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5 | A brilliant character study of people & family dynamics in a small southern towns in Mississippi & Northern Virginia circa 1996 | Superb debut. I had hoped it would be a terrific read, any novel with a character named, Mary Byrd Thornton, should be special and it was. 30 years ago in 1966 on Mother's Day MBT's 9 year old brother was molested and stabbed to death 1n the woods of their quiet leafy suburban neighborhood where crime was something tha... | [] | 1620403013 | 1620403013 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,694,814,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Book 2 - read book 1 first - it will make a MUCH better read., | I had not read book one, saw all the reviews and after finishing book 2 am very glad for reading book 1 first (see a summary below). Bobby/Adam is accused of murdering British businessman Jonathan Valentine in an alley. There is a lot of action in this book: The Arctic, Kiev, London, Moscow, the Russian mafia in NYC, R... | [] | 1477809481 | 1477809481 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,660,796,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Suspense thriller | The final twist was perfect. The daughters from 2005's Deep Freeze are the main characters here. I didn't need to read the first or 2nd book but now I will be reading the first just to know the characters that much more. Allie Kramer, daughter of retired movie star Jenna Hughes, has become a big movie star, she vanishe... | [] | 1617734659 | 1617734659 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,623,172,000 | 0 | false |
4 | supernatural horror - book 1 of 2 | Miss Breaking Bad? This may help. I thought the Mexican cartels were bad enough but the Aztec demon El Cucuy, the ancient high priest is way too creepy for me. Jess Galvan is a smuggler who is doing time in a Mexican jail. His excuse, he needed the money to obtain custody of his daughter. Hmm, maybe she might be better... | [] | 006219965X | 006219965X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,533,164,000 | 0 | false |
2 | psychological police thriller written by a psychologist | I am in the minority. With the exception of the very well done main character of Jackson Kale, I found this to be very predictable with a cardboard romance. The violence was disgusting, horrifically detailed, and over the top - the kind of violence a sadist would truly enjoy, really, a horror story.<br /><br />Mixed me... | [] | 1629533831 | 1629533831 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,407,386,000 | 26 | false |
3 | Disppointing if you are looking for a novel that hinges on a biblical mystery | The codex truly gets lost in this over the top thriller. So getting that out of the way, the novel is non-stop action and a quick read that Publisher's Weekly loved.<br /><br />It never captured my interest. While this novel is advertised as book 3 in a series I looked the first titles up, and after reading the below s... | [] | 1504003632 | 1504003632 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,372,506,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Novelization of wealthy a American family living on the French Riviera during the roaring Twenties | The author owns the time, the place, the people they came to vivid in this captivating read. I keep remembering snippets weeks after finishing the novel. Having read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night decades ago after watching the TV movie adaptation I was intrigued to read a new fictionalization of their lives... | [] | 0316211362 | 0316211362 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,265,990,000 | 0 | false |
3 | I should have loved it, but it never got to a point were you could cal it a 'page-turner'. | Rosie, the transitioning receptionist is the best part in the novel. The author is a 30 year veteran of the Atlanta PD starting as a beat cop and retiring a lieutenant. The novel opens with Sarah's first day as a lieutenant, she's an action hero type who practices Aikido, in a relationship with Detective Bernard Wills... | [] | 0399167269 | 0399167269 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,193,908,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Museum gift shop quality | I ordered this a month ago and was dazzled enough that we ordered another as a Christmas gift for my aunt and uncle - win/win. Everyone who came to our home over the holidays would pick it up on the coffee table to flip through it, and ended up sitting down looking through it page by page. Anchorage, Alaska Photographe... | [] | 1632170019 | 1632170019 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,151,473,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Keeper! | Terrific Humor, expert knowledge of current culture and history shines through.<br /><br />Design elements are excellent and graphs are easy to read.<br /><br />The 30 year Oregon resident in my family is tremendously impressed. | [] | 1632170000 | 1632170000 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,028,281,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A fine Norwegian police procedural, as good as the come! | Believe every rave review. Complex sympathetic police characters. Villains are complex for the the most part and fully evil. The plot has many strands, deftly women and neatly tied. True equality female, male, young, and old. Lots of emotionally unhealthy people invovled.<br /><br />No horrendous details of the crimes... | [] | 0525428968 | 0525428968 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,451,027,973,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Book 2 of 2 in a series set in the Pacific Northwest | Featuring 28 year old ex-Army Ranger. The story plays out like a seat of your pants thriller. Our man Van is quite the character and personifies the roguish men who live in the PNW. Love the setting in the Olympic mountains. You can feel the hail hitting you.