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Good translation of a timeless classic
I am inclined to agree with the reviewer who said those who probably complain about the Odyssey being a bad work of literature are too young to appreciate it.When I was in high school, I found Shakespeare pretty boring and hard to understand; it was only later in life his power and insight really became clear to me.
An awful book..
Now let me begin by saying I understood this book. I read it for my freshman english class, and really didn't have much trouble understanding it.
The best translation of one of the best stories of all time
An absolute masterpiece.If you've never read the Odyssey, read this translation.If you have read other translations, take the time to read this one anyway.You will love it. ... Read more

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En route to Lake Tahoe for a much anticipated vacation, the Carver family is arrested for blowing out all four tires on their camper. Collie Entragian is the arresting officer, the self-made sheriff of a town called Desperation, Nevada, and the quintessential bad cop. Unbeknownst to the Carvers, Entragian regularly sniffs out passerbys on this stretch of road, and in fact has done in nearly every resident of his hometown. He can also change form and summon the help of creepy creatures, including scorpions, snakes and spiders. Though the family seems doomed, an unlikely hero emerges --11-year-old David Carver--who finds his own way to get around the Law.Read more

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A powerful read!
The story is set in a once thriving copper mining town called Desperation, only now it appears to be eerily deserted.
Yes Stephen King really IS that good
I didn't expect to like this, but it turned out to be a treasure.
A gripping book, vintage King.
Desperation is my favourite "stand alone" King novel to date. King's "Dark Tower" books are my favourite King books but Desperation is up there high on the list! It's a superior work to it's sister book "The Regulators" (which I personally enjoyed) written under the name of Richard Bachman and the writing and storytelling skills that king has pleanty of are on full display. It's a big novel, worth your time and very enjoyable. ... Read more

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Weak and disappointing..
I never miss an Evanovich book.She is the only author I actually buy in harcover.I want my money back !!!This is a pale shadow of her usual writing.Maybe her publisher was pressuring her for a book so she tossed this one off.I don't know but I do know I was very disappointed.

Great Read!
This book is really funny and a quick read.This would be a good book to take on vacation or lounge by the pool because it is light and funny.I like all of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books and also Metro Girl, so I felt this book was comparable to those.If you want a laugh, this book is for you!

Another great book by Evanovich!
I LOVED Motor Mouth!It was such a fun read and I greatly enjoyed the characters.Being a NASCAR fan, I love the theme of these books even more.I greatly enjoyed Metro Girl, but have to say that I loved this one even more!I can't wait for the next Evanovich to come out!!I look forward to each of her releases and have yet to be disappointed!I highly recommend this one for a fun read full of laughs! ... Read more

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Since his first novel was published in 1974, Stephen King has stretched the boundaries of the written word, not only bringing horror to new heights, but trying his hand at nearly every possible genre, including children's books, graphic novels, serial novels, literary fiction, nonfiction, westerns, fantasy, and even e-books (remember The Plant?). With Read more

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Patterson is great
James Patterson and Andrew Gross have another great novel in Judge and Jury, along with a previous combined effort, Lifeguard.

Loved the ending
I read all of Patterson's books--even those he co-writes which perhaps means he's not the writer. But I enjoy most of them for what they are--fun to read. And in this one, I loved the ending. It made me smile. And to me, that helps to make it a good book and a fun story.
buy it at a garage sale
James patterson aka whoever he is writing with at the moment has totally lost it... shallow plot, no in depth characters, really not much of a story. i didnt want to buy it but my neighbor insisted. it was her first patterson novel.. anyway, he is laughing all the way to the bank.. bad book.i didnt even finish the first 100 pages, thank goodness Target takes back books or i would be out 20.00. thank you . lisa baker. ... Read more

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Historical Fiction at its Best
This is a very compelling 350-page description of a battle.That's pretty hard to pull off, even if you're Bernard Cornwell.Historical accuracy isn't easy to achieve, either--competing versions of events, the squabbling of modern historians, the paucity of evidence on certain events all conspire to make history something that you can't be 100% accurate about.Whatever "accurate" means.But the "inaccuracies" in this novel are no worse than in other works of historical fiction, like Shakespeare's English chronicle histories.I certainly wouldn't argue that Cornwell is a better writer than Shakespeare, but he is far kinder to the Duke of Orange than Shakespeare is to, say, Joan of Arc.I think the combination of realistic detail (the visceral battle scenes) with high romanticism (Sharpe's being single-handedly responsible for all of Napoleon's major defeats on the Peninsula) is nevertheless a very attractive one, the sort of thing that lifts this and the other Sharpe novels out of the "mere fiction" level to the level of at least minor literature.Richard Sharpe is an ingenious literary invention: a fictional device for telling the story of the Duke of Wellington, a man who really did defeat Napoleon that many times.

