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5 | Running Girl by Simon Mason | For Ages 13 to 16. Our 14 year old gobbled this up, a British murder mystery with a protagonist he could understand. 16 year old Garvie attends Marsh Academy where his high IQ prevents him from being motivated by the curriculum. His entire world is upended when his ex-girlfriend is found dead. Inspector Singh finds h... | [] | 1338036424 | 1338036424 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,474,829,597,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Everyone We've Been by Sarah Everett | Ages 14 to 18. Our 14 year old young man loved it. High school senior Addie isn't sure what is real anymore in her life. The reader eventually finds out that parts of her memory were erased and are apparently returning in weird manifestations. Luckily our reader started this on a weekend because he didn't want to put ... | [] | 0553538446 | 0553538446 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,474,599,405,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Claws and Effect (Secret Smithsonian Adventures) Chris Kientz & Steve Hockensmith, Lee Nielsen (Illustrator) | Not a big hit with the home crowd the 10 year old flipped through after the first couple chapters, the 9 year old did the same, tried reading it to the 7 year old and 5 year old and they haven't asked for it again. The summary posted on amazon basically sums up the story. | [] | 158834567X | 158834567X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,474,598,836,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Time Traveling with a Hamster by Ross Welford | Ideal for ages 10 to 13 but our whole family ages 5 to 71 enjoyed the story. I couldn't resist a title like "Time Traveling with a Hamster" lol - it just screams wacky! Our hero is 12 year old Al whose father died when Al was 8. Al opens a letter to him from his Dad on his birthday and the race is on to use a t... | [] | 0399551492 | 0399551492 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,474,597,931,000 | 0 | false |
4 | The Ominous Eye: The Nocturnals Book 2 ... | For ages 10-13. Dawn, Bismark and Tobin (a Fox, a Sugar Glider & a Pangolin) from Book 1 [[ASIN:1944020004 The Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions]] investigate what caused the planet to fracture (a giant beast!). The Owls and the Kiwi (I thought it was a fruit?) were the new family favoritesthat the 3 creatures of ... | [] | 1944020039 | 1944020039 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,474,424,934,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm | ok, the cover had me at hello. As an owner of a little black and white short haired dog that died 19 months ago this book wrapped around my heart. I got this for our 8 year old whose grandmother was born (1935) during the great depression (1929 to 1941) but in Connecticut, in the city, not in Key West Florida that stil... | [] | 0553510363 | 0553510363 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,474,222,888,000 | 3 | false |
4 | The Fifth Rule of Ten (Tenzing Norbu Mystery) | As with the previous novels this is a character driven series much like the Kinsey Milhone series by Sue Grafton. I was sold as soon as Ten had conversations with his cat Tank. Tenzing `Ten' Norbu is back. Tooling around Tinsel town in his '65 Mustang, with a gun and now engaged to Julie, Ten isn't your average Buddhi... | [] | 1401948677 | 1401948677 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,474,214,967,000 | 0 | false |
4 | I Am Drums by Mike Grosso | Ages 9 to 11. From the book matter for the kindle edition "A heartwarming contemporary middle-grade novel that will resonate with an entire generation of young readers with dreams of music in a rough economy. While other kids dream about cars, sports, and fashion, all eleven-year-old Samantha Morris dreams about is... | [] | 0544707109 | 0544707109 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,474,088,829,000 | 1 | false |
4 | LADY COP MAKES TROUBLE by Amy Stewart | Having enjoyed the first book in the series [[ASIN:0544409914 Girl Waits with Gun (A Kopp Sisters Novel)]] I was delighted to order the followup. I am not alone in enjoying this story - just check out the link to the first book and read all the deserved raves. Like many sequels it it isn't as fresh as the first book bu... | [] | 0544409949 | 0544409949 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,474,004,341,000 | 0 | false |
5 | THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI by James L. Haley | Maybe I loved it because I have been reading naval fiction since I fell in love with Captain Horatio Hornblower as played by Gregory Peck when I was a teenager 40 years ago and then asked for the complete set of novels as birthday presents. Or because we spent the day at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis this year on J... | [] | 039917110X | 039917110X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,474,003,283,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Played (Harlequin Teen) by Liz Fichera | I ordered this for our young man who is a high school freshman. I thought he might read it because it didn't scream 'romance'. I ended up hoping he would read it to the end because it really is a cautionary tale of all the stupid things (drinking/lies) teenagers can get in to that can really derail their life. I also t... | [] | 0373210949 | 0373210949 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,473,644,374,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Sweet 15 by Emily Adler | Ages 13 to 15 - I was going to give this to the 10 year old in the family but think I will wait til she is in 8th grade. The topic, the writing, the characters, the story were all age appropriate until they brought teen sexuality into it, so I think I will wait until she is a bit older. | [] | B01K3110IG | 0761455841 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,473,627,343,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth | For the bird lovers out there. For the lover of the outdoors. For the lover of adventure. An eye opening read, the actress (who is epic in everything