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Skipped Parts
Published in Hardcover by Henry Holt & Co (1991-02)
Author: Tim Sandlin
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Hilarious Dark Comedy
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Review Date: 2008-08-11
I laughed my head off while reading this book! I was actually sad when it was over! The characters are unique, hilarious, and impossible not to fall in love with. This is a dark comedy full of witty one-liners, zany situations, and a lot of sexual content. This book is not for the faint of heart.

Hilarious!!!
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Review Date: 2007-07-06
You will laugh out loud, this book is truly hysterical. I am a new Tim Sandlin fan - Sorrow Floats and Social Blunders are just as good. Highly recommended!!

Good Idea -- Feeble Execution
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-07-11
On the positive side this book was sometimes amusing. The story idea of two thirteen-year-old's experimentation with sex and resulting in a pregnant seventh grader was promising though poorly executed. None of the main characters are believable, not the narrator, Sam, not his girlfriend Maurey, and not his mother Lydia. The motivations and thought patterns of the adolescents especially lacked any power to convey belief. This novel should probably have stayed in the form of Mr. Sandlin's puerile fantasies, from which it sprung.

A sweet novel about underage sex!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-20
With "Skipped Parts", Tim Sandlin has assembled all the elements needed for a great book. Memorable characters, a good setting, tight pacing, a great plotline and wonderful dialogue.

The main character, Sam, is a thirteen-year-old boy. He puts me in mind of myself at that age, actually. Very prone to dreams and fantasies. He meets a girl, Maurey, also thirteen. Before long, these highly intelligent children are losing their virginities to each other. Not long after that, they discover that, oops, a girl can get pregnant before her first period.

This is the start of a series. I haven't read the other parts yet, but I really liked this one. I also enjoyed Skipped Parts, the movie based on this book, though bizzarrely they changed the kids to fourteen instead of thirteen.

This is a very good, sweet book recommended for pretty much anyone over the age of about eight or nine. Highly enjoyable!

A Really Special Book
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-05-02
In Sam Callahan, Sandlin creates one of the great characters of recent American literature. Equal parts Walter Mitty and Holden Caulfield, Sam is a hilarious narrator with a truly unique voice. If the book were nothing more than a series of comic misadventures of Sam and his irreverent Southern Belle mother, Lydia as they are transplanted from the good ol' south to rural Wyoming, it would be a great read.

However, Skipped Parts is far more than that. Beyond Sam and Lydia, Sandlin populates GroVont with no end of fascinating characters--almost all multidimensional and colorful--the kind of folks you only find in quirky places like Sicily, Alaska. In this book, its easy to imagine that folks like Dot,Hank Elkrunner and the old guys who populate the local diner have interesting lives and stories outside of the light they shed on the main characters and that they didn't just show up in the scenes to move the plot along. This gives the story an incredible richness.

Beyond that, the book has a heart as big as the Tetons and frequently wears it on its sleeve. Rarely is a book so laugh out loud funny also so poignant and touching. There are moments that are truly noble, truly sad and truly beautiful and its a credit to Sandlin that none of them seem contrived. If you can get past the stuff about precocious 13 teen year olds experimenting with sex, you find a great novel about growing up, dealing with family, redemption and the endless disappointments and possibilities of life. A wonderful, wonderful book.

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Spring Snow
Published in Hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf (1972)
Author: Yukio Mishima
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Romeo and Juliet, Japanese version
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Review Date: 2008-09-03
I really enjoyed this book, the story is the classical tragic love story, but set up in Japan, and written through a Japanese point of view. So the surroundings or the landscapes became part of the story, the description of the moods of the characters are beautifully portrayed in the nature that surrounds them.... I thought it was lovely.

A lot of people wrote on these reviews that the translated version misses out a lot of things, but this always happens when translating, and as I can't read Japanese, I was happy with being able to read it in English!

Spring Snow
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-08
Japan. 1912. Japanese society is divided, or at least complex. Still with most of it's body and soul in the ancient tradition of the East, but with ever increasing impulses towards the "Western culture" (In the unsemitically correct reality, we of the "West" have infinitely more in common with the traditional culture of the East than we do the current world-wide Weimar Republic, but oh well). Mishima, the author, was more or less a Japanese representative of the "conservative revolution", and appears to have been quite well read. His life reminds me in many ways of Corneliu Codreanu and Julius Evola. His well-known dramatic ritual suicide as a protest against the betrayal of tradition in Japan, and the Japanese submission to American rule, followed him and his radical "right wing" organization's (The Shield Society) failure to arouse the Japanese Defence Force into rebelling.

