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The Road (Oprah's Book Club) 1607 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
A Road To Treasure
You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine.
Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...
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Moscow Rules 92 reviews
Daniel Silva
Putnam Adult, 2008
A penetrating look at the new Russia
+ Gabriel in Moscow
+ An excellent read
+ He does it once again
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Odd Hours 171 reviews
Dean Koontz
Bantam, 2008
Has Dean Jumped the Shark?
Before anyone throws stones in my direction, I am one of those rabid fans who has read everything Dean has written. He is the one author who's books I purchase new automatically, the hardback version, the one where I have to plunk down some real bucks because I can't wait to enter Dean's world. ...
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel649 reviews
David Wroblewski
Ecco, 2008
From the inside out ...
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a rare and stunning rebuke to the ordinariness of many a lesser novel. Over nearly 600 pages, Wroblewski traces the slow arc of a boy and dog story, fairly reinventing the genre in the process. Countless passages ring with a heartbrearking purity and clarity, ...
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TailSpin (FBI Thriller, No. 12)37 reviews
Catherine Coulter
Putnam Adult, 2008
Great Service
+ Tailspin
Product arrived in condition stated and in a timely manner. Would definitely buy from this seller again.
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Plum Lucky (A Between-the-Numbers Novel)135 reviews
Janet Evanovich
St. Martin's Press, 2008
great book
+ Plum Lucky
+ Plum Lucky
+ Sheer Entertainment
+ Disappearing Leprechauns?
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Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 14) 425 reviews
Janet Evanovich
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Another Plum
if you have been around teenagers and their world at all you will love Plum 14. The language the ideas the strange characters made for an enjoyable read. For those who didn't like it... come on... you don't buy Stephanee Plum books for substance. Tons of the usual laughs in this book
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The Pagan Stone: The Sign of Seven Trilogy
Nora Roberts
Jove, 2008
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Blood Brothers and The Hollow —the conclusion to the electrifying trilogy of three men and three women who join forces—and hearts—to battle the ultimate evil.
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Swan Peak: A Dave Robicheaux Novel66 reviews
James Lee Burke
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Better than ever
+ Superb as usual
+ Man oh man, how I love Burke
+ Plots and Subplots Abound
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Down River80 reviews
John Hart
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007
THIS GUY IS GOOD!!!!
+ mystery book review
+ Should Be Six Stars
John Hart really can tell a tale! I find it hard to put his books down. If this is only his 2nd book, we are in for a literary treat. His style is up there with Grisham, only better. I highly recommend this book as a good mystery, a real page turner! I felt like I was there with the ...
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Netherland: A Novel58 reviews
Joseph O'Neill
Pantheon, 2008
Amazingly sublime
+ Lyrical and flexible prose captures relationships and sports
+ Cricket in New York
Joe O'Neill captures the angst that pervaded the city post 9/11 by channeling a collection of fascinating characters and genres.
Even if you're not a cricket fan you'll get this!
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The First Commandment: A Thriller60 reviews
Brad Thor
Pocket, 2008
the best of the bunch!
+ The Last Patriot by Brad Thor
i've read all of brad thor's books, and the first commandment is the best of the lot, so far! i've read a few flynn thrillers, and although i find them entertaining and such, i prefer thor's books.
i like his writing, plus i find "scot harvath" a more interesting characater than "mitch rapp" but ...
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The Last Patriot: A Thriller128 reviews
Brad Thor
Atria Books, 2008
Brad Thor is outstanding
+ Ntl' Treasure Meets Clive
As far as thrillers go this was very good. The characters were deep and enthralling, keeping your interest all the way through. There was enough suspense to keep you turning the pages, and plenty of action. If you enjoy Lee Child`s Jack Reacher books then this will please you. I`m a series fan and ...
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Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12) 278 reviews
Lee Child
Delacorte Press, 2008
Messing with G?d and war... still a MASTER!
First of all let me clarify something.
There's clearly a campaign in Amazon against this book.
You have hundreds of dismal reviews based on one thing only:
Child messed with WAR PROFETEERING creeps!
and the usual fascist monkeys came out to oppose this book.
Pitiful.
Specially from the ones ...
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Plague Ship (Oregon Files)56 reviews
Clive Cussler
Putnam Adult, 2008
Non-stop action
+ Cussler Is Great
+ Another nice one
This is my first Oregon Files book, and I'm hooked. The action was rapidly paced, but the characters were what made the book for me. While they are tough, they also are good people. It made you think you would really like to hang around these people, which is quite a departure from most of the ...
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The Whole Truth103 reviews
David Baldacci
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Great read
+ A James Bond look alike
+ Great condition
+ The Whole Truth
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The Shack (Special Hardcover Edition)1847 reviews
William P. Young
Windblown Media, 2007
Full of God's Grace, Love and Forgiveness
I am an evangelical pastor and just recently found this marvelous book. I have devoured it twice through already and can only wonder at the love, grace, and forgiveness found within its pages.
Some here have said that this book is not Christian but rather new ageish. Most of the negative ...
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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 ...
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The Pillars of the Earth1300 reviews
Ken Follett
NAL Trade, 2002
Great choice by Oprah
+ A must read
+ Simply Brilliant
+ A page-turner about cathedral construction? YES!
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The Host: A Novel683 reviews
Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Beautiful Host
+ Suspense, love, and betrayal...
+ Interspecies Stockholm Syndrome
No vampires appear in Meyer's latest novel, instead an alien species invades our planet and eventually the bodies of the human population. In the end most of these host lose their personality but not all. Such is the case of the young human female Melanie. She fights to keep her own identity in ...
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