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3 | featuring Alice from the Men Of Honor series | #2 in the author's four book Undercover series. Alice has escaped being kidnapped by human traffickers. Naturally she only let's her guard down with her neighbor, police detective Reese Bareden. While attempting to save a girl from the same fate she escaped, Alice uncovers a drug cartel. The next thing I would be doing... | [] | 0373777612 | 0373777612 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,180,131,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Riveting - a top bookclub choice | Do yourself a favor before you open the book. do a quick inquiry on Papua New Guniea, read it's one page history on wiki and look on a map for the rivers in the story. I did this before I finished the first chapter, it really helped me get a deeper feel for the setting because the writing is so descriptive like I was t... | [] | 0802122558 | 0802122558 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,071,075,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 9 to 12 | 7th grader Tucker McBean had my heart from the first book 'The Adventures of Beanboy". Excerpt "Dad only existed in e-mails. Mom wasn't much more than a sticky note..." that struck me as so sad, Beanboy had my heart from then on. So I was delighted to see a new book about Tucker, his mother and his younger brother Beec... | [] | 0544039041 | 0544039041 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,003,577,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Powerful story telling that is 5 years in the making. | Sex Drugs & Rock and Roll - LOTS of Sex & Drugs. What captured my attention was the review from Michael Stipe of REM calling the novel "authentic, vibrant, and genuine"<br /><br />Anna Brundage was a red haired, full throated, rock star (with a name I love - great author choice). Tall and as sexy as they come, she shot... | [] | 0544074815 | 0544074815 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,406,000,818,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 9 to 12. | Illustrated child's-eye view of World War I 1914 to 1919 from the author of the Holocaust novel 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas'.<br /><br />July 28, 1914, the day Alfie Summerfield turns 5 and war erupts in Europe. Alfie's dad, Georgie, is off to fight the good fight that will be over by Christmas, except 4 years late... | [] | 1627790314 | 1627790314 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,405,993,055,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 10 to 11: #3 of 4 in a series | A bit too young for my 12 year old (he finished it but thought it a bit immature for him although he did get a kick out of Skip from Verminator Pest Control), but will give to my 9 year old next year.<br /><br />In book 1 Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab published 11/2013, we met 11 year old siblings with a "kn... | [] | 1594746761 | 1594746761 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,405,991,808,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 12-13 fantasy/violence stretching back to 1938 | 13 year old Margaret O'Malley lives in a remote mining town of Victory, Arizona. Her father John O'Malley has been sentenced to death by sadistic Judge Biggs. Father O'Malley was a geologist and exposed the harm by his company, Victory Fuels, when using Fracking to mine natural gas, he was fired and then framed for ar... | [] | 0062274627 | 0062274627 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,405,988,824,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Ages 12-13 | 12 year old Charlie moves to Taper, Florida (small town trapped between Miami & Lake Ochechobee) where his stepfather, Prester, replaces the beloved football coach. Football is the only ticket out of town for local boys whose ancestors came to Taper when sugar was king. Charlie meets Cotton who tells him the town histo... | [] | 0449816737 | 0449816737 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,405,983,503,000 | 1 | false |
5 | set in the late 1990s | In her 11th novel, this new to me (4 million copies in print) author, chose a locale that I enjoy reading about and I loved the backstory of the town, the townies and the summer residents - delicious!<br /><br />43 year old Frankie Rowley returns to her retired parent's (Alfie & Sylvia) farmhouse in the quiet town of P... | [] | 0307594793 | 0307594793 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,405,982,566,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 7 to 10 - excellent | 5th in the The Lemonade War Series featuring 10 year old Brother and Sister, Evan and Jessie who are in the same 5th grade class. Picked this to read with my 7 year old nephew (of one sibling) and 8 year old niece (of another sibling) - both loved it and got into the adventure.<br /><br />Their parents have long been d... | [] | 0544052897 | 0544052897 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,405,979,340,000 | 1 | false |
3 | 1930, 11 years after the last person has died in WW1 combat | and the US government has made funding available for mothers to visit the graves in Europe of their children who died in battle. In 3 years almost 7,000 women over the age of 50 made this trip in a time that coincided with the Great Depression. I am a history major and an avid history reader but had never heard of thi... | [] | 0307958841 | 0307958841 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,405,978,055,000 | 1 | false |
5 | The book has a little of everything, including a bit of erotica at the close. | If you can find this 8x11 soft cover book - GRAB IT! Own a part of history. Profusely illustrated. The edition I have was published in 1975 and illustrated wonderfully by the artist Victoria Hammond. My understanding is that some of the illustrations are based on photos taken by the artist Tee Corrine from 1973 - 1975.... | [] | B007GH5P2I | B000BP4H4E | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,405,384,789,000 | 0 | false |
