Cheesy Ending to a Great Series

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Reviewed Memnoch the Devil - Anne Rice

I guess this is my night to trash endings for great series. The Vampire Chronicles is excellent and makes this book worth reading; unfortunately, I have to warnread more...

Mostly Pointless

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Reviewed Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams

I never read the first five books of the ’increasingly-inaccurately-named Hitchhiker’s Guide Trilogy.’ I cheated, and watched the (very excellentread more...

It's a Must-Read itself, and...

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Reviewed Hobbit, The - J.R.R. Tolkien

...also an excellent opener for the series. I’ll review both. The Hobbit This book, aka the Red Book, or ’There and Back Again’ marks the momentoread more...

Poor Little Rich Folks

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Reviewed Great Gatsby, The - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The protagonist takes you through the highs and lows of 20th Century high society. The protagonist, introduced to polite society by an acquaintance (Gatsby), shread more...

A bluer shade of horror

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Reviewed Gunslinger, The - Stephen King

Forget everything you know about Stephen King. This book, the first in a series, is a classic fantasy romp of discovery, wonder, and adventure. The plot is fresread more...

One Word: Inspiring

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Reviewed Fellowship of the Ring, The - J.R.R. Tolkien

This first book in a trilogy tells of the exploits of Frodo Baggins, a hobbit (or ’little folk’) caught up in the swelling of war on primitive Middle read more...

Action Item: Weigh costs/benefits of sanity

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Reviewed Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

I got to this page and wondered, ’why hasn’t anybody reviewed this book yet?’ Of course, there can be only one reason - the First Rule of Fight Cread more...

Short on technobabble, long on teaching

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Reviewed Brief History of Time, A - Stephen Hawking

You might assume that this big-time brainiac, who parks his wheelchair in the offices of Sir Isaac Newton, and is frequently lauded as the world’s most impread more...

An invasion of nature, and a retort

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Reviewed Andromeda Strain, The - Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton has one overarching theme in most of his books, and it’s an important lesson for us humans to learn: humanity should take cautious, measurread more...