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The Days of Summer by Jill Barnett
If you enjoy generational Family sagas, this is the story for you. Barnett creates characters who grow up before your eyes… two families whose lives intersect over a period of 60 years. Even before I read Barnett’s acknowledgement at the back of her book, I could tell this book was a difficult story for her to write – lots of emotion on each page, it’s a poignant story you’ll think about long after you return this book.

Dean and Me by Jerry Lewis
Okay. I didn’t find Jerry Lewis very likeable or trustworthy

Dark Demon by Christine Feehan
Really good. For those of us who love the Carpathian Vampire stories, keep them coming.

Heiress for Hire by Erin McCarthy
Loved it! Loved it! Loved it! Cute romantic story that makes you wish that a love like this could be out there for you.

Isolation Ward by Joshua Spanogle
Began slow. Too much useless information. But – it ended with a BANG! Good read!!

Killing Me Softly by Nicci French
Be careful how you pick your boyfriends!

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Interesting look at politics, literature, and women’s issues in Iran after the revolution. Hard to keep track of the characters.

Name All the Animals by Alison Smith
A very moving and well-written book.

Children of Chaos by Dave Duncan
An excellent SF/Fantasy book.

Parting Shot by Jonathan Stone
Lots of twists and turns that keep you turning the pages. Good book but not interested in the author’s style of writing. A little too quick for me – only took 3 ½ hours to read.

Man from Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller
You’re going to love the hero in this one. Sam O’Ballivan is an undercover Ranger masquerading as a schoolmaster in the old west Arizona territory bordering Mexico. Sam’s an alpha hero with a strong beta side. He’s not afraid to show his “soft inner core” to the heroine, postmistress Maddy Chancellor. Miller creates characters you’ll love and villains you’ll hate. You’ll cheer for the guys in “white hats” and you’ll wish Miller wrote a longer epilogue so you didn’t have to leave the dust and tumbleweeds of the old west. Oh well, there’s always her sequel.

The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
Great inclusion of Native American spirituality in a mystery.

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Excellent – best development of characters I have ever read.

Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert
I think it’s about time [someone] got his head out of his [***] re: global warming and climate change so the U.S. can be a leader, not a joke.

The Seventh Scroll by Wilbur Smith
Learned about the construction of Pharoahs’ tombs and a good action story.

Sea Change by Robert B. Parker
I saw the TV show with Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone and when I saw this book was a Jesse Stone story, I knew I would read it. Very good mystery – used that four letter word a little too much – but I would like to read more Jesse Stone mysteries. I like the main character’s attitude towards his job as police chief.

Sex and the Single Zillionaire by Thomas Perkins
Cute book. He was encouraged to write by Danielle Steel, one of my favorite authors!

Fledgling by Octavia Butler
Better than average vampire story.
(I thought this was an excellent variation on the vampire story. The Fledgling is a genetically engineered vampire who is persecuted for what she is. It’s very saddening to know that this will be the last of Ms. Butler’s works.)