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5 | Ages 5 to 9 | This 50 year old Jersey Girl loved that Emma was a happy confident child,. The 9 year old in our family who read it to the 4 and 5 years olds enjoyed it too. The author is a reported in New York City for the last 15 years and, like Emma, her children have a Dominican heritage. What a cool mom!<br /><br />Emma Perez is ... | [] | 054568692X | 054568692X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,432,012,660,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Not a romance | and sometimes bittersweet. Set in a fictional Los Angeles coastal community where three 'Pilates Pals' have all come to a crossroads in their lives at the same time. 50 year old, Pam, a married empty-nester; 40 year old, Shannon, who has it all except romance; a 30 year old working mother,Nicole, with a husband who pul... | [] | 0778317749 | 0778317749 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,432,001,376,000 | 0 | false |
5 | 1964 North Dakota, | Marjorie Trumaine, her beloved husband Hank severely disabled in a hunting accident is keeping the farm afloat working moonlighting. Like most people in their county she is shook to her core when neighbors, Erik and Lida Knudsen, are found murdered. Their two sons, Peter and Jaeger, are barely out of their teens. The s... | [] | 1633880060 | 1633880060 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,999,535,000 | 2 | false |
3 | the 200th book in the series dating back to 1964 | This book promised much but is awkwardly written (or translated). I would like to like it, it's so simplistic , as if hastily written. The author passed away in 2013, was called the best-informed spy novelist. His SAS pulp-fiction series has sold over 150 million novels - it's hero, Malko Linge, an Austrian aristocrat... | [] | 0804169357 | 0804169357 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,996,609,000 | 0 | false |
3 | A huge 800+ page novel | Sequel to "Natchez Burning" action-packed thriller, Book #2 in a trilogy featuring Mississippi lawyer, and former prosecutor, Penn Cage and fiance Caitin Masters. I have to say that I let the pretentious names bother me. You've got evil wealthy businessmen, corruption, the Ku Klux Klan led by the State's chief ... | [] | 0062311115 | 0062311115 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,931,771,000 | 2 | false |
4 | This is the kind of book that book clubs were made for. this would be a fun book on on any high school or college curriculum. | I was intrigued to order the book after a segment on the Diane Rehm Show that is still available online: "In the 1950s, a Gallup poll asked high school seniors if they considered themselves to be a very important person. Just 12 percent said yes. When the same question was asked 50 years later, 80 percent of stude... | [] | 081299325X | 081299325X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,931,142,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Debut novel - character study | 1980's Queens New York City. Josiah has different childhood than most, his father preaches to his followers of the looming Armageddon. Flash-forward 30 years and Josiah returns to his hometown to care for his dying father.<br /><br />I liked it for the depiction of Queens and the closing chapter. The fabulous review by... | [] | 0805098216 | 0805098216 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,929,928,000 | 0 | false |
3 | hard to tell what age this is for. | What an awesome premise! I loved the idea. A retelling of the 101 Arabian Nights, it turns out the story is not what we always believed, and this story makes a whole lot more sense.<br /><br />Khalid, the 18 year-old Caliph of Khorasan.<br />Shahrzad the 16 year old bride.<br /><br />the book is marketed to 12 year old... | [] | 0399171614 | 0399171614 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,926,092,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Ages 9 and up | My 9 year old was riveted. I enjoyed it immensely. Maggie is a bird, a Magpie (the progeny of Maggie senior & Max) and the storyteller of this fable. Jackson is a bird, a Crow. Jackson takes Magpie under is wing until he is shot dead. Maggie is bereft until she meets Blue Boy.<br /><br />Blue Boy, is a wolf who had bee... | [] | 1481410172 | 1481410172 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,925,240,000 | 0 | false |
3 | 12 year old grave robber in Victorian London | What an odd, odd children's book. Thomas Marsden lives in Victorian London, he robs graves. Hmmm not exactly an activity I want my young ones to appreciate. The story throws Thomas a curve ball when a grave reveals a dead body who looks exactly like him, except dead. The story is filled with fortune-tellers, alternate... | [] | 144249882X | 144249882X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,923,261,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Ages 9 to 12 | It's March in Colorado and Nashoba and his pack of 8 wolves is hungry.<br /><br />13 year old Casey, receives a hunting kit for his birthday.<br /><br />You see where this is going.<br /><br />Merla is a snarky raven leading a grudging Nashoba to some food.<br /><br />Casey shoots Merla dead.<br /><br />An excellent op... | [] | 1442499214 | 1442499214 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,922,169,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Ages 9 to 14 | Magical realism, that our 9 year old devoured over the weekend. 13 year old Raine can read memories that linger on objects, her fingers tingle to touch the "sparkles" that she views on them. She and her mom move in a new home, a new town, turns out it was the home of Emily H. who disappeared 8 weeks ago. Schoo... | [] | 0385739435 | 0385739435 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,919,546,000 | 0 | false |
