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reviewed If You Were Here, a book. April 30
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If You Were Here, a book
McKenna never knew what happened to her friend Susan Hauptmann, who had disappeared ten years prior.  She is presented a video of a woman rescuing a teen that had fallen on the subway tracks.  …
reviewed The Boyfriend. April 18
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The Boyfriend
Jack Till is a retired detective, now private investigator.  He is hired by some parents to find the killer of their daughter who worked as an escort.  Till uses the on-line ad system to search …
reviewed Two Graves, a book. March 07
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Two Graves, a book
Pendergast is finally re-united with his wife Helen for a "few seconds" before she is kidnapped.  This starts a tense and heart pounding chase by Pendergast to rescue her.  Later …
reviewed The Revised Fundamentals of Caregivin.... February 20
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The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving: A Novel
I really tried to like this story, especially having read so many positive reviews on Amazon.  But I just couldn't get with it.  Firstly I tried to like Benjamin Benjamin Jr., the main …
posted a Quick Tip about Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and th.... September 19, 2012
Vampire Diaries L.J. Smith
I love this show my daughter and I watch it all the time and it doesnt hurt that the guys are nice to look at :)
reviewed Cat's Eye. August 20, 2012
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Cat's Eye
This gentle story is partially a coming-of-age and partly about interpersonal relationships.      Elaine is an artist who returns to Toronto for a retrospective of her work. Her art …
reviewed The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. July 08, 2012
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Like most Americans who were raised between the late 1960s-the early 1990s, I looked forward to the annual event of watching THE WIZARD OF OZ on broadcast television. Every year it was shown and it was …
reviewed SHOCK WAVE: A Virgil Flowers Novel. April 15, 2012
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SHOCK WAVE: A Virgil Flowers Novel
   While I've grown a little cold on the John Sandford novels that feature Lucas Davenport, I'm finding I like the Virgil Flowers novels a lot.  Shock Wave has Flowers tracking …
reviewed SHOCK WAVE: A Virgil Flowers Novel. March 29, 2012
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SHOCK WAVE: A Virgil Flowers Novel
Two corporate bombings in Minnesota make authorities bring top investigator, Virgil Flowers, to investigate and find the bomber.      There is animosity toward PyeMart a Wall mart …
reviewed The Stamp. February 26, 2012
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The Stamp
I was approached by the author to review this book and I am grateful that he chose me for the honor. I had previously enjoyed his historical fiction work entitled, "The Fixer." That book was excellent …
reviewed The Status Civilization and Notions: .... January 20, 2012
The Status Civilization and Notions: Umlimited
The Status Civilization is an excellent tale that never gets old. Will Barrent is among a group of prisoners from Earth who have had their memories wiped and are left to live on the planet Omega. This …
reviewed SHOCK WAVE: A Virgil Flowers Novel. December 23, 2011
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SHOCK WAVE: A Virgil Flowers Novel
     Virgil Flowers returns in SHOCK WAVE and the read is a good one. This is the fifth novel of the series and this time he is chasing a bomber. Virgil is based in Mankato, Minnesota …
reviewed The Fat Years:A Novel by Chan Koonchung. December 12, 2011
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The Fat Years:A Novel by Chan Koonchung
In the spring of 2011, an entire month in China's history is wiped clean from the newspapers, books, and consciousness of most of the citizens. This is the premise of The Fat Years. Some of the ideas …
reviewed The Book of Lies: A Novel. November 23, 2011
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The Book of Lies: A Novel
You know how you see those really bad movies late at night? The ones with little to no plot, horrible acting, mortifying scripts but, you just can't help yourself? You have to watch it. That's …
reviewed The Dummy Line A Novel. November 17, 2011
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The Dummy Line A Novel
The author brilliantly uses a fairly simple plot to weave a tension filled thriller. You won't find any complex government plots, improbable escapes or conspiracies. Instead we get a well written story …
reviewed The Basement A Novel. November 14, 2011
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The Basement: A Novel
This book is listed as being "reintroduced." Well it is so good I wonder why it didn't do well the first time around. Marvin is a writer with many ideas for screenplays. Some of them center around the …
reviewed Tales of the City. October 06, 2011
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Tales of the City
If you're a bookworm or Beat freak and in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, there's only one place you're going to spend your afternoon, City Lights Bookstore, a favorite of Jack …
reviewed Telegraph Days: A Novel. September 18, 2011
Telegraph Days: A Novel
In this nicely written, albeit light, episodic tale of the old West, heroine Nellie Courtwright and her kid brother Jackson make their way into the tiny frontier town of Rita Blanca after the suicide …
reviewed HISTORIAN / A NOVEL. September 16, 2011
HISTORIAN / A NOVEL
Ever since Bram Stoker published "Dracula" in 1897 the vampire genre has had a healthy and uninterrupted ascension amongst the works of literature. "The Historian" is one of the latest more successful …
reviewed SWEET KISS OF SUMMER. August 02, 2011
SWEET KISS OF SUMMER
Nina Stokes believes that good will always win, right will smack down wrong, and a rainbow always follow the rain.  Mick Rivers believes in doing what is dictated by order and the obligation to …
posted a Quick Tip about Tales of the City. July 28, 2011
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Tales of the City
The first book in the eight-novel series (eat your heart out Twilight!) is written in a fun, fast-paced style with an intermingling of some of the most interesting and well written characters in modern …
reviewed Tabloid City: A Novel. July 10, 2011
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Tabloid City: A Novel
   A lot can happen in 24 hours anywhere. Certainly it can in the city of New York where strangers and friends can intersect in many different ways.  Life can begin and end, both metaphorically …
reviewed Radiance by Rick Chambers. July 08, 2011
Radiance by Rick Chambers
Oh, admit it. Spot the imprint of a well-known self-publishing outfit on a book, and immediately you think: this is going to be sub-standard. Copy in need of editing, writing that no traditional publisher …
reviewed Bright and Distant Shores by Dominic .... July 07, 2011
Bright and Distant Shores by Dominic Smith
Since I met the author, Dominic Smith, in 2006 for an interview in Austin, Texas, to talk about his then newly published first novel, The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre—I was working on an article …
reviewed The Dying Hour: A Novel. June 20, 2011
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The Dying Hour: A Novel
There is nothing new that we haven't seen before. A woman's (Karen Harding) car breaks down and she is abducted by a serial killer. She then needs to stay alive while an investigative reporter …
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