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8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 18,245,960 | dfdbb7b0eb5a7e4c26d59a937e2e5feb | 5 | This is a special book. It started slow for about the first third, then in the middle third it started to get interesting, then the last third blew my mind. This is what I love about good science fiction - it pushes your thinking about where things can go.
It is a 2015 Hugo winner, and translated from its original Ch... | Sun Jul 30 07:44:10 -0700 2017 | Wed Aug 30 00:00:26 -0700 2017 | Sat Aug 26 12:05:52 -0700 2017 | Tue Aug 15 13:23:18 -0700 2017 | 28 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 16,981 | a5d2c3628987712d0e05c4f90798eb67 | 3 | Recommended by Don Katz. Avail for free in December: http://www.audible.com/mt/ellison2?so... | Mon Dec 05 10:46:44 -0800 2016 | Wed Mar 22 11:37:04 -0700 2017 | null | null | 1 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 28,684,704 | 2ede853b14dc4583f96cf5d120af636f | 3 | A fun, fast paced science fiction thriller. I read it in 2 nights and couldn't put it down. The book is about the quantum theory of many worlds which states that all decisions we make throughout our lives basically create branches, and that each possible path through the decision tree can be thought of as a parallel wo... | Tue Nov 15 11:29:22 -0800 2016 | Mon Mar 20 23:40:27 -0700 2017 | Sat Mar 18 23:22:42 -0700 2017 | Fri Mar 17 23:45:40 -0700 2017 | 22 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 27,161,156 | ced5675e55cd9d38a524743f5c40996e | 0 | Recommended reading to understand what is going on in middle america, and possibly better explain why Trump won. http://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/5013826... | Wed Nov 09 17:37:04 -0800 2016 | Wed Nov 09 17:38:20 -0800 2016 | null | null | 5 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 25,884,323 | 332732725863131279a8e345b63ac33e | 4 | I really enjoyed this book, and there is a lot to recommend it. It did drag on a little at the end so I knocked off 1 star - but overall a wow book.
It's the story of a starship sent to Tau Ceti - the nearest star that has Earth analog planets - to colonize it. The journey there will take generations, and the story i... | Mon Apr 25 09:31:23 -0700 2016 | Mon Apr 25 09:31:23 -0700 2016 | Sun Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2016 | Sat May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2016 | 9 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 19,398,490 | ea4a220b10e6b5c796dae0e3b970aff1 | 4 | A beautiful story. It is rare to encounter a book that does such a good job painting the scenes in your mind - you really felt like you were there and got to know the characters and the people they came across. I generally love WWII books and movies, but wasn't sure if I'd like one featuring a blind girl and a young Na... | Sun Jan 03 21:20:46 -0800 2016 | Tue Sep 20 23:30:15 -0700 2016 | Tue Sep 13 11:51:51 -0700 2016 | Sat Aug 20 07:03:03 -0700 2016 | 35 | 5 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 22,318,578 | 5fe9882bfe4b0520a322820c4c55747d | 5 | 5 stars for giving me a better framework for how to organize my stuff and what stuff to keep than I'd ever had before. For instance it was so freeing to realize I don't have to keep gifts. | Sun Jun 07 12:50:13 -0700 2015 | Wed Mar 22 11:36:58 -0700 2017 | Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2015 | Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2015 | 24 | 3 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 24,189,224 | dbc01e2438df7a87ee3dc16ee23a53e5 | 0 | Numerous people in publishing have told me this will be the book of the year. | Fri May 29 17:48:57 -0700 2015 | Fri May 29 17:49:40 -0700 2015 | null | null | 11 | 5 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 22,551,730 | 754710070f38e1c59a45f6a85473b836 | 4 | Another hard to put down nonfiction book from Erik Larson. I really enjoyed this book - mostly to learn more about submarine warfare in WWI, but also to learn about the history of the time. How America entered the war, the importance of shipping to England, the ruthlessness and autonomy of German u-boat commanders. Lar... | Thu May 07 13:59:32 -0700 2015 | Wed Dec 14 12:30:43 -0800 2016 | Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2015 | Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2015 | 20 | 6 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 22,816,087 | d11954e6e9e9ddf52aed41d83ce43fa6 | 5 | I love Stephenson - and this was another hit - absolutely loved it. The great thing about a good Stephenson book is it makes you think about the future in new ways, and this book was no exception.
It was really two books, and I certainly didn't see the second one coming. It starts out in modern times and then someone... | Wed Apr 29 10:56:44 -0700 2015 | Wed Dec 14 12:30:43 -0800 2016 | Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2015 | Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2015 | 40 | 6 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 5,577,844 | 52c8ac49496c153e4a97161e36b2db55 | 5 | A beautiful story. Neil Gaiman is truly a unique storyteller. I did a combo of reading and listening to this story, and Neil is great at reading as well. I got interested in this book after seeing the movie, which I really enjoyed. The book is similar - maybe a bit more poetic - but I think the plot in the movie is a b... | Wed Sep 24 09:29:29 -0700 2014 | Wed Oct 01 00:31:56 -0700 2014 | Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2014 | Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2014 | 5 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 21,792,828 | 9bdae13d09e241db98354b9e298dd4a5 | 5 | I couldn't put this book down. It was well written - even elegant in a way, as well as though provoking. I love post apocalyptic books as they are great canvas's for humanity, and what matters. In Station Eleven an Ebola-esque virus (the Georgia Flu) knocks out over 99% of the worlds population. This story is told half... | Mon Sep 22 13:37:09 -0700 2014 | Wed Mar 22 11:47:36 -0700 2017 | Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2014 | Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2014 | 45 | 4 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 17,855,756 | 9db60af739f79f40c0016b924a5326b4 | 4 | What a fun series. I loved Wool, and Dust and Shift both gave us the backstory to explain the world and how it ended up. I think the first book was by far the best, but this gave us a nice conclusion.
