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Books I Have Read or Listened to From January 26, 2009 toJuly 27, 2009
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Summer On Blossom StreetSummer On Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $4.37
One of Macomber better Blossom Street books...what a treat to be able to read it as an Advance Reading Copy.
"B" is for Burglar (The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries)"B" is for Burglar (The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries) by Sue Grafton
Buy new: $21.90 / Used from: $2.47
I never read Grafton's alphabet series when they were first written. It is a delight to go back to the early '80s when they were first published. Kinsey has to function without a cell phone, a computer, the internet, etc! People are always coming in her office and lighting up cigarets causing her to find her ashtray. She is also bold enough to use the "f-bomb" which created a stir in that era.
Kill for MeKill for Me by Karen Rose
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $0.11
Karen Roses newest released novel and another winner. It is near imposssible to put down her novels. Well written...great character development, suspense, twists and romance!
Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos (Meg Langslow Mysteries)Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos (Meg Langslow Mysteries) by Donna Andrews
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.55
Great fun! Just like the title and Ciover seem to promise. Quck easy read that was completely entertaining.
The Known WorldThe Known World by Edward P. Jones
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $4.30
Interesting Pulitzer award winner about free black men who held slaves prior to the civile war. Set in a ficticious county in Virgina, the novel is peppered with interesting facts both contemporary to the novel and current. Very thought-provoking.
Irish Tweed: A Nuala Anne McGrail Novel (Nuala Anne McGrail Novels)Irish Tweed: A Nuala Anne McGrail Novel (Nuala Anne McGrail Novels) by Andrew M. Greeley
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $4.48
Mayhem breaks out at the family parish school. Nuala Anne & Dermot solve a current mystery for their nanny. They also delve into a story of a young woman who emigrated to Chicago as an orphan. She is adopted by a doctor & ends up going to Medical School at University of Chicago. She is the first female student & has a significant impact on the Chicago medical community.
The Lucky OneThe Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $0.77
True to Sparks, Lucky is a winner. You aren't sure until the last page what will happen!
Second ChanceSecond Chance by Jane Green
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01
I listened to this in the car. Fun story about late 30 something school friends reuniting because of the sudden death of one of them.
You've Got Murder (A Turing Hopper Mystery)You've Got Murder (A Turing Hopper Mystery) by Donna Andrews
Buy used from: $4.80
Delightfully unique murder mystery. The detective is an Artificial Intelligence Program (AIP)who enlists the aid of 2 real-life employees to help find her missing programmer. Really challenges my notions of humanity and personality vs machines!
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of LiberationThe Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation
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I listened to this on CD. It is a wonderfully entertaining collection of short stories. My very favorite is the "neighbopr lady" who writes a letter to her neighbor's daughter who is grown up and moved away. She is explaining her recipe for apple pie in a homey delightful manner. It made me want to try the recipe.
Born for LibertyBorn for Liberty by Sara Evans
Buy new: $13.26 / Used from: $0.11
This is my work book club to celebrate Women's History Month. It is an excellent recap of American womens history starting with Native American women and ending with preparation for the next century. It is actually a text book for Women's study classes, but it is very readable and enjoyable touching briefly on women's issues in each period of Americcan histoy.
Love By Degree/Boardroom, BridegroomLove By Degree/Boardroom, Bridegroom by Debbie Macomber & Renee Roszel
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A delightful early Macomber love story about a pair who can't get along and have to agree to disagree until they finally agree!
Be My Valentine: My Funny Valentine\My HeroBe My Valentine: My Funny Valentine\My Hero by Debbie Macomber
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An early Macomber about an unlikey relationship that grows out of the desire of 2 teen age children and their grandmother plotting to insure the Mom has a date for the Valentines Dinner.
Murder with Peacocks (Meg Langslow Mysteries)Murder with Peacocks (Meg Langslow Mysteries) by Donna Andrews
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First in Andrews' bird series. Great fun and sillyness.
Cold Paradise (Stone Barrington)Cold Paradise (Stone Barrington) by Stuart Woods
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Stone attracts a number of exs in this one and as always pickes up a new love as he works for a billionaire in Palm Beach, FL.
Texas Rain (Whispering Mts)Texas Rain (Whispering Mts) by Jodi Thomas
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Wonderful 1st book in trilogy set in TX in mid 1800s. 3 brothers and their baby sister live on an isolated ranch. The middle brother falls in love in this one.
The Beach House (The Beach House Series, Book 1)The Beach House (The Beach House Series, Book 1) by Sally John
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $1.00
Very enjoyable tale of 4 frends who grew up together and grow apart as young adults. They reconnect to celebrate their 40th birthdays. It is a christian novel the christian message was not overbearing.
Texas Princess (Whispering Mts)Texas Princess (Whispering Mts) by Jodi Thomas
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The youngest brother falls hard in this book.
Tall, Dark, and Texan (Whispering Mountain)Tall, Dark, and Texan (Whispering Mountain) by Jodi Thomas
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Finally the oldest brother is taken with the widow of his long-time correspondent. It turns out she actually was the writier of the lettes & his only true friend.
