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I enjoyed this book because it moved along and was interesting. It was like a TV crime show on Lifetime. (Gerard's review, 5 stars)
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I liked this novel and was anxious to get back to it. Frankie is a witty character and was very brave and determined. Although I thought the story a bit hard to believe, it still was interesting to me. I liked how she was able to win people over and most of the characters were very likable. I thought adding the "attack" cat to this story was a nice touch. (Karen's review, 4 stars)
Gerard's review:
Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner centers on a woman named Frankie who goes around trying to find missing persons that the police were unable to locate. Frankie is a good character, but this book has little to no action in it! I did enjoy the cat in this book though, but do not think the other characters were very well developed. The ending was predictable too. I was not very impressed with this one, thus I give it only 3 stars.
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I was lost in this world from page 1. The author does a great job of building this adventure. I really enjoyed the characters and the story that flowed along nicely. (Gerard's review, 5 stars)
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This is an enjoyable read. I really liked how Annie gradually gained the boy's trust and helped him to be more normal. The dog added to this story as well. I enjoyed all the characters and loved watching the budding romance develop between Hugh and Annie. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical fiction about families. This is a heartwarming story! (Karen's review, 5 stars)
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This historical fiction book is much more than just that one day. You really get to know the characters! I had high hopes for this book going in and it certainly delivered. It was better than I expected! I LOVED this book and even read the author's notes, which I normally do not do. (Gerard's review, 1/31/21, 5++ stars)
Karen's review:
The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin is based on a true event but with fictional characters. This is a very sad story with lots of death and guilt. Just reading it made me feel cold! Knowing this actually happened made it interesting and even sadder. It revolves around two sisters who both were school teachers and one of their students. Both teachers were only 16 and 17 or 18, Raina and Gerda. Raina made a right decision and Gerda, a terrible one. This is a story about immigrants and homesteading in the 1800s and survival. It has adventure and much heartbreak. Reading this for me was like plowing through a blizzard myself. (4 stars)
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I really enjoyed how the author developed the four leading characters. The book flew by! (Gerard's review, 5 stars)
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The Captive by Fiona King Foster is about a woman named Brooke. At her farm, she is attached by a wanted criminal, Cawley. Brooke is able to capture him and there is a bounty for him. Her and her family set out with him to take him in for the reward.
This book picks up about halfway through with good action when Brooke's daughters go missing. I liked Brooke. (Gerard's review 2/3/21, 4 stars)
Karen's review 1/27/21:
In The Captive by Fiona King Foster, Brooke, the mother of two little girls who owns a cranberry farm with Milo, finds herself desperately trying to protect her family from her past. She grew up in a drug dealing family that she left 15 years ago. She kept her past a secret from Milo and her girls. Growing up, her family was in a drug war with another and one day, one of them who has a warrant for his arrest shows up at her farm! Will he tell her family about her past? Can she get the bounty for turning him in? Will he hurt her girls? Did he come looking for her?
This book is about family secrets and how difficult it is to leaves one's past behind. There is adventure and suspense in this book. I got into it fairly quickly and it just kept getting better and better as it went along. Brooke is a fighter and although she did lots of bad things, it's hard not to pull for her to succeed. (4 stars)
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Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen takes place in Nazi Germany. Sarah, a blond Jewish teen, sees her mom killed on their way out. Sarah gets away but is befriended by a British spy who sees her potential and allows her to become a spy too and work for him.
I liked this book because Sarah was so clever and very athletic! She found herself in danger and always managed to come out on top! (Karen's review, 5 stars)
Gerard's review 12/23/2020: In Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen, Sarah's mom is shot at a checkpoint. Now Sarah is on the run. She is a Jew in Germany who is befriended by a man who needs Sarah to pull off a spy mission. She thinks she can do it, but can she?
I thought this book was really good. Sarah is a great character. I enjoyed her interaction with people her own age very much. It has a good story line with a good ending. (5 stars)
Teaser from page 11: Concentrate. It's like an accent, a gymnastic routine, a piano piece. Fix your mind on the task at hand.
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Teaser from page 3: The guests freeze. They stare at one another. They are suddenly afraid again.
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I got into this book right away and didn't have a clue in either case. This book has colorful characters and quite a bit of action. (Karen's review 1/1/2021, 4 stars)
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HUSH by James Patterson and Candice Fox deals with Harriet Blue who is in prison. Joe Woods, who put her in prison now needs her help. I thought this was pretty good. Had good action and I enjoyed all the various characters. I also liked the ending! (4.5 stars)
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This book is pretty good. It drew me in and kept my interest throughout. The story has good flow to it and the characters were brought out very well with a good ending. (Gerard's review, 5 stars)
Teaser from page 22: Everything looks calm and friendly, but I can feel the evil hovering outside the safety of our iron railings, and I shudder. I imagine a great big guard dog, patrolling the garden. Just the idea of it makes me feel safer.
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This is a good book. I liked the characters and it had some good action. I was happy with the ending as well. (Gerard's review, 5+ stars)
Teaser from page 10: She has to know that it won't end for good. Not today. Not tomorrow. The torment never stops for very long.
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This is a good romance, but also inspirational about hot to let go of your past and not let it ruin your present and future. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys a clean romance or feels shameful about his/her past. (Karen's review, 5 stars)
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This is a really good book! It goes back and forth in time, but I did not have a problem with that. It has good flow to it and an ending that I did not see coming at all! (Gerard's review, 5++ stars)
Teaser from page 23: "It's complicated. It's a delicate . . . Look, just come to the taping and I'll show everyone--all of us--incontrovertible evidence that Bobby Nock killed Jessica Silver."
