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Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman a book review
by Kimber L.
views: 56 | rating: 10 | comments: 16
December 10, 2009 07:30 AM EST (shared with group: December 10, 2009) — Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman was a clever retelling of the Persephone/Hades greek mythos with a twist, told from Persephone's point of view and written for a young adult audience.  I . . . more
December 09, 2009 09:11 PM EST (shared with group: December 10, 2009) — I just love good news and I got it today. The gentleman who writes for the Alzheimer's Reading Room wrote a wonderful review on 'my' book. I can't tell you what this means to me. How much I . . . more
Best Fiction of 2009
by Chris Steib
views: 53 | rating: 10 | comments: 4
December 09, 2009 06:20 PM EST (shared with group: December 10, 2009) — Toward the end of each year, a few friends and I start an email thread about our favorite things in about a dozen different categories from the last 50 weeks or so. Books is a fixture on our best-of . . . more
Book Review- Lisa Jackson- Deep Freeze
by Tony Peters
views: 25 | rating: 10 | comments: 1
December 09, 2009 04:07 PM EST (shared with group: December 10, 2009) — Lisa Jackson- Deep Freeze (Zebra 2005) 3.25 Stars   Jenna Hughes is a beautiful actress on the top of her game. After disaster strikes the set of film, White Out, her sister is killed. To get . . . more
December 09, 2009 11:14 AM EST (shared with group: December 09, 2009) — Are you looking to impress your friends with trivial facts or to have quick retorts for a child that’s constantly asking “why?” Try sharing some interesting facts …   . . . more
December 08, 2009 10:23 AM EST (shared with group: December 09, 2009) — Read this book.  Seriously.  Read it.  Those who are familiar with the IPCC and with the climate change discussions will have heard of Stephen H. Schneider .  Not only did he receive . . . more
December 08, 2009 02:56 AM EST (shared with group: December 08, 2009) —               The Lives of Abused and Battered Women   reviewed by Irene Brautigam  Barbara . . . more
December 07, 2009 11:25 PM EST (shared with group: December 08, 2009) — "Heaven's Keep" by William Kent Kreuger Published by Atria Books Cork O'Connor, part Ojibwe, former Sheriff, has an argument with his wife, Jo, an attorney.  She leaves on a chartered plane on . . . more
December 07, 2009 08:52 PM EST (shared with group: December 08, 2009) — Milam McGraw Propst- The Adventures of Ociee Nash Series (Belle Bridge Books 2009) 3.75 Stars   The first book in the series, A Flower Blooms on Charlotte Street , tells the tale of little Ociee . . . more
December 07, 2009 02:42 PM EST (shared with group: December 08, 2009) —   You may remember the review of the first book of Chester I wrote, assisted by my cat Jespah.  You can read that here: Chester Well, Chester's Back and I decided to hide it from . . . more
Book by Poe sold for record price
by Leo Lemmer
views: 135 | rating: 10 | comments: 9
December 06, 2009 03:41 PM EST (shared with group: December 07, 2009) — A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe's Tamerlane and Other Poems was sold at Christie's, New York City, for $682,500. The previous record for a book is believed to be $250,000 for a  copy of the . . . more
Book Suggestion of the Week
by Gwen Wood
views: 69 | rating: 10 | comments: 3
December 06, 2009 01:14 AM EST (shared with group: December 07, 2009) — The Burning Times: Jeanne Kalogridis Medieval France 1357, the French Inquisition is in full force. Sybille, a practioner and a a target for the church, flees her hometown to join a nearby sisterhood. . . . more
December 05, 2009 07:06 PM EST (shared with group: December 07, 2009) — And no, I don’t mean in The Zone Diet sense.  I called Richelle Mead’s last book, ‘ Shadow Kiss’ a page turner, but ‘Blood Promise’ is ten times the read . . . more
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Book Review: Though Waters Roar by Lynn Austin
by Suzanne W.
views: 48 | rating: 10 | comments: 2
December 05, 2009 01:49 PM EST (shared with group: December 07, 2009) — "As I said before, Grandma Bebe never did tell a story in a straight line like the chapters in a book. Following the thread of her sagas was like chasing a startled rabbit through the woods –– . . . more
Book Review: Triangulation: Dark Glass
by Julie Ann Dawson
views: 112 | rating: 10 | comments: 2
December 04, 2009 08:20 PM EST (shared with group: December 05, 2009) — Triangulation: Dark Glass is a bizarre, energetic, disorienting, and engaging collection of speculative fiction. Each story is brilliantly written; full of wit and creativity. Each story in the collection . . . more
December 04, 2009 08:15 PM EST (shared with group: December 05, 2009) — In the second book Anne is grown up not to grown up but no longer a little girl she is now sixteen and gettin much more pretty that Gilbert is noticing her not that he never seen her at all. Of course . . . more
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
by Kimberly J.
views: 52 | rating: 10 | comments: 2
December 04, 2009 08:11 PM EST (shared with group: December 05, 2009) —  Seen the movie loved the movie. Now I am reading the books and have to say they are pretty good. So different then the movies so different.  Anne Shirley comes to Green Gables as an orphan . . . more
December 04, 2009 08:05 PM EST (shared with group: December 05, 2009) —  Victoria McCallan was taken out of her sleep to go see the prince who happens to be Prince Kateb who takes her as his mistress so she can pay off her father's debts. The only problem she could really . . . more
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