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5 | Margery Allingham & Dorothy Sayers readers will be entertained | 1932 England. Milo Ames has just returned from Monte Carlo, gossip has it he had as many woman hanging on him as James Bood's 007.<br /><br />His wife of 5 years, Amory, is less than pleased.<br /><br />Gil Trent, Amory's old flame, asks Amory's help to talk his sister into leaving a beau the family is not keen on. Amo... | [] | 125004636X | 125004636X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,412,230,577,000 | 0 | false |
4 | exciting premise got bogged down in the details | Still, being a history geek and a political science major in college, I was riveted. A very ambitious debut from this author. The setting in Mainz, Germany, in the 1450's, is almost other worldly in it's strangeness to today. I did learn a lot of interesting facts for example: a complete Gutenberg Bible has 1,286 pages... | [] | 0062336010 | 0062336010 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,412,144,091,000 | 0 | false |
4 | I enjoyed it - it was certainly topical. | My first novel by this author, 22 year old Californian Patrick Norris has returned from Afghanistan serving with the Marines, First Division, Third Battalion, Fifth Regiment. His dream on discharge is to start his own business offering fly-fishing charters, about as different from his tour as he can get. The desk is st... | [] | 1250052009 | 1250052009 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,412,130,058,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 9 to 12 | Book 3 in a series - I had no problem following along but I did take a peek at the summaries of the earlier books and they helped*.<br /><br />At the end of book #2 the sentient Castle hurtled 12 year old Celie, her griffin Rufus, 14 year old brother Rolf and 16 year old sister Lilah and friends into an alternate world... | [] | 1619632993 | 1619632993 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,412,062,305,000 | 0 | false |
4 | "From-Aways" are what the locals call newbies to any small town in Maine | A believable story. Nice Debut. Told in alternating chapters by Leah and Quinn. For me, it misses as a romance, and the story never grabbed me, however the writing was wonderful, creative. I am glad I ordered it, and will look for the author's next title.<br /><br />Leah meets Henry Lynch (neither are over age 25) in a... | [] | 0062310755 | 0062310755 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,412,044,963,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Stella! | Tells us her story (and the ending is action packed!), how she valiantly fought to keep her groove pure. How she was terribly beaten by her father (who is thankfully terminally ill). How her new husband, Kade, will be taking over the clan when her father dies. It was questionable to me that Kade would care for Stella s... | [] | 0373777671 | 0373777671 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,412,036,664,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 2005 - a Yank goes to Oxford (at fictional Fleet College) | or Drink, Think, Lust. The author vividly portrays Oxford in all it's glory and oddities. Fresh out of Yale, William 'Will' Baker was a campaign worker for John Kerry's unsuccessful presidential campaign. As a consolation prize he heads to Oxford to read English literature, with a concentration in George Orwell's books... | [] | 1250018714 | 1250018714 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,920,787,000 | 2 | false |
4 | romance in a small town in the mountains of West Virginia | "Hometown Romance with Heart...and Heat" Yes please! You don't need to read the first book in the series to enjoy this one however I listed them below if you like this one. The only thing that kept from really enjoying it is the couple meet and two weeks later it is happily ever after. It lacked the depth I need to car... | [] | 1477807691 | 1477807691 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,863,670,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Cinderella meets Norma Rae in the 1830's Mill town of Lowell Massachusetts. | Compulsively readable. A very realistic look at the life of a Mill worker in those times, including a very romantic plot. Alice leaves her going-nowhere-fast life on the family farm in New Hampshire. Jumping from the frying pan into the fire of a mill job (that at least paid a wage)and finds includes the rich mill owne... | [] | 0385536496 | 0385536496 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,708,750,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Best to read book #2 OUT OF FOCUS first | because it really is the first half of this novel. I enjoyed the murder mystery more than the romance. For me the romance was a bit undeveloped, I liked Cody more than Kasey. I don't know as I will be reading the rest of the series, I never got wrapped up enough in the story, maybe it was me - over 300 readers loved it... | [] | 161218698X | 161218698X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,702,747,000 | 0 | false |
3 | was hoping for more after reading good reviews for the first book in the series | I thought it was going to be a Charming Romance & a Compelling Cozy Mystery set in a small town in Virginia. I got the small town but I never felt the very mild romance and the mystery was almost a footnote - I would say give this a pass and get the first in the series.<br /><br />SWEET TEA AND SECRETS, is the first in... | [] | 1612182763 | 1612182763 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,699,998,000 | 0 | false |
3 | What a train wreck! | A religious (catholic) family is tested to the limits. I felt sorry for everyone involved but really, Mary brought it all on herself. It seems a shame she has this wonderful life but has lived in fear of losing it all for over ten years. I can see why she kept her secret, she should have put it behind her or confessed ... | [] | 1477809503 | 1477809503 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,538,711,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Erotic Lesbian Drama | first third is angst the rest is erotica. Olivia is a lawyer, Micah her hazel eyed (you won't forget this because it is mentioned 42 times) intern. When Micah's grandmother dies she turns to Olivia for emotional comfort, Micah channels her crush on Olivia into a physical kiss. Olivia, while returning the attraction, r... | [] | 1939062306 | 1939062306 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,448,736,000 | 2 | false |
