Tag: books
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March 08, 2008 04:15 PM EST --
Everyone who's a reader loves that anticipatory thrill of opening a new book, settling into the corner of your overstuffed sofa, clearing one's mind, and sinking into the first line, the opening . . .
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October 10, 2007 08:03 PM EDT --
While my husband was in the hospital I had the opportunity to read several books. One of the Books I read and thoroughly enjoyed was CAPTIVE ANGEL by our own Jerry Smith.
(Southamboyusa.gather.com) . . .
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August 27, 2009 10:23 PM EDT --
Time for an update on where I am at with my reading for the year.
Lately I have been reading more print books than the Kindle as I can find print books for little to nothing, Kindle books are on average . . .
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July 17, 2007 04:19 PM EDT --
This is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that lasts a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? . . .
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November 25, 2007 11:58 PM EST --
When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon . . .
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June 11, 2007 04:31 PM EDT --
Summerland is a magical place, where the local Little League plays baseball on a perfect lawn, and the sun is always shining. However, the small beings known as ferishers, who ensure this perfect . . .
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September 22, 2007 08:45 AM EDT --
When a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitehorn Woods, young Father Flynn is concerned with the fate of St Ann's Well, which is set at the edge of the woods and . . .
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October 09, 2007 09:48 AM EDT --
When an Orthodox jew is found shot to death in Montreal, Temperance Brennan is caled in to examine the body and to figure out the puzzling damage to the corpse. Unexpectedly, a stranger slips her . . .
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October 17, 2007 11:06 PM EDT --
The Waverleys have always been a curious family, endowed with peculiar gifts that make them outsiders even in their hometown of Bascom, North Carolina. Even their garden has a reputation, famous . . .
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January 14, 2007 02:25 PM EST --
Book Review
“The Husband”
by Dean Koontz
Mitch and Holly Rafferty are in love. Mitch is a successful landscaper and Holly works in real estate. Everything is idyllic and peaceful in their . . .
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August 23, 2007 11:47 AM EDT --
I'm sure this book has been reviewed here before, but here is my review.
Cell, is a gorey, mind-bending thriller of popular technology and the supernatural.
It may seem odd, but it's true something . . .
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October 06, 2007 02:16 AM EDT --
Have you heard of The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz?
The book is a beautifully written instruction guide to achieve a life of freedom and happiness. He teaches four lifestyle commitments, . . .
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April 15, 2008 03:08 AM EDT --
The five Lisbon sisters are brought up in a strck household, and when the youngest kills herself, the oppression of the remaining sisters intensifies. As Therese, Mary, Bonnie, and Lux are pulled . . .
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February 11, 2007 09:48 AM EST --
The Virgin Blue is probably the most colorful book I have ever read. The first of Tracy Chevalier's novels it is definitely well done and researched. The thing I loved the . . .
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December 17, 2007 10:30 AM EST --
There are a few lines from literature that stick with you your whole life. I can usually see lines and words better than I can describe their meaning. I don't really know how to explain . . .
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May 11, 2007 05:28 PM EDT --
Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," . . .
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August 24, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
In the depths of a Beijing winter, during the days of Deng Xiaoping's reign, the US ambassador's son is found dead his body entombed in a frozen lake. Almost simultaneously, American officials . . .
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August 14, 2007 10:39 AM EDT --
From the Himalayas frozen peaks to the Congo's diamond fields, from a lost era's subterranean labs to the Smithsonian's glittering halls, Sigma Force will face its most daunting challenges . . .
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September 02, 2007 03:02 PM EDT --
Nathan Rand has made the Amazon region his home since his father led a scientific mission into the lush green wilderness adn never returned. The same doom expedition that took Gerald Clark into the . . .
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January 18, 2008 01:38 PM EST --
With Iran poised to develop nuclear weapons, Israel destroys Iran's nuclear facilities. Outraged, Iran's leadership promises to punish Israel and her closest ally the United States. . . .
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