The book is the first in a tetralogy, and follows Kiyoaki Matsugae, a young student from a family of the lower nobility in his relationship with Satoko Ayakura, the daughter of one of the 28 families of the higher nobility, her being the daughter of a count. The book in many ways actually reminded me of the excellent "Victoria" by Knut Hamsun, with the constant back and forth in the interaction between the characters, sometimes they love each other dearly, and at other times torment each other. Such is the nature of difficult relationships, I guess! The book paints a very vivid picture of the end of a noble era, and the translation I read was excellently done. The moral teaching of this period, and it's sometimes less noble effects is excellently portrayed.

Through certain misunderstandings, Satoko ends up being future wife of one of the royal princes, and Kiyoaki is driven to despair. Long story short, as all the books in the series, there is no happy ending, but that is basically the ending of all our lives. This is a book I highly recommend, and apart from a few minor flaws, it is all in all an excellent tale, and I look very much forward to reading the rest of the series. 4,5 stars.

(I read a different edition)

Boring and maudlin
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-08
Maybe it was a bad transalation. Maybe I could not relate as a westerner to an old Japanese story, but I really did not enjoy this book. It was maudlin and unbelievable. Story was boring. Character development was terrible and it was poorly written/transalated. I recommend Murakami's Norwegian Wood for those who want to read books by Japanese authors.

Mishima's Masterpiece: Forbidden Love and the Reincarnation of Kiyoaki Matsugae.
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-09
Yukio Mishima (The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea) is the fascinating subject of two recent DVD releases Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - Criterion Collection and Patriotism - Criterion Collection. His 1966 novel, Spring Snow (Haru no Yuki), is the first in his "Sea of Fertility tetralogy," which also includes Runaway Horses (1969), The Temple of Dawn (1970), and The Decay of the Angel (1971). (Mishima committed ritual suicide on the day he completed the final book in his tetralogy, November 25, 1970.) Considered to be his masteriece, Mishima's tetralogy follows the successive reincarnations of Kiyoaki Matsugae (1895-1914). Set in the early years of the Taishô period (1912 to 1926), Spring Snow tells the story of a two-year relationship involving forbidden love between Kiyoaki, the 18-year-old son of an aristocratic family, and Satoko Ayakura, the 20-year-old daughter of an aristocratic family. Kiyoaki's friend, Shigekuni Honda, a law student, observes the events set forth in the novel. After Kiyoaki and Satoko meet under a bad omen: a dead black dog at the top of a high waterfall, Satoko asks Kiyoaki, "Kiyo, what would you do if all of a sudden I weren't here any more?"--a question which vexes Kiyoaki throughout much of the novel. Satoko is under instruction that she should not lose her virginity before being touched by any bridegroom chosen for her. After experiencing their first kiss together on a rickshaw ride in the snow, Satoko and Kiyoaki exchange love letters and eventually make love, before Satoko accepts the marriage proposal of another man, Prince Harunori. Meanwhile, Kiyoaki has a series of prophetic dreams before he dies at the age of 20. The novel was adapted into a 2005 film of the same name starring Satoshi Tsumabuki as Kiyoaki, Yûko Takeuchi as Satoko, and Sosuke Takaoka as Shigekuni Honda. Spring Snow attests to the rare genius of Yukio Mishima.

G. Merritt

the beauty and destructive power of all-consuming love
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-22
Mishima's Spring Snow is a coming-of-age tale for nouveau riche Kiyoaki, whose naive childhood crush on the more mature Satoko grows into something much more powerful, beautiful and, ultimately, destructive. Kiyoaki's failings are human and familiar; acting on rash impulses, immaturity, a failure to realise what he wants till he has lost it. Mishima's characterisation is finely drawn and accurate. The scheming Tadeshina turns out to have her own secret heartbreak, enervated Ayakura lacks guile but not luck, the ancient loyalties of the Abessess make her a formidable eminence grice. The characters are at once individually drawn and representative of a unique and fascinating era of flux and change in Japan, as ancient modes of behaviour gave way to modernising forces. Mishima's novel is both of its time and timeless. A true masterpiece.

