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The Villa
by Nora Roberts
Like wine? Read it (3/3/2007)
I'm a fan of Roberts and red wine, so this was a dream read. It's vintage Roberts (glossy people and settings, sex plus suspense, quick pace), so anyone looking for deep characters, semicolons, or the meaning of life should cork this bottle up and take a drink of Henrymore
Fatal Tide
by Iris Johansen
Good Beach Read (3/3/2007)
Much of this book takes place either in the water, on a Caribbean island, or on a yacht. Combine that with romance, intrigue, mythical mystery, and lots of good-versus-evil action (all of which resolve neatly in the end), and you've got a recipe for a good vacation thriller.more
High Five: A Stephanie Plum Mystery
by Janet Evanovich
Farfetched but Funny (3/3/2007)
Just turn off your instincts that go "no way that would happen" and enjoy. I smiled a lot while reading this, always a good sign. At one point I laughed out loud (her family scenes are hilarious--I still chuckle when I think about the scene involving her grandma and themore
Becoming Strangers
by Louise Dean
Characters Big, Action Small (3/2/2007)
I picked this up for its setting--the Caribbean--because I was headed there. It was a good enough beach read: interesting characters, several lovely passages, some deep thought (nothing too strenuous), but I kept feeling like I'd already read the "big moments" of charactermore
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