Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Rules of Deception

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RULES OF DECEPTION ; Christopher Reich; New York: Doubleday, 2008; 388p. Fiction. When Dr. Jonathan Ransom's wife is killed in a cli...

Code Name Cassandra

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CODE NAME CASSANDRA : Jenny Carroll: Pocket Pulse: Young Adult: 264 pages Although she denies it, Jess Mastriani still has the psychic power...

In Arabian Nights: a Caravan of Moroccan Dreams

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IN ARABIAN NIGHTS: A CARAVAN OF MOROCCON DREAMS : Tahir Shah: Bantam Dell: 2008: 388 pages. In Morocco there are many old palaces and villas...
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Monday, July 21, 2008

No-Man's Lands

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NO-MAN’S LANDS: ONE MAN’S ODYSSEY THROUGH THE ODYSSEY : Scott Huler: Crown: Nonfiction: 286 pages While reading Ulysses , Scott Huler become...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

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THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE ; David Wroblewski; New York: HarperCollins, 2008; 562p. Fiction. Edgar Sawtelle's story is "Hamlet...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The Great Divorce

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THE GREAT DIVORCE: C.S. Lewis: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001(orig. 1946): Non-Fiction: 146 p. Reading for a vacation? All aboard! Join the dec...

Porn Nation

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PORN NATION: CONQUERING AMERICA'S #1 ADDICTION: Michael Leahy: Northfield Publishing (c2008): Non-fiction: 210 p. Michael Leahy takes ...

Practically Perfect

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PRACTICALLY PERFECT : Katie Fforde: St. Martin’s Press: Fiction: 373 pages When Anna purchases and begins to renovate a tiny cottage in the ...
Thursday, July 3, 2008

Someday this pain will be useful to you

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SOMEDAY THIS PAIN WILL BE USEFUL TO YOU : Peter Cameron: Farrar, Straus and Giroux: Young Adult: Fiction: 240 pgs. This is a great young adu...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The Romulan Stratagem

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THE ROMULAN STRATAGEM : Robert Greenberger: Pocket Books: Sci-Fi: 273 pgs. This book is part of the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel ser...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The Juliet Club

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THE JULIET CLUB : Suzanne Harper: Greenwillow: Young Adult: 402 pages High school student Kate wins a writing contest that sends her to Vero...

Sundays at Tiffany's

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SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY'S : James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet: Little, Brown and Company: Fiction: 309 pgs. Jane was supposed to forge...
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Fearless Fourteen

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FEARLESS FOURTEEN : Janet Evanovich: St. Martin's Press: Mystery: 310 pgs. Stephanie Plum’s fourteenth adventure involves a monkey, real...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

Almost French

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ALMOST FRENCH: LOVE AND A NEW LIFE IN PARIS : Sarah Turnbull: Gotham Books: Nonfiction: 304 pages At the age of 27 Sarah Turnbull to...
Monday, June 16, 2008

13 Little Blue Envelopes

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13 LITTLE BLUE ENVELOPES : Maureen Johnson: HarperTempest: Young Adult: 333 pages Seventeen-year-old Ginny had always admired her aunt Peg, ...

First Kiss (Then Tell)

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FIRST KISS (THEN TELL) : edited by Cylin Busby: Bloomsbury: Young Adult: 213 pages Author Cylin Busby has brought together some of young adu...
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Odd Hours

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ODD HOURS : Dean Koontz: Bantam Books: Fiction: 352 pgs. Odd Thomas is one of the most endearing characters I have encountered. He is humbl...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

I Was Told There'd Be Cake

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I WAS TOLD THERE'D BE CAKE : Sloane Crosley: Riverhead Trade: 2008: Biography: 240 pages Sloane Crosley has written a humorous collectio...

Dear Exile: The Story of a Friendship Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean

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DEAR EXILE : Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery: Vintage: Nonfiction: 203 pages Close friends Kate and Hilary set out on very different ...
Monday, June 9, 2008

The Last Summer (of You & Me)

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THE LAST SUMMER (OF YOU & ME) : Ann Brashares: Riverhead Books: Fiction: 306 pgs. The author of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pa...
Thursday, June 5, 2008

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food   By Jennifer 8. Lee Twelve, 2008. 307 pgs. Nonfiction Many people ...
Monday, June 2, 2008

Reasonable Doubts

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Reasonable Doubts   By Gianrico Carofiglio Bitter Lemon Press, 2007. 249 pgs. Mystery Reasonable Doubts is an Italian legal novel that’s b...

The Black Echo

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The Black Echo   By Michael Connelly Warner Books, 1992. 482 pgs. Mystery First-rate detective story. A body turns up that was intended to...

An Alphabetical Life: Living it up in the World of Books

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An Alphabetical Life: Living it up in the World of Books By Wendy Werris Carroll & Graf, 2006. 281 pgs. Biography Wendy Werris’ memoir ...

Midwife's Apprentice

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MIDWIFE’S APPRENTICE : Karen Cushman: Clarion Books: Young Adult: 122 pages This slim novel begins with a scrawny young girl sleeping in a d...

Lincoln: a Photobiography

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LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY : Russell Freedman: Clarion Books: Biography: 150 pgs Though this biography is short, it covers his childhood,...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Joan: The Mysterious Life of the Heretic Who Became a Saint

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JOAN: THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF THE HERETIC WHO BECAME A SAINT : Donald Spoto: Harpercollins: Biography: 222 pgs. A fascinating biography of an...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Ironhand

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IRONHAND ; Charlie Fletcher; New York: Hyperion, 2008. 400 pgs. Children's/Young Adult Fiction. Often the second book in a trilogy is th...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Blue Heaven

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BLUE HEAVEN ; C. J. Box; New York: St. Martin's, 2007; 344pgs.; Fiction. C. J. Box, whom we already love for his Joe Pickett mysterie...

The Host

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THE HOST: A NOVEL : Stephenie Meyer: Little, Brown and Co.: Sci-Fi: 619 pgs. Earth has been invaded. An alien species who refer to themselv...