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I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
Tor Books, 2007
I am in Awe of This Story!
+ Vampires...the end of everything
+ Dares to be different
+ A defining vampire novel
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Duma Key: A Novel
Stephen King
Scribner, 2008
Truly mind blowing
+ Best of the recent Stephen King novels
I am a huge fan of Stephen King. Some of his stories truly scare me. A couple of months ago I picked up Duma Key. This book is so great. I'm an author myself and I learn so much from Stephen King every time I pick up one his books.
In Duma Key Edgar Freemantle encounters a terrible construction ...
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The Judas Strain: A Novel
James Rollins
William Morrow, 2007
No Strain On Your Eyes Here!
+ Enjoyable book but could have been better
+ Book Review: The Judas Strain by James Rollin
James Rollins returns to his highly successful Sigma series here with a 4th and even better book than Map of Bones.
Having become one of the top-notch thriller/Adventure writers out there today, James Rollins continues to breathe new life into this genre with crazy twists and turns of ancient ...
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Child of a Dead God: A Novel of the Noble Dead
Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee
Roc Hardcover, 2008
6th in series
+ The last in the series, but the saga continues...
+ Disappointed
I ended this book at a lost. Is this the end? Alot of their problems have come to a close and the couple do come full circle in this book, which usually signifies the end. The group even separates at the end, but is this REALLY the end? I don't know. Maigere finally reaches her goal. Leesil ...
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Woken Furies: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel
Richard K. Morgan
Del Rey, 2007
Excellent
+ A very satisfying finish to the Takeshi Kovacs trilogy :)
+ Unfortunatly...
+ very pleasurable to read
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Ghost: A Novel
Alan Lightman
Pantheon, 2007
Aptly Named "Ghost"
Review of: Ghost
By: Alan P Lightman
Published: 2007
The story is aptly named "Ghost" because it gives the reader a lot to think about while showing only a glimpse of its mystery.
Like all good ghosts this apparition gives us just a peek. The "Ghost" gives David (the protagonist and ...
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Mister B. Gone
Clive Barker
HarperCollins, 2007
imaginative & original
+ clive barker and demonology
+ His easiest read
I very much enjoyed this story. I know of no other book that uses this "gimmick". It is definitely written in the style of Clive Barker, but has a toungue and cheek feel reminiscent of the short story "The Yattering and Jack" also by Barker. I believe this book would be a good read for both ...
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Spook Country
William Gibson
Putnam Adult, 2007
Brilliant, but not perfect
+ The Future is Now and Gibson is still there!
The good: This book has some brilliant characters which ultimately intertwine around a caper based climax at the end. The writing is clever and a joy to read, and paints a very realistic and plausible world, once you get past the first chapter, which was like another reviewer mentioned like wading ...
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Already Dead: A Novel
Charlie Huston
Del Rey, 2005
Vampire tales for a nihilistic world
+ Good book, but I need a break
+ Something to sink you teeth into....
+ vampyres, zombies, and wraiths oh my...
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Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel
Joe Hill
William Morrow, 2007
An Impressive Debut
+ Really good!
+ Awesome Ghost story
+ heart shaped box
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, US & Canada Ed.
Robert Mack
Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Margery Lovett Walk Right Out of a Silly Romance
+ NOT the Sondheim Version! But still a delight!
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," a book by Robert L. Mack, who's evidently an expert on the subject of Sweeney Todd, as he's also author of "The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend," comes to us as a rather odd tie-in with the ...
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Altered Carbon
Richard K. Morgan
Del Rey, 2003
Spectacularly good SF
+ futuristic Chandler
+ Altered Carbon
+ An exciting debut novel from Morgan!
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The Terror: A Novel
Dan Simmons
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
A TRIUMPH of the imagination!!
+ Beyond Wonderful!
+ The Terror by Dan Simmons
+ Wonderfully captivating
+ Chilling and epic
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Sharp Objects: A Novel
Gillian Flynn
Three Rivers Press, 2007
Like watching a wreck you know will occur - you can't close your eyes!
+ Impressive
+ Small Town Nastiness
+ Sick but thrilling
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The Book of Air and Shadows
Michael Gruber
William Morrow, 2007
Engaging but not one for the ages
If you like the DaVinci Code / Angels and Demons type of book this one will be for you - it is certainly better written than either of those, features more complete characters, and the mystery at its center is very enjoyable. But some of the characters are overly detailed but not really persons, ...
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