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I picked up Saving Dr. Ryan because several of my colleagues have had great things to say about Templeton's books. Well, either I chose the worst possible book to start with, or this is a case of serious taste differences. I kept thinking of my reading experience in terms of a personality clash; I j ...
The Wedding Journey is a rather whimsical title for a book that so clearly juxtaposes humanity's potential for both great good and terrible evil. A more accurate, if less appealing, title would be Retreat Into Hell. That would better convey what these characters have to confront and overcome.
Eli ...
Remember all those Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn movies? Charismatic characters speaking intelligent, witty, funny lines? Of if you can't remember that far back and haven't seen the videos, maybe you've caught a recent episode of West Wing. In both cases just about every conversation sparkles and ...
Author Linda Jones has written a series of books based on well-known fables, the latest of which is DeButy & the Beast. Now, you'd think that DeButy would be the heroine and The Beast, her eventual true love. But the author has put a fresh and funny twist on this theme, for Dr. Julian DeButy is ...
"On April 5, 1768, Johann Friedrich Struensee was appointed Royal Physician to King Christian VII of Denmark, and four years later was executed."
I found myself fascinated by the above quote at the beginning of The Royal Physician's Visit - struggles for power can make for delicious reading. Bo ...
Reissues of old titles usually produce grumbling from the AAR staff, as we see precious bookstore shelf space going to the umpteen-billionth reprint of titles by the usual select group of superstar authors. Not this time, though. For us, the news that Signet is bringing back Carla Kelly’s delightf ...
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Voyager, the third installment in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series, is a sharp contrast to the previous book, Dragonfly in Amber. Whereas Dragonfly began and ended with Claire and Jamie separated for twenty years, Voyager, as the title indicates, is the story of Claire’s return to the past and ...
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Born a Hero is the first in the new Firstborn Sons series from the Silhouette Intimate Moments line, and let me say that it was a wonderful start to this forthcoming 6-book series, which will star the firstborn sons of a group of men who served together in Vietnam.
Dr. Katherine Remson ...
Dr. Onika Hamilton is in desperate need of a vacation when she travels to New Jersey to visit her best friend, Kim. Niki, as she’s called, is a pediatrician who has lost her third patient in six months. She is frustrated and burnt out because she feels she could’ve saved these children if her ha ...
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This book has everything it needs to be a success and yet it left me feeling disconnected. In fact, there's very little I could point out as being intrinsically wrong with the book, and yet it didn't work. How's that for a vague statement?
The "everything it needs" includes:
Heroine - Beth S ...