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4 | A memoir of a 3 generation family | A dysfunctional family, wanting to show and share their love for each other but not having the communication skills, emotional security or even a history of warmth to do so. A mother now in her 70's, her daughter and younger son, and their children work together and sometimes live together after the mother purchases he... | [] | 0345548078 | 0345548078 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,138,303,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 10 to 100 | A novel for the ages. Encompassing story telling embedded in fairy tales, to the the perilous life of one child in early Nazi Germany, to an Pennsylvania orphan in the depths of the Great Depression in the mid-1930's, to Mexican child (soon after Pearl Harbor has resulted in the internment of Americans of Japanese desc... | [] | 0439874025 | 0439874025 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,136,429,000 | 1 | false |
4 | "Kids, monsters, aliens. Trouble." ~ the author | New to me author who clearly is a master at this genre. The 13 year old thought it was awesome. I thought the cover was goofy and would have given it a pass. 11-year-old Milo has survived the alien invasion 6 years ago and suffers from the nightmares of surviving. Kind of like the novel/movie War or the Worlds and Ind... | [] | 1481415751 | 1481415751 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,105,225,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Ages 11 to 13 | Paranormal story set in 1963 Iowa - My 13 year old eighth grader was riveted. Carl is a bully who enjoys throwing punches so it's no tragedy to this reader when he goes missing. 7th grader Henry has been bullied by Carl and is such a good sport he helps look for Carl. Henry and his twin sister Helen, along with their B... | [] | 0547824084 | 0547824084 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,429,078,370,000 | 1 | false |
3 | 50 Shades of Hedda Gabler | Throwing in Madame Bovary. Anna is an emotionally fragile woman, whose husband is as neutral as the country he takes her to, Switzerland. There she becomes isolated and out of her element, using sexual interludes to cope. The author's writing is gorgeous - I hope to read more from the author and hopefully with a main c... | [] | 0812997530 | 0812997530 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,760,745,000 | 1 | false |
5 | The only thing I admired about Imelda Marcos was her 3,000 shoes | This novel could have been written specifically for me. I could totally identify with everything eccept the shoe size I am a 9wide or 9 and a half regular. Funny and charming - would love to go shoe shopping with the author! | [] | 1592409245 | 1592409245 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,735,813,000 | 1 | false |
4 | It really is that good | A sweeping novel that I was afraid would not live up to all the hoopla, but it really is a story that carries you away. A debut novel I am already looking for to the next novel from this author. | [] | 1476755671 | 1476755671 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,643,914,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Nice | Helen, is a divorced a 32-year-old teacher, you can imagine she is at a pretty low point. Jake is her 22 year old brother's roommate and has been crushing on Helen, for years. Off to the wilds of Wyoming they go on a vacation of a lifetime. Nothing horrific occurs - a very nice respite from the angst that has been our ... | [] | 1250047307 | 1250047307 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,643,624,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Book 2 of 4 | My strongest recommendation is to read book One first to truly appreciate this book in all it's nuances. The author's passion for the story clearly comes through - now I am looking forward to reading book 3 when it is translated from the French. I think I would have enjoyed it even more as an audio book, maybe even re... | [] | 1477808868 | 1477808868 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,642,943,000 | 0 | false |
5 | The Big Chill | I enjoyed reading this new to me author and book so much I know I will read it again, and in the mean time the pleasure led me back to an old favorite movie. Highly Recommend. | [] | 140004250X | 140004250X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,642,248,000 | 1 | false |
4 | British psychological suspense thriller | The 2nd novel featuring Detective Inspector Lorraine Fisher (Until You're Mine). Spending some time at the home of her sister, Jo, and 18 year old nephew, Freddie, is no vacation - Jo and her husband are separated & headed for divorce, and Freddie is taking it very hard and then starts cutting himself. Add to this the... | [] | 0804136920 | 0804136920 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,586,744,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 13 to 17 | A relaunch of the Fear Street series & the 13 year old in the family loved it. A teenage babysitter, who father died in an auto accident because her parents were out picking her up on a night she was not supposed to be out, starts see horrible things while watching over an 8 year old boy. I could have done without the ... | [] | 1250051622 | 1250051622 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,585,435,000 | 1 | false |
5 | a post-apocalyptic horror story, extremely well written, | with an author's nod of affection to those explorers who also headed out into a completely unknown wilderness (May 1804 to September 1806), by naming the characters Lewis and Clark. Post-apocalyptic horror is not my usual thing to read but with rave reviews I had to give it a try and I am very happy with the results. T... | [] | 1455528242 | 1455528242 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,583,750,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ideal for book clubs | Original storytelling that is a delightful read no matter the occasion. To get an even deeper essence of the wit behind this novel listen to the author on youtube "Penguin Comedy Podcast" minutes 38 to 47. The author also has a very entertaining Blog on her website. | [] | 0805091815 | 0805091815 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,559,151,000 | 0 | false |