I have seen her in) has traveled (Belize, Bhutan, Ecuador, Madagascar, Newfoundland, Thailand) with field biologists for the past 35 years, in addition to being a truste... | [] | 0385354363 | 0385354363 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,473,316,746,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Doctorow: Collected Stories | I've been reading the long fiction of Doctorow, who died in 2015 at age 84, since Ragtime (1975). His The Book of Daniel and Billy Bathgate are classics. The only helpful word of advice I can offer is that if you already have his 2011 collection of twelve stories, All the Time in the World, all of them are included her... | [] | 0399588353 | 0399588353 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,473,310,618,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Curse of the Boggin (The Library Book 1) Hardcover – September 6, 2016 | Our 4th grader loved it - he is just getting into reading scary stories, adventure stories, stories without a lot of illustration and he had much enjoyment, and we had a nice quiet time in the house, while he read "Curse of the Boggin" which should come with an exclamation point lol.<br /><br />From the author'... | [] | 1101932538 | 1101932538 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,472,915,338,000 | 0 | false |
5 | The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters .. | Fascinating. Some of the sisters are varying degrees of loathsome. I loved it but granted this novel was right up my ally. England, the 20th century, the rich and infamous. sealing the deal was the writing. The author heavily researched 6 subjects all worthy of biography using family memoirs, letters, newspaper and mag... | [] | 1250099536 | 1250099536 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,472,713,111,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Beautiful, moving leaving me speechless wanting to shout at ... | Beautiful, moving leaving me speechless wanting to shout at this superman to leave the building, you have done enough, the world needs you too much for you to perish after you have already done so much. I read this story over a month ago and it is still so strong in me that I will never let it go. When you finish readi... | [] | 1594206775 | 1594206775 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,472,694,791,000 | 2 | false |
2 | The Damascus Threat: An ICE Thriller (A Dominic Verrazzano Thriller) by Matt Rees Hardcover – August 9, 2016 | Relentless action is not always a compliment, this novel overdosed on action. If there was a fascinating character the book might have held my attention. The cover blurb "Reads like it's ripped from tomorrow's headlines" must have been an inside joke because that is how the novel reads, like one headline after ... | [] | 1629537756 | 1629537756 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,472,149,990,000 | 6 | false |
2 | Ruby by Cynthia Bond | this just wasn't for me - child rape is bad enough in real life - I find it so stomache turning that I can't handle it in my reading for enjoyment. | [] | 0804188246 | 0804188246 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,471,845,350,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra | I had to know! and I was not disappointed. Luckily the back cover snippet lured me in because the first couple pages were not enough to grab my attention, in fact I would have put the book down and moved on - so read the first pages and know that it gets a lot better. Excellent resolve. | [] | 077831944X | 077831944X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,470,589,768,000 | 10 | false |
5 | Monticello: A Daughter and Her Father; A Novel .. | excellent historical fiction - I never felt the author was making merry with facts. The book arrived the day I left on a trip that included spending a day at Monticello so perhaps that is why I rated the book so highly. I could not shake my feelings for the family long after I left the gorgeous yet modest estate of th... | [] | 0062320432 | 0062320432 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,470,536,375,000 | 3 | false |
4 | The Paris Librarian Book 6 in the Hugo Marston Series | They had me at "librarian" lol. Hugo and friends on a case stretching back to World War 2 with events in that period linked with 2 recent murders. I just had to know! I was not disappointed by the resolution. A mystery with enough action to satisfy.<br /><br />below is a very brief history of Hugo for first ti... | [] | 1633881776 | 1633881776 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,469,944,068,000 | 0 | false |
5 | The Huntress: The Adventures, Escapades, and.Triumphs of Alicia Patterson: Aviatrix, Sportswoman, Journalist, Publisher | Loved it - in depth and detailed biography Alicia Patterson (1906 – 1963) founder and editor of Newsday. Her father was the founder of the New York Daily News, her grandfather was a partner in the Marshall Field's Department Store in Chicago and her great-grandfather was the owner of the Chicago Tribune and a mayor o... | [] | 110187113X | 110187113X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,469,866,291,000 | 0 | false |
5 | You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein | LOL perfect. I haven't laughed so much in a long time. Reminds me of the joy and silliness I would get from listening to a Steve Martin comedy record.<br /><br />NPR FRESH AIR July 12, 2016 has a great audio interview with the author that lead me to order this collection of essays: "'Schumer' Writer Jessi Klein On ... | [] | 1455531189 | 1455531189 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,469,316,436,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White | If the author opens up one closed mind then this book will be a winner. I am hoping his fans wil pick the book up and start questioning their prejudices if only becuase they were a fan in his playing days,<br /><br />This is an honest, heartfelt, discourse on the harm that racism does to America and Americans. How econ... | [] | 1618931717 | 1618931717 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,467,858,565,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Bright, Precious Days Book 3 in the Corrine and Russell Calloway saga. | as the saying goes, I'm just not that in to you. I so wanted to be. I'm a Jersey girl who loves NYC, or 'the city' as I knew it growing up. I love reading Vanity Fair, Vogue, the NYT Magazine. I especially like a well written book. I hav ebeen meaning to try Jay McInerney for decades. This story and the writing just d... | [] | 1101948000 | 1101948000 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,467,158,452,000 | 3 | false |