(view spoiler)[It was the conclusion we wanted to see - the people finally get outside! My problem with this book is ... | Sat Jul 26 10:54:20 -0700 2014 | Sat Jul 26 13:10:06 -0700 2014 | Sat Jul 26 13:10:06 -0700 2014 | null | 3 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 16,158,596 | 6ff8bbc4856aa403bbd8990407c9c77a | 0 | Recommended by David Risher | Mon Jul 07 10:56:15 -0700 2014 | Mon Jul 07 10:56:39 -0700 2014 | null | null | 0 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 12,961,964 | 04659501bdec2cf924d5cb0348ca1d8f | 4 | A classic dystopian novel published in 1985, but still very relevant - and even trending in 2017 due to the political climate. I liked how it unfolded - we learn about the state of the world and what has happened to it very piecemeal throughout the book, and I think if Atwood had just described it all up front it would... | Thu May 22 10:25:45 -0700 2014 | Sun Apr 23 13:55:20 -0700 2017 | Sat Apr 15 17:11:13 -0700 2017 | Tue Mar 21 01:42:39 -0700 2017 | 60 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 17,315,048 | 885c772fb033b041f42d57cef5be0a43 | 5 | Mark Watney is a steely-eyed missile man. A man's man. A badass mechanical engineer botanist astronaut who is stranded on Mars during a Nasa mission gone wrong, and left to fend for himself. I listened to this on audio on a roadtrip, and it flew by - what a fun story. Not surprised at all it's being made into a movie d... | Sat Apr 05 09:30:53 -0700 2014 | Wed Mar 22 11:33:10 -0700 2017 | Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2014 | Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2014 | 25 | 5 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 17,860,739 | 022bb6daffa49adc27f6b20b6ebeb37d | 4 | An amazing and unique creation: JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst created what reads like a classic work of fiction - something you can easily imagine having read in English class - and then wrote a intriguing side story in the margins. A grad student (Eric) has left his annotated copy of SOT (Ship of Theseus) in the library, a... | Wed Mar 26 13:51:30 -0700 2014 | Tue Sep 23 01:44:36 -0700 2014 | Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2014 | Sat Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2014 | 7 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 5,064 | da4757c50c0edb081ca124d33db8186b | 5 | I tore through The Pillars of the Earth, and couldn't wait to pick this up. Set in Kingsbridge but a few centuries later, the story has a lot of similar elements: a cathedral that needs repair, a brilliant young builder (Merthin), a love story, a priorship up for grabs, and of course political manuevering, backstabbing... | Sun Mar 02 12:34:19 -0800 2014 | Tue May 06 10:47:06 -0700 2014 | Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2014 | Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2014 | 2 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 18,659,415 | 4e652faa682edfcb0c0e1effdd1f8e58 | 4 | The Circle is a new bay area company, but is really Google+Facebook. It dominates search and social media, has a huge sprawling campus in the south bay, and is full of intelligent, ambitious young employees. This story is I think a take on where the connected nature of the internet might be taking us. It's essentially ... | Wed Nov 20 17:02:03 -0800 2013 | Fri Jan 10 21:19:05 -0800 2014 | Sun Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2013 | Wed Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2013 | 30 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 13,526,165 | 51fe3e46c7f8eb39f5623d1bd8bbbbfc | 5 | My wife suggested I read this book, and I resisted for a while as my impression of it somehow was "not for me" - but I was wrong! I'm glad she finally convinced me, because it was fun and I couldn't put it down after I got ~20% in.
Bernadette moved to Seattle from LA, abandons her career as an architect to have kids,... | Thu May 30 20:25:19 -0700 2013 | Wed Mar 22 11:47:21 -0700 2017 | Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2015 | Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2015 | 23 | 5 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 13,453,029 | 46a6e1a14e8afc82d221fec0a2bd3dd0 | 4 | A fun fast paced book that sucks you in right away and doesn't let go. The remnants of humanity live in a 150 story silo below the earth and can't leave as the outside is now toxic. This is a bit of an odd thing to have happened, but it gives us a nice palette to think about things.
Everything is rationed, including ... | Tue Dec 04 11:12:22 -0800 2012 | Sat Jul 26 11:43:28 -0700 2014 | Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2014 | Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2014 | 5 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 12,953,520 | 8666dfd554e310084c4bc72b2d357f3d | 4 | A hilarious romp through the known and unknown universe that exposes how ridiculous much of US copyright law is. Written by the founder of Rhapsody, who knows a thing or two about music and the copyright surrounding it. What I didn't expect from a book by an entrepreneur is a funny book - and this book is not bad. It i... | Tue Jul 10 20:26:21 -0700 2012 | Wed Sep 12 23:32:04 -0700 2012 | Mon Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | Tue Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | 1 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 13,239,822 | a582bfa8efd69d453a5a21a678046b36 | 3 | This book has a great premise, and is full of some beautifully written prose. It's about a hacker during the Arab Spring, helping people get around the firewalls that the State erected to control its population. Alif falls in love, finds an ancient book, gets into trouble with State, enlists the help of an unseen, magi... | Mon Jul 02 16:04:16 -0700 2012 | Wed Mar 22 11:32:20 -0700 2017 | Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | Sun Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | 7 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 9,850,443 | 9f35b253416fdc0c1aa9774791cb3015 | 3 | A fun, dark, slightly comical western about two killers (Charlie and Eli Sisters) on their way to California for the gold rush. Going into the mind of a killer is a strange experience - I'm not sure I totally enjoyed it. But what I did really enjoy was the authors writing; it was clean, fun, and even poetic - which mad... | Tue Jun 05 23:21:47 -0700 2012 | Sun Aug 05 12:22:17 -0700 2012 | Sat Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | Fri Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | 2 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 8,664,353 | da2d4cfce836a2c57ad55c38437aa692 | 5 | Wow. Amazing story, and well told - kept me up late at night! Louie Zamperini truly went through hell and came back - and it's inspiring to read a story of such willpower and determination. It was also interesting to me to learn more about Japan and their role in the war.