5 | If you can find this 8x11 soft cover book - GRAB IT! | Own a part of history. Profusely illustrated. The edition I have was published in 1975 and illustrated wonderfully by the artist Victoria Hammond. My understanding is that some of the illustrations are based on photos taken by the artist Tee Corrine from 1973 - 1975.<br /><br />The book has a little of everything, incl... | [] | B005C1RVQ8 | B005C1RVQ8 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,405,384,663,000 | 0 | false |
5 | If you can find this 8x11 soft cover book - GRAB IT! | Own a part of history. Profusely illustrated. The edition I have was published in 1975 and illustrated wonderfully by the artist Victoria Hammond. My understanding is that some of the illustrations are based on photos taken by the artist Tee Corrine from 1973 - 1975.<br /><br />The book has a little of everything, incl... | [] | B001IPEM78 | B001IPEM78 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,405,384,558,000 | 1 | false |
4 | A Must read BEFORE the wedding day | I highly recommend every parent give a copy to their children once they reach the age to marry. And remember to keep a marriage what it was when you first both fell in love a) you BOTH have to have been in love and b) you BOTH have to want to stay in love. Terrific topics that must not be shied away from like alcohol, ... | [] | 1426759517 | 1426759517 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,404,716,611,000 | 0 | false |
4 | "Last night I dreamed of Nauquasset again." | not a good start for me and my sense of humor - I was ready to turn this re-staging of the Daphne du Maurier classic novel 'Rebecca' into a Calvin & Hobbes comedy. Instead I gave a nod to both authors and plunged ahead. Much to my enjoyment. I thought the choice of setting was unique, we vacation one week a year on Cap... | [] | 1594632472 | 1594632472 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,404,715,035,000 | 0 | false |
3 | I really wanted to like this novel | The cover art alone compelled me to enjoy it. Rick rescues Pax the puppy, a German shepherd mix, after Pax's mother (a stray) dies. Rick marries Francesca and they are a family. The World War 2 wrecks Rick's career as a rising baseball star. I almost stopped reading when Rick's wife gives up his dog for military servic... | [] | 1250014360 | 1250014360 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,404,712,959,000 | 2 | false |
4 | best for ages 13 to 15: Book #1 in a trilogy | Spiritual epic fantasy with a biblical base. 14 year old Archer Keaton is a dreamtreader who protects the waking world from the Nightmare Lord, he is one of only three selected from each generation. As the story unfolds Archer faces Danger and his life is at risk both in dreams and when awake.<br /><br />Rigby Thames, ... | [] | 1400323665 | 1400323665 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,404,467,951,000 | 0 | false |
5 | 1860 to 1990: a remote Scottish Island, a novice Vicar, tenants thrown off the land, mermaids and newlyweds | That is a lot of story to be covered by a debut author and she does it with poetic language and depth. I would say the subject matter from the books description might have a less than infinite readership but for me it was wonderfully enjoyable.<br /><br />The site `born as glitter org chai selkiepaper', gave me lots of... | [] | 1250043344 | 1250043344 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,404,466,025,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Yes, this was a compelling thriller mystery | And a terrific Forensic procedural, well written and entertaining (more please!). A fun read especially if you like more than average romance in your mystery/thrillers. Action packed romantic thriller, 3rd in a series, truly a page turner where the reader is given pieces of information until the case is solved. Dr. Sam... | [] | 0778316041 | 0778316041 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,404,368,875,000 | 0 | false |
5 | The title pulled me in | This was a very comforting read in the trying times we are having in our country now. Hate and intolerance and bigotry and bullies seem to abound more than they have before. This book is the perfect antidote. Will be ordering a copy for my sister as a birthday gift. | [] | 1400323460 | 1400323460 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,404,340,515,000 | 0 | false |
4 | A New York family spends 2 weeks on the Spanish island of Mallorca. | A breezy summer read, but I would rather have spent my time re-watching the Jimmy Stewart/Maureen O'Hara movie "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation". Superficial rich people being snarky, witty and insightful without the melodrama and with excellent writing that kept me reading.<br /><br />Franny is the alpha of the family (thi... | [] | 1594631573 | 1594631573 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,403,770,797,000 | 0 | false |
3 | 69 episodes, 2006-2009 | This is the first of a two novel series written in 2008 based on the TV show but not written by the show's writers. The Unit is a top-secret military unit much like the U.S. Army special operations unit known as Delta Force. i think this might have been more enjoyable for me if I hadn't like the TV show so much, the b... | [] | 0451225392 | 0451225392 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,403,769,893,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Catherine Howard (1513 to February 13th 1542) fifth wife (1540 to 1541) of Henry VIII of England | Fascinating historical fiction, the author tells a well written story of the age, painting Howard's life from childhood. She was the 10th child of Lord Edmund Howard (c 1478–1539) himself the 21st child of the Duke of Norfolk; so, while she had a name she had no wealth or position. Sadly, the 17 year old bride of the 4... | [] | 0425232514 | 0425232514 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,403,766,006,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Stretching from 1861 Washington DC to 2014 Utah | I love novels involving history or historical fiction and this totally fit the bill. Fast pased and very well written I was engaged the whole way, that is, after I suspended my belief in the premise of the constituional secret staying a secret for 222 years.<br /><br />1861: Abraham Lincoln is the new President of the ... | [] | 0345526570 | 0345526570 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,403,646,499,000 | 1 | false |
