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3 | perfect read for book clubs | Because so much didn't make sense. How to tell why this story didn't work for me without spoilers?<br /><br />Lucie and Grady - I can't see how they were ever a couple about to marry. Her fiancé Grady knows nothing of her past. He fell in love with her at first sight 5 years earlier.<br /><br />Lucie is a Seattle based... | [] | 1451684835 | 1451684835 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,857,114,000 | 1 | false |
4 | every newlywed's nightmare | Heart stopping ending - The last 3 chapters are nonstop suspense.<br /><br />Englishman Terry Sheffield lands in San Francisco after a transatlantic/transcontinental romance.<br />His bride Sarah, an investigative journalist, is a no show at the airport.<br />The Police are no help.<br /><br />Women are being murdered.... | [] | 1612184073 | 1612184073 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,810,068,000 | 1 | false |
4 | More a disturbing psychological narrative than a thriller | The story is creepy and compulsively readable, and expertly written. A piercing and enlightening look at human nature told in three narratives:<br /><br />* 38 year old Annabel, a Police Analyst, a lonely woman whose life revolves around her job and her irritable, alcoholic, elderly, ailing mother.<br /><br />* Colin, ... | [] | 006227676X | 006227676X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,671,954,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Not enough dialogue between Noah and Phoebe | kept me from being swept off my feet.<br /><br />The author has published 63 titles since 1987 with publishers from Avon, Harlequin, Pocketbooks, Dell and Bantam. So she certainly knows her way around a romance. MIRA is the mainstream (thrillers, fantasy, romance & historical fiction) imprint of Harlequin launched in 1... | [] | 0778314200 | 0778314200 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,654,488,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Literary Speculative Fiction - a Magical Mystery Tour | Winner of the Kugel Award for Hebrew literature. Originally published in 2004 and is the author's debut novel.<br /><br />I am not a regular reader of Sci Fi but the premise was so original, for me so inventive, that it sucked me in.<br /><br />Ben's wife died 15 months ago. Ben ends his life in despair and hope in wha... | [] | 0765333562 | 0765333562 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,580,872,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Dewey Andreas Book 4 | It's a 450 page novel - start early in the day because you will not put this down.<br /><br />Dewey is a former Army Ranger and 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta aka Delta Force Officer (Delta Force is one of four secretive tier-one counter-terrorism and Special Mission units).<br /><br />Things are not a... | [] | B00AW75V82 | B00AW75V82 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,573,254,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Book 2 - A Mark Sava Thriller | A straightforward adventure novel with a swashbuckling hero - think Errol Flynn in Captain Blood (but older and with more toys).<br />in Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Iran, involving the Chinese and American governments.<br /><br />Months after THE COLONEL'S MISTAKE Sava (ex-CIA station chief in Baku, the capitol of Azerba... | [] | 1612183360 | 1612183360 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,569,312,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Like being on a 5 hour trip, Edinburgh to London, with strangers | Three men & a woman come to reminisce how love changed their life.<br /><br />Romance and railroads. It's like it was written just for me. My family and my in-laws are all Railroad descendants - my grandfather and great grandfather were engineers on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad from 1872 to 1932.<br />... | [] | 0307908542 | 0307908542 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,552,574,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Perfect Book Club Selection | Complusively readable. In fact I read it twice to see if I missed anything.<br /><br />Elize had my heart by chapter two. And lost it on page 261. I just didn't buy it.<br /><br />Elize has not had an easy time of it. I would love to tell you more about her but the author's intent, I think, is for the reader to journ... | [] | 144055773X | 144055773X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,373,847,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 1945 North Carolina at the end of World War II | The author's prose is gorgeous. EXCELLENT Book Club choice - having finished it 2 months ago I am still dwelling on it.<br /><br />10 year old Helen is a self-centered, resentful, spoiled brat, grieving the loss of the only love she has known and for all practical purposes she is an orphan.<br /><br />The story is told... | [] | 1620401207 | 1620401207 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,283,577,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Atwater, Texas Romance | Libby Moran, went to stay with her mother after the sudden death of her husband. Two years later her eccentric Aunt Jean offers Libby a job and a place to live on her GOAT farm in the Texas Hill Country.<br /><br />Aunt Jean turns out to be exactly what Libby and her kids needed.<br /><br />O'Connor is the shaggy and f... | [] | 0345507940 | 0345507940 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,215,260,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ignore the creepy cover - the book is quite good | I bet the audio book would be terrific<br /><br />Originally published in 1970, story about army wives and children after Pearl Harbor.<br /><br />families at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked.<br /><br />Marty Langsmith was five years old when America, and Pearl Harbor where her father the Colonel is stationed, expl... | [] | B00A6HCF1E | B00A6HCF1E | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,163,951,000 | 0 | false |
