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The Moviegoer 108 reviews
Walker Percy
Avon Books (Mm), 1982
Slicing into the core of mundacity
The Moviegoer is a worthwhile read for anyone who questions the tediousness and resultant boredom of life. It is certainly not outdated for being published in 1960; if anything, it is more relevant today than then. Life as we know it now is even more formulaic than then. It is now even more difficult (if not impossible)to escape the "everydayness" we experience. Binx questions, attempts to search ...
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Legacy 24 reviews
Susan Kay
Avon Books (Mm), 1987
There are no words...
I'm going to be honest: I kind of hate this novel.
Why? Because someone else was reading it, and when I was fourteen I picked it up and literally could not put it down until I finished it.
I'd never read about the Tudors/been into historical fiction before, and this book served to instantly addict me. I've torn through any books I came across on the era, I majored in European History ...
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Between Parent and Teenager2 reviews
Haim G. Ginott
Avon Books (Mm), 1988
Great advice and MUST have!
This book was great!! Don't let the year the book was written make your decision to buy because the information that Dr. Ginott provides in this book is relevant to our teenagers today. He provides solid advice along with senarios of how to deal with particular situations. This is not a book that you have to read from cover to cover, you can start anywhere in the book depending on the situation ...
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Intimate Enemy: How to Fight Fair in Love and Marriage3 reviews
George Robert Bach, Peter Wyden
Avon Books (Mm), 1983
Essential information for preserving relationships.
I read this book many years ago and it totally changed my perspective about the NEED for conflict in a relationship. It pointed out constructive ways to express one's feelings and opinions without becoming destructive and hurtful in the process. The author points out that positive conflict-resolution techniques are essential if relationships are to last in the long term. The concepts not ...
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Mig Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko9 reviews
John Barron
Avon Books (Mm), 1983
Great view inside the Soviet Union
I read this book twice while the Soviet Union still stood. The book is brilliently written. You get a view of life inside the former Soviet Union, inside their millitary and civillian life, and you see through the eyes of a refugee when he first experiences America. The story helps you to appreciate what you have here. Lt. Belenko is a very courageous man.
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Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac13 reviews
Mick Fleetwood
Avon Books (Mm), 1991
Highly entertaining and surprising history of Fleetwood Mac
I fully expected to read all the "soap-opera-ish" accounts of the turbulent Nicks-Buckingham early years (you do get plenty of this), but I didn't realize the original Fleetwood Mac had such an interesting early history! I've heard all the stories about this account not being 100% factual, but, even if it's not entirely accurate, it's very definetly worth the read. Fleetwood's self-depricating ...
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The Bank of Fear5 reviews
David Ignatius
Avon Books (Mm), 1995
Five stars for its good characters, fast read, guts...
This is a superb "spy" thriller surrounding the mysterious and often cruel military regime of Iraq. It took guts to write a book exposing torture practices of such a regime, and the nasty financial practices and human rights grievances of what the author disguises: the brutal dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. Those in exile from their country are blackmailed into working for corrupt Iraqi ...
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Loss of Innocence: A True Story of Juvenile Murder2 reviews
Eric J. Adams
Avon Books (Mm), 1991
Sad Reality
This book is about my cousins, and is a true story that shattered our family. The spritual journey that my Aunt and Uncle went through as a result of this tragedy, has changed my life, and I'm sure will change the lives of all who read it. God can bring good out of all things, even something as horrible as this. I Highly recommend that you read this book.
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Moonstruck Madness8 reviews
Laurie McBain
Avon Books (Mm), 1991
Sexy, breathtaking adventure!
Ms. McBain, author of the wonderful "Tears of Gold" gives readers another treat with yet another strong-willed heroine and irresistible hero. Sabrina Verrick, despite her youth, takes responsibility for her abandoned and impoverished family and becomes a female Robin Hood to help them survive. Lucien Dominick, in desperate need of a bride, pulls Sabrina out of one scrape after another and sparks ...
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Journeyer 81 reviews
Gary Jennings
Avon Books (Mm), 1991
Don't believe the small minded-this is a GREAT BOOK!
This is one of the greatest books that I have ever read. Not the most intellectual, not the deepest, but the MOST FUN EVER. It is a fabulous "journey". Isn't that what a great book should do? Take you to other worlds? Well, this book really does. Yes, there is sex that we wouldn't condone (but you better bet went on then and certainly goes on still) and there is the most horrifying description of ...