Fiction
The Summer Guest
Published in Hardcover by The Dial Press (2004-06-29)
Author: Justin Cronin
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Wonderful
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Review Date: 2008-10-03
This is a wonderfully written book. The characters are endearing and the stories of their lives quite compelling. Both funny and sad, it is richly filled with details.

My favorite quote is the one about Iowa. I've told it to many people (giving proper credit of course!) and laughs all around.

Sneaks up on you...
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Review Date: 2008-09-08
This is a book that starts out as a good summer read and then becomes something more. The characters are likable from the first, like people you've met and enjoyed at social occasions. As their stories move forward, the characters become both more familiar and more exceptional, like when you suddenly realize an acquaintance has become a friend. Their imperfections are not necessarily endearing, but you find yourself sharing their pain, or maybe just remembering the echoes of pain you've already shared with real friends. And yet it's an encouraging and rewarding book in the end. The author weaves the plot together artfully. I especially enjoyed the pivotal point when one heretofore quiet character seizes the wheel and begins to turn things right-side up again.

This is just a wonderful book.
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-19
Reading is one of my greatest pleasures and a friend who knows this gave me "The Summer Guest". I was not familiar with the author and didn't know anything about the book before I began. I have since recommended this book to all of my friends. It is truly one of the best books I've read and I am a voracious reader. The language is absolutely beautiful and the characterizations are wonderful. It is a book to savor and, although I rarely reread books, I will definitely read this one again.

John Citron's review from March 24, 2006 says it all. If you are in doubt about whether to purchase "The Summer Guest", do it anyway. You will not be disappointed.

Wonderful book.
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-04
Really ... absolutely wonderful. Captivating. I couldn't stop reading and I was very sorry when it was over. I look forward to reading more from Mr. Cronin.

Many summers, many guests
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-25
Justin Cronin writes beutifully! He weaves characters, their stories, big life questions, and time into something
larger than the norm, leaving this reader pondering my own life, family and sense of place. Cronin's Mary and O'Neill was rich, too. Bits of metaphor and vividness in both.

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28 Barbary Lane: A "Tales of the City" Omnibus
Published in Hardcover by HarperCollins (1990-09-01)
Author: Armistead Maupin
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754 Pages of Absolute Reading Bliss!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-29
I read the "Tales of the City", "More Tales of the City", and "Further Tales of the City" when they were originally published. After receiving this omnibus as a gift it sat on my shelf for several years as I had no interest because I had already read them. I recently read an article on Armistead Maupin where it stated that there is a new novel on the market that brings us up to date on Michael (probably one of my favorite characters) and how he is doing these days. At that point I thought, I am going to revisit the original three novels. What a treat! They were even better this time around. Maupin has developed such rich characters in this series, re-reading them was like one terrific long visit with some old friends. Everything about the characters, the situations (for the most part) are so true to life. Michael, Mary Ann, Mrs. Madrigal, Brian, Jon, Mona, D'Or and the list goes on and on are probably some of the best characters ever written. I have never watched the movie versions of these stories, but why would you want to when the words of the book jump off the page and it is so marvelously well written. If you haven't read the books before, don't miss out ~ if you have read them in the past, take some time to revisit some wonderful friends... I am sure you'll be as glad to see them as I was.

AS WONDERFUL NOW AS WHEN IT WAS NEW
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-15
I'm re-reading this in anticipation of the newest additon to the series. I loved it when it was new, and I love it now. Now that I'm older, I appreciate it more.

Why many of our hearts are left in San Francisco
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-05-08
Tales of the City fans will LOVE this Omnibus ... and the collected memories that chroncile the lives of the bubbly Barbery Lane residents. A very much "made in San Francisco" collage of characters, plot line, situations, and comedic twists of a freer time.

A Look Back
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2004-10-20
Armistead Maupin wasn't the only gay writer active in the 70's, but his "Tales of the City" books were among the most popular reads. Beginning as a newspaper column, Maupin had the idea to allow reads to direct the story to a certain extent. They would write in to tell him how the story should go, and he would decide which idea he liked best. So I've heard, at least.

These books are filled with rich characters. Mr. Maupin was excellent at drawing readers into his stories by making sure that the people one found in them were people one would want to know. They seemed not only real in that they were multi-faceted personalities of their own, but real in that they were surrounded by the events and culture of the 70's, which were beautifully captured.