<br /><br />I am totally looking forward to reading the 1st t... | [] | 0062344587 | 0062344587 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,450,932,332,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Well Written if a bit predictable. | Some very funny lines - see page 339 paragraph 6, he's playing a crank to get rid of a reporter. Excellent portrayal of autistic child and father's love, though emotions are told rather than shown, partly due to son's limitations. Great on setting: New York and western desert.<br /><br />Basically a financial "thri... | [] | 0399166726 | 0399166726 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,450,893,148,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Anyone who enjoys huge historical novels will love this novel. | I had little knowledge of this era or it's players and was riveted from the first page to the last resulting in much googling of characters and histories.<br /><br />Keeper.<br /><br />The Siege of Barcelona last 1713 to 1714 was at the end of the War of Spanish Succession (1701–1714), where Catalan/Barcelona nobility,... | [] | 0062323962 | 0062323962 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,450,545,237,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 4th in a mystery series reimagining of the life one of Britain’s most coveted painters - Francis Bacon | Unlike the 3 earlier titles that were set in the 1940's, this title brings us a much younger re-imagined Francis Bacon pre-WW2 where he is still under his father's financial thumb and is banished by his father to Berlin for being his flagrant gay self, unbeknownst to the parental Bacon Francis has a gay old time. The a... | [] | 1504026160 | 1504026160 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,450,510,083,000 | 0 | false |
4 | a very good starting place | This was an compulsively readable book, the author is the English chair at Bennington College. At 150 pages it didn't fulfill my hope of a in-depth portrait to this fascinating woman.<br /><br />Being a Political Science major myself I had followed the politics in Pakistan from 1979, when the prime minister (Bhutto's f... | [] | 0544648935 | 0544648935 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,450,362,626,000 | 0 | false |
5 | The perfect police procedural | Retired Maardam CID Chief Inspector Van Veeteren still takes center stage. A very classic combination of plots, slightly predictable, with a satisfying familiarity. Engaging, very collegial characters, with unexpected quiet humor.<br /><br />Extensive POV of the criminal, even though the crimes unfold in front of the r... | [] | 0307906876 | 0307906876 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,450,272,345,000 | 1 | false |
2 | Weak plot, choppy narrative with unsympathetic and strange characters. | I really wanted to enjoy this book and thought I would especially with the jacket cover quoting Stephen King "A suspense master".<br /><br />I found the book to have too many flat characters (emotion never came through) with too many POVs. The setting in the small university town in upstate New York couldn't ma... | [] | 0451472705 | 0451472705 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,450,270,975,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Very entertaining and well written period drama | Epic story set in NYC before the turn to the century from 1890 to the roaring twenties to World War 2 1940's. I loved it but I am a sucker for historical fiction with a touch of mystery an a dose of romance and where the characters are strong. | [] | 0451474627 | 0451474627 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,450,246,599,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Vastly Entertaining - kind of like Sherlock Holmes in NY | To bring the reader who like me knew the Name but nothing more: Nero Wolfe is a wealthy NYC based (living on West 35th Street) detective created in 1934 by Rex Stout, Archie Goodwin narrates the cases and is his right hand man. 33 novels and 39 short stories were published from 1934 to 1975.<br /><br />I found this o... | [] | 1504023579 | 1504023579 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,818,355,000 | 2 | false |
3 | The cover had me at hello. | Reading the summary I had visions of a gorgeous novel along the lines of the author RF Delderfield. Post WWI 28-year-old Lady Helena leaves all she knows in London and moves to Paris after surviving a near fatal illness and her broken betrothal to a war vet who was not deemed a suitable match in her social circle. Hel... | [] | 0062389823 | 0062389823 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,815,504,000 | 6 | false |
4 | Ages 13 to 16 | 7 year old Anna has her world ripped apart when the German army invades her country of Poland at the start of World War Two and they take her father. Anna finds refuge with 'the Swallow Man' and the two travel together to escape the horror of life under Nazi Armageddon. About the only thing that wasn't magnificent was... | [] | 0553513346 | 0553513346 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,814,268,000 | 1 | false |
4 | ages 10 to 13 | 12-year-old Joseph Johnson lived with his family in Washington in the year 1890, until his mother and sister and father perished. The final break was when his drunken guardian sold his beloved horse, Sarah. Joseph sets off searching for Sarah and meets up with a travel companion, Ah-Kee, a Chinese boy, who doesn't spea... | [] | 0545665779 | 0545665779 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,812,078,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Ages 12 to 16 | 16-year-old Josie Ferguson's parents have died of influenza. She is sent to live with her cold as stone aunt & uncle in Scotland. It's 1807 and she is completely captive to her relatives and the evil that surrounds them. I love the book. The pace. the setting, the story itself. The 14 year old in our had never read a... | [] | 054439092X | 054439092X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,674,089,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Book 23 of 23 in the Kay Scarpetta Series | The tension and suspense were so great by the last 2 chapters if someone had said boo! I would have jumped out of my chair.