4 | #3 in the Blackberry Island, Washington Trilogy | For 30 year old Nina Wentworth (who we first met in the second Blackberry Island book 'Three Sisters') nursing comes naturally, she has devoted her life to her beloved mother and sister (so much so that she gave up on her dream of medical school, and her lover, to stay with her irresponsible mother, Bonnie, and put her... | [] | 0778316130 | 0778316130 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,432,064,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Third in a series about the Greenwich Village Italian family | 400 rave reviews can't be wrong but I am trying to understand what people found appealing in this character. I love stories of strong women (being one myself), to me Valentine came off as an Italian Donald Trump. We open with 35 year old New Yorker Valentine (a former teacher and now a shoemaker in the over 100 year ol... | [] | 0062136585 | 0062136585 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,345,580,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Like an Greek Tragedy stretching from 1974 to 2014 | New to me author - Oh my! did I feel sorry for this immigrant family living in Astoria, Queens NYC. Over 300 pages you learn about the horrible fate of a Greek family (Basil, Livana, Dmitri, Cassandra and Fedor & Niklaus). Just when you think things in the new country are starting to shine it all goes horribly horribly... | [] | 162467271X | 162467271X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,284,338,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Book #11 of 15 | I was completely charmed. "Fool's Gold, where a onetime fling could become the real thing...." Well, Alrighty then! The Fool's Gold series begun in 2010. Not to worry the books are all independent of each other and the author provides a really great who's who on her website plus a really cool town map. Perfect beach re... | [] | 037377768X | 037377768X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,278,620,000 | 2 | false |
5 | except for the murder of an 11 year old innocent - I loved it | The finish was brilliant! This is a novelization of a British TV series (now being a US TV show "Gracepoint"). Broadchurch is a small village on the rural coast of Dorset England. It opens with the search for missing Danny Latimer, eventually found strangled to death.<br /><br />Detective Sargent (DS) Ellie Miller's so... | [] | 1250055504 | 1250055504 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,411,153,387,000 | 0 | false |
5 | How an 11 year old girl deals with the suicide of her brother one year later | Beautifully and wisely told. Hard to say what age this would be the best target group - I gave it to my 9 year old - her review "intense". The author does a terrific job of touching all the bases without going overboard. First released in England earlier this year.<br /><br />11 year old Kaia was the one to find her ol... | [] | 0385384874 | 0385384874 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,909,159,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Ages 13 - 16 | My 13 year old loved it. Set 250 years ago in England, 16 year old Kit Bristol finds out his employer is also Whistling Jack, a thief, when Kit finds him dying from an ambush. Through a series of misadventures everyone thinks Kit is Whistling Jack, and Kit ends up on a run for his life (with his new awesome horse, Mid... | [] | 0765335492 | 0765335492 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,843,805,000 | 6 | false |
5 | Nazi Concentration Camp horror story | Then again, isn't any story involving Nazi Concentration Camps, horror stories? A perfectly horrific time in our history that the author is doing his part to ensure the world never forgets or diminishes the fact that Dante's Inferno existed on earth for over 12 years and only 70 years ago.<br /><br />In this carefully ... | [] | 0385353499 | 0385353499 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,821,604,000 | 2 | false |
4 | The Mill River Redemption by Darcie Chan | New to me author. Until the end, the story was downer for me (because my own beloved mother died so many years ago also at a relatively young age). I kept reading it (the story bounces between the past and present) and wondering 'what was I thinking to have read this' however the ending was spot on perfect. What was ge... | [] | 0345538234 | 0345538234 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,563,495,000 | 0 | false |
4 | The whole series is consistent in packing an emotional punch or a laugh out loud moment. | I became a Mitford, North Carolina "the little town with the big heart" addict 20 years ago and can't wait to get my hands on the 10th in the series. #7 in the series is titled IN THIS MOUNTAIN and begins 3 years after the end of book #6. Father Tim is turning 70 and none too pleased by it (the diabetic blackouts would... | [] | 0142002585 | 0142002585 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,560,616,000 | 0 | false |
4 | New to me author - | Like a romance in a 1940's movie, including no sex (I think it is called 'clean'). It really is a very sweet read I am very fortunate to have read it. These are good people and you are happy when they find each other. You get to know both Joe and Polly (and her niece Ellie) through their own Point of View. The epilogue... | [] | 1497399319 | 1497399319 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,557,296,000 | 3 | false |
4 | memoir of NYTimes columnist on growing up poor & black in a backwater town in Louisiana | Beautiful evocative and masterful prose makes this a keeper and a must read. Starting as an intern for the Shreveport Times and educated at Grambling State, by age 25 he was working at the New York Times. We learn about his strong mother who raised 5 children while plucking poultry to put a roof over their head, food o... | [] | 0544228049 | 0544228049 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,552,869,000 | 3 | false |