4 | set in the Plymouth Bay Colony over 50 years | Historical Fantasy fiction for Ages 13 and older. Beautifully written, the depiction of the Massachusetts wilderness is so vivid.The story nose dives when John Wakely is ten, his father dies in a farming accident and Little Hawk comes to his rescue.<br /><br />Little Hawk is Wampanoag Algonquin. In the winter of his 11... | [] | 1442481412 | 1442481412 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,146,080,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Ages 10 to 13 PERFECT | I so clearly remember that age (13) and looking for any gig that would get me spending money lol!<br /><br />My 10 year old loved it too - the humor and awkward situations were SPOT ON!<br /><br />Really well written for that age group. And I loved his close relationship with his mom.<br /><br />Quentin is a 13 year ol... | [] | 1250029694 | 1250029694 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,126,061,000 | 0 | false |
5 | I loved that the book was filled with real problems kids face and it gives me the opportunity to talk with my own | The illustrations are gorgeous<br /><br />After having the 12 year old boy read it will next read it with the 8 year old niece (she is an advanced reader and may surprise me and read most of it herself)<br />* Louie lives at home<br />* Dad was laid off from his corporate job and is taking a chance at following his dre... | [] | 0374305188 | 0374305188 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,118,804,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Oregon Coast Romance | Ok I got this book because of the setting more than the plot. As a newly transplanted, and loving it, Oregon coastie (as well as a romance novel junkie) I was happy.<br /><br />The most fun for me was figuring out where fictional THUNDER POINT was. It comes closest to North Bend or Charleston based on the information t... | [] | 0778314472 | 0778314472 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,113,964,000 | 0 | false |
4 | ages 5 to 9 | Book 2 in the Simply Sarah series of 4 books. Full and half-page illustrations for the younger crowd. Sarah finds a way to make everyone happy, pigeons AND peeps! 8 year old Sarah and her family, Father (who works overseas and mails her letters), Mom (who is an illustrator and works from home) and 4 year old little bro... | [] | 0761455418 | 0761455418 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,053,362,000 | 0 | false |
5 | The X-Files of Ireland - unforgettable, haunting | The humor is black, macabre and very Irish; A most unusual story and place for it to happen.<br /><br />JJ O' Malley is adopted from a Romanian orphanage by a single father Anthony O'Malley. He grows up in a small town on the west of Ireland.<br /><br />Owing to his Savant persona it never fits in - anywhere. His loved... | [] | 1616952326 | 1616952326 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,046,285,000 | 0 | false |
5 | 1969 Queens New York City PS 23 | Outstanding writing - dialogue and setting put you perfectly in time and place.<br /><br />Julian is part of an atrocious bullying over winter break, a prank on another neighborhood boy (Stanley "Danley Dimmel" Stimmel).<br /><br />12 year old Julian Twerski says he isn't a bully (which is good because I don't tolerate... | [] | 0375971424 | 0375971424 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,033,068,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 1938 Summer at the New England shore | Lily Dane, a New York socialite, returns to the family summer home in oceanfront town Seaview, Rhode Island.<br /><br />Nick and Budgie Greenwald, newly married, are also summering there.<br /><br />They are un-respectively her former BFF and her ex-fiancé.<br /><br />Right there I hate Budgie & Nick.<br /><br /... | [] | 039916216X | 039916216X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,027,423,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Delightful and dear, it was my cup of tea (scotch as you will) | The book is not written by Dorothy Parker (who was not a novelist) nor is the protagonist anything like Dorothy - keep in mind both these items and enjoy!<br /><br />Violet Epps is a super successful movie critic. Her Muse and Icon? Dorothy Parker - she who once said of Katherine Hepburn's turn on Broadway "She runs th... | [] | 039915907X | 039915907X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,375,025,689,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Fabulous opening scene - I enjoyed it. | Was it the best? Not for me but it was for many readers. I just found Joey unbelievably sucessful. And Jack needed to bring resources in a lot earlier.<br /><br />PERFECT BEACH READ<br /><br />Private Investigator Jack Till, is retired homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police department.<br /><br />Best is, he no... | [] | 0802126065 | 0802126065 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,990,521,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Novel about the rowers and not the rowing | The story switches between Rob Carrey's present 15 years into his past.<br /><br />In the present the focus on the acceptance that his long term relationship with Carolyn is dead and has been dead. They both drink which doesn't help. And Rob makes some whopper mistakes and because he is who he is cannot bring himself t... | [] | 1427231796 | 1427231796 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,983,667,000 | 1 | false |