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Lost Love, Last Love 3 reviews
Rosemary Rogers
Avon Books (Mm), 1983
Not as good as the first two "Steve & Ginny Books"
This book kept my attention, but only because I have grown to love the characters Steve & Ginny. I did not feel that this book was as good as the first two books about the couple. They spend the whole book fighting and apart. I loved Sweet Savage Love (the first book) because of the turmoil between the couple and how they were constantly fighting one another, yet helplessly drawn to ...
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Dark Before the Rising Sun4 reviews
Laurie McBain
Avon Books (Mm), 1988
Great
This is the third book that started with Moonstruck Madness followed by Chances the Winds of Fortune. This book starts out with Rhea and Dante returning to England. And the couple starting their new life together at his estate where he reclaims his title. Great reading...this book keeps you interested. Rhea's devotion and love to Dante and his to hers is just beautifully written. Plus their is ...
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Sunshine: A Novel (An Avon/Flare Book)33 reviews
Norma Klein
Avon Books (Mm), 1982
Amazingly touching and a beautiful yet melancholy story
Sunshine is the tale of a young woman. She didnt have a very great family when she was growing up, and now she is happy with a man that she loves and a beautiful little girl, Jill. But then Kate, the main character, is diagnosed with an uncurable cancer, and she decides to go off the pills because of what they are turning her into. It is based on a true story of a woman that kept a tape recorded ...
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The Outlaw 7 reviews
Nicole Jordan
Avon Books (Mm), 1996
EXCELLENT!!! MUST READ!!!
I LOVE HISTORICAL ROMANCES, ESPECIALLY WESTERN ROMANCES! THIS BOOK WAS EXCELLENT AND MY FAVORITE NICOLE JORDAN BOOK SO FAR! HONEST, YOU HAVE TO READ IT!
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Chance the Winds of Fortune6 reviews
Laurie McBain
Avon Books (Mm), 1988
Laurie Mcbain rules!
This book is the second one I had the pleasure to read written by Laurie Mcbain. Being hooked by the first book I read by Laurie Mcbain (Tears of Gold)I immediately rushed to the library to see if she had written other books , that's how I found this magnificent book. The book tells the story of lady Rhea Claire Dominick , firstborn daughter of Sabrina and Lucien Dominick who are the duchess and ...
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Bodies Electric8 reviews
Colin Harrison
Avon Books (Mm), 1994
Again, Harrison has fulfilled my life for 2 more days.
Fantastic! That's what I could only say to you guys without any chronicle backpains. I suffered a badback again last week and had to lie down in bed for 4 days. "Bodies Electric" had lightened my painful suffering for two days and enlightened me in the meantime. When I finished it, I could not help but shaking my head awkwardly on my pillows with amazement and appreciation. This review is also ...
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Lady Vixen3 reviews
Shirlee Busbee
Avon Books (Mm), 1980
Lady Vixen
This is one of my favourite historical romances, the heroine Nicole is feisty, beautiful,and likable,and as for Christopher Lord Saxton aka Captain Saber he can swash my buckle any time!I also enjoyed all the history which obviously Ms Busbee has thoroughly researched, making it much more than a romantic novel.My copy is sadly falling to bits, and await for a reprint with anticipation.
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The Fifth Horseman9 reviews
Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre
Avon Books (Mm), 1987
A Gripping Story!
This was a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The ultimate villain Mommar Quadaffi is able to hide a nuclear bomb in New York City.He also has a team of terrorists who are loose in New York.He is then able to use the bomb as a means of leverage against the President of the United States.In the mean- time the FBI,CIA, and the New York Police Department are searching high and low to ...
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Anno Dracula24 reviews
Kim Newman
Avon Books (Mm), 1994
Fangtastic
1888 London, and Dracula is hanging out with Queen Victoria, while in Whitechapel, prostitutes are dying strange bloody deaths...
It's obvious that the author had a lot of fun writing this, and I had just as much reading it. Historical fact mixed with Newman's particular sense of whimsy and walk on parts from fictional characters from the Victorian era, it's a tremendous mixture.
The ...
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Whirlwind29 reviews
James Clavell
Avon Books (Mm), 1987
Second only to Shogun
Whirlwind is by far my second favourite of Clavell's novels. Like Shogun - and unlike some of the other novels in the series - Whirlwind abounds with compelling characters and engrossing sub-plots. If you are going to read through Clavell's work chronologically (and I do recommend this approach) I suggest you commit to following through to the end or you will miss one of Clavell's finest ...
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