3 | prequel to 2010's "Who Fears Death" | Prequel to Apocalypse. Phoenix was created two years ago as a biological weapon - she also looks and acts like a gorgeous 40 year old woman. Everything was fine until she realized her surroundings were a prison and she escapes from the lab. This is her story.<br /><br />I had no expectations going into this new to me... | [] | 0756410193 | 0756410193 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,918,852,000 | 1 | false |
4 | The Wisdom of Our Elders | I liked this "we can employ ordinary measures for mood improvement and to fight against anxiety, depression, and stress. My conclusion from working with nursing home residents is that feeling better does not usually require a miracle, just careful management of the mundane elements of our lives."<br /><br />Dr ... | [] | 1633880168 | 1633880168 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,907,510,000 | 3 | false |
5 | 9 Powerful stories, expertly written - hard to believe ... | 9 Powerful stories, expertly written - hard to believe this is a debut collection. Short story writing done well is a rare find. This collection stretches across the world and across decades. The one element linking the stories is the portrayal of the Philippine people.<br /><br />Samples of the author's work can be fo... | [] | 0385352816 | 0385352816 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,902,074,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Well written account by renowned Brazilian biographer | I was living in Florida and vaguely remembered The Cuban Five aka The Miami Five. The five were Cuban intelligence officers arrested in the US in September 1998 and later convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage & conspiracy to commit murder. The Cuban government considers them heroes.<br /><br />René Gonz&aa... | [] | 1781688761 | 1781688761 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,900,501,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Traumatic coming of age story woven in magical realism | Compulsively readable. Set in the projects of the Bronx, New York City. 16 year old Aaron already has the troubles of Job. Add to that he has fallen in love with his BFF, Thomas. I would like to think that in the near future this wouldn't be an issue but in this book it still is. The surprise at the end left me reeling... | [] | 1616955600 | 1616955600 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,866,878,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Classic Noir from debut author | Took me right back to my beloved John D. MacDonald novels *happy sigh*<br /><br />Old Gus Lindquist, hasn't had it easy post Katrina (2005) post BP oil spill (2010) being a one armed alcoholic don't make it any easier. Gus gets it into his head to go searching for Jean Lafitte's treasure, rumored to be buried when he v... | [] | 0804140561 | 0804140561 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,864,017,000 | 0 | false |
4 | named one of the “10 Best Modern European Crime Writers | Author of the five Commissario Trotti novels (published 1982–96). Crime Writers of America award-winning grand master of crime fiction, named one of the “10 Best Modern European Crime Writers.”<br /><br />Alphonse Trousseau and the vivid depiction of Guadeloupe made this novel enjoyable, I also enjoyed the mystery very... | [] | 1616953853 | 1616953853 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,862,727,000 | 0 | false |
2 | New 2 me author | A New York Times Bestseller list author since 1987 so maybe my expectations were too high. So I was super surprised that the pacing of the book killed it for me.<br /><br />The premise is that Earth has become a border war zone for two other planets. The aliens have obliterated humanity, a small pocket of misery are tr... | [] | 1596067039 | 1596067039 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,860,884,000 | 2 | false |
4 | I loved her honesty. It was very eye opening for me | 23 year old Ashley Nicole Rickards is an actress on the MTV comedy-drama series Awkward, and plays a troubled teen on the CW's teen drama series One Tree Hill. I ordered this book because I liked the look of the author - she emanates smart, confident and sincere. Since age 7 she has had eating disorders and this tell... | [] | 0373893132 | 0373893132 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,667,442,000 | 0 | false |
5 | having a little peek at the well to do has always been addictive for me | I went to grade school with a Kirshenbaum from 1972 to 1975 so the name caught my eye back in November in a witty articel in the NY Observer titled "ISN'T THAT RICH? The Wealfie: Like a Selfie, But Richer and More Irritating" do your selfie a favor and look for that online and if you are greatly amused while re... | [] | 1504007328 | 1504007328 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,586,319,000 | 2 | false |
4 | I couldn't fathom what this young woman had to endure | She has my total admiration and best wishes. I would love to see this in a high school or college cirriculum. Almost as much as I would like the United Nations UN) to get involved in what is happening in North Korea. | [] | 1250064643 | 1250064643 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,586,078,000 | 1 | false |
4 | a literary legal thriller | Remember the old movie "His girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell aka The Front Page". Terrific dialogue, quick witted protagonists surround by a cast of memorable characters, the city being a big part of the story? Well movie the story from NYC to Southern Virginia and the careers from newspape... | [] | 0385353596 | 0385353596 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,585,931,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Debut novel first published in 2013 under the name 'Urgle' | a society of abandoned boys under the age of 16 living in misery, squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding. The 14 year old in the family loved it - the adult found it a real slog to get through and unbelievable even as a fantasy novel to get through.<br /><br />Best for ages 12 to 14 | [] | 0385744455 | 0385744455 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,584,930,000 | 0 | false |
