tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:37:58 +0000book reviewfictionblog book reviewbooklibrarybestsellernew york times bestsellernon fictionsample book reviewreligionDan WalshNorth Carolinabook review blogfloridafunny bookghostmitch albom40's80'sA Long Way GoneAfricaAidsBuck CommanderCalling Invisible WomenCarol Rifka BruntChristian fictionColton BurpoDavid TerrellDear AmericaDonna JohnsonDuck CommanderDuck DynastyEvangelistFather TimeHeavenHeaven is For RealHoly Ghost GirlInvisibleIshmael BeahJase RobertsonJeanne RayJerry SpinelliKathryn StockettKay RobertsonKorie RobertsonLisa Rowe FraustinoMaineMassachusetts Bay ColonyMississippiNicholas SparksOnce In A House on FirePhil RobertsonPuritanRevolutionSalem Witch TrialsSara GruenSi RobertsonSierra LeoneStargirlStephen KingTell the Wolves I'm HomeThe AbsolutistThe Best of MeThe ChoiceThe HelpThe Light Between OceansThe NotebookThe One and Only IvanThe Sisters BrothersThe TimekeeperTodd BurpoUnicefVietnamWater for ElephantsWillie Robertsonafter lifeafterlifeastral travelbondagebook made into a moviebooks made into a movieboy soldiercircuselectric barracudaelephantevergladesfor one more dayhigh schoolmother and sonpsychological thrillerromancesegregationserge stormsseriesshipwreckssistersslaverysouthtampa tribunetent revivaltim dorseytime traveltv show bookveteransyoung adulthttp://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-4930548221020248250Thu, 16 May 2013 13:53:00 +00002013-05-16T06:53:52.251-07:00 Single Wife by Nina Solomon Grace Brookman's husband Laz has just dissappeared.  He left one day and never came home.  It wasn't the first time but it is the first time he'd been gone this long. Grace spends her days pretending not only to herself but to their loved ones that Laz is just busy and making excuses for him being absent. Eventually her lies and cover ups catch http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2013/05/single-wife-by-nina-solomon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-1433979588966860293Thu, 16 May 2013 13:42:00 +00002013-05-16T06:42:27.705-07:00 Life After Death/ Damien Echols Damien Echols is one of the West Memphis Three, three teenagers who were tried and convicted of the  murders of three eight year old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993.  Prosecutors alleged that the killings were part of satanic rituals and that Damien was the leader of the group.  Damien was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley Jr. was http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2013/05/life-after-death-damien-echols.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-8164031984354372367Thu, 16 May 2013 13:12:00 +00002013-05-16T06:12:30.128-07:00 Buried Memories:  The Katie Beers Story by Katherine Beers Katie Beers was born into an unfortunate life in a broken home to a mother without the life skills to raise her properly, protect her from harm, or even provide her with basic needs.  Soon Katie finds herself living with her "Godparents" Linda and Sal Inghilleri.  The sexual abuse by Sal Inghilleri began when http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2013/05/buried-memories-katie-beers-story-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-3540869300773805108Thu, 16 May 2013 12:50:00 +00002013-05-16T05:50:52.688-07:00 Anchored in love : An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash by John Carter Cash This is a deep look into the heart and soul of not only, the late, June Carter Cash but of the entire Cash and Carter families and their lives, loves, struggles and fame. June Carter Cash was born into a musical family in the hills of Virginia and soon began to travel and perform with the Carter Family as a http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2013/05/anchored-in-love-intimate-portrait-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-2446881025737243549Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +00002013-03-04T07:31:59.990-08:00bestsellerbook reviewbook review blogfictionnew york times bestsellerNicholas SparksNorth Carolinasample book reviewThe Best of MeThe Choice While I'm not normally a sappy romantic, I have recently finished two books by Nicholas Sparks, The Choice and The Best of Me.  When choosing books, I usually look for a good writer rather than a good story because I feel like a good writer can write any story and make it good.  Mr. Sparks is just such a writer as every book I have read by him has me on the edge wanting morehttp://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2013/02/two-books-by-nicholas-sparks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-5318112108064914714Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:13:00 +00002013-01-22T13:15:37.550-08:00bestsellerbondagebook reviewbook review blogfictionMainepsychological thrillerStephen King Gerald's Game by Stephen King First let me say, I did NOT finish this book.  I got one third of the way through and I just couldn't finish  it.  Too much head noise for me.   The book is a psychological thriller about a couple who have been married for 20 years and have taken a romantic trip to their remote lake house in Maine.  During a kinky sex episode, thehttp://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2013/01/geralds-game-by-stephen-king.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-3564761531500814520Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:49:00 +00002013-01-09T18:53:36.572-08:00Christian fictionDan Walshfictionshipwrecks The Deepest Waters by Dan Walsh Newlyweds, John and Laura Foster have set sail on their honeymoon on the SS Vandervere from San Francisco to New York in 1857.  Somewhere near the Carolinas, they are overtaken by a hurricane and the ship begins to sink.  Fortunately, the women and children are rescued by a smaller ship but the men are forced to stay behind.  Some of the menhttp://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-deepest-waters-by-dan-walsh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-5815914744545950674Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:50:00 +00002013-01-08T17:37:57.356-08:00blog book reviewbookbook reviewDear AmericafictionlibraryLisa Rowe FraustinoMassachusetts Bay Colonynon fictionPuritanSalem Witch Trialssample book reviewseries Dear America:  I Walk in Dread, The Diary of Deliverance Trembley Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 by Lisa Rowe Fraustino The story unfolds through the eyes and voice of twelve year old Deliverance Trembley, an orphan in Salem Village, Massachusetts in 1691.  