5 | 1959 Memphis | The dialogue and storytelling are marvelous. Simply the perfect & precious ending you could want.<br /><br />I think this is more suited older children ages 11 and 12 owing to themes of alcoholism and violence and racism.<br /><br />Even though 11 year old Victor Vollmer the third or III, has the best fastball in town ... | [] | 0385742444 | 0385742444 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,978,229,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Book 4 in the Rachel Scott search-and-rescue series set in Florida | The series centers around her company `Florida OmniSearch', and Rachel's search for her own missing daughter.<br /><br />Disappointed.<br /><br />Writing was very professional, I just didn't like Rachel. She seemed superficial. And it really bothered me that when she thinks she has a solid lead on their daughter she do... | [] | 1611098092 | 1611098092 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,968,026,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Pathos salvaged by dark humor | The lawless Bravos of tiny trashy Utina located on Northeast Florida's Intracoastal Waterway.<br /><br />62-year-old Arla nee Bolton, in her youth a beauty from a wealthy family in St. Augustine, Florida.<br /><br />Arla's husband (all around bad Boy), Dean, ran off 20 years ago and she has been a recluse ever since.<b... | [] | 0802121020 | 0802121020 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,958,269,000 | 1 | false |
4 | A murder on Cape Cod. A rape in Palm Beach | I could have done without the rape, why do writers find it appealing to have women raped in their novels? Can't they think of something different?<br /><br />1996 a party at the Palm Beach, Florida mansion of the powerful and politically liberal Gregory family. Totally out of his element, 22 year old George Becket witn... | [] | 0345541537 | 0345541537 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,933,840,000 | 0 | false |
4 | My kind of book and very Irish in it's telling | Mixing history and fiction to tell an epic story of poverty to prosperity to losing it all and a century of emotions.<br /><br />The author is poetic in his prose - if you appreciate the beauty in the written word and have an affection for fiction or history I can't see that you will be sorry.<br /><br />1845 and '46 D... | [] | 1400069599 | 1400069599 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,902,679,000 | 0 | false |
5 | on American Samoa | Smuggling, Human trafficking, Murder<br /><br />Detective Sergeant Apelu Soifua has been to America, first as a fire dancer and then as a police officer in San Francisco back in Samoa he has an unhappy wife and four kids.<br /><br />Apelu is wrongfully accused of murder and he goes on the run to clear his name.<br /><... | [] | 1612185010 | 1612185010 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,884,237,000 | 0 | false |
4 | The ending comes out of nowhere and yet fits the story and the characters perfectly. | Refreshingly not Politically Correct. Excellent book club choice. Family, marriage, and terminal obesity. Is it possible to save a loved one from them-self? No. Not unless they want to be saved, not unless they try to be saved.<br /><br />To 40 year old Pandora food is love. She had her own exhausting catering busines... | [] | 0061458570 | 0061458570 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,878,637,000 | 0 | false |
5 | British Crime Noir at it's Grittiest | 2nd in series<br /><br />Eoin Miller is ex cop. His ex-wife is a corrupt cop. Now he is a Private investigator a gun for hire by any crime lord, dealing mostly with thieves, runaways, and drug money. He is half Gypsy aka Romani who has always been an outsider.<br /><br />The setting is the bleakest part of England, Th... | [] | 1612183395 | 1612183395 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,870,353,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 1987 Grand Rapids, Michigan | A powerful ending, be prepared to be rocked off your feet.<br /><br />Someone is murdering the nameless from the streets, after 14 deaths the police have no leads<br />16 year old Molly is the next target.<br /><br />In their tree fort, 12 year old's, Tim, Scott, and Luke, see the killer holding a gun to Molly's back a... | [] | B009XDDVOC | B009XDDVOC | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,858,819,000 | 0 | false |
4 | 1968, New York City | Before it was The Big Apple, when the streets of NYC were gritty, even in Time Square and SoHo.<br /><br />Private eye Alex Novalis is a 29 year old with an attitude and the story is told by him.<br /><br />Gabriel Kravitz is a powerful construction mogul. His 18 year old daughter, Lydia, is MIA. She is a college fres... | [] | 1611099714 | 1611099714 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,855,319,000 | 9 | false |
4 | Great teen novel | Powerful story - compellingly written, so much so that I couldn't put it down til the end.<br /><br />The dialogue is expert.<br /><br />Yes it's far fetched and simply told, but for some reason I had to keep reading.<br /><br />I loved Jen and Delores and Alvin and the camper lady A LOT!<br /><br />Carly being the old... | [] | 1611097975 | 1611097975 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,851,632,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Not a Romance - a drama - lots and lots of angst | Jamaica & New York, in the late 1800's to early-20th Century. 17 year old Rachel is given an exclusive education by way of a wealthy family. Rachel has a daughter, Margaret during the time she is there.<br /><br />She is invited to many parties given in the family home.<br /><br />33 year old Henry, a widower whose chi... | [] | 1611099668 | 1611099668 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,813,565,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Nothing simple about this story | Complex story, Gorgeous writing, beautifully written characters dealing with loss, dying and death.<br /><br />Emerson Tang Webster is a wealthy man and terminally ill dying in the 1990's.<br /><br />He is the son of a Yankee father and a mother who was a refugee from Maoist China.<br /><br />His father is a remote fig... | [] | 0547792786 | 0547792786 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,784,244,000 | 0 | false |
4 | My kind of book | It's 1938 and the wealthy American crosses the Atlantic with her horse Battleship to take a run at the English Grand National (made famous here in the US by the movie National Velvet).<br /><br />The book is as much about the rich and famous as it is about horse racing and the horse named Battleship - from the line of ... | [] | 0312641850 | 0312641850 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,642,391,000 | 3 | false |