4 | a New edition, previously published as two volumes, Shotgun Gravy and Bait | If you can handle the killing of a neighborhood dog and dogfighting as entertainment, for me it colored the book and not in a good way, you will be treated to an epic fantasy with a kicka## heroine, set in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania. While the main character, Atlanta, is a teenager, it's not a novel I woul... | [] | 1477827102 | 1477827102 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,584,070,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Epic 600+ page fantasy | Debut novel from a talented short story author. Surprisingly it started slow - I had thought being a short story author it would pull you in from the first chapter. I am glad I kept with it because by page 70 it got going and the reading was pure joy.<br /><br />23 years after uniting the islands of Xana & Dara Emperor... | [] | 1481424270 | 1481424270 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,582,907,000 | 2 | false |
5 | 1938 and after 9 long years, the greatest depression in American history is slowly loosening it's grip on the American people | Layla Beck is the daughter of a United States Senator without much pocket change from Dad. He thinks her working at the Government's Federal Writers’ Project will be terrific for her and the country. No longer a debutante, she finds herself in a mill town in West Virginia where almost everything is rural.<br /><br />Wi... | [] | 0385342942 | 0385342942 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,581,843,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Fascinating | Having been a subscriber to the New Yorker since 1967 I enjoyed this biography very much. Mitchell was a staff writer at The New Yorker for 58 years from 1938 until he died in 1996. More stunning was that for 32 years from 1964 on he never published anything - nothing - for 32 years! Amazing that the same man would som... | [] | 0375508902 | 0375508902 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,479,993,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Prague Noir - A Must Read | Raymond Chandler-esque mystery set in 1950's Prague, Czechoslovakia under the totalitarian Soviet Union controlled communist government (which the author survived and endured - her husband did not).<br /><br />Helena Novák, whose husband Karl is in prison on trumped up charges, works at the Horizon Cinema. An 8 year o... | [] | 1616954965 | 1616954965 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,478,664,000 | 0 | false |
4 | possible spoilers? | Books, romance, books and the South of France - what's not to love? Translated from the German.<br /><br />50 year old Jean Perdu was jilted 21 years ago. His lover, Manon left a letter which he in his grief never opened (hard to believe - I know). Since then he has found solace in his Paris on the Seine bookstore, The... | [] | 0553418777 | 0553418777 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,454,912,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Ages 15 to 18 | Snow White and the Zombies and not Disney's version. A thriller mystery set in a medieval past in a small remote mountain village Royal troops come thundering through and are found massacred days later. Brothers Tom & Jude discover the horror in the icy snow of Beggar’s Drift. A Duke comes to investigate.<br /><br />F... | [] | 0385743459 | 0385743459 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,453,239,000 | 0 | false |
3 | speculative thriller of World War III | The title refers to old warships from the navy's "Ghost Fleet." China and Russia have there eye on claiming America's mineral rights to the Mariana Trench so it's pearl Harbor all over again. They get away with it becuase America's modern high tech has all been hacked. Enter the Ghost Fleet to the resue.<br />... | [] | 0544142845 | 0544142845 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,451,620,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Ages 9 to 13 | Our 9 year old gobbled it up. The illustrations are perfect for the story.12 year old Sophie and family are moving to a farm her family inherited. Told through a series of delightful letters to and from Sophie. The Chickens have their own side story - Chameleon, Henrietta, etc..<br /><br />I loved it for Sophie's mixe... | [] | 038575552X | 038575552X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,446,486,000 | 1 | false |
2 | Disappointed | I thought Mike was a boar. I took me 25% into the book to understand what was going on, then after the big reveal the story went downhill. Perhaps because the premise sounded so promising - the type of book I love to read that I so disappointed when the novel didn't live up to the advertising. | [] | 0553418297 | 0553418297 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,409,986,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Truly ripped from the headlines | The author knows what he is what he is writing about and tells the story of what is going on in Greece economically and socially, flawlessly. A fascinating look at Greek culture. Not a dry moment in the telling. Looking for a peek? The author has a piece in the New York Times you can read on line "Greece’s Unhapp... | [] | 0385346484 | 0385346484 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,408,007,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Excellent academic title - way too dry for anything but ... | Excellent academic title - way too dry for anything but mandatory reading. The author is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado springs where it gives the following profile: Professor Tom Pyszczynski received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (1976) and his... | [] | 1400067472 | 1400067472 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,407,332,000 | 1 | false |