Deliverance, or Liv as we come to know her, lives with her seventeen year old sister, http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2013/01/dear-america-i-walk-in-dread-diary-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-3269757284549350847Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:17:00 +00002012-12-29T08:49:59.228-08:00blog book reviewbookbook reviewBuck CommanderDuck CommanderDuck DynastyJase RobertsonKay RobertsonKorie Robertsonnon fictionPhil RobertsonSi Robertsontv show bookWillie Robertson The Duck Commander Family by Willie and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach If you love their show, Duck Dynasty, you will absolutely love this book.   Willie and Korie, along with the rest of the Robertson family, own and run the multi-million dollar company Duck Commander where they make and sell duck hunting products.  This book is their story. We learn the roots http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-duck-commander-family-by-willie-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-3685238670616947546Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:58:00 +00002012-12-29T06:36:48.373-08:00bestsellerbook reviewDan Walshfictionfloridareligionsample book reviewveteransVietnam The Reunion by Dan Walsh is a story of an Vietnam veteran who has been all but forgotten.  After returning home from Vietnam, Aaron Miller loses everything, his family, his home and his old life as he struggles with depression while the whole country turns their backs on the war and the soldiers who fought in it.  Aaron turns to the streets and drugs and alcohol.  After http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-reunion-by-dan-walsh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-3764349800483030343Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:19:00 +00002012-12-13T16:48:35.326-08:00bestsellerbookbook reviewfictionfor one more dayghostlibrarymitch albommother and sonnew york times bestseller For One More Day by Mitch Albom is the story of a mother and son and the relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond.   Charley "Chick" Benetto was told by his father that he could either be a mommy's boy or a daddy's boy and of course he chooses to be a daddy's boy playing baseball and spending most his time with his father until one day his father leaves home unexpectedly. &http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/12/for-one-more-day-by-mitch-albom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-944817295937260187Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:56:00 +00002012-12-13T16:47:12.537-08:00bestsellerblog book reviewbookbook reviewCalling Invisible Womenfictionfunny bookInvisibleJeanne Raylibrary Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray is a novel about Clover, a mom in her early fifties whose family never looks at her face.  They speak to her and have meals with her but they never actually see her.  This predicament becomes evident when she wakes up one day and she is gone.  She literally disappears.   And if that's not bad enough, weeks go by before her http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/12/calling-invisible-women-by-jeanne-ray.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-1176030762315086333Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:31:00 +00002012-12-13T16:48:23.590-08:00bestsellerblog book reviewbookbook reviewFather Timeghostlibrarymitch albomnew york times bestsellerThe Timekeepertime travel The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom is a story about the meaning of time and the first man who tries to measure it.   It's the beginning of the history of man, when Dor, a young boy, discovers time and invents the world's first clock.  But such a discovery comes with a price and not only is he banished from his town for a time but he is also punished by God and sent to live in a http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-time-keeper-by-mitch-albom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-2115422082293634928Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:41:00 +00002012-12-13T16:49:55.879-08:00A Long Way GoneAfricablog book reviewbookbook reviewboy soldierIshmael Beahlibrarynon fictionRevolutionSierra LeoneUnicef A Long Way Gone:  Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a true story of the life of a 12 year old boy, Ishmael Beah, during the Civil  war in Sierra Leone in the 1990's.  Ishmael comes home from a journey to find that his village is under attack by the RUF (Revolutionary Unit Front) or rebels and flees to find safety with his older brother and other children his age.  http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-long-way-gone-memoirs-of-boy-soldier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-8041872474037111887Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:17:00 +00002012-12-13T16:51:06.583-08:0080'sAidsblog book reviewbookbook reviewCarol Rifka BruntfictionlibrarysistersTell the Wolves I'm Home Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt I read a review about this book online somewhere that said it was pretty good so I put it on hold at the library and I have to admit that for the first few chapters I was slightly bored but I'm glad I kept at it because I ended up enjoying this book very much and falling in love with the characters.  It became a quick read, a page turnerhttp://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/11/tell-wolves-im-home-by-carol-rifka-brunt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-3976242367647283305Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:37:00 +00002012-12-13T16:52:56.521-08:00after lifeafterlifeastral travelblog book reviewbookbook reviewColton BurpoHeavenHeaven is For Reallibrarynew york times bestsellernon fictionreligionTodd Burpo Heaven is For Real:  A Little Boy's Astounding Story of his Trip to Heaven and Back. I have to admit that when I first picked out this book at the library, which I put on hold and had to wait quite a long time for, I was skeptical.  