<br /><br />I can still remember reading the first Scarpetta 25 years ago. Such a vivid character. I was hooked on Kay and her career and her family until it kind of got too dark for me, not just t... | [] | 006232540X | 006232540X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,512,880,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Ages 8 to 12 | Who doesn't like a treasure hunt? To quote the author, it's a standalone book about "a brave girl, a quiet boy, a singing ghost, buried treasure & hot chocolate." In the mountains of Tennessee Emma Pearl Casey and her brother, Topher, live with their grandmother, Granny Blue. Financially they are on the brink o... | [] | 0545552745 | 0545552745 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,499,344,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Ages 12 to 14 | 13 year-old Rosemary “Rosie” Bennett, is named by her parents after a line from Hamlet.<br /><br />Rosie, Adam and his older sister, Shelby used to be tight, but Shelby has a boyfriend and after school activities, so they don't hang out anymore. In Rosie’s house they find a book in a locked cupboard. Sadly their render... | [] | 0544445376 | 0544445376 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,472,942,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 8 to 11 | 13-year-old Darkus Cuttle's mother died 5 years ago and now his dad goes missing. The police and and the newspapers are all over the story to no avail and Darkus (the name never grew on me) eventually is taken to live with his eccentric uncle Max (who has a way cool car).<br /><br />Darkus makes friends with a beetle t... | [] | 054585346X | 054585346X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,471,439,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Historical Romance Intrigue 1492 to 1501 | For fans of Phillipa Gregory said it all and it delivered. The Vatican Princess tells Lucrezia Borgia's story from her imagined POV. But only the first half of her life so that was an opportunity missed by me because she certainly had a very rich life the next 18 years. The drama and dialogue were more impassioned than... | [] | 0345533976 | 0345533976 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,466,746,000 | 2 | false |
5 | ages 5 to 11 loved it in our home | It's 1910 and 11 year old Audie is a orphan, she and her cat, Miniver, live in Indiana at the "School for Wayward Girls". "Commodore" Crutchfield needs a volunteer for a mission and only an orphan will do. Audie volunteers and off to Washington DC and the White House, Min and Audie go! They eventu... | [] | 0545840562 | 0545840562 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,457,794,000 | 0 | false |
5 | 80 works, lifetime in the making | Poetry is such a personal thing, much more (I think) then prose. What can I say as a reviewer when I like a selection of poems? I can say that I only chose to order a book of poems by first reading a poem or two or three by the poet, which I did, and these spoke to me. Was it because I am from New England and so is the... | [] | 0544555600 | 0544555600 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,455,830,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 10 to 12 | Upbeat adventure story of a boy, a kidnapped princess (Alice), a villager (Alice), a Rumpelstiltskin character, Dragons, serfs aka slaves, princess-eating ogre, and a kingdom on the brink of doom. Sounds like a tale appropriate for 4 years old and up until Rodrigo bashes in the skull of the villain who sold his family ... | [] | 0553520709 | 0553520709 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,416,742,000 | 2 | false |
3 | Ages 12 to 14 | reservations. 12 year-old Chris's adventure loving uncle takes him on a trip off the coast of Alaska a year after Chris's father has died in a car crash, their boat sinks and his uncle does not survive. Chris and 16 year old Frank, are the sole survivors. Frank is a bully and a misery to be around with issues of his ow... | [] | 038573378X | 038573378X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,413,896,000 | 0 | false |
5 | perfect for any age. | illustrated by Eda Kaban, Being a family of cat people - one cat (rescues only) for each person in the family - lol - we, of course, loved this picture book. Readable by the 8 year old and readable to the 5 and 6 year olds. Winner! The summary and the review by the Library Journal tell the important plot elements.<br /... | [] | 0553535005 | 0553535005 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,410,870,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 14 to 18 | 1945 told in alternating perspectives, and know up front that it doesn't end well for everyone. 4 people hoping to escape the advancing Soviet army and a one way ticket to Siberia: Joana is a Lithuanian nurse, Emilia is Polish, Florian is Prussian, and Alfred is German soldier who is still drinking in the Nazi propagan... | [] | 0399160302 | 0399160302 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,360,302,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Ages 8 to 10 | An odd little story. about a 13 year old in France on the verge of WW2. It didn't appeal to our 13 year or the 10 year old but the 8 year old boy in the family loved it. I read the book last year when it was published in England (and have to say I liked the cover graphic even more).<br /><br />From the author: The tru... | [] | 0553536389 | 0553536389 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,357,684,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Ages 11 to 13 | While we (me and the 10 year old in the family and even the now 14 year old who began the series when he was 12) wish Birdie and Jem had more page time in this 3rd book in the series it was great reading Ned's story and being transported back to Victorian London. We both got hooked on the series from the first book:<br... | [] | 0544086961 | 0544086961 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,343,445,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 9 to 11 | Our 10 year old was enchanted. I loved the historic setting set in England during WW2 where the Germans rained down 1400 deaths in one small town that the parents sent their children to the countryside to save their lives (of course all of that information is muted for the young reader).<br /><br />10 year old Lizzie a... | [] | 0544570995 | 0544570995 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,330,334,000 | 0 | false |