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I enjoyed this book because the characters were likable and it is a clean romance without any sex scenes. There is humor and even a kitten! It was fun seeing the relationship between Mandy and Trace blossom. (Karen's review, 4 stars)
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I thought this book was really, really good! It flows well and all the characters were brought out well. It has some twists and turns with a good ending. (Gerard's review, 5++ stars)
Teaser from page 17: One second she existed, and the next, she'd been erased. I stagger over to a bench by the wall and collapse.
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a good girl's guide to murder by Holly Jackson centers on a high school senior girl named Pip. For her senior project, she decides to look into a 5-yr.-old murder of Andie Bell, a high school senior. The police consider the case closed, but Pip has some doubts. For a while it was interesting to play along with Pip as she did her research, but became tedious. There is a lot of talk in this book without much action. I was mad at the author for killing off the dog for no good reason so only give this one 3 stars. (Gerard's review) 
Roxy is sad the dog in the book got killed--not good.
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Playing Nice by J. P. Delaney is told by Pete and Maddie have been living together but are not married. They have a 2-yr.-old boy named Theo who has some behavioral issues. When Myles Lambert and his attorney show up on Pete's doorstep with the claim that Theo is really Myles' and Lucy's son and that their special needs son, David, is really Pete and Maddie's son, the nightmare begins! The boys were both preemies and somehow got switched, but was it an accident or intentional? Who would do that and why?
This book kept my interest all through, my favorite character being Pete. I did not like Myles from the start and wasn't crazy about Maddie. I felt kind of sorry for Lucy because she was married to Myles. This book is well written in how it gradually develops the characters and has lots of twists throughout. The ending was a surprise for me too. (Karen's review, 5 stars)
Playing Nice by J. P. Delaney is told by Pete and Maddie. One day they are told that the 2-yr.-old boy they have is not their son at all! He belongs to another family who want to switch their 2-yr.-old son for theirs! This is a wild ride for sure! I enjoyed this book very much and got through it very quickly. The story line is good and I never knew what to expect from page to page. Do not miss this one! (Gerard's review 10/30/20, 5++ stars)
Teaser from page 15 (large print version): Disbelief, shell shock, horror, all paralyzed me. I'm not fast in a crisis, unfortunately, Maddie's the one who thinks on her feet.
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Teaser from page 4: I lie down and tell myself not to cry, that it won't do any good, that it won't change anything, but I can't stop the tears from forming in my eyes.
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For the first 200 pages, I was bored. However, the next 354 pages were good, very good! This has one of the best ending I've come across in a book for a long time! Maggie was a great character! (Gerard's review, 5++ stars)
Teaser from page 21: It wasn't safe, my father told police. Something was wrong with Baneberry Hall. Unaccountable things had happened there. Dangerous things.
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Teaser from page 17: Him standing there, slightly hunched over the bags, his back half-turned to me, his right hand already in one of the bags. The knife lying beside the board, just half an arm's length away, within reach.
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Teaser from page 4 in large print version: Your mum is clutching you by your upper arms so tightly it hurts. You have the feeling she might shake you. It takes every last ounce of your energy to meet her gaze, to widen your eyes, empty them somehow of anything bad she might read in them, and say, "Isn't he here?"
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Teaser from page 21: Kate was so shaken she could barely speak. They walked into the house, and his belongings were everywhere, a pair of tall, mud-covered rubber boots that he'd worn the day before, his riding gloves on the table, a jacket he'd thrown over a chair.
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The Ballad of Song Birds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins is about the kickoff to the tenth annual Hunger Games. The main characters are 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow and his underdog tribute, Lucy Gray. I thought this book was okay. The two problems I had with it were that the characters were not developed enough and the lack of action at times. The story line was easy enough to follow and the ending was okay. (Gerard's review 10/20/20, 3.5 stars)
Karen's review: The Ballad of Song Birds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins is all about Coriolanus Snow who mentors Lucy Gray in the tenth annual Hunger Games. I would say this is kind of a pre-requisite to The Hunger Games series. I liked the first half of the book better than the second and did not like the ending. I agree with my husband that at times things seemed to drag along, lacking action. I looked forward to reading this simply because I loved The Hunger Games Series and this was by the same author, but was disappointed. It is no where near as good as the books in the series. I would recommend you save your time and skip this one. (3 stars)
Teaser from page 64: "They're not animals, though," said Sejanus. "They're kids, like you and me."
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I liked this because it is a clean romance with no sex scenes at all and likeable characters. Both Kade and Flora are stuck in their pasts until they open their hearts to each other. (Karen's review, 4 stars)
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This book overall was good with action; however, it had lots of talking as well which I found boring. I would have liked the ending to be different. (Gerard's review, 4 stars)
Teaser from page 13: He squeezed his eyes shut, fighting for control, wondering if he'd made a mistake in his request.
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Teaser from page xii of prologue: At that moment, Kraft owned a franchise that had never won a championship. Belichick's overall record with the Patriots was 5-13. Brady had never started an NFL game. It was unimaginable to think that Bledsoe was staring up at the nucleus of the greatest sports dynasty of the modern era.
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I liked Barely Legal by this author better. The characters in this were not well developed so didn't become very interested in them. It is a quick read though with a predictable ending. (Gerard's review, 3 stars)
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This is a long book (over 600 pages in large print) so some down time is in it. However, for the most part, I really enjoyed it! There is good action, good guys vs. bad guy stuff, and a really good ending! (Gerard's review, 5 stars)
Teaser from page 12 (large print edition): "The only way that man walks off this plane is with one of us," he said from behind his mask.
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