4 | Impressive | Not only are we given the life of a Navy family dealing with the loss of a husband and father. In addition the author has incorporated the musings and story of the current commander of the same squadron commanded by his father 30 years earlier.<br /><br />What truly surprised me was that no one seemed to enjoy life in... | [] | 006200476X | 006200476X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,607,629,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Diary of a Captive - Cook - Conquest | Gorgeous writing. A totally offbeat novel set on the High Seas of 1819. Three years before the mast and stove by gourmet chef Owen "Wedge" Wedgewood, kidnapped by the pirate Captain Hannah Mabbot.<br /><br />Not exactly a page turner nor is it predictable. How could it be with a plot mixing the Opium Trade with China,... | [] | 0374123667 | 0374123667 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,599,198,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Combine Zorro and Captain Blood | and you have Hazel eyed, Handsome and Tall (picture Hugh Jackman) Ethan Gage. 6th in a series set in Paris and London<br />Ethan Gage is also :<br />* Affable<br />* Bright<br />* Clever<br />* Diplomatic<br />* Explorer<br />* Fortune Hunter<br />* Gambler<br />* Hero<br />* Idealist<br />* Jovial<br />* Loyal<br />*... | [] | 006225376X | 006225376X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,549,746,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Satire set in Charlotte, North Carolina from 2003 to 2012 | The first chapter is absolutely wretched, disgusting and doesn't fit with the rest of the book. Was the editor deliberately trying to torpedo this novel? The only place I could think it would work would be as the last chapter, for the shock value.<br /><br />The Next Chapter would be a better lead off chapter.<br /><br... | [] | 1250020832 | 1250020832 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,535,858,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Practically perfect in every way | A total Keeper!<br /><br />42 year Edward, from the previous book THE 600 HOURS OF EDWARD, has Asperger's syndrome. He lives in Billings, Montana on a rigid schedule that gives him the control and structure he needs to be comfortable.<br /><br />* He's been downsized from his job.<br />* his wonderful therapist has ret... | [] | 1611099056 | 1611099056 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,515,610,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 4, 7 & 10 loved it (girl, boy, boy) | From 2009 so you may have this already.<br /><br />The 10 year old was able to read it and then read it to the little ones.<br /><br />235 pages and short chapters made it easy to stay engaged. The vocabulary was outstanding.<br /><br />No illustrations so a better choice for ages 10 and over.<br /><br />The adventures... | [] | 0761455442 | 0761455442 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,433,410,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Debut author with a big phat greek novel | Teriffic bookclub choice<br /><br />Boston, 2000: 35 year old Calliope Notaris Brown's uncle Nestor has died in Patras, Greece, the city of her childhood summers and she flies there to claim his estate and sort through his physical memories going back 80 years. Her emotionally remote mother, Clio, tells her not to. Th... | [] | 0345530683 | 0345530683 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,430,202,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 12 to 14 | I have to admit that I am not too crazy about the Kevin Spencers in our world.<br /><br />14 year old Kevin is just a bit on the narcissistic side. What I did love was that it gave me a window to talk to my 12 year old about the Kevin Spencers in the world and find out what my 7th grader feels and share with him what I... | [] | 0385742282 | 0385742282 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,419,372,000 | 0 | false |
5 | My 10 year old loved it | And really, that is what it's all about (that, and the hokey pokey).<br /><br />The whole premised cracks me up and the writing is tops. It's also the 3d book in a series but we didn't read the first two and didn't feel we needed to.<br /><br />My 5th grader read it on the way to school, on the bus each morning, until ... | [] | 1594746141 | 1594746141 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,417,361,000 | 0 | false |
4 | perfect epilogue | Complex twisted plot friendship, lies, family, duplicity and murder spanning over 10 years<br />Oh my! With more ingredients than a Thanksgiving Dinner, with all the family drama you get at that meal and a whole lot more.<br />It's been 10 years since Susan Hauptmann disappeared.<br /><br />When prosecutor turned magaz... | [] | 0062208357 | 0062208357 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,416,916,000 | 0 | false |
4 | it's an X-file world | The first in a trilogy, in an alternate history world set in 2013 `abnorms', with abilities significantly greater than other humans, began being born in 1980, technology is more advanced.<br /><br />The government fears them and have put in place schools to train `abnorms' to suppress their abilities and eliminate thei... | [] | 1611099692 | 1611099692 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,212,230,000 | 2 | false |
3 | Where's the Beef? | The riches (3 generations removed) to rags (Harvard educated dad who acts as the apartment super for the family's run down 200 year old estate in the Hudson River Valley).<br />What stopped me dead while reading it, the story ends when the author is 14 years old - what the what?<br /><br />I am expecting more from a me... | [] | 0062207938 | 0062207938 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,192,164,000 | 5 | false |