4 | her best hope "a disabled felon with a violent past and a criminal record" | A sad indictment on our country and our love for our children that the best option for a 6 year old child when her parents die lies with a relative who has a history of criminal violence. Other than the premise, which I just had to suspend disbelief and despair, I enjoyed the journey of them both growing older and foun... | [] | 0062408941 | 0062408941 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,212,951,000 | 1 | false |
4 | I had to know! | I had to take one star off for the creeped out feeling that I got with the sexual relationship between the couple who were raised as 'siblings'. To those that say the ending is a cheat that came out of no where I have to disagree, it was right there on at the end of chapter one, you only had to be open to all the possi... | [] | 0316309672 | 0316309672 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,191,785,000 | 1 | false |
4 | What a surprise! | A Romance! Would never have guessed by the cover or the author'(whose novels I have been reading since 1982). More than a romance, it's a funny entertaining novelization of elements of the author's own life (at least that is my take on it), and lot's of fun to read. Found this after I finished reading it:<br /><br />AU... | [] | 0399176233 | 0399176233 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,177,912,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Excellent new character in Gus Murphy | Once I got over the premise for the demise of the family as a unit I enjoyed every last detail. Coleman is a terrific storyteller, so good that I may try his take on Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone [[ASIN:B00INIXG2U Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot (A Jesse Stone Novel Book 13)]] & [[ASIN:B00SI0B7WE Robert B. Parker's ... | [] | 039917303X | 039917303X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,449,171,843,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Recommend especially for ages 17 to 22 | What I found most interesting was how he made the most of any opportunity afforded him, he took his strengths and built his life on them very successfully. I've been reading Mr. Forsyth's novels for 30 years, so ordering his memoir was a no brainer and it fulfilled my every need in a terrific reflection of a life well ... | [] | 0399176071 | 0399176071 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,448,549,155,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Fun and usable I recommend it to anyone planning a trip to NYC | I recommend it to anyone planning a living near NYC. New York City’s most exciting borough is Manhattan, but using this guide book as a template, a starting point, you can have a blast in exploring the 18 boroughs and 29 neighborhoods of Brooklyn.<br /><br />The illustrations by Brooklyn-based artist Claudia Pearson ma... | [] | 1101878231 | 1101878231 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,448,548,403,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Disappointed | an erotic romance without a soul. The heroine had no honor and neither did her lover. I love this period. I loved Laurie McBain and was hoping to find another author like her. | [] | 0373778457 | 0373778457 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,448,546,560,000 | 0 | false |
4 | story-lines nicely come together and will be especially enjoyable for readers of the author's two series: | I have been hooked on Fern Micheals since 1977 and 'Captive Passions'. The characters in this novel are from the author's previous series and so I did a little research before reading them to get me up to speed - I included it below to save others the journey I took.<br /><br />Well written Christmas gift to readers wh... | [] | 1420136658 | 1420136658 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,448,433,565,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Burt is the man! | I have been a fan along with my father for 50 years. Smokey and the Bandit, Evening Shade, Deliverance, The Longest Yard, remember him as Quint in Gunsmoke, 1970 TV show 'Dan August', heck he was fabulous in the X-files episode he guess starred. So yeah I was going to love this book and while I don't feel I know Mr. Re... | [] | 0399173544 | 0399173544 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,448,347,895,000 | 0 | false |
5 | historical fiction 1562 to 1572 | The author is an excellent storyteller. 11 year old Princess Margot, daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, sister of Kings Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III of France, and of Queen Elizabeth of Spain., is brought to court and eventually falls in love with the Henry, the Catholic Duc de Guise,... | [] | 1250072093 | 1250072093 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,448,261,649,000 | 0 | false |
5 | The New Yorker readers will celebrate this collection | Readers who appreciate literary non-fiction and fiction will equally enjoy this collection. If you have also read the author's memoir [[ASIN:0151013500 Let Me Finish]] published 9 years ago you come away with a deeper appreciation for the author and the man.<br /><br />You can always read the title piece originally pu... | [] | 0385541139 | 0385541139 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,447,940,332,000 | 0 | false |