5 | "I don't want to arrest anyone. I just want to shoot somebody." | Max Allan Collins is the author of the graphic novel turned movie with Tom Hanks as a hit man "Road To Perdition," as well as the Nathan Heller series about a 1930/40s Chicago PI who gets involved in famous crimes and mingling with celebrities. He took over writing the Dick Tracy comic strip from creator Ches... | [] | 1504036093 | 1504036093 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,465,104,347,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 10 to 12 | 12 year old Annabel sees a therapist because she has such a hovering intense mother that she suffers panic-attacks and is not physically healthy. She and her parents spend the summer out of the city on a lake under strict instructions from the therapist that mom is not to make any plans for Annabel who will finally spe... | [] | 0062374540 | 0062374540 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,464,843,245,000 | 0 | false |
5 | worthy debut | If you don't find adult interaction with small children amusing this will not be for you. For everyone else this will probably be a terrific read. I relate to tiny tots very easily and readily so I found Charlotte's acclimation with her charges believable and fun. I also have been burned at my day job so I can tell you... | [] | 1627794018 | 1627794018 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,464,590,345,000 | 5 | false |
5 | for ages 9 to 12 | ya know if my mother had nicknamed me 'feeble wits' and one day she turned into a tree I might consider it my lucky day, but kindly Grayling does the honorable thing and searches for the way to get her mother back, without the bark. Excellent plot twist that I should have seen coming, but didn't. Terrific assortment of... | [] | 0544301803 | 0544301803 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,464,589,188,000 | 2 | false |
5 | This book is perfect, | Ravi and Dillion are the only Indian students in their class at Albert Einstein Elementary so they are probably best friends. Wrong. Dillon is a school bully and the little sadist is merciless to Ravi who is the new kid in school having moved from India recently with his parents. .Dillon likes to torment Joe as well Th... | [] | 0545846609 | 0545846609 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,464,508,117,000 | 1 | false |
5 | police procedural set in Boston | Eddy is quite the character, this is the kind of book my Dad, born in 1937 and growing up on pulp fiction, would have loved. This is the follow-up to a terrific debut [[ASIN:B00E78IFDU Third Rail: An Eddy Harkness Novel]] in the debut we learn Eddy Harkness was once an a brilliant up and coming detective running the B... | [] | 0544253248 | 0544253248 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,464,482,072,000 | 2 | false |
5 | 1930's Shanghai | After devouring this book I spent a 3 day weekend reading everything I could find on the main characters, I just didn't want the storytelling to end. The author certainly knows how to tell a story that keeps the reader compulsively turning pages. By the last page I was wondering how I had never heard of the the esteeme... | [] | 1250049717 | 1250049717 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,464,334,413,000 | 10 | false |
5 | Ages 9 to 13 | 350 pages is not a lite read. The story is told in real time by Raul who lives at 'One Of Our Kind Boarding School' and while the other children go home on the weekends to their families Raul doesn't, Raul's mother has disappeared and his father is AOL, instead he heads to the woods, White Deer Woods, where he become... | [] | 1481444808 | 1481444808 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,464,329,960,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 13 to 15 | Took me right back to a book I read in 1971 [[ASIN:1435205332 One Fine Day]] - I wonder if anyone else thought the same?<br /><br />Our 14 year old loved it. 15 year old Jack "The Jackdaw" Dawson has a brilliant idea after getting in trouble for day dreaming in class for the umteenth time. He envisions an app t... | [] | 0544699610 | 0544699610 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,463,981,000,000 | 0 | false |
5 | 5 star horror story very well told - 1 star childrens book - Not for the squeamish | Ages 12 and up? I think not. In the years 1436 to 1447 Vlad Dracul aka Vlad the Dragon (born August 30, 1400) is duke of Wallachia/Romania. The Order of the Dragon was founded in 1408 by King Sigismund of Hungary as a tool against the invading Ottoman Empire. Vlad's daughter, 12 year old Lada, is a brutal psychopa... | [] | 0553522310 | 0553522310 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,463,609,156,000 | 18 | false |
5 | ideal for ages 10 to 12 | 6th grader Maggie has issues luckily she also has a god support system. Maggie is the middle of three sisters and she has just begun middle school which is fraught with scary change, one of the changes is her friend Kelsey has new friends and Maggie isn't part of the clique - ouch!<br /><br />Then the neighborhood and ... | [] | 0316257818 | 0316257818 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,463,570,526,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Ages 15 to 17 | Sadly the book lost me when the dogs were murdered again and again. Innocent slaughter does nothing for me and even less do I want my young'ns reading about it. 25 years ago Birch Markle killed a woman and disappeared from the Missouri Ozarks village of Rowan's Glen which was settled hundreds of years ago by the ancest... | [] | 0544640411 | 0544640411 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,463,002,321,000 | 0 | false |
