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Book Review: Making Rounds with Oscar by David Dosa, M.D.

Making Rounds with Oscar David Dosa, M.D. Hyperion Books, 2010 ISBN 1401323235 Hardcover This is the true story of Oscar, an ordinary cat from the street with an extraordinary talent.  He knows when a patient is going to die and goes that that person’s bedside to remain with them. Inscrutible like every other feline, we [...]

June 23, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  One Comment

Book Review: Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

Last Rituals Yrsa Sigurðardóttir; translated from Icelandic by Bernard Scudder HarperCollins, 2007 Originally published in Iceland by Veröld Publishing ISBN 9780061143373 Trade Paperback. Matthew beat Thóra to the photograph. He looked at it without a flicker of emotion, then handed it to her. “It’s quite disgusting,†he said as she took it. “Disgusting†was not [...]

June 19, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: The Ark by Boyd Morrison

The Ark Boyd Morrison Read by Boyd Gaines Simon & Schuster Audio, May 2010 ISBN 1442305126 Unabridged Audio Book The search for Noah’s Ark has been the goal of archeologists the world over for centuries, even those who consider themselves to be nonbelievers.  Now, her father may have been successful, but archeologist Dilara Kenner knows [...]

June 16, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleson

Scent of the Missing Susannah Charleson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010 ISBN 0547152442 Hardcover I, too, learned my first lessons about SAR dogs during the Oklahoma bombing. Friends were left in that building and I watched with a mixture of anticipation and dread as dogs and handlers dredged through the broken husk of a building looking [...]

June 12, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Savages by Don Winslow

Savages Don Winslow Simon & Schuster, July 13, 2010 ISBN 1439183368 Hardcover (ARC) Every great company has an origin story, and here is Ben and Chonny’s: They’re hanging out at the beach, Chon on extended leave between his two hitches, and they’re playing volleyball on the court next to the Hotel Laguna. Ben and Chon [...]

June 7, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: To the Bright and Shining Sun

To the Bright and Shining Sun James Lee Burke Hyperion, October 2000. Originally published by Scribner’s, 1970. 9780786889686 Mass Market For a moment he thought of forgetting the bus depot. He had almost fifty dollars in his wallet, and that would be enough until he could find some type of job. [...] There was no [...]

May 23, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Greyhound by Steffan Piper

Greyhound Steffan Piper AmazonEncore, April 2010 ISBN 0982555091 Trade Paperback “Greyhound” opens in the darkest hours of the night. Sebastien can’t sleep and soon, he’ll be leaving. His Mother’s getting married for the umpteenth time and he’s not even invited to this ceremony. Dick, the groom du jour, doesn’t like kids and it’s apparent from [...]

May 19, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Full Reviews  2 Comments

Book Review: Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher

Th1rteen  R3asons Why Jay Asher Razorbill, 2007 ISBN 1595141715 Hardcover Imagine you’ve come home and a surprise package is waiting for you.  You’re a high school boy, no money to order anything and it’s not your birthday.  You’re excited opening the book only to discover seven cassette tapes inside. Cassette tapes — nothing in the [...]

May 12, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  2 Comments

Chapbook Review: Judge Sn Goes Golfing by John Scalzi

Judge Sn Goes Golfing John Scalzi Subterranean Press, 2009 ISBN 1596062983 Chapbook Plot Synopsis Judge Sn does not discriminate. He is equally unpleasant to all sentient beings that make up the universe in this follow up to The Android’s Dream. Judge Sn is obsessed with the game of golf. He is also truly, monumentally, and [...]

May 10, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  4 Comments

Book Review: One Man’s Paradise by Douglas Corleone

One Man’s Paradise Douglas Corleone Minotaur Books, April 2010 ISBN 0312611587 Hardcover Attorney Kevin Corvelli totally botched his last case in New York.  It was a murder case, and he was more interested in the media attention than in doing the work he needed to do to win the case.  He lost the case.  His [...]

May 8, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Full Reviews  3 Comments