4 | #4 in the Ana Grey FBI series | I liked this so much I orderd the rest of the series and already finished North of Montana.<br />North of Montana (1994),<br />Good Morning, Killer (2003),<br />Judas Horse (2008)<br />White Shotgun (2011)<br /><br />White Shotgun has a complex plot that takes Agent Grey and her way too moody security expert lover Ster... | [] | 0307270130 | 0307270130 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,403,613,494,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Loved Loved Loved it | I couldn't agree with Entertainment Weekly more (which is where I first read about this book). What a little gem! Should be required reading in every school. I only wish I had a book club to share my enjoyment of this story. Thank you Kevin! | [] | 0307908984 | 0307908984 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,403,587,448,000 | 0 | false |
3 | 'Dating for the first time in 50 years' might be a better title | A bit basic - I expected more from this series. The earlier titles were excellent and in depth, like Wine for Dummies, Desktop Publishing & Design For Dummies, Excel for Dummies,<br /><br />Example: "The exciting part of dating again after age 50 is that the relationship can take any shape you want. There's more commun... | [] | 111844132X | 111844132X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,403,587,098,000 | 2 | false |
4 | A good place to start | Ignore what isn't right for you, take away fresh ideas, enjoy confirmation of previously held beliefs. A strong point in it's favor is emphasis on asking your child or grandchild or neice/nephew how they feel and use leading questions so you understand truly what they are thinking and feeling. The other strong point in... | [] | 1426760493 | 1426760493 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,403,584,802,000 | 0 | false |
4 | #2 of 9 Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel British police procedurals. | The camaraderie and dry wit of the police enhanced the reading for me. I have read the first 2 in the series and am looking forward to reading the rest, The author gets the details right. Only slightly predictable, Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel is believable. A solid story, it could have been tighter. Police proced... | [] | 147780949X | 147780949X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,403,548,993,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Hysterically Funny | and also poignant, sad, insightful and brutally honest. I was crying with laughter, tears running down my face reading 11 panels on shopping with her mother seeing a sale on pantyhose. This is a gift I plan on giving to every friend for the next 12 months.<br /><br />Keeper! | [] | 1608198065 | 1608198065 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,403,099,819,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Excellent Book Club Choice! | 30 years with the Bird family. Don't expect heroes or beloved characters who you want to know in real life. Everyone is a bit bigger than life (or at least life as I know it) - mundane is not a word they know. You've got deception and brutal truths, suicide and joy, hoarding and beauty, adultery and love, adolescent co... | [] | 1846059240 | 1846059240 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,403,020,454,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Post Civil War era it was a wretched time | 1 year after the close of THE WARRIORS, opening in Spring 1869, takes us to 1878 and a last line I remember reading 40 years ago.<br /><br />Book 7 in what would become an 8 novel series (The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series) stretching by the end of book #8 to Christmas in Boston Massachusett... | [] | 0515041254 | 0515041254 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,402,039,178,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Truly Epic but the Kents have suffered for 100 years none of them reaching 55 years of age. | 2 years after the close of THE TITANS, opening in 1863 with the battle of Chancellorsville Virginia, with the country fighting a Civil War, and takes us to Spring of 1868 on the banks of the Hudson River north of NYC.<br /><br />Book 6 in what would become an 8 novel series (The Kent Family Chronicles or the American B... | [] | 0515040479 | 0515040479 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,978,534,000 | 0 | false |
4 | What a mess! | Taking the reader 8 years after the close of THE FURIES, opening in 1860 with the country on the verge of Civil War and takes us to the first battle of Bull Run aka Manassas in July 1861.<br /><br />Book 5 in what would become an 8 novel series (The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series) stretching... | [] | B000PTZ4GQ | B000PTZ4GQ | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,953,247,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Disappointed | Taking the reader 22 years after the close of THE SEEKERS opening in the end of winter 1836 in the middle of the battle of the Alamo and ends in NYC 1852.<br /><br />Book 4 in what would become an 8 novel series (The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series) stretching by the end of book #8 to Christm... | [] | 0515039276 | 0515039276 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,932,064,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Downer | Opening 13 years after the end of THE REBELS, in Boston the summer of 1794 and ends 20 years later in late fall 1814 on the Missouri River west of St. Louis Missouri. Book 3 in what would become an 8 novel series (The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series) stretching by the end of book #8 to Chris... | [] | B000UU0Y3S | B000UU0Y3S | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,922,853,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Loved it and hated it | Taking the reader from June 17, 1775, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, the American Revolution to the high seas aboard American privateers, to the South in December of 1781. Book 2 in what would become an 8 novel series (The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series) stretching to Christmas in Boston Mass... | [] | 051503729X | 051503729X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,911,559,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Epic - a Master storyteller | Taking the reader from France to England to America, from November 1770 to April 19th 1775 and the Battle of Concord leading up to the American Revolution. The novel was made into a wonderful 4 hour made for TV 4 hour movie of the same name.<br /><br />I read this as a new teenager, when it was first published in 1974,... | [] | 051504184X | 051504184X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,910,732,000 | 6 | true |