A Great Series
This is another entry on the Sharpe series. It is fun, entertaining and very readable. Cornwell's research is as excellent as usual. He takes some licenses for the shake of the story and continuity, but this is OK. Some people are outraged by the portrait of some of the real historical characters, but historical characters are rarely depicted accurately in historical fiction, so I think this can be forgiven. Besides, usually a more serious account of these characters is given at the end of the book on the Historical Note.
Brilliant, creative, a wonderful read
This book was my introduction to Cornwell. Interpersing the details and timeline of the Battle of Waterloo with the hero, Sharpe, makes reading him so enjoyable. The writing is fresh, original, creative, never repetitous. His descriptions of the weather, the landscape, the battlefield are clear, evocative and informative.
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Tightly written with a message for everyone
Harper Lee was encouraged to write some of her childhood memories. What in the beginning seems like the story of three childhood friends in depression era Macomb, Alabama, turns out to be packed with insights to the makeup of human kind.
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A lot better than the first
This is the second book in the circle trilogy.Like the first book, Morrigan's Cross, it starts off slow and if I could deduct 1/2 a point for that I would.But it makes up for it as it goes on.This is Larkin (a shape shifter) and Blair's (a vampire slayer)story. They are two of the six selected by Morrigan to form a circle and destroy a Vampire Queen Lilith, before she destroys the world.Besides the budding romance between Larkin and Blair this book has the 6 going back to the land of Geall to prepare for the fight that has to take place on Samhain.There are some minor battles fought and more character development in this one.It really makes you anxious to read the final installment, Cian and Moiras story. Nora blends fantasy and reality nicely.A fun story.

A little closer attention to detail please...
After reading fantasy and sci-fi for the last 30 years, I consider myself rather well-read in the genre.Lately, as my taste has expanded to include urban fantasy, I have found quite a few authors who can make an alternate reality real.Alas, Book 2 of Nora Roberts doesn't make the cut.As a romance writer, NR probably creates reasonable story lines that actually make some sense.Dance of the Gods asks for total suspense of disbelief and then a willingness to exploit a genre for the sake of making some money.
What a fun book!
I'm having such fun with this trilogy!I like it much better than her previous ones that have involved aspects of fantasy such as the In the Garden or Key trilogies.These characters have me hooked and I can't wait to see what happens next!Larkin is so darned cute and him and Blair together just made me laugh out loud several times throughout this book.She almost reminded me of Eve Dallas with her kick-butt attitude and long leather coat.Nora has done such a great job balancing out the darkness in this trilogy with love, hope and light and it makes this book truly a joy to read.I am counting the days until Valley of Silence comes out and I can read Cian and Moira's story.He's become my favorite character and a book focused on him should make for some intense reading indeed.This whole trilogy is definitely worth reading! Have I gushed enough yet? ... Read more

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Ann Tyler is a Genius
This story, peopled by a truckload of the kind of quirky, vivid characters that are Anne Tyler's specialty, is a gem. Obviously, many people have a negative first reaction to the idea that a woman could simply walk away from her life, leaving husband, children, and sibs behind.But this is the genius of Tyler's writing. She spins a tale that almost borders on allegory.It is a wonderful world of "what if."What if I just took a walk down the beach and kept walking? How would I survive? Where would I go? What would I do?Do these people really need me at all?
CAPTIVATING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING
I must admit Anne Tyler is not my favourite author, although I have read all her books.Somehow, her humour does not shine through as it does with authors such as Dorothea Benton Franks and Lolly Winston. However, "Ladder of Years" is my favourite of Tyler's novels and it is easy to see why it once placed in Time's top ten books of the year.
Some Real Truth
When I first read this book several years ago, I hated it. I saw no reality in the story of Delia Grinstead, a 40-year-old wife and mother who quite literally walks out of her family's life one day--and stays away.
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Hissy Fit
Great read- I laughed, cried, and worried - and was suprised.
Lord Honeys! Ya'll have to read this book!!!
Bless her heart, Mary Kay Andrews has written this precious book with characters so uniquely Southern that I'm sure that I could be related to many of them. However, the universality of love, greed, passion, and family transcends any regional or cultural boundaries. Grab yourself a glass of tea, get comfortable, and read. You'll soothe your heart and lighten your burdens. ... Read more

