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Book Review: “Pendragon Black Water” by D.J. MacHale
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Book Review: “Shadow of Power” by Steve Martini
Genre: Legal Thriller Background Steve Martini is my favorite author next to Perri O’Shaughnessy. And I know for a fact that one of the O’Shaughnessy sisters absolutely agrees with me (because she told me so when we met in 2004). At the end of “Shadow of Power” Steve admits to “difficult times”, and we, his…
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Book Review: “The Appeal” by John Grisham
Genre: Legal Thriller Rating: 4 Water Towers After years of litigation, the small, nearly bankrupt, law firm of Payton & Payton (Mary Grace and Wes) has just won a $41 million lawsuit against New York based Krane Chemical. This is proof that the illegal dumping of chemicals at the Krane plant in Bowmore, Mississippi…
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Book Review: “Savage Run” by C.J. Box
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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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