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Review Date: 12/29/2013
A very enjoyable, fast paced read in the Women's Murder Club series. The usual high quality Patterson work, dealing with two mysteries and three of the women's relationships. Looking forward to the 12th installment!!
Review Date: 11/11/2012
This is an incredibly powerful book. I have read it many times, particularly when you think you are getting more than you can handle in life. I found my copy at Goodwill and bought it on a lark. It was money well spent. His story will stay with you for a long time.
Review Date: 11/1/2012
This book is phenomenal. It is a true eye opener into the far reachig costs of what we buy, how much we own and even what we eat. It must be read, it will change your habits.
Review Date: 9/16/2013
I have really enjoyed this book. It is written in a gentle pace, about a couple who plan for seven years then sail from Canada to the Carribbean for 2 years. One of the couple is a seasoned sailor, the other recreational at best. Their exploration of their stopping points, as well as a few recipes of local foods are great. They paint a great picture of their adventures, though not all smooth sailing! A fast and enjoyable read.
Review Date: 11/17/2012
Helpful Score: 1
Bill Bryson turns his eye into his own home in this thick but interesting book. Each room teaches you something about English history, or gives details about how pieces of furniture came into use . It is typical of his writing, it meanders from one topic to the next, but in an interesting and engaging way. If you are a fan of his other books you should enjoy this one. Each chapter can be read independently, you can hopscotch through the book without losing the theme.
Review Date: 1/29/2024
This was quite a page turner. It is number 11 in a series but my first by the author. I did not notice missing anything jumping this far into the series. The book twisted and turned until the very end! Was the perfect book for a long day of air travel, could not put it down!
Review Date: 11/17/2012
Helpful Score: 3
Donna Leon's books are a wonderful way to armchair travel to Venice. While they are police mysteries, they are not as gory as the Cornwell or Slaughter series of books. The books in her collection do not need to be read in sequence. This one deals with a murder of one of the African illegal aliens who sell knockoff items to tourists there. It meanders into something different and larger. A fairly fast read but on where you learn a bit about Italy, food, politics and Italian feelings towards immigrants.
Review Date: 2/16/2014
Helpful Score: 2
This was one of those 'Meaning to read' for years books. I finally bought the anniversary edition, read it and was wowed. It almost seemed like a believable episode of the Twilight Zone. I enjoyed the futuristic aspect of it, and the book as a whole much more than I expected to. It certainly is a terrifying future for any book lover here on Paperbackswap!
Review Date: 10/19/2012
This is quite different from her other works, and is unusual in that it is not based on a painting. It is a study of two families brought together by their daughters in a cemetary visiting their respective families deceased. One family is quite well to do, the other aspiring yet middle class and conservative. The girls grow up during the suffragette movement, and it affects their lives in good and horrible ways.
Not one of Chevaliers top works, but an enjoyable read nonetheless. It was interesting to read about post Victorian domestic life, particularly the cumbersome traditions and dress associated with mourning.
Not one of Chevaliers top works, but an enjoyable read nonetheless. It was interesting to read about post Victorian domestic life, particularly the cumbersome traditions and dress associated with mourning.
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
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Review Date: 5/30/2013
Helpful Score: 1
This book is an incredibly enjoyable read into the history of Chinese food as eaten in America. Written by a Chinese American reporter, it covers a range of topics from the creation of fortune cookies ( not by Chinese) to the agencies that send new immigrants to work in Chinese restaurants all over the country, to the General Tso of the chicken fame. It is an easy yet interesting book , and you will likely be unfamiliar with most of the topics covered. I am learning an incredible amount and will never eat chow mein without thinking of the workers behind it again !
Review Date: 11/17/2012
Helpful Score: 2
A sweet little graphic novel about a girls stay in Paris with her mom. It reminded me of reading someone's scrapbook about a holiday. It was enjoyable in a different way than the usual sort of travelog type novels.
Front Row : Anna Wintour: What Lies Beneath the Chic Exterior of Vogue's Editor in Chief
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Review Date: 5/17/2015
This book, like Oppenheimer's others are like eating a guilty dessert. Maybe not the best thing for you, but enjoyable once in a while. The book is an extremely well research less than flattering bio of the editor of American Vogue.