3 | how to push yourself forward written by a compulsive goal seeker | An excellent gift for someone at a crossroards. Divorce, job loss, health crisis, loss of a loved can all lead to overwhelming inertia, the author acts as a coach, guide and mentor to help those who need it to "GET UP & GO!" Chris Guillebeau is Host of the World Domination Summit (an international gathering of ... | [] | 0385348843 | 0385348843 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,486,488,000 | 1 | false |
5 | 1922 post WWI London & an excellent book club choice | The writing is so picturesque it is like you are watching a movie by Martin Scorsese. Before the novel ends, almost 600 pages later, we have a nail biter of a morality story. Widowed Mrs. Wray and her 26-year-old daughter, Frances live together and take in borders aka paying guests to make ends meet. The Wray's two son... | [] | 1594633118 | 1594633118 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,321,799,000 | 1 | false |
4 | #17 in the series that inspired the TV show 'BONES', with the author a consulting producer | Reichs is a new to me American author, and having enjoyed this novel I am looking forward to reading the series going strong for 17 years. The author knows her stuff, she is the forensic anthropologist for the province of Quebec, Canada (also serves on the Canadian National Police Services Advisory Council), and is pro... | [] | 0345544013 | 0345544013 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,287,068,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Memoir of an Iranian refugeee in the 1970's | True story of the author's terrifying adventure at age 9 where his parents attempt to get him out of the war torn country (at war with Iraq). Instead of leaving the country with his mom, the author boards a plane to Turkey without her. He must make his way with limited funds in hopes the British Embassy will allow him ... | [] | 147782037X | 147782037X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,275,858,000 | 1 | false |
5 | 3rd in trilogy about the super seedy Stockholm Underworld, | Jorges Barrio aka 'The J Man', a Peruvian whose family sought asylum back in the 1960's and is now looking to score a big heist with his dirty dozen henchmen and from the start you can see it is not going to be an Ocean's Eleven.<br /><br />The Don Corleone of the scene is a Serbian, Kranjic, whose 21 year old daughter... | [] | 0307377504 | 0307377504 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,240,008,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Political & Military international thriller | A coup d'etat occurs in Mali and the reader is taken on a LeCarre/Clancy mashup. Kidnappings and terrorists; drug and weapons smuggling; violent ethnic power struggles resulting in a fast paced and compelling story - I loved it and was completely delighted to find an terrific new author. Being a political science majo... | [] | 0399168605 | 0399168605 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,232,382,000 | 1 | false |
5 | The best thing for new readers - you can read this novel first and not feel lost. | This review is for all the readers who have not read a Jack Reacher novel, Because if you have read one and liked it, you have gone on to read all 19 by now (they are that addictive escapist fare). Jack Reacher is a 6-foot-5, 250 pound, one-man army. A loner with a sense of humor. He hitchhikes or travels by bus. With ... | [] | 0804178747 | 0804178747 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,138,857,000 | 0 | false |
5 | EPIC A must for every middle school reader and all parents. | 10 year old Grace Louise is an outsider at home, and at school (although her Art teacher, Ms Martinelli, tries her best to let her shine). Never having known her father, beloved only by her now dead grandmother she lives with her hard working mother, (who Weezie sees as constantly belittling her as well as being distan... | [] | 1477847294 | 1477847294 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,132,432,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 5 to 9, from the British author of over 60 children's books. | Set in London, England 12 year old Maisie lives in her Grandmother's boardinghouse and aspires to be a detective like her idol, Gilbert Carrington. In her first success she rescues a puppy someone has tried to drown - right there you are either going to want your tiny tot to be exposed to the cruelties of the world or... | [] | 1847153712 | 1847153712 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,121,779,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 10 to 12 | My 12 year old loved this 374 page novel. The story opens with the history of the raven and their fraternal bond with humans that was ruined one terrible day long ago when the lord voldemort of ravens took advantage of a raven grieving over the death of his human BFF on a battlefield. The raven was enticed with immorta... | [] | 0385371039 | 0385371039 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,410,111,658,000 | 1 | false |
2 | ages 9-11 | Evil is right, a 300 page, modern, Brothers Grimm Tale. My, 12 going on 13, 8th grader thought is was better suited to the age of the 9 year old (Ali and company were too immature for him). The nine year old didn't care for the actions of anyone in the book. I thought it was a nice debut effort. I liked the message tha... | [] | 0547859031 | 0547859031 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,845,543,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ideal novel for those who want to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel | Wonderfully uplifting (and not preachy!) book for those who are at a crossroad in their life.The author, a pastor, shares her story of despairing that she will ever make a family of her own. She continues to relay stories she knows personally, illustrating that even in the darkest of times if you endure (and share your... | [] | 0310337119 | 0310337119 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,762,486,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Ages 8 to 12; New to me author is one to look for | My 9 year old LOVED it. 350 line drawings, also by the author, make this a perfect graphic novel. Snarky, spot on, pre-teen humor. Probably the best book I will find for her this year. Bonus for me is that soon to be 10 year old Kate is a the person you hope you child will hang out with. Kate is coping with all the str... | [] | 0385387423 | 0385387423 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,761,232,000 | 1 | false |