4 | First in a series for Ages 7 to 9 | Lucky for me all the kids in the house loved this book - because I loved reading it to the little ones, endlessly. I am a big Sherlock Holmes fan and the kids play the board game [[ASIN:B013TO5PDU Clue Classic Detective Board Game Retro Series Reissue]] and this story was perfect for us.<br /><br />Cleo and Evan have a... | [] | 0545822041 | 0545822041 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,462,761,678,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Historical fiction primarily set in pre World War 2 America and the Galapagos Islands | 50 year old Frances Conway is a secretary for the U.S. Navy in San Francisco. The navy recruits her for an espionage mission, she is up for it and finds herself married to a handsome young naval officer. Life is no honeymoon, in every way, on the Galapagos Islands: gorgeous scenery but privations are an every day thin... | [] | 0385539061 | 0385539061 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,462,712,391,000 | 2 | false |
5 | YA Gothic horror fantasy for Ages 13 to 16 | Set 140 years ago in Late Victorian age England. With the perfect name of Edgar (nod to Edgar Allen Poe). His father raised him on horror stories that the brothers Grim would admire (Dracula, Frankenstein). This has led to Edgar being a quivering ball of nerves. His father dies, he is sent to live with relatives who p... | [] | 177049698X | 177049698X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,462,668,342,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Prior to reading this historical novel of the life of Mary Ann Evans aka the author George Eliot 1819 to 1880 I had known her on | Immensely Fascinating. While the catalyst for the story is the author's late in life marriage and Honeymoon (suspenseful as no honeymoon should be), the novel goes on to tell the life story of the classic author who is still so well read 200 years after her birth. Prior to reading this historical novel of the life of M... | [] | 1590517784 | 1590517784 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,462,548,669,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 11 to 13 | We adored it, the 50 year old and the 11 year old. They had the 11 year old at a puppy named 'Flip'. They had me at Coney Island Library.<br /><br />12 year old Ben Coffin has been in foster care and lucky for him and the readers he was adopted at age 10 into home with a mother who loves him. Ben loves to read and the... | [] | 0803738161 | 0803738161 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,462,427,150,000 | 2 | false |
5 | I very much liked Georgia as a person which made the read a total winner. | You can never go wrong with a Terry McMillan novel. May favorites have been [[ASIN:0451221184 The Interruption of Everything]] and [[ASIN:0451211081 A Day Late and a Dollar Short]]. The newest novel revolves around a woman looking back on the first half of her life and wanting to explore her past and how it relates to ... | [] | 1101902574 | 1101902574 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,461,779,798,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Ages 11 to 13 | Our 11 year old was riveted. Set in 1943 World War 2 rural Pennsylvania. Betty is a city girl recently relocated and living with her grandparents.<br /><br />12 year old Annabelle lives with her parents and two brothers, she gets bullied by Betty in the opening of the novel. Betty's actions become violent but people of... | [] | 1101994827 | 1101994827 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,461,732,377,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 1865 Mississippi - murder, passion, rape, honor, violence and love | What a lurid tale! I loved it! Although reading about a Mississippi plantation in the days when the Ku Klux Klan were the terrorists was horrific, the author brought the 100 year old era to life.<br /><br />Paris Griffin is a young Southern aristocrat.is married to Laurel and returns from the War between the States a ... | [] | B0006AY2F8 | B0006AY2F8 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,461,644,806,000 | 4 | false |
4 | 1938 China | I found it to be a nail biter of an adventure with lots of twists and turns and period detail that I enjoy in historical fiction. 26 years after being kidnapped from their American parents when they were toddlers William and John have been raised to be master criminals. The thriller comes in to play when the young men ... | [] | 1503948269 | 1503948269 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,461,247,106,000 | 0 | false |
4 | perfect for ages 9 to 11 | A novel in verse, a poem for each school day of 5th grade, might not be for everyone in this debut so try a sample before buying. The students tell their stories via journal entries intended for a time capsule.<br /><br />The 18 students use a variety of poetic formats: traditional, haiku, rhyming, free verse, limeric... | [] | 0553521373 | 0553521373 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,460,959,429,000 | 1 | false |
4 | High Seas Legal Thriller from a debut author | 27 year old Beth Swahn, is an attorney working in her stepfather's Manhattan law firm. She's won a $105 million dollar case for her client CK Leung. Turns out CK thinks it was $35 million.<br /><br />It seems CK's business associate was blown to smithereens with his boat near Puerto Rico. Beth smells a rat so she, her ... | [] | 1101884371 | 1101884371 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,460,958,507,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Romance set in a rural campground 250 miles southwest of Denver, Colorado | Missing the Oregon Series but having my BFF live outside Denver I was eager to try this new romance and evoke some fabulous memories. I highly encourage everyone to visit Colorado - there is so much to do (skiing, hiking, site seeing) and not to do (dining, hot springs, epic views from hotels).