published under his name with J.A. Johnstone who was assistant, typist, resea... | [] | 0786040637 | 0786040637 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,499,107,799,366 | 1 | false |
4 | Hyacinth and the Secrets Beneath by Jacob Sager Weinstein | First book in an anticipated 3 volume fantasy series. 12-year-old Hyacinth, an American, moves from Illinois to London where her mother is kidnapped and Hyacinth learns that her new home is alive with magic. Hyacinth's adventures rival the famous Alice in Wonderland. Hyacinth doesn't descend to Wonderland but she and L... | [] | 0399553177 | 0399553177 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,496,653,027,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Book 2 of 2 in the Sekret Series: Skandal: My mind is mine alone by Lindsay Smith | Psychic Cold War espionage thriller written for teens ages 16 and up. It's now 1964, and 18 year old Yulia and Valentin have defected to the west settling in the USA intending to prevent a war between the US and the USSR instigated by the KGB psychic team that trained her and turns out her mother is part of. Once you r... | [] | 1626720053 | 1626720053 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,496,647,099,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Penguin in New York: A drawing and coloring book (Wee Gallery) | This is truly the most appealing and diverse coloring book I have ever had. It has a little bit of everything from a follow along story, to mazes, to color by numbers, to puzzles, to free form color pages to pages that are not only black and white - there is color sprinkled throughout the book. The book has very heavy ... | [] | 1682971481 | 1682971481 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,496,613,873,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Lockdown by Laurie R. King | Loved, loved, loved the ending right down to the very last line. The format of alternating persons telling the story really worked for this novel and they all coalesced in the last 100 pages. It was very suspenseful. It kind of reminded me of watching the movie the [[ASIN:B00004U8NK The Towering Inferno [Region 2]]] w... | [] | 0804177937 | 0804177937 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,496,545,313,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Gutless (2016) by Carl Deuke | Great book, should be required reading in 8th grade as a High School prep course,.and Greater advice "Victims often blame themselves. So the first thing I’d say is “Yes, you are right. You are flawed. But so is every other person in this world. You didn’t bring this on yourself and you don’t deserve what’s happenin... | [] | 0544649613 | 0544649613 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,525,104,000 | 0 | false |
3 | ... I am too much of an earthling to ever enjoy a book after that happens) and things get worse ... | Earth is destroyed at the end of book two (I guess I am too much of an earthling to ever enjoy a book after that happens) and things get worse before they get better. The ending was upbeat and I enjoyed the characters of Skylar, Win and Jule. Thlo/Ibtep was so wooden to the point of being boring.<br /><br />[[ASIN:1477... | [] | 1503946576 | 1503946576 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,520,981,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University (published 2015) by Francisco Jiménez | A huge hit. The story of an impoverished illegal immigrant making good on the american dream and going to an Ivy League school then sharing that success by a career in academia. You can go online to NBC News "inspiring-memoirs-tell-journey-child-farm-worker-academic" and The NY Daily News "hold-migrant-work... | [] | 0547632304 | 0547632304 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,513,878,000 | 0 | false |
4 | The Way to Bea: by Kat Yeh: debuts September 2017 | Taiwanese-American Beatrix Lee has the wind knocked out of her sails when she finds out at age 12 she is going to no longer be an only child and only apple of her parents eye. Plus her BFF, 'S, has started ghosting her. Bea thinks that now that they are in 7th grade 'S finds Bea is too much of a free spirit. So Bea is ... | [] | 0316236675 | 0316236675 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,512,067,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Birthrights (Revisions to the Truth series book 1) by J. Kyle McNeal | 648 page Fantasy Book#1 in the 4 book epic Revisions to the Truth series. The book summary does a terrific job of setting up the story.<br /><br />16 year old Whym is about to find out what house he goes to at Hogwarts oops! I mean he is about to find out how he will spend the rest of his life, this happens at the Ch... | [] | 1945449217 | 1945449217 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,439,651,000 | 2 | false |
4 | This Raging Light by Estelle Laure | Lucille turned 17 years old 3 months ago and since then her father had a nervous breakdown and strangled her mother almost to death, he was committed to a psych ward, then her mother takes a 2 week break leaving Lucille in charge of her 10 year old sister Wren and then fails to return. I only wish I lived next door so ... | [] | 0544534298 | 0544534298 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,436,018,000 | 0 | false |
5 | The Art of Not Breathing by Sarah Alexander | best for ages 16 and older. Sixteen year old Elsie's twin from died from drowning, his body was never found, while swimming at the beach near the town of Fortrose on the North Sea off Scotland's Black Isle (not an island, but a peninsula) when they were 11 years old - just the premise breaks my heart. In August the wat... | [] | 0544633881 | 0544633881 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,426,187,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki | Excellent choice for a book club. I was at sixes and sevens about this story and many of the characters. It has stayed with me for many days. I think because it is told to us by the two main characters that I can find so much to care for when it comes to Lady and so much to loathe when it comes to 'S'. The story is pea... | [] | 1101904259 | 1101904259 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,358,101,000 | 1 | false |