4 | You don't get anymore Fashion insider then Kate Betts | For readers of Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle, Allure, InStyle, Glamour, Essence, Lucky & Cosmopolitan and followers of designers Karl Lagerfeld, Caroline Herrera, Christian Lacroix, Yves Saint Laurent, John Galliano, Vivienne Westwood, Giorgio Armani, Dolce and Gabbana, Jean Paul Gaultier, Miuccia Prada,... | [] | 0679644423 | 0679644423 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,325,896,000 | 2 | false |
2 | Very glad I gave it a try | It was a long, bizarre, cruelty laden, obscenity filled, gory horror story. A lot of information to absorb. A lot of suspension of disbelief. But the worst was reading for 400 pages and not really knowing if I understood what was going on. Kind of like the last Stanley Kubrick movie "Eyes Wide Shut."<br /><br /... | [] | 0553418602 | 0553418602 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,323,200,000 | 4 | false |
5 | If the world of publishing fascinates you, this is the book for you | To everyone else this will be an unexpected treat. I was hesitant to believe all the positive reviews, the author is head of a publishing house with superstar literary talents, and he has been in the publishing world for over 40 years. I was thinking this might be time for everyone to give it lavish praise without open... | [] | 0385353340 | 0385353340 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,322,213,000 | 2 | false |
4 | With a cover like that, how can you not want to read it? | The author had me at "a group of men struggling to be better fathers in Watts, South Los Angeles" most having seen the inside of prison. This should be required reading in every high school. It's not a pretty picture rampant teenage parents, infidelity, drugs, booze, 8th grade educations, no father themselves, ... | [] | 0807014524 | 0807014524 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,319,952,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Debut Novel, set in Montana, by Oregon author | Loved loved loved it. This is a talented author we will be reading for decades to come. The story unfolds so perfectly, so compellingly that you savor the last perfect page.<br /><br />20 years ago Wes Carver was a correstions officer when a riot broke out where he has a hostage and Bobby Williams was responsible for 2... | [] | 0544309871 | 0544309871 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,317,637,000 | 1 | false |
3 | not his best | Reich is a automatic read in our family, because he is such a great storyteller. This one is a disappointment, so much so that, while I did finish it, it isn't one I could recommend. Far fetched, slow, angst ridden, almost to the point it could be a spoof ala Austin Powers. | [] | 0385531575 | 0385531575 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,313,812,000 | 2 | false |
2 | plodding | Perhaps it is too real, with too many of the boring parts left in. A family in Seattle devastated by autism. Charles is an instructor in a private school. His 20 year old son, Cody is autistic. His daughter Emmy has just left for college. His Ex, Alison, totally misguided in her desperation.. A surprise and a twist to... | [] | 0547939744 | 0547939744 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,152,317,000 | 2 | false |
4 | College ties stay strong from 1993 to 2014 | Thank goodness this was not my college life, it's gut wrenching and feels very real. Best Friends since their days at the University of California Santa Cruz.<br /><br />New to me author.<br /><br />Alpha Anna throws away her medical career to addiction and ends up working as a office assistant.<br /><br />Gorgeous Geo... | [] | 0544411633 | 0544411633 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,069,119,000 | 1 | false |
4 | This explains so much | Clear, concise and compulsively readable. Until I read this book I didn't know about the killing fields the occurred during the India-Pakistan Partition of 1947.<br /><br />The only background I had was the movie Ghandi. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians lived in what was India. The British ruling the people for ab... | [] | 0547669216 | 0547669216 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,067,865,000 | 1 | false |
4 | I have been following this character for 15 years | So I was delighted to order this profile of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. It is chock full of tidbits as I had hoped.<br /><br />It wasn't as in-depth as I thought it would be - I think it will be a terrific introduction to this wildcat of a business man who lobbied his way to a fortune ($8 Billion) ... | [] | 1137280042 | 1137280042 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,062,731,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Epic story of a town set in the Mountains of West Virginia | Appalachia Coal miners, 1st & 2nd generation Americans, from 1916 World War one to the end of the 1960's. 50 years of change and upheaval, economic depression and 4 wars.<br /><br />Myrthen Bergmann, a tragic past she will not let go of, a loveless marriage, instead she puts all her obsessive passion into religious fer... | [] | 1590517113 | 1590517113 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,431,060,568,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Debut memoir - the author can certainly tell a story | The author is a natural storyteller - I am already hoping to read more from her. I watched a 2 minute video that sold me on ordering the book where the author speaks about her unconventional childhood and relationship with her father."I would say Good Girl is my life's work because my relationship with my dad is m... | [] | 1476748969 | 1476748969 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,986,353,000 | 0 | false |
