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The Legend of Mickey Tussler
Frank Nappi
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Fabulous Baseball Yarn
+ Mickey Tussler Will Touch Your Heart
+ Simply The Best!
+ Great Book
+ Baseball like it used to be
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The Big Field
Mike Lupica
Philomel, 2008
J. Casey's Book Review
+ A genial, fast-paced adventure that should interest young sports fans
+ For baseball fans everywhere
+ Baseball, Father, Team
+ Courtesy of Teens Read Too
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The Camel Club
David Baldacci, 2005
The Camel Club is cool!
+ Really enjoyed this one...
+ Good Read - Recommended
+ Another Baldacci Winner!!!
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Plum Island
Nelson DeMille
Grand Central Publishing, 1998
Plum Island
+ Part 1 of the LION'S GAME
+ Witty and Fun Mystery
I'm half way through this book and I can't put it down! I've read a few other books by DeMille, all also great, but this is the best so far.
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The Poison Plum
Les Roberts
Les Roberts, 2007
Get Ready For A Soul-Gripping Journey!
+ Lyme Disease Must Read
+ Excellent Book
Paradoxically, life's greatest truths are often found in fiction, and nowhere has the truth about Lyme, the fastest-growing infectious disease in the United States, been so accurately revealed as in this powerful, gripping story about a congressman and his quest for justice, a woman's desire for ...
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A Million Little Pieces
James Frey
Anchor, 2005
Whose the target audience?
+ Real or not real? Who cares, its still good!
I wanted to send an inspiring story to someone I'm trying to mentor from a distance. He's in an Arizona prison where he's spent a fair amount of the last 20 years for non-violent criminal offenses. To preview it, I got a copy from my local small town library. I knew of the book and the Oprah ...
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Atonement
Ian Mcewan
Anchor, 2007
Loved it!
+ Fascinating reading
+ Great Book - Preferred the movie
I almost gave this novel 4 stars, because there was a point at the near-end where I didn't like where the author was going. But in the last pages, he redeemed himself, and I see why it *had* to be told the way it was.
That being said, I loved Atonement. It is one of the best books I've read in ...
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7th Heaven (The Women's Murder Club)
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Loved 5th, missed 6th, loved 7th
+ 7th Heaven
+ Hot! Hot! Hot!
+ 7th Heaven
+ Physio for Barbecue
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The 6th Target (Women's Murder Club)
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
I love James Patterson books
+ Great gift idea for mystery lovers. Spellbinding.
+ The 6th Target
+ Another great book for the series
+ Lotsa Murder Going Here
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
Terrific Read!
+ Life through different lenses
+ Groundbreaking Book
+ Charming, in its own way
+ A touching modern novel
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Hachette Audio, 2008
seemed somewhat different...but not worse than others.
+ Fabulous!
+ don't make assumptions
+ a catharsis of resignation
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Stone Cold
David Baldacci
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
keep getting better!
+ Stone Cold
+ Fast Paced
+ Good reading
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Wrack and Ruin: A Novel
Don Lee
W. W. Norton, 2008
A Comedy of Errors for Our Time
+ Exactly what I needed!
+ "I laughed. I cried. It was better than Cats."
+ Over the top, but wonderfully so
+ A Weekend to Remember
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A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father
Augusten Burroughs
St. Martin's Press, 2008
A Wolf At the Table
+ Not his best, but still a remarkable read.
+ A Brutally Honest Story
I laughed, I cried, I shuddered! This portrait of the father, after reading some of the other books by AB, continued to amaze me. People are so resiliant. To be able to chronicle this experience in the way he has is such a huge talent. I love AB. He certainly deserved better. I hope he is ...
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The 6th Target (Women's Murder Club)
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
I love James Patterson books
+ Great gift idea for mystery lovers. Spellbinding.
+ The 6th Target
+ Another great book for the series
+ Lotsa Murder Going Here
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