One big takeaway was just how cheap human lif... | Sun Nov 20 09:10:15 -0800 2011 | Wed Mar 22 11:47:04 -0700 2017 | Wed May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | Sun May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | 50 | 4 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 9,418,327 | ed4fd27c67be9f8359df71b80cf1e017 | 4 | A hilarious and book from Tina Fey - definitely worth listening to over audio as she reads it herself. She makes fun of herself a lot, adds lots of light humor, and of course shares TMI.
The most interesting bit was hearing the behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live, and how she was a joke writer there for 3 years ... | Mon Sep 19 16:07:48 -0700 2011 | Wed Mar 22 11:36:26 -0700 2017 | Sun Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2013 | Mon Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | 9 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 62,291 | e23965adda7ce7e7e415a1339e169065 | 5 | ** spoiler alert **
Loved it. The epic saga continues. The poor Starks are torn apart, but yet are surprisingly resilient. In fact, pretty much every major character is in danger of dying and some even do. It's a bit tough to read, as you really wanted The King In The North to succeed. And Dany is fast becoming an in... | Tue Jul 12 12:57:07 -0700 2011 | Wed Mar 22 11:47:02 -0700 2017 | Sat Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2011 | Tue Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2011 | 5 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 10,552,338 | 90d18066f034757da91b8cf49ccc1fb5 | 5 | This sounds awesome. | Mon May 23 18:38:42 -0700 2011 | Wed Mar 22 11:46:57 -0700 2017 | Wed Sep 28 17:51:00 -0700 2011 | Sat Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2011 | 0 | 3 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 9,938,498 | bff5654c639c7b008571c3d4398d930a | 4 | Great story of the US Ambassador to Germany and his experience during the build-up of ww2 from 1933 - 1937. Nothing new or exciting really revealed, and I'm sure there are many other accounts of the buildup to ww2 out there, but this one told it from the perspective of mostly the Ambassador, Dodd, and his daughter, Mar... | Sat May 21 15:04:50 -0700 2011 | Wed Mar 22 11:46:56 -0700 2017 | Wed Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2011 | Sat Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2011 | 5 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 7,112,495 | 0258b3c9a85cecb95f240e43a7642f60 | 4 | ** spoiler alert **
An interesting book in terms of it's structure: 5 distinct stories that cascade into each other in subtle ways, then wind back out. This way of doing the structure was unique, and certainly very cool to see the subtle way they were tied together. But in the end it was kind of gimmick and probably ... | Thu Jun 10 14:41:13 -0700 2010 | Tue Aug 07 12:11:05 -0700 2012 | Sat Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2010 | Mon Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2010 | 7 | 3 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 2,429,135 | efee7a3f620ed640366226caa7b138f0 | 5 | I haven't stayed up until 5am to finish a book in a while - it felt good. This was a great murder-mystery thriller, and more interesting as it's set in Sweden and deals with journalists, corporations, and hackers. Good stuff! | Mon Mar 15 14:05:04 -0700 2010 | Wed Mar 22 11:46:43 -0700 2017 | Sun Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2010 | Sun Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2010 | 13 | 10 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 2,767,052 | 248c011811e945eca861b5c31a549291 | 5 | I cracked and finally picked this up. Very enjoyable quick read - couldn't put it down - it was like crack.
I'm a bit bothered by the lack of backstory of how Panem and the Hunger Games come about. It is just kind of explained away in a few paragraphs and we are left to accept this very strange world where teenagers ... | Wed Jan 13 13:38:25 -0800 2010 | Wed Mar 22 11:46:36 -0700 2017 | Sun Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | Fri Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | 24 | 25 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 6,411,961 | d44b6d28f456dbcc5b1537b4c5572400 | 3 | ** spoiler alert **
Critics aside, Dan Brown can sure write a thriller. I was stuck in an airport with no book and picked this up, and was done with it in 2 days.
The first half of the book was really gripping, and promised big things. We were going to learn about the secrets of the Masons, and about the "ancient w... | Wed Sep 16 11:09:03 -0700 2009 | Wed Mar 22 11:46:32 -0700 2017 | Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 | null | 3 | 3 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 54,499 | 20959fdf09c09810fa1f0097e086eeda | 3 | A great finish to the D'Artagnan series - definitely enjoyed it. Ending wasn't what I wanted though, you could tell he was just trying to permanently end the series. It could easily be having seen the movie made me want more drama. | Thu Jul 23 08:09:50 -0700 2009 | Mon Aug 10 17:24:46 -0700 2009 | Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 | null | 0 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 77,432 | d49eb786ef1d8557b9e6e86bcafd4570 | 5 | ** spoiler alert **
I equally loved book 2, and am definitely hooked. I did feel it took a little while for them to get to sea, but I guess we can't bring in a love interest if we aren't on the land!
