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Ken Follett

Island Books, 1994

KEN FOLLET DOES IT AGAIN
I STARTED WITH PILLARS, THEN WORLD WITHOUT END AND THIS WAS MY THIRD KEN FOLLETT BOOK AND I MUST SAY, I WAS THRILLED AGAIN!!! I LOVE HOW INVOLVED I BECOME IN HIS CHARACTERS LIVES, AND WITHOUT FAIL SEX EVERYWHERE!

Black Light

Stephen Hunter

Island Books, 1997

Hunter and Swagger - A Winning Combination
Going back through some of my recent reads, I remembered that I was really happy with Stephen Hunter and his character, Bob Lee Swagger. Time to revisit both with Black Light. The novel begins with Earl Swagger, Bob Lee's father, in 1955. Earl is a Medal of Honor ...

Sunset Limited (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)

James Lee Burke

Island Books, 1999

That's Why I Read His Books
Many comment on James Lee Burkes character, Dave Robicheaux's detailed discriptions of Louisiana's beauty and that they think he goes too far.....NOT ME! This is what I look for in a book. I want to see and feel what this writer sees and feels about this beautiful ...

The Master Sniper

Stephen Hunter

Island Books, 1996

Master novel
Hunter does a great job setting this novel back in the time of WW2. Character and plot development is good. Action is very fast paced. I did find some of the combat situations a bit implausible but then I have never partaken of that particular pastime ...

In Praise of Shadows

Junichiro Tanizaki

Leete'S Island Books, 1977

Wabi Sabi - not to be confused with "wasabi"
The Japanese have an aesthetic concept called "Wabi Sabi." This term consists of two words. "Wabi" literally means "poverty," but in the aesthetic context it stands for simplicity; "Sabi" is literally "solitude, loneliness," and for aesthetic purposes it means ...

Time to Hunt

Stephen Hunter

Island Books, 1999

Time To Admire a Storyteller
I was given this book in August of 2007 on a trip to Idaho. I sat and read most of it in a house among the alfalfa growing on the western flank of the Tetons. What a view. What a book. Since then, I have read 4 additional Hunter books [including the first three in the ...

Dirty White Boys

Stephen Hunter

Island Books, 1995

Dirty White Boys
I was notified by the seller that the book was no longer available. I notified her that I appreciated the follow up and even though she could not fill my order, I would still do business with her in the future.

The Final Detail (Myron Bolitar)

Harlan Coben

Island Books, 2000

Harlan Coben rocks!
I loved the book. Just finished it and have started another. It's great to find a new author to enjoy.

The Testament

John Grisham

Island Books, 1999

Legal Wrangling, Adventure, Sleaze, Redemption
Grisham brings his page-turning style to a contested will. Aged billionaire Troy Phelan commits suicide, leaving behind a questionable hand-written will and angry heirs (six kids and three ex-wives) who get nothing beyond their debts erased. The beneficiary is Troy's ...

The Brethren

John Grisham

Island Books, 2000

Dull Playout of the Book's Brilliant Opening Scene
If John Grisham had stopped this book after the opening scene, in essence writing just a short story, he would have done his best work. It's breathtaking. Unfortunately for Grisham, he decided to make a novel to follow that brilliance. The novel falls far short of ...

Guilt (Abe Glitsky)

John Lescroart

Island Books, 1998

Keeps you reading
GUILT is one of those books that keeps pushing you to read "just one more chapter." If you read the back cover, it is about a murder, but we don't get THAT murder until page 300. The set up is worth the read. Lescroart populates his novels with plenty of ...

The Mercy Rule (Dismas Hardy)

John Lescroart

Island Books, 1999

OPENING A LESCROAT BOOK IS LIKE MEETING OLD FRIENDS
Lescroat has that ability to make his primary characters believeable and earthy. In the "Dismas" books one feels like they are returning to old friends who have encountered some problems along the way. The only problem is that Dismas always seems to get involved in ...

Potent Pleasures

Eloisa James

Island Books, 2000

Engaging, entertaining, and generally brilliant
Both the characters and the story line are engaging and surprising, offering twists just when you think you've figured them out. Something that truly stands out as you read are the colorfulness of secondary characters, and the ease with which the author works them in. ...

Classic Essays on Photography

Leete'S Island Books, 1980

Containing 30 essays that embody the history of photography, this collection includes contributions from Niepce, Daguerre, Fox, Talbot, Poe, Emerson, Hine, Stieglitz, and Weston, among others.

Going Overboard

Christina Skye

Island Books, 2001

A Wonderful De-Stresser!
If you are looking for a romantic getaway (in your head, anyway) then Going Overboard will be hard to beat. The energy and sparkle starts from the very first paragraph and never lets up yet gives you enough breathing space to absorb the characters' personalities. This ...