3 | An acquired taste | You either love it or wish you hadn't spent the time. I think the fans of British farce will love it. Paddy is absolutely pathetic on the day we meet him, and the next 4 days of his life are one misadventure after another. I picture him being played exquisitely by Rowan Atkinson. | [] | 1594633444 | 1594633444 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,983,840,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Debut novel | Opens and rooted in small-town life Connecticut (the land of my people) and I gobbled it up. It's the story of June Reid and opens with an explosion and subsequent fire that rips all she holds dear from her the night before her daughter was to get married: her daughter, her lover, her ex, and her daughter's fiance and ... | [] | 1476798176 | 1476798176 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,938,747,000 | 1 | false |
2 | disappointed | I so wanted to like, even love, this novel because I really miss my grandma who died age 85, and I really really miss my mom who died age 63, and the premise of all of the women sharing a passion for the same career sounded terrific. Except I didn't like a one of them. I disliked Neva most of all, and was disheartened ... | [] | 1250051894 | 1250051894 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,927,274,000 | 2 | false |
4 | The author has consulted for GE, KLM, Bank of America, Praxair | So he knows what he is talking about. Ideal for those looking for a career change, read this and then beef up your resume and use the key words to make your interviews more powerful.<br /><br />A little more from the author's website:<br /><br />"is a world-renowned business advisor, author and speaker who has spent th... | [] | 1610394747 | 1610394747 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,895,532,000 | 0 | false |
5 | An immensely well told tale | Peter is like the guy who brought down Lehman Brothers, he's got a billion dollars and the rest of the company and investors lost everything.<br /><br />Pete is a fading rock star (I keep picturing Tom Cruise) whose $8 million savings were destroyed by Peter - and dreams (as most of us have) of knocking Peter on his ke... | [] | 1250048826 | 1250048826 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,796,262,000 | 2 | false |
4 | From the lead pastor is in his fourth decade at Ginghamsburg Church | "Jesus followers are not waiting for heaven but are actively rebuilding, restoring & renewing. Yes, we are waiting for the return of the King, but it is not a passive waiting." ~ the author an ordained Elder within the United Methodist Church, named "Distinguished Evangelist" in 2003 by the Foundation for Evangelism.<b... | [] | 1426792794 | 1426792794 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,755,796,000 | 0 | false |
5 | "At the end of a long winter in well-to-do Ridgedale, New Jersey, the body of a newborn is found" | This novel is as unsettling as the premise, and more suspenseful than I would have thought. From the author of 2013's "Reconstructing Amelia".<br /><br />Molly Sanderson, a lifestyle articles reporter, her husband, an English professor, and young daughter have moved to a new town and this gruesome story hits th... | [] | 0062225464 | 0062225464 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,752,963,000 | 0 | false |
3 | ages 15 and up | 16-year-old Phoebe Irving and her little sister, Tabby, move from San Francisco to her stepfather's run-down mansion, Arnaud Manor, in rural England. Madame Yollande was her new home's original owner and the locals tell Phoebe gossip of missing children and malevolent ghosts. Her new home gives Phoebe the creeps.<br ... | [] | 1617736260 | 1617736260 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,750,600,000 | 0 | false |
3 | 1941 to pre-civil rights America to the 1980s | Stretching from Pearl Harbor to the 1960's, from Mississippi to Boston, the book follows Beatrice Dobbins whose brother Robert saved Morris Sullivan at Pearl Harbor (12/7/1941, for the millennials out there, this was your great-grandparents 9/11) only to perish himself.<br /><br />Morris reaches out to Beatrice, a blac... | [] | 0307719391 | 0307719391 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,746,833,000 | 0 | false |
3 | a true crime novel | I never got over the ick factor of an author with 40 years journalism experience in television news and newspapers developing a close association with the killer the last ten years of his life.<br /><br />All of Ross' victims were 14 to 25 years old, he strangled them to death and he confessed to raping all but one of ... | [] | 159420490X | 159420490X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,706,843,000 | 3 | false |
3 | A novel of longing to belong | A gut wrenching story of Zal, born blond and fair skinned in Iran, and raised by his mentally daft mother in cage, as a bird, until he is 10 years old. When a adult sister discovers him she puts Zal in the care of a child analyst in hopes he can be integrated into humanity. The analyst adopts Zal and takes him to NYC. ... | [] | 1620403048 | 1620403048 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,694,497,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Austin Texas romance | While the rest of the novel didn't live up to the opening chapters I am glad I had the chance to try this debut.<br /><br />Sarina, is 31 years old and has been with boyfriend , Noah, for 4 years - they aren't engaged which gave me the first warning bell that what they don't have is the wow coupling you expect from rom... | [] | 0804179425 | 0804179425 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,659,446,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A new genre 'literary backwoods noir' | Epic family saga and gritty modern crime novel from debut author that deserves all the buzz it's been getting. Northern Georgia Sheriff Clayton Burroughs has left Bull Mountain and the family business of moonshine, marijuana, meth and murder. Then the ATF comes calling. Simon Holley wants to cut a deal with Clayton's ... | [] | 039917396X | 039917396X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,657,797,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Well, I loved it | however I too lost my beloved mother (in 2001 at age 63) so the book struck home. What a lovely tribute to the love he had for her. Keeper!<br /><br />I was hooked after watching on youtube the author discuss the book and his mother, you can find it here "Scott Simon: "Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Le... | [] | 125006113X | 125006113X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,461,151,000 | 1 | false |