4 | While not as awesome as earlier books in the series - still very enjoyable, especially if you are already a fan of the series | Imagine '4 Weddings and Funeral' meets 'The Vicar of Dibley' and you will get a sense of this series going strong after 10 years. I was going to describe the "44 Scotland Street" series as a "Tales of the City" by Armistead Maupin but set in Scotland. I had to lol when I read the author's note on the b... | [] | 0345804406 | 0345804406 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,725,233,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Completely absorbing | For once, the comparison to John Le Carre is no exaggeration, this guy has IT. Brilliantly using smoke and mirrors to enhance the reader experience. Tom Kell is a sympathetic main character, I loved watching the conflicts between his humanity and passion for his work. The author knows how to keep it real, he has Kell c... | [] | 1250020611 | 1250020611 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,598,931,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Dark | Disturbingly dark. I wonder who enjoys writing novels where the innocent and helpless are tormented and tortured? I wonder who enjoys reading novels where the innocent and helpless are tormented and tortured? I didn't enjoy it at all but this author certainly does an excellent job of it. Will try the author again if h... | [] | 0062219480 | 0062219480 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,539,219,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Nicely Amusing | not laugh out loud, but fun in a snarky sort of way. 80 short essays written by a mother (and successful mystery author) and daughter (and successful columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer) duo. It might make a nice holiday gift for your grandmother or aunt. | [] | 0312640099 | 0312640099 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,538,235,000 | 0 | false |
3 | I have been reading historical fiction for 40 years and love it, this book was right up my alley. | However this one did not sweep me off my feet. The novelization of Joan of Kent, granddaughter of Edward I of England, niece of Edward II, marrying the son of Edward III, and eventual Queen Regent for her son, Richard II. Joan was the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent & Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake... | [] | 0307589293 | 0307589293 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,537,110,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Ages 10 and up - a family with two dads and 4 kids - you can imagine the potential for hijinks! lol | The kids are all adopted boys: Sam is 12, Jax and Eli both 10, "Frog" is 6 and runs around like he has a nuclear reactor inside (lol). One father, Papa, works from home and the other, Dad, is a high school history teacher. They do guy things together like hiking and camping. Like a lot of families they have pe... | [] | 0385376529 | 0385376529 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,468,299,000 | 0 | false |
4 | I thought the ending was rushed, too quick and too short. | In the small town of Jericho in Northeastern Mississippi, a Cold Case from 1977. Rape, shooting and murder of a 14 year old girl followed two days later with the lynching of a homeless black man. The twist is there were two girls - one lived, 17-year-old Diane Tull, and the other died (her 14-year-old friend, Lori Stil... | [] | 0399161791 | 0399161791 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,336,643,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 9 to 13 | If you ever loved the movie The [[ASIN:B00006L931 Thief of Bagdad (1940)]], staring Sabu, you will enjoy this.<br /><br />16 year old Zayele is about marry Kamal, the son of the caliph. She is devastated at the thought of leaving her brother who is blind.<br /><br />Najwa, is a jinni and a member of the 'Eyes of Iblis ... | [] | 038536976X | 038536976X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,245,113,000 | 0 | false |
5 | An Immensely Enjoyable Read | not a "...jaw-dropping thriller" it is a rare, beautifully written novel, the mirror into two families leading to tragedy for them all. The reading of the novel was exquisite, the ending was so fitting, so right for the story that preceded it. I hesitate to talk about the details of the story because it is the reading ... | [] | 1400068568 | 1400068568 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,241,020,000 | 2 | false |
2 | explicit sex & gratuitous violence | My dad would have loved the movie - lol. The reading was a bit rough going (perhaps something the translation could have salvaged?). The dialogue didn't seem natural but maybe it was my reading in reaction to the horror in the novel. | [] | 1477822704 | 1477822704 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,185,429,000 | 0 | false |
5 | The writing holds up. | Book #5 in the action-adventure series first published in 1931. Delighted to see this series being enjoy by another generation. I remember watching the TV show with my parents back in the 1960 starring Roger Moore and the movies from the 1940's starring the prefect George Sanders.<br /><br />Book #1 "MEET THE TIGE... | [] | 1477842640 | 1477842640 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,184,321,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Book # 3 aka The Last Hero | Action-adventure series set in 1930. I am Delighted to see this series being enjoyed by another generation. The writing holds up. I remember watching the TV show with my parents back in the 1960's starring Roger Moore and the movies from the 1940's starring the prefect George Sanders.<br /><br />Book #1 "MEET THE T... | [] | 1477842624 | 1477842624 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,069,134,000 | 0 | false |