<br /><br />Anyway, to th... | [] | 0778318850 | 0778318850 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,460,851,785,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Book #4 of 4 a police procedural set in Ghana | Police Procedurals are my favorite type of mystery. I most likely will never visit Ghana in my lifetime so a short tour of the country where the author grew up via this series was a plus. Detective Inspector Darko Dawson, is vividly depicted. This was an enjoyable read although some readers may roll their eyes at some... | [] | 1616956305 | 1616956305 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,460,802,769,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Since 1939 the patron saints of Italy are St. Francis of Assisi & Saint Catherine of Siena, | Catherine lived from 1347 to 1380 and died in Rome age 33 years old. An accomplished woman who worked for peace in Italy among the warring states, she was also a member of the catholic Dominican Order, philosopher, and theologian. In the 150 years prior to the reformation of 1517 and the splintering of the christian f... | [] | 113727980X | 113727980X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,459,636,081,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Ages 14 and up - paranormal family drama | 17-year-old Aspen Quick lives in a small town, named Three Peaks, in upstate New York. The town is built under a looming cliff - as an adult I think to myself why is the town settled originally under a looming cliff. For generations his family has kept the cliff from falling by using their supernatural powers to feed t... | [] | 0525428682 | 0525428682 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,459,634,676,000 | 0 | false |
3 | are equally horrible. At that point I am ready to counsel ... | 21 years ago Maddy Carmichael's twin brother, Marcus, set her up to be gang raped on the night of her prom. She escapes her small town Florida life after killing the sociopaths in a hit in run. Now she is living in Boston under a new name, Molly Hall, with a daughter, Kristen, a high school senior. At this point I am t... | [] | 1617734608 | 1617734608 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,459,633,420,000 | 1 | false |
4 | has my vote for a Newberry | 10 year old Deja, is a 5th grader living in Brooklyn New York. Her dad has been struck down with PTSD and lung ailments that keep him from employment. They live is a group home because apartments are unaffordable. At school Deja's new friends are Sabeen, a Muslim girl, and Ben whose father is an Iraq veteran. Their tea... | [] | 0316262226 | 0316262226 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,459,613,671,000 | 2 | false |
5 | The era and the woman come alive for the reader | Using diaries and correspondence the author made this historical novel real and compelling, and above all so very interesting. Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (1775-1852), her story stretches across the world from London to Berlin, Russia, Paris, Boston and Washington DC as wife of our 6th president. I feel so lucky th... | [] | 1594204632 | 1594204632 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,459,529,937,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Immensely satisfying | To spend another hour today with my mom gone these 15 years would be a dream come true. The author is a lucky women to have another chance to reconnect with her mom before it is too late. Heck, I enjoyed reading her adventures with her mom's 80 year old gal pals (who have had a weekly standing game of bridge for 50 yea... | [] | 0062354469 | 0062354469 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,459,408,443,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Ages 12 to 15 | A dark retelling of Peter Pan. Gwen, Joanna and Mikey Darling are the sole survivors in their family following the destruction of London, England by the Germans. Joanna is captured by Captain Hanz Otto Oswald Kretschmer (HOOK) and his Marauders as they hunt down the only survivors, the children of London, looking for ... | [] | 0545836948 | 0545836948 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,459,406,520,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Riveting | Unceasingly depressing story of a dysfunctional family. The family dynamics were mesmerizing. I was compelled to keep reading without interruption until the last page.<br /><br />Top Book Club choice.<br /><br />36 year old Kyung Cho is a biology professor living with his Irish-American wife, Gillian and their child i... | [] | 1250075610 | 1250075610 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,459,230,551,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Ages 10 to 12 | 12 year old sixth grader Wren reminded me of my young self circa 1970. She and Silver have an adventure that was similar to days I spent ages 9 to 13 (without Witch Weatherly).<br /><br />The story of course contain the autistic sibling so popular in children's literature today. Persoanlly I couldn't stand the father. ... | [] | 0545848458 | 0545848458 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,458,745,606,000 | 0 | false |
4 | for ages 12 to 16 | a fantasy world where the story takes place in an alternate universe New Orleans, Louisiana. We loved the suspense and the twists and turns of the story. Yonie Watereye is a 16 year old orphan earning a living in this fantasy novel by using her wits to pass herself off as a "pearly". A 'Peraly' is someone who ... | [] | 0544451716 | 0544451716 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,458,201,943,000 | 1 | false |