Someone reading the books now, when stumbling across a reference to LeCar or Jim Jones, will be transported back in time. Readers not old enough to remember the 70s will get a good glimpse of what gay culture was like then... or a part of it, at least.

Maupin's characters experience situations that just about everyone can relate to. There are also situations that are extraordinary, but it's the day to day that make Mouse, Anna Madrigal and the rest seem like the folks who live next door. The "28 Barbary Lane" volume includes the first three books in the series. It's a wonderfully rich read. Not complicated or highbrow, perhaps, but not all stories should be. This is one of those "curl up next to the fire" books and I can't imagine my collection being without it.

I wanna live at 28 Barbary Lane.
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2003-04-26
Having the first three books in the "Tales of the City" series all in one place is a huge convenience as I am continually reading them. There is an absurd joy I get whenever I read these stories. Please understand, I realize these characters are fictional, but I so want to be friends with them and take part in their bizarre adventures. Maupin has a very minimalist writing style. The chapters are rarely more than three pages long, and in some cases almost entirely dialogue; yet somehow Maupin is able to create a world so real I feel I know these character intimately.

What makes this collection so wonderful is that it does not contain the final three books in the series. It helps to maintain my delusion that the last three book simply don't exist and the action stops at the end of book three. I highly recommend this collection.

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Avalon Web of Magic Book 1: Circles in the Stream (Avalon Web of Magic)
Published in Audio CD by Imagination Studio (2002-05-28)
Author: Rachel Roberts
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oh no.
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-25
After reading the stellar reviews I purchased this book for my 13 year old sister. All I can say is "Blah". This is some of the lamest young fantasy I have ever read, needless to say she never got this book. Falling prey to a host of storybook and fashion cliches Emily the spunky loveable red-head, Adriane the quiet and mysterious raven haired guide at the Raven's Wood Animal Preserve, and Kira the blonde valley girl princess tromp about in a terribly typical manner discovering magic from another world and befriending a host of magical animal companions. Perhaps I've been spoiled by J.K.Rowling, but Rachel/Shelly Roberts writes as though the young women reading these books are stupid. Upon reading "Circles In The Stream" I was a little surprised that it was considered appropriate reading for a 13 year old!

On a less negative note, if you have a little girl about 7-10 that enjoys reading- this will be right up her alley. Certainly not a classic novel but one that is a "safe" fantasy book that younger readers can handle with ease. For all you not so little girls out there try "Howl's Moving Castle"- a charming fantasy novel and love story- or if you prefer a series Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums are an excellent age-appropriate set of fantasy novels.

Exellent!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-19
This book is the best I have read ever!
The book is mainly about, friendship,magic, and the love of Animals, for those parents out there if you want to know more about this book and the series, go to....

http://avalonclubhouse.piczo.com/

This book a no put down, something to treasure. Shelly Roberts has a true talent for book writing!

Highly recommanded to Magic lovers everywhere!

lOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-11-12
this book is awsome!! Right now I'm middle of reading trail by fire but anyways this is a must read! I love all the magic in the book and friendship. Every thing is so magical. If u lov magic well this is a book for u!!

avalon
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-30
this book is the best its nice and thick and super interesting i wish i had the auctal book i took it out of the libray if you cant decide to buy it or not buy it you wont be disaponted also another good seires isw w.i.t.c.h.

Totally out of this world!!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-05-17
I loved it! Emily is this new girl in town and is lonely but doesn't mind as her mom is a vet so spends most of her time with animals. As she gets adjusted to the town one day this sick animal comes with these brutal green gashes that everybody thinks is pioson. Not just that but dogs are soon found dead by the wildlife perserve. Emily decides to explore until she finds a stone that later turns beautiful like in all differnet rainbow colours. She later meets a girl Adriane and becomes fast friends. They learn to except the magic that entered their lives and most of all they learn that magic is strongest when your friends are there to help, and not to mention a magical world with evil lurking everywhere.

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Chances
Published in Paperback by Pan Books (2007-03-02)
Author: Jackie Collins
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Fun, original read!
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Review Date: 2008-03-17
I just love this story, it's about impossible to put down. It follows the crazy lives of several characters with love, betrayal, operations of the mob, murder-you name it- the only complaint is that it does include MANY graphic sex scenes, almost to the point of over-kill. This is definitely an adult read. I do plan to read the sequels too!

