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Sentinel: A Spycatcher Novel
by Matthew Dunn
not a page turner (6/7/2012)
I really tried to like it because I enjoy spy/political thrillers (authors Olen Steinhauer, Alan Furst), but this left me cold. The main character, Will Cochran, has no personality. He and the other characters seemed one dimensional. The story itself was interesting - rogue …more
The First Warm Evening of the Year
The First Warm Evening of the Year: A Novel
by Jamie M. Saul
Not Much Going On (4/18/2012)
Geoffrey, a 42 year old bachelor, is asked to be the executor of his friend Laura's estate. Once, best of friends, he hasn't seen her in 20 years. He meets Marion, her best friend, who lost her husband 10 years before and is still mourning. Both Geoffrey and Marion are in …more
Three Weeks in December
Three Weeks in December
by Audrey Schulman
Highly Recommend (1/1/2012)
The book follows two characters over a three week period in Africa. In 1899, Jeremy, a young engineer from Maine with a "shameful" secret is sent to British East Africa to build a railroad with hundreds of Indian laborers. Besides the malaria and primitive working …more
Wayward Saints
Wayward Saints
by Suzzy Roche
It's a 4 1/2! (11/7/2011)
The story grabs the reader from the first page. Mary Saint, lead singer for the hardrock band, Sliced Ham - almost famous, and then Garbagio, bandmember and Mary's lover dies and it's over. The characters are unique, real, and marvelous. You laugh and cry with them. I'm not …more
Proof of Heaven
Proof of Heaven: A Novel
by Mary Curran Hackett
Good choice for book clubs (8/28/2011)
I personally did not like the book. It reminded me of The Shack. The first chapter was great, but after that the characters weren't developed, and the plot was predictable. I felt it was written on a Young Adult level. However, there are lots of discussable issues - Do …more
Low Town
Low Town: A Novel
by Daniel Polansky
not for the faint-hearted (6/6/2011)
The title, Low Town, describes exactly what the reader is in for. If you enjoy reading about drunks, druggies, and degenerates, this is the book for you. It is a mystery; and Warden, an ex-government detective, discovers the first of several murdered children and becomes …more
The Tender Mercy of Roses
The Tender Mercy of Roses: A Novel
by Anna Michaels
Great first novel (3/31/2011)
Reading the first page, I was thinking The Lovely Bones with Native American and cowboy characters. Pony Jones, a fiesty 26 year old rodeo bull rider is dead and she doesn't know her murderer. Titus, her father and Jo Beth Dawson, an alcoholic former detective, wanting …more
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