My favorite thing by far was the Lively, and the descriptions of how fast she is and how much care the crew took kee... | Tue May 05 18:08:22 -0700 2009 | Thu Jun 18 17:56:58 -0700 2009 | Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 | null | 1 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 177,193 | 50e0193b474e47ee16f8285bbd7596f7 | 5 | I read a bunch of Bond books in High School and hadn't read one since, so I really enjoyed this one. As I remember a few of them being, it was very different from the movie. Though the main players - Scaramanga, Goodnight, and Felix Leiter - were all still there - but there was no midget! Bond books are simple, yet som... | Thu Apr 16 10:00:17 -0700 2009 | Mon Apr 20 10:25:50 -0700 2009 | Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 | null | 0 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 41,804 | 2bcbe2300fe1801197f9bfe1f1c883ba | 5 | As an engineer I couldn't help but love this book. It's full of logic games! The 3 rules of robotics are a very rich medium for lots of fun puzzles, and I very much enjoyed reading them. I think the book originally came out in serial form, as it was broken down into short stories or capers. Kind of reminded me of Sherl... | Wed Mar 25 10:56:59 -0700 2009 | Tue Apr 14 18:23:50 -0700 2009 | Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 | null | 12 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 77,430 | 28007503b429dc6724da7076ae7306b4 | 5 | One of the most enjoyable stories I've read in some time. Captain Jack Aubrey was a fascinating character. You just wanted him to succeed - to capture the Spanish vessel, to gain the respect of his men, to gain the respect of the Admiral.
The book is set during the Napoleonic Wars, and it was interesting to see all t... | Tue Jan 13 11:12:38 -0800 2009 | Wed Mar 22 11:46:19 -0700 2017 | Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 | null | 5 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 136,251 | 132eab4c9a3724493204cc083e0e2ecc | 5 | Loved every minute. So sad there isn't another!
I thought JK really made Harry an even stronger archetypal hero - almost in a Paul Maud'Dib from Dune kind of way. He's fighting the ultimate evil, he's brave and takes risks, and believes in himself and doesn't give up despite many hardships. I think JK really did a ph... | Mon Dec 22 10:38:27 -0800 2008 | Wed Mar 22 11:46:18 -0700 2017 | Sun Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2011 | null | 6 | 3 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 3,228,917 | 962e59d56b37e8a0ebc884799d913590 | 4 | A great book and worth the read, but like many Gladwellian books, it can be summed up easily. The basic point is that there is no such thing as a true outlier. Success, it seems, is due primarily to hard work and circumstance - brains play little part.
Gladwell went through several (fascinating) examples proving his ... | Mon Nov 10 14:31:41 -0800 2008 | Wed Mar 22 11:46:16 -0700 2017 | Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 | null | 5 | 9 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 76,620 | 9206654986a733bd753753aa0c882813 | 5 | I read this after hearing from a few people that it was among their all-time favorites. I was almost put off when I saw it was a story about rabbits, originally written as a tale by a father to his children - but I'm glad I wasn't.
I found the folk tales about El-ahrairah to be very impressive. The author clearly had... | Tue Sep 02 17:03:40 -0700 2008 | Wed Dec 14 12:30:43 -0800 2016 | Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2015 | Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2015 | 30 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 34,497 | 43828b41e8099f892cfee80a8244684a | 3 | This should be 3.5 stars. I really enjoyed it, but found it all kind of random and leading nowhere. That being said, it was very imaginative and entertaining. Hrun the Barbarian was one of my favorites, as was anything the Luggage did. | Tue Jun 03 16:42:44 -0700 2008 | Fri Dec 27 07:55:24 -0800 2013 | Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 | null | 2 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 14,497 | b8e08587ce1592d69548d0f644cb9893 | 4 | ** spoiler alert **
Just finished this and have to say I really enjoyed it. I was kind of worried the plot wasn't going anywhere for much of it, but the writing was really good and drew me in.
For much of the book I thought the main character (Richard) was too weak of a character for me to like much, but I liked ho... | Thu Mar 27 17:53:06 -0700 2008 | Wed Mar 22 11:46:03 -0700 2017 | Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 | null | 6 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 77,566 | cedb8b21ea6ad95b05fa3868e05488e6 | 5 | Seven amazing stories. Each one you think can't possibly top the last, and then it does. We never really get to understand what is up with the Time Tombs - guess I have to keep reading. But the strength of each of these stories is worth it. One of the best books I've read in a while. | Wed Mar 12 16:37:16 -0700 2008 | Wed Mar 22 11:46:03 -0700 2017 | Fri Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | Wed Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2012 | 4 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 361,459 | 74638316d011da5d0fec178abd8efaa0 | 4 | Highly recommended if you are curious about Manic-depressive disease. A fascinating and even very well written insight from a woman who is both a Psychiatrist who treats it and suffers from it. She was very brave and very poetic in writing this book. | Thu Feb 07 10:34:45 -0800 2008 | Wed Mar 22 11:35:32 -0700 2017 | Wed Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 | null | 9 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 10,365 | b953295db05c923943006688ec81fbcb | 5 | Loved this book. | Thu Jan 03 10:24:16 -0800 2008 | Wed Mar 22 11:45:57 -0700 2017 | Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 | null | 0 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 18,122 | 9a8c81912b6bf7f4091323a8093a94c8 | 4 | ** spoiler alert **
I absolutely loved the first book, but didn't think the series finished as strong as I would have liked.
Too many plot holes and things that didn't make sense. Maybe it was because it's supposed to be a children's book, but I didn't like things like how the harpies were so easily convince to cha... | Wed Dec 26 17:21:26 -0800 2007 | Wed Mar 22 11:45:55 -0700 2017 | Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 | null | 0 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 119,322 | 111b958d9d8b5132be5e0c63399d1839 | 5 | Loved every second, and didn't want it to end, so I had to find a book store and buy the next two! Its a Harry Potter reading level and similar type fantasy story, but sometimes thats what you need on a long flight to NYC for the holidays!
