 | Thirteen Moons: A Novel by Charles Frazier
Buy new: $23.04 / Used from: $0.01 Amazing story of life, love and loss!! Haunting and beautiful. Great commentary on the passage of life and time seen through the eyes of a true American hero: Will Cooper.
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 | Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 A fascinating account of a daring adventurer who goes a bit beyond his capabilities. Well told.
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 | Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.07 Very enjoyable novel...great view of America in the time of the depression and the impact and importance of the circus. Great characterizations, a wonderful plot and a compelling statement on aging. Well worth it!
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 | The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality by Kyriacos C. Markides
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.08 Lots to chew on spiritually. Need to read this again with a highlighter in the future.
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 | The Surgeon: A Novel by Tess Gerritsen
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 A real page-turner. Gerritsen's knowledge of the medical field adds an element of realism that makes the book even more thrilling and frightening. I'll be reading more by her.
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 | The Lost Mother by Mary McGarry Morris
Buy used from: $2.73 (From Jeanne's book club.) Very well written...great characters. Bit of a chick-book but glad I read it.
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 | The Nutmeg of Consolation (Vol. Book 14) (Aubrey/Maturin Series) by Patrick O'Brian
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.43 Another great O'Brian novel.
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 | No Second Chance by Harlan Coben
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Another winner by Coben!
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 | President Nixon: Alone in the White House by Richard Reeves
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $0.78 Not an easy read, but the extensive use of diaries, tapes and first-party accounts gives you the feeling of really being in the room with a most famous, and infamous, American.
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 | Speaker for the Dead (Ender, Book 2) by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Not as good as Ender's Game, but good enough to make me want to continue the series.
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 | The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Buy used from: $0.01 Still trying to figure out exactly how I feel about this book. The style was unique, making both difficult to get through but haunting and poetic. I suspect this one will stay with me for a while. Maybe even to be re-read later.
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 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club) by Carson McCullers
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.01 A bit of a downer, but well written characters.
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 | Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides (Left Behind No. 4) by Jerry B. Jenkins
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $0.01 I like the concept of these books much more than the books themselves. For some reason I care what happens to the characters, even though they are poorly drawn
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