5 | For ages 9 to 12 | now in the 7th grade Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red", has a photographic memory, skill in drawing, and BFF computer expert Jonah to help crack any case. I had forgotten hows vastly entertaining the first book in the series [[ASIN:0544238338 Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile]] was to our 9... | [] | 0544582608 | 0544582608 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,458,200,729,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 10 to 12 | Loving this series since book one, it doesn't hurt that I was a avid reader of Sherlock Holmes novels and watched all the black and white Sherlock Holmes movies and then the BBC series. Now to share the love with a new generation solving mysteries ala Holmes is a pure delight. I just love Eddie the dog! I keep picturi... | [] | 0544619935 | 0544619935 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,458,103,514,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ashley Warlick can really spin a tale. | A fictionalized story of the early years of M.F.K. Fisher. Who? Well after reading this terrific novel I searched the internet for Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher and bought half her books. This is one of the few instances where you can tell a book by it's cover, because I ordered the book when the cover caught my eye.<b... | [] | 0525429662 | 0525429662 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,458,095,196,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 13 to 16 | Very quirky, nothing is quite what it seems, very Bridget Jones if she were a teenager, very all over the place - our 14 year old wasn't enamored but I think our 10 year old will like it when she is a bit older.<br /><br />The good news is this was published in 2013 and if you enjoyed it the next two books are already ... | [] | 0545397367 | 0545397367 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,458,020,925,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 11- to 13. | Great cover. Our 10 year read it and said it was good but that she hopes one day to read a books where there is just one issue for a kid her age to deal with and not half a dozen. 7th grader Odette (great name) has to deal with her parents moving out of state without much interest in how Odette is going to deal with t... | [] | 0544602277 | 0544602277 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,457,674,796,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 9 to 10 | I loved it and the 10 year old Harriet the Spy fan in the family has read it twice now. I loved the historical setting of Chicago in the 1920's prohibition era and that Isabel Feeney (great name) was a 'star' reporter. Our little one liked it because Isabel is the same age and she liked the story where Isabel starts ou... | [] | 0544582497 | 0544582497 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,457,465,160,000 | 0 | false |
5 | New to me author, although I have known the name in literary circles for years, this is her 8th novel. | I enjoyed the story of the Miller's, the time, the place, and the issue of imminent domain which I have despised since I learned what it was as a teenager. Mimi Miller tells of her life in Pennsylvania farm land during the 1960's opening when she was 11 years old. My disappointment was the stories and the people felt l... | [] | 0812996089 | 0812996089 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,457,318,091,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Edinburgh, Scotland wonderfully rendered in this 10th volume | Beware, once you read this volume you will being ordering the other 9.<br /><br />The Harmony family, Matthew, Elspeth, and their triplets have moved into the Duke of Johannesburg 's farmhouse where Matthew's explorations uncover a hidden room (and don't we all wish that would happen to us!).<br /><br />Nicola Tavares ... | [] | 1101971916 | 1101971916 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,456,855,382,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Brilliant | Even though I have an earlier edition I ordered this for the spot on perfect ten page introduction by Irish author Colm Tóibín. If you have any hesitation that this isn't a moving story that is as relevant today as it was 6 decades ago, or as moving today as it was then, read the introduction in the Amazon sample and y... | [] | 1101907746 | 1101907746 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,456,516,773,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Mostly disappointed | From the premise I was hoping for a [[ASIN:0380481650 Devil's Desire]] but by the end of the first chapter I was bummed out. I would say read the first chapter sample and if it works for you my guess is you will enjoy it because the rest of the book is more of the same. I felt the setting was spot on for time and place... | [] | 142013955X | 142013955X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,455,808,057,000 | 5 | false |
4 | Ages 14 and up | I thought it was a coming of age novel, solely based on the cover art. What it is , is a horror story coming of age darkly comic novel. Set in the middle of nowhere Spencer Michigan.<br /><br />Our teenager loved loved loved it. | [] | 0062307886 | 0062307886 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,455,778,756,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Ages 13 to 15 | I was afraid that the book would be angst ridden, or not have enough angst to suit the subject matter and the target readers. Luckily I was wrong and our 14 year that it was a really good book. Teenage parents, a single parent, the death of a sibling, growing apart of close friends, first love,<br /><br />Winner | [] | 1250065518 | 1250065518 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,455,778,223,000 | 0 | false |
4 | ages 10 to 14 | Lina is a loner who discovers a spaceship located in a cave. She is being educated as an archivist of objects of other worlds that end up in her world, Solace, like meteors end up here, except they aren't obliterated upon entry. Her area of the world, Ortana, is like Switzerland a land of neutrality between warring la... | [] | 0385376480 | 0385376480 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,455,776,765,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Excellent | Starts slow but keep going. The characters are cold, no one is who she or he seem to be, except our hapless and naive and at times not very likable or admirable, hero. Poor Will, he really has to keep his wits about him to keep up with the temptress and cunning, Elle, and with his own wife, Chloe.<br /><br />Many intri... | [] | 0385348487 | 0385348487 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,455,474,240,000 | 1 | false |