4 | If Nancy Drew was to solve an Agatha Christie murder mystery with the cast of the TV show Glee and Scooby Doo. | New York State Catskills, 1982 & 1997. The book hooked me with the opening line "Her bangs are crispy with Aqua Net. Her ponytail is so tight her forehead aches. Her feet throb in shoes that are a size too small". Ok, I know that moment - lol. I only wish I could ask the author one question "what was with t... | [] | 0544129911 | 0544129911 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,068,134,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 9 to 12 | A well told mystery adventure takes place (no spoilers) with lots of middle grade (and toilet) humor. Both my 9 year old (girl) and 12 year old (boy) were entertained.<br /><br />12 year old Teddy "Roosevelt" Fitzroy is living at FunJungle,a zoo/amusement park (like Busch Gardens, Tampa Flora; or Walt Disney World Anim... | [] | 1442467770 | 1442467770 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,065,687,000 | 0 | false |
4 | This title will be either a hit or miss | For me it was a hit. First, I have a childish, snarky sense of humor. Second, I LOVE movies and literature. The author's and screenwriter's of Classics & Contemporary Literature, as well as Film and TV, rough drafts are lampooned. It was very funny.<br /><br />My highest recommendation would be to read the sample offe... | [] | 1452131309 | 1452131309 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,409,024,145,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Ages 14 to 17 | Best thing about the book. Publisher's weekly thought it was terrific which is what led me to order it. The plot was too far fetched for me to buy in to. I didn't find 17 year old Cade appealing (then again she has lived in misery as far back as she can remember - downer). The world building was lacking detail. The rev... | [] | 0544087445 | 0544087445 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,926,427,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Write what you know, and the author did | Although born 20 years after the novel's setting (1945 the closing days of WW2) the author was raised in the largest city in Siberia and absorbed his surroundings and history so well that it comes to life in this translation.<br /><br />12 year old Petak lives in a remote Siberian border town with China, where he and h... | [] | 1611090733 | 1611090733 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,839,425,000 | 0 | false |
4 | If you like the author's Christmas Hope series (and the movies they were made into) you will love this novel. | Spoiler free review ahead: 4 families brought together through a small town church Nativity, I was somewhat distracted from the characters by the author's writing style, at times it read to me almost like it was being narrated or explained to me. Also, while the dialogue is spot on, occasionally it would sound stilte... | [] | 1250010659 | 1250010659 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,836,771,000 | 0 | false |
5 | the 9 year old who had to move from Dallas to Baltimore loved it | I did too - very well written. Very entertaining. Most importantly - very true to life. 15 year old Ella is uprooted from High School in March of her 2nd year. Even worse she is dumped in a private school where everyone has a clique established since the year before. My heart broke for her. But Ella has pluck and join... | [] | 0761456066 | 0761456066 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,674,127,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Oh NO | I didn't realize this was the continued story of Christine who I loathed in the author's novel 'LIFE AFTER 40'. This is a totally different story from LIFE AFTER 40 so I gave it shot. I didn't find it funny or amusing or charming - maybe it's the translation? Maybe what's funny in Germany isn't always funny in the US? ... | [] | 1611090202 | 1611090202 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,673,220,000 | 1 | false |
5 | For the Discworld lover in your family | A decades long collection of essays, prose and speeches dating back as far as the 1970s. My 40 year old, Discworld series of fantasy novels reader and convergence con attendee, LOVED it. He finished reading it before I had a chance to look at the cover - lol. Being married to an author (not the 40 year old) I loved the... | [] | 0385538308 | 0385538308 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,647,616,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Book # 2 in the action-adventure series set in 1929 | Enter the Saint is a collection of three novellas. Delighted to see this series being enjoy by another generation. The writing holds up. I remember watching the TV show with my parents back in the 1960 starring Roger Moore.<br /><br />Book #1 "MEET THE TIGER": Templar is adventurer 27 years OLD, wealthy with a manserva... | [] | 9997507576 | 9997507576 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,583,533,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Good twist at the end of the book | New to me author and I was a bit lost with so many characters, and their stories, - it turns out many are from the author's 20 earlier novels so fans of the author will LOVE this. What grabbed my eye was the cover art and then the summary of the book. From the author' website:<br /><br />'Jess, winner of The David Port... | [] | 1250046343 | 1250046343 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,483,939,000 | 3 | false |