5 | Stick with it to the end where some surprises await. | The novel is told in alternating chapters by two young people: a black man in Africa and a white woman in America and begins in the late 1960's/ early 1970's and follows the slaughter of refugees, civil war of that time, the desegregation in America where open bigotry to mixed race couples was a daily thing. I am so g... | [] | 038534998X | 038534998X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,561,419,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 14 to 16 | Comic Speculative fiction set during the high school year at New York City's Bloomberg High School. A little too mature for my 13 but I know he will love. No message involved. No life lesson learned. Just alot of good fun. Young teenagers; outgoing Cooper, shy Olivia, popular Mackenzie, Tess who is crushing on her BFF... | [] | 0385737386 | 0385737386 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,549,253,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Blair & Cam get married on Whitey Island - woot! | The President of the United States personal physician dies suddenly and the White House brings in career officer Navy Captain Wes Masters. At age 35 Wes is 5 foot 10 inches of 'sinewy grace" and not crazy about the appointment but is intrigued enough that she can't resist. Wes doesn't come from money and she joined th... | [] | 1602826714 | 1602826714 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,453,912,000 | 3 | false |
4 | Heartbreaker of a story set in a small coastal village in Haiti | a motherless little girl, Claire, the daughter of a fisherman, is MIA on her 7th birthday, the same evening her father decides it's best for her to be fostered with a another family so Claire can have a brighter future. Her father and neighbors look for her revealing to the reader a modern day Payton Place of secrets ... | [] | 030727179X | 030727179X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,437,797,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Terrific story idea, but Ellie is coming off as sour, superior, smug and ill-tempered. | Not the Ellie I have come to love. Excellent Book club choice. Carrie Black and her law firm read like an episode of the show with James Spader & William Shatner "Boston Legal". Still, I love the NYC setting and the author has a way with dialogue so I know I will be ordering her next title.<br /><br />For those... | [] | 0062208381 | 0062208381 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,392,251,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Excellent Book Club choice! | Right off I will admit to being half in love with 33 year old Hollis the top go to OB surgeon in the Philadelphia based hospital. She was a wonderful person, self-confident as all great surgeons must be. Thanks to the author for making her back story so rich. Hollis comes from a family of NYC firefighters and in fact l... | [] | 1602827567 | 1602827567 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,336,915,000 | 0 | false |
4 | I love historical fiction and Blaze of Glory the Battle of Shiloh has enough information for a textbook. | The Commander of the Confederate forces General Albert Sidney Johnston was the most real and interesting POV character, with US Army General under US Grant Don Carlos Buell a fascinating character as well. Sherman and Grant didn't come alive for me, but maybe that was the author's intent or perhaps I was spoiled by rea... | [] | 0345527364 | 0345527364 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,285,973,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ha! the ending was excellent - it just got better and better. | I am so glad I found this, new to me, author. I have now gone back and added his 14 previous novels to my wish list. John Lescroart has a complete ease with language and dialogue. His characters truly come to life. Loved Abe & Dismas and their whole take on life, the law and justice. Thanks Dad for the recommendation!<... | [] | 1476709181 | 1476709181 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,284,787,000 | 0 | false |
5 | New to Me author who has been writing romance since 1983. | Set vividly in Southern Oregon (near Ashland). I received this book today and started to skim it, it got so addicting before I finished it I put the author's 6 volume Shelter Bay series on my Wish List.Tells the story of Sheriff Cooper Murphy, a widower who has become open to romance. Into his town comes newcomer and a... | [] | 1941134017 | 1941134017 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,401,255,213,000 | 3 | false |
4 | Book #2: Young Adult paranormal (dragons) set in England 1915 | I enjoyed this book much more than the first in the series.<br /><br />16 year-old orphan Lora Jones (a drákon, a rare, enchanted being with astonishing magical abilities), is distraught from the events in book one, her first year as a charity student at the posh boarding school on England's southern coast finis... | [] | 0345531736 | 0345531736 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,400,340,242,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Young Adult paranormal (dragons) set in England 1915 | Appropriate for ages 15 to 17+. Teach me get a book by its cover & short summary "A rich portrait of post-Victorian England, seamlessly blends thrilling romance with riveting history and adventure". I missed the part about the 16 year old heroine and "a drákon, a rare, enchanted being with astonishing magic... | [] | 0345531701 | 0345531701 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,400,338,718,000 | 0 | false |