3 | Bummer | Where is the Linda Barnes who wrote such great dialog in the Carlotta Carlyle books.<br /><br />Em travels to Cape Cod after her partner, Teddy, dies in a one person car crash. They were a writing team finishing a book on film director Garrett Malcolm.<br /><br />At the same time Detective Snow has suspicions about cir... | [] | 1250023637 | 1250023637 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,188,945,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Epic | Stretching the 20th century, from British society, the roaring 20's, to a coffee farm in Kenya, to Wall Street in Manhattan.<br /><br />34 year old Clementine `Clemmie' is working 70 hour weeks to make partner in a large Manhattan firm and her grandmother Adeleine is celebrating her 99th birthday.<br /><br />Pre-WWI, ... | [] | 1250014492 | 1250014492 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,172,953,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Very Creative | historical fiction, sex, time travel to this century and so much more<br /><br />This is the real deal for me. Historical fiction mixed with time travel mixed with sexual passion mixed with drama and trauma.<br /><br />A well told story with plenty of zigs and zags and a terrific cast of characters.<br /><br />Keeper! | [] | 0525953868 | 0525953868 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,168,884,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Priceless | Perfect for this Jersey girl. Growing up in North Jersey from 1968 I vividly remember the Palisades Amusement park and begging all day to go on the huge rollercoaster. At age 8 with my mom we rode slowly up up up with all of Manhattan laid out before us and then I distinctly remember thinking I was going to die as we p... | [] | 0312643721 | 0312643721 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,167,637,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Nice and Easy does it | I had not read Walter Mosley (author of over 40 novels) before although I knew his name and his iconic character Easy `Ezekiel' Rawlins (what a great name!) who debuted in 1990's Devil In A Blue Dress so I snapped this book up with excitement.<br /><br />What I didn't know was that six years ago, after a series with 9 ... | [] | 0385535988 | 0385535988 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,165,443,000 | 0 | false |
3 | I love police procedurals. | The setting in Providence Rhode Island is out of the ordinary and I snapped this book up. Sadly there was a conspiracy to prevent me from liking it *sigh*. Poor editing which is unusual in my experience with this publisher.<br /><br />Danny the detective lacked a moral code, and this bothered me. Disappointing because ... | [] | 1611098874 | 1611098874 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,163,722,000 | 0 | false |
3 | hmmm ... er ... what? | Like a very good wikipedia entry<br /><br />I have a degree in history and love World War 2 stories.<br /><br />This new to me author never personalized the story for me and the ending was incomplete.<br /><br />I really really wanted to like this one too. | [] | 0062133438 | 0062133438 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,162,343,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Try WHAT WE KEEP published 1998 | I just couldn't like this novel and I really thought I would after reading WHAT WE KEEP, published 1998, last year.<br /><br />In fact the two books prose is so different you would think it was written by a co-author.<br /><br />The premise was unbelievable. Example,a surgeon Living in a group home to make the rent? An... | [] | 0812993144 | 0812993144 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,161,328,000 | 1 | false |
4 | New York City 1995 | If you like People Magazine or Entertainment Weekly this is for you.<br /><br />Twenty-something Franny is an actress striving for her first break on Broadway and waitressing in a comedy-club to pay the rent. She is doing all the right things - going to auditions, acting class, and staring down her own deadline of 3 y... | [] | 0345532740 | 0345532740 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,159,315,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ignore the preposterous mystery | Because it truly is unbelievable. And just enjoy the writing and the characters and the chase.<br /><br />I was not familiar with this author nor the Cotton Malone series but I have them on order now.<br /><br />This book has all the right elements and I can't wait to read more. | [] | 0345526546 | 0345526546 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,128,350,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Wow - just Wow - Epically good | The premise is riveting and the author delivers - I can't wait for his next title.<br /><br />What's funny is I almost didn't choose to read the book because the title sounded boring and the cover wasn't all that. | [] | 0770436404 | 0770436404 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,127,738,000 | 1 | false |
3 | I LOVE a good historical romance | this one, not so much.<br /><br />First I was surprised at the number of factual errors. I wonder at Harlequin letting them get through.<br /><br />Ultimately I didn't care all that much for Margot the Heroine.<br /><br />Others may love it. | [] | 0778315096 | 0778315096 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,126,553,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Disappointed | The storyline grabbed me and yelled "pick me! pick me ! Pick me!!<br /><br />So I did. It was a nice book. but it went no where fast and when it did move I ended not being engaged one way or the other for the characters.<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />I don't think I will give this author another go. | [] | 055277572X | 055277572X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,374,125,817,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Compulsively readable with one major failure for this reader | With 673 reviews already she certainly didn't need another review.<br /><br />Briefly, in 1983 a toddler is found washed ashore after a hurricane in South America, a medallion around her neck. The swallow on the medallion is the icon of a local convent/ orphanage.<br /><br />An American couple adopt her and name her Me... | [] | 1611099285 | 1611099285 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,371,495,036,000 | 0 | false |
