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Review Date: 10/20/2024
Enjoyed how the book was about different mysteries but which had a common element. When I read the description I thought all were related, but, actually just one common element. Good writing style, kept me engaged from chapter to chapter.
Review Date: 5/17/2024
I was excited to read this book by our former chief. I admit I only finished 1/2 of it. Too much corruption and violence - and typical of books by men (sorry, that's my experience) too much titillation - it's not necessary to getting the point across about the rapist or the sex addicts.
Part of my disappointment is also that I thought it would take place in San Jose as that is where I knew him as a chief, but it takes place in San Francisco. Never make assumptions.
Part of my disappointment is also that I thought it would take place in San Jose as that is where I knew him as a chief, but it takes place in San Francisco. Never make assumptions.
The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War
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Review Date: 2/13/2023
I might be biased as I don't like Biographies or History much, but went into hoping for insights. Found a lot of philandering talked about and lots of political give and take that didn't enlighten me. I was very surprised at the conditions that heads of government stayed in during their conference. Even though it is called the Daughters of Yalta, I don't think I really absorbed much about any of them.
Review Date: 1/6/2016
OK, I'm cheating, I'm about 2/3 done, but I find the book easy to read, thought provoking, with memorable quotes I have added to my quote book. I am enjoying this series by Kathy Herman and will be purchasing others soon.
Review Date: 8/17/2023
An interesting novel. I felt it was a bit too long but I kept reading it to the end to find out how it ended. I believed one thing, then they twisted it and I thought something else, only to be proven initially correct at the end. That to me is good writing.
Review Date: 2/3/2022
Enjoyed reading this book. Especially when I make one assumption and that gets turned on its head by the writer. Good job!
Review Date: 5/5/2022
I've been taught to look at Bible readings from different perspectives. This book accomplished that! I would never have thought to look at the Jesus' last days from the perspective of a dog. I applaud the writer's imagination to get into the mind of a dog.
Review Date: 2/13/2023
I really had to slog through this book. Touted as a woman comes into her power, but I felt the main story was about the man who travels to the court of the King in a distant land. I was pretty lost so often, trying to write down the different names for what appeared to be the same people at different times in the book. I even took to the discussion questions and answers to see if there was more I missed and couldn't understand those!
Review Date: 7/18/2016
I love Kathy Herman's writing style, but I guess I'm reading this book at the wrong time what with so many tragedies here in the US. It is a timely reminder that there are good people of all faiths and races.
Review Date: 9/30/2022
A thriller, but seems highly unbelievable (aren't most of them). No way that one person to avoid Secret Service so many times. Politics can be seedy and this book definitely leaned toward that. There were some redeeming aspects of the characters, and I enjoyed the book, but in the end I felt it went on too long.
Review Date: 6/7/2023
Alice and Grant - six years separated, never divorced, Alice is notified by police that he has died. His wallet found in the rubble of a home that exploded, possibly by accident. She goes up into the moors to see the place, unsure why, but it calls to her. There she runs into Max and Jenna (siblings).
Chatting with them she finds out Jenna is Grant's girlfriend and Max is writing a book about the house and ghost hunting.
The book sets out to answer:
Was Grant killed on purpose or accident?
Did the ghost of the house have a hand in it?
Who is the ghost of the house on the moor?
Chatting with them she finds out Jenna is Grant's girlfriend and Max is writing a book about the house and ghost hunting.
The book sets out to answer:
Was Grant killed on purpose or accident?
Did the ghost of the house have a hand in it?
Who is the ghost of the house on the moor?
Review Date: 1/19/2024
Fairly interesting. Seemed like it ran on too long. Even though the Grandmother was very ahead of her time in doing what she did, it was still believable, almost. Left wondering in the end where the monetary resources came from to sustain her. I half expected one outcome, but was glad in the end that it worked out as it did.
Review Date: 8/17/2023
Overall the book was interesting. A bit sci-fi for me, but heck we now do have AI and it could be embodied in these machine friends. I never figured out where this took place and always thought it was not the US, but toward the end I read bits that made it sound like it was. Truly - the where does not change the book. I felt sad for most of the characters and couldn't imagine the world they lived in. But, then, I couldn't imagine living the 1500 or 1600's either!
Review Date: 7/26/2017
Not an easy book to read as the scenario seems unbelieveable and the reader keeps trying to put themselves into that situation, yet we don't have the capacity to truly understand it in this age of instant communication and gratification. Terri did a great job of intuiting how people might react. Not sure how this could span 4 books yet, but since I love this author and her writing style, I'm going to stick with it.
Review Date: 3/5/2015
I enjoyed this read. The author has done a good job of speaking in the voice of one who is waiting to find out what happened.
Review Date: 8/6/2012
An easy read in that it was fast, but it may make you dislike emergency services for a little while. I found her strength to be inspiring. Also, if you need them there are good resources listed in the book.
Review Date: 9/29/2020
Enjoyable, quick read. At first I thought I was shorted when to came to chapter 7 and it ended, but I found that it ended at a good point. Coming from a large family, I connected with both the Mother and the Daughter from whose point of view the book was written.
Review Date: 6/7/2023
Main characters are Sgt Guy Poole - a young newly assigned Sgt to the small town of Bexford. Trying to shake off his past. Assigned to work with Det Sam Brock, a man with his own reputation (the cursed detective - all his partners get hurt or die). On his first day they draw a case wherein a body was being buried but due to a lot of rain, someone noticed an elbow sticking out of the mud, so they had a murder to solve. Who did it? I had my suspicions but I didn't piece it all together until close to the end myself. Enjoyed the writing style.
Review Date: 6/5/2023
Helpful Score: 1
Overall I was happy with the book. The book within the book I thought was better than the story around the story.
Prayers and Rituals at a Time of Illness and Dying: The Practices of Five World Religions
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Review Date: 3/18/2014
An excellent pocket guide to help those who are sitting with the dying and their family. Found many helpful prayers and a good summary of different religious beliefs.
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