5 | The Free by Lauren McLaughlin | Should be required reading in all High Schools. 16 year old Issac lives in Boston, his mother is an alcoholic prostitute, Issac is the only person looking out for his little sister. He turns to petty theft to buy her things that will release her from being the target of bullies at school. He is finally busted when he t... | [] | 161695731X | 161695731X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,357,365,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Book 3 of 3 in the Generations Trilogy Series - Alone by Scott Sigler | Sadly I didn't see this was book 3 of a series. I include below a summary of the two earlier titles for those in the same boat as me. This is an epic series that deserves to be read as 3 volumes, with a complex plot and so much backstory you will spend most of the reading filling in what you don't know. That being said... | [] | 0553393197 | 0553393197 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,356,341,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland | Grace walks with a cane, wears oversized boys' clothes, and leaves grooming to the other girls (ok I am already turned off).<br /><br />Henry is a bit introspective, he thinks a lot about having never been in love even tho he is still in high school. His other two priorities are getting into a decent college and being ... | [] | 0399546561 | 0399546561 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,265,541,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Girls Like Me by Lola StVil | 15 year old Shay Summers has a world of hurt, her father is dead, she is bullied at school, her stepmother can only focus on Shay being over weight, her BFF is dying of cancer and her other close friend is being sent to a gay conversion boarding school by his father. Anyone of those would knock my teenage self down. H... | [] | 0544706749 | 0544706749 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,264,506,000 | 0 | false |
3 | The Loose Ends List by Carrie Firestone | Life is going along splendidly for 17 year old Maddie O'Neill Levine. She is head to college and her summer looks golden. She'll be spending time with her fabulous grandmother too, except not as she originally thought. Her grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her one wish is to go out on a high note taking th... | [] | 0316382825 | 0316382825 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,092,170,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Burn: The Rephaim Book IV by Paula Weston | Ooops! I didn't see this was book 4 in a series before I ordered for our teenager to read. If you are in the same boat I included the previous book summaries below. Apparently the 4 books combined take place over only 11 days. I give it 3 out of 5 stars - I can handle the foul language and the sex it was the vivid viol... | [] | 1770498516 | 1770498516 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,089,980,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Paris for Two by Phoebe Stone | That has got to be the most amateur book cover, it almost kept me from ordering the book. Luckily the 12 year old heroine is named Petunia Beanly (of course she is from Boston) and I could not pass up a book with a named character Petunia. Then Petunia finds a secret drawer (in the rental owned by Colette) in the place... | [] | 0545443628 | 0545443628 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,087,876,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Lemons by Melissa Savage | Summer 1975. It's the Vietnam era and 10-year-old Lemonade 'Lem' Liberty Witt's beloved and awesome mother has died - her only family is her grandfather, who she never met, and he lives in rural northern California (she and her mother lived in San Francisco).<br /><br />11-year-old Tobin Sky,runs the Bigfoot detective ... | [] | 1524700126 | 1524700126 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,086,795,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Speed of Life by J.M. Kelly | Portland Oregon teens Crystal and Amber are twins, one gets pregnant junior year of high school. They decide to raise baby Natalie together, entailing high school during the day and after school jobs. They are barely getting by but have dreams of one managing a relatives tavern and the other getting a good paying job... | [] | 0544747828 | 0544747828 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,010,450,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Soldier Sister, Fly Home by Nancy Bo Flood | Sadly the story lost me at the butchering of a ewe - it was just a little too vivid for a middle school novel (I only wish that in reality all animals raised for food were treated as respectfully as depicted in this book). After I finished the book I learned the author lived and taught on the Navajo Nation for 15 ye... | [] | 1580897029 | 1580897029 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,006,871,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Run by Kody Keplinger | Small-town Kentucky high school seniors steal a car and hopefully won't end up like Thelma or Louise. Agnes and Bo tell the story in alternating chapters. Bo's tells us things as they are happening while Agnes flashes back to when they became friends.<br /><br />Bo and her family live on the wrong side of the tracks, ... | [] | 054583113X | 054583113X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,004,730,000 | 0 | false |
4 | The Fallen Star: The Nocturnals Book 3, by Tracey Hecht | This is book 3 for our family and could not be more happy to dip in to the further adventures of Team Nocturnal. Now we read them 3 nights in a row and start again lol.<br /><br />There is a way cool tie-in website "nocturnalsworld" with videos and games.<br /><br />Book 1 [[ASIN:1944020020 The Nocturnals: The ... | [] | 1944020055 | 1944020055 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,495,001,892,000 | 0 | false |
