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The
Week of April 6th
This week's winner was MACN4MONEY@worldnet.att.net,
who received a copy of Faithless,
by Joyce Carol Oates.
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wyldfire@idsi.net
FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE
by Dean Koontz, 4 stars
Dean Koontz fans will love this book. It was one of his best in my opinion although the ending was a little anticlimactic. Hope there's a sequel in the future for these characters.
STALKER
by Faye Kellerman, 4 stars
I've long been a fan of her husband's books but I'll now have to include hers in my 'have to read' list. A good book and one that keeps the
reader's attention throughout.
SameOldHal@aol.com
GHOST LIGHT: A Memoir by
Frank Rich, 4 stars
STEPHEN SONDHEIM: A Life
by Meryle Secrest, 5 stars
Two well-written books of great interest to fans of the American musical theater!
dbelk105@adelphia.net
THE LAST JEW
by Noah Gordon 5 stars
A terrific historical novel beginning in 1492 and dealing with Isabella's expulsion of the Jews of Spain. An easy way to learn about a terrible time in history when not only Jews, but Christians too, were put to death, often on the word of an informer.
kristen@booksintl.com
WE WERE THE MULVANEYS
Joyce Carol Oates, 5 stars
Excellent, one of the best books I've read in a while. Absolutely heart wrenching, but uplifting at the same time.
CATCHING ALICE
by Clare Naylor, 2 stars
Wretched. Another of the Bridget Jones genre, but not nearly as witty or fun.
CAUSE CELEB
by Helen Fielding, 4 stars
Quite good . . .famine was never quite this funny.
PINK SLIP
by Rita Ciresi, 4 stars
Funny, exceptionally well written novel about a 20-something during the 80's.
A C The Queen@aol.com
BORN IN FIRE
by Nora Roberts, 4 stars
It was a little slow in the beginning, was a little hard to follow the Irish slang, but was a good love story.
VonBouche@aol.com
THINGS FALL APART
by Chinua Achebe, 5 stars
Powerful and economic tale of traditional life in an African village at the dawn of the white man's colonialism.
BlueJBirdy@aol.com
UNTIL THEY BRING THE STREETCARS BACK
by Stanley Gordon West, 4 stars
A great book showing the rewards of helping other people.
THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
by Edith Wharton, 5 stars
Shows the affect being unloved and ignored can have on people and how important it is for people to believe in themselves.
Diamond404@aol.com
THINGS FALL APART
by Chinua Achebe, 3 stars
I got forced to read it, but it was still pretty good.
BREATH, EYES, MEMORY
by Edwidge Danticat, 4 stars
Good! About culture, people of Haiti.
ZeeLebron@aol.com
MISSING JOSEPH
by Elizabeth George, 4 stars
Very complex, and thoroughly amusing...you really never know who the culprit is until the end. This is one of the best British mysteries I have read!
ZakasNana@aol.com
H IS FOR HOMICIDE by Sue Grafton, 5
stars
K IS FOR KILLER by
Sue Grafton, 5 stars
I IS FOR INNOCENT
by Sue Grafton, 5 stars
I love this series! Can't wait to read more.
Corkytp@aol.com
TEN LITTLE BLOODHOUNDS
by Virginia Lanier, 5 stars
I have enjoyed this series, which includes at least four more "bloodhound" books. Lanier knows a great deal about the dogs and about the southern Georgia landscape. The story follows Jo Beth Sidden, a tracker and breeder of bloodhounds in a series of adventures. In this particular adventure, Sidden is hired by a matriarch on one of the Georgia islands to find a cat, a job she turns down. Later, the client is murdered, and so she travels to the island to solve the case. If you are interested in tracking dogs and mysteries, this is the book for you.
TLIP55@aol.com
I CAPTURE THE CASTLE
by Dodie Smith, 5 stars.
This was such a wonderful book. I loved it.
RLpologuy85@aol.com
THE COLOR OF WATER
by James McBride, 5 stars
It's a great book that united cultures unalike.
Showshana@aol.com
BAD BOY
by Olivia Goldsmith, 3 stars
Interesting idea to write about - too much of a cliche in how the topic was handled- the ending was too obvious and drawn out - could have cut the book in half and added some humor to make it more readable.
SHOPGIRL
by Steve Martin, 3 stars
A sad but possibly true story - very impressed that Steve Martin could have such insight into the human mind of sadness.
