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Saving Fish from Drowning (Paperback)
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Published: Ballantine Books, 09/01/2006
Eleven Americans embark upon an art history tour of Burma planned by their recently murdered friend, San Francisco socialite Bibi Chen. Bibi's ghost follows the group as they make changes to her trip and encounter dangers along the way. This isn't your typical Amy Tan but I really enjoyed this trip to Burma.
The Eyre Affair (Paperback)
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 02/01/2003
The first in a series of literary detective novels that are laugh-out-loud funny. Thursday Next has to outwit a villain who has kidnapped Jane Eyre out of her novel. Great fun with lots of literary references.
Alabama Moon (Paperback)
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Published: Square Fish, 09/01/2008
I really didn't think I would like this middle-reader novel about a 10-year old boy who lives in the woods of Alabama with his survivalist Dad. Left on his own, Moon has to learn how to make his way in a world that is totally foreign to him. This amazing, likeable boy won me over. I loved every minute of Moon's story. I think it's a great book for kids and adults, a wonderful book club pick and a modern classic.
Cranford (Hardcover)
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Published: Penguin Classics Hardcover, 10/01/2009
WGBH has just finished airing "Return to Cranford" the two part sequel to 2008's "Cranford" and I just loved it. So much so that after I watched the first Cranford I took the book on vacation and read it virtually in one sitting. It was lovely and I have to say even though it is set in the 1840's it seemed quite timeless. I just found out that Cranford was first published as a serial, in a magazine edited by Charles Dickens and is based on the village where Elizabeth Gaskell grew up. We have two editions, one with the lovely Judy Dench on the cover in paperback and the other a beautiful green cloth binding part of a set of classics from Penguin.
Deceptions (Mass Market Paperback)
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Published: Pocket Books, 08/01/1994
The best of all guilty pleasures - a book featuring identical twins who trade lives. What a soap opera plot but it's good and it's fun. It's been around forever and it was made into a movie starring Barry Bostwick and Stephanie Powers.
The World According to Bertie (Paperback)
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Published: Anchor, 11/01/2008
A joy to read, this is the latest addition to the 44 Scotland Street series that revolves around the lives of the tenants of an Edinburgh apartment building. Featuring Bertie Pollack (my favorite character) the precocious six year-old that is still trying to escape his overbearing mother Irene. This is observational writing at it's best filled with gentle humor and loving detail.
Something Missing (Paperback)
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Published: Broadway, 07/01/2009
This quirky book grew on me. Martin, an OCD coffee barista (he works for the health insurance) spends the rest of his time breaking into people's homes and taking things they will never miss. His system is outrageous and totally believable. I found him fascinating and ultimately likeable.
So Brave, Young, and Handsome (Paperback)
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Published: Grove Press, 04/01/2009
The second novel from Leif Enger (read his first Peace Like a River if you haven't already) did not disappoint me. I find his writing to be beautiful and surprising. It's part western, part road trip with a group of wonderful characters that seem so real and unimaginable at the same time.
Blind Descent (Mass Market Paperback)
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Published: Berkley, 10/01/2009
This was the first book by Nevada Barr that I ever read and I loved it! All of her books are set in National Parks. They are filled with interesting information and lots of thoughtful, emotional detail. The information about spurlunking was great too!
Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery (Paperback)
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Published: Atria, 09/01/2009
Starting with the title, Dog On It, I knew right away that author Spencer Quinn was a clever man and I found his first book a joy to read. It's a perfect new mystery series with sharp writing, great characters and fast paced action. The narrator is a dog named Chet, an almost K-9 school graduate who likes to ride shotgun with his owner private detective Bernie Little. Chet presides over the action and keeps you informed except of course when distracted by something like a toy at the bottom of a pool, or a smelly parrot, or when he really needs a nap. I never got tired of Chet's narration, the seriously clever, inside the dog's mind view of things is fresh and funny and never takes away from the mystery at the heart of this story. I haven't read all the books that are out there right now that are narrated by dogs but this one is a winner. I look forward to Chet and Bernie's next adventure.
Mister Pip (Paperback)
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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback, 05/01/2008
A so small yet so satisfying novel about a girl living on a tropical island torn by civil war. The lone white man in the village agrees to teach the children and begins to read them Dicken's Great Expectations I found this book beautiful and unexpected.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective (Paperback)
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Published: Walker & Company, 02/01/2009
I've been reading mysteries and detective fiction all my life and I found this book fascinating. Its partly a true crime drama (a la Devil in the White City and Thunderstruck) but also an amazing study of who and what detectives are. Throw in some Dickens, Collins and Poe, who were around at the time and totally fascinated with what the new "detectives" were doing. It made me stop and think about all the detective fiction I read and how their authors portray them.
The Spellman Files (Paperback)
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 02/01/2008
This is a light, entertaining read about a dysfunctional family of private detectives living in San Francisco. Izzy Spellman is 28, living at home, has worked for the family detective agency since she was 12 and… can’t trust anyone in her family not to follow her or do background checks on her boyfriends.
The Salaryman's Wife (Mass Market Paperback)
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Published: HarperTorch, 04/01/2000
You will learn a lot about Japanese culture both past and present in this fascinating mystery featuring Rei, a Japanese American trying to live in Tokyo.
Here If You Need Me: A True Story (Paperback)
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Published: Back Bay Books, 07/01/2008
Kate Braestrup goes to divinity school after the death of her husband and becomes a chaplain for the State of Maine's Game Warden Service. She is sent to counsel both wardens and victim's families at search and rescue missions. This brief wonderful memoir left me wanting more. The author's calm, reassuring presence made me feel better about the world.


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