4 | A fearless telling of one young woman's experience being a new mother | In the middle of freaking nowhere New York State. Ari is still a child herself and finds herself struggling with raising a baby. While I am not given to throwing so many F-bombs myself I would say her language was pretty realistic for her age and background. I mostly liked the novel because it struck me as so original. | [] | 0544273737 | 0544273737 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,471,532,000 | 4 | false |
2 | Translated from Dutch to English | A poetic novel, a fictional memoir, written by a woman born before the turn of the 20th century to a wealthy Belgian family living in Flanders. Looking back on a life long lived we slowly, over the first 100 pages, learn about Helene and her current surroundings. Her strongest memories are as a teenager before, and dur... | [] | 1782270175 | 1782270175 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,466,720,000 | 0 | false |
2 | I loved it and loathed it | But I found a new must read author. The first 100 pages where a breathless read, I simply could not put the book down the writing was so compelling. However by the end of the book I felt used. One thing is certain, man's inhumanity to man is as fresh and present as it ever was 2000 or 200 years ago.<br /><br />"In the ... | [] | 0307962571 | 0307962571 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,415,583,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Yet another horriffic place I will never visit | For 30 years Sri Lanka was a daily awakening to an inner circle of hell. Hatred, intolerance, rape, mutilation, rape, burning people alive, violence to children, betrayal, fear, unrelenting depravity. So no, I didn't enjoy the book one little bit. In addition to the story itself I found the debut novelist's format not ... | [] | 125004393X | 125004393X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,381,933,000 | 4 | false |
3 | A fascinating character study. | a protagonist with "sharp edges and cutthroat ambition", I was so riveted by Ani in all her sadomasochistic glory that I spent the entire evening after getting to the last page reveling via the internet in all things Philadelphia mainline. 28 year old Ani is far from being the luckiest girl alive. My heart boi... | [] | 1476789630 | 1476789630 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,130,582,000 | 2 | false |
3 | Daisy's black humor was a winner for me | What freaked me out the most was a young woman, 22 years old with breast cancer 5 years later and in remission for 4 years and now at age 27 getting a death diagnosis that cancer had returned in between doctor checkups and her own vigilance so aggressively and with no symptoms leaving her with less than 4 months to liv... | [] | 1476761663 | 1476761663 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,122,655,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Excellent Spy novel | Believe the rave reviews, it really is that good. Dialogue, characters, action, setting, fast-paced suspense - this author is the real deal. It's so much better than the book summary. Do I want to tell you all about out? You know it! Do I want to ruin it for you - not at all - Enjoy! | [] | 0316399833 | 0316399833 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,119,205,000 | 0 | false |
2 | I went into this knowing it was a fictional 'what if' | Figuring the author studied the lives of all the actual people in the book and used a what if premise to let her imagine what they were as actual people - to make them come alive more than nonfiction can do. My feeling on the final page is it is an impossible task - unless you have a auto biography or memoir to go on y... | [] | 080417637X | 080417637X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,118,467,000 | 4 | false |
3 | It never carried me away | The lame cover should have warned me. I've never been to Nebraska, nor remember reading a novel set there, so that was fun for me as a reader. It was a long 3 weeks in the office and I was ripe for a romance, even one about a college age couple floundering in life. Still, a romance about a 3rd year dropout with on-dema... | [] | 0373779844 | 0373779844 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,116,318,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Ages 14 to 16 | In book #1, 16 year old Anya lives in the fairy Kingdom of Chrior and is engaged to marry the super nice Davic. Trouble begins when her aunt, the Queen, chooses Anya as her heir instead of her cousin, Illumina. Anya freely travels from the fae world to the human world of Warckum in search of the queen's half-human son ... | [] | 0373211031 | 0373211031 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,428,054,822,000 | 0 | false |
2 | I loved the main characters | They vividly came alive on the pages, sadly for me the horrific things that occur to and around them the entire length of the book will prevent me from ever reading it again (not to mention the part about the animal abuse). Really, just too depressing for too long. | [] | 0385351968 | 0385351968 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,950,320,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Yes, it really is that good. | A fictional depiction of a horrific war in a horrible country where the only ones paying the price have no control over the rules of engagement. Really just a tragic depiction of a mishandled war. Powerful, moving and flawless. A compelling read, but what a downer.<br /><br />Want a little more? The author interview at... | [] | 162040754X | 162040754X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,949,629,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Except for the ending I loved it | Gorgeous storytelling, I loved the characters. The ending was heartfelt and powerful and mind-blowing, just not where I thought it was going. Take this read slowly and savor the beauty. Sure I could tell you more about the story - but why ruin it for you. | [] | 0062220500 | 0062220500 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,948,820,000 | 0 | false |
