Tag: books
group name: booksuggestions
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December 01, 2009 09:07 PM EST --
Michael Connelly- 9 Dragons (Little, Brown and Company 2009) 5 Stars
Harry Bosch is sent to investigate what appears to be a routine robbery gone wrong, when he discovers that he has met the . . .
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May 31, 2008 07:43 PM EDT --
I recommend only books that I found not-put-downable, and I recommend What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman. This book came with me to the dinner table, and I didn't put it down to go to sleep but fell . . .
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October 06, 2007 02:16 AM EDT --
Have you heard of The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz?
The book is a beautifully written instruction guide to achieve a life of freedom and happiness. He teaches four lifestyle commitments, . . .
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August 05, 2008 02:49 PM EDT --
I love this writer he brings back character from other books and makes you really get to know them. He has a very intersting take on history and makes it so you believe this could have happend. . . .
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July 30, 2007 04:07 PM EDT --
To me, the term “horror novel” gives a book a bad rap. I think it gives the impression that the book is trashy and poorly written. But amidst all the trashy and poorly written horror novels . . .
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May 14, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
Everyone likes a not-put-downable book, the kind that keeps them up at night, the kind they even bring to the dinner table. Harlan Coben's novels are like that. The first of his that I read, No Second . . .
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May 28, 2008 10:37 AM EDT --
If I don't like a book, I don't read another by the same author--usually. But I read Oblivion by Peter Abrahams even though I had disliked another of his books, The Fan . It was a good decision. . . .
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August 25, 2007 06:32 PM EDT --
I just put down the book “A Year Without ‘Made In China’” by Sara Bongiorni. After seeing her interviewed on The Today Show, I just had to pick it up. It was everything I’d . . .
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November 08, 2009 02:59 PM EST --
Today I was browsing in a book store, and I left empty handed and discouraged. I didn't find anything I wanted to read enough to buy.
The popular offerings are dominated by vampire fiction. . . .
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June 09, 2009 06:49 AM EDT --
A 13-year-old boy, Johnny, and his friend, Jack, search for Johnny's twin sister, Alyssa, a year after she has gone missing, after everyone else, it seems, has given up. "It seems" because the case . . .
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June 27, 2009 09:10 PM EDT --
The first half of Stieg Larsson's THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO presents two separate lives in Sweden: Mikael Blomkvist, a 40-something journalist convicted of libel, and Lisbeth Salander, a 24-year-old . . .
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July 06, 2009 04:47 PM EDT --
HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET , Jamie Ford’s first book, tells the touching story of Henry Lee, a Chinese-American, and his childhood friendship with and ongoing love for Keiko . . .
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June 13, 2009 07:32 PM EDT --
Martin Cruz Smith is a new author for me, and I didn't realize that HAVANA BAY is part of a series of books about a Russian prosecutor's investigator, Renko Arkady. The series begins with the book . . .
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October 06, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Do you have problem with too much vulgarity or overly explicit scenes in books? Do you take them in stride?
I usually do not read romances. When I am in the mood to read one, which is rare nowadays, . . .
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July 23, 2009 05:17 PM EDT --
IN THE WOODS by Tana French is a novel about the investigation into the death of a child. But it is more complex than that; much more is going on with the people involved.
A . . .
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April 28, 2008 10:22 AM EDT --
How to Avoid a Stupid Man: A Woman's Guide to Attracting Her Soul Mate
ABOUT THE BOOK:
WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY?
L. E. Coleman can and does in his book: HOW . . .
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April 09, 2008 10:21 AM EDT --
My "read" stack started to fall over, so I figured I'd better do another update for the 50-book challenge!
The following are books I've reviewed. All are available on Gather! . . .
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June 11, 2008 08:05 AM EDT --
The green digits on the alarm clock flashed: 5:30 am. Awake again! Brad kicked the covers off and wiggled his legs from side to side bumping into the wall. A scab on his knee opened up blood . . .
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June 17, 2009 08:48 AM EDT --
Michael Connelly's latest book, THE SCARECROW , involves a soon-to-be-laid-off long-time LA Times reporter Jack McEvoy, who decides to "go out with a bang" by writing an investigative story . . .
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January 17, 2008 06:22 PM EST --
Vikings are generally recognized as a ruthless, bloodthirsty group of folks who divide their time between sailing on dragon-headed warships and raiding and pillaging villages. When in production on my . . .
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