 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $2.67 *****Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - without a doubt the best book I read last year - moving and timely, the main character pulls you into his world and you cannot turn away.
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 | The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1) by John Twelve Hawks
Buy used from: $0.01 ****The Traveller - Just about lives up to the hype. Great near future (or Present?) scenario.
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 | Jupiter: A Novel (The Grand Tour) by Ben Bova
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 ****Jupiter - Love these Bova SciFI books - got through all of them this year, and this is one of the best
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 | My Life So Far by Jane Fonda
Buy used from: $0.01 ***My Life So FAr - Whatta gal - Funny and juicy insight into the 60's and Ms Fonda's turbulent life
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 | The Return by Buzz Aldrin
Buy used from: $0.01 ***The Return - Astronauts can write! (sort of) Near future SciFi action adventure
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 | Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.73 *Cloud Atlas - 1 star for effort; couldn't finish it
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 | 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers by Jim Dwyer
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 *****102 minutes - Think carefully before reading - do you want to relive that day? A tribute to the hereos who died on 9/11
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 | Flight of Eagles by Jack Higgins
Buy used from: $0.01 **Flight of Eagles - Somewhat interesting plot - mediocre writing
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 | The Mating Season by P.G. Wodehouse
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $8.36 *****HA HA HA HA HA HA Jeeves is the best!
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 | The Ivy Chronicles by Karen Quinn
Buy used from: $0.01 ***Ivy Chronicles - Funny chick-lit
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 | The Silent War: Book III of The Asteroid Wars (The Grand Tour; also Asteroid Wars) by Ben Bova
Buy used from: $0.11 ****The Silent War - Book 3 - read 1 and 2 first - My fave SciFI author
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 | A Tale of Two Cities (Signet Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy used from: $0.01 *****A Tale of Two Cities - Why have I never read this? Stunning, amazing, exhuasting read. You'll need a break from life after this one - favorite character - the relentless Madame Defarge
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 | The Rock Rats (The Asteroid Wars, Book 2) by Ben Bova
Buy used from: $0.12 ***The Rock Rats - More ScfiFI in Bova's universe - Poncho Lane steals every scene she's in
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 | The Precipice (The Asteroid Wars) (The Grand Tour) by Ben Bova
Buy new: $30.86 / Used from: $19.93 ****The Precipice - Listened to this just after the tragic Tsunami last year - wierdly prescient of those events
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 | The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham
Buy used from: $50.00 *****The Magician - Creepy classic ghost story- goes well with Bram Stoker and Mary Schelly
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 | Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Buy used from: $2.38 ***Assasination Vacation - Listen to Sarah Vowels reading of this - her voice takes some otherwise dry material and makes it quite funny
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 | I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 *****I Robot - Ansimov is a master. Puts the silly movie inspired by this book to shame
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 | David Copperfield (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $3.28 / Used from: $0.01 *****David Copperfield - My Favortie Dickens is "Great Expectations", Though this is nearly as enjoyable for me
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 | Saturn by Ben Bova
Buy used from: $0.01 *****Saturn - My favorite Ben Bova book, introduces us to Ponacho Lane, his most realized character
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 | A Changed Man: A Novel by Francine Prose
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $0.01 *****A Changed Man - As in "The Kite Runner" and "A long way Down" we learn there is always hope for redemption - compelling read
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 | Raising Atlantis by Thomas Greanias
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Raising Atlantis - yes that's right, no stars for this preposterous action adventure - why did I even finish it?
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 | Mercury by Ben Bova
Buy used from: $0.05 **Mercury - Not Bova's best, must have been written before he honed his writing skills. Interesting insight into the planet, though.
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