JACKIE COLLINS DELIVERS A SAGA
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Review Date: 2007-02-16
This is by far one of my favorite books. I have read this book, so many times, and each time I love it! Chances is the first book in a series of Santangelo Novels. This book has so much depth to it. I would have rated it wit 10 stars if I could!

This book is about a street hood named Gino Santangelo who grows up with the rough childhood. His Father Paulo, was a drunk, who beat on women, and was in and out of jail, leaving Gino to fend for himself. The one thing Gino knew was that he hated his father with a passion, and would not be like him. Gino,s fathers wife,Vera was a worn out prostitute who, took Gino in and gave him the closest thing to a home. Meanwhile Gino was in and out of Juvenile Homes, and Jail.

In A boys Home Gino Met a small kid named Costa. Costa was a small timid boy, who was getting raped and molested by one of the Men in the Home. Gino walked upon Casta getting molested and came to his defense. This rescue formed a lifetime friendship between Costa and Gino. Shortly after Costa was adopted into a family, and Gino was released because he became of age.

Gino was a small time hood trying to put money in his pockets by committing small crimes and driving. He became involved with Bonnatti a known big time Hustler, and made a name for himself. Costa was always in admiration of Gino, as soon as he was settled he invited Gino to his home. Gino met Costa's sister Lenora and was in love at first site. They made plans to marry, Gino planned on going home to save money then he would send for Lenora. Later Costa delivered the news to Gino that Lenora was already married with a baby.

Years later Costa introduced Gino to Lenora's daughter Maria, it was love at first site. Maria and Gino married and had 2 children Lucky and Dario.
Dario was gay, and never wanted Gino to find out, as Lucky had all the balls and followed in her fathers footsteps. Together Lucky and Gino built an empire which was legitimate Hotel Businesse's in Vegas. This book is all that it has so many twists and turns.

You will be introduced and enthralled by so many more characters like Stephen, Carrie, Enzio, Olympia and so on and so on, dont want to give too much of the book away but I promise that this book is a winner, and Jackie Collins delivers in this novel.

Chances Part 1: Gino's Story
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Review Date: 2007-01-20
I'm a huge fan of Jackie Collins, and have read all her books! But I must say by far the Lucky series are the best! Make time, find time and you will read over and over again!

Entertaining Read
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Review Date: 2006-07-21
I really enjoyed reading Chances. It was my first book by Jackie Collins and I read it pretty quickly even though it is quite long. There were multiple story lines and the story started off in 1977, then backed up to the 1920s. This got my interest because I kept wondering what things had happened in the characters lives to get them to where they were in 1977. I have thought about the book since reading it and also plan on reading the other Lucky Santangelo books. I liked the dialogue between the characters also. This book was great. My only warning is that it is at least "R" rated... so don't read it if you are offended by swearing, drugs or explicit sex scenes.

A 4 1/2 STAR REVIEW
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2005-08-04
Those who still haven't met the Santagelo clan should definitely do so by picking up CHANCES. Storyteller extraordinaire Collins pens out an effective saga of a poor boy venturing into the Mafia business of the 20's, where a bunch of friends and foes suffer in the name of love, honor or revenge. The author does a great job delivering an edge-of-your-seat escapism read that goes back and forth in time. Furthermore, The now-infamous I-am-woman-hear-me-roar Lucky Santagelo character is even introduced. Oh yes, CHANCES should definitely be on top of everyone's reading pile.-----Martin Boucher

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Chasing Hunter
Published in Paperback by BookSurge Publishing (2007-10-17)
Author: Cort Malone
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I Enjoyed "The Chase"
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Review Date: 2008-04-07
What a chase!!!! Not only was it a lot of fun, but engaging. I enjoyed the character's first person perspective that as a reader led me to feel tied to the story.

The twists and turns just kept me going to the very last page. (I elbowed more then one person in the crowded train trying to get comfortable to enjoy the read during my commute.) More then once I thought "how is Jake going to get out of this one?" There were also times that I wanted to skip pages to find out what happened - but dared not to because every time I thought I had it figured out, Cort had me on another road.

The tastefulness in the writing is obvious. You could see that NOT one detail was spared in not only describing the characters, but the city setting and touching on details that most writers would not dare to or fumble over.

This was a great read - Kudos to Cort!!!

Very Good First Book!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-23
This book was well written and I was caught up in the intrigue,twists and turns, etc.