2 | not an engrossing or entertaining read. | Canadian cops infiltrate Muslim terrorist cell which has been planning explosions in Canada. The is internal rancor in the police ranks - lots of it. Complex relationships with stiff dialogue. Lots of glimpses of the Muslim community, all very distasteful to me - racist reaction, but not an engrossing or entertaining r... | [] | 1250055121 | 1250055121 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,455,472,306,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 14 to 16 | 16 year old Lyla is in the top of her class with goals to go to college and have a career in science. In her world if you are not in the top 10% of society you don't stand a chance of advancement, it's like a feudal society or the movie [[ASIN:0767805712 Gattaca]]. In fact those not in the top 10% are tattooed. Lyla ma... | [] | 0547235569 | 0547235569 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,455,427,363,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Compelling Murder Mystery | Todd Neeley, shot 13 people dead and then killed himself 3 years ago.<br />Molly Harris was one of the dead.<br />Jack Harris, her widower, lives for payback.<br />Malcom Neely, the shooter's father, and 2 others are shot dead. Jack is a suspect with a fishy alibi and some hard evidence that he is the shooter.<br />Buc... | [] | 0062390481 | 0062390481 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,455,177,124,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Not your standard romance, cover to the contrary | The author had me by the end of chapter one. The novel opens of with two long time BFF's one a dot com millionaire and the other a wife, mother & journalist having a fabulous lunch together until tragedy strikes. Then we meet Ellis the mother of 3 a year later as she is moving into a new home in an apartment complex af... | [] | 1594934657 | 1594934657 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,453,734,517,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Book 7 of 7 in the Iron Fey Series; or Book 3 of 3 in the Call of the Forgotten Series | oops! didn't know this was the last in a 7 part series. I did a bit a researching so I wouldn't be completely lost and am putting it here for those few who are in the same boat. Our 14 year old (male) said it was 'OK' my take is that it is a series that may appeal more to girls.<br /><br />#1 THE IRON KING (2010) MEGHA... | [] | 037321135X | 037321135X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,453,703,270,000 | 0 | false |
5 | our 14 year old loved it and so did the adults in the family. | 16 going on 17 year old Evan is an only child in a single parent home (his mother left when he was a toddler) when his father, Clifford, dies suddenly. His grandfather, 90 year old Griff, is his only remaining relative. Griff, a retired US Marine became estranged from Clifford during the Vietnam war when Clifford, a h... | [] | 0763669733 | 0763669733 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,453,653,738,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Very good story | Expert mix of the plight of US veterans, the financial crisis, a hero-vagrant, military friendships, domestic terrorism, & poverty.<br /><br />Strong Character, racially mixed, A collection of memorable villains.<br /><br />Well edited, well meant, a lot of heart.<br /><br />The beginning was unsettling, in terms of an... | [] | 0399174567 | 0399174567 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,453,651,266,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Worthy | A very special book. A substantial account (400 pages) of the service the men and families provided to the Allies during World War 2 from before America joined in to VJ day. A record of the American Merchant Marine through the prism of one county in the State of Virginia. Located on the western shore of the Chesapeake ... | [] | 0525428151 | 0525428151 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,453,619,743,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Easy, entertaining, enjoyable read | like 36 moments in time. The author's reflections back 60 years when he (age 4 years) and his family lived for 3 years outside Paris, France in the village of Fontainebleu a retreat for french sovereigns going back 800 years. I loved the vignette's of his childhood, the sidebar of history tidbits and his reflections as... | [] | 0525428801 | 0525428801 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,453,616,269,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Creepy for ages 12 and up | My young adult thought it was '"lame" while I liked it.<br />Teenagers Wink, Poppy, and Midnight. Two girls. One boy. Each tell this noir mystery.<br />Wink is the loner outsider. Poppy is the schemer.Midnight is dissed by Poppy and takes up with Wink.<br />Poppy locks Wink in an abandoned house in the woods o... | [] | 0803740484 | 0803740484 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,453,609,886,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Already looking forward to the next Yuri Kirov novel. | This first title kept my interest through the couple implausible aspects of the novel. In essence a Russian sub is spying on a Canadian shipyard. It becomes marooned 200 feet below sea level after entering US/Canadian water traveling through the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, undetected. Yuri makes a desperate dive to th... | [] | 078603713X | 078603713X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,453,607,323,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Our ten year old said it was a very good story and liked the characters of Ben, May and Noni | The book had me at Augusta. The title would have been perfect for any child whose parent or grandparent is a golfer - they will love reading it to them - except the subject matter is a bit heavy for any youngster under the age of 9 which takes takes the adult out of the equation. Set in the 1970's there is plenty of ra... | [] | 1481448390 | 1481448390 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,453,603,787,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Bliss. If you are a fan of the author Radclyffe you are in for a double treat. | I was naughty and skipped right to the last story which is by Radclyffe and not only is a very sweet romance, it's a prequel to two of her most recent titles:<br /><br /> [[ASIN:B0040JHV3Q When Dreams Tremble]] Leslie Harris's visit to her upstate New York lakeside family home after a decade of triumphs and disappointm... | [] | 1627780874 | 1627780874 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,452,992,274,000 | 2 | false |
