Between the Lines

Fiction by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer.


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Book for young adults written by Jodi Picoult and her daughter.

Very original idea: What if the characters in a story were alive and doing other things when we closed the book?

(THUMBS-UP)

The Bridge

Fiction by Karen Kingsbury.


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A Christmas gift book.

This is all right for a light read, but Karen Kingsbury has some much better books.

"Oceans Apart" is good.

There's also "Divine" and "One Tuesday Morning," to name a few.

(THUMBS-UP)

Gone Girl

Fiction by Gillian Flynn.


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This may be my choice for best book of 2012.

Seriously. Cool story. I had NO idea how she was going to wrap it up!

Awesome job.

(TWO THUMBS-UP)

The Blessing

Subtitled: "Giving the Gift of Unconditional Love and Acceptance "
Nonfiction by Gary Smalley and John Trent.


http://www.barnesandnoble.com

Good book loaned to me by a friend.

This has some great advice on really showing your kids you love them. Now if I can just follow through....

(THUMBS-UP)

Kill You Twice

Fiction by Chelsea Cain.


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This was apparently number five in a series, and I have not read numbers one through four. However, I was still able to follow it and enjoy the story, so that's pretty cool.

Good book but only if you like the "gruesome-serial-killer" genre.

(THUMBS-UP)

What The Heart Remembers

Fiction by Debra Ginsberg.


http://www.barnesandnoble.com

This book is about a woman who receives a heart transplant...and it REMEMBERS....

But not in a creepy way. Much. It's more of a character story, which I prefer.

Good book.

(THUMBS-UP)

John Dies at the End

Fiction by David Wong.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com

Yet another book I chose simply on the merits of the title.

This book had a great beginning but it started to lose me after a while. It was funny though. And weird. Probably a little too weird.

Maybe the movie will be better.

(THUMBS-DOWN)