4 | #22 in the Venice Italy based mystery series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, his work and his family | I enjoyed it, probably because I am a diehard fan of the series going on 22 years. I think the author is a terrific writer but this one novel is not my favorite. I didn't feel the excitement of the mystery, the delight in the place or the love of family and food. I think if you are looking to try the series I would rec... | [] | 0802122426 | 0802122426 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,400,104,888,000 | 0 | false |
5 | 3rd Dr. Lou Welcome thriller | Much like the author, Lou Welcome is an ex-drug addict and recovering alcoholic, a part-time emergency room doctor and helps doctors with psychological and substance abuse problems. When Lou is out hiking with friend and sponsor Hank "Cap" Duncan, Hank takes a serious fall that lands him in the hospital where he contra... | [] | 1250030927 | 1250030927 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,400,002,383,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 9 to 12 | This book was vastly entertaining to the 9 year (girl) and 12 year old (boy). Terrific Illustrations by Marco Calo. The Manhattan Police Department need the help of 6th grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red", to end the crime spree of a mastermind art thief and the dangerous "Picasso Gang".... | [] | 0544238338 | 0544238338 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,952,197,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Nice Debut and a lovely visit to Singapore | 30 year old Gretchen Lin leaves the home she has made for herself in San Francisco to return home to Singapore after her husband leaves their marriage. Taking a temporary job at the family business, artisanal soy sauce, which is now entering the Western business market. On top of a failed marriage and whether she will ... | [] | 1480555568 | 1480555568 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,927,935,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 10 to 12 | Halloween fun goes bad leading to portals to other worlds and haunted houses - what's not to like? Throw in a mystery and let the adventure begin! 11 year old Cole follows his friends through the haunted House portal to 'The Outskirts' the 5 kingdoms.<br /><br />From the author's web web page:<br /><br />COLE: cares a... | [] | 1442497009 | 1442497009 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,925,298,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Texas in the 1870s | A character driven novel. Superb book club choice. The novel starts out rich in historical detail and stays the course. There is one reveal after another. Prostitute, Lucinda Carter, escapes from a Ft Worth bordello and travels to a remote area named Middle Bayou. Middle Bayou took almost 16 hours to get to via riverbo... | [] | 0316206121 | 0316206121 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,858,353,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 10 to 12 | Out of control Pranksters and 12 year old twins, Edgar and Allan Poe, are descendants of the famous poet, mystery and horror writer Edgar Allan Poe. In the first book of "The Misadventures of Edgar/Allan" series 'Tell Tale Start' the boys black cat, Roderick Usher, is catnapped. The boys track down the catnapper, evil ... | [] | 0670784931 | 0670784931 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,855,655,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 9 to 11 | Outstanding illustrations by Yoko Tanaka. Ok, up front I have to say that I needed to search the internet for the story of The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson, that one escaped my childhood. Long ago and far away a frosty manipulative queen has her husband lock up the “Marvelous Boy”. 300 years pass and 11 year ... | [] | 0385753543 | 0385753543 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,853,930,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Trust no one! | On a hot June day the body of a brutally murdered girl washes ashore outside of Frankfurt Germany. Forensics show she was abused sexually and physically for years. She remains a Jane Doe.<br /><br />Weeks later<br /><br />A TV reporter, Hanna Herzmann working on an expose of child pornography and a child welfare organi... | [] | 1250043999 | 1250043999 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,832,043,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Historical Fiction 1200 AD | 500 pages translated from Spanish to English. Tells the story of a very young man in China who for the first 250 pages has one bad thing happen to him after another. Te second half we find his life turning around and responsibilities growing as he comes to the attention of the Emperor's court as a man of acute intellig... | [] | 1612184367 | 1612184367 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,786,454,000 | 1 | false |
5 | First Published in 1969 now a 5 book series | A trio of NYC mice live in the Bijou Theater, until the local cheese shop beckons them. The little ones ages 3, 4 6 & 9 loved the story and I got a kick at the old movie references.<br />>Merciless Marvin the Magnificent<br />>Raymond "the Rat"<br />>Fats "the Fuse" although we find out late... | [] | 0761459723 | 0761459723 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,781,462,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Engrossing story of 3 men and 2 women who arrive in Shanghai from Malaysia, | Ranging the gamut of society from factory worker to old money. Favorite line from one of the main characters "takeovers, selling short, asset stripping are these not rich people’s terms for bullying, gambling, and cheating?” Like reading a novel written 50 years ago about making it in New York City. The chapter hea... | [] | 0812994345 | 0812994345 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,777,361,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 13 to 17 | What if Merlin was a new Christian? Epic World Building! Book #2 in a series (Merlin's Blade is book #1), and book #3 "Merlin's Nightmare" is now out from Christian publisher Zondervan.