5 | WOW! Action, adventure & passion - winner! | Darkest Radclyffe ever. It opens with Federal Agent Loren McElroy deep undercover in Idaho, embedded with a biker gang (up to it's eyeballs in crime) for over 2 years. She has risen in the ranks through her criminal contacts and is about to close on a deal that will be the culmination of her work (I would tell you more... | [] | 1602828857 | 1602828857 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,421,895,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Book#3 | A nicely unique and sometimes unbeleivable premise that I wasn't sure could be pulled off, but it was hard to put down. A straightforward adventure novel with a swashbuckling hero - think Errol Flynn in Captain Blood (but older and with more toys).<br /><br />I've read all 3 in the series now and look forward to #4. Fo... | [] | 1612183379 | 1612183379 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,399,159,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Horror | Compulsively readable once you get to the last 100 pages, before that it was touch and go for me if I wanted to continue. And just so you know, *possible spoiler* they all don't make it out of the cabin in the woods alive. | [] | 1611099676 | 1611099676 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,398,704,000 | 0 | false |
3 | 130 pages covering 3 story-lines | For me I needed the book to be over twice as long for that amount of story to be told - I am looking forward to seeing the made for TV movie (made in 2002 with Rob Lowe). **possible spoiler - the mother dies - I still can't believe the mother dies - I figured the way this would play out was the rich lawyer would get th... | [] | 1591450586 | 1591450586 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,340,837,000 | 0 | false |
3 | With a Killer named Mongo, I was ready for a good read | and that was exactly what I got. The ending was weaker than the rest of the book so that took my enjoyment down a bit. From the author of the five Ben Tolliver mysteries (now available on kindle). Mongo is an assassin who cleverly murders movie star Catherine Delure (lol, love that name too) and her assistant.<br /><br... | [] | 1480485802 | 1480485802 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,332,821,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Ages 10 to 13 | Adventure story of Courage, Honesty, Faithfulness and Growing up. The first transcontinental Canadian railroad (circa 1885), a deadly avalanche and murder.<br /><br />In three years time 17 year old Will Everett's family has made it rich. Now he on the maiden trip of the new 900 car luxury locomotive 'The Boundless'. W... | [] | 144247288X | 144247288X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,168,999,000 | 2 | false |
4 | for the Buddhist believer | This was a toughie to rate. I was disappointed that the book was not an unbiased biography. The book is written by a believer who embraces Tibetan Buddhist culture in all it's mysticism. That being said I do have friends who are Buddhists, I asked one to read it, and she loved it.<br /><br />It wasn't an easy read, I w... | [] | 140194146X | 140194146X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,153,808,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Elmore Leonard meets Breaking Bad in the Missouri backwoods. | Bloody offbeat thriller from the author of the debut title 'Frank Sinatra in a Blender'. My Dad would have loved this novel. | [] | 1480485756 | 1480485756 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,408,061,590,000 | 3 | false |
4 | Great gift giving book idea | The humor can be a bit 'blue' ('using baby wipes to give yourself a crotch bath' - er.. TMI!). The author is a entertaining blogger, search his name and the words 'beware of glass' or 'You Deserve a Break'. So good I bought copies for my cousins with tiny tots, and am keeping my copy on the livingroom coffee table for ... | [] | 1452129215 | 1452129215 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,961,644,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Satire on Reality shows and people who populate them | What a train wreck! I loved every minute of it.<br /><br />Handsome Eddie (that's his name) lives in quite suburbia trying to get his, less than supportive, wife Susan pregnant. Eddie was once a Hollywood hopeful, and is now a High School drama teacher. The only thing left from his dreams is his one time girlfriend is ... | [] | 006232246X | 006232246X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,859,062,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 11-13 | 12 year old Grace's mom, Anna, was 17 when she and her boyfriend, Scott, conceived her. Grace believes her grandmother, Miranda, kicked her daughter to the curb. Before Grace was born, her father, and mother's father, died in a car accident (Grace's father's parents died in a fire when Scott was 16). Grace and her arti... | [] | 039916393X | 039916393X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,857,186,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Jersey girl in the Rockies | Suspend your belief and enjoy the bus ride for a nicely plotted story with a likable heroine. I have always enjoyed the Angela Lansbury 'Murder She Wrote' series, and Agatha Christie (Murder On The Orient Express & Death on the Nile). Unlike Christie I was able to guess 'who did it' in this 'who done it'. Having been ... | [] | 0803496990 | 0803496990 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,854,588,000 | 0 | false |
3 | a little bit funny, a little bit Christian, a little bit memoir | If you love the author's blog, 'The Big Mama'(new to me) you will delight in this collection. I wanted a couple opinions so I shared with my aunt & uncle (married 30 years), they read a few chapters and but weren't delighted enough to continue.<br /><br />How I miss Erma Bombeck!<br /><br />A New York Times Best Seller... | [] | 1414385544 | 1414385544 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,762,460,000 | 0 | false |
2 | feces, farts, vomit, incest, cannibalism - oh my! | If flash-fiction is your thing this book is for you. If stories of taboo or shocking subjects are your groove you will probably enjoy this collection of 26 stories, most are bleak, heartily. What's not to like? How about "My Boyfriend Del" a romance between a woman and a 9-year-old child. Yeah, just not for me.<br /><... | [] | 0374533857 | 0374533857 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,714,842,000 | 0 | false |