I opened it right to the middle and starting reading which is totally out of character for me because I wanted to skip the technical stuff and get http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/11/heaven-is-for-real-by-todd-burpo-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-4950527955145849363Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:33:00 +00002012-12-13T16:54:20.344-08:00blog book reviewbookbook reviewfictionhigh schoolJerry SpinellilibraryStargirlyoung adult Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is about a eccentric young girl named Stargirl Caraway who comes to Mica High School after being homeschooled all her life.  She is carefree, funny, and free spirited and immediately loved and liked by all. That is until the student body figures out how "different" she is and as we all know, different in high school is not always a good thing.  In http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/10/star-girl-by-jerry-spinelli.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-2795682042628633617Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:19:00 +00002012-12-14T06:00:46.824-08:00blog book reviewbookbook made into a moviebook reviewcircuselephantfictionlibrarynew york times bestsellerSara GruenWater for Elephants Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is interesting to me in that it falls into so many different book genres such as historical fiction, suspense, romance, and even perhaps a little on the dark side. Jacob Jankowski is a veterinarian major in college when his parents are killed in an accident.  Left penniless, with only a few weeks left to finish school, he runs off and joins http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/10/water-for-elephants-by-sara-gruen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-789980538120921061Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:08:00 +00002012-12-14T06:02:09.893-08:00David TerrellDonna JohnsonEvangelistHoly Ghost Girllibrarynon fictionreligiontent revival The Holy Ghost Girl; A Memoir  by Donna Johnson Donna Johnson's father left the family when she was very young.  Donna, her mother Carolyn, and her little brother Gary join up with a tent revivalist, David Terrell, where Carolyn plays organ.   The children are placed in the care of Brother Terrell's wife, Betty Ann who has two children by Brother Terrell during the http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-holy-ghost-girl-memoir-by-donna.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-6167499967438925295Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:42:00 +00002012-12-14T06:04:52.326-08:00blog book reviewbookbook reviewbooks made into a moviefictionKathryn StockettlibraryMississippisegregationslaverysouthThe Help The Help by Kathryn Stockett Miss Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan lives a mundane life in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960's playing bridge with the girls she grew up with and writing the newsletter for the Children's Benefit.  Skeeter dreams of a bigger and better life as an editor for a publishing company or for a magazine.  She writes to many places but the only job she http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-help-by-kathryn-stockett.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-6995371665378510737Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:24:00 +00002012-12-14T06:06:24.503-08:0040'sblog book reviewbookbook reviewfictionlibrarynew york times bestsellerNorth CarolinaromanceThe Notebook After reading Stephen King's colossal 11/22/63, The Notebook was like a decadent, rich, and smooth midnight snack.  I read the whole thing in about three hours. The setting is coastal North Carolina, 1940's and Noah Calhoun is haunted by the ghost of a girl he once loved.  Everywhere he looks and everywhere he goes he is reminded of the love they once shared.  Buthttp://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-notebook-by-nicholas-sparks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-9122017664762664001Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:21:00 +00002012-09-03T12:29:37.244-07:00 Al Templeton, owner of the local diner in Lisbon Falls, Maine, has accidentally found a porthole to the past in his storage room.  Every trip through the porthole takes him to Lisbon Falls, Maine on September 9, 1958 at 11:58 AM.  And every time he comes back, no matter how long he stays, it's always two minutes later in the future.  Al makes many trips through the http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/09/112263-by-stephen-king.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-3927058218484124967Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:26:00 +00002012-12-29T06:32:03.511-08:00blog book reviewbookbook reviewelectric barracudaevergladesfictionfloridafunny booksample book reviewserge stormstampa tribunetim dorsey This is Tim Dorsey's 13th book starring the ever practical yet psycho Florida fugitive, Serge Storms.  This time Serge takes on us on a fun and frolicking "fugitive tour" of Florida.  He keeps a blog and of course he has his faithful, yet stoned sidekick Coleman by his side every step of the way. Serge is, as usual, being hunted by Federal agents, a bounty hunter, a whole caravanhttp://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/08/electric-barracuda-by-tim-dorsey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-2153186204128422602Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:52:00 +00002012-07-18T17:53:38.437-07:00 The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt Eli and Charlie Sisters are killers.  Hired gun killers.  It's 1851, Oregon City and the brothers are hired by the Commodore to kill a man who concocted a formula to make gold glow in the rivers for an easy strike.  Their mission is to travel to California, San Francisco to be precise, to kill Hermann Kermit Warm and steal the formula. &http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-sisters-brothers-by-patrick-dewitt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252321770761195681.post-8767615666164960008Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:09:00 +00002012-07-13T17:17:53.977-07:00 Lamberto Lamberto Lamberto A Modern Fable By Gianni Rodari Baron Lamberto is ninety three years old and lives on the island of San Giulio in the middle of Lake Orta in the mountains of Northern Italy.  Lamberto is very rich as he owns 24 banks around the world and on each continent and he is also very sick, having 24 ailments, one for each bank that he owns.  Only his butler, http://librarymaniac.blogspot.com/2012/07/lamberto-lamberto-lamberto-by-gianni.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0