I think as a child we all daydreamed about alternate worlds, so I love how tha... | Mon Dec 10 21:02:24 -0800 2007 | Wed Mar 22 11:45:52 -0700 2017 | Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 | null | 4 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 1,953 | 70c420b9b26d869a1ef8548b20a9edeb | 4 | On loan to Diana Sonn | Wed Dec 05 12:25:38 -0800 2007 | Wed Mar 22 11:45:51 -0700 2017 | null | null | 2 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 52,357 | cd8f2fdfc17234b555ac662601f0e777 | 3 | I would hate to have to see the movie without having read it first... | Tue Sep 25 01:10:09 -0700 2007 | Wed Mar 22 11:35:19 -0700 2017 | null | null | 0 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 128,029 | 172eea9d13272fc7ae6c34ca356496bc | 5 | I'm not sure if I love Khaled's characters (see my review of The Kite Runner), but the man can tell a story. I think all Americans need to read this book, as it helps to understand and sympathize with what the people in Afghanistan have gone through. Particularly interesting as the book spans 30+ years and paints a ver... | Tue Aug 07 10:37:11 -0700 2007 | Wed Mar 22 11:45:43 -0700 2017 | Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 | null | 15 | 7 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 960 | 7184b51fe965872484f2ae188adc9830 | 4 | A quick read, and probably better than The Da Vinci Code. | Tue Jul 24 12:10:20 -0700 2007 | Wed Mar 22 11:45:41 -0700 2017 | Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 | null | 0 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 350 | 50b8b2d287a53eccb43bea4c2ba13d28 | 5 | I really enjoyed this book. The concept of a man who had grown up on Mars and never seen another human until he was in his twenties is such a fun idea - and a rich canvas. Watching Mike try to grok humans gave a Heinlein great opportunities to point out some of our faults - and our advantages.
I think my favorite par... | Fri Jun 08 15:46:43 -0700 2007 | Wed Mar 22 11:45:31 -0700 2017 | Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 | null | 48 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 22,328 | 4e5edecc347415c8c3eede01ba7c2e6e | 4 | Great book. A sci-fi classic. The fact that Gibson wrote this in 1984 is very impressive, as he makes many predictions that seem like they are coming true (was that a prediction?). | Tue Jun 05 19:16:00 -0700 2007 | Mon Jan 23 12:48:25 -0800 2012 | Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 | null | 4 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 151 | daab5f2752243787e471e2ac01bf12fc | 0 | Well if Melanie says its her BBE, I gotta check it out... | Mon May 14 12:55:56 -0700 2007 | Sat Jan 07 11:40:38 -0800 2017 | null | null | 1 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 18,646 | 854200c9784c19f19ee0a058238e19ff | 5 | Great book about Galileo from the perspective of his daughter. | Mon Apr 09 21:38:21 -0700 2007 | Mon Apr 09 21:39:36 -0700 2007 | Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 | null | 0 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 256,008 | 233ad4b2dd916bb1bdc9f73842a3c2c9 | 4 | Despite having a name that sounds like its a chic-book, this was a pretty sweet western novel. Thoroughly enjoyed it. | Mon Feb 19 18:38:18 -0800 2007 | Thu Jul 31 01:20:00 -0700 2014 | Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 | null | 7 | 7 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 17,214 | 6ec0d301aab8636dc52e28a77b440ea1 | 4 | Sometimes you just need a quick fun book. I read this over Easter weekend, and loved every second. I loved the movie too, but the book was better.
This book really wasn't intellectual, but it did make one interesting point. In the book you can only vote if you have gone through and graduated from military training. T... | Wed Feb 07 09:07:25 -0800 2007 | Thu Jul 31 00:49:50 -0700 2014 | Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 | null | 3 | 3 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 259,028 | fb4acc8a30bac6bf1414a03303d43c26 | 0 | If steve recommends it, it must be good! | Thu Jan 18 11:09:48 -0800 2007 | Mon Mar 09 00:38:30 -0700 2015 | null | null | 2 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 38,300 | 9bb7dbe43d7c85369780517249c15dbe | 5 | I read this after I went fly fishing for the first time, and it was pure gold. A fantastic story. | Wed Jan 17 21:21:03 -0800 2007 | Sat Mar 29 09:39:51 -0700 2014 | Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 | null | 3 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 5,358 | ac6bab36534499b76423d2826a7a7d97 | 4 | One of my favorites from Grisham. The movie was good to (but of course not as good as the book) | Fri Jan 12 10:26:14 -0800 2007 | Wed Mar 22 11:45:04 -0700 2017 | Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995 | null | 1 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 19,494 | 3ce7575fd5436a5aeeb184d16be06e04 | 5 | I haven't read a good spy novel in a while - and this was a great one. Truly well written, and an amazing story given how short the book is. I tore through it in one day!