I knew next to nothing about Wintour before reading it, and found it an interesting story of the fashion and magazine world, and her family's role in it. She comes off as someone who was never afraid to use her feminine wiles, but while that and family connections got her in the door, skill kept her there. This was after a rocky start at several other magazines.
She had an interesting upbringing, bedfellows and behavior. This is a fairly quick entertaining read.
I knew next to nothing about Wintour before reading it, and found it an interesting story of the fashion and magazine world, and her family's role in it. She comes off as someone who was never afraid to use her feminine wiles, but while that and family connections got her in the door, skill kept her there. This was after a rocky start at several other magazines.
She had an interesting upbringing, bedfellows and behavior. This is a fairly quick entertaining read.
Ice Cold (aka The Killing Place) (Rizzoli & Isles, Bk 8)
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Review Date: 11/17/2012
Helpful Score: 2
It was a good page turner for people familiar with the Rizzoli and Isles series and characters. Interesting to see them in a different backdrop ( northwest, snowy desolate area) instead of Boston. One of the sort of books you stay up until 3 am to see what is happening and why. Do not read when you have an early start the next day!
Review Date: 2/1/2014
Loads of recipes with...chicken. None are horrendously complicated, and the majority of recipes do not have difficult to find ingredients. Great ideas when you are tired of the same old recipes.
Nathaniel's Nutmeg : or, The True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
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Review Date: 11/15/2013
Helpful Score: 2
A very interesting read. I had no idea that, in the desperation to cut out the middleman, the British tried a northern route to get to Asia. It is interesting to think, when in the grocery store with the ease of purchasing ANY spice, the lengths people went to to obtain them, and the profit associated with them.
Review Date: 7/19/2014
A very worthwhile read that explains what nations the US needs to ally with, which ones we need to cut loose and which we need to be wary of in the coming decade. Friedman explains succinctly why coming to some nations' aid- while the right thing to do on a humanistic level, will leave us behind the eight ball.
This book is a non partisan look at how we need to approach diplomatic relations, and gives much food for thought.
This book is a non partisan look at how we need to approach diplomatic relations, and gives much food for thought.
No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel
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Review Date: 12/29/2013
This book is quite a page turner! It is an interesting look at her dysfunctional childhood, the model heydey of the 70s and 80s and her life beyond. She is a perfectly imperfect person and makes no bones about it. She is quite a good writer, topic and style easily keep your interest!
Review Date: 12/7/2012
Helpful Score: 4
This is a quietly astounding book. The author tells of life in North Korea through the eyes of six people from the same area who defected to South Korea. Life there is unimaginable, perhaps due not to communism itself, but how it was 'doled out' by The Kim 'dynasty'. Hereditary communism .....is something that causes suffering for all but the elite.
The six people interviewed were from different socio economic groups, as well as raised in different levels of belief and support in and of the regime. It takes some longer than others to realize the situation they are in. The stories told during the famine will make you cry, it is almost incomprehensible that so many people suffered in this day and age .
The six people interviewed were from different socio economic groups, as well as raised in different levels of belief and support in and of the regime. It takes some longer than others to realize the situation they are in. The stories told during the famine will make you cry, it is almost incomprehensible that so many people suffered in this day and age .
Review Date: 5/11/2013
This is an incredible look into life in North Korea. It is based on extensive interviews with several who have fled the country. Many of those were 'privileged' at some point in their life while living in the North. The description of how the country was divided, how towns and even apartments have those who watch over the behavior of others was amazing. I had never known that the capital was not merely a city - but a place you could live ONLY if you were part of the favored- a sort of reward.
The author does not denigrate communism as such, I did not read this as a political bashing book but more of an insight into the unique communism /inherited leadership. The behavior forced on the people by the Kim's in incredible. WELL worth a read.
The author does not denigrate communism as such, I did not read this as a political bashing book but more of an insight into the unique communism /inherited leadership. The behavior forced on the people by the Kim's in incredible. WELL worth a read.
Review Date: 8/28/2013
Avery quick paced and fascinating read. Lehane travels back in time to the early 1950s for this book, and it provides an interesting peek into the mindset of post ww2 vets as well as the treatment of mental health then, which was on the cusp of changing from lobotomies and locking people away, to pharmacology.
E twists and turns will keep you guessing until the last page, then thinking and guessing some more! Well worth a read.
E twists and turns will keep you guessing until the last page, then thinking and guessing some more! Well worth a read.
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