3 | New to me author | So I had zero expectations. The book is a series of stories centered around an Italian wife, Josephine, beginning in 1888 when she is 14 and is married to a 25 year old who leaves for America 3 days after their wedding is consummated then one paragraph, and 9 years, later he sends for her. The chapters that follow give... | [] | 0393241661 | 0393241661 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,948,501,000 | 1 | false |
4 | #5 in the Matthew Corbett series | Corbett journeys back to North Carolina to solve a murder on a plantation. Brilliant writing, compelling prose and the historical setting so vividly portrayed made this a winner for me.<br /><br />BOOK #1 SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD - Judgment of the Witch The Carolinas, 1699: The citizens of Fount Royal believe a witch has c... | [] | 159606630X | 159606630X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,781,490,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Ages 14 and up | A story that can never be told enough, until it is a subject that no longer exists. The story of a not so perfect teenager, living in a town that has lost it's moral compass, in a High School that is more about number crunching than it is education of the next generation. Romy is raped, by the son of the Sheriff becaus... | [] | 125002191X | 125002191X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,768,744,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Not enough | A debut that is not funny enough, not despairing enough, not sexy enough, not original enough, not deep enough, not frivolous enough. Just as Giovanni had nothing if he couldn't mimic, the book never gave me enough reason to be be swept up in the story. The novel has been a hit with other reviewers so perhaps it is an ... | [] | 0670016764 | 0670016764 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,431,832,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Reinforces everything I have read about this dreadful country | Women are treated far worse an animals. This is a gorgeous story of two women and what they do to survive what seems to anyone reading the book as an inner circle of Hell. Bravo! | [] | 0062244752 | 0062244752 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,379,956,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Nice | I have never heard of Wayne Dyer, so his daughter's (#6 of 8) book about her father's life work (his huge hit came out in 2001 the year he divorced his wife) was entertaining - I enjoyed it and am glad I spent the time to read it. | [] | 140193627X | 140193627X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,343,561,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 6 to 9 | My nine year old loved the story, and went on to read to the 4 & 5 year olds in the family. A very happy time for this adult! Terrific story that the little ones have not gotten tired of reading going on 6 weeks now. | [] | 1477847928 | 1477847928 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,342,783,000 | 0 | false |
2 | A for originality | Bizarro, unbelievable, sick, freaky - and I kept thinking "who would want to read a book about a child who eats her way through her loved ones"? The thought creeped me out - I really don't want to know anyone who would want to read a novel about a child eating another person.<br /><br />The mother daughter dynamic was ... | [] | 1250046505 | 1250046505 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,342,453,000 | 2 | false |
4 | I really enjoyed the prose | The author captures Colorado in all it's varied hues. I really enjoyed the prose, the story and will look for this author again. A very impressive novel. | [] | 1476725799 | 1476725799 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,260,232,000 | 1 | false |
2 | Would you leave your daughter and husband with the woman on the cover? | She gives me the creeps - lol. Any spouse that can have an affair while the other spouse is caring for their sick child, in another country, is no spouse worth mourning or wanting back. The author is a good writer and I will look for her fiction again - this novel just made me want to give up on the story - now, if the... | [] | 0802123201 | 0802123201 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,258,783,000 | 2 | false |
2 | 2 stars for the perfect cover | The rest just didn't grab me. Maybe I hated the idea of this poor dog roaming abandoned in the woods for half the book. Maybe I was too gutted when Cooper's police dog, Argo, died in a terrorist explosion in the line of duty. Maybe that Natalie is a new widow turned me off to anything other than her grieving. Maybe th... | [] | 1250014344 | 1250014344 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,257,323,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Nice | 2 short Christmas stories. 150 pages in a lovely hard cover edition. I neither laughed. cried or felt any strong emotion. However it was a lovely 3 hours spent.<br /><br />From the author's website:<br /><br />"The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter introduced the character of Nora Bonesteel**, the mountain wise woman wh... | [] | 1426754213 | 1426754213 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,173,373,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Memoir of South Africa | Is this an epic masterpiece. no. Is it as close as I am likely to get to a preserve in South Africa and share 8 hours in the company of someone who has lived there his whole life - YES!<br /><br />Told by a young man whose family stretches back 4 generations in South Africa, with his father and uncle leading a conserva... | [] | 1400069858 | 1400069858 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,166,052,000 | 0 | false |