It really dove into what it's like to be in the spy world. A world where, as Le Carre mentions several times in the novel, the only rule is to do w... | Wed Dec 27 10:59:21 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:57 -0700 2017 | Sat Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2010 | Fri Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2010 | 3 | 4 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 4,395 | f9b251305bbb955c3045ed50e9084503 | 3 | Maybe it was just not a good time, but I couldn't get through it... I loved Of Mice And Men though. | Mon Dec 25 12:33:57 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:56 -0700 2017 | null | null | 2 | 5 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 2,052 | 8b08f156b1fc6708aa7dceff1a000ab4 | 5 | A classic LA detective novel - loved it. The opening paragraph says it all:
"It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid-october, with the sun not shining, and a look of hard rain in the clearness of the foothills. I was wearing my powder-blue shirt, tie and display handkerchief, black brogues, black wool socks w... | Mon Dec 18 11:10:25 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:51 -0700 2017 | Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 | null | 3 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 320 | e4b8a7b15d49974ccf3696053189267c | 4 | ** spoiler alert **
This book may as well have been called One Hundred Years of Inbreeding And Human Drama. It was basically a story about a small town where the gene pool is so small that everyone marries their relations, and it seems like life spirals more and more downward and out of control over 100 years. I real... | Sun Dec 17 15:11:00 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:51 -0700 2017 | Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 | null | 6 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 4,671 | 6875930d3c9657b5b14a2fd11a4836b5 | 5 | I read this classic twice in high school. Its hard to like books you read in high school, but this one stood out - couldn't tell you why anymore :) | Sun Dec 17 15:05:04 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:48 -0700 2017 | Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 | null | 8 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 7,190 | 61e56b93debc7ef829ce707afedf93db | 5 | Man I wish I hadn't read this yet so I could enjoy it again. | Sun Dec 17 14:53:42 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:46 -0700 2017 | Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 | null | 3 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 5,544 | 04cd788781a9a23f2b42ba50334ecd61 | 5 | This book was a pure delight. The subtitle "Adventures of a Curious Character" is spot-on. Feynman gave an amazingly human and honest view into his philosophy and take on life, thought a series of stories.
One thing that struck me most deeply was his passion for learning new things. You would think a world-famous Phy... | Sun Dec 17 14:44:14 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:43 -0700 2017 | Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 | null | 77 | 7 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 10,959 | 8f7463f1f34c782de6eecfdc9b4cd51e | 0 | A friend of Elizabeth's I met at a party said its a great primer to understanding philosophy... | Sun Dec 17 14:27:30 -0800 2006 | Thu Jul 31 00:32:08 -0700 2014 | null | null | 2 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 10,147 | 087fdd02a253be8e0f0a52f55ab527bc | 5 | This book was pure Gold - it was impossible to put down, and its clear to see why its a classic. Watching Holmes apply his methods to each case and unravel it to the eternaly baffled Watson was entertaining and even inspiring. I only wish I was as smart as Sherlock. I actually think we can all learn a lot from Sherlock... | Thu Dec 14 12:12:25 -0800 2006 | Tue Jan 11 03:40:31 -0800 2011 | Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 | null | 0 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 7,126 | 95bb020134fd58186a01a1313ee24b77 | 5 | One of my all-time favorites. The ultimate revenge story. One fascinating aspect to think about was that back in the day this novel appeared as a series of articles in the newspaper in France... | Fri Dec 08 12:09:25 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:40 -0700 2017 | Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 | null | 4 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 3,758 | 13d94c434b60a1c8bea41a0b5a51f49e | 5 | After seeing the movie (i liked it), and needing a fun read for a vacation, this was perfect. Like Jacques, I loved the explanation of Baccarat. My mental image of Vesper Lynd in the book is much prettier than the actress from the movie. Fleming's Bond is much more of a connoisseur than the movie Bond, and he takes gre... | Thu Dec 07 20:20:43 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:37 -0700 2017 | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 | null | 2 | 2 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 3,876 | 9f564f4f75c48c299db5fce9ff5f6e0b | 5 | I read this while backpacking through Europe after college. It was a fascinating insight into the Spanish culture - anyone going there should definitely read this. | Thu Dec 07 17:09:18 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:35 -0700 2017 | Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 | null | 2 | 1 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 4,248 | 6e91fb10572e42b196a24cba990ddf6c | 4 | I know this book is supposed to be evil as its horribly inaccurate, but I had a lot of fun reading it, so I'm still giving it 4 stars. (sorry jacques) | Thu Dec 07 11:00:16 -0800 2006 | Thu Dec 07 11:01:45 -0800 2006 | null | null | 12 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 3,750 | fccc8d34514f3c4af22da78c87daa6a4 | 4 | I'm a huge james bond fan. Always have been. I read a bunch of the books back in high school, but missed this one. I love the books as much as the movies. Fleming brings the character to life in a very different way from the movies - more human, more vulnerable. Plus the its always interesting to see the differences be... | Tue Dec 05 14:28:10 -0800 2006 | Thu Jul 31 00:30:41 -0700 2014 | Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 | null | 0 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 3,388 | 10708cc2198f107080ac688ea7d9c352 | 5 | I loved this book. I agree with Elizabeth - the movie wasn't close. Something about Nicholas Cage trying to do an italian accent? | Tue Nov 14 10:57:05 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:29 -0700 2017 | Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 | null | 4 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 122 | fe863cd2474e96f1275fab45af96fc42 | 5 | One of my top 5 favorites. Read this at the deeper/figuring your life out moments - it will give you strength and inspiration. | Thu Nov 02 17:27:14 -0800 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:25 -0700 2017 | Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 | null | 7 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 2,552 | 5e0276065ff1802519bbc54cfddb8dec | 4 | Listened it on tape on a road trip... thoroughly enjoyed it! | Wed Oct 18 10:56:09 -0700 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:23 -0700 2017 | Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 | null | 0 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 2,612 | 745e17f4ee923640039d88a161cc62b3 | 4 | Really good book. It read like a bestseller (quick read), but had a lot of substance to stop and make you think.
three Rules of the tipping point: the law of the few, the stickyness factor, the power of context.
Law of the Few (people who influence):
- Connectors: super connectors (eg Paul Revere). William Dawes ... | Tue Oct 17 11:19:56 -0700 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:22 -0700 2017 | Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 | null | 95 | 4 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 816 | 09ca609e689da68adf06c0fbee73da0b | 5 | Just re-read this for the first time, and it's still one of my favorites. This book is geek-heaven: cryptography, world war II, code-breaking, nazi gold, and modern day internet beginnings all tied together in one masterful story.