4 | ripped from the headlines circa 1960 cold war nuclear build up | I like the presentation. It opens with an government run nuclear reactor accident and the backstories that led up to the event are revealed to the reader. Most interesting and riveting to me was the very common story of a young marriage falling apart when the couple is taken out of the environment where they fell in lo... | [] | 0812997743 | 0812997743 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,447,881,066,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Ages 10 to 13 | The author lost this adult reader with "a world filled with human-size rats" lol - the 10 year old in the family thought they were pretty cool. I was concerned that the large cast of characters would be a stumbling block for a younger reader but she said no.<br /><br />New York City residents 13-year-old Max an... | [] | 0385755228 | 0385755228 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,447,874,366,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Lily Dale is a place, it's in New York State | I greW up in northern New Jersey and never heard of Lily Dale, NY. The author grew up near Lily Dale, N.Y. and she captured it vividly. Incorporated in 1879 as Cassadaga Lake Free Association, "a camp and meeting place for Spiritualists and Freethinkers". The name was changed to Lily Dale Assembly in 1906. The ... | [] | 1629532487 | 1629532487 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,447,867,023,000 | 0 | false |
3 | I was so looking forward to this | I wanted to enjoy this novel so much and I knew from the book blurb that it was the kind of book I enjoy, and I would have if, the two leads didn't leave me cold. | [] | 0062391623 | 0062391623 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,447,334,589,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Vivid, graphic depiction of the gore when cartels and gangs want you to suffer | If you are itching for Jack Reacher to reach a whole new level of violence than this will be for you. The author has a knack for dialogue and is a huge best seller in his home of New Zealand . His publishers asked him to set his new novel in the US. He eagerly and successfully took on the challenge. I have been to New ... | [] | 1250058791 | 1250058791 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,937,618,000 | 1 | false |
4 | I had no idea | As a child, grandchild and great child of New Englanders I had no idea how special Vermont is - lol. Located in mountains of northern Vermont bordering Canada is an area Vermonters refer to as 'God’s Kingdom' aka the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, encompassing Essex, Orleans, and Caledonia counties.<br /><br />A lovely... | [] | 1250069483 | 1250069483 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,923,493,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Fascinating, I would LOVE to see this author on a required highschool syllabus. | The title had me at hello and it took me 9 days to read this 691 page novel - I usually start and finish a book a day but this was the first novel I read by Carolyn Chute,http://www.amazon.com/Beans-Egypt-Maine-Carolyn-Chute/dp/0899193625/ref=tmm_pap_title_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=, I and I fund it so rich in everythi... | [] | 080211945X | 080211945X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,918,524,000 | 2 | false |
5 | A really well written bleak story | The slave trade and post-Revolutionary North Carolina. Asa is the master of his plantation, his daughter, Helen, married a pirate, John, then died birthing their daughter Tabitha. Tabitha dies of yellow fever 10 years later.<br /><br />Bleak.<br /><br />Flashback to happiers time we see John and Helen in love. At the ... | [] | 0062335952 | 0062335952 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,917,594,000 | 2 | false |
5 | An exquisite capture of the the era 1940 to 1945 and later. | as viewed by Wally Baker. In the midst of WW2 Wally and her mother, Stella (a doctor) live with Stella's parents (Gigi & Waldo) in their 5 story home in Brooklyn Heights. Living on another floor is Loretta, who works for the family, and her son Ham. Stella's husband and Wally's father is away at war. I would tell you m... | [] | 1400064686 | 1400064686 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,916,749,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Rave reviews, the PNW locale and the historic period compelled me to order | I ordered this novel of the lawless turn of the century coastal lumber town in the Pacific Northwest after reading so many rave reviews. I am currently living in the same area and I was ripe to enjoy this novel. It had all the elements but the book was a real struggle to finish. Where the NYT noted the book's patient a... | [] | 0062297740 | 0062297740 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,883,427,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Surprisingly disappointing | I was floundering in grasping the story for the first 100 pages and by the time things started to gel I had lost interest. Stretching from 1913 Ellis Island to the 1950s and beginning with the Russian emigre arrival to the USA and landing a job in Bridgeport Connecticut at the Remington gun manufacturing company. It is... | [] | 1594205884 | 1594205884 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,872,212,000 | 0 | false |
5 | 1938 and two kindred spirits with little in common but their dreams | 1938 and 19 year old Bud hops a bus from eastern Oregon to Hollywood with dreams of be a stunt rider in the movies.Bud's parents, Martha and Henry, were in the author's novel, [[ASIN:B0029LHWMW The Hearts of Horses]].<br /><br />Lily is also on the bus with dreams of being a scriptwriter.<br /><br />Sadly I am too much... | [] | 0544279298 | 0544279298 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,871,488,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Ages 16 and up | I had to know what happened. The story is a series of cliff hangers for 16-year-old Seth who dies at sea, then awakens in his home where everyone has vanished. A couple of the cliff hangers include the kidnapping of his 4 year old brother by an escaped convict and a same-sex romance with another young adult. It would ... | [] | 0763662585 | 0763662585 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,870,191,000 | 0 | false |
