Certain Girls: A Novel160 reviews
Jennifer Weiner

Atria, 2008

LOVED IT.

+ Lacks the magic
+ Weiner Delivers a Range of Emotions and Likeable Characters - Recommended!

I am surprised to see that many Good In Bed readers didn't LOVE this book. Is it because of the end? I guess I am not a happily ever after person. To me, Good in Bed is all about Mothers and Daughters and the JOY (no pun intended) that comes from that bond....even though it's a small part of the ...
  
  











  



  
Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 6)331 reviews
J.R. Ward

Signet, 2008

LOVING PHURY

+ Phury/Cormia's story OK, rest of the book AWESOME!!!

I thought this book was incredible! I love the changes she is making and the direction she is taking in this series...Ward is brillant! The Black Dagger Brotherhood is the BEST vampire series of ALL time! Looking forward to more...can't wait for Rehv!
  
  











  



  
Sail140 reviews
James Patterson, Howard Roughan

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

Good mystery book

+ Great classic James Patterson
+ Pleased customer
+ James Patterson Book
  
  











  



  
Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 16)294 reviews
Laurell K. Hamilton

Berkley Hardcover, 2008

The stories have changed, but they're not bad!

+ love it

Ok, so I've read EVERY single book that LKH has written. Yes, her stories have changed to become a lot more about sex (a little ironic especially for the Anita Blake series since Anita started off as Ms. Chastity Belt). Still, it doesn't make the stories bad. That being said, I like romance ...
  
  











  



  
A Young Girl's Crimes (uncensored and uncut)35 reviews
David Rehak

CreateSpace, 2008

an unusual book

+ The rebel emo girl of the 1950's
+ WHAT IS NORMAL? Here's the story of pervy baddie Flora Darby becoming churchy goodie
+ good book! two thumbs up!!
  
  











  



  
The Miracle at Speedy Motors: The New Novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series (No. 1 Ladies' ...80 reviews
Alexander Mccall Smith

Pantheon, 2008

Another hit for Alexander McCall Smith

+ Endearing
+ One of the better of the series
+ Best in series
+ another great read in a terrific series
  
  











  



  
Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries)102 reviews
John Sandford

Putnam Adult, 2008

Masterful jewel

+ Lucas is still hot as every.
+ Another hit for Sandford

Sandford has his hero, Lucas Davenport, currently of the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, musing early that life is just chaotic, happenings that save, or take, lives. Weather, his wife and a medical doctor, believes in cause-and-effect. After a bloodily murderous story, Davenport convincingly ...
  
  











  



  
Days of Infamy48 reviews
Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen

Thomas Dunne Books, 2008

A well spun tale of what could have happened after December 7

+ Great book
+ Well Written

I was unaware of the "alternative history" approach the authors took in this novel, and was expecting more of a personal narrative from different points of view. Imagine my surprise when Yamamoto launched the third attack wave on Pearl Harbor! As I was reading it, I was thinking, "That didn't ...
  
  











  



  
Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation117 reviews
Sheila Weller

Atria, 2008

Loved Girls Like Us

I loved this book. Being from the 60's generation I found myself actually being there with these real life enterainers. These singers and song writers were part of my youth and to read about their lives was such a treat. Sheila Weller has once again scored an A+.
  
  











  



  
The Front219 reviews
Patricia Cornwell

Putnam Adult, 2008

Can't Wait to read

Looking forward to reading this - purchased several Cornwell books and reading them in order of date published. Excellent author!
  
  











  



  
Loving Frank: A Novel191 reviews
Nancy Horan

Ballantine Books, 2008

An Amazing Book

+ well don
+ Interesting, especially if you don't know much about Wright

I read this book based on a recommendation from a friend. Even though I am not usually a fan of historical fiction, I was interested, as I have been to Falling Water and knew a few things- or so I thought- about Frank Lloyd Wright. I was truly captivated by this book. Loving Frank tells of the ...
  
  











  



  
The Plague of Doves: A Novel35 reviews
Louise Erdrich

Harper, 2008

Erdrich has outdone even herself

+ The Plague of Doves
+ Magnificent
+ The Ways We Need Each Other
  
  











  



  
Hold Tight135 reviews
Harlan Coben

Dutton Adult, 2008

Harlan Coben is Magic

+ Good thriller that goes too many places
+ A Gripping Tale
+ Coben at his best
+ Harlan Coben Never Disappoints
  
  











  



  
Crippled Dreams & Love and Madness1 review
David Rehak

CreateSpace, 2008

long-ago settings, timeless themes

These two novels in one now re-published are already separately reviewed a bunch of times, probably far more effectively than I ever could manage, but I just wanted to add one thing. I'm amazed by the economy of words, never is a word wasted on unnecessary prose. The plot moves the story for long ...
  
  











  



  
When You Are Engulfed in Flames252 reviews
David Sedaris

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

Sedaris Delivers a Hilarious Must-Have!

+ Not his best, but still fantastic
+ If you like Sedaris, you like Sedaris
+ Sedaris's best yet
+ Sedaris; Just what you expect.
  
  











  



  
The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II41 reviews
Jeff Shaara

Ballantine Books, 2008

Shaara's latest dives into well-worn field of D-Day & Normandy

+ A great read
+ Fantastic!
+ Great for a Moderate History Buff!
  
  











  



  
The Whole Truth103 reviews
David Baldacci

Grand Central Publishing, 2008

Great read

+ A James Bond look alike
+ Great condition
+ The Whole Truth
  
  











  



  
Careless in Red: A Novel130 reviews
Elizabeth George

Harper, 2008

Thomas Lynley continues his journey

+ Careless in Red

....metaphorically speaking. This is a first for George. As with all of her stories featuring Thomas Lynley there is a crime which must be solved, but in this case the crime is really incidental to the main thrust of the story, which is Lynley's journey (both physically and emotionally ...
  
  











  



  
Dark Desires After Dusk (The Immortals After Dark, Book 5)65 reviews
Kresley Cole

Pocket, 2008

Too funny for words!

+ Dark Desires Will Overcome Your Senses
+ Holly and Cadeon
+ Reading Out Of Order
  
  











  



  
Nick of Time33 reviews
Ted Bell

St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

Great gift for the grandson.

+ Fabulous! I can't wait for the rest of my family to read it!
+ Funformative
+ Outstanding book
+ a pretty good book so far