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The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch, 2000
Excellent!
This is an extraordinary book, an excellent piece of work indeed, so amusing and full of details. And full of magic!! It's amazing to see from how many "near-death experiences" the two main characters get away hahahahhahahaha you can't help but laugh, it is very good. ...
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Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman
HarperTorch, 2006
Nice way to escape reality for a bit
Fat Charlie was dubbed so by his dad when just a chubby child. Unfortunately, even though he shed the pounds the name stuck. Many years later Fat Charlie is living an unremarkable life, with a crappy job and a girlfriend who insists on making him "wait until marriage". ...
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Thanksgiving
Janet Evanovich
HarperTorch, 2006
How can she do it?
There is so much interest in these books and more keep coming. I read them and then have to wait for the next books. This was one.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (Rachel Morgan, Book 2) (The Hollows)
Kim Harrison
HarperTorch, 2005
Rachel Rocks
This is one of the best series I have read. I would recomend it to anyone who needs to escape reality.
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Robert M. Pirsig
HarperTorch, 2006
Couldn't put it down.
This was a thought provocing and very enjoyable read. Although it isn't "action packed" or anything, that isn't the point. The author's naration tells the tale of his philosophical journey cross country with his son on his motorcyle. Not only was this book ...
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Prayers for Rain (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels)
Dennis Lehane
HarperTorch, 2000
"We need stuff. Illegal stuff."
Never one to be deterred by legal "technicalities" when he solves his cases, Patrick Kenzie, a Boston private detective, is up to his eyeballs in his own problems when Karen Nichols asks him to stop a stalker. Kenzie and his long-time partner/sometimes lover Angie ...
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Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane
HarperTorch, 2004
Too Smart for My Own Good
I solved the anagram on page 205 and from that I predicted the entire last half of the story. LeHane should have hidden such a revelatory clue a little better. It is like a major spoiler right in the middle of the story, making the last half a bit of a chore instead of ...
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A Fistful of Charms (Rachel Morgan, Book 4)
Kim Harrison
HarperTorch, 2006
Someone Should Make a Movie
This one was so full of events...I think someone should make it a movie. I would certainly go see it!
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The Bean Trees: A Novel
Barbara Kingsolver
HarperTorch, 1998
Bean Trees
Barbara Kingsolver is a favorite author with an easy style addressing many social and political issues with a light but serious touch. This book is no exception with a poignant story of an young woman of the earth seeking to make a life of her own remaining true to her ...
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Darkness, Take My Hand (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels)
Dennis Lehane
HarperTorch, 1997
He's Not Kidding About the Darkness
In this the second book in his Kenzie-Gennaro detective series, Dennis Lehane begins to show his skills in earnest (surpassing A Drink Before the War). The complex plot is well-constructed and expertly revealed. The book opens with Kenzie reflecting on the events to ...
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Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch, 2001
i love this book
out of all of the discworld books this one is my favorite.I love the whole dragon bit and we meet everyone for the 1st time.
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Wyrd Sisters
Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch, 2001
Shakespearatchett
Terry Pratchett has created an entirely ridiculous and enjoyable world with his Discworld novels. It is a world peopled by the inhabitants of fantasy and science fiction, with events not often too far removed from what happens in the 'real' world. Yet Pratchett's ...
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The Light Fantastic
Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch, 2000
Even better than the previous one
I loved this book as much as I did The color of magic. Since these two, I started reading everything I can get from the author and never got disapointed.
Like the first one, it finds a way to write fantasy which can be read in various levels according to your age and ...
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Manhunt
Janet Evanovich
HarperTorch, 2005
Manhunt
I have read all of the Janet Evanovich books starring Stephanie Plum, but I had not realized that she wrote romance novels. I ordered all and read them all! I absolutely loved them. Within the first page or two you always knew who was going to fall in love, but that ...
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Smitten
Janet Evanovich
HarperTorch, 2006
Fun, fast read
This is not meant to be a believable situation...just plain fun and frolic. I smiled all the way through the book and gobbled it up in about 2 hours. With rain outside, a dog in my lap and a box of malted milk balls, life is good.
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