5 | There are layers to this book, each deep and brilliantly portrayed | An entertaining, absorbing and enlightening novel by a masterful writer.<br /><br />Norwegian by Night is not so much a police procedural as a Human procedural. It is comic, suspenseful, wise political, historical, charming and very real, despite moments of pure fantasy.<br /><br />Reflective of the Korean, Vietnam, an... | [] | 0547934874 | 0547934874 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,371,482,420,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Hard to decide, so I decided to think it was epic. | This is a perfect book club choice for a group that wants to discuss more than the usual fiction. The things that kept me from loving it were the occasional use of words I have never heard let alone used, they truly took me out of the story. And Nora is so internalized, she sees what happened but has not grown - she d... | [] | 0307596907 | 0307596907 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,371,478,192,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Historical Ficition | Where what is known are the facts of a famous person, associated events & historical context, and the author imagines the emotions and private dialogue, etc.<br /><br />George Mallory was this gorgeous man who survived the World War 1 blood bath. Keenly intelligent, dear friend to men and women, and heroically athletic... | [] | 0399160582 | 0399160582 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,370,963,329,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Wonderful | Powerfully evocative writing - excellent choice for reading groups<br /><br />1942 to 1999; generations of a family summer on a two-mile spit of land near Plymouth Massachusetts on Buzzards Bay.<br /><br />Ashaunt Point, cherished homeland for each generation; wild and settled, peaceful and sheltering.<br /><br />Bea t... | [] | 0062184849 | 0062184849 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,370,655,871,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Lest we forget | 1978: a concentration camp official is murdered in San Francisco - excellent.<br /><br />1942-1943: Flashback to the Takeda Family, Miyako and her 14 year old daughter Lucy.<br /><br />In one of the darkest moments since American history began when we became a country in 1783 `the land of the free and the home of the b... | [] | 0778313522 | 0778313522 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,370,591,347,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Amidst Bureaucracy & Corruption, Decaying Exquisiteness | Havana 2006 Christmas & New Year's<br /><br />First in a series: Inspector Ricardo Ramirez, head of Havana Major Crimes Unit<br />Ramirez is working on the rape and murder of 8-year-old Arturo Montegri, pulled dead from the sea. In Cuba that crime carries an automatic death sentence if convicted.<br /><br />Canadian de... | [] | 0143186426 | 0143186426 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,370,504,709,000 | 0 | false |
4 | If you want to know what life was really like back in the 60's and 70's | This is your book. A well told fictional expose of middle American life as experienced by a young woman starting life over after her husband decides the marriage is over.<br /><br />Even though I was only a pre-teen, I remember enough that all the situations are accurate.<br /><br />Wives did not have checkbooks nor we... | [] | 1612183220 | 1612183220 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,370,464,746,000 | 0 | false |
4 | `Bukra fil mish mish', an Arabic saying "Tomorrow, apricots may bloom" | A NYC widow and a teenager filling the emptiness in their hearts in this novel told from shifting point of views.<br />Victoria, an Iraqi Jewish immigrant used to run a restaurant, is struggling with the death of her husband Joseph, and dreaming of their baby given up for adoption despite Joseph's desire to be a father... | [] | 0547759266 | 0547759266 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,370,242,168,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Unromanticised Historical Fiction | I was compelled to read this in one sitting because I had to know how it would end.<br /><br />I love novels set in historical times so this was a perfect fit for my interests.<br /><br />Very well written, the characters truly came alive for me.<br /><br />I will only say without giving the plot away, that the epilogu... | [] | 1594487448 | 1594487448 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,370,235,488,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Iceland police procedural | A devilish plot, and intriguing story with a lovely ending<br /><br />The setting comes alive with the author's sparse description. Ingolfsson writes in a monotone, almost plodding, it's hard to understand how he fills the book with the tension of a crime novel. The whole story is a minimalist pleasure.<br /><br />The ... | [] | 1611091012 | 1611091012 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,370,188,951,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Autumn 1072: an odyssey in race against time | The reader is greatly aided by the brief chronology and map at the front of the book.<br /><br />The story opens at Hadrian's Wall (roughly south of the Scottish border with England) where we meet Vallon a Frank and Hero a Sicilian experiencing the inner circle of hell that was northern England after the Norman Conques... | [] | 0316219568 | 0316219568 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,370,076,775,000 | 4 | false |
4 | The only thing I knew of Ms. Dix (1802-1887) was her name | A reformer who dedicated her life to create a better life for the mentally ill. I wonder why she isn't given more accolades in our schools?<br /><br />Told in an absorbing narrative, Dorothea is born to an itinerant Methodist preacher expelled from Harvard University, a deadbeat, frequently panhandling friends and fami... | [] | 1400074312 | 1400074312 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,981,088,000 | 1 | false |
