Tag Archives: 2 stars (Not so much)

Review: The Emperor’s Tomb by Steve Berry

Book 6 of Steve Berry’s “Cotton Malone” series takes our favorite ex-Magellan Billet agent to China where he must rescue his friend and sometime-lover, Cassiopeia Vitt. Vitt’s gotten herself wrapped up in a web of conspiracy involving the Chinese premier and … Continue reading

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Review: Worst Case by James Patterson

This is the third novel by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge involving NYPD Detective Michael Bennett. Bennett is a single father, with ten adopted children, an attractive live-in nanny, an abrasive humorous Irish priest for a grandfather, and a cat. He’s … Continue reading

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Review: The Atlantis Code by Charles Brokaw

Setting aside preconceptions from The DaVinci Code, The Atlantis Code by Charles Brokaw is about a Harvard linguistics professor, Thomas Lourds, who stumbles across an ancient artifact wanted by a secret group of Cardinals from the Vatican. Together with television journalist Leslie, and … Continue reading

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Review: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

I received this book as a birthday gift and was quite excited (see earlier mentions of squeals and dances when books are received as gifts). I was hesitant to read this series because I love “True Blood” and have heard … Continue reading

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Review: Lord Foul’s Bane (Book 1 of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever) by Stephen Donaldson

For the Lords learned long ago that the desire for aloneness need not be a selfish desire, if it is not made so by those who do not feel it. Lord Foul’s Bane – Stephen Donaldson Atiaran stood behind her … Continue reading

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Review: The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier

I feel like a bird who has been wounded with an arrow and now cannot fly. The Lady and the Unicorn – Tracy Chevalier My initial assessment of The Lady and the Unicorn remained true throughout the rest of the book. … Continue reading

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