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  • Not my favorite Butler book, but this twist on a vampire story was still a very good read. Unlike I am Legend, this book deals more with the social aspects of a vampire community, which illuminate our own family and community relationships.

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    ― Posted on Jul 19, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • I stumbled on this book via a chess website and it turned out to be pretty decent. Following two parallel story lines, one in the 1970's and one in the 1790's, The Eight tells the story of a legendary chess service that contains a secret that people are willing to kill for.

    While similar in n ... (continue)

    I stumbled on this book via a chess website and it turned out to be pretty decent. Following two parallel story lines, one in the 1970's and one in the 1790's, The Eight tells the story of a legendary chess service that contains a secret that people are willing to kill for.

    While similar in nature to The Davinci Code, The Eight suffers in that it covers an imaginary artifact made prominent in a time period that many people don't know (or care) much about. The result is that unless the reader has some chess background, the hook of the story is less relevant.

    The prose is awkward in some places and some of the asides are overly long. I much preferred the 1970's storyline to the older one, but overall the book was fairly compelling.

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    ― Posted on Jul 16, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • Short, even for a Beaton book. Good for killing an afternoon at the Beach, but not much in the way of anything else.

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    ― Posted on Jul 13, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • A little bit short on characterization, but otherwise a pretty good debut mystery. Plus its nice to read a book set in Chicago. Look forward to the new book due out in August.

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    ― Posted on Jul 13, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • The first in a series with Marie Lightfoot, a true crime reporter/writer, as the narrator. I was a bit put off by the decision to alternate chapters from the present story to her 'book'. It wasn't that the change in time frame, but rather the newspaper feel that the early 'book' chapters had that ... (continue)

    The first in a series with Marie Lightfoot, a true crime reporter/writer, as the narrator. I was a bit put off by the decision to alternate chapters from the present story to her 'book'. It wasn't that the change in time frame, but rather the newspaper feel that the early 'book' chapters had that put me off. As the story progresses those chapters lost their aloofness as the author became more involved with the story, and the second half was better for it.

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    ― Posted on Jul 9, 2008 | Add your feedback

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Cover of Mouse Guard

  • I was pleasantly surprised by the story and the artwork. Think Watership Down for mice, but with more of a fantasy element.

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    ― Posted on Jul 6, 2008 | Add your feedback

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Cover of Oxygen

  • I really enjoyed this book. The author says it is written for a general audience, but at times he does get pretty heavy into some different areas of science, most notably chemistry. Don't let that put you off though, as the book distills a lot of recent research from a number of fields and gives i ... (continue)

    I really enjoyed this book. The author says it is written for a general audience, but at times he does get pretty heavy into some different areas of science, most notably chemistry. Don't let that put you off though, as the book distills a lot of recent research from a number of fields and gives insight into evolution, biochemistry, and ageing and does so in an accessible manner.

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    ― Posted on Jul 6, 2008 | Add your feedback

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