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Book Review: “Savage Run” by C.J. Box
Genre: Mystery “But this is how they do it. They go after the weakest first. When the mother stays back, the wolves open a hole in her belly and pull out the entrails. Then they wait until she doesn’t have the strength to protect herself, then they’ll move in and tear her throat out.”…
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Book Review: “Codex” by Lev Grossman
Genre: Fiction Rating: 3.5 Water Towers I love books about books. “Codex” is an intriguing story combining old and rare books with modern computer games. This appears to be the only book that Lev Grossman has written, if so, I whole heartily encourage him to write more, as “Codex” is a very good book. Edward…
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Book Review: “Pendragon The Reality Bug” by D.J. MacHale
Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5 Water Towers Buy it! Hobey-Ho! “People don’t communicate with real people anymore, they’re too busy living inside their own heads and creating characters to act in their own personal dramas. Nothing is happening. Nothing is moving forward. Nothing is real. Veelox is dead.” Prophecy about our own future?Possibly.Description of what happens…
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Book Review: “Damage Control” by J. A. Jance
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Book Review: “No One Heard Her Scream” by Jordan Dane
Genre: Mystery / Romance Rating: 3.5 Water Towers “No One Heard Her Scream” is a First Look early reader edition from HarperCollins.It was delivered to stores this month. Mixing romance with mystery, Jordan Dane introduces characters that jump off the page and land, vividly, in your imagination.The heroine, Rebecca Montgomery, is a troubled police…
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Book Review: “House Rules” by Mike Lawson
Genre: Thriller Rating: 4 Water Towers This book is an advance reader copy (uncorrected proof). “House Rules” by Mike Lawson is due in stores, in hardcover, in June 2008. It can be pre-ordered at Amazon.com. The back cover PR says that “Mike Lawson is a talented thriller writer who is only getting better”. That is…
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Book Review: "Sisters in Sanity" by Gayle Forman
My daughter, remember the one with talent in this family, wrote this for the Tracy Press awhile back. +++ Any parents would feel as if their prayers were answered if they saw an advertisement in a magazine for a school that promised to cure their teenage daughter of whatever behavioral problem she has. In…
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Book Review: “The Second Perimeter” by Mike Lawson
Genre: Fiction Rating: 3.5 Water Towers Following “Playing for Pizza” was a difficult task. But Mike Lawson’s “The Second Perimeter” succeeded where others failed. “The Second Perimeter” is Lawson’s second book and is everything you could want in a Thriller…..lots of action and intrigue with a touch of humor (and he writes about the Navy….of…
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Book Review: “Playing for Pizza” by John Grisham
Genre: Fiction Buy it! Rating: 5 Water Towers Every now and then John Grisham writes a book that is “off-genre”. “Playing for Pizza” is one such novel, and it is a gem. Other off-genre (meaning not a Legal Thriller) John Grisham fiction books are: “A Painted House”, “Skipping Christmas”, and “Bleachers”. All of them are…
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Book Review: “J is for Judgment” by Sue Grafton
Genre: Mystery Rating: 3.5 Water Towers I always look forward to reading the next Sue Grafton, Kinsey Millhone series. Steady and true to the previous nine, “J is for Judgment” does not disappoint. A thoroughly enjoyable read that finally gives the reader a bit more information of Kinsey’s family background. As Kinsey struggles with the…
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