1ST TO DIE
by James Patterson, 4 stars
Fast moving and easy reading , unique blend of characters whose personalities and view of criminology make for good reading. A little too heavy on the health issues of the main character. Still not as good or as spellbinding as Alex Cross. Maybe as we get to know the "girls", they will take on a familiar tone.
EPaton@aol.com
FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE
by Dean Koontz, 3 stars
This is one of his strangest books yet. I understand his premise (the inter-connectedness of all things) but he is going about it in such a convoluted way that all I can say is: weird.
Gandma RI@aol.com
EDGE OF DANGER
by Jack Higgins, 4 stars
Once again Sean Dillon and his good guys are fighting foes set to gain unlimited evil power. The book is another page turner. I was a bit disappointed in the ending, but it leaves the door wide open for the next book.
A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE
by Anna Quindlen, 5 stars
A fast read (about 20 minutes) with lots of food for thought and pondering after. It reflects on loving the travel, not the destination. In other words not only to "get a life" but to recognize the treasures in the life you've been given. I originally borrowed this book from the library, but bought a copy for my nightstand to ponder, journal and shake me back into enjoying each day of the life I've been given and take for granted. The book also includes some great photography to ponder
larraine@erols.com
AGE OF INNOCENCE
by Edith Wharton, no rating given
I recently read this book because I joined a classics book group and was amazed and gratified. I plan to read others. The wonderful elegance of her prose and the ideas in the book made my brain jump for joy! I plan to read everything she has written!
MCWMD@aol.com
STILL HERE
by Paul Bortolazzo, 5 Stars
First novel which describes events here and in heaven prior to rapture of the Christian Church as described by Jesus the Christ in Matthew 's gospel, chapter 24. This book directly challenges the Theory espoused in the Left Behind series commonly known as pre-trib rapture. Are we prepared as Christians to be STILL HERE for the tests of the first six seals of Revelation and can those who teach pre-trib rapture afford to be wrong? Study, pray, and learn for yourself.
UKHRH@aol.com
THE MOON IN THE WATER
by Pamela Belle, 5 stars
Romance, adventure. Historical fiction during the reign of Charles I.
THE CHAINS OF FATE
by Pamela Belle, 5 stars
Sequel to Moon In The Water -- even more exciting than the first in the series
sirmartin@outdoormail.com
LA CUCINA
by Lily Prior, 5 stars
Like Voltaire’s Candide, nothing good ever happens to Prior’s Rosa. Unless, of course, you count passionate love making on a dining table with an Englishman with bad teeth, involving oysters, pasta, tomato sauce, whipped cream and raspberries a good thing. (We’ve come a long way since Madam Bovary.) Peculiar things do seem to follow her however. For instance, a priest masturbating while she is confessing of her first sexual experience. (We’ve come a long way since The Thornbirds) This book is comparable to The Godfather meets The Galloping Gourmet meets Portnoys Complaint. It is refreshing because it makes us realize that compared to Rosa’s family we are on pretty solid ground. What held my attention is the flawless use that Lily Prior makes of wry humor. She would make any British sit-com writer green with envy. These spurts of humor are all the more tantalizing because we do try to find the humor in tragedy in our own lives. Throw in the fact that Rosa Fiore is also a librarian, and there is literally something for everybody. In conclusion, if you are into Italy, Italian food, books, the mob, kink, or are just experimenting with some of those things, La Cucina is for you. I warn you though; you will never look at oysters or librarians in the same light ever again.
FredHauser@aol.com
THE GOOD AMERICAN
by Ursula Maria Mandel
It's the story of the perilous journey of a young woman getting her niece out of Berlin before the Russians blockade that city, about a Good Samaritan, about a son's remorse for loathing his father, and about a daughter who wants to understand her past. Brilliant!
SORTOFAWRITER@aol.com
THE PILOT'S WIFE
by Anita Shreve, 4 stars
This was an unusual and imaginative story. It showed how little we really know even those we think we know so well.
Karshanhoney@aol.com
LIAR'S
GAME
by Eric Jerome Dickey, no rating given
THIS JUST IN by Yolanda Joe, no rating
given
IF MEN ARE LIKE BUSES by Michelle Mckinney
Hammond, no rating given
THE COLDEST WINTER EVER
by Sister Souljah, no rating given
I hope you enjoy these books. They were all very good books.
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