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Hilarious Dark ComedyReview Date: 2008-08-11
Hilarious!!!Review Date: 2007-07-06
Good Idea -- Feeble ExecutionReview Date: 2006-07-11
A sweet novel about underage sex!Review Date: 2008-07-20
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 BookReview Date: 2006-05-02
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.

Romeo and Juliet, Japanese versionReview Date: 2008-09-03
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 SnowReview Date: 2007-12-08
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 maudlinReview Date: 2007-10-08
Mishima's Masterpiece: Forbidden Love and the Reincarnation of Kiyoaki Matsugae. Review Date: 2008-08-09
G. Merritt
the beauty and destructive power of all-consuming loveReview Date: 2007-07-22

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WonderfulReview Date: 2008-10-03
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...Review Date: 2008-09-08
This is just a wonderful book.Review Date: 2007-09-19
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.Review Date: 2007-04-04
Many summers, many guestsReview Date: 2007-03-25
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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754 Pages of Absolute Reading Bliss!Review Date: 2007-05-29
AS WONDERFUL NOW AS WHEN IT WAS NEWReview Date: 2007-04-15
Why many of our hearts are left in San FranciscoReview Date: 2006-05-08
A Look BackReview Date: 2004-10-20
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.Review Date: 2003-04-26
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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oh no.Review Date: 2007-11-25
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!Review Date: 2006-03-19
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!Review Date: 2005-11-12
avalonReview Date: 2005-10-30
Totally out of this world!!Review Date: 2006-05-17


Fun, original read!Review Date: 2008-03-17
JACKIE COLLINS DELIVERS A SAGAReview Date: 2007-02-16
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 StoryReview Date: 2007-01-20
Entertaining ReadReview Date: 2006-07-21
A 4 1/2 STAR REVIEWReview Date: 2005-08-04

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I Enjoyed "The Chase"Review Date: 2008-04-07
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!Review Date: 2008-02-23
David
Hey there Jake Hunter . . .Review Date: 2008-02-02
Suit up with Grisham,Patterson and DeMillleReview Date: 2008-03-12
Bruce W.McAlbert
Crack This Spine Immediately!Review Date: 2008-02-16

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The Secret ScrollReview Date: 2006-11-07
The Secret ScrollReview Date: 2006-10-18
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 #4Review Date: 2005-10-24
Way better than its predecessorsReview Date: 2005-03-06
Great BookReview Date: 2005-03-08


DebeReview Date: 2008-09-08
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!!Review Date: 2008-09-07
Good ReadReview Date: 2008-08-29
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!Review Date: 2008-08-20
Deadly SexyReview Date: 2008-07-14


Best book next to the BibleReview Date: 2008-10-09
Began & Condemned to Finished & LovedReview Date: 2008-10-01
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 prosperityReview Date: 2008-09-30
Tired of Playing Church???? Try this! Incredibly REFRESHING!Review Date: 2008-09-23
Destined to Reign by Joseph PrinceReview Date: 2008-09-10
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