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Extraordinary Adventures
by Daniel Wallace
I love Edsel Bronfman (2/22/2017)
Yes, I love Edsel Bronfman. We've all known an Edsel. Kind of a nice but pathetic nerdy guy that everybody pretty much ignores. Edsel is plugging along with life when he answers a phone call and learns he has won an all expenses paid three-day weekend at Sandscapesmore
Since She Went Away
by David Bell
Since She Went Away (7/12/2016)
I'm not going to take up space retelling what the books is about; but let me start by saying that I gave this book five stars which is a rating I usually reserve for something akin to "To Kill A Mockingbird." No, this is not a Pulitizer Prize Winner but I can tell you thatmore
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (12/11/2014)
I tried but I just could not get into this book. Not sure what it was; science fiction; fantasy, an adult fairy tale. I'm just not sure. The only think I liked was the description of the relationship between the boy and his family. That was well developed.
The Scavenger's Daughters: Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters, Book One
by Kay Bratt
The Scavenger's Daughters (8/5/2013)
I had great hopes for this book as I thought the subject matter held a lot of possibilities, the story of a poor man in China who earned his living as a junk collector and made a hope for the abandoned infant girls that he found. Indeed, the author did a good job of makingmore
The First Affair
by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
The First Affair (7/10/2013)
I was really looking forward to reading this book since I enjoyed The Nanny Dairies by the same authors, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. But as someone else mentioned, with a change of names, you have the Monica Lewansky story all over again. The subject was painful to memore
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