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If Joseph McCarthy hadn't existed, someone would have had to invent him--the communist witch-hunt he unleashed on 1950s America was, after all, the stuff of epic fiction. Now, it seems, someone Read more

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Fact and fiction intertwined to make a good story of a bad time
Senator Joe McCarthy is now considered to be one of the worst politicians this country has ever seen. One of the most effective rejoinders to someone who is pressing a personal political issue is to accuse him or her of "McCarthyism." Effectively used, it can destroy an argument before it even gets started. I recently saw the movie "Good Night and Good Luck", which was a recapitulation of how the news media finally fought back against the charges McCarthy was making. It painted him in a very negative and dangerous light. However, there was another side to McCarthy, he was a very intelligent man who worked hard for his success against long odds. Those good qualities that he possessed are also described in this historical novel.
A view you don't hear much.
Until I read some of the reviews, I thought that Harry was a real person.It seemed to tell a reasonable tale that you never hear because everyone seemed to think McCarthy was a nut.Well from what history really tells us is that a lot of it was true.Like the atomic secrets from reading "The Making of the atomic Bomb" by Richard Road to finding out how they were copying all our industrial processes from spys in civil production plants.I got that from "Dark Sun" from the same author. A great book about a less than great man
If you're a conservative with a lot of liberal friends than you know all about the Great McCarthy Excuse, the leftist argument that essentially runs as follows: "Well, sure, Bill Clinton may have permanently corrupted the American political system and killed innocent civilians in pointless military campaigns designed to keep him from getting impeached, but hey, at least, he wasn't Joe McCarthy!" Nearly fifty years after his disgrace and death, Joe McCarthy remains an all-purpose boogeyman to be trotted out whenever it appears that the Republican Party might be on the verge of making a valid argument. Never mind that McCarthy was a former Democrat and, outside of his anti-communist crusade, was known as a bit of a tax-and-spend liberal. Never mind that conservaitve intellectuals were some of the first denounce him even while such liberal icons as the Kennedy Family continued to support him. Nope, McCarthy is the all-purpose right-wing demon of the leftist imagination and nothing's going to change that. And anything done wrong by a "liberal" will apparently always be justified by the memory of U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy, Republican of Wisconsin.Read more

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Private investigator Kinsey Millhone has served Sue Grafton well through16 letters of the alphabet in a perennially popular series thatoccasionally breaks new ground but more often traverses familiar territory, asis the case here. Two old, ailing cops--one retired, the other disabled--try tobreathe some life into an 18-year-old mystery that haunts them both fordifferent reasons. They enlist Kinsey's help in identifying the victim, a youngwoman who was murdered and left for dead in the old quarry of the title. Neitherthey nor Kinsey expect that reopening an old case will incite the killer tostrike again--not once, but twice. And while the real case of thestill-unidentified victim that inspired this fictionalized scenario continues tolanguish in the cold case file in the Santa Barbara sheriff's office, Grafton'ssolution is as plausible as any. While the unlikely trio of Millhone and hercranky geezer sidekicks offers a few chuckles, the inner reaches of Kinsey'ssoul remain largely inaccessible to her as well as to the reader, which willprobably not bother most of Kinsey's or Grafton's many admirers. Read more

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A Long Time Kinsey Fan
I really like the storyline of this book.I am interested in cold cases and liked the fact that this book was loosely based on a real unsolved California cold case.The book still drug for me in places like I feel all her books do but I am still glad I read it.I liked the addition of Detectives Oliphant and Dolan and the interaction between them and Kinsey.Overall a good read.

Grafton keeps us on the edge of our seats...and slowly falling.
PI Kinsey Millhone is at it again, this time trying to solve the eighteen-year-old murder of a previous `cold case'--an unidentified female victim.
MY FIRST SUE GRAFTON BOOK!!
THIS WAS THE FIRST SUE GRAFTON BOOK I HAVE EVER READ AND I MUST SAY I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.I LIKE THE WAY SHE KEPT IT LIGHT BUT IT HAD A GREAT STORY WITH THE COLD MURDER CASE, WHICH YOU FIND OUT IN THE END IS ACTUALLY BASED ON A REAL COLD MURDER CASE.
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The Cat who turned on and off
Always great listening to a Braun mystery narrated by the talented George Guidall.