<br /><br />From book #1 - Merlin's Blade When a meteorite crashes near a small village in fifth-century Britain, it brings wit... | [] | 0310735084 | 0310735084 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,771,154,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Difficult to love something so dark | Beautiful, elegant writing. Brutal and Gritty stories. Very dark and very moving. Murder and marriage, parenthood and death, marriage and alienation.Two of the stories deal with animal abuse so if that is something you can't read make sure to skip over the two stories: “Wanle,” where a young woman wants to follow in h... | [] | 0770436250 | 0770436250 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,760,685,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 8 to 11 - book 6 in the series | Very Original - the book is told using letters, drawings, newspaper articles, and TV scripts. 11 year old Seymour Hope, Ignatius B. Grumply (old grump writer) and Olive C. Spence (a writer & a ghost) live in Spence Mansion in the town of Ghastly, Illinois. Each book has a moral to exemplify. The story was a pure deligh... | [] | 0544105672 | 0544105672 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,755,705,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Nick and Kate Kavanaugh amazingly still living in Niceville | Just Wow! Creepy spooky seat-of-your-pants paranormal speculative fiction mystery thriller. My advice would be just go with it and enjoy.<br /><br />FROM THE AUTHOR'S PAGE: In the town of NICEVILLE people like to say that 'things go into Crater Sink, but nothing ever comes back out". This is not exactly true. Nick ... | [] | 0307700968 | 0307700968 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,750,711,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 9-11, a cat lover myself, the cover was a little freaky scary | Action packed adventure. This is the first book in an animal adventure series set in the subway tunnels of Brooklyn and in the glorious rat civilization of Atlantia (and here my money would have been on Washington DC). Starring Hopper a mouse who escapes a pet shop (Yea! I LOATH pet shops *rant ahead* until people stop... | [] | 144248781X | 144248781X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,741,382,000 | 0 | false |
4 | If you like your crime fighters to be almost super human you will like our guy Joe. | #6 Joe Hunter novel written by British ex-police officer, Hunter goes up against his nemesis from the first book 'Dead Men's Dust', ex-CIA agent Tubal Cain. Cain has kidnapped Joe’s best friend, Jared ‘Rink’ Rington and in the rusty hulk of a Russian container ship used by human traffickers moored off the North Carolin... | [] | 0062225308 | 0062225308 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,739,559,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Intense memoir from the author of Girl, Interrupted (1993). | Which I only just discovered was also a memoir. In 1940 at age 20 her father, Dr. Carl Kaysen, married her mother, Annette Neutra, whom he had known since they sat next to each other in first grade.<br /><br />The book opens in 1955 Cambridge, Massachusetts and precocious 7 year old Susanna’s father, a Harvard professo... | [] | 0385350252 | 0385350252 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,701,028,000 | 1 | false |
2 | In the end I came away with not very much but wonderment. | A story of obsession but not very much love or romance or passion. Living with her parents, Amanda and David, in a British community on Grand Cayman Island is Sally who at age 4 decides she likes the name Clover better. At age 6 Sally/Clover falls in love with her best friend, James, also age six. Funny, about the same... | [] | 0307908259 | 0307908259 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,625,003,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 9 to 11 | Irreverent and LOL stories of children at play - think Ralphie in "A Christmas Story'. Manolito is the son of a trucker and lives a humble life in the working-class quarter of Carabanchel, a suburb of Madrid Spain.<br /><br />A series of 8 chapter books delightfully illustrated, the first novel (1994) Manolito Garf... | [] | 147781700X | 147781700X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,622,426,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 1996: a two-week Zen meditation retreat, at Auschwitz | for “homage, prayer, and silent meditation in the memory of this camp’s million and more victims.” I can't even imagine contemplating such a trip so I jumped on the chance to explore the lives of people who would. 140 attendees: rabbis; nuns; monks: biologists; Palestinians; elderly survivors; young Germans; Poles; Am... | [] | 1594633177 | 1594633177 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,621,029,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Not the book I thought it was going to be | It will make a terrific movie of the week but it lacks the details that make reading a book like 'The Winds of War' so good.<br /><br />FYI the author lives in Surrey England and should not be confused with the author of the same name living in Arkansas (titles in the Quest for Love series: Seasons to Grow; Love's Moun... | [] | 0007506236 | 0007506236 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,612,150,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Wow Wow Wow | From chapter 19 on the surprises go off like fireworks on the 4th of July for poor Grace Reinhart Sachs who, at age 40, is a family therapist in Manhattan living in the apartment she grew up in.