5 | It's hard to 'love' a book with such a repellant subject | The author is very good at juggling the criminals, the victims, the FBI; timing the action, denying the reader any reality but this story.<br /><br />Not as playful as his prior Windermere and Stevens novel. Kind of contrived. The pace picks up to the author's usual perfect tempo half way through the book. Windermere's... | [] | 0399174540 | 0399174540 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,452,915,979,000 | 1 | false |
5 | 54 year old book that captures a moment in time | Should be required reading in the high school curriculum. Unlike any book you will read published in the last ten years or the next ten years. It all rings so true, so vivid, so wretched. I really liked that I didn't know where the author was going to take us next.<br /><br />A tremendous choice for any book club. The ... | [] | 1941493149 | 1941493149 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,452,440,210,000 | 1 | false |
5 | A view into the world of gambling in Macao, Reno and Los Angeles. | Good story teller. Lots of twisted plotting! Great descriptions of geography. The Americans, the Chinese, the Russians, the Israelis, their spy agencies, military, and civilians involved. Yet the plot is pretty easy to follow. It's a lot of book, it links to prior books with foreshadowing of future books. Very competen... | [] | 0399176144 | 0399176144 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,452,439,487,000 | 3 | false |
2 | ripped from the headlines | Men with guns who hate government. Okay plotting. Cardboard cutout characters. Not a lot of profiling, if any. Skimmed the last 85 pages. Very repetitive, very repetitive. I might have read it through except for the repetition of information became annoying and over the top drama. | [] | 0778318621 | 0778318621 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,452,438,028,000 | 3 | false |
4 | #4 | A complex plot that may compel me to order the first 3 titles (below). I loved the Montana setting and descriptions. I liked County Sheriff Martha Ettinger and Sean Stranahan, Private Eye, fishing guide, artist painter, boxer and now the sheriff's ex. It did lead me to the internet to read up on The Crazy Mountain ran... | [] | 0670014702 | 0670014702 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,452,394,977,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Odysseus tells the story of the first half of his life set 3200 years ago | As told by the hero it is the story of his youth (book 19 of The Odyssey) and his involvement in the Trojan War (The Iliad). I have been addicted to Greek mythology since I was hooked by Edith Hamilton 40 years ago. Just keep in mind this is a graphic telling of the story and may not be palatable to all readers.<br /... | [] | 1468309218 | 1468309218 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,452,330,083,000 | 0 | false |
4 | The photos & illustrations enhance the reading | Historical fiction at it's best. The debut author captured the moment in time with crystal clarity. Not so much a novel of the sinking but a fictional suspense thriller whodunit about a petty theft, that could expose a multitude of political cover-ups regarding the sinking of the Lusitania and eventually leads to murd... | [] | 1935448374 | 1935448374 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,452,318,154,000 | 0 | false |
5 | downer | 612 pages of downer, but so compellingly written I didn't want to stop reading until the last page, the last reveal. Which is odd considering the intentionally choppy nature of the story. Set in the ghetto town of Raby in the southern outskirts of Stockholm where sociopath teenage terrorists are unstoppable. Burglaries... | [] | 1623651352 | 1623651352 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,452,097,567,000 | 1 | false |
5 | If George Orwell were writing a novel set in a small fishing village in Japan circa 1977 | Written as an expose by a fictional journalist (named Jesse Bell) as if Jesse is sharing his research with the reader thus the reader is presented with many Q. & A. interviews. I was fascinated by the puzzle of what was going on because the story was so surreal. The revelation at the end and the truths exposed make thi... | [] | 0307908488 | 0307908488 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,452,043,281,000 | 0 | false |
3 | the suspense is well done | Some really awkward writing (the writing seems rushed and certainly not as polished as one would expect from a writer of Neiderman's experience) got in the way of a smooth read and this reader carried away an enhanced anger at antisemitism in any form . Perhaps, that's what the writer intended. I get the feeling the Je... | [] | 1497693950 | 1497693950 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,889,508,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Debut novelist. | Written by a lawyer with experience practicing law in Little Rock Arkansas where much of the novel is set plus 2 years experience in Federal law back to the 1990's. The author spins a terrific story that I can recommend to anyone who enjoys court room drama or political intrigue.<br /><br />Jack is corporate lawyer bas... | [] | 0825307295 | 0825307295 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,883,055,000 | 2 | false |
2 | Saxon versus Viking | Wessex, Britain aka England in the year 869. I was looking for another [[ASIN:B002TZ5AW2 The Wolf and the Dove]]. That didn't happen, the dialogue, the modern words, the absence of the hero through too much of the story, even the sex was a bit off. *sigh* Avelynn is daughter of the Earl of Somerset. I was also hoping ... | [] | 1250063930 | 1250063930 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,699,316,000 | 1 | false |
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