3 | It kind of creeped me out | It's like the authors re-imagined the courtship and marriage of Prince William and his wife but changed her from an English heiress to American. If that doesn't bother you, you will find the book to be a hoot but not much more, kind of superficial. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood - it got rave reviews from a variety of... | [] | 1455557102 | 1455557102 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,460,665,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Debut novel | I was looking forward to reading this book because, except for the movie the Godfather, the fact that Fidel Castro's government nationalized everyone's property, and the resulting embargo financially ruined an already impoverished country, I know nothing about the people and place. The writing never brought the country... | [] | 0988767325 | 0988767325 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,393,494,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Like no other book I have ever read | It doesn't matter if you are for or against illegal immigration. This story is a tough hitting, suspenseful novel that filled me with despair. I was listening to National Public radio. "'The Jaguar's Children' Is Ripped From Heartbreaking Headlines", and was compelled to read it. So glad I did. The book isn'... | [] | 0544315499 | 0544315499 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,371,833,000 | 0 | false |
4 | ages 16 and up | The story involves a basketball coach who is a sexual predator on the students in his care - so word of warning to those whose children might be freaked out by the subject. The predator was a complete stereotype, pouring booze at private parties with students and helping the to cheat on exams. | [] | 0547974590 | 0547974590 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,370,644,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Ages 15 to 18 | I loved it - the teenager not so much - too much romance for the 13 going on 14 year old in the family. Which is probably why I enjoyed it so much. | [] | 1477818189 | 1477818189 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,370,317,000 | 0 | false |
4 | My favorite was the section 'Banner Scriptures for Memory' | which were on page 181 to 187. This is a lovely book and one that every newlywed should read - it will give them a good foundation as they begin their lives together. | [] | 1426787960 | 1426787960 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,276,964,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Like something out of an episode of the Twilight Zone and not as good | The premise grabbed me and the cover warned me and still I ordered it. This is a new to me author with a deep back list so I was surprised the prose was so difficult to get through. | [] | 1497699916 | 1497699916 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,275,591,000 | 3 | false |
4 | Can they handle the truth? | 34 year old Tucker is having a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Life, not only is his girlfriend murdered but her BFF is now found dead. Worse still his family (Roy, Emily, Lissa & Evan) think it's a 50/50 chance he did it. Nice. The author is an excellent story teller and a master at portraying family drama, even... | [] | 0778316165 | 0778316165 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,273,816,000 | 0 | false |
3 | 53 times | in 450 pages - the main characters uses in a sentence the words "inner goddess", it proved to be 52 more times than I could take. | [] | 0345803485 | 0345803485 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,259,378,000 | 0 | false |
3 | a mixed bag | The title and the cover art caught my eye and lead me to order the book. Let me illustrate the divide in our country in personal terms. My mother and her BFF (both church going christians) had spent the day in NYC spending a couple hundred dollars at lunch and a couple hundred more seeing a Broadway show. For my middle... | [] | 1477819584 | 1477819584 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,141,753,000 | 1 | false |
5 | 1915 Chicago to the repeal of prohibition in 1932 | The author's writing and storytelling are so addictive I did not stop reading from the first page to the last - good thing I am semi-retired! If Historical fiction is your thing, this is made for you. This is the story of Jazz Trumpet player Napoleon Hill facing bigotry in every chapter, Jazz pianist Benny Lehrman an... | [] | 0385539738 | 0385539738 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,116,925,000 | 1 | false |
4 | ages 12-13 | "sperm donor dad" Not really something I am looking for in a book for under the under 12 year old set so I did not pass it on to the 9 year old in the family. With that exception, I read it first and loved it, I read it to the 5 & 6 year olds (with edits) and they were totally wrapped up in the drama of the sto... | [] | 1619636301 | 1619636301 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,430,014,482,000 | 5 | false |
