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.Supreme Courtship
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by: Christopher Buckley

September 03, 2008
This is the fourth Buckley novel that I have read and the most disappointing. The book becomes very tiring to read because Buckley seems to delight in using words that kept me running to the dictionary. He also uses French and Latin legal idioms, only some of which are explained at the end of the book. One major gaffe appears in Chapter 18. One character mentions that President Truman stated that the two big disappointments of his administration were both sitting on the Supreme Court. In point of fact, it was not President Truman who passed the remark. It was Eisenhower who took a swipe at Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice William Brennan, both of whom he nominated to sit on the Court.
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.Just After Sunset: Stories
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by: Stephen King

November 11, 2008
This is the fourth Buckley novel that I have read and the most disappointing. The book becomes very tiring to read because Buckley seems to delight in using words that kept me running to the dictionary. He also uses French and Latin legal idioms, only some of which are explained at the end of the book. One major gaffe appears in Chapter 18. One character mentions that President Truman stated that the two big disappointments of his administration were both sitting on the Supreme Court. In point of fact, it was not President Truman who passed the remark. It was Eisenhower who took a swipe at Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice William Brennan, both of whom he nominated to sit on the Court.
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.Fahrenheit 451
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by: Ray Bradbury

August 12, 1987
In Ray Bradbury's classic, Farenheit 451, he describes a terrifying but all-too-real world of sensory overload and thought-depravity. Guy Montag is a fireman, but this fire brigade doesn't put out fires (for houses are fire proofed with plastic coatings), but instead starts them, burning houses (and often people) where books are found. And people, for the most part, don't question the way of things; in fact, most people simply contributed to them, reading less and less, being less and less interested in dissenting views and complex views of reality. Instead people opt for graphic novels filled with sex, and talking "parlors," living rooms with televisions on three (and sometimes four) walls that surround the viewer in a virtual reality that becomes family, ... Read More:
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.The Beach House
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by: Jane Green

June 17, 2008
I picked up "Babyville" a couple of weeks ago and realized that I have read it or have read so many books like this one that I have forgotten it. So I didn't finish reading it since there are so many other books clamoring for my attention and "Babyville" just didn't grab my attention. When the library called and told me that "The Beach House" was in, I thought it was going to be funny.

It is, but it isn't. The best thing about this book is that it's a very fast read. I read it in almost two days. Thankfully. It didn't drag nor did it sink. It is just a so-so novel from an author that I know is quite capable of producing better books. This is definitely not her best book and it is definitely right for a beach read or for a long plane ride.

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.Moscow Rules
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by: Daniel Silva

July 22, 2008
First, let me comment on the Audio.. It plain stinks. The reader uses some European stereotyped Jewish accent mixed with Russion for the Israeli characters...It makes them all sound evil.. It sounds ABSOLUTELY nothing like an Israeli accent. It changes the tone of the book to hear Israeli's talking like evil Russians with a Polish accent.. just horrible. And he did zero research. He said the word "Chuppah" (a wedding canopy) pronouncing the "ch" like the ch in "chair" instead of a "clear your throat" "H" sound. Anyone Jewish (and lots of Silva's readers certainly will be Jewish, will just laugh at this... it cheapens the writing. I am usually amazed at how good the readers of these novels are...but this one is terrible.

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.Goodnight Bush: A Parody
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by: Gan Golan, Erich Origen

May 27, 2008
HILARIOUS parody of Goodnight Moon, if you dislike/disagree the current administration and want something to lighten the mood. Pay attention to the details! Had me laughing out loud - at work! (I work in a bookstore.) I definitely think the detailed drawings are my favorite part.
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.People of the Book: A Novel
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by: Geraldine Brooks

January 01, 2008
a fine book in all areas. would apeal to both men and women. a most compelling story.
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.My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
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by: Jodi Picoult

February 01, 2005
I am an avid reader and this was my first Jodi Picoult book. I LOVED this book. I loved how she wrote each chapter from a diff character's perspective. The book was so well-written and captivating. I couldnt put it down. Even though its a long book (over 400 pgs) I read the last half for 5 hrs straight because I couldnt put it down!! I cant wait to read another book by her
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.The Things They Carried
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by: Tim O'Brien

December 29, 1998
I quite enjoyed this book but found it to be disappointing (perhaos my expectations were too high) It reads more like a series of good but not particularly memorable magazine articles than a really good 'solid' piece of writing.

Strangely, the section I found most affecting and memorable was nothing directly to do with his Vietnam experiences but was his recollection, at the end of the book, of his first love aged 9.

I found myself wishing I was reading an episodic set of tales about his childhood rather than of his good but not particularly engaging tales of the mess of the Vietnam War
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.When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel
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by: Kate Atkinson

September 24, 2008
When Joanna Mason was six years old she witnesses an act so horrendous that no little girl should ever have to see. Joanna was the sole survivor of her family. Her mother, sister and brother were all murdered. Now thirty years later, the man who took Joanna's family from her has been released from prison.

Reggie is the nanny for Dr. Hunter. Reggie and Dr. Hunter have a really good relationship, so when one day Dr. Hunter disappears, Reggie worries but it seems that Reggie is the only one that is concerned about Dr. Hunter.

Then there is Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe, she is on a mission to locate a missing person. Louise Monroe did not expect to see Jackson Brodie, a longtime friend. It seems Jackson Brodie has a mission of his own to accomplish. Before ... Read More:
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