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reviewed Jane of the Jungle. January 25, 2012
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Jane of the Jungle
This book contains just about everything: mobsters, gunfights, a flying bus, a talking fox, a telepathic tiger, biker gangs, incompetent hitmen, and, at its core, an old fashioned, if unusual, love story. …
reviewed Presidential Migraines a book. January 11, 2012
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Presidential Migraines a book
I got this book as an advanced reviewer copy signed by the author. It had many good points and some interesting occurences. A group of researchers complete a project for an Iranian benefactor and then …
reviewed The Accident. August 24, 2011
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The Accident
"The Accident" is a thought provoking story dealing with the sale of knock off items by unwary suburbanites attempting to add to their family's incomes. It also details the members of organized …
reviewed The Accident. August 17, 2011
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The Accident
This was an excellent thriller/mystery until about the last 75 pages then it morphed into something that could have been the plot of Desperate Housewives. The story opens with two women looking for "knock-off" …
reviewed Machine Man(Vintage Contemporaries Or.... August 08, 2011
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Machine Man(Vintage Contemporaries Original)
Max Barry is the master of the fun corporate farce! All his prior books were fun reads (Syrup, Company) and this one is no exception. Charles Neumann is a robotics type engineer who accidently loses one …
reviewed One Dog Night. July 30, 2011
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One Dog Night
This book has all the elements that make Andy Carpenter such an enjoyable character. In this one he is asked to defend Noah Galloway, who is accused of having set a fire several years back that killed …
reviewed On the Road to Babadag: Travels in th.... June 12, 2011
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on the road to babadag
Roaming the rarely touristed backroads of Central and Eastern Europe over perhaps seven years and accumulating 167 stamps in his Polish passport, this chronicler begins by noting how the third …
reviewed A Stranger on the Planet : A Novel. April 29, 2011
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A Stranger on the Planet : A Novel
Throughout the book Seth seems to have only two real friends; Rachel, his lesbian girlfriend and his sister Sarah. It is Rachel who Seth seems to really love and maybe it is because he can't really have …
reviewed On Borrowed Time: A Mystery by David .... April 18, 2011
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On Borrowed Time: A Mystery by David Rosenfelt
The book begins like a Twilight Zone episode (Think Richard Long as David Guerny, whom nobody could remember existing). Richard Kilmer is in love with a woman (Jen) and while staying with her at her parent's …
reviewed Shadowmarch, Volume 4 of the Shadowhe.... April 11, 2011
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Shadowmarch, Volume 4 of the Shadowheart books
(Brilliance Audiobook review)      Listening to Dick Hill narrate the Shadowheart, the fourth installment of Tad Williams Shadowmarch saga, was a rewarding experience. I did not read/listen …
reviewed The Churchill Memorandum. March 29, 2011
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The Churchill Memorandum
Anthony Markham is a historian, a biographer, and the world's leading Winston Churchill scholar ("Then again," Markham says modestly, "bearing in mind Winston Churchill's current obscurity, it would have …
reviewed Lost in the Spell (Charles Henry book). March 17, 2011
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Lost in the Spell a book
I loved the first book of this series and have been waiting patiently for Mr. Henry to pen the first of two promised sequels. It has been about two and half years and when last seen, Chad Henson was transported …
posted a Quick Tip about Lost in the Spell (Charles Henry book). March 10, 2011
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Lost in the Spell a book
I have been waiting over 2 years for this sequel to Will I Ever Know. The author sent me a personalized copy and I love it so far! I hope that this book can get the circulation it deserves. Well worth …
reviewed Gideon's Sword a book. March 04, 2011
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Gideon's Sword a book
Gideon's Sword introduces Gideon Crew a renegade who devotes his life to avenging his father's death (like Bruce Wayne?). Crew was into robbing valuable artwork when he learns that his father may have …
reviewed "The Officers' Club". February 18, 2011
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2nd Lt. Roy Banks is questioned about the murder of Lt. Jessica Lamoreaux. He tells investigators that he doesn't know anything about the killing. Then, the reader learns of events leading up to the …
reviewed Spiral: A Novel. February 16, 2011
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Spiral: A Novel
This is another scary technological thriller. It is scary because the author makes it almost inevitable that something similar to this is bound to happen in the near future. An aged scientist (Liam) who …
reviewed Damaged: A Maggie O'Dell Novel. February 13, 2011
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Damaged: A Maggie O'Dell Novel
  A Coast Guard helicopter finds a fisherman's cooler bobbing in the water in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Florida coast. Thinking that the cooler contained drugs, officials are surprised to …
reviewed Tripwire (Jack Reacher, No. 3). February 12, 2011
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Tripwire (Jack Reacher, No. 3)
Jack Reacher is digging wells in Florida when he learns that someone is looking for him.      He finds that the woman's name is Mrs. Jacob and when the man she sent is murdered, …
reviewed Empire of Lies (book). February 03, 2011
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Empire of Lies (book)
In this thriller, Jason Harrow is thrown into a world in which he doesn't know if what is happening is real or a catastrophe which he needs to prevent. He once lived in New York but moved to the midwest …
reviewed Deep Down True. January 24, 2011
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Deep Down True
   Deep Down True, by Juliette Fay, is a very real and true novel about divorce, single parenting, and the difficulties of fitting in, no matter how old you are. Recently divorced Dana, who …
posted a Quick Tip about Rescuing Ranu. January 06, 2011
Rescuing Ranu
reading guide at http://shivasarms.blogspot.com/p/rescuing-ranu.html
reviewed The Secret History by Donna Tartt. December 31, 2010
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Tartt's story, about a college student who wheedles his way into an exclusive group of eccentric Greek majors at a small liberal arts college and participates in the murder (and subsequent cover-up) of …
reviewed The Hole (book). December 24, 2010
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The Hole (book)
This book is a modern day fable written by a psychologist to teach the reader the importance of being one with yourself and not needing the acceptance of others to lead the life you enjoy. Dirk and Dawn …
reviewed Rescuing Ranu. December 16, 2010
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Rescuing Ranu
   “How can we tell whether a bird is being chased or leading?” asks Nela, trying to analyze the motion she sees in the sky. Author Cheryl Snell leads her readers to view the world …
reviewed Beatrice and Virgil: A Novel. December 10, 2010
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Beatrice and Virgil: A Novel
   The subtitle of this post should be something like “In which I explain my ambivalence about a book I REALLY wanted to love. But meh.” Published April 13, 2010 by Spiegel & …
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