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Ceremony in Death (In Death) 48 reviews
J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts
Berkley, 1997
Another Winner!
+ Going Deeper
+ Ceremony in Death
+ revue
+ Great
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Whitethorn Woods (Vintage) 83 reviews
Maeve Binchy
Anchor, 2008
A Very Good Read
+ Heartwarming, Enjoyable Read
+ Echoes of my Irish parents
+ Whitethorn Woods
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Have a Nice Doomsday: Why Millions of Americans Are Looking Forward to the End of the World (P.S.)5 reviews
Nicholas Guyatt
Harper Perennial, 2007
Believe It or Not, Prophecy Affects You
+ The End Of The World As They Know It (And They Feel Fine)
+ The phrophetic world is a murky world
+ Bringing on the crazy! A character study
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99 Coffins: A Historical Vampire Tale5 reviews
David Wellington
Three Rivers Press, 2007
A bloody superb tale.
+ Great read. Had me hooked. Better than 13 Bullets.
+ Better than 13 Bullets
+ Awesome read!
+ Creepy vamps
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Later, at the Bar: A Novel in Stories25 reviews
Rebecca Barry
Simon & Schuster, 2007
Bittersweet Barflies
+ Great Depiction of Upstate New York
+ a 5-star book with a 3-star end
+ A Must Read
+ Rebecca Barry understands the drinking world!
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Crooked Little Vein: A Novel51 reviews
Warren Ellis
William Morrow, 2007
Subversive counter-culture satire of detective genre -- great fun!
+ A disturbingly shocking journey into the limits of bad taste.
+ warren ellis is awesome
Having read some of Ellis's graphic novels, I knew to expect a richly imagined urban landscape filled with the extremes of human behavior, and I wasn't disappointed. By utilzing the genre roadmap of the detective novel, Ellis is able to give free reign to his wonderfully absurdist digressions and ...
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The Ill-Made Mute (The Bitterbynde, Book 1)156 reviews
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Aspect, 2002
A disappointment after its terrific beginning
This book has a terrific beginning in close third-person as a mute, amnesia-stricken youth with a disfigured face escapes imprisonment. He is grudgingly taken in by an old serving woman in a huge manor-tower reminiscent of Mervin Peake's Gormenghast series with its elaborate hierarchies of ...
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Heartsick 81 reviews
Chelsea Cain
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007
Great book
+ Heart Sick
+ Great Read
I'm not sure why all the negative about the book, there's a lot to like. I was very impressed Chelsea Cain, including her development of her characters and her plot. This was a book that I could not put down and I read it in 2 days. Its an easy and enjoyable read that I recommend to anybody.
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Beguilement (The Sharing Knife, Book 1)90 reviews
Lois Mcmaster Bujold
Eos, 2007
Bujold- need I say more?
This woman can write. I have never read anything of hers that I didn't like, and this is no exception. I am interested to see where she is going with this series.
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99 Coffins: A Historical Vampire Tale5 reviews
David Wellington
Three Rivers Press, 2007
A bloody superb tale.
+ Great read. Had me hooked. Better than 13 Bullets.
+ Better than 13 Bullets
+ Awesome read!
+ Creepy vamps
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Ceremony in Death (In Death)48 reviews
J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts
Berkley, 1997
Another Winner!
+ Going Deeper
+ Ceremony in Death
+ revue
+ Great
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Crooked Little Vein: A Novel51 reviews
Warren Ellis
William Morrow, 2007
Subversive counter-culture satire of detective genre -- great fun!
+ A disturbingly shocking journey into the limits of bad taste.
+ warren ellis is awesome
Having read some of Ellis's graphic novels, I knew to expect a richly imagined urban landscape filled with the extremes of human behavior, and I wasn't disappointed. By utilzing the genre roadmap of the detective novel, Ellis is able to give free reign to his wonderfully absurdist digressions and ...
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Later, at the Bar: A Novel in Stories25 reviews
Rebecca Barry
Simon & Schuster, 2007
Bittersweet Barflies
+ Great Depiction of Upstate New York
+ a 5-star book with a 3-star end
+ A Must Read
+ Rebecca Barry understands the drinking world!
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Have a Nice Doomsday: Why Millions of Americans Are Looking Forward to the End of the World (P.S.)5 reviews
Nicholas Guyatt
Harper Perennial, 2007
Believe It or Not, Prophecy Affects You
+ The End Of The World As They Know It (And They Feel Fine)
+ The phrophetic world is a murky world
+ Bringing on the crazy! A character study
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Heartsick81 reviews
Chelsea Cain
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007
Great book
+ Heart Sick
+ Great Read
I'm not sure why all the negative about the book, there's a lot to like. I was very impressed Chelsea Cain, including her development of her characters and her plot. This was a book that I could not put down and I read it in 2 days. Its an easy and enjoyable read that I recommend to anybody.
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Beguilement (The Sharing Knife, Book 1)90 reviews
Lois Mcmaster Bujold
Eos, 2007
Bujold- need I say more?
This woman can write. I have never read anything of hers that I didn't like, and this is no exception. I am interested to see where she is going with this series.
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The Ill-Made Mute (The Bitterbynde, Book 1)156 reviews
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Aspect, 2002
A disappointment after its terrific beginning
This book has a terrific beginning in close third-person as a mute, amnesia-stricken youth with a disfigured face escapes imprisonment. He is grudgingly taken in by an old serving woman in a huge manor-tower reminiscent of Mervin Peake's Gormenghast series with its elaborate hierarchies of ...
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Whitethorn Woods (Vintage)83 reviews
Maeve Binchy
Anchor, 2008
A Very Good Read
+ Heartwarming, Enjoyable Read
+ Echoes of my Irish parents
+ Whitethorn Woods
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