5 | horribly, beautifully evocative of the despair that remained in England 2 years after the end of WWI | 1920 London, the lives of 3 women, mother, lover, daughter and how they survive after the death of their son, their lover, their father as well as the shattered men who returned. The story revolves around the 5 days leading up to the burial of Great Britain's Tomb of the unknown fallen warrior. Perfect. | [] | 0812995139 | 0812995139 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,863,367,000 | 0 | false |
4 | American agent in Isreal | While this is a debut thriller from Chris Goff, I have been reading her Rocky Mountain mystery series for 15 years.<br /><br />Any woman who can wear an ill fitted black pencil skirt, roll it up a few times, then fashion a holster out of a belt, secure the holster and gun around her thigh, and then walk undetected is o... | [] | 1629531928 | 1629531928 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,820,799,000 | 0 | false |
5 | The author is a born storyteller | and the series is addictive. Fina Ludlow has a family as wealthy as they are dysfunctional and I can't get enough of them. This is the 3rd title in the Boston based private investigator, do yourself a favor and read them in order as they really do enhance your enjoyment. | [] | 0399171185 | 0399171185 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,802,570,000 | 0 | false |
4 | this was quite entertaining. | Not the author's normal fare. More a character study and a cautionary tale. I loved it, as a woman, and a relative of women who have battled with cancer, as a user of social media like yahoo groups and facebook. There are a cast of characters so if that isn't your thing you should take a pass. | [] | 0062222406 | 0062222406 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,801,341,000 | 0 | false |
5 | #11 in a series of paranormal investigators who are paranormal themselves | Best one yet - I loved it. With the tie in to Civil War. Even though this is a series, each book is a stand alone title that can be read out of order.<br /><br />Krewe of Hunters:<br />Phantom Evil (2011)<br />Heart of Evil<br />Sacred Evil<br />The Evil Inside<br />The Unseen<br />The Unholy<br />The Unspoken<br />The... | [] | 0778315088 | 0778315088 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,800,074,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 15th title in the author's paranormal investigator series series | and I am getting addicted to them since I inadvertently ordered one in the series not knowing it was a paranormal title (I enjoy paranormal movies and TV shows but novels have never interested me). I have been a fan of the author for decades for her romance titles so I guess it should come as no surprise that I am enjo... | [] | 0778317994 | 0778317994 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,796,322,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 10 to 12 | Fantasy. Our 10 year old loved it - I could hear her laughing as she read and a big smile when she finished. 12 year old Sophie's parents own a book shop (the author had me at bookstore, lol). And their adventures in the 'dream trade' move the novel at a magical pace. | [] | 0544464974 | 0544464974 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,793,964,000 | 0 | false |
3 | 8th romance of a series set on the southern Oregon coast. | In this the 8th novel in the series I was hoping for more detail to the area the book is set in the southern coast of Oregon, but I never got a feel of place (maybe because I just visited the area for the first time 2 months ago). I just felt like it could set on any coastal town in the US. I was looking for more dept... | [] | 0778317870 | 0778317870 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,793,601,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Keeper! | After her first two hugely successful novels I was looking forward to this third novel and have been richly rewarded, enough so I am looking forward to reading it again. Like Jane Rule [[ASIN:B00D00WA32 This Is Not for You: A Novel]]and Alexander McCall Smith [[ASIN:034580581X Trains and Lovers: A Novel]], Moran is a b... | [] | 1939562929 | 1939562929 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,793,095,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Beautiful | Since I first read this debut novel I have read it 2 more times which at my advanced age of 50 is saying something because my time is precious. Moran has a huge career in front of her, she is one of the bright lights in general fiction. Adding her name to the likes of my must reads Lee Lynch, Jewelle Gomez, Marianne K.... | [] | 1939562104 | 1939562104 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,791,136,000 | 0 | false |
4 | #17 in a (so far) 18 volume series begun in 2011 | I have been reading this author's novels for 30 years And while I didn't care for the paranormal genre (below) I can tell you I have enjoyed her other novels so I listed them below.<br /><br />Krewe of Hunters:<br />Phantom Evil (2011)<br />Heart of Evil<br />Sacred Evil<br />The Evil Inside<br />The Unseen<br />The Un... | [] | 0778317897 | 0778317897 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,613,626,000 | 0 | false |
4 | It helps if you have an interest in Political Science or love the Jack Ryan novels. | Rave reviews led me to order this title. I liked it. The only drawback for me was pronouncing some of the names, I wanted to call one evildoer Chimichanga and it didn't help me that the great hope of the nation rested on a character named GuGu. | [] | 0399168680 | 0399168680 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,611,051,000 | 2 | false |
5 | The author had me at Christmas | I love romance and Christmas so it was a win win to why I ordered this title. Hunky Captain Brian Hutchinson is honorably discharged suffering from PTSD. His sister Ashley has the maturity of a reality TV personality who skips out of town to vacation with her boyfriend leaving Hutch and her friend Jane to care for her... | [] | 0062310240 | 0062310240 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,608,408,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Well written and riveting. | The author is a regionally famous radio talk show host whose husband, after 10 turbulent years of marriage and with divorce finally on the horizon, is diagnosed as bi-polar. Weeks later he is a suicide, leaving their daughter shattered and their finances exposed revealing they are near destitute. WOW! | [] | 1580055842 | 1580055842 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,607,277,000 | 1 | false |
