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Redhead by the Side of the Road
by Anne Tyler
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First problem; I read the whole book and still do not know where the title came from. A single man, who is particular about the way things need to be, suddenly finds a young man on his doorstep who thinks he is his father. Sounds interesting, but I kept waiting for something to happen, and it didn't.
The Monk of Mokha
by Dave Eggers
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Let me start off by saying that I am not a fan of biographies for the simple reason that not everything in a person’s life will be interesting,,,or so I thought until I read this book. Just about every minute of this book kept me engaged and wondering what would happen next. And to say that it is about an immigrant from Yemen who is working as a doorman and want to start a business importing coffee from Yemen doesn’t do it justice. It is the amazing story of a young man committed to improving the life of coffee farmers in his home country and of someone who will literally do anything to accomplish that. Excellent read!
Mycroft And Sherlock The Empty Birdcage
by Kareem Abdul-jabbar Mycroft Holmes
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The third book in the series was very good. It had an interesting story line.
Christmas in animal land
by Clifton Bingham
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The book is about animals that celebrate Christmas in there land
The Regulators
by Richard Bachman
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While, in the end, I loved this book, I felt like it started in the middle of something that had been going on, and I fell a bit adrift. But it’s one of those stories that explains things after the fact, and it’s worth it so you just have to hang in there. Weird story about an autistic boy who becomes inhabited by something evil. Lots of violence, so you can’t be squeamish. The amazing thing is that the ending of this otherwise brutal book is actually very tender.
The Boy from the Woods
by Harlan Coban
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The beauty of this book is that although the story is engaging, the characters are so well developed, that I found them to be the best part of the book. While the book is titled The Boy from the Woods, it’s not really about him, but about how things unfold around him. It’s more about the terrible tying times of high school and adolescence and what happens when those who go unpunished for their crimes as a youth grow up to be an adult and view themselves above it all. This is a great book.
Clifford beach day
by Lee Quinlan
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This was a cute book featuring puppy Clifford, Emily and friends. My boys enjoyed discovering the beach along with Clifford and identified with Cliffords feeling through out.
Interior Chinatown
by Charles Yu
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While this book addressed an important issue, namely the treatment of Chinese Americans, I did not find it that enjoyable. It has some very funny parts, but the format of the book, being that of a screen play, was not to my liking.
At first Sight
by Stephen J. Cannell
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While I really like Cannell’s books, I did not love this one. This is, however, a perfect example of a false narrator, and the ending is what make the story OK. A married man spies a beautiful woman, also married, across a pool and falls madly in love with her. How far will he go to win her over?
Crooked River
by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
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An outstanding book by a pair of my favorite authors, both together and separately. Something very wrong is washing up on the beach; you won't believe what it is and even worse where it is coming from. For those familiar with the Pendergast series, this book showcases his sometimes partner and his ward. But in this book, Pendergast puts some innocent people in harm’s way and harm does come to them. I am looking forward to the next book to see how he deals with this.