"C" is for Corpse (The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries)"C" is for Corpse (The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries) by Sue Grafton
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The best of the 1st 3. She unravels the murder (faked accident) of a friend she meets at the gym as he rehabs from the first set-up "accidnet" that didn't kill him.
Ten Thousand Islands (Doc Ford)Ten Thousand Islands (Doc Ford) by Randy Wayne White
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.26
Fast-paced enjoyable mystery set in southern Florida. I listend to in the car and sometimes couldn't leave the car when I arrived at my destination.
China Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to America, My Passage to FatherhoodChina Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood by Jeff Gammage
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $2.84
Terrific true tale of a father's journey in adopting 2 Chinese dauthers and how it changes his life and thinking.
Inside Deaf CultureInside Deaf Culture by Carol A. Padden
Buy new: $12.08 / Used from: $8.14
Very interesting book traicing the deaf culture in the US starting with the era of Deaf schools, tracing the history of Deaf clubs up to the present.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle)The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle) by Mary Ann Shaffer
Buy new: $5.50 / Used from: $5.00
Delightful first novel from an author who dies unexpectedly during the rewriting process. She asked her niece to complete it. It is a well-written tale of the German occupation of the island of Guernsey during WWII.
More Than Words Volume 3: Homecoming Season\Find The Way\Here Come The Heroes\Touched By Love\A Stitch In Time (More Than Words Anthology)More Than Words Volume 3: Homecoming Season\Find The Way\Here Come The Heroes\Touched By Love\A Stitch In Time (More Than Words Anthology) by Susan Wiggs
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $0.99
Wonderfully inspiring collection of novellas based on real life heroine who won competitions to have their stories used. Very entertaining and thought provoking.
The Short Forever (Stone Barrington)The Short Forever (Stone Barrington) by Stuart Woods
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.01
We listened to this in the car. It startts with Stone loosing his newest love interest...takes him to London where he encounters the lovly Arrington as well as another ex, Sarah. Includes espionage and lots of twists in London.
8 Sandpiper Way (Cedar Cove, Book 8)8 Sandpiper Way (Cedar Cove, Book 8) by Debbie Macomber
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Very enjoyable as the saga in Cedar Cove continues with twists of intrigue and love. My favorite is that Lynnette McAfee leaves Cedar Cove because of a broken heart and moves to Buffalo Valley, South Dakota...the scene of an earlier Macomber series.
Last Call (Jack Swyteck)Last Call (Jack Swyteck) by James Grippando
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I listened to this in the car. Very clever and entertaining.
Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Unbelievably interesting and well-written novel about the little-known topic of hermaphrodites. A sweeping family saga that includes a good portion of 20th century events.
The Pardon (Jack Swyteck)The Pardon (Jack Swyteck) by James Grippando
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I listedn to this on tape...very enjopyable 1`st Jack Swyteck novle. Full of all the background details of Jack's relationship with his day and other trauma's.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy SoldierA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Buy new: $8.64 / Used from: $2.65
NOT an enjoyable read...but very thought provoking about children who becomes soldiers in Sierra Leone which provides a basis to appreciatwe the issues.
Bulls IslandBulls Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
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I listened to this in the car...fun light novel of how a couple reconnect 2o years later after their families had destroyed their relationship.
Dirty Work (Stone Barrington)Dirty Work (Stone Barrington) by Stuart Woods
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A great quick fun read that leaves Stone again without a ladie at the end. He reconnects with Captenter (actually named Felicity Devonshore) and a hige operative in the British intellegence. She is hunting and being hunted by a very skilled female asassin who ends up hiring Stone as her attorney.
Reckless Abandon (Stone Barrington)Reckless Abandon (Stone Barrington) by Stuart Woods
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We are listending to this in the car. Holly Barker, the Chief of Police of Orchid Beach FL, appears for the 1st time in a Stonne novel. He appeared in the 2nd book in her series titled Orchid Blues.
Bearer of a Million Dreams: The Complete Story of the Statue of LibertyBearer of a Million Dreams: The Complete Story of the Statue of Liberty by Frank Spiering
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Very interesting "biography" of the Statue of Liberty. It's my 4th of July weekend reading choice. It starts with a bio of Auguste Bartoldi the scupter of the Statue. Very interesting reading.
Liberty Falling (Anna Pigeon Mysteries)Liberty Falling (Anna Pigeon Mysteries) by Nevada Barr
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I am finally reading an Anna Pigeon novel because it fits in my fourth of July weekend them of reading the Statue of Liberty biography. It is set on Ellis and Liberty Islands. Well written and very interesting details about the national park.
When Madeline Was YoungWhen Madeline Was Young by Jane Hamilton
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.01
I'm listening to this in the car. VERY thought-provoking story of Madeline whole is injured as a young bride and is left with the mental capacity of a 12 year old. Her husband and nurse fall in love and end up keeping her as their "child."
SistersSisters by Danielle Steel
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01
Four unique sucessful adult sisters spend a year living together after experiencing a tramatic change in their lives.
The Floating Island: A Tale of WashingtonThe Floating Island: A Tale of Washington by Garrett Epps
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A totally irreverant tale of Washington DC bureaucracy filled with government spoofs.