3 | An excellent book club choice | As I was reading the novel I kept asking myself why did I order this book? Nothing was believable not the characters and not the plot. 29 year old Jensen is married to Nico even tho she is still in love with her boyfriend from high school. Her boyfriend back in high school, Ryder, is now a hot shot physician treating h... | [] | 1250042836 | 1250042836 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,606,381,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Fascinating | A novel about Vice, the good (those who try to stop it), the bad (those who live it) and the ugly - really ugly (those who thrive on it's existence). I was riveted until the end which was abrupt and not satisfying. Still I am glad I tried it as this is not a genre I have read before.<br /><br />The author (aka Robert L... | [] | 1101872594 | 1101872594 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,605,333,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Deserved of every rave review | After finishing the last page I couldn't help but want to spend some time in her company. The author brought Elizabeth to life, you just want to know how close to the truth could this depiction be? It's not like the last 100 years where we pretty much know everything about our public figures. The author does such a goo... | [] | 0544577841 | 0544577841 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,530,683,000 | 2 | false |
5 | The author is the director of programming at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. | and searching the internet I have read articles dating back a decade showing that this book is a culmination of long study by the author. Long enough to feel a deep appreciation yet short enough that you can finish the book in a day. A fascinating subject that just gets more curious with every a page. | [] | 0544343751 | 0544343751 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,528,453,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 8 to 12 | Ok, the author had me at Rand McNally the cruel and charismatic map moguI. LOL<br /><br />Set in an alternate history circa 1599 off the coast of Britannia aka England. 12-year-old Bren Owen set off on adventures that Huck Finn would envy, Our 8 year old and 10 year old loved the book, and I liked it too. Instead of a... | [] | 0062221906 | 0062221906 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,527,390,000 | 0 | false |
5 | 1932 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, | A profile of the lead driver, Billy Fiske (an American who 8 years later was a pilot in the RAF in WW2), the Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, and the bob sledding team and the event itself. This is probably a book best suited for history lovers who enjoy a book full of details and side stories (that would be me). | [] | 1592409091 | 1592409091 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,446,268,597,000 | 0 | false |
3 | oops! I thought this was a title written by Ace 'Atkins' of Robert B. Parker continuity fame. | Fyi, Abingdon Press is an imprint of The United Methodist Publishing House, in operation since 1789. For more than 200 years, Abingdon Press has continued a tradition in religious publishing for crossing denominational boundaries with thought-provoking and enjoyable books. In the early 1920s, Abingdon began publishing ... | [] | 1426770030 | 1426770030 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,445,920,695,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Fans of the Ann Rule novels will love this | for fans of the Die Hard movies - not so much. I loved the day to day look of life as a PI and life on cargo vessel while those look for non-stop action and gripping mystery with twists and turns along the way won't find it overloaded. | [] | 1497641543 | 1497641543 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,445,867,402,000 | 0 | false |
2 | too much Rory, not enough Clay | I've been in banking for 34 years and the insurance industry going back 2 generations. I was made for this novel but the characters never caught on with me. | [] | 1477825878 | 1477825878 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,445,843,874,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Didn't think Evelyn was strong enough | "Evelyn has waited eighteen years for a chance to investigate" I should have guessed from this tag line that I wasn't going to be satisfied with an investigator that can wait 18 years to solve a crime. | [] | 0778317382 | 0778317382 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,445,843,566,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A heinous murderer stalks a small town in northern New York state | Rowan Mundy returns to the town she grew up in with her husband & 3 college age children, and takes a teaching position in the elementary school.<br /><br />I can't say enough good things about this murder mystery without giving away the things I liked about it, The 100 year old unsolved Seeping Beauty murders whose id... | [] | 0062349732 | 0062349732 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,445,759,700,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Ages 14 and up | the 14 year old in the family did not care for the ending - he said it didn't fit with the first 140 pages. I read it first and felt that everyone got gypped -it was like a slap of realism on top of a tragedy that had potential to be terrific.<br /><br />Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus reviewers loved it. | [] | 054446222X | 054446222X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,445,486,852,000 | 3 | false |