David

Hey there Jake Hunter . . .
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-02
. . . times are tough in New York City. You know how that song gets stuck in your head and you just can't stop thinking about it? That's how I feel about this book. Except instead of annoying you with the same bit of melody over and over during the day, this book brings a smile to your face. While you're reading it, you can't stop thinking about what may happen next and you look forward to learning all you can about the characters. When you're through with it, you just want to find as many people as you can to read it so you can talk about those same characters and the plot twists. Just what a book is supposed to do. If you haven't read it yet, buy yourself a copy so you can join in singing its praises.

Suit up with Grisham,Patterson and DeMillle
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-12
Having been immersed in the pits of NYC investment banking and as a civil litigator for over 35 years I feel uniquely qualified to say that Cort Malone's depiction of the suspense and intrique of the underbelly of those worlds is right on the mark. Even as a rookie, I feel that he can suit up against Grisham, Patterson and DeMille and would be an odds on favorite in keeping your page turning attention.
Bruce W.McAlbert

Crack This Spine Immediately!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-16
In support of a new author I bought copies of this book for all my family and friend readers for Christmas. Of course I bought one for myself too, especially being a fellow attorney (and aspiring author). I put it on the stack of yet-to-be read books that I always have and read a few before finally picking it up and cracking the spine. Well, by the time I was 20 pages in I realized that Malone's next book will cut the line and be read as soon as I have it in my hands! The character development and plot twists were great fun and I got so wrapped up in the storyline that I couldn't wait to find a free moment to visit my "friend" Jake and find out what he was up to in the big City. I am anxiously awaiting the next book! I'm offering "reader" services free of charge if I can have a sneak preview! I have also been inspired to delve back into my own novel! So thanks for a great story and the push to get me into my own!

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Daughters of the Moon, Book #4: The Secret Scroll
Published in Hardcover by Hyperion Book CH (2001-04-30)
Author: Lynne Ewing
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The Secret Scroll
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Review Date: 2006-11-07
This a a very interesting book. If you like stories about girls who have powers. Then this a a good book for you to read. IN this book it is about a girl name Catty. In this book she is trying to find her real mom. While she tries to find her mom she bumps into something strange. A guy is trying give her this little message thing to help her. BUt she still doesn't know that who it is though. So anyways she finds out a little thing about the passage. In the middle of the story she finds out who her mother and all that good stuff.

The Secret Scroll
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Review Date: 2006-10-18
What would you do if you had dreamable powers? Clean your room, get rid of your annoying younger sibling, who knows maybe even same the world? An amazing book named The Secret Scroll is about four girls that have unbelievable powers. The Secret Scroll is part of a series called Daughters of the Moon. In this book one of the characters is named Catty. Catty has never met her birth mother. So, Catty travels back in time (which is her power) to meet her mother. Her mother gives her a necklace that could destroy the evil Atrox. The only trick is she has many people that are working for the Atrox, trying to find her.
I think the book was incredible. A lot of stuff comes up that you wouldn't suspect. I definitely recommend this book.

Daughters of the moon: the secret scroll book #4
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Review Date: 2005-10-24
This is a series of books that are about 4 girls that have special powers. This one is better than the 3rd one for me. each book is about a different girl of the 4 girls and it tells their points of views. i thought this book was a lot more exciting. my favorite one was the 1st one. when the chapters end they just leave you hanging and it makes you just want to keep reading it. you never know whats going to happen next and it makes you really think about it. when you predict something will happen your usually wrong because its hard to guess what will happen next. it was just a really good book to read!

Way better than its predecessors
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Review Date: 2005-03-06
This is the best in the series so far. (I am currently reading the 5th book) Ewing's portrayl of Catty is the most realistic and fully realised. She even comes across well in the other books, her character is always well defined and unconfused. This book also focuses a little more on the technicalities of being a moon goddess than any of the others and sounds far less hokey in doing so. Stanton has a nice featuring role, which is good, because he is the strongest character in the whole series (the most interesting too, that bad boy that needs to be redeemed is always appealing). It is also nice to see a glimpse of another generation of Moon Goddesses and how someone else could be as frustrated with Maggie as I am. I hope this is a sign the rest of the series is picking up in quality.

Great Book
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Review Date: 2005-03-08
I read this book over the week-end and loved it. stanton played a great role in this one by the way he went out and helped Catty. The story also introduced a new character but Stanton is still my favorite. The scene at the park was the best with the merry-go-round.

