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Catherine Shaw - The Library Paradox
Shaw's _The Library Paradox_ has some interesting moments
by telynor
Pros: A unique mathematical puzzle at the heart of the story.
Cons: The strident anti-Semitism tone of the novel.
When the weather starts to turn cold, it seems like perfect time to start enjoying a well-written thriller or two. To me, one of the happiest ways to spend an afternoon is to bundle up on the sofa, have a pot of tea nearby and settle in with a book or ...
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Nov 11 '08 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Janice Levy - Runaway Radish
Fun and Educational
by moneysaver3
Pros: Great for homeschooling, Spanish, & ESL students.  Fun book
Cons: Older kids may find the story line boring or too "young".
"Runaway Radish" is a story similar to "The Gingerbread Man". The story is about the Radish Festival held yearly in Oaxaca, Mexico. Just as the carver was about to finish carving his radish sculpture, the last radish ran away. It is a delightful ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Rhys Bowen - Her Royal Spyness
Hi-Jinks of Minor British Royalty circa 1930s
by jc_hall
Pros: a fun romp; nice, enjoyable read; a different kind of ‘cozy’
Cons:  predictable
Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie—Georgie to her friends—may be the daughter to the late Duke of Glen Garry and Rannoch, but her brother Binky has cut off her allowance, finances being tight for everyone in the run up to WWII. ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Tony Hillerman - Hunting Badger
Indian Casinos, Massive Manhunts and Murder. HUNTING BADGER
by talyseon
Pros: Well written, tightly woven, not impossible mystery.
Cons: Heavy on police proceedure.
Hunting Badger by Tony Hillerman.In this the fourteenth outing of retired Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police, and his semi sidekick/protégé , Jim Chee.There has been a robbery at a Ute Casino that has left ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Jacquelyn Lynn - Online Shoppers' Survival Guide: Order Anything, Anywhere, Anytime
Online Shopper's Delight!
by sutherngalNew Member
Pros: Lots of great advice and tips for shopping on the Internet
Cons: I can't think of any
I recently read the Online Shopper's Survival Guide (Entrepreneur Press, 2006) written by Jacquelyn Lynn and found some great ideas! Not only does Lynn tell readers how and where to look for the best bargains all over the world via the Internet, ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Kill The Messenger Books
One of Hoag's best novels ever!
by sutherngalNew Member
Pros: Lots of suspense, romance, and action
Cons: There isn't a sequel
Kill the Messenger, by Tami Hoag is a spine-tingling, action-packed mystery with characters you cannot help but fall in love with. The story starts with Jace, the bike messenger on his last delivery of the day. He's a great guy who just wants to ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Alistair Maclean - Night Without End
Night Without End... man, this book is COLD!!!!!!!!!
by captaind
Pros: Loads of atmosphere and tension, good characters, unpredictable plot...
Cons: ... some odd sentence structuring and overuse of certain literary devices...
For this year's Resurrecting the Oldies Write Off I decided to go back to an author whose work I absolutely devoured when I was younger - Alistair MacLean.  I think I must have read pretty much every book he ever wrote in my early teens, but ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Susie Fishbein - Passover by Design: Picture-Perfect Kosher by Design Recipes for the Holiday
Passover by Design can be used year-round
by sutherngalNew Member
Pros: Beautiful cookbook with elegant recipes anyone can prepare.
Cons: I can't think of any.
Let me start by saying that I love, love, LOVE the "Passover by Design" cookbook by Susie Fishbein (Mesorah 2008).  The beautiful layout of the recipes are easy to follow and the numerous professional photos by John Uher look wonderfully ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0

Stephenie Meyer - Twilight
If You Like Teen Vampire Books Twilight Is For You
by ladyamaranthNew Member
Pros: Good vampire story, interesting twists on vampire novels.
Cons: Drags on quite a bit, not enough back story on characters at times.
To be perfectly honest, I went into the reading of Twilight with very high expectations. Unfortunately, thus far, those expectations have not exactly been met. While I enjoyed this book, I have to say, it simply did not live up to the hype I'd been ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Missy Chase Lapine - The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals
The strategies in this book are quick, easy, and good!
by sutherngalNew Member
Pros: Quick and easy to prepare recipes with time-saving strategies
Cons: Recipes are mainly for children, not adults.
"The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healty Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals," by Missy Chase Lapine (Running Press), is quite possibly one of the best cookbooks for nutritional eating that I have come across in a long time. The secret to ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Jessica Seinfeld - Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food
Deceptively Delicious is Surprisingly Delightful!
by sutherngalNew Member
Pros: Lots of helpful tips and guidelines
Cons: Would like to see more quick and easy recipes
Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food, by Jessica Seinfield (Collins Living, 2007), lives up to its name by providing nutritious recipes that are yummy to the tummy. In this user-friendly cookbook, you will find ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0

