Title: Rhett Butler’s People Author: Donald McCaig Genre: Historical fiction Publication Date: 2007 Purchase Price: $8.99 (paperback) Misc. Info.: A fully authorized “sequel” to Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind The Plot After writing what some have called “the best Civil War novel ever written,” Donald McCaig was handpicked by the Margaret Mitchell estate to…
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“Feedback may not be modified once given.”
Title: Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron Author: Jasper Fforde Genre: Fiction – Utopia/Dystopia Publication Date: 2009 Purchase Price: $25.95 (hardback) Misc. Info.: First in a series. From the exquisite author of the Thursday Next and Nursery Crime series’. Selecting this week’s book is funny (at least to me). I had been considering…
Book Challenge (Round One): Results
Title: Iron John Author: Robert Bly Genre: Non-fiction Publication Date: 1990 Purchase Price: $15.00 (although I borrowed it from the local library) Seeing as this is the first installment of Book Challenge, I’m going to be winging it a bit–so just stick with me and we’ll see where this goes. The Basics In all honesty,…
“The story is in the cards.”
Title: Sepulchre Author: Kate Mosse (no, not the model–that would be Kate Moss) Genre: Fiction (quasi-mystery/horror) Publication Date: 2007 Purchase Price: $16.00 (paperback); I got a hardback on sale for $6.98 Misc. Info.: From the author of the bestseller Labyrinth Looking back, perhaps the fact that I found this week’s book in the discount bin…
“The dead don’t talk. I don’t know why.”
Title: Odd Thomas Author: Dean Koontz Genre: Thriller/Mystery Publication Date: 2003 Purchase Price: $7.99 Misc. Info.: First in the Odd Thomas series (four thus far) Odd Thomas can see dead people. “But then, by God,” he says, “I do something about it” (p. 32). Not many in the small town of Pico Mundo know of…