2 | A perfect book club choice. | ever want to read about a 30 year old man behaving like either a 4 year old or a 14 year old? Than this is the book for you! For me it was the emperor's new clothes, lots of rave reviews and I am left scratching my head. | [] | 1627790934 | 1627790934 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,981,701,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Long, 700 pages long | It's 1975 when Radar Radmanovic is born in Elizabeth, N.J., during a blackout, his black skin coming as a complete surprise to his white parents. Thus you get an introduction to the humor in the book.<br /><br />Where the book almost lost me was having the parents travel to Norway for electroshock to change his skin co... | [] | 1594206163 | 1594206163 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,930,974,000 | 1 | false |
5 | the journey to Olympic silver medalist in rowing | A wonderfully told story stretching back to a time in my youth and the story rings true. 1975, a woman at Yale University and how Title 9 opened the world to competitive women and fostered equality for the future. The memoir doesn't shy away from hard hitting themes: her parents divorce, her father leaving her mother f... | [] | 0807074772 | 0807074772 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,926,765,000 | 1 | false |
4 | a review titled "Lust and Loss in Madrid" in The New York Review of Books led me order this novel | My full exposure exposure to the Spanish American War consisted of Hemingway's 1940 novel (and subsequent movie with Ingrid Bergman & Gary Cooper in 1943) 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'. Just know, going in, that this is an epic, in scope, length (700 pages) and number of key characters.<br /><br />The story opens in 1936 a... | [] | 0547547846 | 0547547846 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,925,940,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Book 2 in a series | The paranormal element was a surprise but as a fan of the X-files I was able to happily go with the flow. The ending was kinda disappointing in the telling, instead of dialogue you got recaps - just not as in the moment exciting as the rest of the book. Still, I enjoyed this enough that I am going to read the first boo... | [] | 1250030781 | 1250030781 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,924,730,000 | 0 | false |
5 | also published under the name "Trinity" cover 1454 to 1460 | Even the footnotes were fascinating. I'll say right out that this time period in English history is one of my favorites. This is the 2nd volume (Stormbird is book one) in this series, the first is not required reading but you will want to when you finish reading this.<br /><br />This is Queen Margaret's story, wife of ... | [] | 0399165371 | 0399165371 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,865,025,000 | 0 | false |
3 | This wasn't a pleasure to read. | New to me author with a story set in Vermont. 11 year old Ruby and Nessa were what salvaged the book. The mother and father were not who I would want as friends or parents, they are not bad people, they are not people I care about or want to spend time with. Finally the plot elements were so far fetched at times they s... | [] | 0758290535 | 0758290535 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,814,629,000 | 1 | false |
2 | Not as good as the TV show Real Housewives of Orange County | "Get to Know Stacy Robinson" on youtube was a short video that led me to order this book. Sadly Clair too superficial and weak for me. She had a life where money was not a worry as it is for 90 percent of American, but glided through it, losing touch with her family, until the day she went morally bankrupt. Luckily Gai... | [] | 161773375X | 161773375X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,812,948,000 | 3 | false |
5 | College level learning | This is the kind of reading that will really shine in a classroom setting. From the author's web-site: "The vision of Circle for Original Thinking is to restore thinking to its origins and full spectrum--in tune with the way Nature thinks--in order to create a more whole and just world for "all our relations" on our be... | [] | 1583948902 | 1583948902 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,774,386,000 | 1 | false |
3 | If you have the time it's a interesting read - but really just one person's view. | Time magazine writer who covered the Middle East & Muslim cultures. I ordered the book after listening to a segment on National Public Radio "Ancient Texts Argue For An Islamic Feminist Movement" you can also read or listen to it on the internet. | [] | 0805098194 | 0805098194 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,711,949,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Ages 14 to 16 | 15-year-old Phaet is forced enters the military to support her family plunged into poverty when her mother is quarantined when she becomes ill.<br /><br />The setting, in the far distant future where the moon is a colony of earth.<br /><br />Some really hard hitting subjects (oppressive government, intolerance, crimina... | [] | 0451469011 | 0451469011 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,711,570,000 | 0 | false |
3 | maybe a good movie | In the near future New Jersey has a super collider<br /><br />Jacob Kelley, a man with a hair trigger temper, is a Philadelphia Main Line academic, with credentials in the high tech research world.<br /><br />Brian Vanderhall is also physicist, a colleague and a skirt-chaser who works at the supercollider.<br /><br />T... | [] | 1633880125 | 1633880125 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,680,762,000 | 8 | false |
