Book reviews from fict
North Carolina United States
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A Most Wanted Manby John Le Carre
Reviewed on Feb 19 2009
"Rather entertaining story - interesting insight into state concerns as to how to handle terrorism. Not Le Carre's best, though."
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Bangkok Hauntsby John Burdett
Reviewed on Feb 19 2009
"Mildly entertaining story, although the turbid view of the inside world of the Thai sex-trade might have been a little more graphic than I would have liked."
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Reviewed on Feb 19 2009
"Rex Stout's first book - and pretty bad in every respect. Ordinarily, I would've put it down, but plunged through the whole book out of reverence for Stout's later works - namely, the Nero Wolfe series."
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The Baron in the Treesby Italo Calvino
Reviewed on Mar 12 2008
"In my opinion, this, Calvino's first novel, is his finest. A remarkable story."
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Traveling Merciesby Anne Lamott
Reviewed on Mar 5 2008
"A wonderful, soulful, and candid book. Lamott's writing is a delightful blend of thoughtful emotions: wistful, joyful, biting and incisive - all at the same time."
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Reviewed on Mar 5 2008
"This was an enjoyable read. Had the author been any other than Colin Wilson, it would have been far less entertaining."
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Reviewed on Feb 8 2008
"An interesting read - good insight into the philosophy behind a great company."
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Searching For God Knows Whatby Donald Miller
Reviewed on Jul 20 2007
"Another sharp and insightful book by Miller, challenging basic assumptions and inspiring us to cut through the formulas of religion to focus on faith."
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All the Pretty Horsesby Cormac McCarthy
Reviewed on Jul 7 2007
"A great book, but not McCarthy's best, by a long shot."
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The River Whyby David James Duncan
Reviewed on May 15 2007
"One of the greatest modern books I've read. Enduring, timeless, and enchanting."
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Blue Like Jazzby Donald Miller
Reviewed on May 15 2007
"A breath of fresh air for those disenchanted and frustrated with the institutionalization of Christianity in America today."
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How to Build Shaker Furnitureby Thos Moser
Reviewed on May 15 2007
"Rather spartan on technical drawings, and photography is older and black and white, making it difficult to evaulate the pieces pictured."
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Who Moved My Cheese?by Spencer Johnson
Reviewed on Feb 19 2007
"In a previous job, we were required to watch an insipid cartoon based on this book as part of an orientation. Its difficult to express how entirely demoralizing the implication is that you are merely a mouse trapped in a maze, for whom the sole goal in life is "cheese." Gives new meaning to the phrase "rat race." One person nearly lost their job on the spot for standing up in the Q&A session afterwards, and asking, "What if I don't like cheese? What if I like salad instead?""
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The Famished Roadby Ben Okri
Reviewed on Jan 24 2007
"Good, but perhaps a little too prone to wander into surrealism for some."
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Black Beauty Grows Upby I. M. Richardson; Anna Black Beauty Sewell
Reviewed on Jan 17 2007
"I must disagree -- maybe for an adult its on the average side, but, for a child, say 7-10 years old - one of the pre-requisites to great literature."
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The Historianby Elizabeth Kostova
Reviewed on Jan 17 2007
"Riding a bit on the coat tails of the Da Vinci Code and awfully similar in theme, but at least much better written with something approaching real-life dialogue. "
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100 Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Reviewed on Jan 8 2007
"Unforgettable and larger-than-life, this is magical realism at its zenith."
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Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the Westby Cormac McCarthy
Reviewed on Jan 4 2007
"Both majestic and terrible, definitely one of the hallmark pieces of literature from the 20th century. You won't be disappointed!"
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