4 | British Humor | Book#2 in a 3 book series.You either love it or hate. Luckily being a fan of of British Comedy I found it very humorous. I picture Hugh Grant playing Jamie and Nicole Kidman as Laura.<br /><br />BOOK 1 - LOVE FROM BOTH SIDES - Dating isn’t easy these days. Just ask hapless singletons Jamie Newman and Laura McIntyre, tw... | [] | 1477849874 | 1477849874 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,163,800,000 | 1 | false |
4 | As far fetched as this plot is - I can totally see myself doing the same thing - lol! | Manningsport, New York, population 715 - not exactly where you would expect to find British professor, let alone one that is handsome AND charming or one with an unofficial stepson that the professor needs to stay in the US for. Then the professor, Tom Barlow, must leave when his visa expires. What is a guy to do? hmmm... | [] | 0373778198 | 0373778198 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,427,003,658,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Sequel to Dove Season (2011) | Jimmy Veeder & Bobby Maves BFFS living in Holtville, next to the Mexican border in the Imperial Valley of Southern California where unemployment, air pollution, and illegal immigrants fight daily as front page new. Life is a series of "Mavescapades" featuring booze, broads and brutality. Not the kind of guys you want r... | [] | 1477817581 | 1477817581 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,995,867,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Sequel to the 2006 novel "The Gunfighter's Apprentice" | 1880's Placerville California and gunslinger Tom Peterson who has survived into his 40's but has to keep his wits to ensure the safety of Mrs. Peterson. Reminded me of the 2nd class (they called them B movies) of the 1930's - dialogue a little stilted, bad guys named Black Bart, plot a little outlandish and lots of act... | [] | 1612186475 | 1612186475 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,860,926,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 1985 London - a wealthy uncle and his nephew in college | The twist is they are both from the country of India, Bengal to be exact. The novel was too short (at 200 pages) to ever get boring. The story takes place in one Sunday afternoon. If you were watched the movie "My dinner with Andre" and liked it, then you should enjoy this as well.<br /><br />The author interview I fou... | [] | 1101874511 | 1101874511 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,828,144,000 | 0 | false |
2 | There is plenty out there to read and I can't recommend this novel to anyone. | The cover is an eyesore, sometimes you CAN judge a book by it's cover. Even my having a degree in Political Science with a concentration in European and Russian Politics with a minor in History couldn't allow me to like the novel (set in Estonia from 1940 to 1965). The characters lacked life, and Edgar - what was the ... | [] | 0385350171 | 0385350171 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,744,087,000 | 0 | false |
4 | The cover caught my eye | The Roaring Twenties can be traced back to January 29, 1920 when the 18th Amendment went into effect and Prohibition in the US outlawed the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. Prohibition was repealed December 5, 1933, while the financial Great Depression crashed everyones party ef... | [] | 1497662729 | 1497662729 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,742,775,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Book 2 of 2 | what should have been a fun read in a sci-fi fantasy series, by a well regarded experienced author, just left me feeling icky. The characters were icky and so were their actions. Will have to try another by this author.<br /><br />BOOK# 1 - KING OF SWORDS - Rigel has always known he is not quite human, but the only clu... | [] | 1477849173 | 1477849173 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,738,622,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Ages 16 and up | a rollicking adventure circa 1823 about a young man growing to manhood among the Native Americans of the Plains. I think you would call it a 'rousing yarn', if you don't check the facts you should have fun with it.<br /><br />BOOK #1 - THE BLOOD OATH - Young Matthew O 'Malley returns from a day of hunting to find his m... | [] | 147780966X | 147780966X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,735,606,000 | 0 | false |
5 | #4 in a series of literary mysteries with Victorian era detective Charles Maddo | During the Great Exhibition of 1851, the University of Oxford sends the sleuth to vet a donor, the Baron Von Reisenberg, at his a castle outside Vienna that leads our hero fleeing for his life back to London where a killer of 3 prostitutes (their heads severed and eviscerated hearts) earns the killer the nickname the "... | [] | 0345545435 | 0345545435 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,659,050,000 | 3 | false |
3 | Wonderful premise - Debut author | I am a sucker for a good historical romance. While this novel didn't sweep me up in the passion of Helen and Wils or the beauty of the magical Christmas of 1914 when the men on the killing fields called an all too brief truce to celebrate the magic of Christmas - I can see by the other reviews that the novel was a hit ... | [] | 149260383X | 149260383X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,473,754,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Written in second person narrative present tense, multiple points of view, so check the sample before plunging in | A bleak Croatian/German thriller, with an elaborate plot, that takes time to evolve. Now, what to say that won't give away the story.<br /><br />16, going on 26, year old BFFs Stink, Schnappi, Nessi, Taja and Ruth are on a collision course with brutality.