4 | "Is that a broadsword on your belt, or are you just glad to see me?" | LOL. A fresh and interesting concept. Kind of like Outlander meets Sex in the City. Rowena is not having the best of weeks. Sure the sex is great. She loves Thane but he wants to keep her castle bound and Rowena needs her freedom. One complication, she is carrying Cedric's baby and he wants her for his own. Sure the s... | [] | 1927792770 | 1927792770 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,626,047,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Horror and a great dose of humor - Winner! | Make that sci-fi, horror, & psychological thriller. I felt so sorry for our hero Stacy! First, she lives in Las Vegas,then it gets worse when she experiences what she thinks are nightmares that are destroying her. The nightmares are very very real to her. She lives every night an apocalyptic life where she is compelled... | [] | 1938644085 | 1938644085 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,621,638,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A novel that must be told again and again | until there is no longer a reason for it to be told. 16 year old Aidan narrates his painful story set in 2001. Neglected by his 'lifestyles of the rich and famous' parents, seduced by the family pedophile priest, now drinking and drugging to make sense of it all. You just want to take Aidan in your arms and protect h... | [] | 1442484896 | 1442484896 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,562,593,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Collection of 7 previously published short stories and 2 new | Poignant, tragic short story collection which I read over 9 evenings. The author has command of the English language that I envy. She uses words beautifully to paint a vivid picture. However, the people are like none I have ever met in my adult years so I never became fully engaged in the tragedy, abuse, sorrow, death,... | [] | 0385335776 | 0385335776 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,558,205,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Outstanding literary fiction | Wow - this author can write! I read it in one sitting. The novel is even better than the blurb would suggest.<br /><br />Morgan is a truly wonderful human being trying her hardest to make sure her loved ones are cared for and loved. She and her wife are a couple who love each other very much life and it's responsibil... | [] | 1626391696 | 1626391696 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,555,013,000 | 0 | false |
5 | wow Wow WOW! | Stick with it to page 229 and hang on tight for the rest of the novel because the surprises and revealed secrets just keep on coming. Excellent twists and a corker of an ending. I believed it, totally believed it. Sure there are a lot of coincidences, but life is full of them. Sure you ask yourself - how can this marri... | [] | 0805098720 | 0805098720 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,469,953,000 | 0 | false |
5 | I want to pre-order the 2nd book, now | I need more Rebekah and New York City - stat! What a unique story. Compelling story telling and dialogue. The cover is what got my interest, the plot is what made me order the book and the writing is what makes me want the next in the series. Rebekah is fresh out of college and looking for a job on a NYC newspaper, wha... | [] | 1250043395 | 1250043395 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,167,250,000 | 0 | false |
4 | #2 in medieval mystery series with Halfdan and his master, Winston the Illuminator | Translated from the Danish author. English historical fiction is probably my favorite genre. I love the rogue Halfdan (I keep picturing him as Errol Flynn when he portrayed Robin Hood). I think it needed another 30 pages or so, for me there wasn't enough showing to make me love it and the mystery wasn't compelling.<br ... | [] | 1477817360 | 1477817360 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,084,240,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Adventure. Mystery, Romance, in Ancient Troy & Oxford Today | For any enjoyment leave your disbelief on page one. As a lover of the TV show Xena: Warrior Princess I was ready made for this book.<br /><br />Two stories parallel each other.<br /><br />The modern day story is narrated by Diana Morgan, Oxford PhD who studies the Amazons and language in written historical sources.<br ... | [] | 0345536223 | 0345536223 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,407,013,631,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Reading his oldest child's reflections on his father (page 402) are a gem. | I enjoyed reading all the tidbits the author brings to this one go to book (that he was a shy teenager when it came to girls was a surprise and that his mother was a debbie downer that never had anything good to say about her own son was very sad). The book contains all sorts of neat information like this. I think the ... | [] | 1439199582 | 1439199582 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,820,613,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Boston Noir | I read the short story back in 2009 that became the genesis for the upcoming movie with Tom Hardy & James Gandolfini. The short story "Animal Rescue," was in an anthology "Boston Noir". The movie's producers asked Lehane to write the screenplay. At the end of filming, and assorted changes (like moving the location to B... | [] | 0062365444 | 0062365444 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,786,294,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Police Procedural based in Israel - #2 in a series | In a novel even more gripping than the 2013 debut, 38 year old Tel Aviv police inspector Avraham has a new commander, a mentor who is avoiding him, a relationship with a police woman living in Brussels, and a new case that will prove his worth (after the mess that was in the earlier novel which involved the death of a ... | [] | 0062195409 | 0062195409 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,766,921,000 | 0 | false |
