The Widow's Tale (Dame Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)8 reviews Margaret Frazer Berkley, 2006 A top-notch entry in an excellent series. + What fun - and it didn't keep jolting me with historical blunders! + A seamless tale of treachery and murder. + This series just gets better and better             Serpent Mage (The Death Gate Cycle, Vol 4)23 reviews Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman Spectra, 1993 really good book + Serpent Mage - My favorite so far!!!!!! + 4th Book in a Very Good Series The setting of the fourth book in the magnificent Death Gate series is when Haplo, one of the many main characters, arrives in the nexus after traveling through deaths gate from Abarrach is punished by the Lord of the Nexus before he is sent to Chelstrea, but when he arrives at Chelstrea, he ...             Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding)36 reviews Bruce Alexander Berkley, 1995 Blind Justice + Very Nice, Enjoyable Characters, Good Mystery + Truth Stranger Than Fiction + 19th-Century Retromystery + A Different Time and Style             Incident at Badamya9 reviews Dorothy Gilman Fawcett, 1990 D.Gillam books + Intriguing and Captivating + Gilman does it once more + another winner from Dorothy Gilman + Good read from a travel/mystery fan             Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)3594 reviews J.K. Rowling Scholastic Paperbacks, 2006 Gotta love HP! + A little bit of a dissapointment compared to Order + gift + Can't say enough             Rules of Engagement16 reviews Bruce Alexander Putnam Adult, 2005 A truly wonderful series! + Sir John's Final Adventure This is the eleventh and last installment in the Sir John Fielding series because Mr. Alexander passed away as he was writing it. This book was a true gift since it was completed by his wife and another renowned author, and they both did a wonderful job bringing this beautiful series to an end. ...             A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael40 reviews Ellis Peters Mysterious Press, 1994 Faith, Peace, and Murder + This being the first chronicle of Brother Cadfael + Cadfael Begins + The first Cadfael and a great mystery             Key Lime Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen Mysteries With Recipes)38 reviews Joanne Fluke Kensington, 2007 Mystery lover + More fun than a County fair! + Better than the last entry I really like Joanne Fluke, but this book is one of the best yet. I actually made the peach bread recipie from it.             Sons of Yocahu: A Saga of the Tainos' Devastation on Hispaniola3 reviews Gloria Bond S & S Press, 2007 Best Read of the Year + Sons of Yocahu + A Compelling Saga I found the story--the narrative--riveting for its own sake. I was also appropriately horrified by the metaphor. This is a "man's inhumanity to man" story based on the worst manifestation of egomania gone mad. Because the tale is a cautionary fable, it informs, once again, that brutality thrives ...             The India Fan17 reviews Victoria Holt Ivy Books, 1989 Loved it! + Romance and India. + Romance and the East India Company. + my very first VH book!!! + My Second V.H book!             Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus136 reviews Orson Scott Card Tor, 1997 Unforgettable + Just read it. + Present Food Crisis in Likely Future Scenerio + Sci-fi meets hi-fi             The Ships of Earth: Homecoming: Volume 3 (Homecoming Saga)30 reviews Orson Scott Card Tor Science Fiction, 1995 The journey to the ships General Moozh is now the leader of Basilica, but Nafai and his family must leave their home for good. The Oversoul has given them a quest, but everyone in the quest is not completely behind it. The Ships of Earth is the story of eight couples, married and not, family and not, loving and not, and ...             The Railway Detective (Inspector Robert Colbeck)9 reviews Edward Marston Allison & Busby, 2005 Good, straight mystery in an interesting genre The Victorian detective mystery is a classic genere but it goes for a ride in a different direction, on an early train, in Marston's THE RAILWAY DETECTIVE. Before there was Sherlock Holmes, there was Detective Robert Colbeck of Scotland Yard, proto-railfan and serious investigator. In 1851, he ...             A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax10 reviews Dorothy Gilman Fawcett, 1985 Good Clean Fun! + More Pollifax + Mrs. Pollifax in Switzerland Mrs. Pollifax an intrepid senior citizen who works for the CIA, is sent to a Swiss medical clinic to investigate stolen Plutonium. Along the way, she gets involved with a mysterious jewel thief, a precocious child, and sunbathing diva. Can Mrs. Pollifax discover WHO is smuggling the plutonium, and ...             The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax45 reviews Dorothy Gilman Fawcett, 1985 Unexpectedly Amazing!!! + Mrs Pollifax renewed + You're never too old! + Mom liked it + Her adventures are truly unexpected             Alas, Babylon268 reviews Pat Frank Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 Late Comer to a Good Book + A classic tale that still holds up today + Reqd reading in High School + One of the books I remembered most + Crap characters, excellent setting and premise             The Call of Earth41 reviews Orson Scott Card Tor Science Fiction, 1994 Great Book! This is a great book! The whole series is wonderful-- it definitely makes you think!             The White Mountains109 reviews John Christopher Simon Pulse, 2003 Fantastic read for teens + Exceptional and Memorable + The White Mountains + Greatest Juvenile Science Fiction novels I ever read + A Robotic Revolution             Sarah: Women of Genesis70 reviews Orson Scott Card Forge Books, 2001 Even atheists like this book! + I recommend it! + Not sci-fi- but as well crafted as always Well, this atheist does, anyway. I found the first in Card's Women of Genesis series to be engaging and exciting reading. Being a great fan of "ancient times" historical fiction, I have never been opposed to cracking open a good Biblical fiction novel in spite of my personal beliefs (or lack ...             The Seventh Gate: A Death Gate Novel, Volume 7 (Death Gate Cycle)61 reviews Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman Spectra, 1995 Hung on every word about Haplo and Marit I have to agree with other reviewers that the comparative lack of depth in the concluding novel was a little disappointing. But I absolutely HAD to find out what happened to Haplo and Marit's relationship. I think this would be a great movie in the hands of a capable director. Maybe cast Thomas ...