<br /><br />Ragnar Desche, a vicious career criminal, and Taja's ... | [] | 030795806X | 030795806X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,402,150,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 1928 "movies" were becoming "talkies" the Roaring twenties were in full swing | An Excellent book club choice. Harlem and Jazz and Speakeasys were part of life, while interracial love did not lead to marriage and one man loving another was not in the picture. Micah and Izzy are terrific characters and their brotherly affection for each other was spot on. My favorite character may be Rose. Each cha... | [] | 0804138281 | 0804138281 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,383,031,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Teens, Vampires, witches, wizards and Irish Druids | This is book 3, in a so far 5 book, paranormal YA series. The first 3 have at their center High School Seniors Tristan & Savannah, the next two books focus elsewhere. I recommend reading the first two books (summaries below) before beginning book 3. CONSUME is more character driven then the first two books, those looki... | [] | 0373210876 | 0373210876 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,371,650,000 | 0 | false |
3 | fascinating | "shocked at the adversity a young mother faces with a newborn," no fooling? Really? Did the author not read anything or talk to anyone before having her baby? If you are prone to drama you may love this novel and the author's journey through the first few years of parenthood. The one nice thing the author can l... | [] | 1594204713 | 1594204713 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,319,677,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Published under the name of FRACTURED in the UK | Terrific melodrama. It's not that the story was unbelievable. I guessed the premise pretty quickly. It's the characters. Even the secondary characters act oddly. I think the author and reader would have benefited by a stronger editor to guide this debut author. I would like to go into a description but I think any spec... | [] | 0804178526 | 0804178526 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,317,592,000 | 0 | false |
5 | New to me author who captured an era I remember vividily. | A collection of "linked stories" that transform into a novel. I was a preteen the summer of '72, living in New Jersey summering at "The Shore". This novel brought it all back to me - how Vietnam hung heavy over everything. The sex, the drugs, the pettiness and beauty of being raised in a small town. The... | [] | 0399167072 | 0399167072 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,232,906,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 1826 Western Wyoming | 22-year-old William Wyeth, is a green behind the ears young trapper who is also sweet on young widow Alene Chevalier - neither have a penny to their names. Buffalo, Bears, brutality, betrayal, and butchery join William on his fur trapping for beaver and muskrat into the mountains, lakes and rivers. It gave me a feel o... | [] | 0307908925 | 0307908925 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,232,577,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Ages 16 & up | Aaron lives in a trailer park in a small town in Australia (the book was first published there in 2011). Aaron is tasked with caring for his guardian, Mam, who sounds like she has onset of dementia or Alzheimer's. Aaron has horrible nightmares the reader comes to surmise are repressed memories. Aaron is no longer in sc... | [] | 0544232747 | 0544232747 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,228,321,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Impressive storytelling - Heavy on magical realism | The ending was wonderful.<br /><br />Growing up in New Jersey, Marjorie and Holly Burke are sisters and BFFs. Children of immigrant Russian's they didn't know growing up that they had Jewish ancestry.<br /><br />Holly's conversion to Orthodox Judaism to marry Nathan, a Berukhim Penitent, is a huge change for Marjorie ... | [] | 0062228919 | 0062228919 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,048,572,000 | 1 | false |
2 | Beautifully written - will try this author again | The book did not live up to the premise.<br /><br />35 year old Jane, living in London, is about to be jobless when the small museum where she is an archivist loses it's funding.<br /><br />20 years ago in rural Northern England, 15 year old Jane is in charge of 5 year old Lily and has an adolescent crush on Lily's wid... | [] | 0553418521 | 0553418521 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,046,193,000 | 1 | false |
2 | Civil War Era of men behaving badly, very badly | a full-on assault to the senses, is right. Brutal ruthless psychopath killers who fed on the American Civil War, their story of butchery and torture stretching from 1864 to 1900 spreading carnage from Georgia to Chicago, Arizona, California, Canada and Oklahoma.<br /><br />A 5 star look at man at it's worst made too e... | [] | 0385539487 | 0385539487 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,426,005,958,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Kitty Kelley could not have written a more salacious book | I am glad to have read this newest biography however it is investigative journalism at it trashiest. Having read [[ASIN:0226583570 Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson]] by Sackville-West's son I was looking for a new biography on this dynamo of a woman.<br /><br />One that would offer a more... | [] | 1250033942 | 1250033942 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,936,323,000 | 7 | false |