3 | A Love Story set in a Raw New Land | In the vein of Barbara Taylor Bradford A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE<br /><br />1880 London England, Frances Irvine (whose mother died when Frances was six years old) loses her High Society life when the father, who gave her anything she desired, dies and his investments are worthless.<br /><br />She emigrates to Kimberly in Co... | [] | 0399158243 | 0399158243 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,893,512,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Suspenseful & contemporary coming-of-age story | Beautiful prose by the immense talent of this storyteller translated from Spanish by Anne McLean.<br /><br />The message the author leaves me with is that all of the ugliness in the world need not define us, that where there is life there is always beauty and peace to be found.<br /><br />Allende writes lyrically about... | [] | 0062105620 | 0062105620 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,844,132,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 13 and up | The vibrant illustrations look targeted for children ages 4 - 8 so why is the text geared toward teenagers? The text covers social issues, the death of his twin at agetwo, his doubts on taking money for his education from the corrupt government he hated, his relationships with the women in his life wed and unwed, Sovie... | [] | 0761453830 | 0761453830 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,809,725,000 | 0 | false |
4 | A Must Read for anyone looking to advance their career | A Must Read for anyone looking to find a job.<br /><br />A Must Read for anyone looking to start up a business.<br /><br />You are your product - you want to come out on top and you need to be Competitive.<br /><br />The book is practical, easy to read, how to transform your product - ie - you.<br /><br />To be persuas... | [] | 0544026888 | 0544026888 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,782,714,000 | 1 | false |
5 | A GEM | Poetry is a personal thing, you either love the poet or not.<br /><br />For me it started with Frost and Dickenson, Sandberg & Dylan Thomas, Cummings and Poe, Whitman and Keats, then Wordsworth and Browning, Barrett-Browning and Thoreau, moved on to Adrienne Rich and May Swenson, Elizabeth Bishop and Mary Oliver.<br />... | [] | 0547939957 | 0547939957 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,781,585,000 | 3 | false |
4 | In her own words, "twenty-six days of pain, parties, and work" | that 10 years later became her novel, The Bell Jar.<br /><br />I knew very little about Sylvia Plath before this novel:<br />* A highly regarded American Poet<br />* A suicide at age 31<br />* Mother of 2 infants<br />* Husband of 6 years who left the family to pursue another married woman<br /><br />I remember reading... | [] | 0062085492 | 0062085492 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,751,158,000 | 3 | false |
4 | Excellent for book clubs | Stretching from 1920 Romania, to 1930's Los Angeles during the depression, to WWII, to Wyoming, to 2006 Santa Monica & USC.<br /><br />When World War II broke out In the fall of 1939, twins Barbara and Elaine Greenstein were 6 months out of high school. Then Barbara joined a USO troupe and disappeared. The family searc... | [] | 0679643745 | 0679643745 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,685,089,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Makes a great gift for ages 7 - 12 | With a nod to the fabulous "The Incredible Shrinking Man"A little bit mystery, a little bit horror, a little bit suspense, as well as funny and gross for grade school kids.<br /><br />First RL Stine for me .Got this for my 10 year old nephew so I got to read it also before he came to visit - I then read it with my 7 ... | [] | 161218328X | 161218328X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,672,552,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Good Retro fun! The authors were editors at Gourmet Magazine | Their food consulting company Seranne & Gaden was based in NYC.<br /><br />Published the year I was born and containing over 500 recipes.<br /><br />With pictures taken by the authors of the blender in action and written text with blender tips, do's and don'ts.<br /><br />Only thing missing is inclusion of the wide var... | [] | B008HOKSDA | B0006D9EUS | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,551,512,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Good Retro fun! The authors were editors at Gourmet Magazine | Their food consulting company Seranne & Gaden was based in NYC.<br /><br />Published the year I was born and containing over 500 recipes.<br /><br />With pictures taken by the authors of the blender in action and written text with blender tips, do's and don'ts.<br /><br />Only thing missing is inclusion of the wide var... | [] | B004Z4KVRO | B004Z4KVRO | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,551,432,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Good Retro fun! The authors were editors at Gourmet Magazin | Their food consulting company Seranne & Gaden was based in NYC.<br /><br />Published the year I was born and containing over 500 recipes.<br /><br />With pictures taken by the authors of the blender in action and written text with blender tips, do's and don'ts.<br /><br />Only thing missing is inclusion of the wide var... | [] | B0017PKUMK | B0017PKUMK | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,551,308,000 | 5 | false |
4 | Sex Crimes, High Society and dark passion | Book 2 of 11 in the Maria Kallio Series, originally published in Finland in 1994.<br /><br />Maria Kallio has left the crime squad Helsinki and moved to city of Espoo (headquarters of the cell phone giant Nokia).<br /><br />Her romance with Antti Sarkela is wonderful and with her new law degree she gains a job working ... | [] | B00A9X0QJS | B00A9X0QJS | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,536,743,000 | 0 | false |
4 | #3 in the Big Sky series | We met Boone Taylor in the earlier books featuring his BFF's Hutch & Slade. Boone's life is a wreck. His beloved wife died of cancer two years ago and their young sons, Griffin and Fletcher are living with his sister's family in Missoula. He lives in a rundown double-wide on the land his parents owned.<br /><br />Boone... | [] | 0373777205 | 0373777205 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,520,037,000 | 0 | false |
