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Review Date: 10/13/2010
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"Back Roads is a well written, gritty novel about growing up poor and having your innocence yanked at a tender age due to tough life circumstances. The characters breathe real air and their lot in life will surely make you appreciate your own. A good read."
Review Date: 12/21/2010
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"The Bottoms is a thriller that really captures the feel of the deep south in the 1930s as seen through the eyes of a child growing up in the backwoods. When black women start disappearing and then showing up dead, racial tensions rise to a breaking point. The local sheriff falls apart when the wrong man is committed of the crimes and is hung by the Klan. Eventually the true killer resurfaces to threaten the sheriff's family in his own backyard.
The tone and the language of this book make it a winner. The Bottoms, by Joe R. Lansdale, is the winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel for good reason."
The tone and the language of this book make it a winner. The Bottoms, by Joe R. Lansdale, is the winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel for good reason."
Review Date: 1/1/2011
"A computer game gone awry. Wooden coffins left as clues at the murder sites. Unexpected twists and turns that leave the police dangling in this Scottish best selling thriller/mystery... A good read to the end."
Review Date: 1/29/2011
"A laugh out loud book about city girls moving to the English countryside. Coy, sassy, satirical....very funny."
Review Date: 10/16/2010
"A harrowing sea story if ever there was one! A horrific storm swallows up a number of sailboats, leaves 57 people stranded in the ocean and outright kills six others. An even more interesting part of the tale is the psychology of those involved in the disaster. What helps one person to live while another gives up? A survival/adventure story of the best kind."
Review Date: 10/16/2010
"This is a must read for anyone who ponders why crazy things happen in our lives. I have always believed that everything happens for a reason...often, however, we cannot see what the reason is. "The Five People you Meet in Heaven" poignantly reveals the interconnectedness of us all while revealing some of those hidden reasons for things that happen."
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: Travels through My Childhood
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Review Date: 1/10/2011
"This is a laugh out loud book that depicts the inner workings of a child's mind as he grows up in Iowa in the 1950s. Guaranteed to take you way back and remember what it was like to be a kid. Bill Bryson is a NY Times Bestseller...and for good reason. The guy is FUNNY!"
Review Date: 10/13/2010
"A great book for anyone undergoing a transition in their lives. It's all in how you perceive things. The yogis were right...you can't stop the waves from crashing to the shore, but you can learn how to surf. Consider this book a manual for surfing."
Review Date: 10/13/2010
"A murder mystery set in England. This national bestseller is a "murder she wrote" kind of book involving a museum, a dysfunctional family and a set of wacky museum workers. Two bodies show up early on mimicking historical murders portrayed in the museum's "murder room." A third attempt is made. You will not guess whodunnit."
Review Date: 10/13/2010
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"Ever want to know what kind of grit it takes to get to the top of some of the world's tallest peaks? Anyone interested in outdoor adventures will be captivated by the sacrifices made by this mountain climber as he strives to bag the tallest 14 mountains in the world...ie: friends frozen to death in plain sight, gutting out a makeshift living in order to live his dream, watching the death toll of his friends rise while in pursuit of thin air. It will also give you concrete proof that your gut provides sound counsel, if you will only learn to listen. Being an outdoor enthusiast myself, I totally admired his chutzpah. These high mt. peak baggers are a sub-culture all of their own and this book provides a quick peek into their world of rock, ice and sheer guts."
Review Date: 10/13/2010
"A whimsical book about the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Being from that neck of the woods myself, I totally enjoyed this read. The local feel of the land was evident in every page."
Review Date: 11/27/2010
"This international best seller gives you an up front and personal glimpse into what it was like to grow up in a Communist family under Mao. Follow this Chinese family's history through famine, denunciation meetings and separation. Ever think that the ideology of sharing everything and working together communally was the way to go? The harsh realities of this family's experience, as their ideology hits the tar of the road, will readily dispel the myth that Communism, at least as it was practiced under Mao, is a workable system of governance."
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