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Review Date: 5/20/2010
This audio CD was really riveting. I'd listen to them in my car and there were many times I sat ideling in the driveway listening unti I got to the end of a chapter. Good storyline and many plot twists.
Review Date: 2/7/2018
I really enjoyed this book. There were enough credible suspects to keep me guessing almost to the very end. This story centers around a ministers wife, but is almost devoid of real religion. She goes about her everyday life, raising children, worrying about dinner, and trying to remain a happy and supportive wife while coping with parishioners who are quite judgmental. Oh and along the way getting involved in two murders and solving same. She reminded me more of a PTA mom, sucked into chairing too many committees and expected to be the "perfect" minister's partner despite her desire to be an ordinary wife and mother. Five stars and I can't wait to read the next book!
Review Date: 12/7/2015
This latest book in the series was somewhat disappointing. It has some of the same beloved vamps, but the story branches off to a new set of younger characters. Without spoiling too much of the plot, "Blood Kiss" is simply boy meets girl, and all the angst of young love.
Review Date: 6/13/2010
Helpful Score: 1
I read so much that it's not very often that a book keeps me guessing until the very end, but this book did that, and more. Twists and turns abound, it's definately a sit-down-and-read-all-the-way-through book.
Review Date: 8/11/2011
Helpful Score: 4
This is a great book in a new series. I'll be looking for future books. Anyone who has ever shopped in a mall will easily identify with the characters. The main character EJ is like many people today, trying to start over in a job that at first appears not quite a good fit. Several secondary characters (Grandpa in particular)are a hoot. Easy, fun read.
Review Date: 9/1/2019
Helpful Score: 2
I loved this book! It's about a long hidden part of WWII history, when women were recruited to fly military planes. From little towns all over America they heeded the call to serve, and learned to fly every plane available to military pilots. The shame was that they were little recognized and received no military benefits for their contribution for decades. The facts are surrounded with a great storyline about small town girls who rose to the challenge. It was only in recent years that congress recognized these brave women and awarded them the Congressional Medal and full benefits for their service.
Review Date: 6/23/2012
I had high expectations for this book and came away a little disappointed. I did enjoy the personal stories of average, everyday people (heros one and all in my book), but there just weren't enough of them.
Review Date: 11/14/2010
I liked Gould's other books because of their emphasis on sci-fi. While this book has a small sci-fi component, it's really a military, countries-at-war type book. Lots of time spent on martial arts training, which was an interesting sub-plot.
Review Date: 11/3/2010
Helpful Score: 1
This book was on my wish list for almost a year. It was well worth waiting for! At 600+ pages I read it over a weekend only because I was hooked and couldn't put it down. I finished it Sunday night/Monday morning at 4am and had to get up for work at 6am. I highly recommend this book for sci-fi fans and fans of Stephenie Meyer. Yes, it is different from the Twight books, but a star in it's own right. Very thought provoking.
Review Date: 7/7/2010
I ordered this book because I like Linda Howard and romance. I was very pleasently surprised to find that this was a time travel/sci fi theme as well, my favorite combination. A good read (or listen in the case of this CD).
Review Date: 7/25/2010
Helpful Score: 1
I really enjoyed listening to this book on CD. Although it was a crime story, it was fun following the Mom, who was insistant that her family was going to have a tradiitonal Christmas, with turkey, presents and Christmas Carols, dispite a home invasion and thugs joining them for Christmas dinner!
Review Date: 11/10/2017
I've read several books in this series, and Laying Down the Paw is a great addition. It follows several crimes that all become inter-related with Megan and her trusty K9, Bridget, on the case! An inside look at real police work and the struggle of kids from broken families who get caught up in the system. A very good read.
Review Date: 2/3/2010
Helpful Score: 2
This is the first book I've read by this author, and I loved it! It was a real page turner for me. What started out as a typical murder trial, turned into a unique yet gripping defense strategy. A great read.
Review Date: 4/9/2011
I like western settings and I also like reading about people being placed together under unexpected circumstances, so the description given for this book seemed perfect. What it doesn't say is that the content has a very religious tone. This was the first book I had read by this author so I wasn't aware of this fact. The first two stories were good, but by the time I got tothe third story it got to be a little much. It was well written and a good story about the hardships faced by western settlers if you don't mind the characters stopping every five minutes to pray about absolutely every decision that has to be made.
Review Date: 4/4/2010
Helpful Score: 6
This is a very thought provoking book. The end of the world (the United States, anyway) from an entirely different perspective. Not by a nuclear blast, but by stopping every single piece of electronics, as well as all computers. It was stunning to see just how much of our day to day life now depends on tiny computer chips. I liked that the book focused on one isolated small town and its efforts to survive. This story would make a great book club discussion. Good book.
Review Date: 9/18/2011
Helpful Score: 1
I'm not sure why so many loved this book. I thought it was boring. There wasn't one character that I really liked. While the storyline seemed promising, it was really just another story about white women going to live with Indians, and not a very good one at that.
Review Date: 7/26/2020
This was an interesting book, told from two perspectives, a young widowed mother in present day, and a young single woman during WWII. In 2012 a seven year old boy has terrible nightmares, and awakes with stories of Nazis and spies. Through a series of clues the mother matches the stories in the nightmares to the young woman in the 1940's who had a secret boyfriend who was a Nazi spy.
Review Date: 1/4/2013
I had forgotten how much fun radio "theater" can be. These are three nice old-fashioned sci-fi stories, with the added fun of great radio voices and sound affects. I was thoroughly entertained, I just regret that the CD only had three short stories.
Review Date: 8/21/2021
Helpful Score: 1
Yes, this is a fun read, a lovely Marie Bostwick story. And yes, every problem seems to wrap up neatly by the end of the book. However, I am grateful to have stumbled upon this book at this specific time in my life, which has been very tough for a variety of reasons. This story points out that life continues on day by day whether you participate, or not. Don't hide your head under the covers and hope the bad stuff goes away, take the opportunity to jump in and see where it takes you. Also, it was a reminder that there are many, many people out there that are just NICE people if you give them the chance. The last couple of years we have all been exposed to folks who have been mean, nasty and downright grumpy. It's nice to be reminded that we are surrounded by people who are willing to help when we are in need if we just give them the chance.
Review Date: 6/7/2010
This book has lots of twists and turns, and keeps your interest until the very end. A very good read.
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