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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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Book Review: “Pendragon The Never War” by D.J. MacHale
Genre: Fantasy Buy it! Hobey-Ho! The third book in the D.J. MacHale series is a rousing adventure second to none. Yes, second to none and tied with one (I’ll let you guess….ahhh…….HP). A real tum-tigger. Bobby and Spader travel to Veelox where we meet Traveler, Aja Killian. Or rather, her floating holographic head informing Bobby…
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Book Review: “Protect and Defend” by Vince Flynn
Genre: Thriller Rating: 4 Water Towers “Mitch,“ Kennedy cautioned, “stay away from him until I say the time is right.” “Fine, but we are going to kill him, aren’t we?” “Yes, we are.” Thus ended “Act of Treason” in 2006. In late 2007, “Protect and Defend” opens with Mitch Rapp in Costa Rica tying up…
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Book Review: “Perfect Killer” by Lewis Perdue
Genre: Thriller Rating: 3.5 Water Towers Dr. Brad Stone is a well known Neurosurgeon with radical ideas about consciousness and the universe. He is an ex-Marine Recon operative, and……one of 2% of humans who are natural perfect killers. Not someone you would want to pick a fight with. “Perfect Killer” tells us about about a…
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Book Review: "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer
I thought you all might enjoy reading the real talent in this family. Here is a book review written by my daughter for the Tracy Press. +++++ Sink your teeth into ‘Eclipse’ By Kristen Pihlman Our Town Bella’s boyfriend, Edward, is a vampire. Her best friend, Jacob, is a werewolf. There’s a history of animosity…
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Book Review: “Takedown” by Brad Thor
Genre: Thriller Rating: 4 Water Towers Sit in your favorite chair to read Takedown. But, before you start, strap on a seatbelt and pull it tight, because the next time you will be able to relax is after the very last word in the book: dead. “Takedown” is a rousing, violent, epic adventure filled with…
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