5 | Compulsively readable sequel to Dreams & Shadows, with new characters | In the city of Austin, Texas resident wizard, Colby Stevens, won the war of the Limestone Kingdom, driving the fairy folk out of the capitol of Texas. But will he lose the peace? As The Pirates of the Caribbean and 72 demons of Solomon head to Texas, can he win again without his BFF lost in the first novel? Like Bob th... | [] | 0062190458 | 0062190458 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,925,752,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Previously published in 2012 as The Ways of God, this edition titled His Love Never Quits includes editorial revisions. | This book will resonate for a vast majority of readers. I would get this book for anyone of faith who is going through a change in life like a lost job, or divorce or financial or personal crisis.<br /><br />"Unexpectedly, we find that our faith has had a collision between high hopes and harsh realities—life isn’t ... | [] | 1477824723 | 1477824723 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,922,299,000 | 1 | false |
4 | author of the Waverly Bryson series (Perfect on Paper, It's a Waverly Life, Honey on Your Mind, Chocolate for Two) | I was Kat. I turned 30, had a decent career in the Baltimore/Washington DC. Unmarried. So when opportunity arrived I took the plunge and moved to sunny Florida for 5 years, that turned into 20! Lot's of drinking and good times the first year. So I got a kick out of this book. I'm originally a Jersey girl so it was terr... | [] | 1477849939 | 1477849939 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,921,581,000 | 0 | false |
2 | The ending left me flat. Still, I handed it off to my own 8th grader which lead to a week of lively dinner time discussions. | Ages 12-14. Parents may be put off by the curse words coming out of their kids mouths. Set in Seattle, Washington the Pacific Northwest. 13 year old Anthony has more angst and drama than anyone wants for their child - he is a downer to live with and hates his own life because he wants the freedom that comes with being ... | [] | 0385391129 | 0385391129 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,825,041,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ripped from the 2007 headlines | A terrific read but the ending left me wanting. Much like the TV shows LAW & ORDER, this mystery is inspired by, but not a mirror of, the Amanda Knox case that played out in the Italian legal system over the last decade.<br /><br />20 year old Lily is an American ("a little less than conventionally gorgeous, a litt... | [] | 0812995864 | 0812995864 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,823,161,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Group therapy for wives of sex addicts | "Tuesdays with Morrie" this isn't. Gail, Hannah, Lizzy, Bridget and Flavia bond with each other to discuss and deal with their husband's relentless use of porn, sex chat rooms, even prostitutes. A grad student is the group's therapist dealing with managemnt issues. The wives issues were fasincating for me but I found t... | [] | 1250051886 | 1250051886 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,609,575,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Horror beyond anything I have read in my 50 years | I didn't like it. Granted, with the exception of Stephen King, Horror isn't my thing. This novelist has it all: cruelty, gore, you name it. Author of the horror thrillers Seed (2012), The Neighbors, The Shuddering, and The Bird Eater (2014). The Polish author has lived in New Mexico and currently lives in Oregon.<br />... | [] | 1476783748 | 1476783748 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,607,060,000 | 1 | false |
4 | #11 in the series and new to me author | The author does such a great job I was able to follow and enjoy this with only having read the previous book summaries (below). Then again, there are courses for horses and this book is a genre and time/place that I have always enjoyed.<br /><br />Without giving away any spoilers from the first chapters, fans of the se... | [] | 0062220551 | 0062220551 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,585,455,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 1992 the bildungsroman of teenagers in Chicago, Cincinnati & Florida | to New York & Los Angeles the stories of Starcrossed lovers Oliver and Phoebe; Adam growing from movie geek to movie star; Sharon brokenhearted to breaking story journalist, tumble together and apart.<br /><br />Told with humor and reflection - a moment in American history, quirks and all.<br /><br />Redeye Chicago has... | [] | 1250047994 | 1250047994 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,579,104,000 | 1 | false |
4 | new to me authors | This Jersey Girl who loves a good historical or Romance or Historical Romance, enjoyed it. It played out pretty much as I expected. A bit of eye rolling at the actions the sisters take in finding their half-brother in NYC but rather fun if you can suspend your disbelief. | [] | 0778316297 | 0778316297 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,538,473,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Debut novel of an epically dysfunctional family | Like a Greek Tragedy this novel plays out. Translated in 2010 from Dutch to English and first published in Holland. This story is all over the place, literally. It alternates between narrators and country's Belgium, California, the Netherlands, and Shanghai.<br /><br />Siem Sigerius, a professor of mathematics and jud... | [] | 0553417851 | 0553417851 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,523,072,000 | 0 | false |
3 | New to me author | Queenie Hennessy, from the author's "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry", in her own love story. I had two strikes against me, first I didn't read the first book (and you must because so much is wrapped in that first novel), and second you have to like the books of Nicholas Sparks (which I don't). Queenie ... | [] | 0812996674 | 0812996674 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,457,147,000 | 1 | false |
