Killer Cruise by Laura Levine is a really fun and easy summer read. Jane Austen with an i is as curious as her cat Prozac and needs to self medicate with large amounts of chocolate! Readers will be on the edge and guessing until the end of this whodunit on the high seas to Mexico!
This is a collection of articles and interviews concerning the project to create the atomic bomb. The people involved described their experiences, from the first scientific theory of fission to the actual use of the atomic bomb. An easy red, a unique resource and a wonderful view of the entire subject.
This book is witty, charming, and hilarious. At times, I was afraid to read it in public for fear of bursting into laughter at an inappropriate moment. It is insightful and gives great satire about human nature by telling stories about people who are anything but human.
Literature Resource Center is a great source for literary criticism, reviews, background information on individual authors and literary movements, and much more! There are over 140,000 biographies of authors taken from noted reference sources, 750,000 articles from literary and academic journals, and more than 5,000 interviews with contemporary writers. Literature Resource Center has the depth of information you need to achieve a fuller understanding of the literary world and where individual works and authors are located within it.
This was a wonderful thriller/mystery! It was exciting yet easy to read. I couldn't put it down and finished it in less than two days. Now I can't wait for the next one!
This is a great piece of non-fiction work in the vein of In Cold Blood or Helter Skelter. Dave Cullen, the author and a reporter who responded to the crime scene, lays out the reasons for this crime and shows it was more than just a school shooting.
I am always amazed at the consistently interesting and riveting books that James Patterson writes year after years. This is part of the Women's Murder Club series. The characterizations are so real, you feel you know these people. Fantastic!
This book covers the long, sad struggle of the Nez Perces. This proud people with their huge herds of Appaloosa, in 1877 marched to Canada to escape U.S. calvary. The story includes their religious heritage and symbolism.
The Club of Angels was the most intruiging book I've read in a long time. You can't put it down because you just have to know why!
An honest and humble account of one woman's pioneering journey into professional snowboarding. Tina Basich provides snowboarding advice to those contemplating the winter sport of snowboarding and a detailed history of the sport itself.
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Lone Survivor: the eyewitness account of Operation Redwing and the lost heroes of SEAL team 10 is something every Texan, as well as every American should read!
Ben H. Winters has re-vamped another Austen classic: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Although several comments have been made as to why Winters didn't go with Persuasion, since it takes place near the sea and involves Naval officers and other watery types, the success of Seth Graham's zombie-infested Austen novel should be an indication that Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is sure to please fans of bizarre re-vamped classics (or fans of Lovecraftian mythos, such as myself).
A great new book for a new series--keeps you guessing all the way through. Has mystery, romance, angst and family. What more could you want from a book?
This weeks installment of our summer reading reviews starts out with a book by Valerie Burton, professional life coach.
The Kite Runner was really a well written book. I read it because the high school my daughter goes to (Arlington High) gave it as a summer reading project. I read it to see if it was appropriate for her. It passed and I enjoyed it.
The sinking of the Titanic forever changes the life of Annabelle Worthington. She enters into a marriage with her first love and finds it shattered when he files for divorce. Because she had refused to file, she was accused of adultery with scandal ruining her life as she had known it. She fled to France to continue her medical volunteer work during World War I. Annabelle's strength and character is worth following as life continues after the war.
Our beloved patron Sherry W. is back to give us another summer reading suggestion.In a nutshell, Girls Guild is a pretend secret society for girls (although boys can be honorary members!) dedicated to promoting literacy among girls
worldwide. The word “pretend” is important here because Girls Guild
exists only in the imagination. There is no central organization. Nor are
there dues, meetings to attend, or leaders. Plus real secret societies are
spooky!
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Nora Roberts ties her current writing with her futuristic character detective Eve Dallas (in 2059) solving the mysterious dissapearance of guns in the year 2003. It is wonderful to have her uniting two different periods of time into one book.
For the rest of this week, we have Sherry Woods, a loyal patron from the Southwest Branch. Sherry tends to read mysteries but also is a member of the Southwest Page Turners book club which reads a variety of books.
It was such a beautiful story. The movie comes out in August, so hurry and read the book first.
Another fun foodie with family, intrigue and more--plus special entertaining ideas (and recipes!). Easy summer read that you can come back to without losing your place in the action.
I loved Sisters Ink. It was wonderful Christian Fiction about how God always leads us to the right answers.
part of our ongoing series of reviews submitted by our summer reading participants
This book was well written, thought provoking and hard to put down. It will give you insight into God like never before and challenge you to live totally differently. It has become one of my absolute favorite books!
Crouching Buzzard, Leapin Loon - Donna Andrews has great characters and I love the disfunctional family members!
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