5 | 40 year old cold case involving eight abducted women cracks wide open | 31 year old Claire, is the Felony Division Chief for the state of Florida but she isn't getting the support of police or the other lawyers in the State Attorney’s office. This novel was right up my alley, and having lived in Florida the last 25 years was a bonus. there is a huge surprise half way into the novel that s... | [] | 1250072751 | 1250072751 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,445,480,436,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Fascinating - will be a hit for anyone who reads Vanity Fair or People magazines | or anyone to is intrigued by the dynamics of human interaction. A perfect read for any film buff or anyone who the history of the movie industry from 1950's to 2011. Sue Mengers (1932-2011) deal making, drinking, smoking, drugs and Hollywood superstars. I loved that Ms. Mengers told it like it was while being as smart ... | [] | 0670015407 | 0670015407 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,445,479,853,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 14 to 16 | 15-year-old Peak Marcello; his mom, Teri, a climber known as The Fly; Zopa, a Sherpa friend from his ascent of Mount Everest 6 months ago (in the 2007 novel below); 200 teenagers from around the world and a film crew are off to climb the Pamir mountains in war torn AFGHANISTAN - what are the folks who organized this tr... | [] | 0544341228 | 0544341228 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,444,835,492,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Nice motivational stories to share with your teenager. | Well written, it just never appealed to 50 year old me. Maybe I have been to one too many motivational courses, or one too many ethics classes. I ordered the title without skimming the the content (I was thinking it was going to be about a history of a career spent with the general). I suspect I will enjoy the author... | [] | 1588345297 | 1588345297 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,444,739,090,000 | 0 | false |
4 | I loved the premise by the author of the Detective Jane Rizzoli and Medical Examiner Maura Isles series | and they had me until she kills the family cat. Really, why? Well, it was better than killing the 3 year old daughter, but still not needed.<br /><br />Julia Ansdell, the narrator is in Rome and buys an old music book 'Gypsy', inside on note paper is a handwritten waltz "Incendio" signed 'L. Todesco'. Upon her ... | [] | 1101884347 | 1101884347 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,444,258,168,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 320 pages in her own words. | After watching her 15 minute talk at the TED conference "In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating … Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that's how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida — at ... | [] | 0385353618 | 0385353618 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,444,243,452,000 | 8 | false |
4 | 326-page debut novel illustrated by Sungyoon Choi | Why did I order this title? the opening sentence of the blurb sucked me in and I had to know the answer "When Walter Stahl was five-years-old, his mother drove away in the family's blue Volvo and never came back". Also, I had not read a graphic novel since 3rd grade and the cover captured me (even if the guy on... | [] | 1250055660 | 1250055660 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,444,237,775,000 | 1 | false |
4 | 1987 to 2015 to 2019 - 3rd in a trilogy but easily readable as a stand alone | Epic, unflinchingly and hard hitting, in the last chapters of the book the future as envisioned by the author seems all too reasonable because she captures the last 30 years so realistically. There is a lot to like and love in this novel of a family beset with tragedy and hope but don't expect a beautiful golden stor... | [] | 0307700348 | 0307700348 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,444,236,782,000 | 0 | false |
4 | As erotically charged as the cover would indicate - who knew? | How could I resist a Lawrence Block title with a throw back to the 1950's lurid pulp fiction cover? And a main charater with the name Doak Miller? The clincher was the author interview I found on line at 'Hollywood Soapbox' dated September 25, 2015 "INTERVIEW: Lawrence Block returns with ‘Girl With the Deep Blue Ey... | [] | 1783297506 | 1783297506 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,444,234,302,000 | 1 | false |
5 | a gift for your child no matter the gender or age | Having read the author's previous books [[ASIN:B000GQLCSC Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: Second Edition (Owlet Book)]] (published the year I graduated college); 1991's [[ASIN:B0023ATDWQ Revolution From Within]]; 1994's [[ASIN:0671649728 Moving Beyond Words]]; and the 1995 literary biography by Dr. Carolyn H... | [] | 0679456201 | 0679456201 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,444,231,322,000 | 22 | false |
4 | 3rd in a mystery series reimagining of the life one of Britain’s most coveted painters - Francis Bacon | The flagrantly gay Francis Bacon takes off for Post WW2 Tangier with his older, and rich, lover David. What follows is a hot mess of intrigue completely enjoyable to me for not knowing the first thing about the real Francis Bacon and what a hot mess he was to himself and those in his circle.<br /><br />THE FIRES OF LON... | [] | 1497641497 | 1497641497 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,444,019,142,000 | 0 | false |
5 | First I wanted to learn who the heck Wilkie Collins was | Collins (1824-1889) was popular British novelist writing in the same era as Charles Dickens (n 1851, he met Dickens, and the two became close friends "We saw each other every day, and were as fond of each other as men could be."). His first novel, Antoninia, took place in ancient Rome while his greatest success... | [] | 0385537395 | 0385537395 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,444,014,391,000 | 0 | false |
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