4 | The Whole Thing Together by Ann Brashares | #1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Marriage & Divorce Fiction - compulsively readable. I must have read a different book because all the characters kinda creeped me out. And there was way to much drama. 17 year olds Sasha and Ray have a pretty normal back story, his mother Lila and her dad Robert were once married. T... | [] | 0385736894 | 0385736894 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,494,916,521,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Off the Cliff: How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge by Becky Aikman | I drank this story up and I have never seen the movie. The story of the making of the 1991 move Thelma and Louise begins with the writer of the screenplay, and her story of how she came to write the screenplay, then get an agent who got a production company interested had me on the edge of my seat. The story stays the ... | [] | 1594206716 | 1594206716 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,494,836,832,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Surface to Air: A Malko Linge Novel #192 by Gérard de Villiers, originally published April 2012 | The king of pulp novels, from 1966 to 2013 the author wrote 4 to 5 international spy thrillers a year! I ordered [[ASIN:B011G3HBVA Lord of the Swallows: A Malko Linge Novel]] and Surface to Air at the same time then read them back to back. I had never heard of the author (b.1929 – d.2013) until I read a fascinating int... | [] | 080416939X | 080416939X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,494,835,998,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Lord of the Swallows: Malko Linge #186 by Gérard de Villiers first published February 2011 | The king of pulp novels, from 1966 to 2013 the author wrote 4 to 5 international spy thrillers a year! I ordered Lord of the Swallows and [[ASIN:080416939X Surface to Air: A Malko Linge Novel]] at the same time then read them back to back. I had never heard of the author (b.1929 – d.2013) until I read a fascinating in... | [] | 0804169373 | 0804169373 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,494,834,855,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Captain of Industry by Karin Kallmaker | Hollywood and Kallmaker = priceless. Just read the first chapter and you will be hooked. The horror and laughter of the moment I will never forget. A nice long satisfying read. Not your typical romance. | [] | 1594934916 | 1594934916 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,494,612,743,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Blue Moon: Mundy's Landing Book Two by Wendy Corsi Staub | Treated myself to a re-read last night and it is a total keeper! Finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award at the 2017 Edgar® Awards presented by Mystery Writers of America for the book most closely written in the Mary Higgins Clark Tradition according to guidelines set forth by Mary Higgins Clark:<br />The protagonist... | [] | 0062349759 | 0062349759 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,493,388,892,000 | 5 | true |
5 | Missing by Kelley Armstrong | This story worked for all the readers in the family ages 16 to 56. Winter Crane survives in the Appalachian town of Reeve’s End. She knows her only chance to thrive is to get away from the poverty and her father's beatings & boozing as soon as she graduates. Deep in the woods she stumbles upon 18 year old Lennon Bishop... | [] | 0399550321 | 0399550321 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,492,738,831,000 | 0 | false |
2 | The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway Mysteries) ... Elly Griffiths | The author had me until David tells Ruth that he killed her cat, Sparky, because he hates cats because they kill birds. | [] | 0547386060 | 0547386060 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,492,673,476,000 | 2 | false |
3 | Best to read this series in order to reap a ... | Best to read this series in order to reap a total rewarding journey. In fact book one is a 5 star read - book two is a 4 star read. Book three was disappointing in that is lacked most of what I loved in book 1 - the relationship of Andrea and Per. There was also too much world building, 3 worlds in 500 pages while gorg... | [] | 1504021762 | 1504021762 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,492,492,484,000 | 1 | false |
2 | Lifeblood (An Everlife Novel book #2) by Gena Showalter | Premise:"There is an eternal truth most of the world has come to accept: Firstlife is merely a dress rehearsal, and real life begins after death. In the Everlife, two realms are in power: Troika and Myriad, longtime enemies and deadly rivals."<br /><br />I skipped the first book in the series. I am not fan of t... | [] | 0373212194 | 0373212194 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,492,390,687,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Waking in Time by Angie Stanton | Abbi begins her freshman year at her grandmother’s alma mater, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 3 weeks after her beloved grandmother died.<br /><br />Her second day on campus she wakes up and it is 1983, 35 years earlier!!!! I gotta say the book almost lost be there - my first week at college was topsy turvy e... | [] | 1630790702 | 1630790702 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,492,312,457,000 | 2 | false |
4 | The Heartbeats of Wing Jones by Katherine Webber | Set in Atlanta and prior to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Wing Jones, whose maternal grandmother is from China and her paternal grandmother is from Ghana is plunged into a whole lot of hurt. Her father has died and school is not a welcoming place for Wing which is odd because her older brother, Marcus, is so popular yo... | [] | 0399555021 | 0399555021 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,492,310,961,000 | 0 | false |
4 | My Robot Ate My Homework: Project Droid #3 by Nancy Krulik, Amanda Burwasser & Mike Moran (Illustrator) | I loved the graphics and so did our 5, 7 & 9 year olds! Authors Nancy Krulik and her daughter, Amanda Burwasser,create 3rd grader Logan Applebaum and his companion Java.<br /><br />book #1 [[ASIN:1510710280 Science No Fair!: Project Droid #1]] It’s a pretty normal day for Logan Applebaum—until his inventor mother ann... | [] | 1510710302 | 1510710302 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,492,308,339,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Things I Should Have Known ... Claire LaZebnik | A great read with character growth, plot development, suspense and surprises. It really is that good. 18 year old Chloe is happy in her relationship with her boyfriend and she wants the same for her older sister Ivy, who is autistic. So she sets her up on a date with Ethan, a boy in Ivy’s special needs class. Chloe mee... | [] | 0544829697 | 0544829697 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,492,307,202,000 | 0 | false |
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