2 | Bleak dystopian, post-apocalyptic literary novel | I can't read about the descriptive torture of defenseless animals (in this case domesticated dogs). Italy has collapsed & in chaos. Gruesome depravity, gang rapes and torture are rampant, imagine the boys of the book Lord of the Flies as teenagers. Food supplies are running out. Government and businesses are closed.<... | [] | 1623650348 | 1623650348 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,333,432,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Get Out! | Cass has been widowed by the recent war and in her grief makes some really bizarre decisions. Like taking her son to her hated childhood hometown in the remote moors of England in the dead of winter where he hasn't (nor does she) any support to get them through their grief. The town is an English Amityville Horror and ... | [] | 1623650224 | 1623650224 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,307,129,000 | 0 | false |
4 | From Abingdon Press "Growing in Life, Serving in Faith" | It would be interesting to me to attend an author book discussion - I wondered if the author was of Navajo heritage and if not, what she had to bring to the table to avoid possible errors or even accidental condescending passages to the culture of the Navajo people. Fyi I found this link very helpful, "NATIVE AMERICAN ... | [] | 1426757999 | 1426757999 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,270,748,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Disappointed | Interminable. I kept pushing through but it wasn't a compelling read. I have two other titles by this author and now I feel I should drop them off at Goodwill.<br /><br />A far cry from the Lou Boldt detective novels set in Seattle - try them and you will see good writing. | [] | 0399163743 | 0399163743 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,262,475,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Debut author - Vietnam - Miracles, massacres, magic and mud | The novel opens in 2001 then takes us back to 1972, Magical Realism takes the reader further back through French Colonial Vietnam and forward to 2001. The prose is haunting and lovely and beautiful. Rabbit, is a girl who communicates with the war dead. Rabbit is rescued from her mother's grave (she died giving birth to... | [] | 0307911772 | 0307911772 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,251,198,000 | 1 | false |
4 | written with intelligence and compelling prose | The first half of the book recounts the plane crash and his survival and was riveting to read. The second half is an exploration of Buddhism and incorporating it's principles for living. It was a gentle guide for me, a 50 year old old born in the faith Catholic going back probably 1,000 years in my family. | [] | 0399171800 | 0399171800 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,246,565,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Word of warning, there isn't anyone appealing in this novel so go into it with that and you should enjoy it much more. | The Husband did it with a pillow in the bedroom, or did he?, Winner of the 2013 Crime Thriller of the Year award at the UK National Book Awards. Author of the brilliant "Little Face". #8 in the series, however DC Simon Waterhouse (a working class Sherlock Holmes) and his wife, now former CID DS Charlie Zailer a... | [] | 0670785865 | 0670785865 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,208,024,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Literary Grifters | what makes them tick - no one to like - no one to despise - no one to fear - an interesting premise that is well written on a subject that unless you have an interest can induce more than one nap. This was an excellent change of pace novel and I am glad I got a chance to read a new to me author:<br />Come Sunday (1988)... | [] | 080212321X | 080212321X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,207,136,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Ages 12 to 14 | Highly enjoyable and entertaining. Sophomore Autumn Falls is a transfer student in Florida following the death of her father. Fitting in is rarely easy - I too transferred to a new school for my sophomore year and she is spot on in all it's pitfalls and only wish I had a magic journal from my grandmother to help the tr... | [] | 0385744331 | 0385744331 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,200,897,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Does this romance stand a chance? | From the Scottish author of "You Had Me At Hello". 32 year old Anna Alessi, is enjoying life, she has job she loves as a history expert, sure she has more than a couple freaky first (and last) dates, but no one seems to object that she has a flair and affinity for using socially awkward and unprofessional language. Gr... | [] | 000755947X | 000755947X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,198,219,000 | 3 | false |
2 | originally self published in Spain and now translated to english | This may be a book only a Spaniard could enjoy? I just never got the appeal, however I was glad of the opportunity to try a new author.<br /><br />Jamie is looking to ditch his current lover (who he shacked up with while he was married), as soon as he finds someone else.<br /><br />Enter Sophia, a needy person and expe... | [] | 1477808590 | 1477808590 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,195,179,000 | 0 | false |
4 | It's not the best or most believable thriller, but it is a lot of fun. | #3 Craig Page International Secret Agent Man from Beijing to Bali, Moscow to Washington, Indonesia and Paris . When last we left our Hero he was an American director the European Union Counterterrorism. This time out Page becomes the Director of the CIA while he and his lover, the hot in more ways then one Elizabeth Cr... | [] | 1590799992 | 1590799992 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,190,658,000 | 0 | false |
5 | New York Noir | Gritty and hard and the sequel to 2012’s 'The Last Kind Words' (see below). In that first book Terrier 'Terry' Rand's brother, Collie, has been put to death by the state for a murder conviction, he buried his uncle, Grey, in the backyard, where his other uncle, Mal, was murdered. His grandfather, a successful pickpocke... | [] | 0345529006 | 0345529006 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,165,697,000 | 0 | false |