3 | AGES 11 to 13 | The Feral Child is the first of a trilogy of Irish folklore. 13 year old Maddy's parents have died (right off I was ready to cut are a lot of slack) and she is not happy living with her grandparents in the small town of Blarney, Ireland.<br /><br />On All Hallows Eve, Maddy sees a faerie (troublesome beings who live in... | [] | 1623651204 | 1623651204 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,741,887,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Police Procedural set in Barcelona. | Sadly I didn't read more of the summary before ordering it because if I had read about the bodies of dogs hung to death from a tree I would have left it for someone who enjoys, or is not bothered, by that kind of thing. Instead I skipped over that unsavory plot point and ended up enjoying the rest of the novel (althoug... | [] | 0770435904 | 0770435904 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,439,499,000 | 0 | false |
5 | terrific debut! | Eddy Harkness was once an a brilliant up and coming detective running the Boston Police Department's Narcotics team. Then he became the scapegoat in the death of a drunk Red Sox. Now he is a meter-maid in his hometown of Nagog, Massachusetts on unpaid leave from the BPD. He is the son of an infamous swindler and it loo... | [] | 0544226275 | 0544226275 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,437,925,000 | 1 | false |
4 | 11-13 years old | 12 year old Jewel never knew her brother, he was 5 years old they day he died. Jewel's parents blame her Jamaican Grandfather for the family tragedy (he had playfully nicknamed his grandson 'Bird' and the consequences led to his death) and grandfather has not spoken a word in her life. It's clear to Jewel that her pare... | [] | 1442450894 | 1442450894 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,435,829,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Not a magical time at all | I am a HUGE Disney Fan. Except for the cover it doesn't have a very Disney feel. My strong recommendation is take advantage of the preview option and see for yourself. I think it would be ok for children ages 7 to 10, but would be more enjoyable in a school than a fun read at home. The content is rather dry and simplis... | [] | 1940787009 | 1940787009 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,428,764,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Venice, 1576 the city is infected with Bubonic Plague. | The premise gets even better by throwing in so much background with the Ottoman Empire, the writing and feel of place made for a most satisfying read.<br /><br />Andrea Palladio, tasked by the Doge of Venice to build a cathedral as an offering to God to save the city before the plague claims all in it.<br /><br />Annib... | [] | 125004295X | 125004295X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,379,022,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Arizona Territory in 1872 | Cash McLendon, his drunk of a father didn't give him much of a childhood in Saint Louis, Missouri. Cash claws his way out of poverty and much like Rory Armagh in Taylor Caldwell's 'The Captains and the Kings', in 1872 Cash finds himself the son-in-law and right hand man to industrial mogul Rupert Douglass. There is no ... | [] | 039916541X | 039916541X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,352,043,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 12-15 | It's 1941 an 15 year old Kalinka has witnessed the murder of her family by the Nazi pogrom, because her family is Jewish.<br /><br />Max should be thinking of retirement, he has been caretaker of a Ukrainian nature preserve all his life, created by a German baron, almost completely destroyed during World War I (1914-19... | [] | 0385755430 | 0385755430 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,338,035,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Ages 12 to 13 horror novel | Kara was six years old when her brother Taff was born and she witnessed her mother, Helena, executed for being a witch. Now age 12 she, her sunken wreck of father, and Taff are feared, loathed and abused by the people in De'Noran, their village aka 'the Children of the Fold'. The cult like villagers have isolated them... | [] | 0062257242 | 0062257242 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,335,301,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Based on the publisher summary, I knew that the reader was not going to be cheering for an all around good guy | 29-year-old Nicolas Kolt was fascinatingly unlikable, to me, for much of the story (mostly told in flashback over a long weekend). If you aren't looking for a hero to cheer for, you may find a winner here becuase what you get is 'Lifestyles of the rich, famous and needing a good kick in the pants'. My love of the nove... | [] | 1250045134 | 1250045134 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,301,926,000 | 0 | false |
5 | perfect summer read | Two BFFs drift apart. We see them in childhood, teens and grown into adults. When they were young, Kitty & Laney once dreamed about living in exciting and glamourous New York City, but life had a way of mucking that up. Kitty leaves town and lives their dream, Laney stays in Vermont, marries and raises a daughter. 12 y... | [] | 0451419448 | 0451419448 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,274,438,000 | 0 | false |
5 | the books premise might not be universally appealing. | The narrator (a prisoner on death row, been mute since the age of 6, in a mental hospital until 18, then imprisoned for an unspecified crime to a little boy, eventually beating another inmate to death) was transferred to solitary in the ancient prison where death row is underground and executions by lethal injection oc... | [] | 0062285505 | 0062285505 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,267,817,000 | 0 | false |
5 | 'Panic' is a contest. | Only the current High School graduating senior class can participate. Only the fearless will win. This is the story of Heather and Dodge who participate in the contest in a town in New York called 'Carp' population 12,000.<br /><br />Can't decide? go to the author's website where you will find 2 videos from the author ... | [] | 0062014552 | 0062014552 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,182,175,000 | 0 | false |
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