3 | 3rd in the trilogy - ages 9+ | And first Fairy tale for me with "earnest debauchery", seriously, page 246 "... revelry, gluttony and debauchery set in in earnest.<br /><br />A character, rather than a plot, driven story. What an odd story. The plot seemed to be to be targeted in the age 5 to 8 group however reading it with adult eyes it seems that ... | [] | 0547738463 | 0547738463 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,500,063,000 | 0 | false |
4 | A terrific thriller with a clever resolution that was right in front of me | Memorable characters and a riveting plot keeps you turning the pages into the night and resulted in being a finalist for 6 awards: the Edgar for Best First Novel, the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of 2013, the ITV Thriller, the Macavity, the Barry, and the Anthony.<br /><br />For fans of Lisa Gardner and Tess Ge... | [] | 0312622945 | 0312622945 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,324,673,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Boys and Girls ages 5 to 9 will enjoy. | Book 4 in a four book series. 8 year old Sarah and her family, Father (who works overseas and mails her letters), Mom (who is an illustrator and works from home) and 4 year old little brother live in an apartment in Chicago.<br /><br />Sarah's third-grade teacher assigns a project to give a report on a country, and of... | [] | 0761458859 | 0761458859 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,201,652,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Boys and Girls ages 5 to 9 will enjoy | Book 3 in a four book series. Sarah and her family, Father (who works overseas and mails her letters), Mom (who is an illustrator and works from home) and 4 year old little brother live in an apartment in Chicago. At 78 pages it's a nice length for the 7 year old and a 9 year old should breeze through it. My 7 year old... | [] | 0761453474 | 0761453474 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,201,048,000 | 1 | false |
5 | This is a new to me author and am impressed with the writing. | Ideal for Boys or Girls ages 10 to 12. I got this for my 10 year old nephew and he devoured it in 4 days.<br /><br />Deacon Smith's Home for Waifs. 12 year old Possum's best friend, Billy, likes to play it fast and loose while Possum has a moral compass.<br /><br />Possum was a foundling left at the door of the orphana... | [] | 0761451749 | 0761451749 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,369,028,673,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Emma #4 for Ages 6-9 | First published in 2006; 8 year old Emma is the second oldest of five children, (her brother is a year older, a three year old sister and 2 year old twins), a pilot father, and a mother that works from home. Trouble is Emma's BFF and there are always lessons to be learned.<br /><br />The Lesson in this book is not bein... | [] | 0761455345 | 0761455345 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,368,986,550,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Emma- Book 3 | First published in 2006; 8 year old Emma is the second oldest of five children, (her brother is a year older, a three year old sister and 2 year old twins), a pilot father, and a mother that works from home. Much to her chagrin trouble follows Emma, there are always lessons to be learned.<br /><br />The Lesson in this ... | [] | 0761453016 | 0761453016 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,368,985,909,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Ages 3 to 8 | The story is told with humor and love of our current First Family.<br /><br />Illustrations are perfect<br /><br />We see Malia and Sasha doing their best to be good kids and looking forward to the promised puppy. How the media loved the story over which breed was best for allergies, what name, what are the "duties" l... | [] | 0761456368 | 0761456368 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,368,979,608,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Should be required reading in every school ages 6-9 | A perfect book to introduce to our young about the hurt and harm bigotry can do.<br /><br />Based on the life of Rosetta Douglass, daughter abolitionist Frederick Douglass.<br /><br />In 1848 (12 years before the Civil War) it's 9 year old Rosetta's first day at a exclusively white girl school in Rochester, NY. The stu... | [] | 0761451714 | 0761451714 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,368,974,176,000 | 2 | false |
3 | Book 3 | Book 3<br />For those who love this 3 book series - book 4 is coming out in July.<br /><br />In for a penny, in for a pound - I had read book 1 and book 3 so when book 2 came available I figured why not get the whole series.<br /><br />The series is mismarked as a Romance. If Romance has a spectrum and `Happily ever af... | [] | 0778313999 | 0778313999 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,368,892,151,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Glad I tried it | I really liked the FBI agent Jess Harding in the author's new Book IN BROAD DAYLIGHT so when THIS IS LIFE (A Jack Palms Novel) came available I snapped it up.<br /><br />I hadn't read the first Jack Palms novel published over 5 years ago but read the summaries to get familiar (below).<br /><br />This one didn't do it f... | [] | 0615599001 | 0615599001 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,368,820,684,000 | 5 | true |
4 | Nice book from National Geographic | Personal letters he wrote to his wife from 1943 til he returned in 1945 (they had been dating since 1936).<br /><br />23 year old Walter Cronkite, married Betsy Maxwell in March of 1940 after a 4 year romance. They lived happily ever after until she died in 2005.<br /><br />1942 he was a war correspondent sailing on co... | [] | 1426210191 | 1426210191 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,368,730,095,000 | 0 | false |
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