It also was largely lost on me, and I suspect many of my generation, that the second wo... | Wed Sep 27 10:20:00 -0700 2006 | Wed Dec 21 13:44:58 -0800 2016 | Tue Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 | null | 2 | 3 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 830 | ae83b6910a6b2fa571745915af5b1a89 | 4 | A really interesting novel that takes place in the future in a world where some people live in the metaverse (aka digital universe/internet) more than the real world. I don't remember it so well now but I do remember there being some really interesting tie-ins to ancient sumarian computers.
That plus any book with a ... | Mon Sep 04 12:05:38 -0700 2006 | Thu May 08 11:43:24 -0700 2014 | null | null | 6 | 0 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 6 | d9f27b90095cd32ba1ec2a604e705e66 | 5 | This is the best harry potter book so far, followed closely by book 6. | Tue Aug 29 11:20:10 -0700 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:11 -0700 2017 | null | null | 4 | 3 |
8842281e1d1347389f2ab93d60773d4d | 2 | 85073a6ebd880836667f4414c8523012 | 5 | After the first read, this book is the worst one in the Harry Potter series. Characters are not as likeable as they are in the other books. However, I recently reread it (after reading book 6), and found it to be a very good read. | Tue Aug 29 11:20:05 -0700 2006 | Wed Mar 22 11:44:09 -0700 2017 | null | null | 6 | 2 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 36,065,344 | 3a6df98dd67e65789ab67eb568df0932 | 5 | "You're the queen. I'm just a commoner.
GAH!!! MY HEART!!! This book was everything. One of the best-second chance romances I've ever read.
Kennedy and Johnny fell in love when they were just in high school. Johnny was a naturally-gifted actor and left his family behind to follow his dreams of becoming an actor. Ke... | Sun Sep 03 08:30:42 -0700 2017 | Sun Sep 03 09:59:45 -0700 2017 | Sat Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2017 | Sat Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2017 | 16 | 2 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 33,807,229 | 457bfda01cd106842baf08e78761aaef | 4 | 4.5 Addictive Stars!!
"I'm Easton Royal, superficial and only interested in how to have a good time.
I don't want to look deep into my being and see the bottomless, black, boring pool of nothingness. I want to live in blissful denial."
I am not a fan of over-the-top drama or crazy plots. So imagine my delight whe... | Sat Aug 26 15:43:24 -0700 2017 | Sun Aug 27 23:53:38 -0700 2017 | Sun Aug 27 23:49:20 -0700 2017 | Sat Aug 26 15:43:24 -0700 2017 | 3 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 32,620,360 | 6659e2a0bcface86f0835714023f24f4 | 4 | "I promise to love you forever. As long as there is love in this world, we will be a part of it."
So sweet!! Filled with tons of romance and some real emotion. Don't read any spoilers for this book! I'm glad I didn't know anything about it.
Renee Carlino's books ALWAYS captivate me. 'Swear on This Life' is one of m... | Mon Aug 14 11:05:35 -0700 2017 | Sun Aug 20 08:09:55 -0700 2017 | Sat Aug 19 13:30:57 -0700 2017 | Mon Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2017 | 8 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 36,252,773 | eb51d6b8d38c25855c47de9b749365aa | 5 | 4.5 Kinky Stars!!
Eve Dangerfield continues to delight with this verrrrrrry kinky and totally filthy story! But she also manages to be funny, heartfelt and utterly original. Highly recommend!
"Everyone is weird, Kate, we're the perfect kind of weird for each other."
Yes, this book is about Daddy kink and it is oh... | Mon Jul 31 00:18:59 -0700 2017 | Wed Sep 27 13:50:15 -0700 2017 | Wed Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2017 | Tue Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2017 | 17 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 33,280,872 | 507e82c3db8b4ab555d3323bf7bc8eb7 | 4 | "Out of all the places we could be, we're right here. At the same time."
Colleen Hoover is at the top of my auto-buy list. Without question. And she returns to her Young Adult stories in 'Without Merit'. Merit Voss is a teenage girl who in addition to the normal angst of young adulthood, lives in a very unconventiona... | Sun Jul 30 15:10:39 -0700 2017 | Sun Oct 01 21:15:01 -0700 2017 | Wed Aug 02 10:00:30 -0700 2017 | Mon Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2017 | 14 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 35,604,204 | 1d7e4c5a69edaade27cda667519f2153 | 4 | 3.5 - 4 Stars
"It would've been romantic if I wasn't drunk as a skunk when I dialed him."
I am a die-hard Penelope Ward fan. I DEVOUR her books. And this one started off very strong for me! I loved the premise of the story: ugly-duckling Rana finds her childhood friend Landon online when she is drunk one night and ... | Wed Jul 05 06:54:14 -0700 2017 | Mon Aug 21 05:24:15 -0700 2017 | null | null | 6 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 35,478,658 | 41fd25cfa0428b5da5579aff19729010 | 4 | If you love a sweet, verrrry sexy, low-angst romance, then this is the book for you! Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward cooked up another very readable yet super-hot contemporary romance.
Dr. Simon Hogue is a sexy British physician who meets single-mom Bridget in the cutest way possible. Both are single: Bridget is a widow... | Wed Jun 21 22:39:27 -0700 2017 | Sun Sep 17 19:04:20 -0700 2017 | Fri Sep 15 16:58:58 -0700 2017 | Fri Sep 15 07:42:49 -0700 2017 | 14 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 32,946,966 | f9c73c40d9d161d1d749bdd68b9b80e6 | 3 | 3.5 Stars
This was my first book by Jeannine Colette and I really enjoyed it! Nothing too over the top here, just a sweet and sexy small-town romance featuring one hot cop and a feisty heroine.
