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From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 8)

123 reviews
Charlaine Harris

Ace Hardcover, 2008

Delightful!
Especially after reading Hamilton's Blood Noir, From Dead to Worse was so much fun! I appreciate Harris' ability to treat the South with both respect and truth. This is definitely her best series.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

13 reviews
Mark Twain

Prestwick House Inc., 2005

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
One of the top five stories I've ever read. The voice of Huck Finn is superb; Mark Twain's story-telling style is amongst the best. Absolutely love this book, re-read it periodically, if you haven't read it do yourself a favour and get it today. Infinite number of stars.

Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook

5 reviews
Martha Hall Foose

Clarkson Potter, 2008

LOVE this book!
I was determined to make a red velvet cake the other day and thought, What Would Martha Do? As in Martha Foose, not what you're thinking....Well, lo and behold, I dare you to try out her Red Velvet Cake recipe, nothing like you have ever tried before, and leave all that food coloring back at the store. Her recipe rocks and I learned alot. Before I got started on this Red Velvet Cake ...

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)

246 reviews
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...

Harper Perennial, 2008

food education
A brilliant expose of food production in the US. The light touch makes the information palatable despite the bad news. The 3 writers are honest, keeping the struggle to eat local real. The suggestions are reasonable for most people, allowing the reader to join in the movement to eat local produce again.

To Kill a Mockingbird

1739 reviews
Harper Lee

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002

No, It Doesn't Teach You How To Kill a Mockingbird
This timeless novel by Harper Lee is a semi-autobiographical story about a girl named Scout Finch growing up in 1930's Alabama. When her father, Atticus, is assigned to defend a black man on trial for rape, Scout must learn to keep her head high in spite of the taunting and threats of a town gone "stark raving mad". Scout's brother, Jem, represents adolescence and its uncertainty, while her ...

Playing For Pizza: A Novel

252 reviews
John Grisham

Doubleday, 2007

Another great non legal book by John Grisham
John Grisham has written several non legal books and I loved reading every one of them. This one is again no exception.

Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours

26 reviews
Trisha Yearwood

Clarkson Potter, 2008

Real Down-to-Earth Cookbook
This is one of my favorite cookbooks, which is saying quite a lot, since I have over 200! The recipes are some you might remember from your mom or grandma, but with a little southern tweak to them....very tasty. The ingredients aren't hard-to-find ingredients....just things you might already have in stock. The stories written with the recipes are so interesting. They give you a little peak ...

Down River

57 reviews
John Hart

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007

Tightly written
The thriller/mystery is one of my favorite genres. I love to get lost in a great page turner, but hate being let down by a sloppy ending. Some books build to a great climax, only to fall apart in the resolution. It's disappointing when writers get themselves stuck in a corner and use some ridiculous device to get out, rendering the plot implausible. So I am delighted when a writer creates a ...

Bulls Island

35 reviews
Dorothea Benton Frank

William Morrow, 2008

Another hit for our "lowcountry" Author
I have read all of DBF's books and loved each one of them for their own characters and story. We had been searching for ocean property from NC to GA and finally settled on a little island called Daufuskie, where the Gullah lifestyle is still alive! Each book that Ms. Frank writes, makes me long for the SC coast (the low country is in SC...not the Outer Banks of NC, btw...and that is where Ms. ...

No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)

400 reviews
Cormac McCarthy

Vintage, 2007

Shocking, stunning and VERY relevant in our country today...
Right off the bat: I'm 41 years old and have been an avid reader since I was about 7 years old (when I read Watership Down), and this book quickly nestled itself into the top ten books I've ever read. If you are reading this, more than likely you have seen the movie and are interested in the book. Just remember, the book is almost always better than the movie, as is the case here. For all you ...

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club)

152 reviews
Carson McCullers

Mariner, 2004

Story that will stay with you...
This is one of my favorites! This is the first McCullers' book that I have read and it has become one of my favourites. It felt like a timeless story that could have been written only yesterday instead of in the 1930's. It also could have been written by a much older, experienced person instead of a young girl of 23 years. It is a gentle, sad story that might have been typical of small town ...

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) (Puffin Modern Classics)

456 reviews
Mildred D. Taylor

Puffin, 2004

Beautifully written
My 13 year old daughter was reading this book for school. So I thought I would join her. What better way to connect with your child than share the love of books. So I read the first page. I wasn't too sure about it, but 6 hours later, I am done with it. I couldn't put it down. Cassie is a young African-American girl who is naive to her era and the position of her race during that time. All ...

Off Season
Anne Rivers Siddons

Grand Central Publishing, 2008

Acclaimed novelist Anne Rivers Siddons's new novel is a stunning tale of love and loss. For as long as she can remember, they were Cam and Lilly--happily married, totally in love with each other, parents of a beautiful family, and partners in life. Then, after decades of marriage, it ended as every great love story does...in loss. After Cam's death, Lilly takes a lone road trip to her and Cam's favorite spot on the remote coast of Maine, the ...

Cold Sassy Tree

216 reviews
Olive Ann Burns

Mariner Books, 2007

Great stand-alone novel...
This novel is perfect in every way all on it's own. That said, there is a follow up "mostly" written by Burns titled Leaving Cold Sassy... don't go for that one. But, this one is a keeper. I was assigned this book in high school (quite a while ago) and it was one of the 1st novels that started my whole love-affair with books. I also recommend Louis L'Amour Last of the Breed (not a western, ...

Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2)

125 reviews
Charlaine Harris

Ace Books, 2002

Delicious!
As always, reading about Sookie's adventures is a delight. She's a down to earth, southern girl with an unusual ability that makes her desirable to all supernatural creatures. Her relationship with Bill is still sweet to this point, with them having a minor obstacle and jealousy running supreme. My hormones speed up again with Eric's scenes, as his humorous flirting and determined seduction is my ...

Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War

250 reviews
Tony Horwitz

Vintage, 1999

Hardcore history from the front-lines of an ongoing war
Horwitz's Pulitzer-winning background in reporting from Middle Eastern war zones was useful as he traversed the South in researching and writing Confederates in the Attic. A native of Washington, DC, great-grandson of a Russian Jewish emigrant who spent a princely sum out of his meager earnings to buy a 10-volume photographic history of the Civil War, Horwitz was a Civil War geek who grew out of ...

Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 1)

274 reviews
Charlaine Harris

Ace Books, 2001

Good Book
I am really enjoying this series. I get so wrapped up in Sookie's life as soon as I finish one book I pick up the other.

Kindred (Bluestreak Black Women Writers)

170 reviews
Octavia E. Butler

Beacon Press, 2004

An Excellent Introduction to this Writer
Unfortunately, this inspired writer recently died. I encourage ALL to review her works. This novel was my introduction to Octavia E. Butler, and I would advise any enthusiasts of speculative and science fiction to investigate it, and her multiple works!

Y'all Come Eat

17 reviews
Jamie Deen, Bobby Deen

Meredith Books, 2008

Yall I just love the Y'all come eat recipe book
I just love this recipe book. Every recipe that I have cooked is excellent. I made the pink lemonade cake for Father's day and everyone loved it. You will not be sorry if you get this book. YUMMY

All Together Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 7)

159 reviews
Charlaine Harris

Ace, 2008

A Good Book in the Middle of a Dry Run
I think that the reason I might have liked this book so much was because recently authors are in between books or just not interesting. I mean it was a good book, no lie, but I was willing to wait for it to come out as paperback before I read it. In this book the characters seemed particualrly deeper, such as Sookie and Eric, and I liked the fact that it wasn't just a new adventure but ...

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