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Into Thin Air by Franklin W. Dixon
Into Thin Air by Franklin W. Dixon
This is easily the best book in the new Hardy Boys Adventures series thus far. In the previous novel, Frank and Joe sifted through the clues to discover who was behind the disappearance of two teenagers riding G-Force, the star attraction of the amusement park, Fun Land. They identified the villains and got the police to lock them up. So how is it that a third
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| This is the first of the Strange New Worlds novels I have read and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The characters were all well drawn and felt natural. I realize that the characters come from the TV show, but I have not watched any of the episod ...more | |
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| This is a sweet short story about a young woman named Allyson who has achieved the job that her parents groomed her for her entire life only to discover that she hates it and it is draining every bit of enjoyment out of her existence. She's very good ...more | |
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| Forcing two enemies to live in the same dwelling so that they fall in love is a tried-and-true romance plot device. I have to admit, I could not figure out why the woman who manipulates Jade and Damon into a four-month sentence in purgatory decided t ...more | |
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| This is a sweet and delightful tale of rejection and true love. It opens with Holly's fiancé not showing up to their wedding leaving her heartbroken and embarrassed. She is a compulsive planner, and her biggest plan was just broken into little pieces ...more | |
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| Cara Bastone has written a winner here. She's taken a very cool science fiction premise and woven around it a sweet tale of self-discovery and romance. And while in the broadest sense I was correct about where the story was going (it's a romance afte ...more | |
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| This is a very thorough introduction to the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans were a sort of bogeyman for the west for several centuries—a legitimately dangerous empire that governed much of the Middle East and Eastern Europe. It was a major player in cre ...more | |
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| FDR may have gotten us through most of World War II but it was Harry S. Truman who led the country through the early years of the Cold War and adopted policies that led the U.S. to fill the vacuum left by the collapse of the British Empire and work f ...more | |
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| This is a gem of a book for anyone who enjoys Homer. Sorensen gives the reader a lot of different looks at the many women who populate the Odyssey, helping us to see much more in these characters than Homer gives us by teaching us a lot about the tim ...more | |
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I read the two books in this series out of order and I don't think it hurt my enjoyment at all. Both are complete in themselves novels, although the sequel, Holiday Wedding, does make reference to events in this first book. The book starts out on an ...more |
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| I always find the books in this series a treat. Smith writes a great novel and he has characters that I really like. This one is a hugely disturbing idea as some truly sick people prey on brides and grooms trying to get hitched in Las Vegas. He has a ...more | |
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“[D]on't ever apologise to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your library). Don't apologise to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read...”
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“What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”
― Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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