My Favorite Cozy Mystery Series!
In the 3rd book in The Cat Who...series, James Qwilleran (aka "Qwill"), is working on assignment in the features department as a newsman for the Daily Fluxion.Returning to writing for a paper after an absence of several years, he has gotten his life back together and sobered up.In the previous book, he had been assigned to writing a weekly magazine style insert titled "Gracious Abodes" that focused on the world of interior design.Having survived that assignment, Qwill is back writing features, and is excited about the prospect of winning a prize in the Fluxion's annual writing contest.He hears about a nearby town called Junktown from a cabbie, and decides to write a piece about what he assumes is a crime-ridden area.Instead, he finds that Junktown is a hotbed of antique dealers, and he quickly finds a room to rent in the town while writing a story about antiques.He learns that the tenant who occupied his room previously had died in a suspicious manner, and Qwill begins to investigate the curious characters in Junktown.Qwill meets Iris Cobb in this installment, starting a lengthy friendship that will last long into future books set in Moose County.
Those Magisterial Cats
In this, the third offering in this series we find that our hero Jim Qwilleran has a new assignment with the Daily Fluxion. In the second book we saw him change assignments but for some reason there is no explanation for this change. Whatever the reason, Qwilleran is now a feature writer and has decided to do all that he can to win a writing contest sponsored by the Fluxion because he could really use the prize money to move out of the third-rate hotel he and his cats are occupying. A taxi driver mentions an area called Junktown to the writer who assumes that it is a high traffic narcotics area. That is just the kind of story that an old crime reporter can sink his teeth in to but alas, Qwilleran finds out that Junktown is really an antiquing area filled with junk stores.
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I expected more detectiving
This is another book recommended by a co-worker, who warned me it might not be what I typically read. I really liked the suspense and trying to figure out who the killer was; and I enjoyed the descriptive writing. I dropped two stars for what seemed like exploitive sex and 'creepiness'. I also had a problem with the portrayal of the SAC and some sterotypes that seemed to be placed on him in excess. And finally a few technical errors were disappointing. I would have preferred that some of the pages spent in the bedroom would have been spent describing the clues found or the thought process in arriving at various conclusions. All in all, glad I read it, but it's not a must-read to me.

Great Book
First Book I've read from Sandra Brown and it was really great. It was a page turner from beginning to end. I found the book interesting and easy reading. A well written mystery suspense that keeps you guessing until the very end. Will not be the last Sandra Brown novel for me.

A real page turner!
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A reading occasion I haven't forgotten...
Even though I finished reading this book months and months ago, I'm still thinking about it. Told from the point of view of Emma Garnet Tate-Lowell, it traces the woman's life from her youth right up to her death during the 1800's. A gracefully told Civil War story, as well as a story of how a strong woman endures her bullying father, death of loved ones, and nursing wounded soldiers alongside her husband during the war, it is one of those novels that will stick with you for a long time. Anybody who read Ellen Foster and enjoyed that (or Gone with the Wind) will enjoy this marvelous tale told by a very gifted, talented writer.

Very real
The writing was so excellent in this book, and the descriptions so real, that I felt as if I KNEW what it was like to have lived during the Civil War. The most miserable afternoon.
I read four chapters of this book.Then I threw it out the window.In all God-honesty, this book is now sitting in the weedy abandoned lot beside my house.I never ever want to see or hear from it again.It's a lot of politically-correct, sanctimonious moralizing only reinforcing what our equally-holier than thou culture teaches:that Southerners of the period the book focuses on (and before then and today, for that matter) are evil, bloodthirsty folk.Coming from a background similar to the one of the main character's, I am sick and tired of these stereotypes about as much as any black person would grow weary of the image of a shuffling, "yassah, massah"-mumbling Uncle Tom.Give me "Gone with the Wind," give me anything that does not shove a guilt trip and a lot of rewritten history down my throat. ... Read more

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Revenge Romany Style
After a successful Connecticut lawyer runs over and kills an elderly gypsy woman on a public road (while in the midst of being illicitly pleasured by his wife) he finds himself cursed by the dead woman's kin, who impose their punishment on him via uttering a single word, "Thinner..." The lawyer, an obese, cocky man, finds himself wasting away, dropping weight so rapidly day by day that his health is endangered. The lawyer's family and friends are aghast at his hideous transformation