<br /><br />Grace has the life she always wanted, loving husband (Jonathan, a beloved pediatric oncologist at Memorial Sloan K... | [] | 1455599492 | 1455599492 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,607,649,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 7 to 9 - Third graders especially | #4 in the series originally published in 1989. Published first in England by a British author the story includes British-English spelling. In this title, Ms. Wiz brings the library books to life, literally! The Town Council has decided to close the library, until the the assistant librarian turns out to be Ms. Wiz. Onc... | [] | 0761455574 | 0761455574 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,574,800,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 7-9, especially third graders | #3 in the series (aka You're Nicked MS Wiz), originally published in 1989. Published first in England by a British author the story includes British-English spelling. In this title, Lizzie's cat Waif has disappeared, he may have been stolen by evil Mrs D'Arcy's gang of catnappers! Ms. Wiz proposes to turn Lizzie into a... | [] | 1477815929 | 1477815929 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,573,260,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Ages 7-9 third graders especially | #2 in the series, originally published in 1988. Published first in England by a British author the story includes British-English spelling. Ms Wiz becomes doctor Dr. Wisdom because Jack is in hospital with appendicitis. Of course is Ms. Wiz so her stethoscope plays disco music, the children's ward is overrun by mice,... | [] | 0761455493 | 0761455493 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,571,782,000 | 0 | false |
5 | see 19+ reviews on alternative listing | Ages 13+ appropriate, First published in 2011, the author is a giant in story telling English historical fiction.<br /><br />Year 1036, Norway. 15 year old Solveig's father, Halfdan, is a Viking mercenary who plans to travel to Constantinople/Istanbul (known at the time as Miklagard, Byzantium) and become one of the Vi... | [] | 1780872100 | 1780872100 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,486,997,000 | 0 | false |
5 | see 19+ reviews on alternative listing | Ages 13+ appropriate, First published in 2011, the author is a giant in story telling English historical fiction.<br /><br />Year 1036, Norway. 15 year old Solveig's father, Halfdan, is a Viking mercenary who plans to travel to Constantinople/Istanbul (known at the time as Miklagard, Byzantium) and become one of the Vi... | [] | B00DWYPBJG | B00DWYPBJG | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,486,941,000 | 0 | false |
5 | see 19+ reviews on alternative listing | Ages 13+ appropriate, First published in 2011, the author is a giant in story telling English historical fiction.<br /><br />Year 1036, Norway. 15 year old Solveig's father, Halfdan, is a Viking mercenary who plans to travel to Constantinople/Istanbul (known at the time as Miklagard, Byzantium) and become one of the Vi... | [] | 1847249396 | 1847249396 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,486,743,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 13+ appropriate | First published in 2011, the author is a giant in story telling English historical fiction.<br /><br />Year 1036, Norway. 15 year old Solveig's father, Halfdan, is a Viking mercenary who plans to travel to Constantinople/Istanbul (known at the time as Miklagard, Byzantium) and become one of the Viking Guard serving the... | [] | 1623651123 | 1623651123 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,483,917,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 15 and up | A solid debut effort that could use stronger characterization. I got this for my 12 year old but once I read it (and enjoyed it) I thought it more age appropriate for an older child.<br /><br />1918, World War One (the war to end all wars) is over. The Spanish influenza pandemic hits. The first pandemic involving H1N1... | [] | 0544164504 | 0544164504 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,482,255,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Fascinating look at Richard the Lionheart's final years | I was vastly entertained by the author's perspective which held my interest for almost 700 pages. Except for his brief appearance in the 1939 Errol Flynn movie 'The Adventures of Robin Hood', Richard has never captured my interest, he seems to have been a crummy son, a crummy husband and a horrible king of England. Not... | [] | 0399159223 | 0399159223 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,388,137,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Epic - Excellent book club choice | Hallie, Gus and Neil grow up on the idyllic Cape Cod Peninsula of Massachusetts, Specifically in the very small town at the tip of the cape. Provincetown swells with tourists from May to October and then becomes a ghost town for the townies like Hallie, Gus and Neil's parents making a living can be a grind.<br /><br /... | [] | 0062281305 | 0062281305 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,310,388,000 | 2 | false |
3 | Romance in the Florida Keys | Abby, Luke, and Hannah were high school BFFs, Abby and Luke were couple until college, 25 years later Luke and Hannah are the couple and Abby has returned home newly divorced and on a mission. Nor for Luke as Hannah fears, Abby wants to build 10 eco-friendly houses on land her parents left her however the Mayor has fe... | [] | 0778315894 | 0778315894 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,274,466,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Loved the cover - it caught my eye and compelled me to order the book | Our family spends every October on Cape Ann Massachusetts, so the New England setting truly spoke to me - well done Ms. Neggers. Samantha Bennett, former resident of Knights Bridge, Massachusetts is staying in a cider mill long empty and in disrepair. Justin Sloan is hunky firefighter, 2 Years ago Justin got her fire... | [] | 0778315886 | 0778315886 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,270,403,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Written by a retired navy commander whose final assignment was at the Pentagon in Naval Operations | A submarine with 192 nuclear warheads on a three-month tour receives orders to travel to a location that will allow them to strike at Iran. They have been told it is retaliatory for a strike on Washington DC.<br /><br />The president and the navy send rescind orders because the attack orders were were not from the Pent... | [] | 1250039010 | 1250039010 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,233,552,000 | 2 | false |