Leah is determined to own the bar where she works and I loved that aspect of the book. The author also seems to have a wic... | Mon Jun 19 21:59:37 -0700 2017 | Tue Jun 20 14:55:20 -0700 2017 | Tue Jun 20 15:02:09 -0700 2017 | Mon Jun 19 21:59:38 -0700 2017 | 5 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 30,364,190 | 5bdbfd274ccd2ed0e43a9efb7b770e92 | 4 | 4 - 4.5 Stars!!
"If I ever lay eyes on you again... I can't promise I'll do what's best and walk away next time..."
Fancy a fast-paced, well-written sexy romance? 'The Forbidden' is all that and more!! This is not so much a taboo romance as it is the story of two people who simply meet at the wrong time. Annie is a... | Fri Jun 16 21:43:45 -0700 2017 | Thu Aug 10 18:33:27 -0700 2017 | Thu Aug 10 18:02:30 -0700 2017 | Tue Aug 08 20:43:09 -0700 2017 | 8 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 31,558,692 | f85ee745742b6789796bf182d7a1c159 | 4 | The First Taste features Andrew, a single dad from Slip of the Tongue, one of my favorite books. His story is a standalone, and does NOT feature any forbidden romance. Andrew is the complete opposite of Amelia, the boss of his sister and a total Type-A workaholic. She has been burned by a painful split from her husband... | Thu Jun 15 14:39:51 -0700 2017 | Thu Jun 15 14:41:21 -0700 2017 | Sat Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2016 | Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2016 | 8 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 31,450,913 | d020f8745dd5311dbd479a1d809adb70 | 5 | "Grabbing a bite. With a twenty-year-old. From a boy band. Under what circumstance might that ever be construed as acceptable?"
I. LOVED. THIS. BOOK.
A sharp and insightful commentary on our modern culture and obsession with celebrity, 'The Idea of You' is also a fantastic, sexy romance. This book really did it for... | Tue Jun 13 20:41:00 -0700 2017 | Mon Aug 07 00:14:45 -0700 2017 | Sat Aug 05 15:57:22 -0700 2017 | Fri Aug 04 22:16:46 -0700 2017 | 3 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 35,244,824 | a8afac99898bda94052f809674a45e24 | 4 | 4 - 4.5 Stars!!
OMG!! Refreshing, smart, fun and swoony, I LOVED this book!! It was just what I needed. My favorite R.S. Grey book since 'Scoring Wilder'. If you are looking for something totally light and sexy, this book is for you!
Madeleine is an adorable and quirky heroine who is trying her best to get her life... | Thu Jun 01 14:51:11 -0700 2017 | Mon Jun 19 20:20:25 -0700 2017 | Tue Jun 06 15:33:50 -0700 2017 | Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2017 | 9 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 35,275,234 | 4c7feecc438639b41c45ae4b8e7ae97c | 4 | 3.5 - 4 stars
Beautiful and poignant yet very violent spin-off from the Nine Minutes series. Lots of unexpected twists and turns!
I loved the storyline and the originality of the plot. Even though I was familiar with Anthony Bear and Christy from the Nine Minutes series, this book really explored their relationship... | Wed May 31 18:35:19 -0700 2017 | Sun Jul 23 07:23:01 -0700 2017 | Sun Jul 16 11:49:22 -0700 2017 | Thu Jul 13 21:16:18 -0700 2017 | 4 | 2 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 35,342,904 | f246ef8741bcbd9969e3d0cf6b622464 | 5 | 4.5 - 5 Stars!!
"When life happened, it did it in a heartbeat. That space between time. A first inhale, a last exhale. The dawn of realization, the eve of what was and never again would be."
What an unexpected and refreshing surprise!!! This book is unlike anything I've ever read. And please don't read any spoilers... | Sun May 28 13:31:11 -0700 2017 | Fri Sep 15 09:35:18 -0700 2017 | Wed May 31 16:45:43 -0700 2017 | Sun May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2017 | 13 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 32,054,095 | 8c742bb67025d7e152f04793e46c34a3 | 5 | 4.5 Captivating Stars!!!
"When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie."
-- Yevgeny Yevtushenko
'The Child's is a haunting and emotional character-driven suspense novel that also explores our modern-day obsession with 24/7 news.
Angela's newborn baby was kidnapped from her hospital room several decad... | Wed May 24 19:23:06 -0700 2017 | Sat Jul 01 07:46:34 -0700 2017 | Fri Jun 30 16:26:26 -0700 2017 | Wed Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2017 | 9 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 34,321,642 | 735f52a6301fc855fadf081b5df10dd4 | 4 | Such a sweet and sexy story! Highly recommend this one for fans of KA - this book is all about a strong heroine; a stand-up, Alpha hero; and some fast-moving danger. Loved the descriptions of the breathtaking Montana scenery.
I'm a HUGE fan of second-chance romance and this one fit the bill perfectly. This is the sec... | Wed May 17 14:25:06 -0700 2017 | Tue May 30 11:20:52 -0700 2017 | Wed May 24 11:35:52 -0700 2017 | Wed May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2017 | 13 | 0 |
01ec1a320ffded6b2dd47833f2c8e4fb | 34,776,338 | 741913dcec30e4ff0a23d98a639f8650 | 4 | "Now I know how much there is to be afraid of and it terrifies me. But at the same time, I feel like if I could live through that, what happened to us, then I can survive anything. Like, what is there really to be afraid of?"
This book has SO much going for it! A Bittersweet, friends-to-lovers story; a feisty and rel... | Fri May 05 00:58:34 -0700 2017 | Sun Aug 13 12:25:42 -0700 2017 | Sun Aug 13 16:01:52 -0700 2017 | Mon Aug 07 17:02:03 -0700 2017 | 7 | 0 |
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