Title: Outlander Author: Diana Gabaldon Genre: Historical fiction Publication Date: 1992 Purchase Price: $7.99 (paperback) Misc. Info.: First in a series–so far it’s up to seven The Plot Claire and her husband Frank are enjoying a leisurely second honeymoon in the Scottish Highlands in 1945. Both have served in the military, Frank as a soldier…
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“It was always the same for her when she arrived to meet the body.”
Title: Heat Wave Author: Richard Castle Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: September 2009 Purchase Price: $19.99 (hardback) Misc. Info.: Based on ABC’s primetime show “Castle” In the middle of a nasty heat wave in New York, real estate genius Matthew Starr plunges to his death from his fancy apartment, his widow is attacked by a mystery…
“The love for life, my brother! Let it never be extinguished.”
Title: Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance Author: Garrison Keillor Genre: Humor Publication Date: September 2009 Purchase Price: $25.95 (hardback) Misc. Info.: Further tales from the lives of the citizens of Lake Wobegon. What starts out as a simple trip to Rome to honor a fallen soldier becomes something entirely different for Margie Krebsbach, fifty-three year-old English…
“The secret is how to die.”
Title: The Lost Symbol Author: Dan Brown Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: September 2009 Purchase Price: $28.95 (hardback) Misc. Info.: Part of the continuing adventures of Robert Langdon, Symbologist and Bad-Ass Part philosophy, part theology, and part what-the-f*ckery, The Lost Symbol is the third feather in Dan Brown’s cap. And just as his previous two novels…
“When you read/You begin with A-B-C…”
How to Read If you’re a fan of this blog (or of the internet, or of understanding how that new gadget is supposed to be put together, or of…well, almost anything), chances are you know how to read — or at least, mostly. Of course there’s the basics, front to back, left to right, top…