5 | winner of the 2015 Newbery award *review updated 2/2015* | a powerful novel told in verse. Josh Bell aka 'Filthy McNasty' is a seventh grader whose dad had a successful career playing basketball in Europe. Josh is a dreadlocked Walter Mitty who envisions an even bigger career for himself and his trash talking twin Jordan aka JB. Their mother is an educator (in fact she is the ... | [] | 0544107713 | 0544107713 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,230,037,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Deeply moving, compellingly written | WOW, in 2002 at age 37, Caroline Clarke found out that her BFF from college, Timlin Cole, was her aunt by way of being the sister of her birth mother. Also, that 18 years earlier, when they were in college, Caroline had spent a night at her biological grandmother’s home when visiting Timlin.<br /><br />Born on Christm... | [] | 0062103172 | 0062103172 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,222,820,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Ages 10 to 11 | If you liked Joe Schreiber's "Lenny Cyrus School Virus" you and your tiny tot will enjoy it the same. Lots of juvenile humor. Perfectly illustrated throughout with black and white LOL drawings that exceptionally enhance the story.<br /><br />Pete (who is somewhere between ages 10 and 13) is all set to sneak ove... | [] | 0544157567 | 0544157567 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,219,329,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Ages 10 to 12 | killing animals is a personal turnoff for me, so I wish I knew that before ordering this for my 9 and 12 year olds. 12 year old Kester is a prisoner and hasn’t spoken since his mom died 6 years ago. The world is a nasty place with most animals dead and the environment no longer able to easily support human life. Kester... | [] | 0670015547 | 0670015547 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,399,193,379,000 | 0 | false |
4 | From British writer/translator who has lived in Barcelona for over 20 years & is a superphotographer | My only issues: Local knowlege tid bits were on the lite side; "hand-picked hotels and restaurants" was not as extensive as I wanted or expected from National G; and maps are too small to provide depth and breadth. I am going to print a few from on line graphics to take with me.<br /><br />A friend who spent a ... | [] | 1426212712 | 1426212712 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,398,913,149,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Took me right back to my college years | Mira Books is a book publishing imprint of Harlequin Enterprises that focuses on mainstream fiction. It was launched in 1994 and should not be considered part of the Harlequin romance empire.<br /><br />I got this book because my younger sister spent a semester in Switzerland (back in 1982) just like the main character... | [] | 0778314650 | 0778314650 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,398,895,341,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Epic novel spanning ten years | From the author who gave the world Tevye the milkman from Fiddler on the Roof' fame. Sholem Aleichem (Sholem Rabinovich, 1859 Russia -1916 Bronx NY) was a world renown superstar author in the Yiddish-speaking world, called the the Jewish Mark Twain and the grandfather of of Yiddish literature.<br /><br />The novel tak... | [] | B002HOQ94I | B002HOQ94I | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,398,891,788,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 10 to 12 | Set in my home state of New Jersey, 'Behind the Plate' is a baseball umpire training school where 12 year old Casey lives with his dad (who manages the school), grandfather, and BFF Zeke. Casey's mom hated the place and left with another man. By the books end Casey and the reader learn that the qualities and rules that... | [] | 054425208X | 054425208X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,398,845,757,000 | 0 | false |
5 | told with the soul of a Russian | I was unable to put this book down until the last uplifting page. This may sound far fetched but there is something Zhivago about the story, the people (most memorably Grigory) and the political turmoil. A BILDUNGSROMAN of Yevgeni the nine year old piano prodigy and his beloved aunt Maria, his mother's sister. Gorgeou... | [] | 0062246879 | 0062246879 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,398,793,716,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Originally self published in 2012, now professionally edited | for content and copy by William Morrow Harper Collins, so negative reviews prior to 2014 for this Romance no longer apply. The previous issues are gone and what remains is a romance spanning 1912 to 1982. The author has the story telling talent that compelled me to the perfect ending, with a terrific surprise along the... | [] | 0062316869 | 0062316869 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,398,781,084,000 | 0 | false |
4 | I feel like I just had a weekend guest who knew almost everyone in Paris in the 80's & 90's. | Memories of the golden child - a preeminent Gay American author's captivating 16 years in Paris. Telling me stories, from the absolutely mind-boggling grotesque; page 63 actor Dieter Schidor and writer Gary Indiana's (as told by Gary if it can be believed) depraved drug fueled actions at Dauchau) to entertaining; encha... | [] | 1608195821 | 1608195821 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,397,866,502,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A pleasure | The biography is not a literary criticism, can easily be read and enjoyed by anyone, you need never have picked up an Updike book or read his verse or his magazine articles. The biographer paints a complete picture, puts Updike on a pedestal and takes him down more than once. But in the end I came away thinking he was ... | [] | 0061896454 | 0061896454 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,397,710,127,000 | 3 | false |
4 | For ages 12 to 14. The story is set from 1906 to 1914. | Elegant Poems and magical realism tell the story of the creation of the Panama Canal. Fourteen year old Mateo leaves Cuba, and his abusive father, for Panama when a recruiter makes false promises that result in Mateo working in a harsh labor camp. There he gets into a fight with Henry, a Jamaican who at first hates Mat... | [] | 0544109414 | 0544109414 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,397,659,109,000 | 1 | false |
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