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The Accused (Theodore Boone, Bk 3)
The Accused (Theodore Boone, Bk 3)
Author: John Grisham
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 16
Review Date: 3/27/2015


This 3rd book in the Theodore Boone series was a fun read.


Alien 3: The Novelization
Alien 3: The Novelization
Author: Vincent Ward, Larry Ferguson, David Giler, Walter Hill
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 11
Review Date: 10/5/2014


I really enjoyed Alien 3. It is very close to the movie as it should be, and of course explains everything in much greater detail. It is book #3 of the Alien quadrilogy. As I recall, the movie Alien 3 is labeled #5 which doesn't make sense. Sigourney Weaver as Lt. Ellen Ripley shines through in both the book, and the movie.


Bossypants
Bossypants
Author: Tina Fey
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
 55
Review Date: 4/14/2015


This was a fun and charming read. It more than deserves all of the 4+ stars that I give it. Loved all the wisdom and advise from her love lives. The book cover photo is of course totally weird with the two big and thick hairy men's arms instead of hers.


Calico Joe
Calico Joe
Author: John Grisham
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 87
Review Date: 3/19/2014


Not my favorite Grisham book, but that would be in part because the topic is baseball.


Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific
Review Date: 6/17/2019


It was well enough done and interesting and included information that otherwise might not ever see the light of day.


Defiant Courage: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
Defiant Courage: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
Author: Astrid Karlsen Scott, Tore Haug
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 2
Review Date: 4/23/2015


Very well researched and written book that is a follow up to We Die Alone.


Dirty Little Secrets of World War II : Military Information No One Told You About the Greatest, Most Terrible War in History
Review Date: 2/10/2015


This is an excellent book and truly does cover many of the little known facts about WWII. Personally, I wish the book had been considerably longer and gone into even more detail, or that a volume 2 had been published.


Flushed : How the Plumber Saved Civilization
Flushed : How the Plumber Saved Civilization
Author: W. Hodding Carter
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 4
Review Date: 2/5/2016


Actually I give it a 3.75. It was a good read and informative and interesting.


Gone Girl
Gone Girl
Author: Gillian Flynn
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 52
Review Date: 3/15/2015


Best book I have read in a long time.


Hitler's U-Boat War : The Hunted,  1939-1942 (Hitler's U Boat War)
Review Date: 11/4/2009


4+ stars for this book. It is very well researched and written.


Human Game: The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for the Gestapo Gunmen
Review Date: 5/17/2023


It was a good read, say 4.5.


I-Boat Captain
I-Boat Captain
Author: Zenji Orita
Book Type: Unknown Binding
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 8/19/2014


It was well done, detailed, and included certain elements of revisionist history that are contrary to what S. E. Morison wrote in his 15-volume masterpiece.


Identical
Identical
Author: Scott Turow
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 13
Review Date: 7/7/2015


It was quite good and entertaining, but not his best ever.


The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Zoo!: A Kid-Friendly Guide to Building Animals with the NXT Robotics System
Review Date: 2/20/2017


I didn't read it from cover to cover and word for word, but I did look through it and got some good ideas for creating animals. It goes from the basic to the very complex. I haven't build anything from the book yet, but it is a welcome addition to my collection.


Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me
Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me
Author: Chelsea Handler
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 18
Review Date: 4/19/2015


This was a fun read. I enjoyed the book very much.


Life As I Blow It: Tales of Love, Life, and Sex... Not Necessarily in That Order
Review Date: 4/28/2015


It was good, fun, and quite entertaining. I recommend it.


The Lost Fleet: The Discovery of a Sunken Armada from the Golden Age of Piracy
Review Date: 7/23/2015


This book gets 4.5 stars easily. It was a solid, well researched book about a little known Caribbean event. I have read the Whydah book by this same author and it was also a good, even a great, read.


The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen
The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen
Author: Dominique Mainon, James Ursini
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 2
Review Date: 3/24/2015


This was good book and a fun read and it brought back many memories of films I have watched over the decades, as well as of potential films that I have not seen yet.


Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
Author: James D. Hornfischer
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 5
Review Date: 11/13/2015


Very well written. Very well done. Based on interviews. Sometimes he drifts off the main topic into sidelights, but that is not bad. I am actually giving this book a 4.6 to 4.7.


Over the Edge of the World : Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (P.S.)
Review Date: 6/3/2015


Really and truly, I rate this book 4.5. It was a great read, read like a fine novel, seemed very carefully researched, and was hard to put down.


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