4 | the Sex Shack #3 | This is an excellent read for the depths of winter where spring seems like it will never arrive and you aren't looking for any depth. The couples are either thinking about shaking up, shacking up, or have just shacked up - lol! Gage is a photojournalist with fabulous childhood memories of summers on Crescent Cove Colon... | [] | 0373777159 | 0373777159 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,145,449,000 | 0 | false |
2 | You have to read it to believe it | Non-fiction title from former lawyer, - the conversations were so vapid and banal I had to laugh and just go with it.<br /><br />I found it very entertaining especially when speaking with Frederick Douglass - just why wouldn't he discuss his death? Does Abbie Hoffman really talk that way in the afterlife? Why can't Du... | [] | 1401945376 | 1401945376 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,003,604,000 | 3 | false |
3 | Crime, Christians & Quilts | This new to me author packs a lot of story in less than 200 pages. I would have liked this more as a romance if it hadn't seemed rushed to me - it kind of creeped me out the detective was attracted to someone who is helpless, lying in a hospital, who has been brutality beaten and her mother murdered in front of her. As... | [] | 1426773609 | 1426773609 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,425,000,364,000 | 0 | false |
4 | not what I thought it would be | In the opening pages we learn that Lulu & Josh were a couple until Annabelle & Josh were a couple, that Lulu and Annabelle have been BFF's sense they were 12 years old until Lulu had sex with Josh the night Annabelle married him.<br /><br />Alrighty then!<br /><br />If you can get over that hurdle you will love the boo... | [] | 1476780013 | 1476780013 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,424,988,709,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Terrific plot that needed a stronger editor for this debut | 23 year old Leila never had a chance. Living in London, England she clearly is socially constrained by some degree of Asperger's Disease, however she never indicates that self awareness. Being socially awkward, no further education after age 19 and having full time care of her mother, now recently dead from Mutiple Scl... | [] | 0385537476 | 0385537476 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,424,976,090,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Ages 18 & up, unless you don't mind your child reading about someone being burned alive | 12,000 years ago humans were created by other beings, the sky people, and once their utility to the sky people was finished the sky people left, but foretold that they would return at the time of armageddon. At the armageddon the 12 cultures they created would battle in an ENDGAME to capture 3 keys left by the sky peo... | [] | 0062332589 | 0062332589 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,424,931,270,000 | 0 | false |
4 | I loved the author reading I found at YouTube "Reading of "Charleston" by Author Margaret Thornton" | Beautiful writing. I never got a sense of Eliza or Henry or their deep feelings for each other, I never understood or felt the "enduring love". The novel opens in 1990 and takes place over one gorgeous summer and fall. Eliza Poinsett is living in London, England, her family is entrenched in Charleston society, she's a... | [] | 006233252X | 006233252X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,424,899,748,000 | 1 | false |
2 | The story is told by Miles from age 9 to 19 | It's an age old story of parents divorcing, this time set in Santa Monica, California. The twist is how relentless Miles is in his pursuit of answers: why did the marriage go down the tubes? What does his mother, Irene, see in Eli (her loser boyfriend), etc. His sidekick Hector chimes in with footnotes that add to the ... | [] | 0385351410 | 0385351410 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,424,856,339,000 | 0 | false |
4 | A "what if" novel | A followup to [[ASIN:0345534093 The Boleyn King: A Novel (The Boleyn Trilogy)]] and followed by [[ASIN:0345534131 The Boleyn Reckoning: A Novel (The Boleyn Trilogy)]].<br /><br />In this novel Anne has given birth to Henry's oldest son William, who takes the throne at age 18 upon Henry's death, and uses the title Henry... | [] | 0345534115 | 0345534115 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,424,852,290,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Ages 17 and up - #2 in a trilogy Fantasy Epic from Christian publisher Thomas Nelson (#1 is Angel Eyes) | This is one of those books without a lot of back story so to get the most enjoyment I recommend reading book #1. The writing is exceptional and it was only the shifting Point of View that I found disconcerting. Demon Damien, is a former angel (murder and child sex trafficking are his specialties) introduced in Angel Ey... | [] | 1401686370 | 1401686370 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,424,849,176,000 | 0 | false |
3 | A 400 page epilogue to the 1500 page, 3 volume, series | Set in the middle ages circa 1241-1242 and featuring the Russian Hero Alexander Nevsky and the epic Battle on the Ice (Lake Peipus). Being a history buff this novel was perfectly too my taste. I highly recommend anyone who hasn't read the preceding 3 novels to go to the website 'Foreworld' and take advantage of all the... | [] | 1477848215 | 1477848215 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,424,247,466,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Sequel to 'No Child of Mine' (2012), | Former British social worker Alex Lake/Charlotte Nicholls has fled England for gorgeous and remote New Zealand (the land of the Lord of the Rings and Xena) after abducting 3 year old Ottilie Wade, who she now calls Chloe, from a horribly abusive home (pedophile father and schizophrenic mother who was subsequently murde... | [] | 034554773X | 034554773X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,424,067,346,000 | 0 | false |
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