Chuck Klosterman - Downtown Owl
Owl Be Seeing You...
by scmrak
Pros: accurate depiction of small-town life, circa 1984
Cons: small-town life circa 1984 was dull!
I grew up in a small town - not as small as Owl, North Dakota, perhaps; but small: my entire school system was half the size of many a big city high school graduating class. That history makes it particularly amusing to me when I see native New Yorkers ...
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Nov 11 '08 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Julie Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton - Dumpy's Happy Holiday
Dumpy's Happy Holiday Celebrates the Magic of Giving
by bilbopooh
Pros: dump truck will appeal to many youngsters, encourages charity
Cons: relies rather heavily on coincidences
When I was a toddler, one of my favorite books was about a happy man in a dump truck who went around the countryside picking up animals and taking them for a ride. I couldn't help but think of that book as I read Dumpy's Happy Holiday, a ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Chelsea Handler - My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-night Stands
Chelsea Handler shows that women can be just as cruel playing the field as men
by jurgrace
Pros: Quick read, full of laughs
Cons: Obscenities left and right
After reading comedienne Chelsea Handler's recent book Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, I was looking forward to getting my hands on her first book, My ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Ellis Peters - The Potter's Field: The 17th Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
Found in the Field
by msiduri
Pros: Interesting characters, solution not obvious
Cons: A bit slow in parts
This is the seventeenth chronicle of sleuth Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk of the abbey of Saints Peter and Paul in Shrewsbury, England, near the Welsh border. The action of the novel takes place in 1143, with the civil war between King Stephen and ...
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Nov 10 '08 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Robert C. Morris - The Environmental Case for Nuclear Power: Economic, Medical, and Political Considerations
The misunderstood alternative
by texas-swede
Pros: Fun, engaging, well written and very informative
Cons: Not balanced, criticizes antinuclear activists too much
Many people believe that nuclear power is dangerous and expensive, while others believe that nuclear power is our safest and most practical energy alternative. The question is how does nuclear power compare to other energy sources, and what are the ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Stella Blackstone - Counting Cockatoos
Counting Cockatoos by Stella Blackstone
by artemis8
Pros: colorful, counting to twelve, animals
Cons: none
My four year old son and I have been reading quite a few Stella Blackstone books recently and one of them was Counting Cockatoos, a fun board book about counting. One ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

R. De Roussy De Sales - Easy French Reader: A Three-Part Text for Beginning Students
A must-read for all students of French!
by vinman142
Pros: Easy, Interesting, Familiarizes you with French words more easier than other books, Cheap price
Cons: Doesn't provide a pronounciation key, doesn't explain conjunctions, too short.
Language History (Histoire de Langue) The French language is spoken by around 350 million people worldwide. Aside from the motherland France, you can hear French spoken in Canada, numerous Carribean islands, and throughout ...
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Nov 10 '08 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

E. E. Knight - Valentine's Exile: A Novel of The Vampire Earth
Valentine's Exile - Vampire Earth Book Five
by phungus
Pros: Some huge twists
Cons: Not much action, kind of boring in the middle
Valentine's Exile is the fifth book in E.E. Knight's excellent Vampire Earth series. It has much less action than the previous novels, and frankly I found it to be a little boring, save for the beginning and end. Even so, fans of the series ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Elizabeth Chadwick - The Love Knot
Chadwick's _The Love Knot_ looks at a civil war from the bottom up
by telynor
Pros: Terrific storytelling, and a realistic problem for the hero and heroine to overcome.
Cons: Drags a bit in spots, but still it's a great story.
Continuing on my endevours to read all of Elizabeth Chadwick's novels this year, the October selection was The Love Knot. Set during the years of the Civil War between Stephan and Matilda, rival claimants for the English crown, what had once been ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0

Carrie Asai - The Book of the Sword
Samurai Girl-The Book of the Sword
by yamahagal
Pros: Descriptive, keeps interest
Cons: No closure; part of a series that ends abruptly
I enjoy reading and read all kinds of different books.  Although I'm older than the targeted audience, I decided to read Samurai Girl because I thought it would be nice to read a story with a Japanese heroine.  Unlike years ago, there are more ...
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Nov 10 '08 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Houston Atlas of Biodiversity_Houston_Wilderness
Houston Has a Wilderness
by pestyside
Pros: General descriptions of the ten eco-regions, species lists, participating member list
Cons: Text gets dry, particularly when describing cultural history
Houston has a wilderness? What about Chicago—does it have a wilderness? Mental images of a wilderness in either of these huge metropolitan areas used to include aggressive traffic, too much crime, rampant pollutants and more. That was a different ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0

Baby Brother
Usborne's Baby Brother helps little ones build their vocabulary
by jurgrace
Pros: Great first word book, helps early readers
Cons: It's kind of hard to find objects that aren't there
When we surf the board book section at the library, my daughters love to pick out Usborne Publishing's Look and Say books. Baby Brother is one of the newest releases in the series and is a popular choice at reading time in our ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Stella Blackstone - Ship Shapes
Teach Shapes by Reading Ship Shapes
by msmorvay
Pros: Great shape teaching tool, also learn counting, and practice search and find.
Cons: Can't think of any
Last week my 4 year old and I went to the Library.  I was looking for some Thanksgiving books to read to him plus some slightly older books for the Resurrecting the Oldies Book Write Off ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns
Thousands Of Splendid Words: A Thousand Splendid Suns
by lyoness913
Pros: Fantastic Story Telling
Cons: None
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a beautiful story set in Afghanistan which spans the early 1970s to 2003.  The characters are rich and compelling and their stories are heart wrenching.  The novel will open one’s eyes to the horrible ...
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