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Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos
Review Date: 8/14/2006
Helpful Score: 1


Robert Lawson is a treasure and deserves a revival. Unforgettable scenes in this book!


Birth to Maturity: A Study in Psychological Development
Birth to Maturity: A Study in Psychological Development
Author: Jerome Kagan, Howard Moss
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 7/30/2006


Immerses you in the arc of an individual's development. Illuminating.


Blanche Cleans Up
Blanche Cleans Up
Author: Barbara Neely
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 5
Review Date: 8/28/2006


Blanche is invigorating, never gets nothing for nothing, and always triumphs. Read and feel exhilarated.


Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White, Bk 1)
Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White, Bk 1)
Author: Barbara Neely
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 8/28/2006


Blanche is invigorating, never gets nothing for nothing, and always triumphs. Damn, BarbaraNeely can write. Read and feel exhilarated.


Blanche Passes Go
Blanche Passes Go
Author: Barbara Neely
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
 9
Review Date: 8/28/2006


Blanche is invigorating, never gets nothing for nothing, and always triumphs. Read and feel exhilarated.


Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula, Bk 1)
Review Date: 8/14/2006
Helpful Score: 2


Sweet and funny with interesting personalities (so to speak).


The Convenient Marriage
The Convenient Marriage
Author: Georgette Heyer
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 1.5/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 10/25/2013


Not her best work--somewhat formulaic--and rather carelessly characterized. But hey, what do I know?


Epicurean Delight: The Life and Times of James Beard
Review Date: 9/1/2006


A tell-almost-all biography of the iconic James Beard. A good read! plus recipes.


Exit the Milkman (Peter Shandy Mysteries)
Exit the Milkman (Peter Shandy Mysteries)
Author: Charlotte MacLeod
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/22/2012


As the Shandys trundle on, CM gets ever more fantasticical. In her hands, though, it works fine.


Friday Night at Hodges' Cafe
Friday Night at Hodges' Cafe
Author: Tim Egan
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 2
Review Date: 9/11/2006


This is a sweetie book--understated, suitable for funny voices, with a plausible resolution.


Review Date: 7/30/2006
Helpful Score: 1


Reads like a conversation (which it is).


J.beard Theor&practice
J.beard Theor&practice
Author: James Beard
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 9/1/2006


Full of good recipes and tips for a cook who wants a clear path, basics and more.


Native Tongue
Native Tongue
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 10/19/2006


Another wild Hiaaasen ride, featuring the usual assortment of types in new configurations, well-written, with the usual unbelievably funny riffs.


Pierre : A Continuous Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue
Pierre : A Continuous Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue
Author: Maurice Sendak
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 8/8/2010


Sendak does so much with what appears to be so little.


Power in the Helping Professions
Review Date: 7/30/2006


Worth your time.


Spring 1978
Spring 1978
Author: Tcontinuum
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 7/29/2006


1978 volume of Spring, one of the better publications of Jungian thought and analytical psychology. Includes a rather astute piece on dreams by James Hillman.


Sugar and Spite (Savannah Reid, Bk 5)
Sugar and Spite (Savannah Reid, Bk 5)
Author: G. A. McKevett
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/22/2012
Helpful Score: 1


Perfunctory, formulaic. Yet I kept reading, and I read the next one too. This series shouldn't work, but it works anyhow. Lightest of light reading.


Wishes
Wishes
Author: Jude Deveraux
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 8/14/2006


It's wish-fulfillment for the reader too, and the problem with that would be what, now?


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