Fiction
Deadly Sexy
Published in Kindle Edition by HarperCollins e-books (2007-10-30)
Author: Beverly, Jenkins
List price: $6.99
New price: $5.59

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Debe
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Review Date: 2008-09-08
I loved this story and with a sound track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I loved how you got LadyBlake and Reese Anthony together. the story is a page turner
and everytime I do a reread I find something new.....thank you for a great
story and some great music.............Debe

She does it again!!
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Review Date: 2008-09-07
Ms. Jenkins does it again. She makes the historical familial connection with her previous characters. It is good to see their offspring. This book will capture your attention and heart. You will be a champion of the relationship between JT and Reese. As always, Ms. Jenkins brings out the suspence, the drama, the conflict and of course the love.

Good Read
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Review Date: 2008-08-29
Deadly Sexy

I encourage readers to read all of Ms. Beverly's books. However, I give this book a three star. It was an okay read for me. I wasn't too enamored with it for the following reasons:

Pet Peeves:

I remember clearly in her description of Reese she described him as being 5'10". However on page 270, she says "She took him in, all six-foot-plus glorious inch of him." She is referring to Reese.

I also remember clearly her referring to Misha, her tech person, as a Nigerian. Later on page 221, she writes "She, the sheltered, twenty-one year old, nerd daughter of a British family with roots in Jamaica, had been immediately drawn to him."

The inconsistencies really rubbed me the wrong way. Characterizations are very important and stick with me as I am reading. When there is a glaring inconsistency, my attention is caught immediately.

This book isn't a bad book and some readers may not even notice, but I expect to be taken seriously as a reader and for her work to make sense. Ms. Beverly is a good storyteller, and I love the incorporation of history. However, as a reader, I cannot tolerate such sloppiness in her work.

These are my reasons for giving the work a three star. Otherwise, I would have given the book a solid 4 star.

Great Book!
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Review Date: 2008-08-20
I absolutely loved this story, JT Blake is my girl! I love Miss Jenkins work! She's a very realistically imaginitive writer.

Deadly Sexy
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Review Date: 2008-07-14
I am a big fan of Beverly Jenkins books and I really in enjoyed this one!

Fiction
Destined to Reign: The Secret to Effortless Success, Wholeness and Victorious Living
Published in Kindle Edition by Treasures Media Inc (2008-06-13)
Author: Joseph Prince
List price: $13.99
New price: $9.99

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Best book next to the Bible
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Review Date: 2008-10-09
This is the best book that I have ever read, next to the Bible. If you want to understand grace, then this is for you. If you want to understand the true gospel, this book is for you. Don't let religious teaching rob you any longer. Nina

Began & Condemned to Finished & Loved
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Review Date: 2008-10-01
This book truely is one of the greatest books I have ever read. When I began the book, I was very skeptical about the scriptural validity. In addition, growing upin church you see many doctrines that come and go very quickly. However, I have a theological degree and this book is a fine example of scriptural accuracy.
Spiritually, I can honestly say that I feel a freedom I have never felt before. The work that Jesus did over 2 thousand years ago still appls to today. Pastor Jake Filkey

Great book except the prosperity
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Review Date: 2008-09-30
This book talks a lot of truth about who we are in Christ, totally forgiven and accepted. It's perspective of grace based on the New Covenant is commendable. The only thing I chewed out was the mixing of material prosperity.

Tired of Playing Church???? Try this! Incredibly REFRESHING!
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Review Date: 2008-09-23
This book gave me the most liberating revelation of the person of Jesus Christ I have ever had! I thank God for what he has given us in the ministry of Joseph Prince! (Not to worry Cheryl, I wont worship the man -This book truly points to Jesus and away from Pastor Prince!!! You should read the book prior to giving an opinion....As people flocked to see Jesus....and Paul and the other great teachers, go ahead and visit Pastor Princes church! A great Word awaits you I am sure!!!) This book is particularly good for the person weary (and sick) of the Pharisees in the body of Christ today. For those who feel disenfranchised from the church....who feel they just dont "fit" the church mold - get ready to rise to the top as the chains are removed and the captive is set free. Jesus - what a God - THE GOSPEL IS BETTER NEWS THAN WE'VE BEEN TOLD!!!!

Destined to Reign by Joseph Prince
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Review Date: 2008-09-10
AWESOME! "And you shall know the truth, and the trith shall make you free." John 8:32


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