5 | fascinating for the political junkie in your family | and that political junkie would be me - lol. as a child of the 1960's and a political science major this was right up my ally. For this who want to know how we got where we are today and the politics behind it all:<br /><br />→The Civil Rights Act of 1964 & 1968: outlaws discrimination - prior this act bigotry was lega... | [] | 1594204349 | 1594204349 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,679,682,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Writing that spoke to me as Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby did to the roaring 20's in America | Ire'ne Ne'mirovsky lived a novel worthy life until it was taken from her in Vichy France when she was shipped to Auschwitz at age 39 and murdered 30 days later in 1942. She was born into a Jewish family of Russian bankers in Kiev then part of the the Tsarist Russian Empire. Her family left Russia via Finland following ... | [] | 1101872276 | 1101872276 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,401,786,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 15 to 18 | I think the targeted age group readers will love it. BFF sisters 16 year old Dara and 17 year old Nicky have a pretty terrific relationship until Nicky loses control if the car they are in and their lives are changed forever. Really, telling you more will spoil the reading for you - I am glad I didn't read reviews firs... | [] | 0062224107 | 0062224107 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,379,124,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Fans of Candace Bushnell and Lauren Weisberger might enjoy | 40 year old Imogen Tate, is the editor in chief of 'Glossy' magazine. In a riff on the Bette Davis movie 'All About Eve' Imogene returns from medical leave to find her former office assistant, appropriately named Eve, has returned after getting her MBA and turned the magazine into a digital commodity with no room for a... | [] | 0385539584 | 0385539584 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,360,755,000 | 0 | false |
4 | I kept thinking "Like that would really happen?" | The novel is written as a letter written by Wolf Truly to his son, so you know he makes it down alive.<br /><br />A year before his BFF Byrd had an accident that Wolf takes the blame on himself for.<br /><br />Unable to go on (his mother died violently years ago, his alcoholic father has them both in poverty and is now... | [] | 147678650X | 147678650X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,338,562,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Cornwall cozy mystery | In Willett's latest Cornwall cozy, a trio of aging siblings is threatened--but not enough--by their erstwhile stepbrother.<br /><br />Brother and sister, Ed and Billa St. Enedoc, live in a renovated former butter factory inherited from their parents.<br /><br />Dom, is their half brother who lives nearby.<br /><br />P... | [] | 1250046335 | 1250046335 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,336,073,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Pakistani Terrorists and a nuke set to implode Mumbai, India | 18 million people would die in the most populated city in the country of 1 billion. Former U.S. diplomat Sam Trainor now contracting for the CIA uncovers plan. And it's a race against the closck - it gets personal for our man Sam who is also shagging a married woman working at Indian Embassy.<br /><br />An author inter... | [] | 0399165711 | 0399165711 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,325,931,000 | 0 | false |
5 | a must read for anyone graduating with a GED level education, lest we forget. | The horror that, only 70 years ago, was the Holocaust - what the German's called "The Final Solution". This is a true story populated by a fictional character, 11 year old Aron. Like 265,000 actual people, Aron and his family were thrown in the Polish city of Warsaw, imprisoned in a ghetto (with no possibility for surv... | [] | 1101874317 | 1101874317 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,305,639,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A last visit to Holt, Colorado | The last novel from the author of Plainsong and Benediction. An original story of a man and woman who, late in life, find a special friendship in a small town and how their relationship grows to something more. Not a love story, certainly not chick lit. The story involves not only the main characters but friends, famil... | [] | 1101875895 | 1101875895 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,263,817,000 | 3 | false |
2 | London, Raves, 20 year olds, and a drug called Glow | 22 year old Raf, lives in London, is a dog walker by day and a hedonist at rave parties at night. Add a thriller about conspiracies, murder, kidnappings, corporate intrigue, a romance with a Burmese expat, and a story that is explained in the last chapter of the novel then you have Glow.<br /><br />If off beat writing... | [] | 0385352603 | 0385352603 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,247,837,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Alternate reality and easily recognized | Anyone who worked from 2005 to 2013 in middle management or hourly will identify in small or large part with this novel. Never having read before (or even understanding what it meant until I looked it up in the dictonary a "sui generis epic swathed in all the magic of Russian folklore and set against the dystopian back... | [] | 0802122159 | 0802122159 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,191,255,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Australian author's historical mystery set in the world of Classical Greece | With truly laugh-out-loud humor. The series "detective" is Nicolaos 'Nico' (Socrates is "his irritating twelve year old brother"), the other lead is, Diotima, the priestess Mantinea. Pericles is also a recurring character. This series is right up my alley, I have been reading fiction and non-fiction f... | [] | 1616955198 | 1616955198 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,190,009,000 | 1 | false |
5 | A master storyteller of the everyday English people | If you like short stories this is a collection you can read again and again. In 25 stories we meet people in a moment in time rendered so clearly and deeply that you only wish the author was around to interpret your own life for you. Weddings, divorces, funerals, job interviews and failures:<br /><br />> the horrif... | [] | 110187418X | 110187418X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,155,524,000 | 1 | false |
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