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Murder With Peacocks
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Donna Andrews
Cathy Chapman
, October 14, 2006
Murder, With Peacocks is the first in the thoroughly enjoyable Meg Langslow mystery series. Blacksmith Meg Lanslow returns to her small Virginia home to play maid of honor for not one, but THREE summer weddings. Not one of the weddings is likely to be "normal"-- her mother is one of the brides to be, her business partner wants ALL 600 GUESTS to wear Renaissance attire for the wedding, and her brothers' fiance plans to have peacocks strolling the grounds to add that perfect decorative touch. Add a dash (ok, more like several dollops) of certifiable relatives. And of course, fowl play! To quote a smidgen of a review from Kirkus: "half Jane Austen, half battery acid."
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Brief History Of The Dead
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Kevin Brockmeier
Cathy Chapman
, September 23, 2006
Brockmeier has created a world very similar to the world we know, only it is entirely populated by the Dead. The length that a person stays in this world is apparently determined by the "Living's" memories of loved ones, friends, and even total strangers. A world-wide pandemic is changing everything...
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Time & Again
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Jack Finney
Cathy Chapman
, September 23, 2006
I like this so much that I have literally read this time and again, and have recommended this to friends and family. My reading group read this at my suggestion, and everyone enjoyed it. The historic photographs and illustrations really add to the believability and enjoyment of the story. Highly recommended!
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We Are All Welcome Here
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Elizabeth Berg
Cathy Chapman
, September 20, 2006
Real-life Pat Raming contracted polio when she was 22 and pregnant. She gave birth to her daughter in an iron lung. After spending 3 years in an iron lung, she came home-- in a wheel chair, with the breathing apparatus she now needed to breathe. She hired a caregiver and oversaw the care for daughter Marianne. Marianne wrote to Elizabeth Berg with the story of her mother, and Berg was inspired to write We Are All Welcome Here.
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Jane & the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor Being the First Jane Austen Mystery
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Stephanie Barron
Cathy Chapman
, September 11, 2006
Stephanie Barron has "discovered" the formerly unknown journals and papers of authoress Jane Austen, and presents them, with her compliments (and occasional explanatory footnotes). It will come as no surprise to Austen fans that Jane was as perceptive and witty in her journals and letters as in her literature, though readers may be somewhat surprised that Jane was also an equally adept sleuth! First in Barron's wonderful mystery series featuring Jane Austen. A true gem. Jane Austen lives!
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Lovely Bones
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Alice Sebold
Cathy Chapman
, September 10, 2006
From the beginning of the book, the reader knows that this isn't any ordinary book: "My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973." At first, her family and friends cling to the hope that Susie is still alive. Susie watches from above as her family and friends struggle to come to terms first with her disappearance, and then her death. She yearns to lead family, friends, the detectives, ANYONE to the murderer, but can do nothing to help....
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The Man Who Ate the 747
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Ben Sherwood
Cathy Chapman
, September 06, 2006
Quiet, gangly Wally Chubb is smitten, head-over-heels in love, and will go to any length to get his beloved's attention and prove his love for her (with the notable exception of actually telling her). So when a 747 destined for an aviation junkyard crashlands in his cornfield, Wally decides to eat the plane... Most of the townsfolk try to ignore Wally and this odd behavior, but a young boy writes to the Book Of Records, bringing Keeper of the Records John Smith from New York City to Superior, Nebraska with high hopes of witnessing and recording the most unusual and extraordinary event ever. A charming and quick read.
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The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932
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Jim Fergus
Cathy Chapman
, September 05, 2006
Intriguing and bitter-sweet tale inspired by actual events, notably the planned "Fimbres Apache Expedition" out of Douglas, Arizona to rescue the six-year old son of Mexican rancher Francisco Fimbres, and the treeing and subsequent incarceration of "la nina bronca," a young Apache girl, by an American mountain-lion hunter. The story is primarily told through the "notebooks" of young photographer Ned Giles. Author Jim Fergus attempts to portray part of the story from the Apache people's view-- refreshing in a world where Apaches are typically solely portrayed as being fierce and war-like.
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Bromeliad Trilogy
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Terry Pratchett
Cathy Chapman
, September 05, 2006
"Changing was necessary. Change was right. He was all in favor of change. What he was dead set against was things not staying the same" (Thoughts of Masklin). A fun read featuring 4-inch high nomes. The main character, Masklin, leads his small clan from their harsh outdoor life to aging department store Arnold Bros., where they discover an entire metropolis of other nomes-- nomes who believe the department store to be the entire universe and deny the existence of the Outside... Part satire, part parable, and part adventure.
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